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Evernote upgrades web clipper to save your Gmail, including attachments

Don't miss stories Follow The VergeUntil now, saving attachments from a Gmail account to Evernote has meant either forwarding them to a special email address or dragging them into an open Evernote client. Today, the company released an arguably more elegant ... [Published The Verge - 7 hours ago]
First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 9 mins ago - 1 reports

Dish bails on Sprint acquisition to focus on Clearwire

Dish Network has pulled out of the competition to buy third-place US wireless carrier Sprint after months of back-and-forth with competitor SoftBank. After seeing the Japanese operator table a buyout offer in October 2012, Dish countered with its own ... [Published The Verge - 8 hours ago]
First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 19 mins ago - 1 reports

Microsoft planning improved Surface RT with Qualcomm processor

Microsoft is planning to refresh its Surface RT with a Qualcomm processor. Existing Surface RT devices use Nvidia's Tegra 3 chipset, but Bloomberg reports that a refreshed version will ship using Qualcomm processors, while Nvidia continues to be a supplier ... [Published The Verge - 1 hour ago]
First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Google asks for permission to publish FISA data, says 'misleading' reports hurt the company

Since The Guardian and The Washington Post published a series of leaked documents, companies named as participants in the PRISM surveillance program have attempted to set right what they call "misleading" claims about their data. Earlier this month, Google ... [Published The Verge - 11 hours ago]
First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Nobody listening? NSA agents don't need specific warrants to target individuals, says Greenwald

Don't miss stories Follow The VergeOver the past two weeks, the US government has insisted that its powers under Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act require the NSA to get a "special, particularized order" from the FISA court to intercept an individual ... [Published The Verge - 2 hours ago]
First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Netflix to launch in the Netherlands in late 2013, France and Belgium next?

Don't miss stories Follow The VergeFollowing last year’s first expansion into Europe, Netflix is stepping into another nearby market: The Netherlands. Later this year, the low-altitude nation will be getting access to Hollywood fare, local and global ... [Published The Verge - 3 hours ago]
First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 2 reports

Battery charged: AT&T, Goal Zero, and a Brooklyn design firm bring solar recharge stations to NYC

When Hurricane Sandy tore through New York City last year, some of the most stirring photos — aside from those chronicling the storm’s devastation — were of city residents helping one another keep their smartphones charged up and powered on. Daisychained ... [Published The Verge - 19 hours ago]
First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

NSA, Tesla, and 'Logan's Run' by Ken Levine: 90 Seconds on The Verge

"The only thing you can't have in this perfect world of total pleasure is your 30th birthday . . . Logan is 29. Welcome to the 23rd Century. Welcome to Rapture. We all make choices, but in the end..."The only thing you can't have in this perfect world ... [Published The Verge - 9 hours ago]
First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

US and Russia agree to use Cold War-era hotline to stave off cyberwar

The US and Russian governments have agreed to repurpose a Cold War-era hotline in a new pact that they say will prevent any chance of cyberwar between the two countries. As a part of the agreement, formalized on Tuesday at a G-8 Summit in Ireland, the ... [Published The Verge - 9 hours ago]
First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 reports

Chipotle becomes first US fast food chain to label all genetically modified ingredients

Chipotle is letting its customers know a little more about their burritos by opening up about the presence of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) within its ingredients. The Mexican-themed fast food restaurant has begun marking all products that include ... [Published The Verge - 10 hours ago]
First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

The Verge Mobile Show 051 - June 18th 2013

Summer is nearly upon us. The kids are getting out of school, the ice cream man is making his rounds, and the air conditioners are being cranked at full blast. But just because vacation season is...Summer is nearly upon us. The kids are getting out of ... [Published The Verge - 11 hours ago]
First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 3 reports

Yahoo reveals some data request numbers, urges for openness on secret FISA orders

Of the nine major tech companies at the heart of Eric Snowden’s revelations about an NSA spying program called PRISM, over the past week, Facebook, Microsoft, and most recently Apple have all opted to publish the total number of data requests they’ve ... [Published The Verge - Jun 18 2013]

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...icrosoft's ecosystem and planning chief, Mike Angiulo, hinted at this possibility while defending the Windows RT operating system earlier this year. "And on the ARM side, there is a propensity for a much higher percentage of PCs that are going to ship with mobile broadband [3G/4G]" said Angiulo at the time
"The only thing you can't have in this perfect world of total pleasure is your 30th birthday . . . Logan is 29. Welcome to the 23rd Century. Welcome to Rapture. We all make choices, but in the end..."
As for the hotline component in all this, that will happen thanks to a Direct Secure Communication System — a phoneline "that both governments already maintain, ensuring that our leaders are prepared to manage the full range of national security crises we face internationally." Both the phoneline and the NRRC were put inin place in 1988, near the end of the Cold War, by the Reagan Administration and then-USSR Soviet General...
...been harmed by the false or misleading reports in the media, and Google's users are concerned by the allegations," wrote attorney Albert Gidari. "Google must respond to such claims with more than generalities. Moreover, these are matters of significant weight and importance, and transparency is critical to advancing public debate in a thoughtful and democratic manner." While Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and others have attempted to get permission to publish FISA request numbers, Google recently backed out of a deal...

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