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August 24, 2014, 2:40 PM

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Brad Molen / Engadget:

LG will reveal “G Watch R” circular smartwatch at IFA next week to compete with the Moto 360 — LG will reveal a circular smartwatch next week to compete with the Moto 360 — Of the three Android Wear smartwatches introduced at Google's developer conference in June …

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John Gruber / Daring Fireball:

Conjecture on new iPhone resolutions: 1334 x 750 for the 4.7" model, 2208 x 1242 for 5.5" — Conjecture Regarding Larger iPhone Displays — Throughout the entire rumor cycle for this year's new iPhones, we've been inundated with reports of two new screen sizes, 4.7 and 5.5 inches.

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Dan Frommer / Quartz:

Top 25 most used apps in US: Facebook on top, followed by YouTube; Google is top publisher — These are the 25 most popular mobile apps in America — In its latest mobile app report, comScore tracks the 25 most popular apps in the US. This is an interesting slice of the App Store …

More: comScore, PopHerald Technology News, Digital Trends and AllTwitter

Tweets: @taavet, @fromedome and @jayrosen_nyu

Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic Online:

Top apps by user age groups: Pandora is 2nd most popular after Facebook for 3 youngest groups

More: comScore, Inc., ReadWrite, Wall Street Journal, Tech Times, Engadget, Gigaom Research and RAIN News

Tweets: @wcronon and @dkthomp

Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:

Delivery startups return: services like Instacart try to avoid flaws of dot-com-era companies — Delivery Start-Ups Are Back Like It's 1999 — Last year, I was excited to hear about a new start-up in San Francisco that delivered cheap bottles of wine within an hour. It was called Rewinery, and it was fantastic.

More: Valleywag. Tweets: @upshotnyt, @rakeshlobster, @alsaqqaf, @bryce, @bronwynbailey and @horwitzjosh

David Ruddock / Android Police:

Kreyos smartwatch ships to some Indiegogo backers 9 months late, and containing numerous flaws — Utter Failure Of Kreyos Smartwatch With $1.5 Million In Backing Shows The Continued Perils Of Hardware Crowdfunding — Crowdfunding complex hardware is risky business, and it seems that risk …

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Tweets: @the_anish, @richardlai and @papadimitriou

Robert McMillan / Wired:

White House recruits techies like Mikey Dickerson by dropping suit requirement; still issues BlackBerries — The White House Gives Up on Making Coders Dress Like Adults — The U.S. Government wants to hire more people like Mikey Dickerson. He's the former Google engineer …

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Cat Zakrzewski / TechCrunch:

Wells Fargo Launches Accelerator To Promote Innovation In Financial Services — Wells Fargo on Wednesday announced the launch of its first accelerator program, which will provide funding and mentorship to young companies aiming to pioneer new financial services technology.

More: Wells Fargo, bizjournals, San Francisco Chronicle, bizjournals, Fox Business, tech.co, Silicon Prairie News and Wall Street Journal

Tweets: @leimer and @kyron4startups

The Inquisitr News:

Playstation Network Attacked Along With Battle.Net, Services Brought Down [Updated] — Sony's PlayStation Network came under a DDoS attack early Sunday morning along with other gaming services like Blizzard's Battle.net and League of Legends. The latter are back up and running …

More: Shacknews Recent Articles, Engadget, Digital Trends, PSU.com, The Koalition, Techie News, Gamepur, FanSided, Product Reviews Net, Gamezone, GameSpot, Forbes, Softpedia News, Joystiq and Polygon

Adam Jourdan / Reuters:

China's homegrown OS with app store support may be ready for desktops in October, will extend to mobile devices later — China targets own operating system to take on likes of Microsoft, Google — (Reuters) - China could have a new homegrown operating system by October to take on imported rivals …

More: Xinhua News Agency

Reed Albergotti / Wall Street Journal:

Facebook deploys huge “Mentions Box” tablet celebs will use to answer fan questions at Emmys — Facebook to Unleash a ‘Mentions Box’ on Celebrities at the Emmys — Even if Matthew McConaughey doesn't win a lead actor Emmy for his role on HBO's “True Detective,” there may be consolation.

More: Mashable, The Verge, PC Magazine, iStrategyLabs, PopHerald Technology News, USA Today, AllFacebook and Variety

Tweets: @lessien and @reedalbergotti

Dan Peltier / Skift:

New app that lets US and Canadian citizens forgo customs paperwork tested at Atlanta airport — New Mobile Passport Control App Being Piloted in Atlanta — Skift Take — Using mobile apps to speed the customs process at the airport is a logical step.

More: U.S. Customs …, U.S. Customs …, The Hill, Android Central, USA Today, FedScoop, Los Angeles Times, FierceHomelandSecurity News, Successful Meetings and Telegraph

Jason Koebler / Motherboard:

Researchers created fake social network to access & understand China's internet censor systems — Researchers Made a Fake Social Network to Infiltrate China's Internet Censors — It's no secret that China has been censoring and controlling the information its citizens can send and receive, especially on the internet.

More: sciencemag.org, Ars Technica, New Scientist, sciencemag.org and Popular Mechanics. Tweets: @ross

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