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Brad Molen / Engadget:

LG will reveal “G Watch R” circular smartwatch at IFA next week to compete with the Moto 360 — LG will reveal a circular smartwatch next week to compete with the Moto 360 — Of the three Android Wear smartwatches introduced at Google's developer conference in June …

Dan Frommer / Quartz:

Top 25 most used apps in US: Facebook on top, followed by YouTube; Google is top publisher — These are the 25 most popular mobile apps in America — In its latest mobile app report, comScore tracks the 25 most popular apps in the US. This is an interesting slice of the App Store …

More: comScore, PopHerald Technology News and Digital Trends

Tweets: @tlowdermilk, @buzzfeedben, @taavet, @fromedome and @jayrosen_nyu

Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic Online:

Top apps by user age groups: Pandora is 2nd most popular after Facebook for 3 youngest groups

More: comScore, Inc., Wall Street Journal, Engadget, Tech Times and ReadWrite

Tweets: @wcronon, @jackschofield and @dkthomp

Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:

Delivery startups return: services like Instacart try to avoid flaws of dot-com-era companies — Delivery Start-Ups Are Back Like It's 1999 — Last year, I was excited to hear about a new start-up in San Francisco that delivered cheap bottles of wine within an hour. It was called Rewinery, and it was fantastic.

More: Valleywag. Tweets: @upshotnyt, @clairecm, @rakeshlobster, @alsaqqaf, @bronwynbailey, @horwitzjosh and @bryce

Adam Jourdan / Reuters:

China's homegrown OS with app store support may be ready for desktops in October, will extend to mobile devices later — China targets own operating system to take on likes of Microsoft, Google — (Reuters) - China could have a new homegrown operating system by October to take on imported rivals …

More: Xinhua News Agency, Computerworld, PhoneArena, PC Magazine and Engadget

John Gruber / Daring Fireball:

Conjecture on new iPhone resolutions: 1334 x 750 for the 4.7" model, 2208 x 1242 for 5.5" — Conjecture Regarding Larger iPhone Displays — Throughout the entire rumor cycle for this year's new iPhones, we've been inundated with reports of two new screen sizes, 4.7 and 5.5 inches.

More: Forbes, MacRumors, Rusty Rants, Softpedia News, Cult of Mac, MacDailyNews, iPhone in Canada Blog and Ars Technica

Tweets: @jjlin, @incanus77, @toddmparker, @robjdavey and @tapbot_paul

Cat Zakrzewski / TechCrunch:

Wells Fargo Launches Accelerator To Promote Innovation In Financial Services — Wells Fargo on Wednesday announced the launch of its first accelerator program, which will provide funding and mentorship to young companies aiming to pioneer new financial services technology.

More: bizjournals, San Francisco Chronicle, bizjournals, Wells Fargo, Fox Business, tech.co and Silicon Prairie News

Tweets: @leimer and @kyron4startups

Blair Hanley Frank / GeekWire:

OnBeep raises $6.25 million to create a Star Trek-style communicator device — OnBeep, a San Francisco startup founded by Chef co-founder and former Amazon Availability Program Manager Jesse Robbins, has raised a series A funding round worth $6.25 million. The money will be used to fund …

More: Mashable, SlashGear, Wired, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Gigaom, FierceWireless and PC World. Thanks:@johnhcook

Jason Del Rey / Re/code:

Aim of Amazon's in-store payment system may be to allow brick and mortar shops to sell on Amazon's online store — Predicting Amazon's Secret Plans in Physical Retail — The recent launch of Amazon's in-store credit card reader and checkout software was one of Jeff Bezos' most deliberate acts …

Tweets: @mdudas

Robert McMillan / Wired:

White House recruits techies like Mikey Dickerson by dropping suit requirement; still issues BlackBerries — The White House Gives Up on Making Coders Dress Like Adults — The U.S. Government wants to hire more people like Mikey Dickerson. He's the former Google engineer …

More: White House.gov Blog, NPR, FishbowlDC, Washington Post, 9to5Google, The Hill, ReadWrite, The Register, Quartz and Fortune

Tweets: @alejandropoire, @vkhosla, @andrewsu, @nickdawson and @mims

David Ruddock / Android Police:

Kreyos smartwatch ships to some Indiegogo backers 9 months late, and containing numerous flaws — Utter Failure Of Kreyos Smartwatch With $1.5 Million In Backing Shows The Continued Perils Of Hardware Crowdfunding — Crowdfunding complex hardware is risky business, and it seems that risk …

More: Gizmodo, docs.google.com, Betabeat, Betabeat, Gizmodo, Crowdfund Insider, TechHive, Crowdfund Insider, and The Guardian. Tweets: @richardlai

Nellie Bowles / Re/code:

YC's Jessica Livingston Was Hit On by a VC on the Way to This Interview — When Jessica Livingston, a co-founder of the influential startup accelerator Y Combinator, arrived at The Wine Room in Palo Alto, Calif., a little early for our meeting, a man who was also waiting outside the wine bar started to chat her up.

More: Valleywag, TechCrunch and Business Insider

Tweets: @davidcowan, @loyalelectron, @tqbf and @johnolilly

Dan Peltier / Skift:

New app that lets US and Canadian citizens forgo customs paperwork tested at Atlanta airport — New Mobile Passport Control App Being Piloted in Atlanta — Skift Take — Using mobile apps to speed the customs process at the airport is a logical step.

More: U.S. Customs …, U.S. Customs …, The Hill, Android Central, USA Today, FedScoop, Los Angeles Times, FierceHomelandSecurity News, Successful Meetings and Telegraph

Stacey Higginbotham / Gigaom:

Ralph Lauren partners with OMsignal to test connected shirts with ball boys at the US Open — Ralph Lauren taps OMsignal for sleek, connected shirts at the U.S. Open — Technology and fashion don't often come together in elegant ways, but a collaboration between Ralph Lauren …

More: New York Times and Cantech Letter

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