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August 22, 2013, 4:55 PM
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Exclusive: Apple Buys (Another) Map App, Embark  —  Apple Inc. keeps snapping up mapping companies.  —  The latest: Embark Inc., a small Silicon Valley upstart that builds free transit apps to help smartphone users navigate public transportation.  —  We don't know how much Apple paid …
Quartz:
Apple, closer to its vision for a TV set, wants ESPN, HBO, Viacom, and others to come along  —  Years of halting negotiating with cable companies haven't gotten Apple much closer to its grand vision for television.  But a newer strategy of talking directly to content providers seems more promising.
Steven Sinofsky / Learning by Shipping:
steven @ a16z  —  As a reader of this blog, you probably notice the two big themes of learning (by shipping): (1) learning about new technologies, new ways to do things, and new products and (2) improving how products are made from an engineering and management perspective.
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Former Windows Head Sinofsky Joins Andreessen Horowitz as Board Partner  —  Steven Sinofsky, the high-profile Microsoft exec who most recently led its flagship Windows efforts, will be joining Andreessen Horowitz as a board partner.  —  The tech exec — who has been an entrepreneur in residence …
Reuters:
Insight: At Apple, Tim Cook leads a quiet cultural revolution  —  (Reuters) - Shortly after signing on as chief operating officer at Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg was looking to connect with people in a similar role - No. 2 to a brilliant and passionate young founder.  She called Tim Cook.
Charles Arthur / Guardian:
Ubuntu Edge: founder says failure isn't the end of the dream  —  Canonical's Mark Shuttleworth tells Guardian: US carriers and Asian handset manufacturers are interested in building phones with Ubuntu Mobile to capture 25% of smartphone buyers  —  The Ubuntu Edge crowdfunding project …
Bryan Bishop / The Verge:
Ubuntu Edge smartphone misses its crowdfunding goal by over $19 million
Sean Buckley / Engadget:
Google Now updated with car rentals, concert tickets and more  —  Traffic and weather updates are great, but Google Now never shines better than when you're on vacation.  To that end, Mountain View has taught the feature a few new tricks, equipping it with cards for keeping track car rental and concert ticket.
Microsoft:
Windows Phone, Latin America's second most widely used mobile platform  —  In one year, the operating system went from fourth to second place with good growth figures, especially in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.  —  This press release has been edited post publication to provide clarity on time frames.
Chris Velazco / TechCrunch:
MakerBot's $1,400 Digitizer Now Available To Pre-Order, Will Ship By Mid-October  —  The folks at MakerBot have been teasing their Digitizer desktop 3D scanner since this past March, but now they're just about ready push it out the door.  For $1,400, you too can scan all the little knick-knacks …
C. Custer / Tech in Asia:
‘Xiaomi is now worth $10 billion,’ confirms CEO Lei Jun after new funding round  —  Titans of industry: Kingsoft, YY, and Xiaomi execs apparently celebrating the finalized deal.  —  Last June, Chinese mobile startup Xiaomi had netted an additional $216 million in series C funding that gave …
More: The Next Web and VentureBeat.  Thanks:@chinageeks
Matt Hunter / CNBC:
Nasdaq resumes trading after three-hour shutdown  —  Trading resumed on the Nasdaq exchange after a three-hour shutdown that halted trading in such high-profile companies such as Apple, Microsoft and Facebook.  A problem affecting quote dissemination starting at 12:14:03 ET froze trading …
Kevin C. Tofel / GigaOM:
Flying high: Delta equips 19,000 flight attendants with Windows Phones  —  Still not seeing too many people using Windows Phone?  You will if you take a flight on Delta: The airline announced on Thursday that all 19,000 of the company's flight attendants will have a Windows Phone on board.

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James Faris / Business Insider:
Sources: Disney is discussing a potential free tier for Disney+; product and tech chief Adam Smith discussed the initiative at a town hall but gave no timeline

A.J. Katz / The Wrap:
NYT introduces The Local: Twin Cities, a pilot newsletter with original reporting, a goal of promoting local outlets, and an August launch date

Alex Ritman / Variety:
Banijay and All3Media complete their $8B merger, creating Banijay Entertainment, a London-based production company owned 50-50 by Banijay Group and RedBird IMI

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