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Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:

BlackBerry acquires mobile security firm Good Technology for $425M in cash — BlackBerry acquires mobile security company Good Technology for $425M, despite their thorny past — BlackBerry has acquired mobile security company Good Technology in a $425 million cash transaction.

More: Marketwire, Inside BlackBerry, The Next Web, Data Center Knowledge, Re/code, TechEye, TechCrunch, The Verge, ZDNet, Fortune, CNET, FierceMobileIT News, FedScoop and MobileSyrup.com. Tweets: @charlesarthur

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Mozilla rolls out first public preview of Firefox for iOS in New Zealand — Firefox for iOS Now Available for Preview — Today we are delighted to begin the roll out in New Zealand of our first public preview version of a Firefox browser for iOS. — Preview to collect feedback

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple's ‘Hey Siri’ Event Roundup: Upgraded iPhone 6s, Bigger iPad Pro, Revamped Apple TV + Apple Watch updates — Apple's Wednesday, September 9th event is shaping up to be one of the largest in the company's history. The Cupertino-based company is planning to unveil several major new products on stage …

More: New York Times, The Verge, CNNMoney, iDownloadBlog.com, International Business Times, BGR, Tech Times, ITProPortal and The Register. Tweets: @markgurman

Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:

Runtastic launches Moment, an analog fitness smartwatch that is waterproof up to 300 feet and has a six-month battery life, starts at $130 — Runtastic launches new ‘Moment’ wearable w/ companion mobile apps, 10 designs, 6-month battery — Runtastic, the maker of popular fitness apps …

More: The Verge, VentureBeat, Engadget, PCWorld, iMore, Pocket-lint, Digital Trends, Wearable Tech Insider and Apple World Today

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Chrome 45 performance improvements include faster load times and reduced memory usage; disabling Flash ads can increase battery life by up to 15% — Google's Latest Chrome Update Emphasizes Speed And Lower Memory Usage — Chrome started out as one of the least memory hungry browsers on the market …

More: Google Chrome Blog, The Verge, Wired, Lifehacker, BGR, The Daily Dot, Gizmodo, MacNN, The Tech Report, The Next Web, Neowin, SlashGear, The Tech Portal, gHacks Technology News, Droid Life, ZDNet, Tech Insider, Android Central, Engadget, Silicon Republic, BetaNews, 9to5Google, VentureBeat and Inc.com. Tweets: @lgstream

Yuliya Chernova / Wall Street Journal:

Dave McClure's 500 Startups closes its third global fund with $85M, 15% below its original target — Dave McClure's 500 Startups Closes Fund III With $85M … Startup investor Dave McClure isn't slowing down, despite changes in the public markets and the skeptical reception …

More: TechCrunch

Greg Sterling / Marketing Land:

ComScore: US smartphone penetration reaches 77% in July 2015, Facebook Messenger displaces YouTube as second most popular app — Comscore: Smartphone Penetration Above 77 Percent In US — Facebook Messenger now the second most popular app, displacing YouTube.

More: comScore

Jordan Novet / VentureBeat:

Amazon buys video processing company Elemental Technologies, reportedly for $500M, will launch new AWS services — Amazon buys video processing company Elemental Technologies to bolster AWS — Public cloud provider Amazon Web Services today announced that it has acquired Elemental Technologies …

More: Tech Trader Daily, AWS Official Blog, The Information, Elemental Technologies, Inc., TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, The Register, GeekWire, Xconomy, AppleInsider, PCWorld, Light Reading, USA Today, ZDNet, The Seattle Times and Fortune. See also Mediagazer

Sean Portnoy / ZDNet:

Acer announces Predator 8 Android 5.1 gaming tablet with Intel Atom x7 processor, 8-inch 1920x1200 display, 2GB RAM, to go on sale in November starting at $300 — Acer bets on Android gaming with $300 Predator 8 tablet — Is the market ready for an 8-inch slate running Android 5.1 Lollipop designed for gamers?

More: TrustedReviews, GSMArena.com, IT PRO, Tech Times, AnandTech, CNET, PhoneArena, PC Magazine, TechnoBuffalo and International Business Times

Ben Bleikamp / GitHub:

GitHub announces Protected Branches to disable force pushes to selected code repositories, will be rolled out over next few weeks — Protected branches and required status checks — It's all too easy to force push to the wrong branch, overwriting someone else's changes with your own.

More: The Next Web and VentureBeat. Tweets: @kattrali and @slicknet

Julia Edwards / Reuters:

The Department of Justice revises cellphone tracking rules, warrant now required in most cases; data from non-targeted phones to be deleted within 30 days — Justice Department tightens rules on cellphone tracking devices — Some federal agencies' use of devices that track cellphone locations …

More: U.S. Department of Justice, Wired, ACLU, Ars Technica, Electronic Frontier Foundation, NBC News, Gizmodo, The Hill, Engadget, TechWorld and The Verge

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple plans to announce 21.5-inch iMac with 4K display by the end of October and begin shipping in November — Apple planning to bring 4K screen to 21.5-inch iMac in October — Apple is indeed planning to release a new version of its 21.5-inch iMac with a 4K display this fall, according to reliable sources.

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