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Juli Clover / MacRumors:

Walgreens Planning for October 18 Apple Pay Launch — An internal memo addressed to Walgreens employees designed to prepare them for the upcoming launch of Apple Pay suggests that Apple's new payments service might be going live on Saturday, October 18. — A Saturday launch is unusual …

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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple Pay setup detailed & retailers begin training as service launches at Apple HQ — The launch of Apple Pay, Apple's NFC and Touch ID-based mobile payment solution, is upon us. Apple has begun preparing for the launch by kicking off Apple Pay training programs for its own group …

Jon Fingas / Engadget:

Google trial lets you chat with doctors when you search for symptoms — Searching the web for symptoms of illness can be dangerous — you could identify a real condition, but you also risk scaring yourself for no reason through a misdiagnosis. Google might have a solution that puts your mind at ease, though.

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Eric Enge / Stone Temple Consulting:

Google Now comes way ahead of Siri and Cortana in a 3K+ voice knowledge-query test — The Great Knowledge Box Showdown: Google Now vs. Siri vs. Cortana — Google's Knowledge Graph has been the center of much attention lately. We have been hearing a lot about another concept called the Knowledge Vault as well.

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Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:

Patent trolling pays: Since 2010, trolls have made 3 times as much money in court as real companies — Two charts show how, even though patent trolls have lost recent battles, they are still winning the war. — Who deserves more money from a jury: a company that uses its patents to sue a competitor using its technology?

More: Goodwin Procter LLP

Stephen Totilo / Kotaku:

A woman game developer critical of #GamerGate flees home after death threats — Another Woman In Gaming Flees Home Following Death Threats — Game developer Brianna Wu fled her home last night, following what is becoming a distressingly frequent case of women in the gaming scene expressing fears …

More: VentureBeat, we hunted the mammoth, destructoid, Gamasutra, The Verge, Business Insider, The Huffington Post, Re/code, Polygon, Boing Boing, Gameranx and Gawker

Tweets: @spacekatgal, @spacekatgal and @femfreq

The Atlantic Online:

How social media firms struggle to balance free speech and safety as women face threats and harassment online

Tweets: @carolkernahan, @codinghorror, @half, @jessicagolds, @harper, @schemaly, @cindygallop, @harvard_press, @ma_franks, @mattbish, @cindygallop and @adriarichards

Jason Hahn / Digital Trends:

Samsung announces 60 GHz 802.11ad Wi-Fi technology that increases max transmission speeds from 866 Mbps to 4.6 Gbps, expects first products in 2015 — Samsung has found a way to boost Wi-Fi speeds fivefold — When it comes to Wi-Fi technology, it's a tale of two speeds: the theoretical and the actual.

More: Samsung Tomorrow, SamMobile and Bloomberg

What's the Fare:

Even with dynamic pricing, a ride-sharing app will usually beat taxis on price in SF, LA, NYC — It Pays to Compare — A few weeks ago we built What's The Fare as a personal side project because it was frustrating to switch between multiple apps to check current pricing and to estimate fares.

More: PC Magazine. Tweets: @dorianemouret, @r0h1n and @hunterwalk

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:

3.8M Raspberry Pis sold to date — Raspberry Pi Microcomputer Still Selling Like Hot Cakes — The UK designed Raspberry Pi microcomputer, which has triggered all sorts of creative single board computing projects — most recently being repurposed as the heart of a DIY computer designed …

Kunal Gangar / Sammy Hub:

Samsung US offers two-year coverage against failure, accidental damage to Galaxy S4/5, Note 3/4, starting at $99 — Samsung USA introduces Protection Plus Mobile Elite for Galaxy S, Galaxy Note devices — Samsung has announced a new warranty program for Americans that will protect their devices from any untoward damages.

More: SamMobile, Pocketnow, Android Police, Ubergizmo, Phandroid, ZDNet, Android Central, 9to5Google, AndroidHeadlines.com and Digital Trends

Reuters:

French bank BPCE teams with Twitter to offer person-to-person money transfer via tweets — French bank, Twitter team up for money transfers via tweets — (Reuters) - One of France's largest banks is teaming up with social network Twitter Inc. (TWTR.N) this week to allow its customers to transfer money via tweets.

Tweets: @jtemple

Glenn Peoples / Billboard:

Rdio parent Pulser Media sold $108M worth of equity, warrants or options in cash and non-cash transactions over the last 13 months — Rdio Gets $108 Million in Equity Over 2 Years According to New Filings — Pulser Media, the parent company of Rdio, sold equity, warrants or options worth $108 million …

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