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What's up dock?  Apple to shrink connector for iPhone 5  —  (Reuters) - Apple Inc's new iPhone will drop the wide dock connector used in the company's gadgets for the best part of a decade in favor of a smaller one, a change likely to annoy the Apple faithful but which could be a boon for accessory makers.
Alistair Barr / Reuters:
Amazon's mobile ambitions grow  —  (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) plans to expand its mobile platform and broaden its offering of devices beyond e-readers and the Kindle Fire tablet, analysts, developers and retail partners said ahead of results next week from the world's largest Internet retailer.
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
One Week of Mayer at Yahoo: Whither Ross?  New Old Yahoos?  More Search?  Product Side “Elated!”  —  Good gracious, what a difference a week makes — at Yahoo, at least.  —  With the installation of former Googler Marissa Mayer as its new CEO, the troubled Silicon Valley Internet giant bought itself …
Jon Russell / The Next Web:
As sales surge, Google debuts its first Nexus 7 commercial  —  On the back of a warm reception and promising sales, Google has stepped up promotion of its Nexus 7 tablet after the search giant published its first video advert — ‘Nexus 7: Camping’ - which features a father and son venturing …
Sarah Lacy / PandoDaily:
In It to Win It: Asana Raises $28M Series B, Peter Thiel Joins the Board  —  Asana is not merely a “Facebook for the enterprise.”  But it's crammed full of Facebook DNA, including its co-founders Dustin Moskovitz and Justin Rosenstein.  There's also board member Adam D'Angelo- Quora co-founder and former Facebook CTO.
Matt Brian / The Next Web:
Former Yahoo chief Scott Thompson appointed new CEO of ShopRunner  —  After a turbulent few months as Yahoo's CEO, where he was removed from its board and management for lying on his resume, former PayPal president Scott Thompson has found a new employer, joining ShopRunner as its new chief executive.
Poornima Gupta / Reuters:
Apple heads into choppy waters as new iPhone awaited  —  (Reuters) - Apple Inc faces an unusual phenomenon when reporting earnings this time around: low expectations.  —  Few are expecting the world's most valuable technology company — which surpasses Wall Street expectations with near regularity …
Daniel Frankel / paidContent:
Netflix names former Warner exec its permanent CMO  —  Six months after longtime marketing chief Leslie Kilgore left the company, Netflix has named a permanent CMO — former Warner Bros. executive Kelly Bennett.  —  He'll replace Jessie Baker, who had served as interim CMO since …
Steve Dent / Engadget:
Financial Times: Nokia mulling revenue split with carriers for Windows Phone 8  —  The Financial Times has reported that Nokia is in “exploratory” talks with several European carriers to share revenue for its upcoming Windows Phone 8 handsets in exchange for dedicated support.
Somini Sengupta / New York Times:
Facebook Efforts on Advertising Face a Day of Judgment  —  SAN FRANCISCO — In the race for digital advertising dollars, Google has been the clear winner, with its ability to customize advertisements based on what you search for.  But Facebook, which customizes ads based on who you and your friends are, hopes to be a contender.
Diane Bartz / Reuters:
Dell wins U.S. antitrust approval to buy Quest Software  —  (Reuters) - Dell Inc has won U.S. antitrust approval to buy IT management company Quest Software Inc, the Federal Trade Commission said on Monday.  —  Dell had said in early July that it would buy Quest for $2.4 billion to expand …
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Advanced Television:
Report: AI-generated music uploads account for <1% of total streams; AI-adoption is strongest in functional and low-stakes settings such as background music

Scott Nover / Washington Post:
The Richmond Free Press, a 34-year-old Black-owned weekly, shuts down due to falling ad revenue as the Black press suffers from the dispersion of its readership

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