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October 2, 2014, 9:10 PM

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New York Times:

JPMorgan Chase Says More Than 76 Million Households Were Compromised in Cyberattack — A cyberattack this summer on JPMorgan Chase compromised more than 76 million household accounts and seven million small-business accounts, making it among the largest corporate hacks ever discovered.

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 …

More: IntoMobile, Gizmodo, Gigaom, Electronista, SlashGear, Gotta Be Mobile, PC World, Pocketnow, Droid Life, Ubergizmo, Geek.com, TechnoBuffalo, Phandroid, Phones Review, BGR, 9to5Google, Android and Me, Engadget and MobileSyrup.com. Tweets: @markgurman

Andy Greenberg / Wired:

Security researchers publicly release code to Github for “practically unpatchable” exploit BadUSB — The Unpatchable Malware That Infects USBs Is Now on the Loose — It's been just two months since researcher Karsten Nohl demonstrated an attack he called BadUSB to a standing-room …

More: GitHub, Engadget, The Verge, Gizmodo, SecurityWeek and Electronista

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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: Marketing Land, BetaNews, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, 9to5Google, Inside Facebook, The Next Web, AllFacebook, Android Central and Gigaom

Yoni Heisler / TUAW:

An in-depth look at Apple Pay, and why it could be the safest way to make a credit card payment — Apple Pay: An in-depth look at what's behind the secure payment system — With Apple Pay slated to go live later this month, one can soon expect to see an avalanche of fear mongering from pundits who …

More: Starpoint Blog and MacDailyNews

Michal Lev-Ram / Fortune:

Apple expands benefits for both part-time and full-time employees, including educational assistance, longer maternity leave — Apple unveils new perks to attract talent — Apple employees are getting a few new perks today (and no, it's not free iPhone 6s).

More: BGR, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Cult of Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacNN, MacRumors, Business Insider, MacDailyNews and App Advice. Tweets: @samfbiddle

Bloomberg:

France's Iliad Said to Plan Bid for Bigger T-Mobile Stake — Iliad SA (ILD) is planning to bid for a bigger stake in Deutsche Telekom AG's U.S. unit than it sought in July, as the French telecom carrier approaches a self-imposed deadline to reach a deal, people familiar with the matter said.

More: GeekWire, Reuters, TheStreet.com, Wireless Week, Reuters, SlashGear, CNET and Windows Phone Central

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.

Logan Whiteside / CNNMoney.com:

Schmidt: Google's systems “far more secure and encrypted than anyone else, including Apple” — Google: Tim Cook is wrong about us — Apple got it wrong — Google is the safest place on the Web, the search giant's chairman says. — “We have always been the leader in security and encryption …

More: 9to5Mac and Business Insider

Owen Thomas / ReadWrite:

Apple's Health app is useless, dependent on other apps to gather data — Apple's Health App Is An Embarrassment — ReadWriteBody is an ongoing series where ReadWrite covers networked fitness and the quantified self. — You know those super-awkward “before” shots with a fat guy holding …

More: VentureBeat, blog.human.co and Medium

Tweets: @danmunro and @owenthomas

Mark Sullivan / VentureBeat:

Evernote announces a new web client, unveils enterprise productivity platform ‘Work Chat’ — 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 …

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Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Apple Asks the Music Labels for a Price Cut on Streaming Subscriptions — There are lots of music subscription services that let people listen to all the songs they want for $10 a month. — Apple thinks that price is too high. — Sources say Apple is talking to the big music labels …

More: 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Business Insider and Ubergizmo

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, New York Times, New World Notes, Boing Boing, Slate, Computer Business Review, Ars Technica, The Mary Sue, Flavorwire and GamesIndustry.biz. Tweets: @gamasutra. See also Mediagazer

Josh Ong / The Next Web:

Twitter for Mac gets long-overdue update adding multi-photo viewing and DM photos — Twitter for Mac has received a rare update that adds months-old features, such as support for viewing and posting multiple photos in a single tweet and attaching pictures to a direct message, to the app.

More: MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Macworld, Cult of Mac, Ubergizmo, TechCrunch and SlashGear

Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

Celebrities Threaten Google With $100 Million Lawsuit 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 — Marty Singer, representing over a dozen celebrities whose iCloud accounts …

More: Page Six, PC Magazine, Financial Times, Guardian, TechSpot, Business Insider, Techdirt, Search Engine Land, SiliconBeat, Gigaom, Plagiarism Today and SlashGear. See also Mediagazer

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.

More: Electronista, The Next Web, Wearable World News, Phandroid, TechSpot, TechnoBuffalo, PC World, Gigaom, DailyTech, CNET, Re/code, Inquirer, Pocketnow, SlashGear, Gizmodo, MobileSyrup.com, Ubergizmo, Engadget, Android Police and Android Central. Tweets: @backlon

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: @stevesi and @kashhill

Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:

Deezer launches US partnership with Bose, at $5/month with lower quality audio than Sonos deal — Deezer launches in the U.S., again, this time partnering with Bose — Deezer is launching another paid tier of its streaming service in the U.S., this time through an exclusive partnership with Deezer.

More: Engadget, Gizmodo, CNET, TechSpot, The Verge, VentureBeat, Billboard and AllAccess.com

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Design Firm Adaptive Path Acquired By Capital One — Adaptive Path, a San Francisco-based design and user experience consultancy, has been acquired by financial firm Capital One. — That's not the most obvious acquirer, but in his announcement, Adaptive Path co-founder …

More: Adaptive Path and The Next Web

Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:

Hulu makes peace with Apple's 30 percent cut, enables in-app billing in latest iPhone update — Hulu is giving Apple 30 percent of its Hulu Plus subscription fee for new users that sign up through the just-relaunched iPhone app. The company's business model may help with this significant bounty.

More: MacRumors, iMore and Hulu Blog

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

Tweets: @themadhacker and @anildash

Josh Ong / The Next Web:

Waze announces Connected Citizens program to share data with local governments worldwide — Google's Waze announces government data exchange program with 10 initial partners — Waze today announced “Connected Citizens,” a new government partnership program that will see both parties exchange data …

More: Electronista and ZDNet

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, PC World, Marketing Land, Guardian, Computerworld, SiliconANGLE, Bloomberg, Washington Post, Fortune, Gigaom, The Verge and VentureBeat

Tweets: @joshconstine and @kashhill

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Play Newsstand app on Android updated with Material Design, improved magazine UI on phones — Google's Play Newsstand App Makes Reading Print Magazines On Phones Easier — Google's Play Newsstand app lets you read news from free and paid sources ranging from blogs and newspapers to The New Yorker and everything in between.

More: Official Android Blog, Droid Life, Engadget, PC World, 9to5Google, Android Police, Android Central, The Next Web and The Verge

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