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September 9, 2013, 11:25 AM

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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 …
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.
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.
Evelyn M. Rusli / Wall Street Journal:
Instagram will have ads within a year, now has 150 million monthly active users  —  Instagram Pictures Itself Making Money  —  Leading the Charge to Woo Advertisers Is Facebook Veteran Emily White  —  MENLO PARK, Calif.—When Emily White joined Instagram from parent company Facebook Inc. in March …
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.
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 …
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Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:
Xbox Music gets iOS and Android apps, free web playback; cloud locker to follow  —  The times they are a-changin' at Microsoft, and we are not just talking about the company's executive leadership: Xbox Music, the company's Spotify-like music subscription service, is launching on iOS and Android Monday …
Ben Thompson / stratechery:
Thinking about iPhone Pricing  —  Before the 5C was well-known, I argued that sticking with just one new iPhone model a year had a dangerous precedent: Ford, and the Model-T: … It was controversial to suggest Apple might add SKUs - heck, it's still controversial today - even though the logic is inexorable.
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