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Tom Warren / The Verge:
Windows 8.1 is officially finished, but everyone has to wait until October 18th  —  Microsoft is confirming today, after recent reports, that the company has completed Windows 8.1 and is releasing it to manufacturing (RTM).  The finalization of the Windows 8 update means that hardware partners …
Fortune:
AllThingsD nears split with Dow Jones  —  The future of influential tech website All Things Digital is close to being decided.  Reuters reported in February that AllThingsD co-executive editors Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg had begun discussions with owner Dow Jones, a subsidiary of News Corp. …
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple TV updated with Vevo, Disney Channel, Disney XD, Weather Channel, Smithsonian apps  —  Today, Apple has issued an over-the-air update to the Apple TV that brings several new content apps.  Notably, in line with expectations, an app for the Vevo Music Video service has arrived.
Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:
Apple's iPhone Trade-in Program Is Already Being Piloted, Here's How It Works  —  Apple is about to introduce an iPhone trade-in program that will allow users to walk into a Retail store and trade up from an old model to a new one.  We've heard some interesting details about the way that the program …
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple planning to launch iPhone trade-in program in September
Facebook:
Global Government Requests Report  —  Transparency and trust are core values at Facebook.  We strive to embody them in all aspects of our services, including our approach to responding to government data requests.  We want to make sure that the people who use our service understand the nature …
John Tozzi / Businessweek:
Jack Dorsey's Plan to Save America's Struggling Cities  —  Square co-founder (and Twitter chairman) Jack Dorsey started hosting events to bring together local business owners in California earlier this year.  This fall he's taking the idea to places normally off the tech world's radar …
Tweets: @pkafka
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple launches more intuitive AppleCare support website, 24/7 chat  —  Earlier this month, we reported that Apple would soon introduce significant changes to its online AppleCare support portals.  In line with our report, Apple has begun rolling out a redesigned AppleCare website to provide support …
Justine Sharrock / BuzzFeed:
The Rise And Fall Of A Startup Mansion  —  Startups, pizza, ego, beer, filth.  The collapse of a hacker house and the battle for Silicon Valley's soul.  —  a1.muscache.com  —  When William Hsu first moved to San Francisco to work in startups, he got a one-bedroom apartment.
Tweets: @richard_florida and @jwherrman.  Thanks:@mattlynley
Stefan Constantinescu / Android Beat:
Samsung Exec confirms Note III and Galaxy Gear launch for September 4th (next week!)  —  Lee Young-hee, executive vice president of Samsung's mobile business, told The Korea Times that Samsung will be unveiling the Galaxy Note III and Galaxy Gear smartwatch on September 4th.
Catherine Ho / Washington Post:
Patent seller Intellectual Ventures sets up its own lobbying effort in D.C.  —  As the White House and federal regulators work to crack down on so-called patent trolls, one company that's found success relying on a business model of licensing patents is building a new in-house lobbying team in Washington.
More: Ars Technica and PE Hub Blog.  Tweets: @mjasay
Will Connors / Wall Street Journal:
BlackBerry Weighs Messenger Spinoff  —  Move Signals Firm Is Trying to Position BBM as a Valuable Asset Ahead of Potential Sale  —  BlackBerry Ltd. is considering spinning off its messaging service into a subsidiary that would operate with more independence, according to people familiar with the matter.
More: BGR, TechCrunch and Engadget.  Tweets: @dkberman
Dan Levine / Reuters:
U.S. judge approves Facebook privacy settlement over ads  —  (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday granted final approval to Facebook's $20 million settlement of a lawsuit over targeted advertising despite objections that the deal did not go far enough to protect children's privacy.
Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:
Amazon Aims to Court Developers With In-App Merch Deals  —  It's hard out there for an app store.  If you aren't Apple or Google, you're trying to court users to your platform.  You're trying to promote your storefront.  And, above all else, you want to keep your developers happy.
Kurt Wagner / Mashable:
Facebook Unveils Shared Photo Albums  —  A picture's worth a thousand words, and now Facebook is letting others add to your conversation.  —  The world's largest social network announced shared photo albums on Monday, a new feature that allows multiple users to upload images to the same album.
NBC News:
How Snowden did it  —  When Edward Snowden stole the crown jewels of the National Security Agency, he didn't need to use any sophisticated devices or software or go around any computer firewall.  —  All he needed, said multiple intelligence community sources, was a few thumb drives …
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Vine gets better with age: How screens, speed and networks are changing the future of online video  —  Earlier this morning when sitting in the San Diego Airport while waiting for my flight, I did what most people do these days in those situations — I peered into my phone and cycled through my various social media applications.
Tweets: @om
Julian Assange / The Stringer:
Google and the NSA: Who's holding the ‘s**t-bag’ now?  —  It has been revealed today, thanks to Edward Snowden, that Google and other US tech companies received millions of dollars from the NSA for their compliance with the PRISM mass surveillance system.  —  So just how close is Google to the US securitocracy?

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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Netflix users aren't opening the app on as many days per month as they did a couple of years ago, and the average user is spending less time watching

Natalie Korach / Status:
Vanity Fair faces a legal conundrum over Matthew Cole's book excerpt alleging Jared Kushner's foreign ties; Condé Nast is traditionally wary of risky reporting

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Ex-60 Minutes EP Bill Owens, who left after clashing with CBS execs, will join YouTube journalism startup Newpress, which raised $12M led by Emerson Collective

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