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September 11, 2013, 8:00 PM

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Apple TV Software Refresh Coming September 18 — Nope, Apple didn't show off new Apple TV hardware yesterday. — And Apple didn't talk about new software for its Web video box, either. But it's still coming. — People familiar with the company's plans say Apple TV is scheduled …

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

New Apple TV in development, could arrive as soon as next month — Apple is working on a new version of the Apple TV, and according to MG Siegler, it could arrive as soon as next month. We have independently heard that a new version of the Apple TV is in development, but our sources …

More: LIVEdigitally, MacRumors, BGR, AppleInsider, Business Insider, TechnoBuffalo, iDownloadBlog.com, Electronista and App Advice. Tweets: @parislemon

Zach Epstein / BGR:

Exclusive photos of Amazon's completely redesigned next-gen Kindle Fire HD — There really isn't much mystery remaining as Amazon prepares to unveil its second-generation Kindle Fire HD tablets and its third-generation Kindle Fire slate in the coming weeks.

Casey Newton / The Verge:

Mark Zuckerberg on NSA spying: “The government blew it” — The federal government has done a bad job recently in balancing its job protecting US citizens from terrorism with its role in defending civil liberties, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said today at TechCrunch Disrupt.

More: AllThingsD, Digits, PandoDaily, VentureBeat, TechCrunch and TechCrunch

Tweets: @rabois, @dannysullivan, @lauralockesf, @dondodge, @techau, @jguynn, @owenthomas, @jboorstin, @evelynrusli and @jguynn

POLITICO:

Mark Zuckerberg to meet with top four House Republicans

More: AllThingsD. Tweets: @ericengleman

Steven Russolillo / MoneyBeat:

Facebook Shares Hit All-Time High

More: CNET, TechCrunch, Forbes and Bloomberg. Tweets: @lauricellatom

Guardian:

NSA shares raw intelligence including Americans' data with Israel — The National Security Agency routinely shares raw intelligence data with Israel without first sifting it to remove information about US citizens, a top-secret document provided to the Guardian by whistleblower Edward Snowden reveals.

More: Guardian, VentureBeat, Ars Technica, Mashable, The Switch, The Verge and Gawker

Tweets: @wmrdc, @guardianus and @sacca

Zeljka Zorz / Help Net Security:

Backdoored NIST standard revealed, will be reopened for review

More: NYT Bits, Techdirt, Ars Technica, BBC and Boing Boing

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Mashable:

Did the FBI Lean On Microsoft for Access to Its Encryption Software?

More: New York Times. Tweets: @_cypherpunks_, @csoghoian, @csoghoian, @csoghoian and @0xabad1dea

Stephen Shankland / CNET:

With 64-bit A7, Apple avoids future memory constraints, paves way for ARM-based Macs — The real reasons Apple's 64-bit A7 chip makes sense — Don't swallow Apple's marketing lines that 64-bit chips magically run software faster than 32-bit relics. What the A7 in the iPhone 5S does do …

More: ReadWrite, Yahoo! News, ZDNet, Scientific American and Network World

Horace Dediu / asymco:

C is for Cognitive Illusion

More: Network World, ITworld.com and Quartz. Tweets: @erickschonfeld

John Gruber / Daring Fireball:

Thoughts and Observations on Today's iPhone 5C and 5S Introduction

More: GigaOM, A VC, Marco.org, Internet Evolution, Fortune, SplatF, Business Insider and Marketing Land. Tweets: @asymco

John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:

Apple Shares Down More Than Five Percent Following New iPhone Event

More: MoneyBeat, ValueWalk and Reuters. Tweets: @cnbc

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:

Forget “Cheap”, The iPhone 5c Is Clearly The iPhone Jony Ive Wanted For iOS 7

More: New York Times, Business Insider, stratechery, The Verge, Los Angeles Times, TechHive, CNNMoney.com, 5by5 Master Audio Feed, MacStories, TUAW, Naked Security, Gotta Be Mobile, Inquirer, Agence France Presse, Fortune, Electronista, Softpedia News and Wired

Adam Satariano / Bloomberg:

The IPhone's Secret Flights From China to Your Local Apple Store — As Apple CEO Tim Cook unveiled new iPhones yesterday, a complex operation had already kicked into gear behind the scenes to send millions of the handsets to store shelves worldwide. — The process starts in China …

More: GigaOM, MacRumors, Ubergizmo, Cult of Mac, iPhone Hacks, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac and App Advice

Tweets: @jessicalessin, @benedictevans, @tomloftus and @b_fung

Hari Gottipati / GigaOM:

With iBeacon, Apple is going to dump on NFC and embrace the internet of things — At WWDC in June, Apple quietly announced iBeacon, one of the more prominent features of iOS 7. Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of Software Engineering, mentioned nothing about about it in the keynote …

More: Stuart Henshall, Businessweek, iPhone in Canada Blog, Forbes, PadGadget, FierceBroadbandWireless News and Macworld

Caesar Sengupta / Google Chrome Blog:

New Haswell Chromebooks from Acer, HP, ASUS, and Toshiba arriving in coming months — A fresh mix of Intel-based Chromebooks — something for everyone — Chromebooks were designed to make computers faster, simpler, safer and much more affordable for everyone.

Billy Gallagher / TechCrunch:

Yahoo Monthly Active Users Are Up 20% To 800M, Including 350M On Mobile, Says Marissa Mayer — Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer announced today at TechCrunch Disrupt that Yahoo monthly active users are up 20% to 800 million globally, including 350 million monthly active users on mobile.

More: The Verge, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Search Engine Land, ReadWrite, Digits, GeekWire, SiliconBeat, AllThingsD, GigaOM, VentureBeat, Guardian and TechCrunch

Tweets: @om, @om, @owenthomas and @jguynn

Leslie Patton / Bloomberg:

McDonald's Testing Mobile Order App for U.S. Stores — Americans will soon be able to order and pay for Big Macs from their mobile phones. — McDonald's Corp. (MCD) is currently testing a mobile payment application in Salt Lake City and in Austin, Texas, Lisa McComb, a spokeswoman, said today in an e-mail.

More: Betabeat, Mobile Marketing Watch, Ubergizmo, IntoMobile and Mashable. Tweets: @enkrates

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

iCloud Keychain Removed in iOS 7 GM — Apple appears to have removed iCloud Keychain support from the iOS 7 Golden Master (GM), which was seeded to developers yesterday. While iCloud preferences previously listed iCloud Keychain, the option has now been removed, suggesting …

More: ParisLemon, iMore, Gotta Be Mobile, ReadWrite, iDownloadBlog.com, TechnoBuffalo, iPhone Hacks and iPhone in Canada Blog

Paul Mozur / Wall Street Journal:

China Licenses Apple's iPhone With China Mobile's Wireless Standard — BEIJING—A Chinese regulator has given the final license necessary for Apple Inc.'s iPhone to run on China Mobile Ltd.'s mobile network, another indication China's largest carrier will soon be releasing an iPhone for the first time.

Don Reisinger / CNET:

TiVo eyes the cloud with premiere of network PVR — The company says that its technology is only in prototype phase, and will be offered to television providers. — TiVo has announced a new, cloud-based television offering that could make its relationships with cable and satellite providers a bit stronger.

More: Electronista, Broadcast, multichannel.com/rss, Engadget and MarketWatch

Dan Seifert / The Verge:

Made in America: a look inside Motorola's Moto X factory — An old Nokia facility has been resurrected to crank out 100,000 new smartphones per week — The Moto X is a return to form for Motorola, and it represents the first device the it has produced from start to finish as a Google company.

More: Engadget, TechSpot, 9to5Google, Mashable and Android Community

Tweets: @katienotopoulos, @tomwarren, @dcseifert and @reckless

Alexei Oreskovic / Reuters:

Motorola now shipping 100,000 Moto X phones weekly from Texas

Wall Street Journal:

Gogo to introduce faster 60Mbps inflight WiFi system, coming to Virgin America in 2014 — Airplane Wi-Fi Gets Up to Speed — Gogo Inc.'s New System Combines Satellites and Cell Towers — The race for fast Internet at 30,000 feet is accelerating as airlines roll out new technologies …

More: VentureBeat, Engadget, The Verge, PR Newswire, 9to5Mac, ZDNet, Forbes, GigaOM, Android Community, Geek.com, Electronista, Ars Technica, SlashGear and ABC News. Tweets: @elanazak

Pandora:

Pandora Names Brian McAndrews Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman — Pandora (NYSE:P), today announced that the company's Board of Directors has appointed Brian McAndrews, formerly of Madrona Venture Group, Microsoft and aQuantive, to succeed Joe Kennedy as Chief Executive Officer …

More: VentureBeat, GeekWire, TechCrunch, The Verge, GigaOM, AdExchanger and Forbes. Tweets: @pkafka. See also Mediagazer

AnandTech:

The Baytrail Preview: Intel Atom Z3770 Tested — Earlier this year Intel unveiled Silvermont, its first true architectural update to Atom since its introduction in 2008. I won't rehash Silvermont's architecture here, but it's designed to be a true test of Intel's performance in the ultra mobile space.

More: PC World, Intel Newsroom, BBC, Mashable, dailywireless.org, Forbes, PC Magazine, LAPTOP Magazine, ZDNet and PC World

Sharif Sakr / Engadget:

Intel details Z3000 Bay Trail chips for tablets and hybrids, claims up to 2x CPU and 3x GPU performance

More: VentureBeat, TechHive, Electronista, LAPTOP Magazine, AndroidGuys, TechEye and Softpedia News

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