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