FISA Request Data Could Soon Be Public, With Google Also in Talks With U.S. Government About More Disclosure

Secretive government process might become a little less secretive.
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Zynga’s Pincus: “None of Us Ever Expected to Face a Day Like Today”

It’s not easy being mobile.
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Here’s the Annual D: All Things Digital Tab From the WSJ

As usual, The Wall Street Journal today published its annual pullout tab in the newspaper, which is also online, focused on some of the onstage interviews at last week’s D: All Things Digital conference. Our 11th show featured a panoply of top Internet and media execs, as well as some pretty cool demos. The Journal special section includes edited excerpts from interviews with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, SpaceX and Tesla Motors head Elon Musk, Apple CEO Tim Cook and more. You can read it all here (and complete coverage by ATD is here too, including the full videos of the conference).

D11: Welcome to the Post-PC World, for Real This Time

The PC has peaked, the focus has shifted to mobile devices, software and services, and we have a lineup of major players to talk about the implications of this inflection point.
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Another VC Is Born: Well-Known Internet Exec Ben Ling Joins Khosla Ventures

The former Google, Facebook and Badoo exec is the second high-profile Silicon Valley operating exec the VC firm has hired of late.
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Yahoo Tumblrs for Cool: Board Approves $1.1 Billion Deal as Expected

“Bromance Gone Awry” and Other Instagram Tidbits on Bloomberg West (Video)

Apple’s Tim Cook Returns to D Stage to Open 11th Annual Conference

Time 100 List Is Packed With Techies — From Musk to Systrom to Sandberg and More

Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer Leans In About How She Decided to Become CEO While Pregnant

The Pramana Collective: New Tech PR Firm Made Up of Old PR Hands

Moon Shot: Earthbound Investor Milner Talks About Origins of the Universe at SXSW