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Officials ask Google how it intends to use the information collected by the high-tech specs, which could seemingly videotape or photograph others without their knowledge. [Read more]    

Lots of 8-inch Android tablets should hit the market in the second half of the year in the wake of iPad Mini's success, says NPD DisplaySearch. [Read more]    

Remember that video last week, offering Apple's deeply held views about design? Well, here's one that suggests Samsung believes in, well, cloning. Among other things. [Read more]    

So far, Twitter is the only social network to get the full red carpet on iOS 7, but that could change. [Read more]    

We got an early chance to benchmark the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800. The results weren't pretty...for the other guys. [Read more]    

Users trying to visit the social network on the Web are greeted by the message that the page doesn't exist, but smartphone users report being able to access the mobile version. [Read more]    

The next iPad Mini may not be the Retina version, says NPD DisplaySearch. It could be a version with a faster chip -- and possibly thinner too. [Read more]    

Using MRI to measure brain activity, researchers at Stanford find that kids with autism have a weaker connection between language and reward centers than kids without autism. [Read more]    

After a months-long battle between Dish and SoftBank over Sprint, the satellite company abandons its $25.5 billion bid for the wireless carrier to focus on "completing the Clearwire tender offer." [Read more]    

King, developer of the popular puzzle game, is in talks with several banks about going public, The Wall Street Journal reports. [Read more]