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October 12, 2015, 5:45 AM

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Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal:
AngelList to announce $400M early-stage fund raised from Chinese private equity firm CSC Group  —  Coming Soon From China: a $400 Million Bonanza for U.S. Startups  —  Naval Ravikant is attempting to do to early-stage venture capital what technology firms have done to every other industry: disrupt it.
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 …
Adam Pasick / Quartz:
Sources: Eric Schmidt-backed startup, The Groundwork, has become a major tech vendor to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign  —  The stealthy, Eric Schmidt-backed startup that's working to put Hillary Clinton in the White House  —  An under-the-radar startup funded by billionaire Eric Schmidt …
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Matthew Fulco / CNET:
Acer launches Windows 10-optimized convertible tablet, an all-in-one laptop, and a 5.5-inch smartphone  —  Acer unveils its first wave of Windows 10 devices  —  The Taiwanese tech company has shown off three new Windows 10 devices — a convertible tablet, an all-in-one laptop and a 5.5-inch smartphone.
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google SVP for search: More than half of Google searches worldwide now happen on mobile, more than 100B links within apps indexed  —  Worldwide, More Than Half Of Google's Searches Happen On Mobile  —  Earlier this year, Google announced that for the first time, it was seeing more search activity on mobile than desktop.
More: The Verge and Re/code
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 …
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 …
Xiomara Blanco / CNET:
Amazon Fire HD 10 review: great way to take advantage of Prime perks, but tablets with a better screen available in price range  —  Amazon Fire HD 10 review: A cheap, big-screen conduit to Amazon's digital content  —  A cheap, big-screen conduit to Amazon's digital content

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