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October 8, 2014, 1:14 PM

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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

'It's been way too long': Apple sends out invites for Thursday, October 16th iPad & Mac event — It's happening: Apple has just announced a keynote address for Thursday, October 16th to take place at the Town Hall auditorium on its Infinite Loop Campus in Cupertino, California.

Bethany McLean / Vanity Fair:

Can C.E.O. Satya Nadella Save Microsoft? — The Empire Reboots — Over the last decade, as the biggest force in tech history hurtled toward irrelevance (albeit lucratively), a few blamed Microsoft' s woes on founder Bill Gates, while most pointed to his successor as C.E.O., Steve Ballmer.

More: CITEworld, Business Insider, SmoothSpan Blog and GeekWire

Tweets: @nickwingfield, @howardlindzon and @jyarow

Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal:

Apple says it was surprised by the bankruptcy filing of sapphire supplier GT Advanced; sources say GT didn't meet Apple's technical milestones — Apple Surprised by Sapphire Partner GT Advanced's Bankruptcy Filing — iPhone Maker Says It Will Work With State and Local Officials to Consider Next Steps

More: Wall Street Journal, AppleInsider, BGR, 9to5Mac, iMore, TheStreet.com, App Advice, iPhone in Canada Blog and Forbes

Bloomberg:

Symantec Said to Explore Split Into Security, Storage Cos — Symantec Corp. is exploring a breakup, according to people with knowledge of the matter, joining other large technology companies that are trying to make their businesses more focused and nimble. — The Mountain View …

More: Tech Trader Daily, PC Magazine, CNET, TechSpot, bizjournals, Network World, Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat, TheStreet.com, Fortune, Seeking Alpha and Reuters. Tweets: @dinabass

Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:

Confirmed: Truecaller Scores $60 Million In Series C From KPCB, Atomico, And Sequoia — Truecaller has just announced the raise of a $60 million in Series C led by Atomico, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and Sequoia Capital. — As you might have noticed, TechCrunch's Ingrid Lunden tracked …

More: TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Re/code, Wall Street Journal, Gigaom, Bloomberg, New York Times and PE Hub Blog

Ernesto / TorrentFreak:

Google Adds Custom Pirate Bay Search With Autocomplete — The entertainment industries have gone head to head with Google in recent months, demanding tougher anti-piracy measures from the search engine. — According to the RIAA, MPAA and others, Google is making it too easy for its users to find pirated content.

More: Search Engine Watch, Gizmodo and Lifehacker. Tweets: @terrencehart

CNET:

Marc Andreessen on Zuckerberg, Twitter, Apple Watch, bitcoin, PayPal spinning off, and Snowden — Zuckerberg is world's best CEO, Twitter the eighth wonder, says Marc Andreessen — The venture capitalist has been tweeting up a storm, sharing his thoughts on everything from startups to activist shareholders.

More: Business Insider, Business Insider and bizjournals. Tweets: @stshank. Thanks:@srikardr

Amy Schatz / Re/code:

AT&T Pays $105 Million to Settle Mobile Cramming Charges — AT&T agreed to pay $105 million to settle claims that it allowed third-party companies to bill subscribers for millions of dollars in unauthorized charges, federal and state law enforcement officials announced Wednesday.

More: CNNMoney.com, National Journal, DSLreports, The Verge, VentureBeat, The Hill, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Federal Trade Commission, Broadcasting & Cable and Consumerist

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook's Josh Miller Confirms He's Built Something, But It's Not Just About Anonymity — In response to the New York Times' report that he's leading a team working on an anonymous forum app for Facebook, product manager Josh Miller posted a tweetstorm saying apps need to serve a function …

More: Macworld, SiliconANGLE and Inquirer. Tweets: @joshm

Killian Bell / Cult of Mac:

iOS 8.1 blocks ‘date trick’ loophole that allows emulators on iPhone and iPad — A neat trick that allows old console emulators and other unapproved apps to be installed on iOS devices without jailbreaking is set to be wiped out with iOS 8.1. Apple has finally taken action against the …

More: The Pocket Gamer Podcast, GBA4iOS Blog, Gizmodo, Mashable, BGR and Touch Arcade

Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch:

Product Hunt Gets $6.1 Million Series A Funding From A16Z And Alexis Ohanian — Product Hunt, a community board where people can up vote tech products, officially announced the raise of $6.1 million in a Series A today, led by Andreessen Horowitz. Y Combinator partner and Reddit co-founder …

More: GeekWire, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, Gigaom, VentureBeat, The Next Web, BuzzFeed, Andreessen Horowitz, Business Insider, PE Hub Blog and silicontap.com

Tweets: @alexisohanian, @eriktorenberg, @jonnotie and @stevesi

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:

Review: CarPlay has promise, but the road to perfection is long — With Pioneer now offering aftermarket CarPlay support through their existing NEX displays, I got the chance to finally test drive CarPlay (without having to buy a new car) and see how Apple's driving-optimized iPhone experience performs on the road.

Thanks:@jordankahn

Kurt Wagner / Re/code:

New Google+ Head David Besbris: We're Here for the Long Haul (Q&A) — Google+ isn't dying anytime soon, says Google's new head of social media David Besbris. — Of course, you'd expect the person in charge of the social network to say so, despite the fact that it's hard to ignore the chatter …

More: The Verge, Guardian, Gigaom Research, MobileSyrup.com, BGR, Marketing Land, Tech Times, Electronista, Ars Technica, Business Insider and WebProNews

Tweets: @alexia, @whatthebit, @joshconstine and @caseynewton

Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:

Google mobile app can now surface your past and upcoming bills from your Gmail account — Google today updated its main Android and iOS with support for surfacing past and upcoming bills. If you have the payment due date and amount in your Gmail account, the Google mobile app will find it.

More: The Information, Wall Street Journal, Google, 9to5Google, PC World, Search Engine Land, Lifehacker, AndroidGuys, BGR and Ubergizmo. Thanks:@epro

Patrick Hoge / San Francisco Business Times:

SF's new “Airbnb law” officially permits short term rentals, with restrictions, starting Feb 2015 — San Francisco Supervisors give okay to Airbnb legalization ordinance — Acknowledging that the “genie is out of the bottle,” the San Francisco Board of Supervisors gave initial approval …

More: TechCrunch, San Francisco Chronicle, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Mashable, The Verge, Engadget, CBS San Francisco, Valleywag and San Francisco Examiner …

Ron Miller / TechCrunch:

Salesforce Introduces Interactive Mobile Customer Service And Gives Core CRM A Makeover — Dreamforce, Salesforce.com's conference extravaganza, is coming next week, and Salesforce has some big announcements ahead of their showcase starting with an update to their core CRM product …

More: SiliconANGLE, ZDNet, Nymi, CIO Today, TechRadar.com, VentureBeat, ZDNet and Techworld. Thanks:@ashleymcarlson

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft Xim turns iOS, Android, and Windows phones into a multi-screen slideshow — Microsoft's many research teams dream up fantastic concepts on a regular basis, but what you rarely see is an end product direct from the research labs. Microsoft Xim is launching today …

More: Windows Phone, Gizmodo, ZDNet, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Gigaom and Phones Review

Roberto Baldwin / The Next Web:

Hacker News launches API with near real-time access to site's data — When you have a site called Hacker News that's a destination for developers, startups and anyone interested in the startup world, it only only makes sense to have an API. — Today the Y Combinator run Hacker News site announced …

More: Y Combinator Posthaven and GitHub

Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider:

AAA study: hands-free Siri more distracting while driving than other voice-control systems — AAA says Apple's Siri causes potentially dangerous driver distractions — According to a new study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, hands- and eyes-free infotainment and smartphone control systems …

More: AAA, Guardian, ReadWrite, MacRumors, Tech Times, Business Insider, Marketing Land, iDownloadBlog.com, Ubergizmo, Fortune, Ars Technica, CNET, Los Angeles Times, Electronista, 9to5Mac, BGR, New York Times, Cult of Mac and Wall Street Journal. Tweets: @dannysullivan

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