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October 21, 2013, 1:50 AM

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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

OS X Mavericks may arrive this week, plus rounding up expectations for Tuesday's Apple event — Tune in Oct. 22 for new iPads, Mac Pro details, MacBook Pros, and Mavericks — Apple's next event is upon us, and it's likely to be action-packed. As Apple says: it has “a lot to cover.”

More: Bloomberg, AllThingsD, MacRumors, Wall Street Journal, MacNN, Ars Technica, GeekWire, iDownloadBlog.com and ParisLemon

Tweets: @markgurman and @markgurman

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple silently updates OS X Mavericks Golden Master to new version — This weekend, Apple seems to have updated the OS X Mavericks Golden Master (GM) version to a new build. The new build is 13A603 while the original GM seed was 13A598. It's not common for Apple to change the GM build for a Mac OS, but it is not without precedent.

More: TechCrunch, iMore, Cult of Mac, MacRumors, iClarified and Loop News

Katie Marsal / AppleInsider:

Apple inventory snapshot suggests new MacBook Pros imminent, non-Retina iPad mini may live on

More: Mashable, iMore, 9to5Mac, TechnoBuffalo, Fortune, NBCNews, I4U News, App Advice and SlashGear

Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech:

Surface Pro 2 is an improvement over its predecessor: quicker, quieter, longer battery life — Microsoft Surface Pro 2 Review — When Microsoft introduced its first Surface devices last year, it did so in a staggered fashion. Surface RT showed up first, then four months later Surface Pro went on sale.

More: Engadget, The Next Web, ZDNet, Gizmodo and The Verge. Tweets: @codinghorror

Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech:

Surface 2: Big step forwared compared to RT but still faces same struggles — Microsoft Surface 2 Review — A year ago Microsoft first threw its hat into the tablet race with a new brand, a new OS and a completely new strategy. To make a challenging situation even more difficult …

More: ZDNet, CNET, GeekWire, The Next Web, TechCrunch, SuperSite for Windows and The Verge

Spiegel Online:

NSA Hacked Email Account of Mexican President — The NSA has been systematically eavesdropping on the Mexican government for years. It hacked into the president's public email account and gained deep insight into policymaking and the political system. The news is likely to hurt ties between the US and Mexico.

More: ZDNet, TechCrunch, Slate, RT, The Verge, CNET, Gizmodo, emptywheel, Daily Dot, NBCNews, Gawker and Boing Boing

Tweets: @thinkmexican, @ajcorchado, @csoghoian, @ioerror, @shanewharris, @qthrul, @gaberivera and @nselby

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Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:

Selling gold: Apple debuts its first iPhone 5S TV spot — Just a few days after Apple rolled out its first print ads for the iPhone 5S on the back of several magazines, the company has debuted the first TV commercial for its flagship device during a football broadcast on FOX.

More: 9to5Mac, MacRumors, AppleInsider, CNET, iMore, AppleTell, PhoneArena, PC Magazine, Network World, Mashable, Cult of Mac, MobileSyrup.com, iPhone in Canada Blog and Redmond Pie

Tweets: @markgurman and @hamburger

steve cheney:

Why Android First is a Myth — In mobile, particularly in consumer markets, there has been an ongoing debate about when or if Android will become the first platform that sophisticated startups develop for. Often times, this argument is wrongly centered around vanity metrics for Android …

Tweets: @monkbent, @carnage4life, @ericries, @mdudas, @jerrymarino, @dghoang and @benedictevans

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

GarageBand for iOS 7 to Become Free with In-App Purchases as Apple Reveals Full Set of New iLife and iWork Icons — Ahead of Tuesday's media event, Apple has revised its Built-in Apps page for the iPhone 5s to reveal the full set of new iOS 7-themed icons for the six iLife and iWork apps offered for iOS.

More: AppleInsider, SlashGear, 9to5Mac, iMore, Mashable, The Next Web, Loop News, Ubergizmo, iPhone Hacks, iPhone in Canada Blog and iClarified

Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica:

Google's iron grip on Android: Controlling open source by any means necessary — Android is open—except for all the good parts. — Six years ago, in November 2007, the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) was announced. The original iPhone came out just a few months earlier …

More: rc3.org. Tweets: @mattrosoff, @anildash, @bgurley and @cdixon

Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:

Experian Sold Consumer Data to ID Theft Service — An identity theft service that sold Social Security and drivers license numbers — as well as bank account and credit card data on millions of Americans — purchased much of its data from Experian, one of the three major credit bureaus …

Tweets: @dangillmor

Rani Molla / GigaOM:

MoneyTree graph of total VC investment since '95 shows how outsized '99-'00 were versus now — How has VC funding changed since 1995? (Charts) — Earlier today, PricewaterhouseCoopers and National Venture Capital Association released a report showing that total venture capital spending …

Tweets: @paulg

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

US Companies Raised $8.1B In 806 VC Deals In Q3, Capital Raised, M&A Activity And IPOs All Up From Previous Quarter

More: GeekWire

Martin Robbins / Motherboard:

Client and worker interviews shed more light on Wikipedia-editing firm Wiki-PR — Is Wikipedia for Sale? — We all know that Wikipedia can be subverted—it's an inevitability of an open platform that some people will seek to abuse it, whether to gain some advantage or just for a laugh.

Tweets: @adrian_johnson, @hautepop, @jerrymichalski and @jilliancyork

New York Times:

Walmart, slow to embrace the web, is building an e-commerce business to rival Amazon — To Catch Up, Walmart Moves to Amazon Turf — SAN BRUNO, Calif. — A plucky Silicon Valley company, forced to compete for talented engineers, is trying it all — recruiting billboards on Highway 101 …

Tweets: @francoismat, @dspector and @robinmacnab

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