Breakingviews: Facebook's one-way bet
• http://www.reuters.com,Rob Cox and Robert Cyran discuss Facebook's plans to buy back stock at half the IPO price and the social network’s plans to retain staff.
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Facebook Crashes Even Lower
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Jay YarowFacebook's stock has crashed to a new all-time low.
For Some Reason Apple Doesn't Want iPhone Users Keeping Tabs on the Drone Wars
• http://www.popsci.com, By Clay DillowAn app that alerts users to drone strikes around the world keeps getting denied by the Apple's App Store reviewers, and no one can explain why
Apple rejects Drones+, app to track U.S. drone strikes
• Washington PostApple confirmed Thursday that it has rejected Drones+ from its App Store. The app is designed to alert users whenever someone has been killed in a U.S. drone strike. Wired’s Danger Room reported that the app, developed by New York-based developer
IBM Is Bringing Its Mega-Intelligence Watson to Your Smartphone
• http://www.popsci.com, By Rebecca BoyleSiri is helpful when you want to schedule a reminder or look at the forecast, but wouldn’t it be better to have a bona fide Jeopardy! champ in your pocket?
The FAA May Finally Give Up On Its Obnoxious Ban Of Using Your Phone During Takeoff
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Dylan LoveThe Federal Aviation Administration is revisiting the rules surrounding the use of in-flight electronics, reports Macworld.
Philip R. "Phil" Zimmermann Jr. - creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) encryption software
• www.wikipedia.comIn 1991, he wrote the popular Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) program, and made it available (together with its source code) through public FTP for download, the first widely available program implementing public-key cryptography.
NASA's Next Nanosatellites Will Carry HTC Smartphones
• http://www.popsci.com, By Clay DillowNexus S, phoning home
Why Teens Are So Comfortable Giving Out Personal Information
• http://www.businessinsider.com, William WeiAt Mobile Advertising Conference this summer, we talked about why teens and millennials are comfortable giving out personal information and data over the web and through mobile devices.
First Demonstration of A Quantum Router
• www.technologyreview.comChinese physicists unveil a router that uses a quantum control signal to determine the path of a quantum data signal
DTOM Contributor Brandon Raub Arrested By FBI For Facebook Posts
Chris DuaneJust glancing over them they seem to be of the religious and patriotic fight for truth and justice. He used the blog to have people join his FaceBook group and even did and promoted a Richmond Liberty March.
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Program Date:Nick Barnett provides information on Silk Road, encryption, quantum routing, and next step solutions - Adam Kokesh on hearing for Raub Brandon (Marine arrested for posting on Facebook) - Ed Vallejo on Paul Festival 2012 and the RNC
The iPhone Has Passed a Key Security Threshold
• http://www.technologyreview.com, Simson L. GarfinkDoes society really want extremely private mobile devices if they make life easier for criminals? Apple's newly toughened standards sharpen the focus on that question.
Apple's Spat with Google Will Only Get Worse
• http://www.technologyreview.com, Tom SimoniteThe two companies seem fated to compete ever more fiercely over mobile computing.
Verizon Wins Some Spectrum Wiggle Room
• Jessica Leber via TechnologyReview.comThe U.S. Justice Department has approved a $3.6 billion deal for the carrier to buy airwave capacity from cable companies.
What does it mean to make something?
• www.diasporaproject.orgDuring the last two years that we have been building Diaspora, we have uncovered lots of interesting problems related to our core mission—giving people ownership over their data.
Apple Snuck A New Feature Onto The iPhone Today
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Steve KovachAfter all the hubbub surrounding Apple's decision to kill the YouTube app on the iPhone and iPad today, a lot of people missed what Apple added to the beta version of iOS 6, the company's next mobile operating system.
Study Reveals a Confused View of Mobile Phone Privacy and Security
• http://www.technologyreview.com, Conor MyhrvoldMany users' perceptions are at odds with the realities, researchers show.
YouTube Fights Horrible Commenters by Naming Names
• http://www.wired.com, By Ryan TateYouTube is pushing its notorious commenters to name themselves.
New Gadget Allows Police To Jam Your Phone If Your Caught Driving While Talking
• http://govtslaves.info, Doug NewcombThere’s no shortage of devices that supposedly prevent drivers from talking or texting by blocking mobile phone signals or that alert parents and employers about the behavior.
THE TRUTH ABOUT GOOGLE'S NEXUS 7 TABLET: It's Almost As Good As The iPad
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Kevin SmithIf you read my post last week about experiencing Android for two weeks, then you'll remember that I wasn't too impressed with Samsung's new Android phone, the Galaxy S III, and went back to my iPhone.
A Social Network Free of Ads
• http://www.technologyreview.com, Tom SimoniteThe dominant social networks cater too much to advertisers, says the man behind a Twitter-style network that users would pay for.
Justice Department Sues Telecom for Challenging National Security Letter
• http://www.wired.com, By Kim ZetterLast year, when a telecommunications company received an ultra-secret demand letter from the FBI seeking information about a customer or customers, the telecom took an extraordinary step...
AT&T's Next Ridiculous Move Is Going To Outrage iPhone Users
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Steve KovachNews broke today that AT&T will likely charge iPhone users extra to use FaceTime video chat over cellular (3G or 4G) networks.
Startup Uses a Smartphone Compass to Track People Indoors
• http://www.technologyreview.com, Jessica LeberIndoor Atlas says its technology for indoor positioning is highly accurate.
A Banking Giant Makes a Mobile Payment Bet
• http://www.technologyreview.com, Jessica LeberBacking from JPMorgan Chase will speed a startup's rise in a crowded field.
Freedom = Censorship?
• http://www.commondreams.org, by Tim KarrThink you have the right to speak freely via cellphones, websites and social media? Well, the companies that provide you with access to the Internet don’t.
Obama Now Controls All Communications Via Executive Order
• http://www.prisonplanet.com“The Federal Government must have the ability to communicate at all times and under all circumstances to carry out its most critical and time sensitive missions.”
Obama gives himself control of all communication systems in America
• RT.comUS President Barack Obama quietly signed his name to an Executive Order on Friday, allowing the White House to control all private communications in the country in the name of national security.
US Cell Phone Companies See Surveillance Requests Soar
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzUbiquitous in the modern world, the cell phone is a very personal item and, perhaps predictably, at has become one of the favorite targets for US law enforcement fishing expeditions, according to new data released by cell phone companies.
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