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Re/code:

Sources: Jack Dorsey to be named permanent Twitter CEO, continue at Square, as soon as Thursday after board settles status of Adam Bain and Anthony Noto — Sources: Jack Dorsey Expected to Be Named Permanent Twitter CEO — Jack is apparently back — for good this time.

Bloomberg Business:

Google, Microsoft drop about 20 lawsuits in the US and Germany, resolving global patent fight over phones and Xbox — Google, Microsoft Resolve Global Patent Fight Over Phones, Xbox — Tech giants to drop about 20 lawsuits in U.S. and Germany — Companies say they will collaborate, work together on patents

More: CNET, AppleInsider, GeekWire, The Register, Ars Technica, The Verge, PCWorld, Engadget, SiliconBeat, Tech Times, ZDNet, Re/code, New York Times, Seeking Alpha, WinBeta, WMPoweruser, Android Central and Windows Central

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:

Drop-dead simple exploit completely bypasses Mac's malware Gatekeeper — A key limitation makes it trivial for attackers to skirt Gatekeeper protections. — Since its introduction in 2012, an OS X feature known as Gatekeeper has gone a long way to protecting the Macs of security novices and experts alike.

More: BetaNews, eWeek, Forbes, Laptop Mag, AppleInsider, Macworld, MacRumors, MacNN, Engadget, TechCrunch, Neowin, iPhone in Canada Blog, CNET, iMore, iPhone Hacks and 9to5Mac

Jordan Kahn / 9to5Google:

Google: advertisers will pay only for 100% viewable Google Display Network ads, starting in next few months — Google says it won't make advertisers pay unless ads are 100% viewable — Google today announced changes to its display ad network that will ensure advertisers only pay for ads that are 100% viewable.

More: Inside AdWords, Marketing Land, Search Engine Land and Marketing Land. Thanks:@justinkahnmusic

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Twitter Expands ‘Buy’ Buttons To Bigcommerce, Demandware, Shopify... And Best Buy — A year after Twitter launched its first commerce product in the form of “buy now” buttons in Tweets, get ready to start seeing a whole lot more of them in your feed. — The social media company today …

Tim Culpan / Bloomberg Business:

Unit of state-controlled Tsinghua agrees to buy 15% of Western Digital for $3.8B, Western Digital shares up 15% on the news — China's Tsinghua Buys Western Digital Stake for $3.8 Billion — Tsinghua's Unisplendour paying 33% premium to latest close — Sale marks latest deal in China's pursuit of technology

More: PR Newswire, New York Times, Bloomberg Business, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Tech Trader Daily, The Register, Reuters and Reuters. Thanks:@samerkamal

Office Blogs:

Likes and @Mentions coming to Outlook on the web — Over the last several years, social networks have changed the way we communicate. In our personal lives, we show our approval by “Liking” a friend's status update on Facebook and we “@Mention” others in a Twitter post to call attention to it.

More: The Next Web, SuperSite for Windows, Neowin, Windows Central, Ubergizmo and WebProNews

Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal:

Coding school General Assembly raises $70M Series D led by Advance Publications, owner of Condé Nast — Tech-Boom Bet: Coding School General Assembly Raises $70 Million — In a new video game, a thimble-sized character in pajamas wanders around a disheveled bedroom floor blasting demonic bunnies and elephants with a rifle.

More: GA Blog, SiliconANGLE and TechCrunch. Tweets: @mdudas. Thanks:@brookeannalise

Casey Newton / The Verge:

Facebook redesigns mobile profiles, adds temporary profile pictures, and tests looping video profile pictures — Facebook redesigns mobile profiles and begins testing video profile pictures — Profiles, the original beating heart of Facebook, were pushed to the side in 2006 by the more addictive News Feed.

More: Facebook, TechCrunch, Re/code, Engadget, Wired, Digital Trends, Tubefilter, Pocketnow, UPROXX, VentureBeat, Tech Times, Social Media Today, Gizmodo and iPhone in Canada Blog

Tweets: @jbruin, @caseynewton and @joshconstine

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:

Apple releases OS X El Capitan, featuring full-screen Split View, new Notes, revamped Spotlight Search, Safari 9 and more — Apple releases OS X El Capitan, featuring full-screen Split View, new Notes, revamped Spotlight Search, Safari 9 and more — Apple has officially released OS X El Capitan …

More: Thurrott.com, Skype Blogs, Gizmodo, Computerworld, Telegraph, The Verge, Macworld, ABC News, Gizmodo, MacRumors, NBC News, The Verge, TechCrunch, MacRumors, Computerworld, USA Today, Wired, Inquirer and Yahoo Tech

Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:

Google acquires Jibe Mobile to help implement the RCS carrier messaging standard in Android — Google today announced it has acquired Jibe Mobile, a startup known as the “cloud communications company for mobile operators.” Put more succinctly, Jibe focused on helping carriers build support …

More: Official Android Blog, Android Police, Re/code, PCWorld, SiliconANGLE, VatorNews, 9to5Google, Android Authority and silicontap.com

Dawn Chmielewski / Re/code:

IHS estimates iPhone 6s Plus costs about $236 to build, one-third its $749 retail price — Apple's iPhone 6s Plus Costs an Estimated $236 to Make — $749 to Purchase — It costs Apple an estimated $236 to make and assemble its new iPhone 6s Plus, roughly one-third the $749 retail price of the smartphone …

More: 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, Business Wire, CNET, iPhone Hacks, InvestorPlace, Pocketnow, TechSpot, MacRumors, App Advice, TechEye, iPhone Hacks, Macworld, BetaNews, iPhone in Canada Blog, Cult of Mac, MacNN, ZDNet and AppleInsider

Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:

Interview with Nuzzel CEO Jonathan Abrams on new media investors and firm's intent to work with publishers — Nuzzel, with a new batch of news-savvy investors, wants to bring social curation to publishers — If you live in certain media and technology circles, there's a very good chance you're already using Nuzzel.

More: Business Insider and TechCrunch. See also Mediagazer

Mark Bergen / Re/code:

Google to host event next Wednesday in New York, likely to unveil its open-source project similar to Instant Articles — Google Plans to Unveil Its Version of ‘Instant Articles’ Next Week — Three weeks ago, we told you about plans Google was hatching to launch a publishing tool to serve up articles on mobile devices.

More: Ubergizmo. Tweets: @jbenton

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Amazon introduces Merch by Amazon, a self-service tool for creating and selling branded t-shirts, aimed at app developers — Amazon Introduces Merch By Amazon, A Way For Game Developers - Or Anyone - To Sell Print-On-Demand Tees — In a clever move that combines Amazon's prowess …

More: Amazon Developer Services, The Next Web, VentureBeat, GeekWire, Inc.com and WebProNews

Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:

Independent board to determine which ads are “acceptable” for Adblock Plus whitelist in first half of 2016 — Adblock Plus to Allow Independent Board to Decide Which Ads Are ‘Acceptable’ — Parent company Eyeo says it will no longer help decide which ads can pass through its filters

More: TIME, Re/code, AdExchanger, The SEM Post and The Next Web. See also Mediagazer

Allison Schiff / AdExchanger:

IAB is forming Ad Blocking Working Group and plans to distribute code that detects ad blockers

More: Ad Age, Re/code, Adweek and Fortune. Tweets: @benthompson

Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:

Jamaican-based wireless operator Digicel will soon block ads except on some popular local news sites, saying firms like Google, Facebook should pay to serve ads — Mobile Operator Digicel Will Block Advertising Across Its Network — Online ad companies will have to pay to have ads displayed

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