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October 22, 2012, 3:01 PM

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Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:

SAY Media Rebrands ReadWriteWeb As “ReadWrite”, Redesigns, Hires Dan “Fake Steve Jobs” Lyons As Editor In Chief — I'm a fan of ReadWriteWeb, always have been, but other than not being able to pronounce the blog's name, I've always appreciated the technical and detailed analysis coming out of the brand.

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Dan Lyons / ReadWrite:

Editor's Note: Welcome To The New ReadWrite — Welcome to the new ReadWrite. Today we are relaunching this legendary tech site with a new name, a new design and a new approach. I'm thrilled to be joining ReadWrite as the site's new editor-in-chief, and to be teaming up with Fredric Paul …

The Korea Times:

Samsung Display to terminate Apple deal — Samsung Display said Monday that it will terminate its contract with Apple and no longer supply liquid crystal display (LCD) panels to its long time partner. — The news comes as speculation is mounting over a rift between the two firms …

Steve Clayton / TechNet Blogs:

Exclusive video: Bill Gates on Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and Surface — I often tell people I've got one of the best jobs at Microsoft; I get the opportunity to meet and talk with the people here who brew the special sauce that is Microsoft. Last week I got to meet and talk with the guy who first created the sauce.

More: GeekWire, TechCrunch, CNET, Business Insider, Engadget, VentureBeat, Softpedia News, Seattle Times, SlashGear, PSFK, Mashable!, The Windows Blog, The Next Web, The Verge, WMPoweruser and Neowin. Thanks:@stevecla

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:

Android apps used by millions vulnerable to password, e-mail theft — By exploiting inadequate SSL protections in an anti-virus app, researchers were able to force it to download a malicious virus signature. — Fahl et al. — Android applications downloaded by as many as 185 million users …

More: Fast Company, CNET, VentureBeat, BBC, Network World, The Register, Softpedia News, Gizmodo, PhoneArena, AndroidOS.in and Android Community

Jay Greene / CNET:

Steven Sinofsky: Microsoft's controversial Mr. Windows 8 — The software giant asked the exec to deliver a new, quality operating system and do it on time. This week, we'll find out if his sharp elbows and turf fighting were worth it. — Two years ago, Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie …

More: ZDNet, Business Insider, Reuters, WinBeta, Gotta Be Mobile, Seattle Times, The Verge, Business Insider, dailywireless.org, New York Times, Neowin, Wall Street Journal, Softpedia News and BuzzFeed. Tweets: @akula

Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:

Apple's secret garden: the struggle over leaks and security — Apple engineers love the “big reveal.” When a surprising new product they have been toiling over in secrecy finally bursts into public view during an Apple keynote, they enjoy seeing the public reaction.

More: MacRumors, Betabeat, Business Insider and The Verge

Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:

Apple starts testing iOS 6.0.1 for release in coming weeks, iOS 6.1 to come after holidays — One of our reliable Apple (AAPL) sources has let us know Apple has begun testing iOS 6..1 with different carrier partners in the U.S. and we have a general list of what the first iOS 6 update …

More: Mobile Marketing Watch, CNET, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Pocketnow, PadGadget, App Advice, Gotta Be Mobile, SlashGear, everythingiCafe, WebProNews, Softpedia News, Apple Bitch, iDownloadBlog.com, MobileSyrup.com, Redmond Pie, MacNN, PhoneArena and iClarified

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Square Signs Lease For New Office In San Francisco to Accommodate 1000+ Employees, Will Move In Mid-2013 — Square has just announced plans for a new office in San Francisco. The mobile payments company, which is currently located in the Chronicle Building in downtown San Francisco …

More: Square, VentureBeat, Business Insider, AllThingsD and GigaOM. Tweets: @jack

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Skype for Windows 8 launches on October 26th (hands-on preview) — Backend changes prepare Microsoft's communications service for the future — After months of teasing a Windows 8 style version of Skype, Microsoft is finally delivering it on October 26th.

Mark King / Guardian:

Amazon wipes customer's Kindle and deletes account with no explanation — Kindle user had her account deleted because it had ties to ‘previous abuses of company policy’, but the online retailer blanked all follow-up enquiries — An Amazon Kindle user has had her account wiped and all her paid …

More: Techdirt, LAPTOP Magazine, Gizmodo, Boing Boing, Techdirt, digitaltrends.com, Forbes, Joe Wikert's Publishing …, Geekosystem and Martin Bekkelund. Tweets: @paulg. See also Mediagazer

Guardian:

Amazon ebooks: publishers pay 20% VAT

More: Good E-Reader and Inquirer. See also Mediagazer

Adam Satariano / Bloomberg:

Apple Sees Schools Buoying Tablet Lead With IPad in Class — Julie Garcia handed Apple Inc. (AAPL) iPads to students in her seventh-grade pre-algebra class on a recent morning before showing the pupils how to use the tablet to graph data, hunt for correlations and record how-to videos.

More: Ars Technica, 9to5Mac, Business Insider, MacRumors, SlashGear, MacNN, iDownloadBlog.com, Mashable!, TUAW, everythingiCafe, CNET, TechCrunch, PhoneArena and WebProNews

Cotton Delo / AdAge:

Twitter Hires Agency Relations Chief From Google — Matt Derella Formerly Oversaw the Relationship Between Publicis and Google — Twitter is signaling to agencies that it's all grown up and ready to service them the way the likes of Google and AOL do. — The company has hired a new director …

More: TechCrunch, The Next Web and AllThingsD

Ryan Dezember / Wall Street Journal:

Ancestry.com Agrees to $1.6 Billion Takeover — Genealogy website Ancestry.com Inc. has agreed to be acquired by an investor group led by European private-equity firm Permira for about $1.6 billion, or $32 a share, according to people familiar with the deal.

More: SiliconANGLE, CNET, PE Hub Blog, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, The Next Web and Mashable!

Tweets: @marshallk and @rafat

Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:

Tweets Spawn Ad Campaigns — Chatter on Social-Media Sites Gives Marketers Direction for Commercials — The newest member of Samsung Mobile's Mad Men team: Twitter. — Samsung's latest television ad, which mocks Apple Inc.'s new iPhone, is striking a chord with consumers …

More: Marketing Pilgrim and Betabeat. Tweets: @sebprovencher and @timoreilly

Reuters:

Federal agency to switch to iPhone, drop BlackBerry — (Reuters) - The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) said will end its contract with BlackBerry maker Research In Motion in favor of Apple's iPhone, dealing a fresh blow to RIM just months ahead of its launch of a vital new device.

More: The Verge, TechCrunch, BGR and 9to5Mac

Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:

End of Resale Deal With Hewlett-Packard Stings IPO-Bound Violin Memory — So, has Hewlett-Packard cut its ties with Violin Memory, or not? It depends on whom you ask, and what exactly you mean by “end.” — Violin, you may remember, is the memory array company that uses flash memory chips …

More: Reuters, The Register, Bloomberg and TechEye

Mat Smith / Engadget:

LG announces Windows 8 12-inch slider laptop hybrid and all-in-one PC (updated) — Windows 8 imminent launch continues to draw out even more devices in almost every permutation imaginable. LG's up next, with its collection ranging from a familiar-looking V325 all-in-one PC, through to a slider PC with tablet skills.

More: SlashGear, Electronista, Mashable!, Inquirer, Pocket-lint, The Verge, Neowin and Digits

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

The Secret Behind Pinterest's Growth Was Marketing, Not Engineering, Says CEO Ben Silbermann — Pinterest, which CEO Ben Silbermann describes as a tool that helps people find inspiration, is now the third-largest source of referral traffic on the Internet. — But growth wasn't easy for the company …

More: Business Insider and christine's brain. Tweets: @joelrgoldman, @triketora and @stkonrath

Ryo Takano / AJW by The Asahi Shimbun:

Tokyo court rejects Samsung's request for iPhone injunction — Asahi Asia Antenna - — Samsung Electronics Co. has suffered a setback in its worldwide legal battle with Apple Inc. over alleged patent violations after a Tokyo court rejected its request for injunction to stop iPhone sales in Japan.

More: Fast Company, CNET, The Japan Daily Press, The Next Web, FOSS Patents, Engadget, AppleInsider, The Register, TUAW, Mashable!, Android Authority, Macgasm, Patently Apple, PhoneArena and Sammy Hub

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Carrier-Led Mobile Payments Venture Isis Launches In Austin & Salt Lake City — As previously rumored, the carrier-led mobile payments venture known as Isis has officially launched in its first two test markets today: Austin, Texas and Salt Lake City, Utah.

More: Gizmodo, Engadget, Computerworld, 9to5Google, Issues & Insights Blog, news.paywithisis.com, The Verge, PhoneArena, GigaOM, Reuters, Gadgetsteria, Droid Life and MobileBurn.com

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