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August 7, 2013, 5:30 AM

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Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

The Quiet Mobile Giant: With 300M Active Users, WhatsApp Adds Voice Messaging — WhatsApp, a tiny startup with a very basic idea, boring design and lots of competition, has somehow managed to connect up most of the world. And that's actually pretty exciting.

More: Tech in Asia, Engadget, GigaOM, TechCrunch, Softpedia News, nextbigwhat.com, www.idigitaltimes.co.uk, memeburn, Gearburn, VR-Zone, BGR India, Android Beat, The Next Web, BGR India, SlashGear, Android Community, The Verge, MediaNama, Forbes, PhoneArena and App Advice

Tweets: @jonrussell, @shapshak and @sirkneeland

Mat Honan / Wired:

Twitter's Killer New Two-Factor Solution Kicks SMS to the Curb — When Twitter rolled out two-factor authentication back in May, it hinted that the SMS authentication would be merely a first step in a more robust security solution. Today, WIRED got a better look at the company's just-announced …

More: Twitter Blog. Tweets: @smcbride, @jimio and @couch

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Twitter for iOS and Android gets login verification, photo galleries, search improvements, and list management

Matt McGee / Marketing Land:

Facebook Updates News Feed Algorithm With New “Story Bumping” & “Last Actor” Factors — Facebook is changing the way it ranks organic posts that are eligible to show up in its users' News Feeds. — The company announced two new factors — “Story Bumping” and “Last Actor” …

Austin Carr / Fast Company:

Will Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley Finally Get It Right? — It's 2 a.m. and Dennis Crowley is wired. We've just left Foursquare's South by Southwest party at the Hype Hotel, a warehouse-size space in downtown Austin where nearly 1,000 revelers were drowning in deafening club music and Tito's Handmade Vodka.

More: Anil Dash, Business Insider, TechCrunch, Valleywag and About Foursquare

Tweets: @caro, @sethpriebatsch, @owenthomas and @jyarow

Thanks:@jordanhepner

Elliot / Elliott Kember:

Chrome's insane password security strategy — Chrome does something interesting when you first run it. — I have a set of bookmarklets that I use to enhance my internet experience. Actually, that's not entirely true. I have one bookmarklet: Embiggen.js, which I use to expand images on Reddit.

More: SiliconANGLE, ZDNet and gHacks Technology News

Tweets: @dannysullivan, @justinschuh, @justinschuh, @danieleran, @nick_viviani, @marypcbuk, @chrisdrackett, @mat, @tomwarren, @jeffmik and @timberners_lee

Jon Russell / The Next Web:

Yahoo is getting a new logo on September 5, but it's keeping its infamous exclamation mark — There's plenty of change happening at Yahoo under Marissa Mayer, but one thing is sure to remain the same...that darn exclamation mark. — Yahoo today unveiled the first in a series of new logos …

More: Yahoo!, PC World, BetaNews, The Technology Chronicles, USA Today, AllThingsD, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, CNET, memeburn, I4U News, Gizmodo, The Verge, Engadget and Ubergizmo

Tweets: @counternotions and @theromit

Kevin Bostic / AppleInsider:

Ex-Apple CEO Scully's startup gets Shine wearable activity tracker into Apple Stores — A startup company co-founded by former Apple CEO John Sculley has formed a partnership with his former company, as Apple's stores will now carry Misfit's Shine wearable activity measuring device.

More: AllThingsD, I4U News, GigaOM, Benzinga, SlashGear, MacRumors, MacNN, Cult of Mac, bizjournals and HeraldSun

Jon Fingas / Engadget:

Google patent launches specific apps through pattern unlock — When you set up your Android phone with a secure unlock mode, it often means giving up app shortcuts. You won't have to make that sacrifice if Google implements a newly granted US patent, however.

More: The Register, PhoneArena, Droid Life, IntoMobile, AndroidGuys, SlashGear and Gizmodo

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft launches Windows Phone web tool to let anyone create apps — Microsoft wants Windows Phone developers and apps, and it's launching a developer tool on Tuesday in its latest effort to secure apps for its ecosystem. A beta version of Windows Phone App Studio is now available …

More: The Windows Blog, The Next Web, InfoQ, MSDN Blogs, The Register, TechCrunch, SlashGear, GeekWire, Engadget, GigaOM, WMPoweruser, Windows Phone Central and TechCrunch

Los Angeles Times:

Amber Alert: Californians confused, angry and startled — Residents across California were startled overnight by cellphones that came to life in screeches and buzzes, awaking some and unsettling others with the state's first Amber Alert via text message. — Californians are no strangers …

More: Los Angeles Times, PandoDaily, Forbes, WebProNews, Mercury News, Motherboard, Network World and MacStories

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Flickr Gets New Leader From Google — Longtime Mayer Favorite Bernardo Hernandez — Yahoo has hired former Google exec Bernardo Hernández González, a longtime favorite of CEO Marissa Mayer when she was at the search company. Hernandez, who most recently worked on Zagat at Google, announced the new job on Twitter.

More: VentureBeat, Softpedia News, PetaPixel, Engadget and GigaOM

Tweets: @berniehernie and @jyarow

First Round Capital:

How Medium is building a new kind of company with no managers — After Ev Williams first started working on Twitter, he reached out to Jason Stirman in Texas. “You have to come out here,” Williams said. “Twitter is happening and we want you to join us.” But Stirman wasn't easily convinced.

More: Wall Street Journal

John Cook / GeekWire:

Zillow revenues increase 69% in Q2 as visitors top 60M for July: Losses hit $10M on acquisition, marketing costs — The red-hot U.S. housing market is helping Zillow, which posted strong revenue and traffic gains during the second quarter. The Seattle online real estate company posted revenue …

More: TechCrunch, Yahoo! Finance, Wall Street Journal, Tech Trader Daily, TheStreet.com, VentureBeat and Reuters

Andrea Peterson / The Switch:

SOPA died in 2012, but Obama administration wants to revive part of it — You probably remember the online outrage over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) copyright enforcement proposal. Last week, the Department of Commerce's Internet Policy Task Force released a report on digital copyright policy …

More: Consumerist, The Raw Story, WebProNews, BGR, The Register and DSLreports. Tweets: @tagallagher. See also Mediagazer

Derrick Harris / GigaOM:

Hortonworks CEO confirms co-founder and CTO's departure — Hadoop startup Hortonworks has confirmed that its co-founder and CTO Eric Baldeschwieler is no longer with the company. We reported on evidence suggesting the move on Monday, and CEO Rob Bearden confirmed Baldeschwieler's departure in a blog post on Tuesday.

More: Hortonworks, DBMS 2, The Register and ZDNet

Lee Hutchinson / Ars Technica:

Samsung's “3D Vertical” NAND crams a terabit on a single chip — SSD enthusiasts know all about SLC, MLC, and TLC, but there are some new acronyms in SSD town: V-NAND and CTF. Samsung announced in a press release last night that it has begun mass production of “3D Vertical NAND,” …

More: AnandTech, Engadget, eWeek, V3.co.uk, HotHardware.com News and TechEye

Paul Ducklin / Naked Security:

OpenX ad servers “pre-compromised” - official distro contained remote code backdoor — You don't always have to break into someone's web server to get them to deliver your malware for you. — You may be able to implant malware onto a site from which your victim fetches third-party content …

More: Sucuri Blog, OpenX Blog, Ars Technica and Softpedia News

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Google Search Starts Highlighting In-Depth Articles On Search Results Pages — Google today announced a new feature for Google Search that highlights in-depth articles related to your search queries. Google says while many users just want a quick answer, its own research indicates …

More: Inside Search, Google Webmaster Central Blog, PC Magazine, support.google.com, BGR India, GigaOM, SlashGear, Engadget, Search Engine Land and Nieman Journalism Lab. Thanks:@fredericl. See also Mediagazer

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