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August 24, 2013, 7:05 PM
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Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider:
The Truth About Marissa Mayer: An Unauthorized Biography  —  On the morning of Thursday, July 12, 2012, Yahoo's interim CEO, Ross Levinsohn, still believed he was going to be named permanent CEO of the company.  —  He had just one meeting to go.  —  That meeting was a board meeting …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
On The Symmetry Between Microsoft And Apple  —  I am not a tech industry maven, so I am busy coming up to speed on the implications of the Ballmer resignation.  And what I'm about to say may be obvious to many.  Still, I think it's worth saying: there is, once you look past the surface …
Guy English / kickingbear:
Ballmer's Straight Jacket  —  Steve Ballmer announced today that he will be stepping down as CEO of Microsoft within the next twelve months.  This comes a little over a month since Microsoft announced a massive reorganization which was aimed at breaking down old fiefdoms and setting a new course.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Windows 8.1 is ready for its October 17th release  —  Microsoft has finalized its Windows 8.1 update.  Sources familiar with the company's Windows plans have revealed to The Verge that the software maker completed the development of Windows 8.1 earlier this week — stamped as build 9600 for Release to manufacturing (RTM).
More: ZDNet and WinBeta
Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic:
What Is Medium?  —  The site from Twitter's co-founders is one year old, and still mysterious  —  Just about a year ago, a new website from two of the founders of Twitter launched.  It was called Medium.  The new site was invite-only, but outsiders could read from various collections.
Jennifer Granick / Forbes:
My Dinner With NSA Director Keith Alexander  —  On July 30, 2013, I had the pleasure of having dinner with General Keith Alexander, Director of the National Security Agency.  Just a few weeks earlier, NYU Law Professor Christopher Sprigman and I had called the NSA's activities “criminal” …
Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:
Facebook isn't making you depressed, but the internet is  —  Status update: the link between Facebook and depression isn't so simple  —  Another day, another “Facebook makes you miserable” headline.  For the last few years, the social network, which now claims nearly 700 million daily users worldwide …
More: CNET
iFixit:
Motorola Moto X Teardown  —  What does $12.5 billion dollars buy you nowadays?  In Google's case, it buys Motorola, Inc. and all of its designs and patents.  Is it what we would have spent the money on?  Probably not, but the result of the acquisition is Motorola's first smartphone …
Amir Efrati / jessica lessin:
Exclusive: Google Designing Its Own Self-Driving Car, Considers ‘Robo Taxi’  —  Google Inc., which has been working on software to help major automakers build self-driving cars, also is quietly going around them by designing and developing a full-fledged self-driving car, according to people familiar with the matter.
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Netflix May Need to Accelerate Its Spending for Original Shows  —  Binge viewing of original series might end up accelerating expenditures  —  Binge-viewing may lead to binge-spending at Netflix, which could eventually see the impact in its stock price.  —  What went unmentioned among …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Instagram's First Acquisition Is Video Sharing App Luma  —  Instagram has just made its first acquisition, buying both the team and technology of Y Combinator company Luma (formerly known as Midnox).  Luma created a video-capture, stabilization and sharing app, which will be shut down soon.

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Nancy Scola / Washingtonian:
A deep look at FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's moves favoring the Trump administration; former chair Tom Wheeler warns against the agency becoming a political tool

Lucia Moses / Business Insider:
WaPo opinion editor Adam O'Neal says he's stepping down after a year in the role; his hiring was part of a push to promote “personal liberties and free markets”

Matt Stout / The Boston Globe:
The Massachusetts Senate passes an amendment that would in many instances bar judges, grand juries, and others from forcing reporters to identify their sources

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