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September 17, 2013, 8:45 PM

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Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:

Apple testing iOS 7.0.1, preparing iOS 7.1 - iPhone 5s supply ‘severely constrained’ — It's no secret Apple is working on newer versions of iOS 7 even before iOS 7 is released to the public. We're able to confirm this two ways: one is through multiple sources of ours and the second is, well, because we have one.

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

iPhone 5s to be constrained at launch as Apple preps app to check availability — While supply for Apple's iPhone 5c has been strong enough to deter complete sell-outs from carrier stores and Apple's own online store, sources say that supplies of the higher-end iPhone 5s will be constrained at launch (as we expected).

More: BGR, Electronista, LAPTOP Magazine, Examiner, The Verge, TechnoBuffalo, ZDNet, pocketnow.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, Gotta Be Mobile, Ubergizmo and iPhone Hacks. Tweets: @stevekovach

Alistair Barr / USA Today:

Google looking to replace third-party cookies with new anonymous identifier AdID — Google eyes big change in online tracking for ads — Google is developing an anonymous identifier for advertising, or AdID, that would replace third-party cookies as the way advertisers track people's …

More: GigaOM, Marketing Pilgrim, The Atlantic Wire, Marketing Land, VentureBeat, The Verge and SlashGear

Tweets: @danieleran, @csoghoian and @ashk4n

Matt Brian / Engadget:

Apple offering ‘last compatible version’ of iOS apps for older hardware — With iOS 7 arriving tomorrow, Apple is extending some love to the owners of older iOS devices that have been left behind. New compatibility features, first spotted on Reddit, will now kick into action if you attempt …

More: Richter's Rants, The Next Web, Los Angeles Times, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Ars Technica, GigaOM, AllThingsD, pocketnow.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechnoBuffalo, iMore, AppleTell, App Advice, Gotta Be Mobile, MobileBurn.com, ReadWrite, SlashGear and Lifehacker

Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:

Apple's ‘App Resurrection’ Feature Great For Customers, But Opaque To Developers

More: MobileSyrup.com, App Advice and iMore

Martin Bryant / The Next Web:

Adobe moves into hardware: Project Mighty ‘cloud pen’ and Project Napoleon ruler to launch in 2014 — At its MAX event in May this year, Adobe revealed that it was experimenting with hardware in the form of ‘Project Mighty’ - an Internet-connected stylus, and ‘Project Napoleon’, an accompanying digital ruler.

More: Creative Layer, AllThingsD, Engadget, AppleInsider, MacRumors, The Verge, TechCrunch, Electronista, ZDNet, VentureBeat and Gizmodo. Thanks:@thekenyeung

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Adobe's Creative Cloud Surpasses 1M Subscribers, But Q3 2013 Revenue Falls To $995.1M

More: CNET, Adobe, ZDNet and Bloomberg

Hayley Tsukayama / Washington Post:

White House petitions FCC to require all carriers to unlock all mobile devices — Obama administration urges FCC to require carriers to unlock mobile devices — Several months after calling for legislation to unlock cellphones, the White House filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission …

More: MacRumors, The Verge, What's New at NTIA, Ars Technica, The Next Web and PhoneArena

Brett Martin / Medium:

Why Sonar failed: Co-founder and former CEO Brett Martin shares lessons learned — Postmortem of a Venture-backed Startup … For those unfamiliar, Sonar Media Inc. was a mobile app created to help make the world a friendlier place. Our mobile app buzzed in your pocket when friends …

More: TechCrunch, The Next Web and AllThingsD

Tweets: @mattrosoff, @besvinick and @mikeisaac

Jamie Rigg / Engadget:

Amazon adds AirPlay streaming, IMDb integration to Instant Video iOS app — There are many ways to get a leg-up in the online content war, and one of them is to make sure your services are easy to use with competitor hardware. To that end, an update to the Amazon Instant Video app for iOS …

More: 9to5Mac, The Verge, TechCrunch, GadgeTell, IntoMobile, Softpedia News, Inside Mobile Apps, Gizmodo, The Next Web, iMore, MacRumors and AppleInsider. Tweets: @reckless

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

As Amazon Preps Its Apple TV Killer, It Plays Nicely With Apple TV

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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple takes redesigned iCloud.com with iOS 7-like design out of beta — Ahead of tomorrow's launch of iOS 7, Apple has taken the wraps off of a brand-new iCloud website. The new website went into beta earlier this year, and it is completely redesigned to match the simpler …

More: AppleInsider, MacRumors, TechHive and The Verge. Tweets: @thetechblock

Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:

Microsoft Leaves Windows 8.1 Pricing Unchanged From Windows 8 But Kills System Builder SKUs — Microsoft today announced the pricing structure for its upcoming Windows 8.1 operating system. Windows 8 users will receive the new code free of charge, but for those not currently on Microsoft's …

More: The Windows Blog, The Windows Blog, The Register, Electronista, InfoWorld, TechHive, BGR, TechnoBuffalo, Ars Technica, Softpedia News and The Verge. Thanks:@fredericl

Nathan Olivarez-Giles / The Verge:

Google is done selling the Nexus 4 in the US — The Nexus 4's run in Google Play is now over. On Monday, Google's online storefront sold out of the 16GB version of the flagship phone in the US, and a trusted source with knowledge of the company's plans tells The Verge that this marks the end for the LG-built device.

More: Unwired View, BGR, PandoDaily, TechnoBuffalo, Ars Technica, PhoneArena, Digital Trends, GigaOM, LAPTOP Magazine, Examiner, Gotta Be Mobile, Los Angeles Times, I4U News, VentureBeat, TechHive and The Next Web

Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:

Angry entrepreneur replies to patent troll with racketeering lawsuit — Most business owners sued by patent trolls don't talk about it to anyone other than their lawyer; a typical response is to cross one's fingers and hope the problem goes away. It won't, of course.

More: VentureBeat, The Switch, TechCrunch, The Technology Chronicles, InfoWorld and socalTECH.com

Pete Swabey / Information Age:

Cloud provider Nirvanix gives customers two weeks to vacate data — US-based cloud storage provider Nirvanix tells employees it has “gone to the wall”, gives customers until the end of the month to move their data elsewhere — UK partner seeking financial rescue deal

More: Digits, VentureBeat and Ars Technica. Tweets: @storagezar

Jason Del Rey / AllThingsD:

New Google Wallet App Moves Past NFC and to All Major Carriers. iPhone Version on Tap? — Google is launching a new version of its Google Wallet app for Android today and there are some big changes. — Most notably, the app will now be available on all Android devices running version 2.3 …

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:

Microsoft Initiates Massive $40 Billion Share Buyback Program — Shortly before market opening, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced a new massive buyback program as well as a dividend increase. The new buyback program comes after the expiration of a previous $40 billion program that is set to expire on September 2013.

More: Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, Guardian, Mashable, Businessweek, Business Insider, Tech Trader Daily, Associated Press, Network World, Computerworld, Bloomberg, Electronista, VentureBeat, ZDNet, GeekWire, CNNMoney.com, Forbes and BBC

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Longtime Microsoft Evangelist Jeff Sandquist Joins Twitter As Director Of Platform Partnerships — Jeff Sandquist, who's currently senior director of developer relations at Microsoft, just announced that he will be joining Twitter as director of platform partnerships. — “Change invigorates the soul,” he wrote.

More: VatorNews and GeekWire. Tweets: @jeffsand, @marshallk, @rsarver and @scobleizer

Om Malik / GigaOM:

Airbnb hires maverick hotelier Chip Conley as its head of hospitality, hoping for better hosts, happier customers — A few years ago, I got a chance to listen to hear Chip Conley, the enigmatic founder of Joie de Vivre Hotels, address a group of founders and share his journey.

More: Forbes, TechCrunch and The Next Web. Thanks:@marissac

Evelyn M. Rusli / Digits:

Facebook's Shaffer and Zandy to Depart — Facebook is losing two key employees: Justin Shaffer, a project manager who is helping to lead the company's video ad product, and Ashley Zandy, a manager on its corporate communications team. — The departures, confirmed by Facebook …

More: AllFacebook. Tweets: @evelynrusli, @pkafka and @evelynrusli

Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica:

Secret court declassifies opinion providing rationale for metadata sharing — For the first time, the United States' most secret court, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), has published its legal rationale as to why the telecom metadata sharing program under Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act is legitimate.

More: ZDNet, Wired, Techdirt, The Hill, Guardian, The Atlantic Wire, Associated Press, Bloomberg, Motherboard, ThinkProgress and Gawker

Associated Press:

Experts see potential perils in Brazil push to break with US-centric Internet over NSA spying — RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil plans to divorce itself from the U.S.-centric Internet over Washington's widespread online spying, a move that many experts fear will be a potentially dangerous …

More: ZDNet, Techdirt, Gizmodo, The Switch, Web Host Industry Review and Examiner

Ian Sherr / Wall Street Journal:

Electronic Arts Taps Insider Andrew Wilson as CEO — Mr. Wilson, 39, is Head of EA's Sports Videogames Brand — Electronic Arts Inc. is turning to Andrew Wilson, the head of its sports videogame brand, as its next chief executive, signaling to investors it plans to stay the course with offering a broad range of products.

More: EA, EA, Digits, TechCrunch, AllThingsD, GamesIndustry International, The Verge, VentureBeat, VG247, Digits, Gamasutra and Polygon. Tweets: @kobunheat

Graham Cluley:

Zero day IE flaw exploited in targeted attacks. Microsoft releases temporary fix — Microsoft has released an emergency workaround for users of Internet Explorer, to protect against a “limited number” of targeted attacks being specifically directed at IE 8 and IE 9 - but which could potentially affect all versions of the web browser.

More: Microsoft, TechNet, Microsoft Support, Krebs on Security, The Register, TechNet Blogs, Computerworld, Reuters, PC World, Neowin, Threatpost, SecurityWeek, Ars Technica, WinBeta, The Next Web and ZDNet

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