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September 11, 2013, 5:15 PM

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Apple TV Software Refresh Coming September 18 — Nope, Apple didn't show off new Apple TV hardware yesterday. — And Apple didn't talk about new software for its Web video box, either. But it's still coming. — People familiar with the company's plans say Apple TV is scheduled …

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

New Apple TV in development, could arrive as soon as next month — Apple is working on a new version of the Apple TV, and according to MG Siegler, it could arrive as soon as next month. We have independently heard that a new version of the Apple TV is in development, but our sources …

More: AppleInsider, BGR, Business Insider, iDownloadBlog.com, Pocket-lint, Electronista, App Advice and Cult of Mac. Tweets: @parislemon

Zach Epstein / BGR:

Exclusive photos of Amazon's completely redesigned next-gen Kindle Fire HD — There really isn't much mystery remaining as Amazon prepares to unveil its second-generation Kindle Fire HD tablets and its third-generation Kindle Fire slate in the coming weeks.

Adam Satariano / Bloomberg:

The IPhone's Secret Flights From China to Your Local Apple Store — As Apple CEO Tim Cook unveiled new iPhones yesterday, a complex operation had already kicked into gear behind the scenes to send millions of the handsets to store shelves worldwide. — The process starts in China …

More: MacRumors, GigaOM, ZDNet, 9to5Mac, App Advice, iPhone in Canada Blog and MacDailyNews

Tweets: @b_fung, @tomloftus, @jessicalessin and @benedictevans

John Gruber / Daring Fireball:

Thoughts and Observations on Today's iPhone 5C and 5S Introduction — I got this one wrong. — I fixed my thinking by this week, but as of a month ago, I had it wrong when I wrote “The Case for a New Lower-Cost iPhone”. — Here's the thing. The iPhone 5C has nothing to do with price.

More: Business Insider, Marco.org, A VC, SplatF, Fortune, Marketing Land and iPhone Hacks

Tweets: @asymco, @davinodwyer, @howells and @om

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:

Forget “Cheap”, The iPhone 5c Is Clearly The iPhone Jony Ive Wanted For iOS 7

More: stratechery, TechHive, MacStories, Fortune, Inquirer, Naked Security, New York Times, Softpedia News, Gotta Be Mobile, Agence France Presse, Wired, TUAW, MacNN, ABC News, CNN, Engadget and App Advice. Tweets: @doener

Horace Dediu / asymco:

C is for Cognitive Illusion

More: Network World and Quartz. Tweets: @erickschonfeld

Guardian:

NSA shares raw intelligence including Americans' data with Israel — The National Security Agency routinely shares raw intelligence data with Israel without first sifting it to remove information about US citizens, a top-secret document provided to the Guardian by whistleblower Edward Snowden reveals.

More: Guardian, The Switch, Mashable, Ars Technica, The Verge, Salon, Daily Dot and Techdirt

Tweets: @guardianus and @sacca

Help Net Security:

Backdoored NIST standard revealed, will be reopened for review

More: NYT Bits, Ars Technica, BBC and Boing Boing. See also Mediagazer

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Mashable:

Did the FBI Lean On Microsoft for Access to Its Encryption Software?

More: New York Times, Boing Boing, Network World and SiliconANGLE

Tweets: @_cypherpunks_, @csoghoian, @csoghoian, @csoghoian and @0xabad1dea

Hari Gottipati / GigaOM:

With iBeacon, Apple is going to dump on NFC and embrace the internet of things — At WWDC in June, Apple quietly announced iBeacon, one of the more prominent features of iOS 7. Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of Software Engineering, mentioned nothing about about it in the keynote …

More: Businessweek, PadGadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, Macworld, Forbes, FierceBroadbandWireless News and The Verge

Agam Shah / Computerworld:

Dell reviving Venue mobile brand with new Windows 8.1 tablet — Dell to share details on the Venue tablet at an event in New York on Oct. 2 — Dell Wednesday showed off a new Windows 8.1 tablet called Venue, a brand name for mobile devices the PC maker abandoned when it discontinued shipment of smartphones early last year.

More: PC World, LAPTOP Magazine, Engadget, The Verge, IntoMobile, AnandTech, SlashGear, Electronista and Network World

AnandTech:

The Baytrail Preview: Intel Atom Z3770 Tested

More: The Verge, Intel Newsroom, BBC, LAPTOP Magazine, PC World, ZDNet, PC Magazine, Forbes, Mashable and dailywireless.org

Sharif Sakr / Engadget:

Intel details Z3000 Bay Trail chips for tablets and hybrids, claims up to 2x CPU and 3x GPU performance

More: CNET, VentureBeat, TechHive, Computerworld, LAPTOP Magazine, TechEye, AndroidGuys, Electronista and Softpedia News

Alexei Oreskovic / Reuters:

Motorola now shipping 100,000 Moto X phones weekly from Texas — (Reuters) - Motorola is shipping 100,000 of its new Moto X phones weekly from a manufacturing facility near Dallas, a modest start for a made-in-the-USA phone that marks the most significant effort to revive the iconic company after Google Inc bought it last year.

Dan Seifert / The Verge:

Made in America: a look inside Motorola's Moto X factory — An old Nokia facility has been resurrected to crank out 100,000 new smartphones per week — The Moto X is a return to form for Motorola, and it represents the first device the it has produced from start to finish as a Google company.

More: Engadget, The Official Motorola Blog, TechSpot, 9to5Google, Mashable and Android Community

Tweets: @tomwarren, @dcseifert, @katienotopoulos and @reckless

Wall Street Journal:

China Licenses Apple's iPhone With China Mobile's Wireless Standard — BEIJING—A Chinese regulator has given the final license necessary for Apple Inc.'s iPhone to run on China Mobile Ltd.'s mobile network, another indication China's largest carrier will soon be releasing an iPhone for the first time.

Caesar Sengupta / Google Chrome Blog:

New Haswell Chromebooks from Acer, HP, ASUS, and Toshiba arriving in coming months — A fresh mix of Intel-based Chromebooks — something for everyone — Chromebooks were designed to make computers faster, simpler, safer and much more affordable for everyone.

Pandora:

Pandora Names Brian McAndrews Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman — Pandora (NYSE:P), today announced that the company's Board of Directors has appointed Brian McAndrews, formerly of Madrona Venture Group, Microsoft and aQuantive, to succeed Joe Kennedy as Chief Executive Officer …

More: GigaOM, GeekWire, The Verge, AdExchanger and Forbes. Tweets: @pkafka. See also Mediagazer

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

iCloud Keychain Removed in iOS 7 GM — Apple appears to have removed iCloud Keychain support from the iOS 7 Golden Master (GM), which was seeded to developers yesterday. While iCloud preferences previously listed iCloud Keychain, the option has now been removed, suggesting …

More: iMore, ParisLemon, TechnoBuffalo, iPhone in Canada Blog, Gotta Be Mobile, iDownloadBlog.com, iClarified, ReadWrite, iPhone Hacks and MacNN

Wall Street Journal:

Gogo to introduce faster 60Mbps inflight WiFi system, coming to Virgin America in 2014 — Airplane Wi-Fi Gets Up to Speed — Gogo Inc.'s New System Combines Satellites and Cell Towers — The race for fast Internet at 30,000 feet is accelerating as airlines roll out new technologies …

More: VentureBeat, Engadget, Gizmodo, ZDNet, GigaOM, Ars Technica, Forbes, ABC News and SlashGear. Tweets: @elanazak

Leslie Patton / Bloomberg:

McDonald's Testing Mobile Order App for U.S. Stores — Americans will soon be able to order and pay for Big Macs from their mobile phones. — McDonald's Corp. (MCD) is currently testing a mobile payment application in Salt Lake City and in Austin, Texas, Lisa McComb, a spokeswoman, said today in an e-mail.

More: Betabeat, Ubergizmo, IntoMobile, Business Insider, Mobile Marketing Watch and MobilePaymentsToday.com News

Richard Lai / Engadget:

Surprise! ASUS to launch ‘the new PadFone Infinity’ next Tuesday (updated with video) — Given the recent leaks, it's no surprise that ASUS is now readying the launch of its aptly named “the new PadFone Infinity.” According to an invitation we just received, CEO Jerry Shen will be hosting …

More: GigaOM, The Next Web, Inquirer, TechnoBuffalo, AndroidSPIN, Phones Review, Digital Trends, SlashGear, Electronista, IntoMobile and Android Community

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