News: 2014-07-04

Happy 4th to you all.

If you love books then you should be rooting for Amazon, not Hachette or the Big Five — Tech News and Analysis

That Facebook study might portend mood manipulation far beyond our Newsfeeds — Tech News and Analysis

Google buys music service Songza to take on Apple and Beats | The Verge

The history of the Walkman: 35 years of iconic music players | The Verge

Encryption race continues as Microsoft bulks up protection for email and file storage — Tech News and Analysis

Updated: PayPal froze account of secure email startup ProtonMail due to “technical problem”

Newegg is latest big retailer to accept bitcoin — Tech News and Analysis

BBC News – Why has Google cast me into oblivion?

Doing Right By Customers | T-Mobile Newsroom

How charging your phone at night is costing you €40 a year – Independent.ie

Monetary policy: How unusual is Fed policy? | The Economist

Walt Mossberg Takes the T-Mobile iPhone Test Drive | Re/code

Coinbase Launches A More Secure Bitcoin Storage Option Called ‘Vault’ | TechCrunch

NSA targets the privacy-conscious (Seite 1)| Das Erste – Panorama – Meldungen

U.S. service sector growth slows slightly in June: ISM survey | Reuters

US unemployment falls to 6.1% – and should keep on falling | Business | theguardian.com

Household debt serious threat to UK recovery, says Bank of England deputy | Business | theguardian.com

Markets and economic policy: As difficult as ABC: Austrians, the BIS and credit | The Economist

Jaron Lanier on Lack of Transparency in Facebook Study – NYTimes.com

Lionel Messi Is Impossible | FiveThirtyEight

 

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