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** HOLD FOR RELEASE UNTIL 9:01 p.m. PDT SUNDAY. THIS STORY MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST OR POSTED ONLINE BEFORE 9:01 p.m. PDT SUNDAY ** Exterior view of Salesforce.com offices in San Mateo, Calif., Friday, April 11, 2008. Online software service Salesforce.com Inc. is becoming a sales channel for Google Inc.'s e-mail and other widely used office applications, deepening a relationship likely to revive speculation that Google eventually will buy its smaller partner. Besides selling Google's programs to its 41,000 business customers, Salesforce.com also will integrate the suite of applications into its own software service, which helps companies track and identify customers' needs. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
** HOLD FOR RELEASE UNTIL 9:01 p.m. PDT SUNDAY. THIS STORY MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST OR POSTED ONLINE BEFORE 9:01 p.m. PDT SUNDAY ** Exterior view of Salesforce.com offices in San Mateo, Calif., Friday, April 11, 2008. Online software service Salesforce.com Inc. is becoming a sales channel for Google Inc.’s e-mail and other widely used office applications, deepening a relationship likely to revive speculation that Google eventually will buy its smaller partner. Besides selling Google’s programs to its 41,000 business customers, Salesforce.com also will integrate the suite of applications into its own software service, which helps companies track and identify customers’ needs. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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Here s what s on the Tuesday menu.

A court document released Monday shows what NSLs are good for: The FBI uses national security letters to demand warrantless access to Internet users complete browsing history, online purchases and who they communicate with.

In other tech and policy news, the House is considering changes to the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act. The changes would require the government to obtain warrants when they want to access communications that are older than 180 days.

It s Giving Tuesday. Some tech companies are following Salesforce s philanthropic example, MarketWatch reports.

Eddy Cue Q&A about Apple s News app: It s for everyone; it s good for journalism; there are no censorship hurdles in China.

Messaging battle? Facebook looks to be blocking links to Telegram, a Whatsapp rival.

Iterating Grace, an anonymously written satire of Silicon Valley, now has a publisher. (NYT)

Now playing at the Google Cultural Institute: You, onstage at Carnegie Hall, via 360-degree videos. (NYT)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise teams up with Microsoft Azure on hybrid cloud.

AT&T raises price for grandfathered unlimited data plans, will be $35 a month starting in February.

 

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