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November 6, 2013, 8:25 AM

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Casey Newton / The Verge:

Everpix is shutting down after acquisition offers from Path and others fall through. Here's how it died. — Out of the picture: why the world's best photo startup is going out of business — Everpix was great. This is how it died. — One day last month, the seven employees …

More: Everpix Blog, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Digital Trends, iPhone Hacks, Cult of Mac, VentureBeat, SiliconBeat, Daring Fireball, App Advice, Electronista, SlashGear, TUAW and The Next Web

Tweets: @eugenewei, @innonate, @mulligan, @dancounsell, @hamburger, @siracusa, @caseynewton, @caseynewton, @howardlindzon, @rafat and @startupljackson

Thanks:@mattlynley

@andrewchen:

When a great product hits the funding crunch — Today I read a well-done article by The Verge on the shutdown of Everpix, a photo startup that's gained a small but loyal following. It's a great read, and I'd encourage you to check it out. There's a lot of things to comment on …

Tweets: @caseynewton, @frank_meehan, @mdudas and @stevecheney

Nadia Damouni / Reuters:

Exclusive: Microsoft narrows CEO shortlist; Mulally, Elop make the cut — (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has narrowed its list of external candidates to replace Chief Executive Steve Ballmer to about five people, including Ford Motor Co chief Alan Mulally and former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple details how it handles customer data, discloses government information request stats — In light of the recent reporting in regards to the NSA and governments across the world and their connection to the data that technology companies hold on their customers, Apple has published …

More: FOSS Patents, BetaNews, Inquirer, The Next Web, The Verge, Bloomberg, TUAW, ZDNet, Digits, Newsy, Mercury News, Boing Boing, CNET, Engadget, Mashable, Washington Post, TechCrunch, BuzzFeed, GeekWire, Yahoo! News, Gizmodo, iMore, Electronista, VentureBeat, iLounge, AppleInsider and MacRumors

Tweets: @tim, @tim, @mikeisaac, @insanely_great and @cwarzel

John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:

Apple: “Our Business Does Not Depend on Collecting Personal Data”

More: ZDNet. Tweets: @davewiner and @edwardtufte

Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:

Apple Employs ‘Warrant Canary’ To Warn Users Of Future Compliance With Patriot Act Info Requests

More: Ars Technica and Daring Fireball. Tweets: @cocoaphony and @ztf

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

Bigger than Google Fiber: LA plans citywide gigabit for homes and businesses — Free broadband for all, and gigabit for those who can afford it. Los Angeles is about to unleash one of the most ambitious city-led broadband projects to date, with the goal of bringing fiber to all of its 3.5 million residents and all businesses.

More: The Verge, Digital Trends, SlashGear, Delimiter, The Next Web, Gigaom, Engadget and Union Square Ventures

Jon Russell / The Next Web:

KitKat shows caller IDs from Google Places, Apps customers; adding personal accounts in early 2014 — Google formally introduced KitKat, the newest flavor of Android, last week, but the company is still revealing new features of the platform: today it confirmed that the phone app is undergoing …

More: The Verge, Android Central, Inquirer, Engadget, Electronista, BetaNews, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Softpedia News and Gotta Be Mobile

Stefan Constantinescu / Android Beat:

Samsung's Analyst Day: Custom ARM core, 560 PPI displays in 2014, and 4K phones in 2015 — Samsung just finished hosting their second ever analyst event in South Korea. Admittedly I didn't listen to all seven of the presentations given due to time constraints, but I did download …

More: Tech in Asia, The Verge, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, The Register, Tech in Asia, Sammy Hub and MobileSyrup.com. Thanks:@gautamp777

Jungah Lee / Bloomberg:

Samsung to Use $39 Billion Cash for More Deals in Growth Chase

More: Korea Real Time, Sammy Hub, AppleInsider, ZDNet, The Next Web, The Verge, PhoneArena, SlashGear, pocketnow.com, Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Yahoo! News

David Kravets / Wired:

AOL Smacks Startup for Using CrunchBase Content It Gave Away — Can you release content under a free Creative Commons license, then change your mind and take that material back? — That's the question posed in a simmering battle between media giant AOL and a three-person startup called Pro Populi …

More: TechCrunch, Info @ CrunchBase and Business Insider

Tweets: @stevenwalling, @philosophygeek, @synedra, @carnage4life and @evrystockphoto

Moxie Marlinspike / Ars Technica:

Op-ed: Lavabit's primary security claim wasn't actually true — Moxie Marlinspike is a cryptographer, software developer and security researcher who regularly appears at the Black Hat security conferences. His critique of HTTPS Web encryption has led browser makers to change the way they implement it.

More: Moxie Marlinspike. Tweets: @_saadk

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:

Lavabit Founder Takes To Kickstarter To Open Source A New End-To-End Encryption Messaging Protocol

More: PC World, VentureBeat, Daily Dot, The Register, Digital Trends and Engadget

Globe and Mail:

Lenovo pursued BlackBerry bid, but Ottawa rejected idea — OTTAWA and TORONTO — The Globe and Mail — Beijing-based computer manufacturer Lenovo Group Ltd. actively considered a bid for BlackBerry Ltd., but the Canadian government told the smartphone company it would not accept …

More: SiliconANGLE, AllThingsD, Electronista, TechWeekEurope UK, Pocket-lint, CrackBerry.com, PhoneArena, eWeek, TechnoBuffalo, WebProNews, Ubergizmo, Business Insider, ZDNet, The Verge, BGR and BerryReview

Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac:

Apple takes Apple Store app Passbook gift card integration international — Back in October of 2012, Apple introduced the ability to purchase gift cards via the iPhone and iPod touch Apple Store application. These gift cards could then be shared via email to family and friends for use in the Apple Store.

More: iMore, Softpedia News, I4U News, AppleInsider, TUAW, iPhone Hacks and MacRumors

Juro Osawa / Digits:

Samsung Overpowers Smartphone Rivals in China — Just as Samsung is opening up to investors on its first “Analyst Day” in eight years, the company got some other piece of good news. — In China's enormous smartphone market, Samsung appears to be winning the battle against low-cost Chinese competitors, according to one study.

More: Canalys Newsroom, Computerworld, G 4 Games, WMPoweruser, memeburn, Tech in Asia, CNET and Bloomberg. Tweets: @juroosawa

Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:

Google wants to build maps that customize themselves based on what they know about you — Two of the senior designers working on Google Maps told the Roadmap 2013 conference in San Francisco on Tuesday that maps are just a “canvas for the stuff we know about the world,” …

More: 9to5Google, Computerworld, Beyond Search, PandoDaily and CNET

CBS News:

“Sweetie” Sting: Dutch activists claim to nab 1,000 sex predators using computer-generated “child” — (CBS/AP) AMSTERDAM - Dutch children's rights activists used a computer-generated image of a 10-year-old Philippine girl to catch suspected sex predators and say that, as a result …

More: BBC, CNET, Terre des Hommes, Business Insider, NPR, The Register, Washington Times, ABC News, Business Insider, Mashable, NBCNews and Newsy

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

Apple's iPad Air Adopts IGZO Technology for Thinner, Lower-Power Displays — Apple's new iPad Air marks a significant technological step forward for the company, improving performance while reducing the device's volume and weight by over 25%. Much of the size and weight savings have been enabled …

More: The Tech Report, eWeek, iDownloadBlog.com, PadGadget, Examiner and T3 News

Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:

IPad Air Has Spendier Display, Costs Less to Make Than Earlier Models

More: Softpedia News, TechEye, CNET, Ubergizmo, TechnoBuffalo, Associated Press, TUAW, Ars Technica, PadGadget, Digits, InvestorPlace, PhoneArena and LAPTOP Magazine

Douglas MacMillan / Digits:

Betable, a real-money gambling platform for game developers, raises $18.5 million — Betable Banks Funding to Push Online Betting Tools — Venture capitalists are betting on a bright future for online gambling. — Betable, a London-based startup providing real-money gambling tools to game developers …

More: AllThingsD and VentureBeat. Tweets: @stefanobernardi

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:

Unlock your Mac by knocking on your iPhone with the new ‘Knock’ app — Knock uses a combination of an iPhone app (currently offered at an introductory price of $3.99) and a Mac app (available for free at Knock's website) to enable unlocking of your Mac, wirelessly, by just knocking the back of your iPhone.

More: Silicon Florist, MacRumors, Gigaom, The Verge, PandoDaily, tbreak, Gotta Be Mobile, iPhone Hacks, Mashable, Ubergizmo, CNET, TUAW, Pocket-lint, App Advice, Gizmodo, iClarified, Cult of Mac, Laughing Squid and SlashGear. Tweets: @markgurman. Thanks:@turoczy

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch:

Instagram Competitor Mobli Gets $60M From Carlos Slim To Build A Visual Search Engine — Mobile picture and video sharing platform Mobli, a competitor to other image-sharing services like Instagram, is today announcing a strategic investment that it hopes will help it catapult itself into the big leagues of mobile apps.

More: Gigaom. Thanks:@mikebutcher

Paul Sawers / The Next Web:

Streamnation lets you lend movies and TV shows to friends directly from the cloud — The handiwork of Deezer co-founder Jonathan Benassaya, Streamnation launched to the world back in July this year, offering a platform for users to stream and share videos and photos directly from the cloud.

More: The Verge, AllThingsD, Engadget, Softpedia News, Pocket-lint, Inside Mobile Apps, Rude Baguette, VentureBeat, SlashGear, TechHive, CNET and TechSpot

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