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August 22, 2014, 12:45 PM

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Reiji Murai / Reuters:

iPhone 6 display panel redesign delayed production, impact on launch uncertain — Exclusive: Apple iPhone 6 screen snag leaves supply chain scrambling — (Reuters) - Suppliers to Apple Inc (AAPL.O) are scrambling to get enough screens ready for the new iPhone 6 smartphone as the need …

More: ZDNet, Digital Trends, iMore, VentureBeat, Forbes, Fortune, Tech Trader Daily, CNET, Business Insider, USA Today, Gigaom, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, BGR, ITProPortal, TheStreet.com, Inquirer, TechnoBuffalo, App Advice, TIME, iPhone in Canada Blog, Gotta Be Mobile, SlashGear, Re/code, Softpedia News, bizjournals, The Verge, MacRumors, MacDailyNews, Geek.com, Gizmodo, Mashable, iPhone, Fortune, iLounge, MacNN, DisplayBlog and PC Magazine. Tweets: @nycjim

Dan Frommer / Quartz:

Most smartphone users download zero apps per month — Mobile apps have skyrocketed in popularity and utility since Apple introduced the iPhone App Store in the summer of 2008. Apps now represent 52% of time spent with digital media in the US, according to comScore, up from 40% in early 2013.

More: comScore, Gigaom, RAIN News and TIME

Tweets: @scobleizer, @chrismessina and @fromedome

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Majority Of Digital Media Consumption Now Takes Place In Mobile Apps — U.S. users are now spending the majority of their time consuming digital media within mobile applications, according to a new study released by comScore this morning. That means mobile apps, including the number 1 …

More: comScore, Inc., GeekWire, Laptop Mag, StrictlyVC, Tnooz, Android Authority, Music Ally, The Atlantic Online, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Re/code, Marketing Land, Talking New Media, Beyond Devices and Digital Music News. Tweets: @craigmod. See also Mediagazer

Chris Davies / SlashGear:

Acer Chromebox CXI distills C7 Chrome OS for desktops — Acer has outed a new Chrome OS machine, the Chromebox CXI Series, bringing Google's cloud-centric platform to the desktop with prices kicking off at under $180. Rather than build on the Tegra K1-powered Chromebook 13, however …

More: Gigaom, 9to5Google, Ars Technica, BetaNews, PC World, AndroidHeadlines.com, Electronista and Liliputing

Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac:

Apple removes Secret app from Brazilian App Store for not conforming with local laws — Following a recent ruling that Apple would have ten days to remove the anonymous social app Secret from its Brazilian App Store, Apple has complied with the order. The justification for the removal …

More: CNET, Gigaom, VentureBeat, iMore, MacRumors, Engadget, TUAW, MacDailyNews, MacNN, AppleInsider, The Next Web, Ubergizmo, App Advice and iPhone Hacks. Thanks:@chancehmiller

Brian Fung / Washington Post:

A federal court rejects Aereo's request to argue it's a cable company — Aereo's seemingly last-ditch argument to save itself won't be given an airing in court, according to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. — Instead, if the shuttered streaming video company wants to keep fighting for its survival …

More: Bloomberg, TechSpot, BetaBoston, TechCrunch, Electronista, CNET and USA Today. See also Mediagazer

Sam Oliver / AppleInsider:

Intuit releases redesigned Quicken 2015 for Mac, first new version in 7 years — Financial software firm Intuit on Thursday released Quicken 2015 for Mac, the first new version of the company's flagship personal finance and accounting suite to make its way to Apple's desktop platform in over seven years.

More: Macworld, Computerworld, TUAW, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac and MacNN

Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal:

Google to include temporary steering wheel and pedal system when testing autonomous cars in response to new California DMV rules — A Google Car Without a Steering Wheel? Not So Fast, California Says — Google caused a stir earlier this year when it unveiled a self-driving car without …

More: PC Magazine, PC World, Guardian, The Hill, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, The Next Web, Connectedly, The Verge, Ubergizmo, Engadget, SlashGear and 9to5Google

Cyrus Lee / ZDNet:

China Telecom to sell unlocked iPhone 6 — Summary: China Telecom said it will unlock the next-generation iPhone by supporting the SIM cards of the other two major telecom players in the market. — Cyrus Lee — China Telecom, China's third largest telecom players trailing behind China Mobile …

More: BGR, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, PC Magazine, Forbes and TechnoBuffalo. Tweets: @applespotlight

Martin Beck / Marketing Land:

Facebook Rolls Out Analytics For App Links, Says 3 Billion URLs Have Been Enabled — The open-source effort that aims to make the mobile web less frustrating for users is gaining momentum. Developers will now be able to measure results better. — Facebook's effort to make the mobile web less frustrating is gaining momentum.

More: App Links, AllFacebook, The Next Web, ZDNet, ReadWrite, Search Engine Land, TechCrunch, WebProNews, eWeek, Facebook Developers and Inside Facebook

Timothy B. Lee / Vox:

White House cybersecurity czar brags about his lack of technical expertise — Michael Daniel is the White House's cybersecurity coordinator, the man who “leads the interagency development of national cybersecurity strategy and policy” for the president. And in a recent interview with GovInfoSecurity …

More: GovInfoSecurity, Wall Street Journal, Techdirt, Liquidmatrix Security Digest, Engadget, Gizmodo, The Register, SlashGear and ITProPortal

Tweets: @edfelten, @rickgivens, @ryan, @qthrul, @al3x, @dangillmor, @csoghoian, @markrussinovich, @grummz, @digiphile and @alex

Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Lab:

This: Why Atlantic Media is funding a social platform for sharing links, one at a time — By now, you might have heard that Atlantic Media's Andrew Golis is incubating a small social network inside the company. Golis came to Atlantic Media as entrepreneur-in-residence a little over a year ago …

More: Capital New York. Tweets: @om, @laura_warne, @agolis, @nadinegoff, @yingworld, @jaredbkeller and @jeremymbarr

Secret Den:

Secret replaces photo library access with Flickr access, adds polls, moves to block posts with real names — Image search, Questions and Safety — When we first designed Secret, we set a few key principles. Today, we're releasing an update focused on one of them: Words are the centerpiece.

More: Wired, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Forbes and CNET

Grant Martin / Forbes:

Uber Now Integrates With United And Hyatt Apps — The car-sharing app Uber has been growing wildly over the last few years, with presences springing up in cities large and small around the world. They're also expanding digitally; just this past May, Google updated its apps for iOS and Android …

More: bizjournals

Jeremy Kirk / PC World:

Mobile apps could be abused to make expensive phone calls — A security precaution skipped in mobile applications such as Facebook's Messenger could be abused to make an expensive phone call at a victim's expense, a developer contends. — Phone numbers often appear as links on a mobile device.

More: algorithm.dk, Ubergizmo, Gizmodo and Neowin

Tweets: @j0hnnyxm4s, @neculaesei, @ashk4n and @ashk4n

Robin Wauters / Tech.eu:

Holtzbrinck Ventures exchanges its stakes in 7 Rocket Internet startups for a direct 2.5% stake in the incubator itself — There we go again: German tech startup incubator Rocket Internet has announced yet another new investor, as its longtime partner in crime Holtzbrinck Ventures is receiving a 2.5% stake.

More: TechCrunch, Rocket Internet press releases, PE Hub Blog, Webrazzi and Tnooz

Julian Hattem / The Hill:

Wikipedia blocks edits from Congressional IP address again after edits from “obvious transphobe” — ‘Orange is the New Black’ fight sparks new House Wikipedia ban — For the third time this summer, computers in the House have been blocked from editing Wikipedia due to a string of controversial edits.

More: Ars Technica, Engadget, The Week Magazine, The A.V. Club, Mashable, VentureBeat, The Raw Story, PandoDaily, Styleite and Mediaite. Tweets: @piper. See also Mediagazer

Malathi Nayak / Reuters:

Ouya partners with Xiaomi to bring its games to the Chinese smartphone maker's streaming boxes and smart TVs — Exclusive: Ouya scores Xiaomi partnership to take games to China — (Reuters) - U.S video game service Ouya is turning to Asia to capture the growth that has eluded the startup on its own home turf.

More: Tech in Asia, GamesIndustry.biz, The Next Web, TechSpot, CNET, Develop Feed, MCV: Home Stream, SlashGear, Engadget, Gamasutra and Android Central

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