Verizon says it will reveal the number of requests for customer information

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLF1T76cKAh6Aax9WQV9Iv4O_e6pTs2coRlzEXj_V8arjn7tIs5WSNZynfpJg6tZ4XDiuXls403-86xgWJMMCeNgzRbsDthAJ5H4p7zXMOPYLHAJvRXnUCvlsmM_iu8ANFLz3B6fYh4ZeT/s1600/verizon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLF1T76cKAh6Aax9WQV9Iv4O_e6pTs2coRlzEXj_V8arjn7tIs5WSNZynfpJg6tZ4XDiuXls403-86xgWJMMCeNgzRbsDthAJ5H4p7zXMOPYLHAJvRXnUCvlsmM_iu8ANFLz3B6fYh4ZeT/s320/verizon.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Verizon </span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The move follows leaks about mass surveillance programmes run by the National Security Agency from fugitive ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shareholders asked Verizon to disclose its dealings with the NSA last month.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The company says it will publish total requests received in criminal cases, as well as details on other legal demands.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This will include court orders, subpoenas and warrants.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span class="cross-head" style="display: block; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'Transparency'</span></span></div><div id="story_continues_2" style="background-color: white; clear: left; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But Verizon, the second-largest US telephone company, says it is still working with the US government to establish the amount of information it can legally reveal about the number of national security letters it received. The letters are legal orders allowing the government to demand financial and phone records without prior court approval.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The report will also not publish "information about other national security requests received by the company".</span></div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"The aim of our transparency report is to keep our customers informed about government requests for their data and how we respond to those requests," Randal Milch, executive vice-president of public policy at Verizon,<a href="http://newscenter.verizon.com/corporate/news-articles/2013/12-19-verizon-to-publish-transparency-report/" style="line-height: 16px; text-decoration: none;"><b> </b>said in a statement</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Verizon calls on governments around the world to provide more information on the types and amounts of data they collect and the legal processes that apply when they do so."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Via : <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25459889">BBC </a></span></i></div>

Verizon says it will reveal the number of requests for customer information

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Verizon : Get a Moto Maker Customized Moto X for $49.99

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyGCidgYTHh4UCno6eLAHwWH394EyYv68J-MNrschHDsSK-ipC_BoznGMPipPKmauii9U93YUzNeqNHX4j8m5KQqlbLKq0iVMBPNlyEUEBUfW7kzVMmxW7R5JlYu6d5Ox7secAchMl-KOt/s1600/131114-motox.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyGCidgYTHh4UCno6eLAHwWH394EyYv68J-MNrschHDsSK-ipC_BoznGMPipPKmauii9U93YUzNeqNHX4j8m5KQqlbLKq0iVMBPNlyEUEBUfW7kzVMmxW7R5JlYu6d5Ox7secAchMl-KOt/s640/131114-motox.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That exclusivity deal that Motorola signed with AT&T has now expired, so the Moto Maker customization suite for the Moto X have now been opened up for Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint customers. As an added incentive for you to jazz up your Moto X via Moto Maker, you can now pick up the new smartphone with Verizon for just $49.99.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The deal, which you can catch <a href="https://www.motorola.com/us/motomaker?carrier=ATO100004&pid=FLEXR1&src=vez#exterior/backplate" style="border: 0px; color: #42a2ce; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">via the Moto Maker website</a> directly, allows you to pick up the Moto X for half the regular $99.99 price that everyone else is paying for a customized smartphone. The sale runs through until November 18, so you’ve got a few more days to take advantage of the savings.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As you can probably guess, that $49.99 price point is obviously with a new qualifying two-year contract with Verizon. Given that the Moto X has been quite been selling as well as Motorola had hoped, it makes sense that they’d be willing to sacrifice $50 to get you on board. Then again, if you’re not a fan of contracts, waiting until January to get the dirt cheap Moto G <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">off contract</em> might be an even better deal.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Will Motorola offer the same half-price savings for T-Mobile and Sprint customers?</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Source</i> : <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/14/5103472/motorola-offers-verizon-moto-x-for-49-99-through-moto-maker" style="border: 0px; color: #42a2ce; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="The Verge">The Verge</a></span></div>

Verizon : Get a Moto Maker Customized Moto X for $49.99

That exclusivity deal that Motorola signed with AT&T has now expired, so the Moto Maker customization suite for the Moto X have now been...

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