Apple amends Siri's response to suicide in iOS 6 & iOS 7 w/ proactive approach; offers number to Nat'l Suicide Prevention Lifeline & one-tap to call directly; Siri does search of all local suicide prevention centers if user selects 'no' powered by @Yelp; @NYTimes reported more Americans die from suicide than car accidents last mo - Link

@Accel raises $100M for 'Big Data Fund 2'; follows firm's initial $100M 'Big Data Fund' announced in Nov '11; looks to fund software that makes analytics simpler; adds @Qlikview CTO @QlikDeighton & @Imperva CEO @slow22mo to Big Data Fund Advisory Council; looks to focus investments in 'last mile' data-driven software & end user value - Link 

UK ISPs give £1m (~$1.34M) over next 4 yrs towards hunting out child abuse images online w/ @IWFhotline; @VirginMedia, @BSkyBPress, @BTCare & @TalkTalk take 'zero tolerance' approach; estimates 1M unique images of child sexual abuse exist online but only 40K reports submitted each yr - Link

Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group forms to aid in ongoing dev of Ubuntu smartphone OS; consists of @EE, @deutschetelekom, Korea Telecom, @telecomItalia, @LGUplus, @PortugalTelecom & @SKTelecom; aims to discuss aspects of dev, ways to differentiate for OEMs & how to best establish marketplaces for apps; 1st smartphones to arrive Jan '14 - Link

@Dish declines to submit new bid & drops out of bidding for @Sprint; claims 'extreme deal protections' incl in revised acquisition agreement w/ @SoftBank made counterbid 'impossible' despite having larger bid @ $25.5B; focuses separate offer for @Clear; @Sprint to vote on @SoftBank offer of $21.6B on Jun 25th - Link

Doctor reviews @Vitals raises $22M C from Cardinal Partners, @PiperJaffrayRes, Milestone Venture Partners & @GreycroftVC; helps users find & connect w/ local doctors; serves 13M people monthly; plans to develop new tools to enable patients to access health care info; total funding to date $45M - Link

Seattle-based big data platform @SpaceCurve raises $10M B from Triage Ventures, @ReedElsevierHQ & Divergent Ventures; enables real-time immersive intelligence & drives innovations in location-based services like @Waze; total funding to date $17.3M - Link

@Jeff_Jordan of @a16z says Series A is new Series B in blog post; sees traction of Series B co's now @ Series A level; believes potential Series A investors are decreasing w/ rise of angels, super angels, micro-VCs & incubators; advises startups to raise more $$ w/ higher dilution in seed to allow more runway for Series A & get multiple institutional investors in seed - Link

@ObviousCorp-backed habit forming iPhone app @LiftApp launches web app; new web app features responsive design that works across all desktops & devices; adds new stats section w/ deeper & longer access to personal stats & visualization; lets users track habits across yrs - Link

@Bedrocket invests 7-figure sum in Emmy-nominated @YouTube show @WhatsTrending; 'strategic' investment designed to help expand & engage viewers across multiple platformds worldwide; show receives 2M+ views/mo & broadcasts on @YouTube daily - Link

Task management app @Asana integrates w/ @GoogleDrive for teams to better share info & collaborate; users can now import files straight from @GoogleDrive w/ one-click; files now linked to accounts instead of hosted on each, increasing searchability; only avail via web; also releases @GoogleChrome extension update w/ import website capability - Link

Social polling service @Poutsch launches free iPhone app; lets users ask questions, express opinions & engage in debates w/ other users all over world; users can follow each other; features flat design w/ Apple's upcoming iOS 7; avail in app store - Link

Online design store @Fab raises $150M D at $1B pre from China's Tencent, Japan's Itochu, @a16z, @atomicoventures, existing investors; @betashop tells @allthingsd Tencent willing to keep brand front & center as it brings Fab to Chinese mkt; has raised $310M total; @betashop claims 43% gross margins, clones forced rapid int'l expansion - Link

@ElonMusk tweets promoting an event on Thursday night at 8pm that promises to show off new tech that allows quick swapping of Tesla battery packs for extended trips, without requiring a Supercharger stop - Link

@BarackObama says NSA 'can't listen to your calls' or 'target your emails' in televised interview w/ @CharlieRose; states only way gov can access info is 'getting an individualized court order'; claims PRISM applies to 'foreign entities' & data is only collected through 'essentially a warrant'; says if people are making judgments based on leaked slides, 'they’re not getting the complete story' - Link

Breaking: SF @Caltrain evacuates train for potential hostage situation @ 22nd St stop; recent tweet says 'No trains being allowed through. Conductor says an hour. T17:18'; follow @Caltrain_News for updates - Link

Online learning marketplace @Udemy launches new 'Summer of Teaching' grant as it reaches 8K courses & 800K students; instructor acquisition has grown 365% & top 10 instructors to date have generated $5M+ in rev; instructors can win $5K & 100% of course rev for life w/ grant; co normally takes 30% commission on all course sales - Link

@Google settles shareholder lawsuit blocking delayed stock split; alleges cofounders Page & Brin engineered stock split that benefits them & shortchanges shareholders; split calls for new stock w/ no voting power be issued for each share of existing voting stock; structure ensures cofounders retain control of co; settlement requires co to compensate owners of new stock if worth less than existing stock after one yr - Link

@FiftyThree raises $15M from @a16z Highline Ventures @Jack @ThriveCapital @SVangel; NY-based startup behind the popular drawing app Paper; app has been downloaded more than 8M times & has had more than 80M projects built on it - Link 

@DuckDuckGo passes 3M searches in one day after breaking record of 2M/day last wk; total search up 50% in 8 days as PRISM fears rise; also makes 18.9M searches via API & ~500M bot searches; CEO & founder @yegg says 'if NSA were to ask for all our data, it would not be useful to them because our data is truly anonymous' - Link

@Huawei launches Ascend P6, world's slimmest @Android smartphone w/ a 5MP front-facing camera; comes 6.18mm thin & offers 4.7" HD display & 1.5GHz quad-core processing; supports 1080p video recording & playback; runs latest @Android version 4.2.2 w/ @Huawei's custom Emotion UI; retails @ €449 ($600) & avail in China later this mo - Link

Report: Surveillance helped stop plots to bomb NYSE & New York subway; NSA intercepted an email from a terrorist in Pakistan in '09 who was talking w/ someone in the US about perfecting a recipe for explosives; officials stand before House Intelligence Committee defending NSA surveillance programs - Link

@Netflix launches Netflix Families; site includes rows of Netflix recs for parents & kids, tips on how to stream & other promotional content; offers tips from parents - link

@Google enables offline disk import for Google Cloud Storage; allows developers to send their hard drives to Google to import very large data sets that would otherwise be too expensive & time-consuming to import; flat fee of $80 per hard drive - Link 

@Microsoft launches @Surface RT educational discounts for K-12 & high schools; limited time offer avail between Jun 17th & Aug 31st '13; @Surface RTs w/o keyboard $199 ($499, ~50% discount), w/ touch keyboard $249 ($599, ~58% discount) & w/ type keyboard $289 ($629, ~54% discount); no min order required - Link

@FredWilson says 'venture capital business as we know it will not exist in 25 yrs' @PandoDaily event; believes way assets are currently aggregated is 'unsustainable'; too much $$ in closed-in funds & other ways of funding are outperforming VCs; VCs will adapt more sustainable funding model where 'everybody could participate' - Link

@Nokia stock surges 11% after @Huawei's Chairman of Devices Richard Yu says it is 'open' to purchasing co; says @WindowsPhone has 'very small mkt share' & most @Android OEMs pay @Microsoft license fees for using @Google software which is 'not good'; @Nokia ships ~80% of @Microsoft mobile devices - Link

@FuseLabs social network So.cl launches new user interface w/ imaging app & meme creator; updates collage feature, adds clip creation via @Microsoft app BLINK & allows users to make own memes & share video playlists; features are prominently placed in top nav - Link

@Adobe beats w/ Q2 rev of $1B+ & hits 700K paying @CreativeCloud subscribers (up from 479K in Q1); comes in $.02 higher than prediction w/ $0.36 earnings per share; co up 4% in after hours trading; also says Digital Publishing Suite platform passes 100M publication downloads; still declines on yr-over-yr basis as co reached $1.1B in Q2 '12 - Link

@49ers & @Yahoo sign 10-yr agreement to make @Yahoo 'exclusive online sports content' for team & new @Levis Stadium; stadium set to open in '14 in Santa Clara, CA; deal provides @Yahoo Fantasy Football Lounge & viewing area & will encourage fans to upload photos to @Flickr for chance to show up on big screen during games - Link