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August 12, 2013, 4:10 PM

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Next iPad Takes After Thin, Light Mini  —  The same touch-panel technology that made the iPad mini thin and light will likely feature in the next iPad, which is currently being produced by Apple Inc.'s Asian suppliers, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
BlackBerry Says It's Looking For A Buyer (Or A Willing Partner), Forms Special Committee To ‘Explore Strategic Alternatives’  —  BlackBerry, the embattled Canada-based handset maker, today finally called a spade a spade.  The company halted trading in its shares to announce what some might argue …
Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:
City of London halts recycling bins tracking phones of passers-by  —  The City of London is halting a scheme that used recycling bins to track people as they walked by with their smartphones.  The head of Renew London, which was behind the operation, wrote in an email, “I can confirm that we are not currently running any trials.”
Richard Lai / Engadget:
Hold This Cat: HTC and Robert Downey Jr. kick off $1 billion ‘Change’ campaign (video)  —  “Big things ahead?”  Well, it looks like HTC's earlier tweet wasn't a cheeky hint at the upcoming 5.9-inch One Max; but rather, it was a tribute to the sheer scale of the new “Here's To Change” global ad campaign.
Chris Welch / The Verge:
20 injured at ill-conceived LG G2 promotional event  —  Looking to capitalize on buzz surrounding its brand new G2, LG held a public event in Seoul Friday where it teased that up to 100 people would walk away with the new flagship smartphone.  What it didn't expect was that 20 people …
David Meyer / GigaOM:
Firefox OS for the world!  ZTE to sell $80 Open smartphone through eBay  —  Have you been jonesing for a chance to play with Mozilla's Firefox OS smartphone operating system, but you don't live in one of the countries where it's been launched over the last month or so?
Jordan Kahn / 9to5Google:
Leaked press shots show Sony's upcoming 20.2MP, Carl Zeiss camera lens attachment for iPhone & Android  —  Last month a report from often reliable sources claimed that Sony was readying a new Carl Zeiss camera lens with a 20.2 MP sensor that would attach onto a smartphone and connect over WiFi or NFC.
Robin Sidel / Wall Street Journal:
Regulator Examines Bitcoin Practices  —  New York Issues Subpoenas to Firms Tied to Bitcoin  —  New York's top banking regulator has issued subpoenas to roughly two dozen companies associated with bitcoin as part of a wide-ranging inquiry into the business practices of the fledgling virtual …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook Makes Mobile Pages More Functional With OpenTable Reservations And Rovi TV Guide Info  —  Facebook's on a mission to make mobile Pages more functional.  Following a Yelp-ish redesign in April, iOS, Android, and mobile site updates coming later today add an integration with OpenTable …

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