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October 11, 2015, 9:45 PM

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New York Times:
Source: Apple disables Apple News in China, likely to avoid requirement to censor content  —  Apple Is Said to Deactivate Its News App in China  —  HONG KONG — Apple has disabled its news app in China, according to a person with direct knowledge of the situation, the most recent sign …
Yevgeniy Sverdlik / Data Center Knowledge:
After EU Safe Harbor ruling, Amazon, Salesforce, Microsoft, Google, others use Model Clauses for compliance, but these contract changes are cumbersome for many  —  Safe Harbor Ruling Leaves Data Center Operators in Ambiguity  —  Europe's annulment of the framework that made it easy …
The National Law Review:
In-depth look at how EU's Safe Harbor invalidation affects US companies, and three primary alternatives they can use to comply with EU data protection laws  —  European Court of Justice Invalidates U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Agreement  —  Negotiated under the European Commission's Data Protection Directive …
Nicholas Lemann / New Yorker:
An extensive profile of Reid Hoffman, who believes Internet-enabled networks will change how the economic world works  —  The Network Man  —  Early on a Monday evening in June, Reid Hoffman, the founder and executive chairman of the business-oriented networking site LinkedIn, met Mark Pincus …
Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
With Moments, Twitter reinvented the newspaper and has the potential to be the best newspaper in the world  —  Twitter's Moment  —  I try to save the most over-used of clichés for special moments, and that's exactly what this week feels like for Twitter.
Ryan Whitwam / Android Police:
Google OnHub Rooted, Turns Out To Be A Chromebook In Router's Clothing  —  Google hasn't said much about how its new OnHub router works—it's a mysterious black box (blue cylinder, technically) with inactive radios and updatable firmware.  The modders from Exploitee.rs have gotten their hands on an OnHub …
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
The history of audio interface design, and how Microsoft is reworking Skype's iconic sounds  —  Inside the world of audio branding with Skype's new pings, bounces, and pops  —  The year that Skype launched its calling service, the world was in the midst of a sonic crisis: the ringtone.
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Liana B. Baker / Reuters:
EMC allowed to solicit bids from other parties as part of merger agreement with Dell, which may be announced as early as Monday  —  Exclusive: EMC to shop itself after deal with Dell - sources  —  EMC Corp, the data storage company that is preparing to unveil an agreement to be acquired …
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Harry McCracken / Fast Company:
The 33-year history of the Bloomberg Terminal, and how its current incarnation, the Bloomberg Professional service, processes 60B pieces of information daily  —  How the Bloomberg Terminal Made History—And Stays Ever Relevant  —  By definition, any computing platform invented in the first half …
More: Trends
Stephen Galloway / Hollywood Reporter:
Interview with the creative team on the making of the new Steve Jobs movie, the lack of support from Apple, pressure from Laurene Powell Jobs, Sony hack, more  —  A Widow's Threats, High-Powered Spats and the Sony Hack: The Strange Saga of ‘Steve Jobs’  —  Laurene Powell Jobs pressured …
More: Fortune

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