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October 28, 2013, 11:50 AM

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Wall Street Journal:
Obama Unaware as U.S. Spied on World Leaders: Officials  —  NSA Stopped Surveillance of Merkel, Others After White House Review  —  WASHINGTON—The National Security Agency ended a program used to spy on German Chancellor Angela Merkel and a number of other world leaders …
Jonathan Cheng / Wall Street Journal:
Samsung Pursues Developers, Seeking Orbit of Apps  —  This week, Samsung Electronics Co. plans to hold its first global developers conference at a hotel in San Francisco, a big step in the South Korean smartphone maker's effort to cultivate a host of software and services for its devices that can compete with those offered by Apple Inc.
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Sam Byford / The Verge:
LG's curved-screen G Flex smartphone coming to South Korea with 13MP camera, Snapdragon 800  —  LG officially announces curved-screen G Flex smartphone  —  After a series of leaks, LG has announced officialdetails of its curved-screen smartphone, the G Flex.
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Twitter to Wait Until After IPO to Name Woman — Likely With International Cred — to Board  —  According to sources close to the situation, Twitter is planning on waiting until after its IPO — which is set to take place next week — to name its first woman to its board.
Shara Tibken / CNET:
Nvidia expands Shield controller capabilities to thousands of Android games  —  Nvidia's Shield allows portable gaming.  —  (Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) Nvidia has opened its Shield gaming device up to the universe of Android games, adding console support to thousands of games originally designed for touch screens.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:
Spreadsheet of the day: Final estimates for Apple's Q4 2013  —  The forecasts of 48 Apple analysts — 27 Wall Street professionals and 21 independents  —  FORTUNE - The results of Fortune's quarterly survey of Apple (AAPL) analysts are in, and the results are mixed — in more ways than one.
Ryan Dezember / Wall Street Journal:
KKR Sets $100 Million Wireless Deal  —  KKR & Co. has struck a $100 million pact to build wireless-communications infrastructure alongside Associated Partners LP, an investment firm run by one of the sector's pioneering families, according to people familiar with the matter.
More: Reuters
Allen Martin / CBS San Francisco:
Barge in SF Bay may be a marketing center for Glass if Google gets a waterfront permit  —  Massive Barge On San Francisco Bay Likely Secret Google Facility  —  SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — The U.S. Navy had its share of secrets on Treasure Island, but few were better kept than what's taking place …
Robert Hof / Forbes:
AI Startup Vicarious Claims Milestone In Quest To Build A Brain: Cracking CAPTCHA  —  Can machines think?  Not yet.  But there is one at least partial test: the CAPTCHA, or “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart,” those distorted characters you have to type …

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