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iPhones, FBI surveillance testimony, and MTV: 90 Seconds on The Verge

2013-06-13
it's thursday jun 13 2013 i'm brian bishop here on the show floor at e3 that's the audiovisual headquarters of the verge and polygons and this is 90 seconds on the verge Apple is reportedly looking at several big screen iPhones to take advantage of iOS 7 Reuters reports of the company is considering both 4.7 and 5.7 inch iPhones and is also planning on introducing a $99 model in multiple colors the new phones to arrive next year and we Cupertino's most direct response exas Samsung's larger Android phones the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation assured lawmakers today the data from a controversial phone surveillance program can only be used in terrorism investigation problem you were spoken for members of the House Oversight Committee discussing the phone call metadata at the FBI and NSA collects from us phone carriers he stressed the specific use case for the data saying quote the program is set up for a very limited purpose and limited objective and that is to identify individuals in the United States who are using a telephone for terrorist activities and to draw that network what if the FBI wanted to use the data for something else neither said it would have to go back to the courts and get approval to move forward finally MTV is offering on-demand access to its original programming through its iOS app the watch with a is an updated with second screen features and the ability to watch shows like Teen Wolf MTV is also including access to its so-called iconic retro shows like beavis and butt-head of course users will still need a cable or satellite subscription to take advantage because MTV's edgy like that and that's it for today's top stories join us tomorrow and I'll be dressing up a spider-man and taking pictures with tourists on Hollywood Boulevard just five dollars
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