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September 10, 2013, 2:10 PM

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The Verge:
Live from Apple's new iPhone event!  —  Apple has promised that this event “should brighten everybody's day.”  With the anticipated release of the iPhone 5S, various colors on an iPhone C, and iOS 7 all expected, the company is probably right.  What else does Tim Cook have in store?
Tom Warren / The Verge:
iPhone 5C: improved front camera, slightly larger battery, in five colored plastic backs, starting at $99  —  Apple iPhone 5C is official, a plastic and colorful iPhone for $99  —  The new iPhone 5C is finally official.  After months of rumor and speculation, Apple has opted to introduce …
Brian Heater / Engadget:
Apple introduces the iPhone 5S, launching September 20th starting at $199  —  Ladies and gentleman, the moment you've all been waiting for.  As expected, this afternoon's day-brightening news (or part of it, at least) arrived in Cupertino in the form of a brand new handset.
John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
iOS 7 Ships September 18  —  Apple first unveiled iOS 7, the next version of its mobile operating system, back in June at its annual WWDC conference.  Now, three months later, it's finally ready to ship.  The OS — which is a complete reimagining of the operating system on which the iPhone …
Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:
Apple Will Ship Its 700 Millionth iOS Device Next Month  —  Today at its iPhone event in Cupertino, Apple announced that it will ship its 700 millionth iOS device next month.  —  The last numbers for Apple's device sales came in June, when it had announced 600M devices total.
Dante D'Orazio / The Verge:
iPhone 5 discontinued, iPhone 4S remains as free option  —  It's nearly an Apple tradition at this point: whenever the company unveils its latest iPhone, older models are used to fill the free and $99 on contract price points.  But with the announcement of the iPhone 5C today …
Nadia Damouni / Reuters:
Some Microsoft investors want Ford's Mulally, CSC's Lawrie considered for CEO choice  —  Exclusive: Microsoft urged to put Mulally, Lawrie on CEO shortlist  —  (Reuters) - At least three of the top 20 investors in Microsoft Corp want a turnaround expert to succeed Steve Ballmer as chief executive …
Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:
Look out Netflix and Google!  An analyst thinks the court may allow ISPs to charge you  —  The FCC's open internet rules that prevent ISPs from blocking content or otherwise discriminating against the packets that are flowing across their broadband networks are on trial today.
More: The Switch and Techdirt
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Greylock's Smooth Operators Will Invest $1 Billion 14th Fund In The “Many Any's”  —  Running a great company is a lot different than starting one, and some lessons can only be learned with experience.  If you're a founder, you could stumble by yourself until you figure it out.  Or you could call Greylock.
Chris Davies / SlashGear:
Nokia and Mercedes self-driving car project taps HERE research  —  Nokia and Mercedes Benz will work together on self-driving cars, the companies have confirmed, with Nokia's HERE developing metadata-rich navigation and mapping data with extra information for robot drivers.

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