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October 27, 2013, 9:30 PM

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Eugene Wei / Remains of the Day:
Amazon and the “profitless business model” fallacy  —  [DISCLOSURE: As always when I write about Amazon, I'll note I worked there from 1997-2004 and that I still own some shares in the company.  I still have many friends who work there, though I have no more idea what Amazon is working on now than any of you in the public.]
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Thoughts and Observations Regarding This Week's Apple Event Introducing the iPad Air and Retina iPad Mini  —  The Show Itself  —  There is a certain sameness to almost every Apple event.  A pattern, a formula, a structure, a rhythm and pacing.  Does this make them boring?
Allen Martin / CBS San Francisco:
Barge in SF Bay may be a marketing center for Glass if Google gets a waterfront permit  —  Massive Barge On San Francisco Bay Likely Secret Google Facility  —  SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — The U.S. Navy had its share of secrets on Treasure Island, but few were better kept than what's taking place …
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:
Spreadsheet of the day: Final estimates for Apple's Q4 2013  —  The forecasts of 48 Apple analysts — 27 Wall Street professionals and 21 independents  —  FORTUNE - The results of Fortune's quarterly survey of Apple (AAPL) analysts are in, and the results are mixed — in more ways than one.
USC:
USC Study: Google Search Serves Users From 600% More Locations than A Year Ago  —  In a shift in strategy, Google reuses existing content delivery infrastructure to speed up searches  —  Contact: Robert Perkins at (213) 740-9226 or perkinsr@usc.edu  —  Over the past 10 months …
Mark Gurman / 9to5Google:
Upcoming Nexus 5 leaks in white, Nov. 1 launch date reported  —  After leaking a clear image of the black model yesterday, prolific leaker @evleaks has posted a render of the upcoming Nexus 5 in a white color option.  As can be seen in the image above, the white model is actually a two-tone device …
Wall Street Journal:
Obama Unaware as U.S. Spied on World Leaders: Officials  —  NSA Stopped Surveillance of Merkel, Others After White House Review  —  WASHINGTON—The National Security Agency ended a program used to spy on German Chancellor Angela Merkel and a number of other world leaders …
Tweets: @eorden and @dbongino
Tom Simonite / MIT Technology Review:
Anonymity Network Tor Needs a Tune-up to Protect Users from Surveillance  —  Fixes are planned for Internet anonymity tool Tor after researchers showed that national intelligence agencies could plausibly unmask users.  —  When reports published earlier this month revealed …
John Lilly / Medium:
Free software strengthens Apple's business - systems, while disturbing Microsoft's - software  —  Cups of Water … My partner Reid has a fun metaphor he uses when he's describing how companies think about their core strategies (which don't change very much).
More: Benedict EvansTweets: @chrisyeh and @monkbent
Cory Scott / Official LinkedIn Blog:
LinkedIn explains security features behind Intro, its controversial email routing product  —  The Facts about LinkedIn Intro  —  This blog post is intended to provide more information and address inaccurate assertions that have been made as a result of a product we launched on Wednesday called LinkedIn Intro.

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