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September 11, 2015, 5:55 PM

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Re/code:

Google and Twitter are working together on an open source mobile publishing product similar to Facebook's Instant Articles, plan to launch it this fall — Google and Twitter Team Up to Offer Their Own ‘Instant Articles’ — With a Twist — Google and Twitter are working together to help publishers show …

Arnold Kim / MacRumors:

Apple's Live Photos Take Up About 2x Space of Normal Images — One of the novel new features coming in the iPhone 6s is the new Live Photos feature which captures an additional 3 seconds of video surrounding photos on the new iPhones. The new feature is on by default and allows you to take photos as usual.

Gabe Rivera / LinkedIn Pulse:

10 shocking (or at least interesting) facts about Techmeme on its 10th birthday — Ten Years Later, This Is How Techmeme Has Avoided Click-Bait, Auto-Play Ads And More — Techmeme launched on September 12, 2005 amid a flurry of blog posts from Robert Scoble, Richard MacManus, and several others.

Tweets: @profjeffjarvis, @danroth, @caseynewton, @dannysullivan, @cfair1, @tomkrazit and @msquinn

Kara Swisher / Re/code:

Yahoo's media unit about to undergo a major shakeup including the departure of CMO Kathy Savitt, amid company-wide talent exodus — Major Executive Shake-Up at Yahoo Media Unit Amid Company-Wide Talent Turmoil (Update) — According to sources, Yahoo's media unit is about to undergo a major shake-up …

More: PR Newswire, TechCrunch, SiliconBeat, Associated Press, Business Insider, Fortune, Tech Trader Daily, Reuters, Deadline, Talking New Media and Seeking Alpha. See also Mediagazer

Mitchel Broussard / MacRumors:

Apple's ‘Hey Siri’ Feature in iOS 9 Uses Individualized Voice Recognition — Following the release of the first public beta for iOS 9.1 yesterday, along with the GM version on Wednesday, a few of the testers have come across a new feature introduced in the update.

More: 9to5Mac, BGR, Macworld, The Daily Dot, SlashGear, International Business Times, BetaNews, TechnoBuffalo, O'Grady's PowerPage, iPhone Hacks, ZDNet and Pocket-lint

David Gilbert / International Business Times:

Cyanogen is working with Microsoft to deeply integrate Cortana into the next version of Cyanogen OS — Cortana On Cyanogen: CEO Kirt McMaster On Building The Next Great Smartphone OS — Cyanogen is attempting to be the first player to truly disrupt the smartphone duopoly of iOS and Android

More: GeekWire, PCWorld, ZDNet, Android Authority, CIO.com, WMPoweruser, WinBeta, AndroidHeadlines.com, Windows Central, PhoneArena, Pocketnow and Neowin

Alexei Oreskovic / Business Insider:

Twitter and Square investor Chris Sacca urges Twitter's board to appoint Jack Dorsey CEO in tweetstorm again — Twitter ‘Unabomber’ says all its largest investors want Jack Dorsey to be CEO — Twitter's search for a permanent CEO is now in its fourth month with no apparent end in sight, and there are growing signs of impatience.

More: USA Today. Tweets: @sacca, @sacca, @benedictevans, @sarahfrier, @dcurtis, @sarahfrier, @sacca, @sacca, @sacca, @sacca, @sacca, @sacca, @sacca, @sacca, @fmanjoo, @fmanjoo and @sacca

Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch:

Airbnb Acquires Multi-City Trip Planning Service Vamo, Will Shut Down Product — Airbnb is acquiring Vamo, a service that helps in the process of booking trips with stops in multiple cities, and shutting the product down. — Airbnb might not use Vamo, but the company's appetite for a team like Vamo CEO Ari Steinberg's makes sense.

More: Re/code, VatorNews, GeekWire, Skift, Tnooz and silicontap.com. Tweets: @joshconstine

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Camera+, The Third-Party Camera App With 14 Million Users, Goes Free — Tap tap tap, the company behind the popular third-party camera app Camera+, is making its flagship application free today. The app, which has grown over the years to reach 14 million users and $18 million in sales …

More: VentureBeat, 9to5Mac, iMore, BGR, Lifehacker Australia, App Advice and iPhone in Canada Blog

Simon Khalaf / Flurry Insights Blog:

Time spent inside mobile apps has exceeded that of time spent watching TV in the US for the first time — The Cable Industry Faces The Perfect Storm: Apps, App Stores and Apple — Simon Khalaf, SVP, Product & Engineering, Publisher Products — On the 3rd of September, 2015, Benedict Evans …

More: Business Insider, VatorNews and TechCrunch. See also Mediagazer

Paul Barbagallo / Bloomberg Business:

Microsoft appoints general counsel Brad Smith as president and chief legal officer, the first companywide president at Microsoft since 2002 — Microsoft Appoints General Counsel Brad Smith as President — Microsoft Corp. appointed general counsel Brad Smith as president and chief legal officer, effective Friday.

More: Microsoft, GeekWire, WinBeta and Seeking Alpha

Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal:

eBay Plus shipping membership launches in Germany, offers free express delivery and returns for €19.90/year — EBay Set to Offer Shipping Club, Starting in Germany — Fresh from its split with PayPal, eBay Inc. is addressing one of its longstanding challenges: shipping.

More: TechSpot, WebProNews, Seeking Alpha, Fortune, USA Today, VentureBeat and CNET

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