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August 22, 2013, 7:05 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 …

More: 9to5Mac, ZDNet, PC Magazine, The Verge, GigaOM, Digits, VentureBeat, AllThingsD, AppleInsider, Tech Trader Daily, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Business Insider, Forbes, Pocket-lint, TechnoBuffalo, PhoneArena, iPhone Hacks, Electronista, iDownloadBlog.com, Macgasm, Gizmodo, MobileBurn.com, App Advice, iLounge and iClarified

Tweets: @markgurman and @mattrosoff

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

Apple Acquires Embark to Further Improve Mass Transit Navigation

More: Macworld, Engadget and SlashGear

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.

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

Tweets: @marypcbuk, @hunterwalk, @om, @danprimack, @benedictevans and @pkedrosky

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: New York Times, The Verge, PE Hub Blog and GigaOM

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Pandora Plans To Lift Its 40-Hour Free Mobile Listening Cap On Sept. 1 — During this afternoon's earnings call, Pandora executives said that they would lift for the 40-hour monthly cap on free mobile listening that was announced back in February. — This is actually the second time Pandora …

More: The Verge, Pandora, MacRumors, Engadget and 9to5Mac

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:

Pandora Revenue Beats The Street, Grows 58% To $162M For Its Last Quarter Before iTunes Radio — Streaming radio platform Pandora just released its second-quarter earnings, and it largely beat the street's expectations. Total revenue increased 58 percent year-over-year to $162 million.

More: AllThingsD, The Verge and Electronista. Tweets: @jonerlichman. See also Mediagazer

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.

More: AppleInsider, Daring Fireball, Mashable, Business Insider, Ubergizmo, Cult of Mac, Business Insider, The Atlantic Wire, TUAW, The Verge, Softpedia News, Macgasm, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, iPhone and iClarified

Tweets: @pkedrosky, @tim and @markgurman

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: Consumer Reports Online, TechHive, BGR, The Verge, tech.uk.msn.com, 9to5Google, GigaOM, Android Beat, Gotta Be Mobile, PhoneArena, Electronista and MobileSyrup.com

Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech:

The Nexus 7 (2013) Review — Truth be told, Google has made …

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: Digits, TechCrunch, VentureBeat and Electronista

Om Malik / GigaOM:

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

More: Facebook Newsroom, Facebook Developer Blog, Washington Post, Marketing Land, ReadWrite, TechHive, Gizmodo, iDownloadBlog.com, VentureBeat, Cult of Mac and The Verge

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Uber Filing in Delaware Shows TPG Investment at $3.5 Billion Valuation; Google Ventures Also In — According to a Delaware filing by Uber Technologies, it has sold stock in the fast-growing privately held transportation service to private equity giant TPG. In addition, according to sources …

More: VentureBeat and Business Insider. Tweets: @mattrosoff, @mattrosoff, @mattrosoff and @rsarver

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, The Next Web, Bloomberg, Digital Trends, The Register, Examiner, Engadget, TechCrunch, BetaNews, Computerworld, CITEworld and PC World. Thanks:@johnhcook

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+, TechCrunch, Search Engine Land, Wired, The Next Web, IntoMobile, 9to5Google, Gotta Be Mobile, Los Angeles Times, SlashGear, AndroidGuys, PC Advisor, Ubergizmo, Android Beat, The Verge and Android Community

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, The Next Web and Business Insider. Thanks:@chinageeks

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

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

Bryan Bishop / The Verge:

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

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

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, The Windows Blog, BetaNews, TechSpot, WPDang, Ubergizmo, TechNet Blogs, WMPoweruser, WinBeta and IntoMobile

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, WindowsITPro, PC World, MSDN Blogs, SlashGear, CNET, MobileBurn.com, TechSpot, IntoMobile, GeekWire, LAPTOP Magazine and The Windows Blog

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, Wall Street Journal, DealBook, GigaOM, GeekWire, Computerworld, Business Insider, CNBC, MarketWatch, Engadget, The Verge, NPR, MacDailyNews, Valleywag and Deadline.com

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

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