Congress received 13 briefings in past four years on digital surveillance

“Moving to minimize damage from the NSA PRISM leaks, a senior administration official has revealed to The New York Times that select members of Congress were privy to 13 briefings since 2009 on the government’s ability to widely collect digital information.”

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Tech Giants Built Segregated Systems For NSA Instead Of Firehoses To Protect Innocent Users From PRISM

“The NSA may have wanted full firehoses of data from Google, Facebook and other tech giants, but the companies attempted to protect innocent users from monitoring via compliance systems that created segregated data before securely handing it over as required by law, according to individuals familiar”

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PSA: Google Puts Brakes On Wallet Promotion For Credit Card-Funded Transfers

“Google’s Wallet-powered peer-to-peer payment service launched to rival Paypal was and came with an interesting promotion: waived fees for transfers funded by credit cards.”

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Recent Poll Shows Americans Really Like Google, 83% Give Favorable Opinions – Droid Life

“According to a recent poll done by The Washington Post,  a whopping 83% of one thousand Americans questioned have favorable opinions of Google, approximately 10% more than that of Apple and more than 20% over Facebook.”

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Dear Circles, If you have not posted on G+ in the last 30 days, means that you are not interested in …

Dear Circles, If you have not posted on G+ in the last 30 days, means that you are not interested in sharing or are a stalker. So I won't be bothering you with my posts either. When you start sharing, I'll share back. Until then, ta ta!

Saudi Arabia blocks Viber messaging service

“The head of the messaging application Viber has said people in Saudi Arabia have had basic freedoms taken away, after his service was blocked there. Talmon Marco told the BBC he did not know the reason for the move, but that Viber would be restored soon.”

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Apple said to limit wireless speeds on some U.S. carriers

“A developer who provides iPhone hacks claims to have discovered code in iOS that suggests Apple is helping the top three U.S. wireless carriers throttle data speeds for all iPhone and iPad customers.”

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