Apple Cuts iPhone 5C Orders  —  Move Raises Concerns About Demand, Pricing Strategy for Low-Cost Device  —  A customer looks at an Apple iPhone 5c at a store in Palo Alto, Calif., on Sept. 20.  Bloomberg News  —  HONG KONG— Apple Inc. has notified its two assemblers for the low-cost iPhone 5C …

Cupertino council clears huge Apple ‘spaceship’ campus for liftoff  —  CUPERTINO — Apple's (AAPL) proposed new spaceship-shaped headquarters got a super-charged blast-off Tuesday night when the Cupertino City Council voted unanimously to approve the 2.8-million-square-foot behemoth beside Interstate 280 …

Square Cash lets anyone with a debit card send money instantly over email  —  What if sending money was as simple as sending an email?  —  That's the premise of Square Cash, launching today for all debit card users in the US, using any email service.  To use Square Cash …

Think You Can Live Offline Without Being Tracked?  Here's What It Takes  —  Nico Sell, the cofounder of a secure communication app called Wickr, has appeared on television twice.  Both times, she wore sunglasses to prevent viewers from getting a full picture of what she looks like.

Many of the most-pirated movies aren't available for legitimate online purchase  —  Why does movie piracy persist after years of efforts to stamp it out?  A new website called PiracyData.org suggests a simple explanation: people pirate movies because they don't have the option of paying for a legitimate copy online.

Twitter headed to New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ‘TWTR’  —  Summary: The move to the NYSE is quite the contrast to Facebook's tumultuous public launch on the Nasdaq.  —  Twitter has filled in another blank as it goes through the legal process to become a publicly traded company.

Intel says hardware bargains to multiply this fall: $99 tablets, $299 Haswell laptops, $349 2-in-1 hybrids  —  Nov. 12 - 13, 2013  —  Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich said he expects bargains galore this holiday season as computermakers take advantage of the latest Intel Haswell and Bay Trail microprocessors.

Akamai: Half Of All Internet Connections Now At 4Mbps+, Safari Remains Most Used Mobile Browser Globally  —  The ITU has recently published figures noting 2.7 billion internet connections globally, and today Akamai has released some numbers pointing to how fast those connections actually are.

What comes next after Windows 8.1?  —  Summary: Microsoft's Windows 8.1 will be commercially available starting this week.  What will Microsoft do for an encore on the Windows front?  —  Microsoft is making Windows 8.1 commercially available over the next day-plus (depending on your time zone).

Aviate: an always-changing, intelligent home screen for Android  —  What if Google Now was made of the icons on your home screen?  —  “We want to connect people to personalized information at the moment it's useful,” reads the mission statement of Aviate, a replacement launcher for Android available today in private beta.

Why It's So Difficult to Climb Amazon's Corporate Ladder  —  Inside the Internet juggernaut Amazon.com (AMZN), there's near constant pressure to perform.  In dozens of interviews ranging over two years for my book, The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon …

Exclusive: Greenwald exits Guardian for new Omidyar media venture  —  (Reuters) - Glenn Greenwald, who has made headlines around the world with his reporting on U.S. electronic surveillance programs, is leaving the Guardian newspaper to join a new media venture funded by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar …

Microsoft gives Office to students whose teachers buy it  —  For years, Microsoft, Apple, and others have offered educational discounts to students.  Now, Microsoft has gone significantly further, providing a free copy of Office to students whose schools license it for their faculty and staff.

HP Chromebook 11 Review  —  We're in the midst of a netbook renaissance.  Armed with lighter weight OSes, faster hardware and a better appreciation for what matters in a consumer device, OEMs are giving the concept another try.  —  Just like before, we'll see solutions based on Windows as well as open source OS alternatives.

Watch out AT&T: Verizon's new LTE network monster stirs in NYC  —  AT&T's LTE service has been beating Verizon's 4G network soundly in performance tests — as any Ma Bell marketing exec will tell you if given half a chance — but the days are numbered in which AT&T can claim the title of country's fastest network.

Apple releases new Java update, uninstalls Apple-provided Java applet plug-ins  —  Apple has released Java for OS X 2013-005, which “delivers improved security, reliability, and compatibility for Java SE 6″.  The update is available in the Mac App Store.

General Assembly launches Dash, a Codecademy-style site that teaches you to code  —  General Assembly launched today a new service designed to help get more people to take advantage of its Web Development courses.  Called Dash, users will be able to take courses in HTML, cascading stylesheets, and Javascript right in their browser.

Snack maker Mondelez readying ‘smart shelves’ to track and influence shopper behavior  —  A snack maker plans to introduce “smart” grocery store shelves to target shoppers with customized ads intended to spur impulse purchases.  —  Mondelez International Inc. will set up “smart shelves” …