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| Fred Vogelstein / New York Times: |
And Then Steve Said, ‘Let There Be an iPhone’ — The 55 miles from Campbell to San Francisco make for one of the nicest commutes anywhere. The journey mostly zips along the Junipero Serra Freeway, a grand and remarkably empty highway that abuts the east side of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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| Guardian: |
NSA and GCHQ target Tor network that protects anonymity of web users — • Top-secret documents detail repeated efforts to crack Tor — • Tool funded by US government and relied on by dissidents and activists — • Core security of network remains intact but NSA has some success attacking users' computers
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| Guardian: |
‘Tor Stinks’ presentation - read the full document — Top-secret presentation says ‘We will never be able to de-anonymize all Tor users all the time’ but ‘with manual analysis we can de-anonymize a very small fraction of Tor users’
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| Bruce Schneier / Guardian: |
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Tim Cook reflects on second anniversary of Steve Jobs' passing in letter to employees — On the eve of the second anniversary of the passing of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, Apple CEO Tim Cook has reflected on the moment in a company-wide email. A source has provided a copy:
| Jessica Ravitz / CNN: |
Voiceover actor Susan Bennett of Georgia revealed as the original US Siri voice — 'I'm the original voice of Siri' — Sandy Springs, Georgia (CNN) — For the past two years, she's been a pocket and purse accessory to millions of Americans. She's starred alongside Samuel L. Jackson and Zooey Deschanel.
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| Joanna Stern / ABC News: |
iPhone 5C's price cut to $50 at Best Buy through Monday just two weeks after launch — Best Buy Drops the Price of iPhone 5c to $50 … Just two weeks after hitting the market, Best Buy will begin offering a discount on Apple's iPhone 5c. From today, Oct. 3, to Monday, Oct. 7, the iPhone 5c will be available for $50.| Shane Cole / AppleInsider: |
Apple's iPhone 5s tops sales charts at big 4 US carriers, iPhone 5c close behind — Cupertino's flagship iPhone 5s was the best-selling smartphone for all four major U.S. carriers — AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and T-mobile — while the new iPhone 5c followed closely behind, according to new tracking data.
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| Zachary M. Seward / Quartz: |
Here are the secret edits Twitter made to its IPO filing, hoping investors wouldn't notice — Twitter secretly submitted four drafts of its IPO prospectus to regulators before making public the version that drew so much attention yesterday. The changes made in the interim expose concerns …
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| Laura Hazard Owen / GigaOM: |
Apple officially appeals in ebook pricing case — Apple has filed its appeal against federal judge Denise Cote's verdict in the ebook pricing case. Apple seeks to overturn Judge Cote's July verdict that it conspired with publishers to fix ebook prices, as well as the September 6 injunction …
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| Bloomberg: |
Microsoft in talks with HTC to add Windows Phone to Android models at little or no cost — Microsoft Said to Ask HTC to Put Windows on More Phones — Microsoft Corp. is talking to HTC about adding its Windows operating system to HTC's Android-based smartphones at little or no cost …
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| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
MongoDB Becomes King of NYC Startups With $1.2 Billion Valuation — MongoDB Inc., capitalizing on the popularity of its online database software, raised $150 million in a venture-funding round that would make it the most valuable Internet startup in New York.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
iCloud Alternative Loom Raises $1.4 Million Seed Round — A startup called Loom, which begin its life as the Y Combinator-backed photo-sharing startup Popset, is working to build a better iCloud for both consumers and developers. Currently, the company offers a cloud storage and syncing service …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple to promote Mac Apps for education and enterprise with new volume purchase program — Apple has informed Mac developers that it is preparing to launch the ability for educational institutions and developers to purchase apps from the Mac App Store in volume for a discount.
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Apple News aus Cupertino and SlashGear
| Megan Rose Dickey / Business Insider: |
General Assembly Will Close Its Co-Working Space In New York Next Year, Affecting 100 People — General Assembly, one of New York's greatest co-working spaces, is closing that part of its business in 2014, Business Insider has learned. — General Assembly's co-working space in New York …
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| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
comScore: Apple takes 40.7% share as top US smartphone maker, Samsung gains too; Android back to losing share — In the US, Apple's dominance as the top smartphone OEM has not only surpassed the 40 percent mark, but it appears set to keep growing. Samsung is gaining as well, but not as fast as its main competitor.
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