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John Paczkowski / Re/code:

Apple veteran Steve Dowling chosen as Apple's interim head of PR, succeeding Katie Cotton — Code/red: Apple Taps Interim PR Boss — // HAPPENING TODAY — Rocket Internet's IPO, and it's not going well. — The 55th anniversary of the premiere of “The Twilight Zone.”

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Faryaab S. / SamMobile:

Early build of Android L with TouchWiz previewed on the Samsung Galaxy S5 — Exclusive Preview: Android L on Samsung Galaxy S5 — At Google I/O 2014, Google announced the next iteration of its Android operating system - Android L. As the operating system itself was still in early stages …

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Sébastien Page / iDownloadBlog.com:

Apple launches tool to check Activation Lock status; lets you see if an iPhone/iPad is stolen — Apple releases tool to check the Activation Lock status of iOS devices — Apple recently released a tool that lets anyone check the Activation Lock status of iOS devices.

Michal Lev-Ram / Fortune:

Apple expands employee benefits, increasing parental leave and educational reimbursements — Apple unveils new perks to attract talent — Apple employees are getting a few new perks today (and no, it's not free iPhone 6s). — On Thursday morning the companys head of HR, Denise Young Smith …

More: Mercury News, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Business Insider, MacNN, Cult of Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog and MacDailyNews

Todd Krabach / Facebook Developers:

Facebook officially launches its mobile Like Button for native iOS and Android apps — Mobile Like Button now Available to Everyone — On average, the Like and Share Buttons are viewed across almost 10 million websites daily. At f8 this year, we let developers preview the Like Button on iOS mobile devices.

More: AllFacebook, 9to5Google, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Inside Facebook, Gigaom, The Next Web, Android Central and WebProNews. Tweets: @kashhill

Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

Google threatened with $100M lawsuit for failure to remove nude images of hacked celebrities — Celebrities Threaten “Despicable” Google for “Facilitating” Hacked Nude Photos — In a letter that rips Google for acting “like the NFL” and turning a blind eye, a lawyer representing celebrities warns of consequences

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Vlad Savov / The Verge:

LG website referenced software development kit for an unannounced webOS SmartWatch — LG is working on a webOS SmartWatch — “LG SmartWatch gets more powerful with the new Web-centric platform” — The world's favorite abortive mobile operating system, webOS, refuses to go away quietly.

Mark Sullivan / VentureBeat:

Evernote announces a new web client, artificial intelligence, better presentations — SAN FRANCISCO — The connected note taking app company Evernote today announced that it has completely redesigned its web client for simplicity and creativity. — Previously, the web client had been thought …

More: TechCrunch, ZDNet, TechCrunch, CNET, Fortune, The Next Web, The Verge and Engadget

Nick Statt / CNET:

Microsoft may have named it Windows 10 to maintain compatibility with app software from '90s — Is this why Microsoft named it Windows 10? — Seemingly everyone on the Net has a theory as to why Microsoft skipped the name “Windows 9” and jumped to 10. Here's one explanation that actually makes sense.

More: Gizmodo, TechSpot, eWeek, PC World, Engadget, VentureBreak, InfoQ, WinBeta, Ubergizmo, Inquirer, Gizmodo UK, Tim Anderson's ITWriting and Neowin

Tweets: @stevesi and @anildash

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Google Reveals ‘The Physical Web,’ A Project To Make Internet Of Things Interaction App-Less — Google's Scott Jenson, an interaction and UX designer who left the company only to return to the Chrome team last November, has revealed a project underway at the company called The Physical Web to provide …

More: GitHub, Gigaom, The Next Web, VentureBeat and Seeking Alpha

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:

Pioneer finally brings CarPlay equipment to mass market, Spotify app update adds CarPlay support — The CarPlay situation has been murky. Since being announced in the spring, most manufacturers have been quiet on when CarPlay equipment will actually be available to purchase.

More: The Verge, ZDNet, Macworld, Engadget, MacRumors, TechnoBuffalo, AppleInsider, The Next Web, TUAW, iDownloadBlog.com, SlashGear, iMore, Gigaom, Neowin, Digital Trends and Electronista

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook Announces Stricter Guidelines For Research And Experiments On Its Users — After a study on whether emotional manipulation in the News Feed could make people sad turned into a PR disaster, Facebook has now set up a formal review process for pre-approving research on its users …

More: Facebook, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, PC World, Fortune, Re/code, The Next Web, Bloomberg, Gigaom, VentureBeat, The Verge and Washington Post

Dave Maass / Electronic Frontier Foundation:

Local police in US giving families free ComputerCop keylogging software in “Internet Safety” initiative — ComputerCOP: The Dubious ‘Internet Safety Software’ That Hundreds of Police Agencies Have Distributed to Families — ComputerCOP in Maricopa County, Arizona

More: Wired, PC Magazine, PandoDaily, Techdirt, Errata Security, U-T San Diego stories, Geek.com, Washington Post, Engadget, TechPresident, Help Net Security and CNET

Ellen Huet / Forbes:

After a hammer attack on a rider, some lawyers believe Uber could be held liable, despite its terms of service — Uber Rider Might Lose An Eye From Driver's Hammer Attack. Could Uber Be Held Liable? — Roberto Chicas, a 35-year-old San Francisco bartender, climbed into an UberX car around 2 …

More: Washington Post, CNBC and Valleywag

Tweets: @kashhill, @ellenhuet, @xor and @ellenhuet

Tim Moynihan / Wired:

Windows 10: A step back for the interface but a leap forward in strategy — Ambitious Windows 10 Is an Attack Disguised as a Retreat — From the early looks of Windows 10, it's a long-overdue concession to the fact that Windows users prefer the way things used to be.

More: Computerworld, Blogging Windows, Digital Trends, MSDN Blogs, Tech Times, TechCrunch, Geek.com, Shelly Palmer, destructoid and WinBeta

Tweets: @stevecla and @wired

Emily Steel / New York Times:

Netflix will finance four major feature films starring Adam Sandler to appear exclusively on Netflix — With Four New Adam Sandler Films, Netflix Takes Aim at Theaters — Netflix plans to announce on Thursday that it has struck a deal with the comedian Adam Sandler to produce and star …

More: The Verge, Netflix, TechCrunch, Variety, CNET, Gigaom, Re/code, PC World, Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap, NPR, Forbes, The Verge and Engadget. See also Mediagazer

iClarified:

iPhone 6+ with 802.11ac shows substantial speed improvements over iPhone 5s's 802.11n — iPhone Wi-Fi Speed Test: 802.11ac iPhone 6 Plus vs. 802.11n iPhone 5s [Video] — We've posted a new video test comparing the Wi-Fi speeds of the 802.11ac iPhone 6 Plus versus the 802.11n iPhone 5s.

More: MacRumors, Patently Apple and TUAW

Rich McCormick / The Verge:

Intel responds to pressure from anti-feminist campaign #GamerGate, pulling ads from Gamasutra — Intel buckles to anti-feminist campaign by pulling ads from gaming site — #GamerGate supporters try to silence calls for video game equality — Intel has pulled an advertising campaign …

More: Re/code, Computer Business Review, Ars Technica and Boing Boing. See also Mediagazer

James Temple / Re/code:

Fertility app maker Glow raises $17M Series B led by Formation 8 — Glow Raises $17 Million, Offers More Evidence That the App Helps Women Conceive — Glow, which develops apps designed to help women manage their reproductive health, has raised $17 million in a Series B round …

More: StrictlyVC, MedCity News, PE Hub Blog, VentureBeat and TechCrunch. Tweets: @kashhill

Dell Cameron / The Daily Dot:

While operating as an FBI informant, LulzSec's Sabu led attacks against targets in 30 countries including UK, Australia, Brazil — An FBI informant led hacks against 30 countries—now we know which ones — A Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) informant targeted more than two dozen countries …

Liz Gannes / Re/code:

Kickstarter co-founder Perry Chen launches “Dollar a Day” email newsletter: subscribers donate $1 per day to featured nonprofits — Kickstarter Founder's Next Project Will Crowdfund Nonprofits With a Dollar a Day — Perry Chen, co-founder and former CEO of the seminal …

More: PC Magazine, Gigaom, Shelly Palmer, TechCrunch, Crowdfund Insider, Digital Trends, Boing Boing, Laughing Squid and Yahoo Tech. Tweets: @bryce

Signe Brewster / Gigaom:

Heads up display startup Navdy nabs $6.5 million in seed funding to bring its GPS system to cars — Navdy will use the money to build its staff and prepare to manufacture the GPS and mobile phone notification device for shipment early next year. — Navdy, a San Francisco startup planning …

More: PE Hub Blog, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Crowdfund Insider, Re/code, Entrepreneur and silicontap.com

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