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Graph Search Now Includes Posts and Status Updates  —  Starting today, Graph Search will include posts and status updates.  Now you will be able to search for status updates, photo captions, check-ins and comments to find things shared with you.  —  Search for the topics you're interested …
Nancy Jo Sales / Vanity Fair:
An anecdotal look at the enabling role of social apps in the sexual interactions of teens  —  Friends Without Benefits  —  This year, 81 percent of Internet-using teenagers in America reported that they are active on social-networking sites, more than ever before.
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 …
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Google Launches Web Designer, A Visual Tool For Building Interactive HTML5 Sites And Ads  —  Google today announced the launch of Web Designer, a new tool for building interactive HTML5 sites and ads.  The company first hinted at this launch in June, but had been quiet about it ever since.
Jon Russell / The Next Web:
Samsung's ChatON messaging service passes 100 million registered users  —  Samsung has today announced that ChatON, its cross-platform mobile messaging service, has passed 100 million registered users.  The company claims it has added 50 million new sign-ups over the last four months.
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 …
Nick Heath / ZDNet:
Why the blue screen of death no longer plagues Windows users  —  Summary: The dreaded blue screen of death is familiar to any long time Windows PC user, but Microsoft has been developing tools to keep the dreaded BSOD at bay.  —  Nick Heath  —  Remember the blue screen of death …
Tweets: @stevesi
Adrianne Jeffries / The Verge:
Huawei is rotating its CEO every six months to stay fresh  —  Huawei, the multi-billion dollar Chinese telecom infrastructure and mobile device maker, just announced a new CEO — but only for the next six months.  Eric Xu will be the acting CEO of Huawei from October 1st to March 31st under …
Ben Grubb / Sydney Morning Herald:
Intel to acquire Australian tech company Sensory Networks for $21 million  —  A technology company founded in Australia in 2003 has agreed to be acquired by Intel.  —  Sensory Networks, which creates pattern matching and acceleration software technology, agreed to sell to Intel for about $US20 million …
Jason Del Rey / AllThingsD:
Square Competitor Leaf Scores $20 Million Investment From Payments Giant Heartland  —  For a while, it wasn't clear how payments startup Leaf would get the distribution it needed to compete against Square and others trying to reinvent point-of-sale technologies for small and medium-size businesses.
More: BostInno and Xconomy
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.  Tweets: @pkedrosky
Jeremiah Rice / Android Police:
Low-Cost Motorola DVX Front And Rear Spotted In New FCC Documents  —  Motorola has a more economical alternative to the flagship X on the way, referred to in a previous FCC filing and a few Republic Wireless documents as the “Motorola DVX.”  A revised Permissive Change filing …
Sophie Knight / Reuters:
Toshiba to cut 3,000 staff in ailing TV division  —  (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp (6502.T) said on Monday it would cut 50 percent of staff in its loss-making TV unit and cease production at two of its three overseas factories before the end of this fiscal year.  —  Toshiba said it would increase …

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Gary Baum / The Hollywood Reporter:
A look at the first “case” brought before Objection, which aims to use AI to evaluate news stories, and a Q&A with Objection's founder; the site is now dark

Janko Roettgers / The Verge:
Apple TV relies on a few tentpole titles to draw audiences, like HBO did in the past, while Netflix uses its catalog size and algorithms to keep viewers engaged

Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
60 Minutes correspondent Cecilia Vega was fired while working on a feature on Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories

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