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October 7, 2014, 5:25 PM

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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Facebook working on stand-alone mobile app that will allow anonymous discussion; release expected in coming weeks  —  Facebook Readies App Allowing Anonymity  —  Facebook has long attempted to be the place where, above all else, you try to be yourself.  —  Soon, Facebook will allow you to be yourself, but under a different name.
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Twitter sues U.S. government over limits on ability to disclose surveillance orders  —  Twitter, the world's largest microblogging platform, on Tuesday sued the U.S. government, alleging that the Justice Department's restrictions on what the company can say publicly about the government's …
Chris Hamby / BuzzFeed:
DOJ in court filing asserts a DEA agent had the right to impersonate a woman on Facebook without her consent  —  Government Set Up A Fake Facebook Page In This Woman's Name  —  The Justice Department is claiming, in a little-noticed court filing, that a federal agent had the right …
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
iOS 8 Adoption Stagnates Just Two and a Half Weeks After Launch  —  After almost three weeks of availability, Apple's iOS 8 operating system is now installed on 47 percent of devices, according to new numbers posted on Apple's App Store support page for developers.
Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica:
Adobe's e-book reader sends your reading logs back to Adobe—in plain text [Updated]  —  Adobe even logs what you read in Digital Editions' instruction manual.  —  Adobe's Digital Editions e-book and PDF reader—an application used by thousands of libraries to give patrons access …
Walt Mossberg / Re/code:
Kano Lets Kids Build Their Own Computers and Learn to Code  —  If you ask a typical 10-year-old today what's inside her computer, or how the software is created, she's likely to be baffled.  Today's sleek notebooks and desktops, and the apps they run, are a far cry from the crude models …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Lays Off 400 Employees In India  —  Just ahead of its Q3 earnings, Yahoo is laying people off in its international business.  Specifically, it is downsizing its software development center in Bangalore, India.  We understand that 400 people, mainly working in product engineering, have been affected.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
BloomNation, A Marketplace For Local Florists, Raises $5.6 Million Series A  —  BloomNation, a Santa Monica-based startup offering florists and floral designers a platform for running their business online, as well as a marketplace that connects florists and consumers, has now closed on $5.55 million in Series A funding.
Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:
Plastc, a card to digitally replace other payment cards, is up for $155 pre-order, ships in summer 2015  —  Plastc wants to replace your entire wallet with a single card  —  How much technology can you fit into a 0.8-millimeter-thick credit card?  —  Last November, Coin offered a first taste of what was possible.
Josh Ong / The Next Web:
Highfive's $799 TV-connected device & service outfits conference rooms for easy video meetings  —  Highfive: A new device and cloud service that will fix your meetings and video conferences  —  Even with technological advances in other aspects of our lives, business meetings have remained frustratingly antiquated.
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Microsoft launches OneNote Class Notebook Creator app for teachers, Office 365 subscription required  —  Microsoft today launched OneNote Class Notebook Creator, an app designed to help teachers do their job in the paperless age.  If you have an Office 365 subscription …
Roberto Baldwin / The Next Web:
Google rolls out local News & Weather app for iOS  —  Google just introduced a new app for iOS that displays local news and weather.  It's like the nightly local news except on your iPhone or iPad.  —  The News & Weather app for iOS is “your comprehensive and personalized view of headline stories …
Stephen Shankland / CNET:
Adobe announces alliance with Microsoft to improve Creative Cloud software on touch PCs  —  Creative pros like Macs, but Adobe cozies up with Microsoft  —  At Adobe's Max conference, the company announces an alliance with Microsoft to focus on touch and tablets.  The alliance could help both companies move beyond PCs.
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Richard Lai / Engadget:
Data-saving Opera Mini browser to land on Samsung Gear S watch  —  While Tizen's smartphone future remains foggy, it's slowly gaining street cred in the wearable space courtesy of Samsung's smartwatches and their handful of apps.  The latest brand to help push this young ecosystem is none other than Opera …

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