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September 9, 2013, 4:20 PM

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Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft holding Surface 2 event on September 23rd in New York City — Microsoft is preparing to launch its next-generation tablets at an event in New York City on September 23rd. The software maker has emailed press invites to the media today, asking them to save the date for a Surface event.

More: AllThingsD, PC Magazine, Examiner, LAPTOP Magazine, Digits, TechCrunch, Touch Arcade, Business Insider, The Mac Observer, Gotta Be Mobile, WinBeta and iDownloadBlog.com

Tweets: @cwgabriel and @tomwarren

Paul Thurrott / SuperSite for Windows:

Surface 2: no “RT” branding, Tegra 4, 1080p, possible white model — Surface 2 Details Emerge — Surface RT no more, but still Windows RT on the inside where it counts — Less than a week after the first report about the next generation Surface Pro 2 tablet …

More: GigaOM, Neowin, Computerworld, ZDNet, CITEworld, GeekWire, ZDNet, Network World, BGR, Engadget, ExtremeTech, The Verge, TechnoBuffalo, WinBeta, Electronista, pocketnow.com, WebProNews, Gotta Be Mobile and Domain Name Wire

Justin Osofsky / Facebook Newsroom:

New Tools for Surfacing Conversations on Facebook — If there is something interesting going on, people are talking about it on Facebook. From favorite television shows to sporting events to the latest news; the conversations are happening on Facebook. Last week's kick-off …

More: GigaOM, PandoDaily, Los Angeles Times, Digital Trends, The Verge, PC Magazine, AllThingsD, Digits, TechHive, AllFacebook, Digits, BuzzFeed, SiliconANGLE, The Next Web, InfoWorld, WebProNews, We Are Social, Sociobits.org, Ubergizmo, ZDNet, Inside Facebook, BetaNews, Mashable and The Drum

Tweets: @bijan, @om and @socialmia

Vindu Goel / NYT Bits:

Facebook allows media partners to search public posts, see aggregate, anonymized data on private posts

More: Internet Evolution. Tweets: @bdainton, @lavrusik, @newswhip and @matthewkeyslive. See also Mediagazer

Spiegel Online:

iSpy: How the NSA Accesses Smartphone Data — The US intelligence agency NSA has been taking advantage of the smartphone boom. It has developed the ability to hack into iPhones, android devices and even the BlackBerry, previously believed to be particularly secure.

More: VentureBeat, SiliconBeat, Help Net Security, Bloomberg, CNET, iClarified, Washington Post, Financial Post, iDownloadBlog.com, The Register and It's a Gadget. Tweets: @georgiebc

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:

NSA spies reportedly exploited iPhone location bug not fixed until 2011

Tweets: @csoghoian

Peter Sayer / PC World:

Report: UK and US spies have cracked BlackBerry's BES encryption

Mat Smith / Engadget:

New PlayStation Vita coming October 10th: lighter, thinner, more battery life — If it's big enough for a live broadcast (with English translation), it's going to be good, right? Sony has announced a new version of its PS Vita, just weeks after announcing a price-drop across both the US and Europe.

Mat Smith / Engadget:

PS Vita TV is a mini console that brings games and services to your TV, arrives November for around $100 (video)

More: The Verge, Wired, TechHive, WebProNews, iMore, Engadget, Cult of Mac, The Next Web and Digits. Tweets: @kyleorl

Mariko Yasu / Bloomberg:

Sony Delays New PS4 in Japan to Focus on U.S. Holiday Sales

More: Reuters, Forbes, CNET, IGN, GameSpot and Electronista

Ann-Christine Diaz / AdAge:

Apple Hires Creatives in Major Marketing Department Expansion — Move Comes Amid Industry Trend of More Marketers Bringing Agency Services In-House — Apple is looking for a few good creatives as it works to bring more of its advertising and marketing in-house.

More: AppleInsider, iMore, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, Business Insider and MacNN

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Windows Unit Gets Fresh Leaders as Phone, PC and Xbox Efforts Move Closer Together — Less than two months after the big “One Microsoft” reorganization plan was announced, more units are starting to learn how the high-level changes will affect their operations. — Asa Mathat / AllThingsD.com

More: Reuters, GeekWire, WinBeta, InfoWorld, The Verge, WMPoweruser, Windows Phone Central, Softpedia News and MacDailyNews

Michael Arrington / Uncrunched:

Arrington to grill Valley leaders at TechCrunch Disrupt over silence and complicity with NSA — (Trying To) Face Down The Evil At TechCrunch Disrupt — I'll be on stage in just a couple of hours at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco. I'm interviewing a lot of people over the next three days …

More: TechCrunch, DailyFinance.com and TechCrunch

Tweets: @tcdisrupt and @caseynewton

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:

Google offers new concessions to avoid fine in EU antitrust case — (Reuters) - Google has offered further concessions aimed at ending a three-year investigation into complaints it was blocking competitors and to avert a possible $5 billion fine, the European Commission said on Monday.

More: eWeek, Search Engine Roundtable, Los Angeles Times, ScreenwerkScreenwerk, Computerworld, Search Engine Land, 9to5Google, Associated Press, KitGuru, WebProNews, Softpedia News and Inquirer

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Windows 8.1 now available on MSDN and TechNet following developer complaints — Microsoft is reversing course today, allowing developers to download a final copy of Windows 8.1 ahead of its October 18th release. After originally announcing the finalization of the OS update last month …

More: Steve Guggenheimer, The Windows Blog, Ars Technica, ZDNet, Computerworld, TechCrunch and gHacks Technology News

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Livefyre Acquires Storify, Says The Social Curation Service Will Still Operate As Standalone Product — Livefyre, a commenting platform used by TechCrunch and other websites, is announcing that it has acquired social curation startup Storify. — The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed …

More: Livefyre, Storify, GigaOM, Nieman Journalism Lab, The Next Web, VentureBeat, The Next Web, Mashable, AllThingsD and Adotas

Tweets: @alex and @xdamman

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Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:

Carl Icahn Ends Effort To Take Control of Dell — The last bit of lingering drama 14-month old effort to take the computer company Dell private in a leveraged buyout just came to a close as activist investor Carl Icahn said he would not pursue any further efforts to take control of the company.

More: PR Newswire, SiliconANGLE, Tech Trader Daily, TechCrunch, The Register, Electronista, CNET, DailyFinance.com, The Verge, Inquirer, GigaOM, Reuters, PE Hub Blog, VentureBeat, Forbes and ZDNet

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Opera Launches Coast, A Slick New WebKit-Based iPad Browser — About a year and a half ago, a small team at Opera started working on a new browser for tablets and today, it is launching the result of this project: Opera Coast, a new, almost chrome-less browser for the iPad.

More: Opera, AppleInsider, The Next Web, SiliconANGLE, The Verge, TIME, Inquirer, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, Softpedia News, GigaOM, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo UK, Electronista, MacStories, CNET and Gotta Be Mobile

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Yahoo Launches New Screen App And Viacom Partnership For Lean-Back Tablet And Smartphone Video — Yahoo launched a new mobile application this morning called “Yahoo Screen,” designed for Apple iOS devices, including iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The app is meant to serve as a mobile home …

More: Yahoo, PC Magazine, VentureBeat, AppleInsider, Inside Mobile Apps, Gizmodo, MacRumors, The Next Web, Associated Press, 9to5Mac, AllThingsD, The Verge, iDownloadBlog.com and Ubergizmo. Tweets: @marissamayer. See also Mediagazer

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Google+ Launches Embeds, Starts To Highlight WordPress.com And TypePad Authors Who Sign In With Google+ In Search Results — Starting today, Google+ users will be able to embed their posts anywhere on the web. The new feature provides its users with the code needed to embed posts …

More: Google+ Developers Blog, The Verge, The Next Web, PC Magazine, ReadWrite, VentureBeat, Marketing Land, The Next Web, GigaOM, Forbes and WebProNews. Thanks:@sethjs

Reuters:

EU regulators tell Samsung to offer more to end antitrust case — (Reuters) - European Union regulators have told Samsung Electronics to offer more concessions to settle EU charges that its use of patent lawsuits against rival Apple breached antitrust rules after a first offer fell short.

More: AppleInsider, AllThingsD and ZDNet

Nick Wingfield / New York Times:

Worries That Microsoft Is Growing Too Tricky to Manage — SEATTLE — At a time when many people in business believe the number of products at Microsoft should be getting smaller, it is about to become a lot bigger. — Microsoft's $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia's handset and services operations …

Tweets: @deanemurphy

Nick Summers / The Next Web:

Google, Yahoo and Facebook urge the US government for permission to release national security requests — Google, Facebook and Yahoo have filed separate motions with the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) today, requesting that they are allowed to publicly disclose the number …

More: Facebook, AllFacebook, PC World, Computerworld, Yahoo! Global Public Policy, AllThingsD, Gizmodo, Google Public Policy Blog, Los Angeles Times, CNET and GigaOM

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