OS X Mavericks Most Likely Arriving In October, Reports Claim, Perhaps Alongside Haswell MacBook Pros

OS X Mavericks Most Likely Arriving In October, Reports Claim, Perhaps Alongside Haswell MacBook ProsApple's next-generation operating system for desktops, OS X Mavericks, is already in the hands of developers, but we likely won't see version 10.9 make its way to consumer devices ahead of October. Some rumors had suggested Apple might ship the OS at its iPhone even next week, or another time during September, but both 9to5Mac and AllThingsD are now reporting late October for Mavericks' arrival.articleFriday, September 6th, 20131378462943 --

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Now UK Nationwide, The £100M Angel CoFund Is Able To Super-Charge Angel Syndicates

100M Angel CoFund Is Able To Super-Charge Angel SyndicatesUK startups raising financing have a new route to funds in the shape of a government-backed fund which can supercharge an Angel round with extra funds. The Angel CoFund is a UK government-backed

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CrunchBase Has A New Mobile Site, Is Bigger Than Ever

CrunchGovCrunchUGuidesSmartphonesTabletsDigital CamerasLaptopsHeadphonesEventsCrunchBase Hot topicsYahooAppleFacebookTwitterGoogleMicrosoftDisrupt SF 2013

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Microsoft Untethers OneNote For iPad From The PC, Now Lets Users Create New Notebooks On The Go

Microsoft Untethers OneNote For iPad From The PC, Now Lets Users Create New Notebooks On The GoMicrosoft's OneNote note-taking app for iPad and iPhone got a small but important update today that finally makes the iPad version a completely stand-alone experience. Until now, you couldn't create new notebooks from the iPad, so you were always forced to go back to the desktop or web version sooner or later. With today's update, Microsoft is adding this feature, as well as the ability to finally add, rename and delete sections in existing notebooks on the iPad.articleFriday, September 6th, 20131378464323 --

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Energy Excelerator, The Accelerator For Clean Energy Startups, Receives $30M From The Navy

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Cory Booker Is Stepping Down From Waywire's Board As The Company Seeks A New CEO

Cory Booker Is Stepping Down From Waywire’s Board As The Company Seeks A New CEONewark mayor and Senate candidate Cory Booker is announcing today that he will be stepping down from the board of the company that he founded last year, according to a source familiar with the campaign's plans. The departure leaves just one of Waywire's three co-founders at the company, which is still in private beta and in search of a new CEO.articleFriday, September 6th, 20131378468543 --

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This Week On The TC Gadgets Podcast: Disrupt <3′s Hardware, Nokia Goes To The Mall, And Galaxy Gear

This Week On The TC Gadgets Podcast: Disrupt<3′s Hardware, Nokia Goes To The Mall, And Galaxy GearTechCrunch Disrupt starts on Monday, so that's on all our minds for this week's TC Gadgets Podcast. Hardware Alley showcases gadget startups on September 11, and if you're still looking for hardware fixes there have been plenty this week, including Microsoft acquiring Nokia's devices wing, and Samsung's new Galaxy Gear smartwatch.articleFriday, September 6th, 20131378468855 -- hardware,="" nokia="" goes="" to="" the="" mall,="" and="" galaxy geartechcrunch="" disrupt="" starts="" on="" monday,="" so="" that's="" on="" all="" our="" minds="" for="" this="" week's="" tc="" gadgets="" podcast.="" hardware="" alley="" showcases="" gadget="" startups="" on="" september="" 11,="" and="" if="" you're="" still="" looking="" for="" hardware="" fixes="" there="" have="" been="" plenty="" this="" week,="" including="" microsoft="" acquiring="" nokia's="" devices="" wing,="" and="" samsung's="" new="" galaxy="" gear="" smartwatch.articlefriday,="" september="" 6th,="" 20131378468855="">

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Dots Implements Its First-Ever, In-Game, $ponsor$hip

Dots Implements Its First-Ever, In-Game, $ponsor$hipbetaworks-backed Dots has today announced its very first sponsorship/native advertising deal with GE. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. As part of the sponsorship, Dots is releasing a special update with a new version of gameplay called Gravity Mode. articleFriday, September 6th, 20131378470184 --

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Gillmor Gang Live 09.06.13 (TCTV)

Gillmor Gang Live 09.06.13 (TCTV)Gillmor Gang - Robert Scoble, Keith Marks, John Taschek, Dan Farber, and Steve Gillmor. Live recording session today at 1pm Pacific. articleFriday, September 6th, 20131378472805 --

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Keaton Row, An E-Commerce Site That Pairs Busy Ladies With Personal Shoppers, Raises $1.6 Million In Seed Funding

Keaton Row, An E-Commerce Site That Pairs Busy Ladies With Personal Shoppers, Raises $1.6 Million In Seed FundingarticleFriday, September 6th, 20131378475808 --

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Shutterfly Has Acquired Photo Printing Company R And R Images

Shutterfly has acquired R and R Images. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
R and R Images, a private company that was founded in 1986, specializes in digital printing and photo products. Shutterfly focuses on photo books, stationary, wedding invitations, and other personal goods.
Shutterfly said the acquisition will “enhance the company’s enterprise and consumer product innovation, design and printing capabilities.”
Shutterfly CEO Jeffrey Housenbold also noted:

“As Shutterfly continues to grow, we are making additional strategic investments in our manufacturing footprint focused on providing our customers with innovative, high quality personalized products while efficiently scaling and managing our costs. We are excited to combine R&R Images’ product innovation and expertise in premium, flexible printing with Shutterfly’s manufacturing scale and infrastructure to enhance our capabilities and continue delighting our enterprise clients and consumers.”

The company announced that it gave an inducement grant to R and R Images’ founder Rod Key. The grant consists of up to 38,492 shares of Shutterfly stock vested over three years as long as Key stays with Shutterfly. At the time of publication, Shutterfly’s stock was at $51.96 per share, making the total shares worth about $2 million.
Earlier this year, Shutterfly acquired cloud-based photo and video storage platform ThisLife. We heard Shutterfly shelled out around $25 million for ThisLife, although he company did not disclose details of that acquisition either.

The New New Foursquare, And Twitter’s Blue Lines Problem

This weekend, summer is sadly coming to a close (in the Northern Hemisphere, at least.) But all is not lost! At least we still have CrunchWeek, the show that brings a few of us TechCrunch writers together to chat about the most interesting tech news stories from the past seven days. This time around, Leena Rao, Anthony Ha and I discussed the ins and outs of Apple’s new iPhone trade-in program, the latest big update to the Foursquare app (and the rumors of a possible Microsoft investment), and Twitter’s latest redesign with lots of controversial blue lines.