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September 9, 2013, 2:25 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, Examiner, LAPTOP Magazine, Digits, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Gotta Be Mobile, WinBeta, iDownloadBlog.com and Macgasm

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: ZDNet, ZDNet, Neowin, CITEworld, GeekWire, Network World, BGR, Engadget, The Verge, WinBeta, WebProNews, Gotta Be Mobile, pocketnow.com and Pocket-lint

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

Tweets: @om, @socialmia, @bijan and @evelynrusli

Vindu Goel / NYT Bits:

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

Tweets: @matthewkeyslive, @bdainton, @lavrusik and @newswhip. 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, Help Net Security, Ars Technica, CNET, The Register, PC Magazine, It's a Gadget, InfoWorld, iDownloadBlog.com and Financial Post. Tweets: @georgiebc

Peter Sayer / PC World:

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

Ellyne Phneah / ZDNet:

India govt reportedly monitor Internet activities, without ISPs' knowledge

More: The Hindu, The Register and Softpedia News

Juan Forero / Washington Post:

Brazilian TV show says U.S. spied on state-run Petrobras oil firm, cites NSA documents

More: Associated Press, Bloomberg, ZDNet, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Softpedia News and WebProNews

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.

Mariko Yasu / Bloomberg:

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

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

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, The Next Web, WebProNews, Digits, iMore, Engadget and Cult of Mac

Tweets: @kyleorl and @m4tt

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, Windows Phone Central, InfoWorld, The Verge, Softpedia News, WMPoweruser and MacDailyNews

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, Computerworld, ZDNet and TechCrunch

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: Los Angeles Times, Search Engine Roundtable, ScreenwerkScreenwerk, TechHive, Inquirer, Associated Press, Search Engine Land, Computerworld, 9to5Google, KitGuru, WebProNews and Softpedia 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: GigaOM, Livefyre, Storify, The Next Web, VentureBeat, Mashable and AllThingsD

Tweets: @alex and @xdamman

See also Mediagazer

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

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, TechCrunch, The Register, CNET, Tech Trader Daily, GigaOM, The Verge, DailyFinance.com, VentureBeat, ZDNet, Inquirer, Forbes and PE Hub Blog

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, Inside Mobile Apps, Gizmodo, MacRumors, The Next Web, The Verge, AllThingsD, Associated Press, 9to5Mac, Engadget and Mashable. Tweets: @marissamayer. See also Mediagazer

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, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Business Insider, iPhone in Canada Blog and MacNN

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, TechCrunch and Forbes

Tweets: @tcdisrupt and @caseynewton

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, The Official Google Blog, AllThingsD, Gizmodo, Los Angeles Times, CNET, GigaOM, Yahoo! Global Public Policy, Washington Post, Business Insider, ITworld.com and Electronista

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

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