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August 22, 2013, 5:20 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 …

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Tweets: @markgurman and @mattrosoff

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.

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Tweets: @jlgolson, @zseward and @jessicalessin

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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.

More: Computerworld, PC Magazine, VatorNews, GeekWire, Business Insider, TechCrunch, VentureBeat and Digits

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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 …

More: The Verge, PE Hub Blog and GigaOM

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.

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Tweets: @markgurman, @pkedrosky and @tim

Ken Yeung / The Next Web:

Facebook's Login feature opens up to all, requiring apps to ask for permission to post to Timelines — Facebook certainly has grown offer one of the most widely used login connections in the world. Through the feature formerly known as Facebook Connect, the social networking company …

More: TechCrunch, Digits, VentureBeat and Electronista

Om Malik / GigaOM:

With Facebook's new Login, Facebook Platform is all about mobile now

More: The Verge

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:

Windows 8: Lenovo brings back Start menu, sidesteps Windows Store with Pokki — Lenovo, which recently took the title of world's largest PC maker, is going around Microsoft to restore something much closer to the traditional Start Menu in its Windows 8 machines, in addition to letting users sidestep …

More: Pokki Blog, Examiner, Engadget, The Next Web, Computerworld, BetaNews, TechCrunch, BGR, PC World, CITEworld and socalTECH.com. Thanks:@johnhcook

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 …

More: eWeek, Venture Capital Dispatch, CNNMoney.com, ZDNet, SiliconANGLE, The Next Web, jonobacon@home, VentureBeat, Electronista, TechSpot, Inc.com, Android Community, TechnoBuffalo, FierceMobileContent News, Lastest ITProPortal news, Mashable, TechCrunch and FierceWireless. Thanks:@charlesarthur

Bryan Bishop / The Verge:

Ubuntu Edge smartphone misses its crowdfunding goal by over $19 million

More: Digits, Guardian, ReadWrite, Ars Technica, ITworld.com, PC World, Examiner, WebProNews, Crave, Gizmodo, GigaOM, BetaNews, Engadget, Softpedia News, The Register, Inquirer and ZDNet

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.

More: Google+, Search Engine Land, Wired, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Los Angeles Times, Marketing Land, Gotta Be Mobile, 9to5Google, PC Advisor, Ubergizmo, Android Beat, The Verge and Android Community

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.

More: TechCrunch, BetaNews, The Windows Blog, TechSpot, WPDang, Ubergizmo, TechNet Blogs, WMPoweruser, WinBeta, IntoMobile and Windows Phone Central

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 …

More: NYT Bits, AllThingsD, VentureBeat, PC Magazine, The Verge, Engadget, TechHive, Gizmodo, ExtremeTech, GigaOM, POPSUGAR, WebProNews, The Windows Blog and Electronista. Thanks:@drizzled

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: VentureBeat and The Next Web. 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 …

More: MoneyBeat, GigaOM, GeekWire, DealBook, Computerworld, Business Insider, Engadget, The Verge, CNBC, DealBook, MarketWatch, NPR, MacDailyNews, Valleywag and Deadline.com

Tweets: @jonerlichman, @pkedrosky, @cnbcworld and @cnbc

Kellex / Droid Life:

New Nexus 7 Receiving Update to JSS15Q, Should Address Multitouch Issues — The new Nexus 7 has had a couple of issues to deal with out of the gate that has most certainly frustrated early adopters. First it was a GPS issue, but more recently the focus has moved onto multi-touch issues with the device's display.

More: TechHive, The Verge, 9to5Google, GigaOM, Android Beat, Gotta Be Mobile, PhoneArena and Electronista

Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:

‘Kamcord’ iOS gameplay recording platform adds new user community, hits 1B videos, & picks up $1M in funding — Kamcord, the Y Combinator-backed startup offering a free SDK that makes it easy for iOS devs to offer in-game recording functionality to their users, is today announcing …

More: MacRumors, AllThingsD, TechCrunch and Tech in Asia

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook Makes Ads Prettier With Shutterstock Partnership To Offer Free Stock Images In Ad Creator — When ads look bad, Facebook, users, and advertisers all lose. So Facebook today announced a partnership to bake Shutterstock into its ad creator, allowing marketers to select from millions of free stock images for their ads.

More: VatorNews, Inside Facebook, The Next Web, bizjournals, 9to5Mac and Mashable. See also Mediagazer

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.

More: The Official Microsoft Blog, Delta Air Lines Newsroom, Nokia Conversations, ZDNet, PC World, WindowsITPro, CNET, LAPTOP Magazine, SlashGear, MobileBurn.com, TechSpot, GeekWire and The Windows Blog

Cade Metz / Wired:

Linux Hackers Rebuild Internet From Silicon Valley Garage — Alex Polvi is living the great Silicon Valley archetype. Together with some old school friends, he's piecing together a tech revolution from inside a two-car Palo Alto garage. — He's like Dave Packard or Steve Jobs or Sergey Brin — at least up to a point.

More: Softpedia News, Engadget, memeburn, OStatic blogs, Guardian and Y Combinator Posthaven

Tweets: @exiledsurfer, @wiredinsider and @kulor

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