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August 23, 2012, 4:20 PM

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Janet I. Tu / Seattle Times:
Microsoft gets a new logo for the first time since 1987  —  A lot is at stake when a company changes its logo, and Microsoft changed it a number of times in its early years.  —  For the first time in 25 years, Microsoft is changing its corporate logo.  —  Microsoft, which has used its solid …
Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:
Facebook for iOS goes native, waves goodbye to HTML 5  —  Facebook today announced the culmination of more than six months of work, a native version of the Facebook app for iOS that's twice as fast.  “Up until now we've looked at scale,” iOS Product Manager Mick Johnson says …
John Cook / GeekWire:
Dave McClure is ripping VCs again: They're f***ing arrogant and stupid a**holes  —  Dave McClure on his way to BC on “Geeks on a Train.”  Photo via Kyle Kesterson.  —  Dave McClure is not your typical venture capitalist.  He wears T-shirts and flip flops, and cusses like a sailor.
More: Betabeat
Rachel Metz / Technology Review:
Fred Wilson  —  The well-known investor behind the likes of Twitter and Foursquare says venture capital funds have gotten too big.  —  Fred Wilson, managing partner at Union Square Ventures, is a preëminent figure in venture capital.  He's been at it for 25 years …
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Video Comparison of ‘iPhone 5’ Front Panel and Flex Cables to iPhone 4S Parts [iOS Blog]  —  Repair firm SmartPhone Medic has just posted a new video comparing several parts from the next-generation iPhone to their counterparts from the iPhone 4S.  —  The parts shown include the front panel …
Drew Olanoff / The Next Web:
Amazon to hold press conference on September 6th in Santa Monica, Kindle Fire 2 or Phone are our bets  —  TNW has just been invited to an Amazon press conference for September 6th, although we're not sure what it's all about.  We'll be there though.  —  Could it be the new Kindle Fire?
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Apple vs. Samsung: inside a jury's nightmare  —  Will nine strangers be able to decide the tech trial of the decade?  —  By Nilay Patel, Matt Macari, and Bryan Bishop  —  After weeks of trial and impassioned closing arguments from both sides, the historic Apple vs. Samsung lawsuit is now in the hands of the jury.
More: CNET, PC World, Fortune and BloombergThanks:@max8378
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Exclusive: Digital Chief Jon Miller Leaving News Corp.  —  According to sources close to the situation, News Corp.'s Chief Digital Officer Jon Miller will be leaving the media giant soon.  —  It seems to be a cordial, although perhaps inevitable, parting — sources said Miller will remain …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Nokia set to unveil ‘Arrow’ and ‘Phi’ Windows Phone 8 handsets with AT&T as main carrier  —  Nokia is planning to unveil two new Windows Phone 8 devices at a joint event with Microsoft on September 5th.  Sources familiar with the two companies' plans have revealed that Nokia is working on an …
Seth Weintraub / 9to5Mac:
Mac OS 10.8.1 Mountain Lion released, fixes issues in Thunderbolt, Exchange, Migration assistant, iMessages and more … Apple just released OSX 10.8.1 Mountain Lion via Software Update.  The delta update weighs a paltry 7.28MB on my Retina MacBook Pro, but your mileage may vary.
Alina Selyukh / Reuters:
Obama campaign to start accepting text message donations  —  (Reuters) - In a election dominated by multimillion-dollar donations, Democratic President Barack Obama's campaign is about to give small donors a new weapon by starting to accept text message donations for the first time in history.
Wall Street Journal:
When Freemium Fails  —  A growing number of new businesses are following in the footsteps of successful companies such as Dropbox Inc., LinkedIn Corp., and Skype Inc., by giving away their products and services free to build a customer base.  —  Yet for some, the “freemium” …
Dustin Curtis / dcurt.is:
Black Widow  —  Twitter has an enormous advantage over Facebook in one key area: while people on Facebook tend to friend their friends, people on Twitter tend to follow their interests.  The following graph from Twitter is worth far more on a per-account basis because it is directly monetizable …
Richard Lawler / Engadget:
Facebook for Android app updated with messaging emoji, easy event creation and a bit more  —  If you were wondering what features would be on the way after Facebook ditched pre-Froyo Android support for its app your questions have been answered.  This revision lets users easily create events …
Chris Ziegler / The Verge:
FCC approves Verizon's controversial spectrum purchase from cable companies  —  Following the Department of Justice's lead last week, the FCC has now approved Verizon's acquisition of a large swath of AWS spectrum from a consortium of cable companies operating as SpectrumCo that includes Comcast and Time Warner.
More: CNET and Reuters
Matt Brian / The Next Web:
Nokia, Samsung, Sony Mobile and others form In-Location Alliance, seek to boost indoor positioning technologies  —  Mobile giants Nokia, Samsung, Sony Mobile and nineteen other companies have combined to form the In-Location Alliance, a cooperative that seeks to drive forward innovation …

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