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Danny Yadron / Wall Street Journal:

Apple's Latest iPhone Puts Focus Back on Fingerprint Security — SAN FRANCISCO—Apple Inc.'s latest product launch could breathe new life into a technology that failed to take hold the first time: fingerprint scanners. — Placing a finger on a computer or smartphone has long been proposed …

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, and wildcards for today's Apple event

Kevin Weil / Twitter Blog:

Driving mobile advertising forward: welcoming MoPub to the Flock — We're excited to announce that we've agreed to acquire MoPub, a mobile-focused advertising exchange. MoPub's technology lets mobile application publishers manage their inventory and optimize multiple sources of advertising …

More: MoPub, The Register, Guardian, Computerworld, AllThingsD, NYT Bits, Softpedia News, I4U News, Bloomberg, VentureBeat, Mashable, TechCrunch, ZDNet, Internet2Go and The Next Web

Tweets: @tonyw, @adambain, @adambain, @adambain and @adambain

TechCrunch:

Twitter Buys MoPub For $350M To Up The Ante In Mobile Advertising — MoPub, a startup that helps mobile publishers manage their ad inventory, has been acquired by Twitter, giving the social network another route into building its advertising business, specifically on moble platforms.

More: stratechery, Digiday, Los Angeles Times, Forbes, AdExchanger, Business Insider and Digits. Tweets: @michaelshafrir. See also Mediagazer

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 …

More: The Register, Inquirer, TheStreet.com, I4U News, Softpedia News, SlashGear and The Verge

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

The Data Factory - How Your Free Labor Lets Tech Giants Grow The Wealth Gap — You're the product, but when you're sold, it's only a lucky few who get rich. Technology lets big companies distribute tools that turn us into volunteers who contribute our time and data while they profit.

More: VentureBeat. Tweets: @joshconstine

Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:

Crypto prof asked to remove NSA-related blog post — Matthew Green is a well-known cryptography professor, currently teaching in the computer science department of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Last week, Green authored a long and interesting blog post about the recent revelations …

More: The Switch, Techdirt, A Few Thoughts … and Business Insider

Tweets: @occupyoakland, @adrianshort, @jschmeling and @matthew_d_green

Agam Shah / CITEworld:

Intel ships Haswell, the low-powered chip that could save Windows tablets — After promising to bring power-efficient Haswell processors to tablets, Intel has now started shipping new low-power, fourth-generation Core i3 processors, including one that draws as little as 4.5 watts of power in specific usage scenarios.

More: eWeek, PC World, GigaOM, Electronista, Associated Press, ZDNet and BGR

Randall Lane / Forbes:

John Sculley Just Gave His Most Detailed Account Ever Of How Steve Jobs Got Fired From Apple — After years of silence, former Apple CEO John Sculley has recently been moving more into retrospective mode. On Thursday, Sculley gave perhaps his fullest public account ever …

More: Electronista and The Next Web. Tweets: @monkbent

Quentin Hardy / NYT Bits:

The Cloud Era Begins for Enterprise Tech — Let's say it: Last summer was the beginning of the end for the old guard in what is still the biggest part of technology - business spending on everything from servers to software. This fall begins a new competition for the hearts and minds of corporate customers.

Tweets: @afrihost and @benioff

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Vimeo On Demand gets rent and own pricing options, preorders, promo code generator, and more advanced stats — Vimeo today announced a big update to Vimeo On Demand (VOD), its direct distribution platform. The new features include rent and own pricing options, preorder availability via …

More: Engadget and Vimeo Staff Blog. See also Mediagazer

asymco:

Illustrated: Game console growth slows as mobile devices take over the living room — Game over — In the “Race to a Billion” there is a graph showing Android reported activations and iOS cumulative unit sales along cumulative console sales. The contrast between mobile phone platforms …

More: ParisLemon, Kotaku, iMore, TUAW, TUAW and Daring Fireball

Tweets: @parislemon, @panzer and @siracusa

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Outbrain Isn't Going Public Yet. But a CFO Hire Gives You a Hint About Where They're Headed. — Is Outbrain, the content-recommendation service, getting ready to go public? — The Israeli tech press says that's the plan, and offers varying valuations the New York-based company is supposedly seeking.

More: Globes Online and TechCrunch. Tweets: @llacour and @yarongalai. See also Mediagazer

Jolie O'Dell / VentureBeat:

LinkedIn CEO: We're aiming for 3B profiles and a map of the world's economy — SAN FRANCISCO — Today, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner spoke about his company's future, and his vision is absolutely huge in the scope of its ambition. — “Our longer-term vision is ... to build the world's first economic graph …

More: GigaOM, TechCrunch, Marketing Pilgrim, CITEworld and ZDNet

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.

More: Nokia Conversations, ZDNet, Nokia and GigaOM. Thanks:@c_davies

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, Business Insider, The Verge, Search Engine Watch, BetaNews, Search Engine Roundtable, WebProNews, Softpedia News, Marketing Pilgrim, Engadget, VentureBeat, Marketing Land, The Next Web and ReadWrite. Thanks:@sethjs. See also Mediagazer

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Google Glass update adds photo/screenshot Vignettes feature, YouTube videos in search results, and sound search

More: Google Glass, Digital Trends, Softpedia News, IntoMobile, Geek.com, 9to5Google and AllThingsD

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: Co.Design, AppleInsider, AppleTell, PhoneArena, TUAW, BGR, The Mac Observer, iDownloadBlog.com, iClarified, Mobile Marketing Watch, iMore, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog and Business Insider

Steven Musil / CNET:

BlackBerry said to ax dozens of jobs from US sales force — Embattled handset maker cut as much as half its sales force, according to published reports. — BlackBerry laid off dozens of people from it US sales force in another wave of layoffs at the embattled handset maker on Monday, according to published reports.

More: Cantech Letter, Business Insider, BGR, MobileSyrup.com, AllThingsD, Ubergizmo, The Next Web and Investor's Business Daily

Cliff Edwards / Bloomberg:

Netflix Added to Virgin Media U.K. TV in Industry First — Netflix Inc. (NFLX)'s subscription-video service will be offered on Virgin Media cable systems in the U.K., marking the first time the Web-delivered product is integrated by a major pay-TV provider.

More: Virgin Media, CNET, BBC, GigaOM, The Verge, Softpedia News, Engadget, The Next Web and WebProNews. See also Mediagazer

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: Techdirt

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: www.idigitaltimes.co.uk, Gearburn, UK Blog on The Huffington Post, ReadWrite, The VAR Guy, The Mac Observer, Touch Arcade, Examiner, PC Magazine, Gotta Be Mobile, iDownloadBlog.com and WinBeta

Paul Thurrott / SuperSite for Windows:

Surface 2: no “RT” branding, Tegra 4, 1080p, possible white model

More: ZDNet, InfoWorld, Guardian, Unwired View, Digital Trends, TechnoBuffalo, ExtremeTech, GeekWire, Network World, Windows Phone Daily, WebProNews, Business Insider, Yahoo! News, Engadget, Electronista, CITEworld, Pocket-lint and Domain Name Wire

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