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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:

The Yahoo Directory — Once The Internet's Most Important Search Engine — Is To Close — For some, it may seem like there has always been Google, and it's always been the main way people have found things on the web. But before Google, there was the Yahoo Directory and its hand-compiled list of websites, organized into topics.

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Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Yahoo plans to close Yahoo Education, Qwiki and Directory next quarter — Yahoo today announced it is closing three more products: Yahoo Education, Qwiki, and Directory. The company says the decision is part of a broader strategy to focus on its more successful projects.

More: Yahoo, Ars Technica, The Register, PC World, TechCrunch, TechSpot, WebProNews, VentureBeat and Seeking Alpha. Tweets: @marshallk

Lisa Eadicicco / Business Insider:

Google now requires Android device makers like Samsung to pre-install and prominently display up to 20 Google apps — Confidential Documents Reveal How Google Is Trying To Limit Samsung's Control Of Android — When it comes to Android devices, it's common for various phone makers to put …

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Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:

Apps with HealthKit integration start appearing in App Store following iOS 8.0.2 fixes — After a series of botched updates, which meant HealthKit apps could not launch alongside iOS 8's release, Apple has finally started allowing apps that integrate with the Health app into the App Store.

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Wall Street Journal:

SK Telecom Agrees to Acquire Shopkick — Deal Would Give SK Telecom New Foray Into U.S. — South Korean wireless firm SK Telecom Co. has agreed to acquire shopping-loyalty app Shopkick Inc., according to two people familiar with the deal. — The acquisition would give SK Telecom …

Thanks:@gregbensinger

Vivian Ho / San Francisco Chronicle:

Uber driver charged in San Francisco after allegedly hitting passenger in the head with a hammer — Uber driver accused of hammer attack on San Francisco rider — An Uber driver is accused of seriously injuring a passenger by bashing him on the head with a hammer in San Francisco's Bernal …

More: The Register, SFWeekly, Gigaom, Forbes, Valleywag, Valleywag, SFist, Engadget and Business Insider

Tweets: @vivianho, @caseynewton and @tomkrazit

Vlad Savov / The Verge:

Samsung Galaxy Alpha review: great design comes with a premium price, poor software and disappointing display — Samsung Galaxy Alpha review — Imagine what Samsung could do, if it tried. — Earlier this year, we concluded our Galaxy S5 review on a note of optimism about the awesome potential …

More: DISPLAYBLOG, NBC News, Gigaom, CNET, Android Police and NDTV Gadgets

Carmel DeAmicis / Gigaom:

Ello investor, co-founder: Funding or not, we hate ads and we want to “shift values” — How will the popular new social network maintain its ad-free philosophy if it's pressured to bring in venture level returns? — The fairy-tale phase didn't last very long for new social media network darling Ello.

More: ReadWrite, Engadget, Mashable, Business Insider, TechCrunch, Telegraph, Betabeat and ello.co. Tweets: @waxpancake

Jason Del Rey / Re/code:

Amazon Fresh grocery delivery business launching in New York City as early as October — Amazon Fresh Grocery Delivery Launching in New York City — Amazon is preparing to start its Fresh grocery delivery business in New York City as early as next month, according to two people …

More: GeekWire and Seeking Alpha. Tweets: @delrey. Thanks:@delrey

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Thom Yorke releases album via a BitTorrent Bundle in test of paid torrents, free single, $6 album — BitTorrent adds paygate option to its direct-to-fan publishing platform Bundle, will take a 10% cut after fees — BitTorrent today announced it is adding a new paygate feature to BitTorrent Bundle …

Karl Bode / DSLreports:

Citing its unpopularity, Comcast discontinues Streampix as a stand-alone offering, adding it as part of Xfinity TV — Comcast: Nobody Really Liked Our Netflix Wannabe Streampix — In February of 2012 Comcast unveiled Streampix, their effort at trying to prevent cord cutting by offering a Netflix-esque service of their own.

More: Light Reading, Ars Technica and FierceCable

Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica:

New “Shellshock” GNU bash patch issued, addressing vulnerabilities discovered in first fix — New “Shellshock” patch rushed out to resolve gaps in first fix [Updated] — Update, 9/26 11:00 PM ET: The most recent patches issued for the “Shellshock” bug have apparently still left avenues …

Roger Cheng / CNET:

BlackBerry CEO: 200,000 Passports ordered since launch — The device is already sold out on its own website and Amazon. — The BlackBerry Passport is off to a decent start. — The unusually shaped smartphone garnered 200,000 orders since its launch on Wednesday, according to CEO John Chen.

More: Inside BlackBerry, BGR, Computerworld, Bloomberg, Tech Times, PC World, SlashGear, Digital Trends, Fortune, Techvibes Global News, MobileSyrup.com, Tech Trader Daily, Gigaom, Boing Boing and Inquirer

CNBC:

BlackBerry reports smaller than expected loss of $207M in Q2, revenue fell to $916M from $1.57B a year ago

More: ZDNet, VentureBeat, Marketwired, Engadget, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Bloomberg, Electronista, TechCrunch, Geeky Gadgets, Re/code, MobileSyrup.com, CNET, Globe and Mail, BGR, Reuters, 9to5Google and Seeking Alpha. Tweets: @cnbc

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