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November 22, 2013, 11:15 PM

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Om Malik / Gigaom:

What is Instagram's next big thing? Messaging, perhaps — Instagram, known as a visual communication platform, is looking for way to expand its appeal to its community of 200 million (and growing) users. First it was short-form video and next up is messaging.

More: The Verge, BGR, New York Times, Inside Facebook, Digital Trends, TechnoBuffalo, ReadWrite, Pocket-lint, TechSpot, Digits, SlashGear, Ubergizmo, iPhone in Canada Blog, iPhone Hacks, AllFacebook, Mashable, BestTechie, PhoneArena, Business Insider, WebProNews, App Advice and iDownloadBlog.com

Tweets: @monkbent, @pkafka and @sfiegerman

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Jacob Hoffman-Andrews / Twitter Engineering Blog:

Twitter enables forward secrecy to avoid snooping, joining Google, Mozilla, and Facebook — Forward Secrecy at Twitter — As part of our continuing effort to keep our users' information as secure as possible, we're happy to announce that we recently enabled forward secrecy for traffic on twitter.com …

More: NYT Bits, The Register, GeekWire, Engadget, Techdirt, Guardian, Computerworld, Digits, CNET, Reuters, SlashGear, The Next Web, Forbes, ZDNet, TechCrunch and The Verge

Tweets: @mikeisaac, @eff and @sacca

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Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

Sheryl Sandberg Says Facebook Totally Doesn't Have a Teenager Problem — Perhaps you've heard: Facebook may — or may not — have a teen problem. — It's been the talk of the town since Facebook's last earnings call, when CFO David Ebersman admitted that in the past quarter, the company …

More: Business Insider, CNET, The Technology Chronicles, Computerworld, Marketing Land, AllFacebook, SiliconBeat, WebProNews, Softpedia News and hypebot. Thanks:@deaddoe

Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:

Turntable.fm Shutting Down So Company Can Focus On Turntable Live Events Platform — Today, Turntable.fm has announced that it will shut down its ‘virtual dj’ product entirely to focus on its new Turntable Live platform, which attempts to replicate the ‘being there’ experience of live performances.

More: Turntable Official Blog, The Verge, Computerworld, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, Valleywag, The Next Web, Gigaom Research, Engadget and Consequence of Sound. Tweets: @stevekovach

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple starts selling unlocked, SIM-free iPhone 5s in the U.S. — Apple today released an unlocked GSM version of the iPhone 5s on its online store for the United States. This version of the iPhone 5s includes the same exact capabilities of the non-unlocked models, but does not include a SIM card.

More: Gigaom, App Advice, The Switch, Gizmodo UK, Gotta Be Mobile, IntoMobile, The Next Web, Softpedia News, iDownloadBlog.com, PhoneArena and MacRumors

New York Times:

N.S.A. Report Outlined Goals for More Power — WASHINGTON — Officials at the National Security Agency, intent on maintaining its dominance in intelligence collection, pledged last year to push to expand its surveillance powers, according to a top secret strategy document.

Tweets: @kgosztola, @mattblaze, @jayrosen_nyu, @rolandparis, @joshgreenman and @trevortimm

Michael McWhertor / Polygon:

id Software founder John Carmack resigns — John Carmack, co-founder and technical director at id Software, has left the company to focus his full-time attention on his role as chief technical officer at Oculus VR, according to a statement from Bethesda Softworks.

More: IGN, Gamasutra, Kotaku, The Verge, Gigaom, Joystiq, Engadget, Ars Technica, iMore, TechCrunch, The Next Web, TechSpot, gameinformer.com, VG247, AllThingsD and The Tech Report

Tweets: @id_aa_carmack and @steveklabnik

Josh Ong / The Next Web:

Microsoft sells 1 million Xbox One units in its first 24 hours — Microsoft has announced a successful Xbox One launch with over 1 million units sold worldwide in the first 24 hours. That roughly matches Sony's PlayStation 4, which also topped 1 million in its first day.

More: TechCrunch, Xbox Wire, The Verge, Reuters, GeekWire, CNET, VentureBeat, Engadget, WebProNews, SlashGear, WinBeta, IGN, Polygon and Gematsu

Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:

Apple Stores start selling Retina iPad mini to walk-in customers as regional carriers launch cellular models — Regional carriers are starting to announce availability for cellular models of Apple's new Retina iPad mini just as the company today started offering the device to walk-in customers.

More: MacRumors, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Tech Trader Daily, PadGadget, iLounge, Cult of Mac, iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com, BGR, Electronista and App Advice

Wall Street Journal:

Google in Talks to Create Prescription Lenses, Designs for Google Glass — Internet Giant Exploring Ways to Put High-Tech Eyewear in Optometry Offices — Google Inc. 's new computer-powered glasses haven't hit the shelves yet, but already efforts are afoot to keep them from becoming just a niche product for nerds.

More: Glass Almanac, The Register, VentureBeat, PC Magazine, ZDNet, Gizmodo, AndroidHeadlines.com, TechCrunch, SlashGear, Gigaom, PhoneArena and BGR

Joseph Volpe / Engadget:

Motorola inks deal with 3D Systems to build its modular ‘Ara’ smartphones — When Motorola threw its weight behind Phonebloks' modular smartphone concept, it pretty much signaled to the rest of the industry that the Google company was dead serious about customization.

More: GlobeNewswire, TechCrunch, pocketnow.com, Phandroid, The Register, Computerworld, VentureBeat, TechSpot, IntoMobile, SlashGear, PhoneArena, AndroidHeadlines.com, The Next Web, The Verge and AllThingsD

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:

Microsoft to win EU okay for $7.3 billion Nokia deal: sources — (Reuters) - Microsoft is set to secure unconditional EU regulatory approval for its proposed 5.4-billion-euro ($7.30 billion) takeover of Nokia's mobile phone business, two people familiar with the matter said on Friday.

More: Ubergizmo, eWeek, BGR, CNET, Softpedia News and WMPoweruser

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Sift Raises $2 Million For Its Personalized Shopping App, Now On iPhone — Mobile shopping service Sift has closed on $2 million in seed funding, the company is announcing today, alongside its launch on iPhone. The startup first emerged almost exactly a year ago as a way to leverage shopping data found …

More: VentureBeat and The Next Web

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

More Moolah for MOOCs: Coursera Raises Another $20M — After being founded just last year, online education startup Coursera turned heads this summer when it raised a $43 million Series B round. — Coursera's current business model is selling verified certificates that students have completed its classes.

More: VentureBeat, VentureBeat and bizjournals

Steve Kovach / Business Insider:

Apple Designer Jony Ive Explains What Steve Jobs Taught Him About Making Great Products — Apple's design boss Jony Ive and designer Marc Newson curated a collection of products they'll auction off at Sotheby's for U2 singer Bono's AIDs charity, (RED). — There are a bunch of cool things …

More: The Next Web and 9to5Mac

Chris Welch / The Verge:

FCC confirms it may allow mobile calls during flight, but airlines have final say (update) — The FCC has confirmed that on December 12th, it will consider a proposal that would give airlines the option to let passengers make cellphone calls during flight. But the Commission is also attempting …

More: Los Angeles Times, NYT Bits, David Talbot and Associated Press

Brian Fung / Washington Post:

Q&A: How calls and data aboard planes will work if FCC approves new rules

More: Wall Street Journal. Tweets: @fromedome

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