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August 22, 2014, 5:35 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: MacRumors, MacDailyNews, The Verge, TheStreet.com, SiliconBeat, iMore, App Advice, Forbes, SlashGear, ZDNet, EE Times, Inquirer, Laptop Mag, iPhone in Canada Blog, Digital Trends, AppleInsider, TechnoBuffalo, TechSpot, Softpedia News, Cult of Mac, Gotta Be Mobile, USA Today, TIME, Geek.com, CNET, 9to5Mac, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, Mashable, Business Insider, iPhone, ITProPortal, Investor's Business Daily, Gigaom, Re/code, Fortune, Fortune, Tech Trader Daily, bizjournals, BGR, MacNN and iLounge

Tweets: @m4tt, @m4tt, @stevesi and @nycjim

Kevin Poulsen / Wired:

Secret has closed 42 security holes reported through its bug bounty which began in February — Your Anonymous Posts to Secret Aren't Anonymous After All — White hat hacker Ben Caudill is halfway through his sandwich when he casually reaches over to his iPhone, swipes the screen a few times, then holds it up to me.

More: Forbes, CNNMoney.com, New York Times, BGR, PandoDaily, The Daily Dot, Gigaom, CNET, The Verge, Tech Times, Engadget, SlashGear, Business Insider, TechCrunch, Business Insider and The Next Web. Tweets: @hunterwalk. Thanks:@srikardr

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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: VentureBeat, TechnoBuffalo and Business Insider. Tweets: @ajs

Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac:

Apple removes Secret app from Brazilian App Store for not conforming with local laws

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

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, Business Insider, Gigaom, TechSpot, RAIN News and TIME

Tweets: @treehcapital, @ross, @krestivo, @chrisgilmer, @fromedome, @chrismessina, @sfiegerman, @scobleizer and @piercedavid

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Majority Of Digital Media Consumption Now Takes Place In Mobile Apps

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

Dan Primack / Fortune:

Exclusive: Todd Park stepping down as America's chief technology officer — Todd Park is planning to step down as U.S. Chief Technology Officer by year-end, Fortune has learned from sources familiar with the situation. — He is expected to take on a new White House role …

More: Wired, VentureBeat, The Hill, Gigaom and Government Technology News

Nick Statt / CNET:

Coin delays launch until spring 2015, will offer beta to the first 10,000 pre-order customers who opt in — Coin delays product launch until spring 2015 as questions remain — The startup behind a smart electronic device that stores credit and debit cards will offer a beta program for 10,000 customers.

More: The Next Web, The Verge, Gigaom, Engadget, AppleInsider, VentureBeat, Wired, Gizmodo, Business Insider, The Mac Observer, App Advice, Valleywag, Electronista and Finextra Research news

Tweets: @markgurman and @percival

Thanks:@richardjnieva

Brian Womack / Bloomberg:

Google Buys Product-Design Company Gecko for X Projects — Google Inc. (GOOGL) is acquiring Gecko Design Inc. to add product-design capabilities to its research lab. — Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. Gecko, which is based in Los Gatos, California, will join Google's X lab, the startup said on its website.

More: ZDNet, VentureBeat, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Computerworld, CNET, Engadget, Gigaom, 9to5Google, bizjournals, Wall Street Journal and WebProNews

Nicole Perlroth / New York Times:

More Than 1,000 Businesses in U.S. Affected by Same Cyberattack That Hit Target — More than 1,000 American businesses have been affected by the cyberattack that hit the in-store cash register systems at Target, Supervalu and most recently UPS Stores. — The attacks are much more pervasive …

More: The Verge, Gizmodo, Business Insider and BetaBoston. Tweets: @nicoleperlroth

Jason Del Rey / Re/code:

Twitter Is Working With Payments Startup Stripe on Its Commerce Initiative — Twitter's long-awaited plan to let its users make purchases right from a tweet is nearing, and payments startup Stripe will have a role in the business, multiple industry sources tell Re/code.

More: Engadget, Marketing Land, The Next Web and WebProNews. Tweets: @kabster728. Thanks:@delrey

Vlad Savov / The Verge:

Samsung couldn't resist turning the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge into an ad — It had to be done. Some unscrupulous marketer was always going to try and capitalize on the global popularity of the Ice Bucket Challenge — whose goal is to raise money to fight amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) — as a cheap ploy to sell you more stuff.

More: 9to5Mac, Android Central, CNET, BGR, BetaNews, AppleInsider, TUAW, AdAge, Business Insider, TechCrunch, App Advice and WebProNews. Tweets: @inafried

Kurt Wagner / Re/code:

Twitter only inserts favorited tweets into your timeline after engagement from multiple users you follow — How Twitter Decides What to Place in Your Stream — Earlier this week, Twitter began adding content to users' timelines, and it says it's going to keep doing that.

More: SlashGear, WebProNews and hypebot

Evelyn M. Rusli / Wall Street Journal:

“Sense” sleep tracker fundraising totals nearly $13M: $10.5M from angels, $2.4 from Kickstarter, and none from institutional VCs — Sleep Tracker ‘Sense’ Raises $13 Million, Without Venture-Capital Help — At 23, James Proud is a rising Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur …

More: VentureBeat, Business Insider and Crowdfund Insider

Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:

Ryan Seacrest's Typo sold thousands of BlackBerry-style keyboards in defiance of court order, faces contempt charge — Typo, which makes add-on keyboards for iPhones, got off to a rocky start this year when a federal judge slapped it with a sales ban for violating BlackBerry patents.

More: PandoDaily, Law360, Electronista, iPhone in Canada Blog and CrackBerry.com

Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:

AdDetector plugin detects native advertising on sites like BuzzFeed and the New York Times — Meet AdDetector — The New Plug-In That Labels Native Advertising — A week-old browser plug-in may have helped solve native advertising's labeling problem. — The service, AdDetector …

More: Business Insider and AdExchanger

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, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, Forbes, MacDailyNews, MacRumors, TechnoBuffalo and PC Magazine. Tweets: @applespotlight

Maria Sheahan / Reuters:

German regulator won't pursue complaint demanding Google pay for giving access to articles — Google wins victory in row with German publishers — (Reuters) - A German regulator handed Google Inc a victory on Friday as it said it would not pursue a complaint brought against the internet …

More: 9to5Google, TheDomains.com and WebProNews

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, Electronista, AndroidHeadlines.com and Liliputing

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft NoSQL database and full-text search service previews available on Azure — Summary: Microsoft is making available previews of two new Azure services: Its DocumentDB NoSQL service and its full-text search service built on Elasticsearch. — Microsoft is making available in preview form …

More: ScottGu's Blog, Microsoft Azure Blog, The Register, SQL Server Team Blog and VentureBeat. Thanks:@msprwatch

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