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October 10, 2014, 1:35 PM

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James Cook / Business Insider:
Hackers access hundreds of thousands of user photos via third party Snapchat client  —  Hackers Access At Least 100,000 Snapchat Photos And Prepare To Leak Them, Including Underage Nude Pictures  —  A giant database of intercepted Snapchat photos and videos has been released by hackers who have been collecting the files for years.
Ruth Reader / VentureBeat:
Snapchat blames users of ‘illegal third-party apps’ for nude photo hack  —  Last night a slew of nude pictures started showing up on 4chan.  Not terribly unusual, except these were images purportedly snagged from hundreds of thousands of Snapchat users.  —  The event has been dubbed …
Kelly Hodgkins / MacRumors:
Apple Reportedly Preparing to Remove Bose Audio Products From Retail Stores  —  Apple is preparing to remove all Bose audio products, both demo and sellable, from its retail environment, according to a reliable source who spoke to MacRumors.  The inventory change will begin early next week …
Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Women Pay Gaffe: “I Answered That Question Completely Wrong.”  —  After making an unfortunate gender-related gaffe onstage at a women's tech event today, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella issued a memo to employees apologizing for comparing pay issues for women to “karma.”
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Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal:
Google plans to release its largest smartphone this month, a 5.9" Nexus code-named Shamu  —  Google Hopes Whale of a Phone Will Make Splash in Phablet Market  —  Google this month expects to release its largest smartphone, intensifying competition in the fast-growing market …
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Jony Ive: companies that copy Apple's style are stealing  —  It's not flattery — it's theft, Apple's head of design says  —  When Jony Ive sees designs from other companies that closely mimic Apple's, he isn't flattered.  Apple's head of design told the audience at the Vanity Fair …
Chris Welch / The Verge:
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Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Apple will stream its October 16 event, featuring new iPads and Macs  —  Apple has confirmed on its website that the October event will be streamed.  The URL is ‘apple.com/live’, so it seems that Apple is using the same video/blog platform that it first used for the iPhone 6/Apple Watch event in September.
Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon in Talks to Join Digital Locker for Movies  —  E-Commerce Giant Might Come on Board With Studios' Cloud-Access System  —  Amazon.com Inc. is in talks with at least three studios to join the Ultraviolet digital-movie “locker” consortium, according to several people with knowledge of the situation.
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Damon Lavrinc / Jalopnik:
Tesla Model S Auto Pilot Does Lane Changes For You  —  The “something else” at tonight's Tesla even is Auto Pilot, a new system that combines a forward facing camera and 12 sensors that see 16 feet in every direction and provide a 360-degree view the surroundings.
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Amazon says original series Transparent breaks Prime Instant records, orders second season  —  Amazon says ‘Transparent’ is a hit, and season two is on the way  —  Amazon is finally having its Netflix moment  —  Since it first made a move into original programming, Amazon has tried …
Lucian Constantin / Computerworld:
New version of Android Selfmite SMS worm spreads to 16 countries, sends 150K+ messages in 10 days  —  Android SMS worm Selfmite is back, more aggressive than ever  —  A new version of an Android worm called Selfmite has the potential to ramp up huge SMS charges for victims in its attempt to spread to as many devices as possible.
Yuliya Chernova / Wall Street Journal:
More Big Venture-Backed Companies Shun IPOs, For Now  —  Number of Such Firms Valued at $1 Billion-Plus Hits a Record as Many Are Able to Get Funding Privately  —  The market for initial public offerings is booming, and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. made the largest-ever stock-market debut last month amid much fanfare.
Patrick Hoge / San Francisco Business Times:
Uber and Lyft both get an “F” from the Better Business Bureau; so does Yellow Cab  —  Uber Technologies has received an “F” — the lowest possible grade — from the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern Coastal California Better Business Bureau as a result of a pattern of complaints …
Nancy Gohring / CITEworld:
Zoho's new product CRM Plus integrates eight products, costs $50 per user each month  —  Zoho aims for improved information sharing with integrated suite  —  Zoho is integrating its suite of products in hopes of delivering a service for sales people that matches and in some cases beats market leader Salesforce.com.

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