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August 15, 2014, 5:00 PM

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Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft to deliver Windows ‘Threshold’ tech preview around late September — Summary: Microsoft is aiming to make available a technology preview of Windows Threshold around late September or early October. — Microsoft is aiming to deliver a “technology preview” of its Windows “Threshold” …

More: Computerworld, VentureBeat, Engadget, LiveSide.net, PC World, Digital Trends, LAPTOP Mag, BGR, Business Insider, Softpedia News, The Tech Report, The Verge, SlashGear, Windows Phone Central, WinBeta, Mashable, Gizmodo, Neowin, Electronista and Ars Technica. Tweets: @maryjofoley

Jason Del Rey / Re/code:

Wayfair, the Online Furniture Seller, Files for IPO — Wayfair, the online home goods company that built its business for nearly a decade with no outside funding, is planning to go public, according to paperwork filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

More: Fortune and VentureBeat. Tweets: @delrey

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Kevin Rose Steps Into Part-Time Role At Google Ventures To Build A New Startup Called North — Serial entrepreneur, investor, and overall Internet good guy Kevin Rose is stepping down from his role of general partner at Google Ventures. The Digg and Revision3 founder will be moving into a part …

More: The Next Web, Re/code and Business Insider

Tweets: @pinboard, @summertomato, @jason, @evelynrusli and @kevinrose

Thanks:@kylebrussell

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

FAA rules pilots without commercial licenses can't use startups like AirPooler to share rides — FAA Bans Planesharing Startups — There will be no “ZimRide for airplanes”, according to an FAA ruling released today that prohibits private pilots from publicly offering seats on their planes …

More: TechHive, VentureBeat, Electronista, Engadget and BetaBoston

Tweets: @_alexlawrence and @fredericl

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Biggest cable TV providers sold more broadband than video subscriptions last quarter — The Cable Guys Have Become the Internet Guys — The cable TV business hit an important milestone last month: It turned into the Internet business. — Last quarter, for the first time ever …

More: Quartz, VentureBeat, Wired, The Verge and Gigaom. Tweets: @b_fung

Laura Stampler / TIME:

Facebook: 1.2M unique ALS Ice Bucket Challenge videos posted, and 15M people discussed it — This Is How Many Ice Bucket Challenge Videos People Have Posted on Facebook — Hint: It's more than a million. — If you thought that the only thing on your Facebook Newsfeed right now was videos …

More: Inside Facebook, Cult of Mac, Mashable, WebProNews, Phandroid and The Verge

Casey Newton / The Verge:

SmartThings' acquisition by Samsung: “all about scale”, but will remain independent — Why did SmartThings sell to Samsung? — Making every home a smart home — It was just two years ago that home-automation company SmartThings began life as a Kickstarter project.

More: Pocket-lint and MobileSyrup.com

Kara Swisher / Re/code:

Samsung acquires smart-home controller startup SmartThings for $200M

Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider:

Lawsuit claims Steve Jobs, senior Apple directors hurt company with anti-poaching row — Piling onto Apple's anti-poaching courtroom saga, a new lawsuit seeks damages on behalf of shareholders for financial losses related to alleged misconduct by senior directors, including late cofounder Steve Jobs and current CEO Tim Cook.

More: Re/code, Patently Apple, PadGadget, TUAW, Gigaom, Electronista, BGR, The Drum, ValueWalk, V3.co.uk, ITProPortal, 9to5Mac, The Register, Inquirer and The Mac Observer

Robin Wauters / Tech.eu:

Rocket Internet sells 10.7% stake to United Internet for 435m euros, giving it a 4.3b euro post-money valuation — This just in: German Internet services juggernaut United Internet is to become startup incubator Rocket Internet's latest shareholder, as it has agreed to acquire a 10.7 percent stake for a total of 435 million euros.

Tweets: @jonrussell and @runacapital

Tom Simonite / MIT Technology Review:

Profile of Gavin Andresen, who succeeded Satoshi Nakamoto as Bitcoin Core's chief developer — Meet Gavin Andresen, the Most Powerful Person in the World of Bitcoin — In March, a bewildered retired man faced journalists yelling questions about virtual currency outside his suburban home in Temple City, California.

Thanks:@srikardr

Alina Selyukh / Reuters:

U.S. extends deadline for ‘net neutrality’ comments to Sept 15 — (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Friday said it would accept public comments on its proposed new “net neutrality” rules through Sept. 15, giving Americans extra time to weigh in on how they think Internet traffic should be regulated.

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

EyeEm Acquires Computer Vision Startup Sight.io To Make Photo Search And Discovery Better — Berlin-based photo-sharing platform EyeEm has acquired a smaller computer vision startup called Sight.io, both companies are announcing today. As a part of the deal, Sight.io founder Appu Shaji …

More: The Next Web and EyeEm Blog

Bloomberg:

China Mobile cutting $2B or 38% in phone subsidies after government tells carriers to do so — China Mobile Surges on Planned $2 Billion Cut in Subsidy — China Mobile Ltd. (941) rose to the highest in six years after saying it will cut $2 billion from the subsidies that help consumers …

More: Bloomberg

Hayley Tsukayama / Washington Post:

U.S. Deputy CTO Nicole Wong is leaving the White House — U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer Nicole Wong, who focused on privacy and big data issues, is leaving the White House a little more than a year after joining the Obama administration. Wong's last day is Friday …

More: The Hill

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple adds key Vice Presidents, more diversity to executive leadership page — Apple today has expanded its Executive Leadership Team to include notable Apple Vice Presidents. The team shown on Apple's official PR Bios website now includes Vice President of Special Projects Paul Deneve …

More: MacRumors, Daring Fireball, iMore, Business Insider, MacDailyNews, App Advice, iDownloadBlog.com, Cult of Mac, MacNN and iLounge. Tweets: @markgurman. Thanks:@allegrotechie

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