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August 6, 2014, 8:40 PM

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Bloomberg:

China said to ban government purchases of iPads, MacBooks over security concerns — China Said to Exclude Apple From Procurement List — China's government excluded Apple Inc. (AAPL) iPads and MacBook laptops from the list of products that can be bought with public money because of security concerns …

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Google Acquires Emu, An IM Client With Siri-Like Intelligence — Google has acquired Emu, a new mobile messaging application that just exited beta earlier this year. Emu was at heart an IM client, but it differentiated itself from the crowded market with smart features that incorporated …

More: VatorNews, The Register, Wired, CNET, VentureBeat, PC World, Softpedia News, Phandroid, Pocketnow, Engadget, TechSpot, Ars Technica, ZDNet, SlashGear, 9to5Google and bizjournals

Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal:

Foursquare Now Tracks Users Even When the App Is Closed — Hiding in Foursquare's revamped mobile app is a feature some users might find creepy: It tracks your every movement, even when the app is closed. — Starting today, users who download or update the Foursquare app will automatically …

More: SlashGear. Thanks:@mattlynley

Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:

Foursquare 8.0 review: great for personalized food recommendations, but its future depends on keeping recommendations fresh without in-app check-ins

More: The Foursquare Blog, AVC, Ben's blog, New York Times, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Gigaom, VentureBeat, Re/code, Marketing Land, Search Engine Land, Laughing Squid, Gizmodo, WebProNews, ReadWrite, Engadget, Business Insider, Bloomberg, SlashGear, GadgeTell, Medium, Ubergizmo and TechHive

Tweets: @hamburger and @jayohms

David Ruddock / Android Police:

Android “L” Release Will Very Likely Include Multiple User Support For Phones — Earlier today, someone decided to post to the Android issue tracker complaining about the lack of multiuser support for smartphones. Within a few hours, a developer at Google responded and closed the issue …

More: Gigaom, Gizmodo, SlashGear, TechnoBuffalo, Business Insider, PhoneArena, Android Authority and Pocketnow

Leo Kelion / BBC:

Microsoft tips off authorities about child abuse images saved to OneDrive — Microsoft tip leads to child porn arrest in Pennsylvania — Microsoft's terms and conditions say it has the right to scan images in users' accounts — A tip-off from Microsoft has led to the arrest of a man …

More: CNET and SlashGear

Russell Brandom / The Verge:

The Russian ‘hack of the century’ doesn't add up — Yesterday, The New York Times dropped an exclusive account of what reporter Nicole Perlroth called “the biggest hack ever.” By the numbers it certainly held up: 1.2 billion accounts, covering 500 million unique email addresses over 420,000 websites.

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Kashmir Hill / Forbes:

Firm That Exposed Breach Of ‘Billion Passwords’ Quickly Offered $120 Service To Find Out If You're Affected

More: McAfee, Mashable, Graham Cluley Security News, Guardian, Here & Now, Fox News, TIME, SlashGear, Nextgov, theWHIR.com and MacDailyNews. Thanks:@aatilley

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Pinterest Rolls Out Messaging So Pinners Can Have Conversations Around Shared Pins — Pinterest today is unveiling a new way users can communicate, collaborate and share with one another. With the launch of a new messaging feature, users will be able to keep discussions going on Pinterest around …

More: Oh, How Pinteresting!, The Next Web, Engadget, ReadWrite, USA Today, The Verge and Gigaom. Tweets: @caseynewton

Kevin Fitchard / Gigaom:

The Hesse era at Sprint was a 7-year struggle with Nextel and bad network decisions — History isn't going judge Dan Hesse's tenure kindly, but many of the problems Hesse faced weren't of his own making. And instead of fixing Sprint's cultural flaws when he took over, SoftBank's Masayoshi Son only reinforced them.

Tweets: @gigaom. Thanks:@kfitchard

Roger Cheng / CNET:

Sprint taps Brightstar CEO Claure as new CEO

More: Sprint, Engadget, Re/code, ABC News, GeekWire, The Verge, Softpedia News, ZDNet, Fortune, PC World, Tech Trader Daily, DSLreports and Tech Times

Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:

Microsoft's Q2 loss on Surface estimated at $363M, total since launch two years back $1.7B — Surface damage mounts at Microsoft as red ink reaches $1.7B — The tablet business has lost money each quarter, and each fiscal year — Microsoft continued to lose money on its Surface tablets throughout …

More: BGR, ReadWrite, eWeek, Gigaom Research, ITProPortal, DailyTech, GeekWire, The Verge and Inquirer

Jon Fingas / Engadget:

Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 to hit 25 more countries as losses mount

More: BGR, The Official Microsoft Blog, Pocketnow, SlashGear, Tech2, MobileBurn.com, Electronista and WinBeta

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Amazon expands same-day delivery service to Baltimore, Dallas, Indianapolis, NY, Philadelphia and Washington DC metro areas, now outpaces competitors — With Newly Announced Expansions, Amazon's Same-Day Delivery Service Now Outpaces Competitors — Amazon's “Same-Day Delivery” …

More: Re/code, TechHive, Amazon.com, BetaNews, The Next Web, The Digital Reader, Engadget, Marketing Pilgrim, Marketing Land, internetretailer.com, Ubergizmo, The Verge, VentureBeat, Droid Life, GadgeTell, CNET, Fortune, Digital Trends and Electronista

Tweets: @gregbettinelli and @cisco_mobile

Jon Russell / The Next Web:

Twitter just dropped a huge hint that it will introduce shopping services — The evidence that Twitter is planning a move into e-commerce is stacking up, after a handful of users noticed a new (and seemingly dormant) setting for “payment and shipping” inside the company's Android app.

More: Gizmodo, Daily Dot, AllTwitter and Marketing Land

Tweets: @journeydan and @serbanpaun

Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal:

Google's YouTube Buys Mobile Video Startup Directr — In its latest effort to boost advertising by small businesses, Google said its YouTube unit had acquired Directr, a mobile-video app used by small businesses to create marketing videos. — No purchase price was disclosed.

More: Directr for Business Blog, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, 9to5Google, AndroidHeadlines.com, SlashGear and MarketWatch. Tweets: @alistairmbarr

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

With Lyft Line, Passengers Can Split Fares For Shared Rides — On-demand ride-sharing startup Lyft is launching a new product in San Francisco today that it hopes will get more people using its service. Called Lyft Line, the product is designed to lower costs for passengers …

More: Lyft Blog, New York Times, VentureBeat, GeekWire, PandoDaily, Wired, Business Insider, Cult of Mac, Betabeat, PC Magazine, Engadget, The Verge, Fortune, Consumerist, Los Angeles Times, PC Advisor, Ubergizmo, Phandroid, TechHive, The Technology Chronicles, Businessweek, Re/code, The Next Web, Daily Dot, and WebProNews

Tweets: @pmarca, @fmanjoo and @collision

Thanks:@kylebrussell

Jonathan Vanian / Gigaom:

The $400 million container company: Docker closes in on funding round of over $40 million — The cloud darling's upcoming round of financing comes at a time when the startup has been busy selling off its dotCloud business and has acquired a London-based development shop.

More: tecosystems and Forbes

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Gmail now surfaces Unsubscribe links to the top of emails — Google today released a neat feature for those who like to reduce the number of emails they receive. In short, Gmail will now surface the Unsubscribe link in certain emails to the top, beside the sender's email address.

More: Gmail - Google+, Marketing Land, 9to5Google, ABC News, Android Authority, Cult of Android, SlashGear, Business Insider, VentureBeat, Engadget, BGR and Gizmodo. Tweets: @cisco_mobile

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft's Windows ‘Threshold’ expected to add virtual desktops, drop charms — Summary: Microsoft is going to do more than reintroduce a Start menu as part of its plan to make Windows 9, a k a ‘Threshold,’ more appealing to Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 users.

More: WinBeta, Neowin and Windows Phone Central

Rita El Khoury / Android Police:

Moto 360 Pics And Review Show It Next To The LG G Watch, Confirm Wireless Charging, IP67 Water Resistance, Heart Rate Sensor, And Good Battery Life — Luca Viscardi is one lucky, lucky, three times lucky guy. He seems to have gotten his hands on a Moto 360 for an extended amount of time and has been putting it through its paces.

More: TechCrunch, Gizmodo, 9to5Google, Load the Game, T3, International Business Times, SlashGear, TechHive, DailyTech, Phandroid, Expert Reviews, PC Advisor, GSMArena Blog, BGR, Liliputing, Trusted Reviews, PhoneDog.com and Business Insider

Eric Johnson / Re/code:

Kiwi Raises $15 Million With Hopes of Making Console-Quality Games on Mobile — Android-first mobile gaming company Kiwi said today that it had closed a new $15 million round of funding led by Northgate Capital. DFJ and Sequoia Capital also participated. — The Palo Alto, Calif.-based studio …

More: Wall Street Journal, Inside Mobile Apps, VentureBeat, TriplePoint Newsroom, PE Hub Blog, Gamasutra and Pocket Gamer.biz. Tweets: @kiwiinc

Joan E. Solsman / CNET:

Pandora strikes deal with artists through Merlin, a group representing over 20,000 independent labels — Hear that? Pandora and artists finally reach sweet harmony — Pandora's first ever direct deal with labels marks a new age for artist relations at the Web's top streaming-music service …

More: Associated Press, Forbes, The Next Web, Engadget and TechHive

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