Clive Thompson, Eric Rosser Eldon, and 6 others have Tweets for you

matjohnson, Here's what's trending on Twitter this week.         Clive Thompson @pomeranian99 I use a VPN to encrypt my surfing; I wonder if the NSA has cracked it? The latest Snowden revelations are remarkable: nytimes.com/2013/09/06/us/… 06 Sep N.S.A. Able to Foil Basic Safeguards of Privacy on Web The National Security Agency has secretly circumvented or cracked much of the digital scrambling that protects global commerce, e-mails, phone calls, medical records and Web searches. 10 Related tweets Eric Rosser Eldon @eldon Techmeme now rewrites headlines for clarity, ease of skimming (@gaberivera / Techmeme News) news.techmeme.com/130906/headlin… techmeme.com/130906/p21#a13… 06 Sep Techmeme is now writing its own headlines Right now there's a headline on Techmeme written by our news editors. Our more familiar readers know why this is noteworthy: from the time we launched in 2005 until yesterday, our content consisted entirely of quotes… 10 Related tweets Peter Kafka @pkafka They got the apology right. That sounds like a small thing, but watch everyone else -- they never do. techcrunch.com/2013/09/08/an-… 08 Sep An Apology From TechCrunch TechCrunch is a leading technology media property, dedicated to obsessively profiling startups, reviewing new Internet products, and breaking tech news. 5 Related tweets Claire Cain Miller @clairecm Tech company shuttle routes tell the story of SF gentrification and of private companies taking over the public grid. wired.com/opinion/2013/0… 06 Sep Mapping Silicon Valley's Gentrification Problem Through Corporate Shuttle Routes Take the public transportation provided by corporate shuttle buses from the likes of Apple, Google, Facebook, and others. For better or worse, we're looking at a situation where private networks start… 5 Related tweets Hiten Shah @hnshah "A million guys walk in to a Silicon Valley bar. None of them buy anything. The bar is declared a rousing success." @Li_x_Jiang 07 Sep 2 Retweets Dave McClure @davemcclure "People often work hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is more important than working hard." @Caterina, Flickr co-founder 08 Sep 2 Retweets Techmeme Heds @nottechmeme We Reached Out To The Company For Comment About 30 Seconds Before We Published This 08 Sep 2 Retweets David Sacks @DavidSacks In the technology business, revenue is the lagging indicator, and strategic position is the leading indicator. 07 Sep 4 Favorites Don't miss out. Stay up to date on what's happening. Go to Twitter Forgot your Twitter password? Get instructions on how to reset it. You can also unsubscribe from these emails or change your notification settings. Need help? If you received this message in error and did not sign up for Twitter, click not my account. Twitter, Inc. 1355 Market St., Suite 900 San Francisco, CA 94103