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Tech News Flash: Friday -- December 20, 2013

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Headline Scan
Verizon to Disclose Some of What It's Disclosing to the Government
All Things Appy: Top 5 Android Apps for Outdoor Adventures
Japanese Robot Shoots Breeze With Astronaut
Startup Manager Renews Shine on Android's Boot
Surveillance Report Blasts NSA, Recommends Overhaul

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Today's Story Highlights

Verizon to Disclose Some of What It's Disclosing to the Government
Verizon on Thursday said it will release a semiannual report about the
data requests it receives from the government. It is the first major
telecom to make such a move. Verizon and other tech industry giants have
come under fire for cooperating with government surveillance programs.
Verizon and AT&T in particular were named in documents leaked by former
NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/79683.html

All Things Appy: Top 5 Android Apps for Outdoor Adventures
Accelerometers, GPS receivers and other sensors in your smartphone let
you track your outdoor activities in ways that go beyond just the common
map. In this week's All Things Appy, we take a look at the top five free
apps for exploring, including options for fine-tuning your GPS,
measuring headings and bearings, logging your tracks and reckoning
distance.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/79670.html

Japanese Robot Shoots Breeze With Astronaut
A humanoid robot named "Kirobo" has had a chat with a Japanese astronaut
on the ISS. The robot, also from Japan, is designed to process questions
and construct answers from its vocabulary bank, as opposed to
regurgitating preprogrammed responses. Asked if he could handle zero-
gravity conditions, the robot replied, "I'm used to it now, no problem
at all."
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/79682.html

Startup Manager Renews Shine on Android's Boot
For some inexplicable reason, probably related to egocentric human
nature, software developers can't seem to resist designing their
programs as if they were default services: always on and ready. If
you're familiar with maintaining a PC and like tinkering with programs,
you'll know that you need to periodically disable or get rid of
accumulating programs that automatically run processes.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/79669.html

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