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Om Malik / Gigaom:
What is Instagram's next big thing?  Messaging, perhaps  —  Instagram, known as a visual communication platform, is looking for way to expand its appeal to its community of 200 million (and growing) users.  First it was short-form video and next up is messaging.
Jacob Hoffman-Andrews / Twitter Engineering Blog:
Twitter enables forward secrecy to avoid snooping, joining Google, Mozilla, and Facebook  —  Forward Secrecy at Twitter  —  As part of our continuing effort to keep our users' information as secure as possible, we're happy to announce that we recently enabled forward secrecy for traffic on twitter.com …
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple starts selling unlocked, SIM-free iPhone 5s in the U.S.  —  Apple today released an unlocked GSM version of the iPhone 5s on its online store for the United States.  This version of the iPhone 5s includes the same exact capabilities of the non-unlocked models, but does not include a SIM card.
Michael McWhertor / Polygon:
id Software founder John Carmack resigns  —  John Carmack, co-founder and technical director at id Software, has left the company to focus his full-time attention on his role as chief technical officer at Oculus VR, according to a statement from Bethesda Softworks.
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Microsoft to win EU okay for $7.3 billion Nokia deal: sources  —  (Reuters) - Microsoft is set to secure unconditional EU regulatory approval for its proposed 5.4-billion-euro ($7.30 billion) takeover of Nokia's mobile phone business, two people familiar with the matter said on Friday.
Joseph Volpe / Engadget:
Motorola inks deal with 3D Systems to build its modular ‘Ara’ smartphones  —  When Motorola threw its weight behind Phonebloks' modular smartphone concept, it pretty much signaled to the rest of the industry that the Google company was dead serious about customization.
Wall Street Journal:
Google in Talks to Create Prescription Lenses, Designs for Google Glass  —  Internet Giant Exploring Ways to Put High-Tech Eyewear in Optometry Offices  —  Google Inc. 's new computer-powered glasses haven't hit the shelves yet, but already efforts are afoot to keep them from becoming just a niche product for nerds.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Sift Raises $2 Million For Its Personalized Shopping App, Now On iPhone  —  Mobile shopping service Sift has closed on $2 million in seed funding, the company is announcing today, alongside its launch on iPhone.  The startup first emerged almost exactly a year ago as a way to leverage shopping data found …
Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:
Apple Stores start selling Retina iPad mini to walk-in customers as regional carriers launch cellular models  —  Regional carriers are starting to announce availability for cellular models of Apple's new Retina iPad mini just as the company today started offering the device to walk-in customers.
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Android 4.4 KitKat now rolling out to Moto X on T-Mobile and AT&T  —  Verizon Wireless stunned everyone earlier this week when it became the first carrier to bring Android 4.4 KitKat to the Moto X. The update — which came even before Google's own Nexus 4 received it — was a noticeable change …
Timothy J. Seppala / Engadget:
Some of iWork's missing features return with the latest update  —  Some of the features culled during iWork's 64-bit transition have reappeared with the productivity suite's latest update.  To start, Pages, Numbers and Keynote for OS X are regaining their sorely missed custom toolbars.
More: CNET and Softpedia News
Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:
More Moolah for MOOCs: Coursera Raises Another $20M  —  After being founded just last year, online education startup Coursera turned heads this summer when it raised a $43 million Series B round.  —  Coursera's current business model is selling verified certificates that students have completed its classes.
Nicole Lee / Engadget:
Google Play update showcases big-screen optimized apps on tablets  —  As promised a month or so ago, Google Play is implementing a few changes today that'll push tablet-optimized apps to the forefront.  That is, if you're using a device not quite small enough to be considered a phone …
Spencer E. Ante / Wall Street Journal:
Qualcomm CEO Says NSA Fallout Impacting China Business  —  Mobile Device Chipmaker Is ‘Definitely Seeing Increased Pressure,’ Paul Jacobs Says … Mobile device chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. expects to continue growing in China, but Chief Executive Paul Jacobs acknowledged U.S. restrictions …
Scott Hanselman / Scott Hanselman's Blog:
Introducing node.js Tools for Visual Studio  —  Just when you thought it couldn't be crazier in Redmond, today they are introducing node.js Tools for Visual Studio!  —  NTVS runs inside VS2012 or VS2013.  Some node.js enthusiasts had forked PTVS and begun some spikes of node tools for VS …
Timothy B. Lee / The Switch:
Here's how Bitcoin charmed Washington  —  The pair of Bitcoin hearings held this week by Senate committees could have been a disaster for the Bitcoin community.  After all, Bitcoin first came to mainstream attention in 2011 when Gawker reported on Silk Road, an anonymous online marketplace …
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Nancy Scola / Washingtonian:
A deep look at FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's moves favoring the Trump administration; former chair Tom Wheeler warns against the agency becoming a political tool

Lucia Moses / Business Insider:
WaPo opinion editor Adam O'Neal says he's stepping down after a year in the role; his hiring was part of a push to promote “personal liberties and free markets”

Matt Stout / The Boston Globe:
The Massachusetts Senate passes an amendment that would in many instances bar judges, grand juries, and others from forcing reporters to identify their sources

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