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September 30, 2013, 4:20 PM
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Evelyn M. Rusli / Digits:
Facebook Woos TV Networks With More Data  —  Facebook is laying down a new gauntlet in its battle with Twitter to dominate online conversation around television: more data for broadcasters.  —  This week, Facebook says it will begin sending weekly reports to America's four largest television networks …
Stuart Elliott / New York Times:
Apple Passes Coca-Cola as Most Valuable Brand  —  Apple is the new most valuable brand in the world, according to a closely followed annual report.  —  The report, to be released on Monday, is from Interbrand, a corporate identity and brand consulting company owned by the Omnicom Group …
James Ball / Guardian:
NSA stores metadata of millions of web users for up to a year, secret files show  —  • Vast amounts of data kept in repository codenamed Marina  —  • Data retained regardless of whether person is NSA target  —  • Material used to build ‘pattern-of-life’ profiles of individuals
Tracey Kaplan / Mercury News:
John McAfee teases D-Central, a sub-$100 gadget that creates surveillance-proof local networks  —  John McAfee reveals details on gadget to thwart NSA  —  SAN JOSE — John McAfee lived up to his reputation Saturday as tech's most popular wild child, electrifying an audience with new details …
Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:
Settle With Friends?  Zynga and Bang With Friends End Trademark Dispute.  —  Sometimes, even the rockiest of relationships end up parting ways amicably.  —  Social gaming giant Zynga and the makers of Bang With Friends, the casual sex matchmaking application, have reached a settlement on Monday …
Electronista:
Kantar: Verizon gains in US, Windows Phone nears 10% share in Europe  —  Verizon extends smartphone dominance  —  Verizon has reportedly established a solid lead in US smartphone sales over the previous three months, while Windows Phone devices are nearing 10-percent market share in European markets …
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Fab.com CEO Signals That Job Cuts May Be Coming as Site Retools  —  Fab.com Inc., the e-commerce startup valued at more than $1 billion, signaled that job cuts may be coming as the company revamps its approach to selling goods and strives to turn a profit.  —  As of tomorrow …
More: Forbes and AllThingsD.  Tweets: @pkedrosky
Wall Street Journal:
Aircraft Can Handle Electronic-Device Use, Panel to Tell FAA  —  Passengers Can Use Their Devices but Not the Internet  —  A federal advisory committee is set to tell the Federal Aviation Administration that many aircraft flying today are largely ready to handle passengers using …
Chris Dixon:
Some thoughts on startup crowdfunding  —  Like a lot of people, I'm excited about crowdfunding, and specifically the crowdfunding of startups now that's it's legal in the US.  Based on my own experience investing in startups, here are some thoughts and issues that come to mind regarding startup crowdfunding.
Tweets: @bijan, @phil_hendrix and @stevesi.  Thanks:@davetisch
Jason Del Rey / AllThingsD:
AOL to Start Advertising on TV Again, With Commercials for New Subscription Service Gathr  —  More than nine months after AOL shelved plans for a hip-hop-inspired TV commercial that would have been the first TV ad of CEO Tim Armstrong's tenure, the company has decided to make a return to TV advertising.

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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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