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September 5, 2013, 1:05 PM

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Casey Newton / The Verge:

PayPal's new digital wallet app is powerful but baffling — Will anybody ever get mobile payments right? — Hill Ferguson ordered a smoothie. Using a newly redesigned app for iOS and Android, PayPal's lanky director of product selected a peach concoction and paid for it with a couple taps on his smartphone.

More: TechCrunch, PayPal: Forward, The Next Web, PC Magazine, TechHive, 9to5Mac, VentureBeat, NYT Bits and Engadget

Owen Thomas / ReadWrite:

How PayPal's App Update Could Reinvent The Company — What is PayPal? A new update to its mobile apps, set to be unveiled today, had me thinking about that question. If PayPal executes well on the opportunities it's exploring, it may have many millions of its users rethinking the money-moving service, too.

More: MacRumors, AllThingsD, 9to5Google and SlashGear

Lee Hutchinson / Ars Technica:

Paypal freezes $45,000 of Mailpile's crowdfunded dollars — Mailpile is a crowdfunded e-mail client written by a small group of folks in Reykjavik, Iceland. The product aims to let users keep their mail local and under their own control rather than relying on Google, Microsoft …

More: Mailpile, Help Net Security, Mailpile, Softpedia News and ArcticStartup

Tweets: @ovidperl, @adora, @waxpancake, @moltke and @glynmoody

Kaylene Hong / The Next Web:

China's Xiaomi unveils its new flagship Mi-3, with the 16GB version retailing for $327 — Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi's founder Lei Jun took to the stage today in Beijing to launch the company's latest brand new flagship phone — the Xiaomi Mi-3.

More: TechHive, Computerworld, GSMArena.com, SlashGear, IntoMobile, Electronista, Unwired View, Forbes, AndroidOS.in, Tech in Asia, Liliputing and Android Community

Richard Lawler / Engadget:

Xiaomi unveils new Android-powered 5-inch MI3, 47-inch smart TV in China

More: PandoDaily, 9to5Mac, The Next Web, Bloomberg and AnandTech. Tweets: @xiaomichina

Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:

Ping for iPhone: does merging email and instant messaging make sense? — You've got mail, instantly — The battle for email is very clearly in full swing. Apps and services seem to debut every day that destroy email, or subvert it, or merely help you rearrange it.

More: The Next Web, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, AllThingsD, App Advice and Mashable. Tweets: @hamburger

Nick Wingfield / NYT Bits:

A Bloody Ballmer and Stalled Discussions on the Long Road to a Nokia Deal — SEATTLE — “We are on different planets.” — That was the response of Risto Siilasmaa, the chairman of Nokia's board of directors to Steven A. Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive, after a team from Microsoft presented …

More: AllThingsD, ZDNet, Betabeat, FierceWireless and The Register

Tweets: @jyarow, @gsterling, @lessien, @jessicalessin, @mattbuchanan and @valleyhack

Thanks:@nickwingfield

Kathy Savitt / Yahoo!:

Introducing Our New Logo! — We're excited to share the new Yahoo logo with you. It will begin appearing across Yahoo properties globally tonight. — We wanted a logo that stayed true to our roots (whimsical, purple, with an exclamation point) yet embraced the evolution of our products.

Marissa Mayer / Marissa's Tumblr:

Geeking Out on the Logo

Bloomberg:

Apple's Falling China Share Complicates iPhone Deal — Apple is accustomed to dictating terms to carriers for its iPhone. As it seeks a deal with China Mobile to sell the handsets, it's the operator that is in command. Audio Download: Bloomberg's Butler Discusses Low Cost iPhone Enlarge …

More: 9to5Mac. Tweets: @bloombergnews, @panzer and @edmondlococo

Nathan Olivarez-Giles / The Verge:

Google's Trojan horse: how Chrome Apps will finally take on Windows — The web alone is not enough — Today, on Chrome's fifth birthday, Google is announcing the rollout of what it's calling Chrome Apps. Don't feel bad if you're confused by the name. Chrome has been serving …

More: Google Chrome Blog, San Francisco Chronicle, GigaOM, Engadget, Pocket Blog, TechHive, The Next Web and Softpedia News

Larry Dignan / ZDNet:

Lenovo doubles down on convertible PC bet; Yoga-tizes lineup — Summary: Lenovo is betting that all laptop buyers will go multimode and meld tablets and PCs. To Lenovo, Yoga DNA should go everywhere. — Lenovo is making a big bet on convertible PCs and betting that consumers and businesses …

More: Lenovo Newsroom, Inquirer, Engadget, Engadget, The Verge, VentureBeat, Computerworld, LAPTOP Magazine, CNET, BetaNews, CNET, Gizmodo, Gizmodo, Mashable, SlashGear, SlashGear and Electronista

Richard Lai / Engadget:

Lenovo Vibe X stuffs 5-inch 1080p display, quad-core chip into slim and light body — While Lenovo's Snapdragon 800-powered phone has yet to make an official appearance, the Chinese company's gone ahead and unveiled its other quad-core flagship device: the Vibe X aka IdeaPhone S960.

More: ZDNet, GigaOM, TechHive, Computerworld, LAPTOP Magazine, Gotta Be Mobile, Geeky-Gadgets and Electronista

Nicole Lee / Engadget:

Path adds new privacy features and Premium subscription in 3.2 update, announces Deutsche Telekom partnership — One of the benefits of Path when compared to social networks like Facebook and Twitter is that it's more private than public. It's only accessible via mobile app and the service limits …

More: Path, Path, NYT Bits, The Verge, CNET, Valleywag, TUAW, The Next Web, TechCrunch, AllThingsD, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, iDownloadBlog.com, GigaOM and Softpedia News. Tweets: @path

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Hearsay Social Raises Another $30M To Help Businesses Grow Sales Through Social Media — Hearsay Social, a startup offering for reaching sales leads and customers on social networks, is announcing that it has raised $30 million in Series C funding. — CTO Steve Garrity told me Hearsay has had …

More: VatorNews, AllThingsD, Reuters, Forbes and VentureBeat

Mike Shields / Adweek:

Pressure Mounts on Yahoo's De Castro COO needs to deliver results or could face ouster by end of the year — Yahoo finally got its latest ad savior yesterday when the company officially announced that former AOL executive Ned Brody will become svp of Americas, reporting directly to chief operating officer Henrique De Castro.

More: AdExchanger, MarketingVox News & Trends and Business Insider. Tweets: @jguynn. See also Mediagazer

Kashmir Hill / Forbes:

The Terrifying Search Engine That Finds Internet-Connected Cameras, Traffic Lights, Medical Devices, Baby Monitors And Power Plants — Marc Gilbert got a horrible surprise from a stranger on his 34th birthday in August. After the celebration had died down, the Houston resident heard …

More: DailyFinance.com, SiliconANGLE, Business Insider and I4U News. Tweets: @dsb

Jon Russell / The Next Web:

Labor group accuses alleged manufacturer of Apple's budget iPhone of ‘ethical and legal’ violations — China Labor Watch, the organization which criticized Apple supplier Pegatron for “serious” labor rights violations in July, has released a new report accusing a different company …

More: china labor watch, The Verge, MacRumors, Business Insider, AppleInsider, Forbes, Macgasm, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, Electronista, iDownloadBlog.com, bizjournals and App Advice

Reuters:

China's Huawei rules out acquisitions to grow in smartphones — (Reuters) - China's Huawei will not buy another mobile phone maker, such as Blackberry, to grow its market share in smartphones, senior vice president and board member Chen Lifang said on Wednesday.

More: Tech Trader Daily, Digits, AllThingsD, PhoneArena and ZDNet

Billy Gallagher / TechCrunch:

Stanford University Is Going To Invest In Student Startups Like A VC Firm — Stanford University is going to start directly investing in students' companies. Stanford is also giving a $3.6 million grant to StartX, a non-profit startup accelerator for Stanford-affiliated entrepreneurs.

More: AllThingsD. Tweets: @anthonyha and @andyhpalmer. Thanks:@startx

Andrew Sinkov / Evernote Blog:

Evernote 5 for Windows Desktop is Here — Dramatically changing something that's used by millions of people daily can be a daunting task. You have to be sure that the new product is smarter, more powerful and friendlier than anything that came before. That's why we're so excited …

More: PC World and VentureBeat

Dan Seifert / The Verge:

LG G2 available from US carriers this month — LG made a big to do for the new G2 smartphone last month, but it didn't say when you would be able to actually buy it or how much it would cost. Today, Verizon and T-Mobile have announced that it will be available for purchase starting this month.

More: Verizon Wireless, Digital Trends, AllThingsD and IntoMobile. Tweets: @dcseifert

Tomio Geron / Forbes:

As Subscription Economy Grows, Zuora Raises $50 Million More — Zuora, which provides technology for subscription businesses, has raised $50 million in new Series E financing. — Next World Capital and Vulcan Capital led the round, with participation from Northgate Capital …

More: AllThingsD, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, PandoDaily, bizjournals and The CIO Report

Digits:

Manjoo Joins Wall Street Journal as Technology Columnist — Farhad Manjoo, a leading and influential Silicon Valley voice, is joining the Wall Street Journal as a columnist writing about technology companies, issues, people, products and trends. — Manjoo, who currently writes for Slate …

Tweets: @fmanjoo and @felixsalmon. See also Mediagazer

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Pew: 86% Of U.S. Adults Make Efforts To Hide Digital Footprints Online; Fear Of Creeping Ads And Hackers Outweighs Spying — In one of the latest developments in the fallout of the PRISM story, the ACLU is currently suing four officials in the Obama Administration to try to get federal courts …

More: Guardian, Pew Internet, NYT Bits, VatorNews, CNET, Los Angeles Times, Marketing Land, We Live Security, ITworld.com, Softpedia News and Poynter. Tweets: @pewinternet. See also Mediagazer

Jonah Peretti / LinkedIn:

Memo To The BuzzFeed Team — Earlier today I emailed all BuzzFeed employees outlining our plan for the coming year. I wanted to all share the memo here on LinkedIn so future BuzzFeed employees could read it too. BuzzFeed's Next Year.... Hello BuzzFeeders,

More: paidContent, Guardian, AllThingsD, Trends and TechCrunch

Tweets: @fmanjoo, @sunny_hundal, @navalang and @emilybell

Thanks:@kredcarroll. See also Mediagazer

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