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Matt Brian / The Next Web:
Apple confirms it will stream ‘iPad Mini’ event via its website and Apple TV  —  In a remarkable turn-up for the books, Apple has confirmed that it will stream a live-video feed of its special launch event today, making video available from the event via a new Apple Events app on Apple TV devices but also via Apple.com.
Jeffrey Meisner / The Official Microsoft Blog:
Introducing the New Entertainment Experience from Xbox  —  Steve Ballmer recently stated that 2012 will be “the most epic year in Microsoft's history.”  —  Not only do we have major releases coming to the PC, tablet and phone, but we have worked extremely hard to ensure those screens work together …
Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider:
USPTO invalidates Apple's “rubber-banding” patent asserted against Samsung  —  It was discovered in a Monday court filing from Samsung that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office tentatively invalidated Apple's bounce scroll, or “rubber-banding,” patent, possibly putting the Apple v. Samsung jury's decision regarding the property at risk.
Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Q3 Beats Expectations In Mayer's First Full Quarter As CEO: $1.2B Revenue, Non-GAAP EPS $0.35
New York Times:
In Mobile World, Tech Giants Scramble to Get Up to Speed  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Intel made its fortune on the chips that power personal computers, and Microsoft on the software that goes inside.  Google's secret sauce is that it finds what you are looking for on the Internet.
More: Stowe Boyd
Dave Lee / BBC:
More piracy sites faced with blocking as BPI contacts UK ISPs  —  The legal process to block the latest selection of sites could be swifter than in the past, one lawyer says  —  The UK's major internet service providers have been asked to block three more file-sharing websites, the BBC can reveal.
Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch:
The Photo-Sharing Wars Aren't Over Yet.  Snapchat And Cinemagram Are Quietly Blowing Up.  —  When Instagram's roughly $750 million sale to Facebook closed, it seemed that the photo-sharing chapter in mobile app history closed.  Instagram had definitively won, while many startups …
More: AllThingsD.  Thanks:@eldon
Reuters:
Federal agency to switch to iPhone, drop BlackBerry  —  (Reuters) - The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) said will end its contract with BlackBerry maker Research In Motion in favor of Apple's iPhone, dealing a fresh blow to RIM just months ahead of its launch of a vital new device.
Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:
How the Huffington Post handles 70+ million comments a year  —  The Huffington Post has accumulated more than 70 million comments so far this year, far surpassing the 2011 total of 54 million.  —  To take a single example, its post (the first published) with the now-famous video of Mitt Romney's …
Dan Lyons / ReadWrite:
Editor's Note: Welcome To The New ReadWrite  —  Welcome to the new ReadWrite.  Today we are relaunching this legendary tech site with a new name, a new design and a new approach.  I'm thrilled to be joining ReadWrite as the site's new editor-in-chief, and to be teaming up with Fredric Paul …
Ritsuko Ando / Reuters:
Nokia seeks $1 billion from bonds to help drive fightback  —  (Reuters) - Mobile phone maker Nokia plans to raise 750 million euros ($980 million) by issuing bonds that can be converted into shares, seeking a cheap way to bolster its fragile finances as it battles to claw back market share lost to Apple and Samsung.
Owen Thomas / Business Insider:
A New Version Of Google Wallet Is ‘Coming Soon’  —  Google has quietly updated the website for Google Wallet, its mobile-payments service, to advertise “the next version of Google Wallet, coming soon.”  —  Visitors can request an invite.  We did, and Google asked us what kind of device we used …
Deepak Dhingra / Engadget:
Nokia launches budget Lumia 510: Windows Phone 7.5, 4-inch display and 5-megapixel camera (video)  —  Confirming all those rumors we've been hearing, Nokia has officially taken the wraps off its latest budget smartphone, the Lumia 510 — slotting it somewhere between the Asha range and the Lumia 610.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Mobile Payments Startup iZettle Expands Series B Of $31.4 Million, Adds American Express As Newest Investor As It Preps Launch In UK  —  Today iZettle, one of the several Square-like mobile payments companies in Europe, announced that it was expanding its Series B round of €25 million …
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Java still has a crucial role to play—despite security risks  —  Java has its security flaws, but it isn't going away any time soon—after all, many important applications run on the technology, especially in business settings.  Still, numerous users are worried enough about vulnerabilities …
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Amazon apparently discontinues Kindle Touch in favor of Paperwhite  —  It appears that Amazon is no longer selling the Kindle Touch, the touchscreen e-reader that preceded the front-lit Kindle Paperwhite.  Amazon also seems to have discontinued the large-screen Kindle DX last week.
David Talbot / MIT Technology Review:
A Bandwidth Breakthrough  —  A dash of algebra on wireless networks promises to boost bandwidth tenfold, without new infrastructure.
Sharif Sakr / Engadget:
ARM posts healthy Q3 profits: up 22 percent thanks to smart TVs and other growing markets  —  British chip designer ARM has just revealed its accounts for Q3 2012 and they show a familiar pattern: namely, a double-digit rise in both revenue (up 20 percent to £144.6 million …
Peter Bright / Ars Technica:
Turning to the past to power Windows' future: An in-depth look at WinRT  —  With its new tablet-friendly user interface, Windows 8 is going to be a revolution for both desktop users and tablet users alike.  These substantial user interface changes are paired with extensive changes beneath the operating system's surface.
Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:
The Internet Split  —  Web sites will soon fall into two categories: high audience low yield, low audience higher yield.  Such a divide will impact digital advertising.  —  This Autumn, whomever you talk to will tell you this: internet advertising yields are taking a dive.

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