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August 26, 2013, 11:00 PM

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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple planning to launch iPhone trade-in program in September  —  Apple is beginning final preparations to launch an iPhone trade-in program in its retail stores as soon as next month, according to sources with knowledge of the initiative.  This trade-in program will allow customers …
Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:
Apple's iPhone Trade-in Program Is Already Being Piloted, Here's How It Works  —  Apple is about to introduce an iPhone trade-in program that will allow users to walk into a Retail store and trade up from an old model to a new one.  We've heard some interesting details about the way that the program …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Nokia Sirius: a 10.1-inch Windows RT tablet that looks like a Lumia  —  Nokia is preparing to back Windows RT by launching a 10.1-inch tablet soon.  Sources familiar with Nokia's plans have revealed to The Verge that the tablet, codenamed Sirius, will be launched shortly.
Kurt Wagner / Mashable:
Facebook Unveils Shared Photo Albums  —  A picture's worth a thousand words, and now Facebook is letting others add to your conversation.  —  The world's largest social network announced shared photo albums on Monday, a new feature that allows multiple users to upload images to the same album.
NBC News:
How Snowden did it  —  When Edward Snowden stole the crown jewels of the National Security Agency, he didn't need to use any sophisticated devices or software or go around any computer firewall.  —  All he needed, said multiple intelligence community sources, was a few thumb drives …
Julian Assange / The Stringer:
Google and the NSA: Who's holding the ‘s**t-bag’ now?  —  It has been revealed today, thanks to Edward Snowden, that Google and other US tech companies received millions of dollars from the NSA for their compliance with the PRISM mass surveillance system.  —  So just how close is Google to the US securitocracy?
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Google blocks Chromecast app that let you stream your own videos  —  Google hasn't provided a clear answer on whether Chromecast will eventually let users stream their own local videos and music to the TV screen.  But if early updates for the $35 dongle are any indication …
Steven Levy / Wired:
Zuckerberg Explains Facebook's Plan to Get Entire Planet Online  —  Mark Zuckerberg wants to get everyone on Earth connected to the internet.  —  Last week, in an effort to reach this lofty goal, the Facebook CEO announced the establishment of Internet.org, a consortium that allied his company …
Jason Del Rey / AllThingsD:
Google's Local Business Is “Really Struggling,” in “Constant Chaos,” Yelp CEO Tells Charlie Rose (Video)  —  Based on their relationship today, it's hard to believe that Google almost owned Yelp.  —  The acquisition never went through, and today the two companies seem firmly entrenched …
Justine Sharrock / BuzzFeed:
The Rise And Fall Of A Startup Mansion  —  Startups, pizza, ego, beer, filth.  The collapse of a hacker house and the battle for Silicon Valley's soul.  —  a1.muscache.com  —  When William Hsu first moved to San Francisco to work in startups, he got a one-bedroom apartment.
Tweets: @jwherrmanThanks:@mattlynley
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries / Digits:
Open Secret About Google's Surveillance Case No Longer Secret  —  The Justice Department recently won a court battle to keep an Internet company from talking about federal demands for user data, arguing that even disclosing the company's name would damage national security.'
Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
At Last, Violin Memory Files for $173 Million IPO  —  Violin Memory, the flash storage company that has been raising money like crazy, just filed to raise about $173 million in an initial public offering, according to documents submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
New York Times:
As Amazon Stretches, Seattle's Downtown Is Reshaped  —  SEATTLE — Often a corporation with a grand dream to reshape a city wants tax breaks in return.  Not Amazon.  —  When Amazon executives showed up last year for the first meetings about their proposal to build a new headquarters here …
More: The VergeTweets: @biz
Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
Reporters “Not Invited” as Microsoft Lays Out Its Financial Future on Sept. 19  —  With all that is going on at Microsoft these days, you would think that the company's Sep. 19 financial analysts meeting would be packed with reporters.  —  Actually, there won't be a single one.
Tweets: @maryjofoley
Rachel King / ZDNet:
VMware aims to define software-defined data center with new portfolio  —  Summary: The buzz around software-defined data centers is still cloudy (so to speak) for some, but it defines VMware's game plan for the near future.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — If you're still unsure about what exactly …
Agam Shah / PC World:
Intel developing 3D laptop cameras that can follow your glare and read your emotions  —  From mundane 2D devices, integrated cameras in laptops and tablets in the future will change into powerful 3D tools that can sense movement, track emotion, and even monitor reading habits of children, according to Intel.
Paul Mozur / China Real Time Report:
Denial-of-Service Attack Shut Down Chinese Internet on Sunday Morning … Part of the Chinese Internet went down early Sunday morning in what the government is calling the largest denial-of-service attack it has ever faced.  —  The attack began at 2 a.m. Sunday morning and was followed …

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