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September 13, 2013, 12:40 PM
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@twitter:
We've confidentially submitted an S-1 to the SEC for a planned IPO. This Tweet does not constitute an offer of any securities for sale.
DealBook:
A Short Post, a Big Splash: #TwitterIPO  —  Twitter, which began as a side project in a small but failing start-up seven years ago and grew into one of the world's largest platforms for public conversation, is about to take its biggest step yet into maturity: selling stock to the public.
Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:
Twitter Doles Out Stock Grants to Keep Top Talent  —  Twitter's eventual day in the IPO sun is closer than ever.  And the company is doing all it can to keep the forecast as pleasant as possible — including keeping its top employees happy.  —  Twitter has handed out stock grants to a number …
Tweets: @allthingsd
Ben Popper / The Verge:
Twitter files for “confidential” IPO, suggesting its annual revenue is less than $1 billion
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
iPhone 5C pre-orders available from Apple, carriers, and retailers  —  Pre-order your iPhone 5Cs now!  Or don't.  No one's forcing you either way.  —  As it promised during Tuesday's announcement, Apple has officially begun accepting pre-orders for the sort-of-new iPhone 5C in its online store as of 12:01am PT today.
Brian Klug / AnandTech:
Some Thoughts about the iPhone 5S Camera Improvements  —  One of the big improvements that comes with the iPhone 5S is a new camera system, with a faster aperture for more light throughput, bigger 8 MP sensor with correspondingly bigger pixels, dual LED color temperature matching flash, and improved ISP.
More: iPhone in Canada Blog and ZDNet.  Tweets: @nerdtalker
Eliot Van Buskirk / Evolver.fm:
Twitter Releases Spotify App  —  Remember when Twitter bought We Are Hunted, whose creators then built Twitter's #music app, which was initially super popular in part due to its cool design and the fact that everybody uses Twitter, but then it ran into a bit of a chicken-and-egg problem?
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Intel Has Acquired Natural Language Processing Startup Indisys, Price “North” Of $26M, To Build Its AI Muscle  —  Intel has quietly made another international acquisition in its push into artificial intelligence technology: it has bought Indisys, a Spanish startup focused on naturual language recognition.
More: GigaOM and Electronista
Mark Maremont / Wall Street Journal:
Google Founders' Jet Fleet Loses a Pentagon Fuel Perk  —  Questions Raised about Founders Use for Non-Government Flights  —  Google Inc. founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin may have to dig deeper to operate their fleet of private jets, after the U.S. Department of Defense ended …
Sarah McBride / Reuters:
Insight: In Silicon Valley start-up world, pedigree counts  —  (Reuters) - When asked to name the most notable rags-to-riches entrepreneur that his firm has funded, venture capitalist Ben Horowitz doesn't hesitate: Christian Gheorghe, a Romanian immigrant who came to the United States without speaking English …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook Sunsets Credits, Transitions To Local Currencies To Boost International Payments  —  Facebook launched its virtual currency Credits in June 2011 to simplify payments.  In reality, Credits caused headaches for international payments due to fluctuating exchange rates.
Don Clark / Digits:
Intel Plans to Shed East Coast Chip Plant  —  Intel has decided to dispense with its oldest factory, a plant in Maynard, Mass., whose technology it deems outdated.  —  The company said Thursday that it plans to cease production in Maynard by the end of 2014.

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Nancy Scola / Washingtonian:
A deep look at FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's moves favoring the Trump administration; former chair Tom Wheeler warns against the agency becoming a political tool

Lucia Moses / Business Insider:
WaPo opinion editor Adam O'Neal says he's stepping down after a year in the role; his hiring was part of a push to promote “personal liberties and free markets”

Matt Stout / The Boston Globe:
The Massachusetts Senate passes an amendment that would in many instances bar judges, grand juries, and others from forcing reporters to identify their sources

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