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October 28, 2013, 3:15 PM

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Chris Velazco / TechCrunch:
Samsung Launches Five SDKs To Lure Developers Into Its Hardware Web  —  Samsung kicked off its first Developer Conference in San Francisco today, and the Korean tech juggernaut is eager to show just how much it cares about the devs building apps and services for its hardware ecosystem.
More: CNET, Gigaom and Forbes
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.
More: Yahoo! NewsTweets: @wsj
Wall Street Journal:
Samsung signs three-year deal to supply NBA with courtside tablets and monitors  —  NBA Teams Up With Samsung  —  The National Basketball Association has signed a wide-ranging, $100 million deal with Samsung Electronics Co. to bring the South Korean company's technology courtside at its games …
Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:
Syrian Electronic Army Targets President Obama in Latest Hack  —  Add President Obama to the list of the latest high-profile hacks.  —  A handful of sites affiliated with the President's campaign organization, Organizing for Action, were compromised by a group of hackers on Monday morning …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Nielsen's New SDK Adds Mobile Viewing To Its Traditional TV Ratings, Uses Data From Facebook To Match Demographics  —  After months of trials, Nielsen today is announcing an SDK that will give it the ability to measure how people view TV on mobile apps and other digital formats …
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.
Todd Wasserman / Mashable:
Starbucks Lets You Buy Coffee for a Friend via Twitter  —  In the '70s, a Coke ad envisioned a day in which you could buy the world Coke to promote harmony.  Now, Starbucks is letting you do something similar, with the help of Twitter.  —  The coffee giant is launching a beta program called Tweet …
Shara Tibken / CNET:
Nvidia expands Shield controller capabilities to thousands of Android games  —  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.  The Santa Clara, Calif., graphics chipmaker said the Shield …
James Temple / The Technology Chronicles:
“Twitter tax break” could cost SF tens of millions more after IPO  —  An analysis of Twitter's latest filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission found the value of the Mid-Market payroll tax break that San Francisco granted the company in 2011 will run far higher than earlier publicized estimates.

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