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July 13, 2014, 1:15 AM

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TechCrunch:
Curated Food Delivery Startup Caviar In Talks To Be Acquired By Square For $100 Million  —  Curated food delivery startup Caviar is in talks to be acquired by Square in a deal that could be worth at least $100 million, according to several sources.  While we've heard the deal is slated …
David Carr / New York Times:
Hulu receives exclusive rights to stream South Park immediately after broadcast and entire back catalog in deal worth $80M+  —  Hulu to Stream ‘South Park’ as More Players Jostle for Online Rights  —  While the media moguls in Sun Valley, Idaho, jockeyed for parking spaces for their jets …
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple China denies location tracking claims: we're ‘deeply committed to protecting the privacy of all our customers’  —  This past week, Chinese State TV called the iPhone a “national security concern” because of its location tracking capabilities.  The iPhone's operating system utilizes location …
Brandon Bailey / Mercury News:
Google expands in San Francisco: leases office space at 1 Market Street, buys 8-story building at 188 Embarcadero  —  Google expanding its San Francisco offices  —  Google is expanding its already sizable presence in San Francisco by leasing space in one office tower and buying another on the Embarcadero …
Sam Oliver / AppleInsider:
Beats sues Chinese counterfeiters for billions as Apple sale nears completion  —  Headphone maker Beats has filed suit against a number of Chinese counterfeiters, alleging trademark infringement and seeking damages that could run into the billions of dollars just weeks before the company officially becomes an Apple subsidiary.
Ed Summers / inkdroid:
Bot @congressedits tweets all anonymous Wikipedia edits made from Congressional IP addresses  —  why @congressedits?  —  Note: as with all the content on this blog, this post reflects my own thoughts about a personal project, and not the opinions or activities of my employer.
Barton Gellman / Washington Post:
Washington Post writer responds to criticism of analysis of 160K conversations intercepted by the NSA, sheds light on data set, analysis methods  —  How 160,000 intercepted communications led to our latest NSA story  —  The Debrief An occasional series offering a reporter's insights
Terrence O'Brien / Engadget:
Samsung updates app store, rebrands it as Galaxy Apps, will offer “hundreds of apps” exclusive to Galaxy devices  —  Samsung keeps its distance from the Android pack with Galaxy Apps store  —  Samsung has spent the last several years trying to separate itself from the rest of the Android pack.

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