Private briefing with NSA officials draws paltry turnout from the Senate + MORE

US politicians have drawn themselves into discussions about PRISM and claims that the country spied on its own citizens, yet less than half of the Senate attended a dedicated briefing with NSA director James Clapper and other senior officials, it has been revealed.
The Hill reports that a private briefing on Thursday afternoon with the Senate Intelligence Committee, featuring Clapper, NSA head Keith Alexander and others, was attended by just 47 of the 100 Senators…

This week was filled with unpredictable weather, feverishly anticipated conferences and big announcements. It was almost too much to keep up with, but fear not. Top 10 Tech is here to catch you up on all the latest, hottest techno-news of the week.
The biggest announcements of the week came from Apple’s WWDC conference on Monday…

While you’ve been busy updating your company’s Facebook page, keeping your customers up to date through Twitter and posting the latest corporate video on YouTube, we’ve been reporting on the latest in social media news for businesses large and small.
In case you’ve missed any of it, here’s a recap of this week’s breaking stories…

The Miami Heat are tied with the San Antonio Spurs in the best-of-seven NBA Finals at two games each, but the Heat are crushing the Spurs on Facebook, according to PageData.
The Heat, who are led by the 9th-most popular athlete on Facebook (LeBron James), have nearly 7 million more Facebook fans than the Spurs…

Welcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news. To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention. What’s New This Week? Facebook Launches Clickable Hashtags: Clickable hashtags are rolling out on Facebook. “When you click on a hashtag in […

People assume the worst. So when it comes to counting government “requests” for private data, disclosing a number, even a high number, is far better than the fear of infinity. That’s why tech giants are fighting to show they aren’t open books surrendered to the NSA. They want to prove only the suspicious are being spied upon…

Twitter’s two major product launches 0f 2013 are heading in vastly different directions.
Vine is rising off the charts, growing from being on just one in 50 iPhones in January to being on more than one in 10 iPhones in May. In addition, Twitter just launched Vine on Android this month, where it already has as many as five million installs and over 25,000 reviews…