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Kaylene Hong was Asia Reporter for The Next Web between 2013 and 2014, based in Singapore. She is bilingual in English and Mandarin. Stay in Kaylene Hong was Asia Reporter for The Next Web between 2013 and 2014, based in Singapore. She is bilingual in English and Mandarin. Stay in touch via Twitter or Google+.
You may have spent the weekend offline scarred by news of PRISM, or simply had a busy weekend and skipped your daily dose of news in the tech scene, but TNW has got you covered. Here’s a roundup of what you may have missed over the last two days:
News from the weekend:
- Google Reportedly Close to Buying Waze for $1.3 Billion
- Qualcomm to Complete Sharp Investment by June 24
- Leaked Slide Refutes US Internet Companies’ Claims and Show Data
- AdDuplex Picks up $500,000 From Practica Capital to Build Windows Platform Ad Network
PRISM latest:
- NSA Whistleblower is Revealed
- PRISM Authorized by Congress, Not Undisclosed Collection or Data Mining Program
- Authorities Were on to NSA Leak Snowden Before PRISM Went Public
Good reads:
- Duolingo Founder and CAPTCHA Creator Luis von Ahn Talks Android, Crowdsourcing
- Freight OS: Bringing Sexy Back to The Freight Industry
- How Many New Domain Names Will The Explosion in gTLDs Really Produce?
- 300,000 Ancient Manuscripts Were Saved From Rebels in Timbuktu
- 7 Ways to Build and Retain a Strong Team as You Grow
- PRISM, Trust and What We Really Want to Believe
- How Technology is Transforming Live Concert Bootlegging
Interesting news from beyond The Next Web:
- Edward Snowden: The Whistleblower Behind the NSA Surveillance Revelations [Guardian]
- Edward Snowden’s Choice of Hong Kong as Haven is a High-Stakes Gamble [Guardian]
- Apple’s Folly: The Story of the Pippin Game Console [Gameological]
- Ask.fm, The Troubling Secret Playground of Tweens and Teens [CNET]
- The Changing and Terrifying Nature of the New Cyber-Warfare [Vanity Fair]
- Celebrities’ Product Plugs on Social Media Draw Scrutiny [NYT Bits]
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