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October 23, 2013, 5:55 PM

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Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:

LinkedIn announces Intro, a new service that brings LinkedIn profiles into the iOS Mail app — LinkedIn's made mobile a major focus over the last year, and today the company is announcing a number of new mobile initiatives. At an event in San Francisco, CEO Jeff Weiner and the rest …

More: Official LinkedIn Blog, Official LinkedIn Blog, Engadget, The Next Web, TechCrunch, PC World, Engadget, CNET, VentureBeat and TechCrunch. See also Mediagazer

Martin Kleppmann / LinkedIn Engineering:

LinkedIn Intro: Doing the Impossible on iOS — We recently launched LinkedIn Intro — a new product that shows you LinkedIn profiles, right inside the native iPhone mail client. That's right: we have extended Apple's built-in iOS Mail app, a feat that many people consider to be impossible.

Tweets: @shanselman, @jasonlbaptiste, @adora and @cranialstrain

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

LinkedIn Hits 38% Of Unique Visits From Mobile, Up From 8% In Q1 2011 — LinkedIn is making the shift to mobile. It now sees 38 percent of unique visits from mobile, which is up from 8 percent in the first quarter of 2011, and users who access via mobile are 2.5x as active as desktop-only users.

More: TechHive, CNET, ReadWrite, Gigaom, Official LinkedIn Blog, Fortune, VentureBeat, VentureBeat, ZDNet and Forbes. Tweets: @raju

Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

Meet the New Mobile LinkedIn: The Professional Network Disguised as a Consumer Site

More: bizjournals and Pocket-lint

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

Microsoft Bashes Apple's iWork Software, New iPads — Microsoft's corporate vice president of communications, Frank Shaw, today took to the Official Microsoft Blog to denounce both Apple's revamped iWork software and the company's well-received decision to distribute it as a free upgrade for existing users.

More: TechNet Blogs, VentureBeat, The Verge, GeekWire, BGR, The Next Web, Computerworld, Cult of Mac, IntoMobile, MacNN, iPhone in Canada Blog, SlashGear, WindowsObserver.com and Macworld

Austin Carr / Fast Company:

All Of The Ways Apple's New Free Mac OS Hurts Microsoft Windows

More: ITworld.com and SiliconANGLE

Nick Wingfield / NYT Bits:

Apple's pricing of iWork, Microsoft's hesitation with Office for iOS seen as strategic plays

More: Macworld, TechCrunch, Softpedia News, eWeek, SiliconANGLE and LiveSide.net

John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:

Free Mavericks upgrade mirrors Apple's iOS strategy: use software to sell premium hardware

More: Wired

Greg Koenig / Atomic Delights:

How Apple Makes the Mac Pro — As a product designer, one of my favorite parts about any new Apple product launch is the inevitable “How it's made” video. The Mac Pro video did not disappoint. — What makes Apple fascinating is not that they are using some wiz-bang alien technologies to make things …

More: 9to5Mac, iMore, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com and Daring Fireball

Sam Byford / The Verge:

LG's curved-screen G Flex smartphone revealed in photos and video — We've seen rendered images of LG's G Flex and its curved OLED display, but the device itself has proven elusive — until now. Argentinian broadcaster Telefe Noticias managed to obtain the phone for an in-studio hands-on video …

Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:

Google Testing Huge Banner Ads For Branded Queries — Google has confirmed that they are testing incredibly large banner ads for specific branded queries. — @SynrgyHQ posted an image on Twitter showing for the query [southwest airlines a huge “sponsored” ad at the top of the search results.

More: BGR, Mashable, Marketing Land, The Verge, SlashGear and WebProNews

Tweets: @dannysullivan and @anildash

Michelle Leder / footnoted*:

Twitter quietly doubles board compensation — On a day when much of the tech world was focused on Apple's big Ipad announcement, complete with live-blogging updates like this one from our friends at GigaOm, Twitter quietly filed its latest revised S-1. The 512-page document was filed …

More: Digits, Business Insider, Fortune and Bloomberg. Thanks:@obrien

ICANN:

Internet Domain Name Expansion Now Underway — Los Angeles, California... The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today announced that the first new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) from its New gTLD Program were delegated. This means they were introduced …

More: ICANN, CNET, CircleID, Digits, BBC, The Next Web, Mashable and The Register

iFixit:

Microsoft Surface Pro 2 Teardown — Today, Microsoft adds a new surface to their tablet line. No, not a third dimension—leave those 3D glasses at the theater. Instead, let your friends at iFixit break out the X-ray specs and show you what's inside the new Surface Pro 2.

More: The Register, Ars Technica, PC World, ZDNet, Pureinfotech Newsletter, Inquirer, Geek.com, Gizmodo, TechSpot, Engadget, PhoneArena, CNET, Softpedia News and Macgasm

AllThingsD:

Pinterest Does Another Massive Funding — $225 Million at $3.8 Billion Valuation — According to several sources, Pinterest has completed another enormous funding, this time nabbing $225 million with late-stage investor Fidelity Investments in the lead. — The new infusion of cash …

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Jon Fingas / Engadget:

LG unveils the Fireweb, its first Firefox OS smartphone (video) — So far, Firefox OS has been limited to ultra-basic smartphones like the ZTE Open. LG is expanding the platform's reach today by releasing its inaugural Mozilla-powered handset, the Fireweb.

More: The Mozilla Blog, Computerworld, pocketnow.com, Telecompaper, Pocket-lint, I4U News, Phones Review, BetaNews, Digital Trends, Unwired View, CNET, IntoMobile, PhoneArena, Geeky Gadgets, VentureBeat, Electronista and SlashGear

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Yahoo acquires image recognition startup LookFlow to improve discovery in Flickr, build a deep learning group — Yahoo today acquired LookFlow, a startup that was building new ways for people to find, explore, collect, and share content they're interested in.

More: VentureBeat, ITworld.com, TechCrunch, AllThingsD and Mashable

Dale Peterson / Digital Bond's SCADA Security Portal:

Call Yourself A Hacker, Lose Your 4th Amendment Rights — The US District Court for the State of Idaho ruled that an ICS product developer's computer could be seized without him being notified or even heard from in court primarily because he states on his web site “we like hacking things and don't want to stop”.

More: Techdirt, The Verge, Business Insider, TechEye and Computerworld

Bonnie Cha / AllThingsD:

T-Mobile's Next Act: 200MB Free Data Monthly for Tablets, Plus Trade-In Program — In its latest move to be the “Uncarrier,” T-Mobile today announced new plans for tablets that include a free monthly allotment of 4G LTE data for the life of the product, and the option to purchase a new device …

More: Gigaom, The Verge, 9to5Mac, CNET, BGR, NYT Bits and Gizmodo. Tweets: @tmobile

Steve Dent / Engadget:

Samsung acquires 7.4 percent of Gorilla Glass maker Corning, signs long-term supply deal — In a move that could raise eyebrows in the LCD business, Corning has taken full control of Samsung Corning Precision Materials Co. Ltd., a joint venture 43 percent owned by Samsung.

More: Corning Incorporated, Tech Trader Daily, CNET, Reuters, Examiner, AllThingsD, Computerworld, TechnoBuffalo, TechSpot, Gotta Be Mobile, Fast Company, 9to5Google, pocketnow.com, Geeky Gadgets, Android Beat, bizjournals, TheStreet.com, SlashGear and Associated Press

David Meyer / Gigaom:

Snowden revelations hit war on terror as EU MPs call for suspension of data-sharing deal — The European Parliament has voted to suspend a data-sharing agreement with the U.S., which gave the Americans access to certain details of financial transactions in order to track terrorist financing.

More: ZDNet, EU Press Room, Inquirer, PC World, BBC and Slate. See also Mediagazer

Rachel King / ZDNet:

AT&T boasts ‘record’ smartphone sales as Q3 lines up with estimates — Summary: Wall Street was looking for earnings of 65 cents per share on a revenue of $32.19 billion. — AT&T reported third quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday. — The nation's second largest mobile provider reported …

More: Computerworld, VentureBeat, BGR, CNET, Business Wire and The Register

Patrick Hoge / bizjournals:

Facebook's Zuckerberg highest-paid CEO at $2.28 billion — Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg was the highest paid CEO of a North American public company last year, with total compensation of $2.28 billion — almost all of it coming from share options exercised when Facebook went public …

More: GeekWire, ValueWalk, Variety, GMI Ratings, USA Today, Guardian, ABC News, WebProNews and I4U News

Christina Farr / VentureBeat:

Intuit brings on ‘big data’ big guns with Level Up Analytics acquisition (exclusive) — Level Up Analytics founders Jonathan Goldman, Lucian Vlad Lita, Anu Tewary — Dec. 4 - 5, 2013 — Intuit just acquired Level Up Analytics, a consulting firm run by data scientists …

More: TechCrunch and ZDNet. Tweets: @toddfast. Thanks:@chrissyfarr

Chris Kanaracus / PC World:

Oracle buys sales order automation specialist BigMachines — Oracle is hoping to differentiate its CRM (customer relationship management) software from the competition with the acquisition of BigMachines, whose cloud-based system helps salespeople quickly put together and price complex orders.

More: ZDNet, Business Insider, MarketWatch, bizjournals and VentureBeat

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:

Galaxy S4 mini coming to Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint in November — Samsung is bringing the Galaxy S4 mini to the United States next month, where it'll be sold on AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and US Cellular. While pricing hasn't been announced, it's safe to assume that — like the Galaxy S III mini …

More: Samsung Mobile US Press, TechSpot, Ars Technica, Android Community, CNET, Gotta Be Mobile, SlashGear and pocketnow.com

Clare Jim / Reuters:

Exclusive: HTC scales back production lines as cash flow worsens-sources — (Reuters) - Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp has halted at least one of its four main manufacturing lines, accounting for at least a fifth of total capacity, and is outsourcing production as a sales slump puts pressure …

More: Wall Street Journal, The Verge, Electronista, VentureBeat, BGR, TechNewsWorld, TechnoBuffalo, Gigaom, T3 News, Android Community, TechEye, AndroidGuys, Engadget and PhoneArena

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

SEC Votes To Propose Equity Crowdfunding By Unaccredited Investors, Now Up For Public Comment — Hundreds of days past the deadline, an SEC panel today unanimously voted to propose a rule allowing equity crowdfunding of startups by anyone, not just rich accredited investors.

More: USA Today, VentureBeat, Gigaom, Venture Capital Dispatch and The Verge. Tweets: @danprimack

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