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October 21, 2013, 9:40 AM

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Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

GarageBand for iOS 7 to Become Free with In-App Purchases as Apple Reveals Full Set of New iLife and iWork Icons — Ahead of Tuesday's media event, Apple has revised its Built-in Apps page for the iPhone 5s to reveal the full set of new iOS 7-themed icons for the six iLife and iWork apps offered for iOS.

Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica:

Google's iron grip on Android: Controlling open source by any means necessary — Android is open—except for all the good parts. — Six years ago, in November 2007, the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) was announced. The original iPhone came out just a few months earlier …

More: GigaOM, memeburn and rc3.org

Tweets: @caseyjohnston, @xor, @_andycowley, @cdixon, @bgurley, @anildash and @mattrosoff

steve cheney:

Why Android First is a Myth — In mobile, particularly in consumer markets, there has been an ongoing debate about when or if Android will become the first platform that sophisticated startups develop for. Often times, this argument is wrongly centered around vanity metrics for Android …

Tweets: @ericries, @monkbent, @markpinc, @carnage4life, @christianhern, @timoreilly, @dghoang, @benedictevans, @mdudas and @jerrymarino

Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:

Experian Sold Consumer Data to ID Theft Service — An identity theft service that sold Social Security and drivers license numbers — as well as bank account and credit card data on millions of Americans — purchased much of its data from Experian, one of the three major credit bureaus …

More: Softpedia News. Tweets: @dangillmor and @dodgy_coder

Ben Thompson / stratechery:

So the 5S is (allegedly) killing the 5C. Why is this bad news? — John Koetsier, writing at VetureBeat: … First, the necessary caveat: Apple supply chain rumors are notoriously unreliable. But let's assume this one is true, and see if we can figure out the bad news Koetsier is referring to.

More: Forbes. Thanks:@monkbent

Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech:

Surface Pro 2 is an improvement over its predecessor: quicker, quieter, longer battery life — Microsoft Surface Pro 2 Review — When Microsoft introduced its first Surface devices last year, it did so in a staggered fashion. Surface RT showed up first, then four months later Surface Pro went on sale.

More: Engadget, The Next Web, Gizmodo, The Verge and ZDNet. Tweets: @codinghorror

Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech:

Surface 2: Big step forward compared to RT but still faces same struggles

More: ZDNet, Mashable, Guardian, SuperSite for Windows, The Verge, The Next Web, TechCrunch, GeekWire and CNET

Sean Buckley / Engadget:

Nokia leaks Lumia 1520 details on Chinese online store: 20MP PureView camera, Snapdragon 800 processor — Looking for more evidence that Nokia's about to unleash an oversized Windows Phone? You've got it: the company's official Tmall store (an online marketplace in China) recently published a product page for the fabled Lumia 1520.

More: The Verge, Gizmodo, CNET, Cult of Mac, techshout.com, Gearburn, SlashGear, pocketnow.com, The Next Web, memeburn and Electronista

Le Monde:

France in the NSA's crosshair : phone networks under surveillance — The future will perhaps tell us one day why France has remained so discreet in comparison with Germany or Brazil, for example, after the first revelations about the extent of the American electronic espionage programmes …

More: CNN, Guardian, BBC, The Verge, Daring Fireball, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, USA Today, RT and Softpedia News. Tweets: @csoghoian

Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:

Selling gold: Apple debuts its first iPhone 5S TV spot — Just a few days after Apple rolled out its first print ads for the iPhone 5S on the back of several magazines, the company has debuted the first TV commercial for its flagship device during a football broadcast on FOX.

More: Fortune, GigaOM, BetaNews, ZDNet, Engadget, WebProNews, Cult of Mac, TUAW, MacRumors, AppleTell, 9to5Mac, memeburn, Softpedia News, PC Magazine, AppleInsider, CNET, iMore, PhoneArena, Network World, Mashable, iPhone in Canada Blog, Redmond Pie and MobileSyrup.com

Tweets: @markgurman and @hamburger

John Paul Titlow / Co.Labs:

WordPress looks to enable fast cross-platform content synchronization with Simperium — Why WordPress Gobbled Up This Scrappy iCloud Alternative — Matt Mullenweg thinks mobile blogging is too damn slow. It's not so much the clunky touchscreen input of devices like the iPhone and Nexus 4 …

Tweets: @simplenoteapp and @mikejohnstn

Sam Biddle / Valleywag:

Like Everyone Else, Twitter Hides from U.S. Taxes in Ireland — If Twitter's transformation from “that micro-blogging service” to publicly traded advertising titan works out, it's going to have a painful tax bill. But there's good news! Twitter is already pulling an Apple and setting itself up with Irish money loopholes.

More: Business Insider, Forbes, memeburn and SlashGear

Tweets: @arimelber and @frankpasquale

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple silently updates OS X Mavericks Golden Master to new version — This weekend, Apple seems to have updated the OS X Mavericks Golden Master (GM) version to a new build. The new build is 13A603 while the original GM seed was 13A598. It's not common for Apple to change the GM build for a Mac OS, but it is not without precedent.

More: TechCrunch, Cult of Mac, MacRumors, iMore, iClarified and Loop News. Tweets: @theromit

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

OS X Mavericks may arrive this week, plus rounding up expectations for Tuesday's Apple event

More: AppleInsider, Bloomberg, MacRumors, MobileSyrup.com, iLounge, AllThingsD, AppleInsider, iPhone in Canada Blog, iPhone in Canada Blog, Cult of Mac, Ubergizmo, Loop News, iMore, Ubergizmo, Mashable, App Advice, MacNN, Ars Technica, Softpedia News, GeekWire and I4U News

Tweets: @markgurman and @markgurman

Dan Seifert / The Verge:

Fitbit Force review: An improved fitness tracker, but still can't replace a smartwatch — Fitbit Force review — Now you're wearing two watches — I've come to a sobering conclusion about myself: i'm not a very active person. Despite maintaining a gym membership and only the best intentions …

More: AllThingsD

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