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October 14, 2014, 3:30 PM

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Anton Mityagin / The Dropbox Blog:
Dropbox wasn't hacked  —  Recent news articles claiming that Dropbox was hacked aren't true.  Your stuff is safe.  The usernames and passwords referenced in these articles were stolen from unrelated services, not Dropbox.  Attackers then used these stolen credentials to try to log in to sites across the internet, including Dropbox.
Owen Williams / The Next Web:
Dropbox denies alleged 7M account hack, says expired logins were stolen from third-party services  —  [Update] Hundreds of Dropbox passwords leaked online but Dropbox denies it was hacked  —  A thread surfaced on Reddit today that contained links to files containing hundreds of usernames …
The Official Google Blog:
Google Shopping Express rebrands as Google Express, adds more merchants, expands to Chicago, Boston, and Washington DC  —  Google Express: more cities, more stores and a new name  —  One year ago, the first Google Shopping Express order was delivered—a box of granola.
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Skype launches mobile video chat app Qik with clips that disappear after two weeks  —  Skype today launched Skype Qik (pronounced “quick"), a new video messaging app meant to be used alongside the main Skype app.  The new mobile-only app is launching simultaneously on Android, iOS, and Windows Phone.
Stacey Higginbotham / Gigaom:
August launches $250 smart lock that lets you use iOS/Android smartphones for local and remote access  —  August is a fancy lock that could make you ditch your keys  —  The August smart lock ships Tuesday, and for those wondering if you should spend $250 for a connected lock, the answer is yes.
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Revealed: ISPs Already Violating Net Neutrality To Block Encryption And Make Everyone Less Safe Online  —  One of the most frequent refrains from the big broadband players and their friends who are fighting against net neutrality rules is that there's no evidence that ISPs have been abusing …
Brian Fung / Washington Post:
Aereo to the FCC: Let us join the cable companies we tried to replace  —  Aereo's service uses thousands of tiny antennas to help it stay within the bounds of copyright law.  (Aereo)  —  It's been weeks since we last heard from Aereo, the shuttered streaming video service that lost big at the Supreme Court this summer.
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Macworld/iWorld conference going on hiatus, no event in 2015  —  Macworld has announced that its Macworld/iWorld conference is going on hiatus and no show will take place in 2015.  The show was previously planned to take place in March, which was a bit later than the typical January/February timeframe.
Kim Zetter / Wired:
Russian hackers used Windows zero-day vulnerability to target NATO, Ukraine and EU since 2009  —  Russia's ‘Sandworm’ Hack Has Been Spying on Foreign Governments for Years  —  A cyberespionage campaign believed to be based in Russia has been targeting government leaders and institutions …
John Cook / GeekWire:
AWS migration service 2nd Watch lands $10 million, names new CEO  —  2nd Watch, which helps companies move applications onto Amazon Web Services, has raised $10 million in fresh funding from Top Tier Capital, Madrona Venture Group and Columbia Capital.  It also named Doug Schneider as CEO …
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
24 Percent of Millennials Say They're Not Paying for TV  —  If you're a TV programmer, you're very worried about the recent erosion in TV ratings, which have hit networks across the board this year.  The best-case scenario: People are still watching your shows, but they're watching them in ways …

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