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August 20, 2014, 11:30 PM

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Ina Fried / Re/code:

Verizon Says It Has No Plans for Another App Store — Verizon threw cold water Wednesday on a report that it was in talks to set up another app store. — The Information reported that Verizon was talking with would-be partners about a marketplace designed to rival the Google Play storefront.

More: Ubergizmo, CNET, ReadWrite, Droid Life, TechHive, Gigaom and 9to5Google

Tweets: @amir, @amir, @amir, @amir, @amir, @amir, @amir, @amir, @amir, @karlbode and @ldignan

Dan Seifert / The Verge:

Verizon to launch its own app store to compete with Google Play, claims report

More: The Information, FierceWireless, Light Reading, Liliputing, Android Authority, Pocketnow, DSLreports, SlashGear, Phandroid, Android Central, CITEworld, BGR, Engadget, TechnoBuffalo and Electronista. Tweets: @nateingraham

Nick Bilton / New York Times:

At Burning Man, the Tech Elite One-Up One Another — There are two disciplines in which Silicon Valley entrepreneurs excel above almost everyone else. The first is making exorbitant amounts of money. The second is pretending they don't care about that money.

More: The Huffington Post, Reno Gazette-Journal, KTVN-TV, SFWeekly and sfbg.com

Tweets: @galenmoore, @evelynrusli, @jadmouawad, @jyarow, @ceciliakang, @mattrosoff, @nerdgirl and @nitashatiku

Thanks:@nethistorypod

Mary Schlangenstein / Bloomberg:

UPS Store Computer Breach Put Customer Data at Risk — United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) said a breach of computer systems at UPS Store retail outlets may have exposed customers' personal and payment data at some locations this year. — Malware was found at 51 locations in 24 states …

More: New York Times, UPS, ZDNet, Reuters, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, SC Magazine and Wall Street Journal

AppleInsider:

Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac launches with OS X 10.10 Yosemite support, speed boosts, more — Parallels on Wednesday announced the release of Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac with built-in support for Apple's upcoming OS X 10.10 Yosemite, faster Windows app performance, better battery life and immediate availability for existing users.

More: Business Wire, Gizmodo, ZDNet, Ars Technica, 9to5Mac, Softpedia News, Macworld, The Mac Observer, MacDailyNews, iPhone in Canada Blog, iMore, AppleTell, Ubergizmo, iClarified, App Advice, PCR: Stream, MacRumors and Mashable

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:

Samsung's first Nook tablet arrives at Barnes & Noble today for $179 — Samsung is becoming Barnes & Noble's first partner to create a Nook-branded tablet today with the unveiling and release of the Galaxy Tab 4 Nook. The name is a mouthful, but it basically means that the tablet …

Terrence O'Brien / Engadget:

Hands-on with the Galaxy Tab 4 Nook: the same Samsung hardware with deep Nook integration

More: AppleInsider and 9to5Mac

TrustedSec:

Hackers used Heartbleed vulnerability to exploit 4.5M patient records at Community Health Systems — CHS Hacked via Heartbleed Vulnerability — As many of you may have already been aware, a breach at Community Health Systems (CHS) affecting an estimated 4.5 million patients was recently revealed.

More: Bloomberg, The Register, Reuters, TIME, theWHIR.com, Electronista, SecurityWeek, CSO Online Steve Ragan, Darknet, HealthITSecurity.com, Gigaom, Help Net Security, SC Magazine, CNNMoney.com, BBC, Mashable, Engadget, Inquirer and Softpedia News

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Uber Opens Its API With 11 Launch Partners, Including OpenTable, TripAdvisor, and United Airlines — We told you it was coming, and here it is: Last week, my colleague Josh Constine reported that Uber was preparing to release an API that would enable its on-demand ride-hailing service to be integrated into a number of third party apps.

More: Wall Street Journal, Re/code, Uber Blog, Gizmodo, Tnooz, Entrepreneur, AppleInsider, iPhone Hacks, The Daily Dot, iPhone in Canada Blog, AndroidHeadlines.com, GeekWire, 9to5Google, Engadget, TechHive, iMore, The Verge, The Next Web, MacNN, WebProNews, TIME and socalTECH.com

Tweets: @sama, @joshelman and @brit

Thanks:@anthonyha

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Service Marketplace Thumbtack Raises $100M Round Led By Google Capital — Thumbtack, a company that connects customers with local service providers, just announced that it has raised $100 million in new funding. — The round was led by Google Capital (the search giant's later-stage investment fund) …

More: New York Times, PR Newswire, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, PE Hub Blog, Business Insider, VentureBeat, Forbes, WebProNews and silicontap.com

Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet:

VMware buys CloudVolumes for real-time desktop app delivery — Summary: Buying the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company enables VMware to build real-time application delivery across all three of its technology focus areas. — Virtualization powerhouse VMware announced that it has acquired CloudVolumes …

More: Office of the CTO, VMware End-User Computing Blog, eWeek, Data Center Knowledge, ITworld.com, Virtualization Review and Gigaom

Marguerite Reardon / CNET:

AT&T to deliver 1Gbps broadband to Silicon Valley — AT&T announced Wednesday that Cupertino will be the first community in Silicon Valley that will get its U-verse with GigaPower 1Gbps broadband service. — AT&T — AT&T has announced the first city in Silicon Valley that will get its 1Gbps fiber service.

More: Engadget, Re/code, Mercury News, Wall Street Journal, Macworld, The Technology Chronicles, VoIP Watch, Bloomberg, App Advice, 9to5Mac, Electronista and FierceTelecom News

Laurie Burkitt / Wall Street Journal:

Amazon.com Coming to Shanghai's Free-Trade Zone — Move Would Allow Retailer to Sell More Merchandise From Abroad Within China — BEIJING— Amazon.com Inc. said it plans to set up operations in Shanghai's new free-trade zone, a major move that will allow it to sell more merchandise …

More: Reuters, SlashGear and TheStreet.com

Dan Primack / Fortune:

Chain raises $9.5 million to build Bitcoin development platform — Chain today is launching as a startup that hopes to become the definitive development platform for Bitcoin, whether the ultimate application relates to financial services or to some other sort of decentralized service.

More: New York Times, CoinDesk, Re/code, NEWSBTC and Wall Street Journal. Tweets: @rre

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:

IDC: Tablets with cellular voice capabilities are getting traction in Asia Pacific — Talking On Tablets On The Rise In Asia — The phone-sized tablet — aka the phablet — was born in Asia, so it's fitting that the region is now apparently driving a trend for talking on even larger slabs of glass and plastic.

More: IDC, ZDNet, PC World, The Next Web, Pocketnow, PC Magazine, BetaNews and Softpedia News

Siraj Datoo / BuzzFeed:

Twitter To Suspend Accounts Of Anyone Tweeting Graphic Images Of Journalist's Alleged Execution — A video emerged last night appearing to show photojournalist James Foley being beheaded by a member of ISIS. — Twitter CEO Dick Costolo announced in a tweet on Wednesday morning that any users …

More: Re/code, Mediaite and TechCrunch. Tweets: @dickc. See also Mediagazer

Yoree Koh / Wall Street Journal:

Twitter to Remove Images of the Deceased Upon Families' Request

More: Gigaom, PC World, BetaNews, CNET, The Register, SocialTimes, Engadget, Wired, Gizmodo, NationalJournal.com, Reuters, SlashGear, The Verge, ABC News, Neowin, Electronista and The Next Web. Tweets: @wexler. See also Mediagazer

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