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Jay Yarow / Business Insider:

Before He Died, Steve Jobs Told Top Executives Apple Would Not Be Making A TV — Ever since Apple released the iPad, people have been speculating about what Apple would do next. — After revolutionizing the mobile phone with the iPhone, and the PC with the iPad, many expect Apple to revolutionize the TV.

More: SiliconANGLE, BGR, AppleInsider, TechSpot, MacRumors, Softpedia News, iDownloadBlog.com, Webomatica, SlashGear, CNET, The Verge, TechnoBuffalo and Pocket-lint

Tweets: @benbajarin, @arnoldkim, @stroughtonsmith, @markgurman, @bryfitz, @reckless, @sammywalrusiv, @stroughtonsmith, @monkbent, @markgurman and @panzer

Kara Swisher / Re/code:

Yahoo to Release New Flickr App and Web Design, Replacing Previous New One — In December of 2012, just six months after Marissa Mayer was hired as CEO of Yahoo, the company released version 2.0 of its Apple iPhone and iPad app for its photo-sharing site Flickr with bigger, crisper photos, a cleaner design, filters and easier sharing.

More: Digital Trends, I4U News, memeburn and iPhone in Canada Blog

Chris Wanstrath / GitHub:

GitHub begins full investigation, puts founder on leave after Julie Horvath's departure — Update on Julie Horvath's Departure — This weekend, GitHub employee Julie Horvath spoke publicly about negative experiences she had at GitHub that contributed to her resignation.

More: Re/code and TechCrunch. Tweets: @johnj77, @shiota, @anildash, @fmanjoo, @nrrrdcore, @glennf, @danadanger, @glennf, @mm, @nrrrdcore, @carnage4life, @nrrrdcore, @fmanjoo, @nrrrdcore, @nrrrdcore, @nrrrdcore, @nrrrdcore, @joshelman, @ashleymayer and @nrrrdcore

TechCrunch:

Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism And Intimidation Behind Her GitHub Exit

More: Business Insider, The Verge, Re/code, ReadWrite and Business Insider

Tweets: @nrrrdcore, @paulg, @cbracy, @fmanjoo, @aredridel, @nrrrdcore, @mims, @pchap10k and @zedshaw

John Arlidge / TIME:

Apple Designer Jonathan Ive Talks About Steve Jobs and New Products — Apple's design chief helped transform computing, phones and music. The company's secrecy and Ive's modesty mean he has never given an in-depth interview—until now. John Arlidge 5:45 AM ET 'Hello.

More: The Sunday Times, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, Guardian, iMore, Gizmodo, The Verge, T3 News, Softpedia News, CNET, Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, Pulse 2.0, Cult of Mac, AppleInsider and SlashGear

Tweets: @danprimack and @ia

Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:

Danah Boyd on her new book, human nature in the age of Snapchat, and the Facebook “anomaly” — Researcher danah boyd talks about teens, identity, and the future of digital communication — Researcher danah boyd talks about teens, identity, and the future of digital communication

Tweets: @mims and @mims. Thanks:@_trendspotter

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

This is Healthbook, Apple's major first step into health & fitness tracking — Seven years out from the original iPhone's introduction, and four years past the iPad's launch, Apple has found its next market ripe for reinvention: the mobile healthcare and fitness-tracking industry.

Thanks:@srikardr

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:

Just Eat Preps IPO In London, Aiming To Raise £100M — Online fast food ordering veteran Just Eat, which lets hungry web users in 13 global markets order a food delivery from a range of local takeaways, is preparing to float on the London Stock Exchange.

More: The Register, VentureBeat, The Next Web and Gigaom

Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:

How the US intelligence community attempts to rebrand itself - on Tumblr — IC On The Record is a web clearinghouse of formerly classified documents related to NSA surveillance and an exercise in transparency — Critics have argued the documents on the site are most often presented without critical disclosures.

Tweets: @noahshachtman and @attackerman

Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:

Popcorn Time service for pirated movies refuses to stay shut down — Last week, a movie-watching service called Popcorn Time hit the internet — it promised a Netflix-like experience for any movie you might want to watch, but used the expansive network of pirated BitTorrent movies to deliver content to users.

More: TorrentFreak, GitHub, The Switch, TechCrunch, Ubergizmo, Cult of Mac, Pocket-lint, VentureBeat and Engadget. Tweets: @zseward

Gerry Shih / Reuters:

Dick Costolo's first visit to China fuels speculation on Twitter's interest in the market — Twitter CEO Costolo to make first China visit — (Reuters) - Twitter Inc CEO Dick Costolo will meet Shanghai government officials, academics and students in his first visit to China …

More: CNET, Digital Trends, Engadget and The Next Web. See also Mediagazer

Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:

Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto Releases Official Statement “Unconditionally” Denying Newsweek's Bitcoin Story — “I have no knowledge of nor have I ever worked on cryptography, peer to peer systems, or alternative currencies.” — Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times / MCT

Liz Gannes / Re/code:

For Mobile Apps Like Tinder, Cards and Swipes Rule the Day — Swipe right if you're interested, swipe left to say nope. If the target of your snap judgment swipes right too — tada, you're a match. — Such is life on Tinder, which presents would-be daters with a pile of virtual playing cards showing …

Tweets: @waltmossberg

Enda Curran / Wall Street Journal:

How Hong Kong Lost the Alibaba IPO — Exchange, Chinese E-Commerce Giant Fell Out Over a Rule — HONG KONG—Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s planned listing in New York is a blow to Hong Kong's stock exchange, which failed in an effort to change its rules so as to accommodate …

Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times:

Alibaba Confirms It Will Begin I.P.O. Process in U.S.

More: Alizila, BuzzFeed, Wall Street Journal, ZDNet, Wall Street Journal, The Next Web, CNET, Re/code, Fox Business, Reuters, TechNode, BBC and brecorder.com. See also Mediagazer

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