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Twitter’s take on TV: ‘We make it better’

Twitter's Kevin Weil speaks out on the company's TV advertising efforts

Amazon working with HTC on smartphones

A Kindle smartphone would follow the third-generation Kindle tablets out the door, though the timing is unclear

Supreme Court shouldn’t review NSA spying case, US gov’t says

Privacy watchdog EPIC doesn't have standing to ask the court to vacate a phone records order nor to review its legality, the DOJ says

Apple sends out invites for October 22 special event; New iPads and OS X Mavericks likely to take center stag

It's official. Apple will be holding a special media event on October 22 where the company is expected to reveal a revamped iPad lineup and more.

Having fun with super-fast storage drives

Is Twitter’s top engineer worth $10.3 million?

IPO filings reveal Twitter SVP of engineering made $10.3 million last year

Yahoo to encrypt webmail sessions by default starting January

Yahoo plans to make HTTPS connections standard for all users starting Jan. 8

Juniper seeks edge router advantage over Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent

MX routers designed to scale up to 2Tbps per slot with system capacity up to 80Tbps

Windows Phone ‘phablet’ update opens door to tablets

Take the next step, analysts urge Microsoft: Put Windows Phone on small tablets

Washington Post: NSA collects address books to map human relationships

The agency collects about a half million buddy lists and email inboxes in a typical day, the newspaper reports