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September 16, 2013, 6:05 PM

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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Bump Mobile Contact Sharing App Acquired By Google, Will Stay Alive For Now — After raising nearly $20 million and becoming one of the most downloaded mobile apps but failing to find real revenue, Bump Technologies has been acquired by Google. Its namesake app Bump lets …

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Tweets: @joshconstine and @caseynewton

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

Google Acquires Bump for at Least $30M — Google has acquired the mobile startup Bump. A source close to the transaction said it was worth at least $30 million, and perhaps as much as $60 million. — Bump had raised about $20 million from backers including Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz …

Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

Twitter iOS Redesign Focuses on Streams, Media, TV and Photos — Twitter has lots of users. It wants a lot more. — That is, in part, why it is planning a massive overhaul of its mobile apps, designed to make the service more appealing to mainstream users.

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

Google and Samsung soar into list of top 10 Linux contributors — And Microsoft's days of major Linux contributions have come to a halt. Google and Samsung have become increasingly frequent contributors to Linux, and each is now among the top 10 companies sponsoring the open source kernel …

More: ZDNet, BetaNews, VentureBeat, Computerworld, eWeek and ReadWrite

Matt Rosoff / CITEworld:

Box Notes takes on Google Docs with a web beta for collaborative, lightweight file editing — Box joins the crew of companies trying to disrupt Microsoft Office — You knew it had to happen. — A year ago, file storage and collaboration service Box hired Sam Schillace …

More: The Box Blog, Ars Technica, ZDNet, The Next Web, The Register, TechCrunch, The Verge, Digits, TechCrunch, GeekWire, ZDNet, VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE, NYT Bits, CNET, Softpedia News, Electronista, PC Magazine, PC World, ITworld.com, Engadget, GigaOM and The Technology Chronicles

Tweets: @mattrosoff and @levie

Thanks:@citeworld

Cade Metz / Wired:

Box.com Melds Google and Microsoft Into Document Engine of the Future

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Ken Yeung / The Next Web:

Box helps users get more out of their content with new Preview, mobile app, Notes, and platform play

More: The Box Blog and Pocket-lint

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple Stores to show off iPhone 5s Touch ID feature using demo app — One of the cornerstone features of Apple's upcoming iPhone 5s is the Touch ID fingerprint scanning system. The feature allows an iPhone 5s user to unlock their iPhone or authenticate iTunes/App Store/iBooks downloads …

More: TUAW, AppleInsider, LAPTOP Magazine, Computerworld, WebProNews, TechnoBuffalo, MacNN, I4U News, Business Insider, MacRumors, Softpedia News, iDownloadBlog.com, iMore, App Advice and iPhone in Canada Blog

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Tumblr Inks Firehose Deal With DataSift To Tumble Further Into The World Of Big Media Advertising — When Yahoo acquired Tumblr for $1.1 billion earlier this year, Yahoo's CEO Marissa Mayer and CFO Ken Goldman both pointed out that advertising on the site (and revenues from those ads) …

More: The Next Web, Marketing Land, I4U News, Internet Evolution, GigaOM, Softpedia News, WebProNews and ResearchBuzz

Tweets: @msuster and @nik

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Upworthy Raises $8 Million for Clickbait With a Mission — Can you build a successful website by repackaging work done by other people? — Of course you can! — What about building a successful website by repackaging other people's work, in service of a “mission-driven” agenda?

More: Upworthy Insider, Fast Company, TechCrunch, The Atlantic Wire, The Gong Show, VentureBeat, Venture Capital Dispatch, paidContent and Digits. See also Mediagazer

David Meyer / GigaOM:

Belgian telco says it was hacked, while reports point to NSA or GCHQ as culprit — Here's a curious one: Belgium's largest telco has filed a complaint against an “unknown third party” that hacked into its internal IT systems and apparently inserted a virus.

More: Belgacom Group, Ars Technica, Web Host Industry Review, Graham Cluley, Reuters, ZDNet, Softpedia News and Inquirer. Tweets: @virusbtn

Jordan Kahn / 9to5Google:

AT&T & T-Mobile preorders for Galaxy Note 3/ Galaxy Gear kick off Sept. 18 … AT&T has announced today in a tweet that preorders for the new Galaxy Gear smartwatch, which will act as a companion to the new Galaxy Note 3, will go up for preorder starting Wednesday, September 18.

More: BGR, Examiner, BGR, PC Magazine, TechnoBuffalo, Gotta Be Mobile, IntoMobile, Pocket-lint, ValueWalk, Gotta Be Mobile, Ubergizmo, AndroidGuys, Gotta Be Mobile and Electronista

Alexis Santos / Engadget:

Google Glass no longer requires tethering plan for smartphone data sharing — An Explorer Edition of Glass is already a pricey piece of tech, and smartphone tethering plans required to give it a mobile Internet connection have only made ownership that much more expensive.

More: CNET, Electronista, Examiner, Gearburn, Ars Technica, MobileBurn.com, I4U News, VentureBeat, 9to5Google and The Next Web. Tweets: @tim_stevens

David Meyer / GigaOM:

Jolla's Sailfish OS gains Android compatibility, making it an easier sell for manufacturers — Finland's Jolla has made its Sailfish OS hardware- and app-compatible with Android, a move it says will help manufacturers pick up the new mobile operating system with minimal hassle.

More: ZDNet, ZDNet, Softpedia News, SlashGear, BetaNews, TechCrunch and The Next Web. Tweets: @mims

Jason Rezaian / WorldViews:

Four years later, Twitter and Facebook flash back online in parts of Iran — By Jason Rezaian, Published: September 16 at 3:34 pm — TEHRAN — Facebook and Twitter were accessible to some Internet users in Tehran on Monday night without the aid of anti-filtering software …

More: Digits, Quartz, The Verge and Nextgov. See also Mediagazer

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