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Peter Bright / Ars Technica:

Windows Phone 8.1 review: a magnificent smartphone platform — It's a 0.1 update that feels like a 2.0 update. — For the growing number of Windows Phone users, Windows Phone 8 was a frustrating release. The major difference between Windows Phone 7.5 and Windows Phone 8 was invisible to end users …

More: The Verge, Windows Phone Central, Gigaom, ZDNet, Gizmodo, ReadWrite, Re/code, Engadget, TechCrunch, Neowin, Pocketnow, Liliputing, MobileBurn.com, TIME, SuperSite for Windows, WMPoweruser, CNET, Mashable and SlashGear. Tweets: @arstechnica

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Windows Phone 8.1 Developer Preview now available to download — Windows Phone 8.1 now available to download — After 18 months since the last major Windows Phone update, Microsoft is finally releasing Windows Phone 8.1 to developers today. The software maker detailed the update …

More: The Windows Blog, Engadget, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Inquirer, VentureBeat, BetaNews, Softpedia News, Electronista, CNET, I4U News, Geeky Gadgets, Softpedia News, Softpedia News, WinBeta and Technology Personalized. Tweets: @joebelfiore

Jessica Dolcourt / CNET:

Cortana vs. Siri vs. Google Now: An early look at how Cortana stacks up (hands-on) — Can Windows Phone's new voice-activated assistant stand up to Siri and Google Now? We put an early version to the test. — The iPhone has Siri. Android has Google Now. And Windows Phone now has Cortana.

More: PC World, Gizmodo and Windows Phone Central

Ina Fried / Re/code:

Early internal document reveals Android was initially designed without touchscreen support — Here's What Android Looked Like Before the iPhone — One of the more interesting documents that came to light during the Apple-Samsung document last week was an early internal Google document …

More: AppleInsider, Business Insider, The Register, BGR, Computerworld, Guardian, blog.chron.com, Engadget and Gizmodo

Tweets: @stroughtonsmith and @stroughtonsmith

David Streitfeld / New York Times:

Free of the desire to do the right thing, highest-paid CEO Larry Ellison does what he wants — Still No. 1, and Doing What He Wants — It is good to be the king. It is even better to be Larry Ellison. — Most of us spend much of our lives thinking that we should do the right thing …

Tweets: @nickbilton, @obrien, @timbray, @poornimagupta, @darlin, @vkopytoff and @caseynewton

New York Times:

How and why startups like Lyft and Quora are increasingly taking big late-stage investments — Rich Start-Ups Go Back for Another Helping — Quora, a question-and-answer website, didn't need to raise money. It had barely touched $60 million in venture capital that it accepted just two years ago.

Tweets: @bijans, @mikeyang and @dgelles

Kaylene Hong / The Next Web:

Facebook is reportedly prepping an e-money service, and is close to getting approval in Ireland — Facebook wants to be more than a social network — it is planning to facilitate financial services in the form of electronic money and remittances, the Financial Times reports (as spotted first by Benedict Evans).

More: Financial Times, Quartz, Engadget, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, Softpedia News, Yahoo Tech and bizjournals. Tweets: @jeffjohnroberts. Thanks:@hanskainz

Nick Wingfield / New York Times:

A profile of Benchmark venture capitalist Richard Barton — The Art of ‘Something From Nothing’ — SEATTLE — Entrepreneurs are lucky to have one big score. Richard Barton has had a string of them, by repeatedly asking the same simple question: What piece of marketplace information do people crave and don't have?

Tweets: @trengriffin, @jeffjarvis and @nickwingfield

Dan Seifert / The Verge:

Dell Chromebook 11 review: solid build quality and 10 hour battery life for under $300 — Dell Chromebook 11 review — There's a new king in Chromebook town — Chromebooks are the simplest computers you can buy today, but they've proven a tricky formula for manufacturers to get right.

More: Gigaom. Tweets: @carlfranzen, @dcseifert, @starfire2258, @mims and @louisgray

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:

As phone designs homogenize, some manufacturers experiment with unused rear space — Phones Go Back To The Future — I'm no fan of LG's rear smartphone control keys — but turns out the company had its finger on the pulse of looming hardware disruption when it ushered in those backside smartphone controls last summer, with the G2.

Richard Padilla / MacRumors:

Alpine Planning to Release Aftermarket CarPlay Console This Fall — Car electronics manufacturer Alpine will begin selling a standalone aftermarket console that will support Apple's CarPlay vehicle integration feature, reports Japanese business newspaper Nikkei.

More: Nikkei, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, iPhone, Electronista, iDownloadBlog.com, Geeky Gadgets, SlashGear, iPhone Hacks, Ubergizmo and iMore

Jim Finkle / Reuters:

Blackberry plans Heartbleed patches as mobile threat scrutinized — (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd said it plans to release security updates for messaging software for Android and iOS devices by Friday to address vulnerabilities in programs related to the “Heartbleed” security threat.

More: PC Magazine, Electronista, Digital Trends, ZDNet, Softpedia News, BerryReview and CrackBerry.com

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