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October 18, 2014, 12:15 PM

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Snapchat:

Snapchat will show one untargeted ad in “Recent Updates” of US users this weekend, says it would be “totally rude” to put ads in personal communications — Advertising on Snapchat — This weekend we're placing an advertisement in “Recent Updates” for Snapchatters in the United States.

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Reuters:

NSA's current CTO allowed to work 20 hours per week for former director Keith Alexander's cybersecurity startup — Exclusive: NSA reviewing deal between official, ex-spy agency head — (Reuters) - The U.S. National Security Agency has launched an internal review of a senior official's part …

More: The Hill. Tweets: @aaronwall, @emptywheel, @dangillmor, @csoghoian and @timothys

Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:

FBI director: Tech companies should be required to make devices wiretap-friendly — FBI Director James B. Comey on Thursday called for the law to be changed to require technology companies to provide investigators with a way to gain access to encrypted communications, warning that without reform …

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

iFixit Tears Down New Retina iMac, Internal Layout Largely the Same as Prior Generation — Though the new iMac with 5K Retina display was just released yesterday, iFixit has already acquired and disassembled one of the new machines, giving us a look at what's underneath the iMac's ultra thin display.

More: iFixit, iMore, Cult of Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, SlashGear, Gizmodo, Engadget, The Next Web, AppleInsider and 9to5Mac

Paul Sawers / The Next Web:

Flickr launches iPad app exclusively for iOS 8 — Flickr finally launches for iPad — Good news for Flickr users today - the Yahoo-owned photo-storage and sharing app has finally been optimized for iPad, though it will only work for those running iOS 8.

More: Yahoo, Flickr Blog, VentureBeat, iMore and Engadget

Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:

Inside Pinterest: The Coming Ad Colossus That Could Dwarf Twitter And Facebook — The Cannes Lions advertising festival has become as big among the Madison Avenue crowd as the Riviera town's iconic film event is for Hollywood. So as Steve Stoute nursed a drink with a friend …

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Liam Spradlin / Android Police:

Google stops taking Nexus Player preorders in US Play Store due to lack of FCC certification — Google's Nexus Player Hasn't Passed FCC Certification Yet, ‘Out Of Inventory’ On The US Play Store — Today was an extremely exciting day for Android fans. Besides brand new Lollipop preview images coming …

More: SlashGear, Gizmodo and 9to5Google

Kim Zetter / Wired:

Cops Need a Warrant to Grab Your Cell Tower Data, Florida Court Rules — Americans may have a Florida drug dealer to thank for expanding our right to privacy. — Police departments around the country have been collecting phone metadata from telecoms and using a sophisticated spy tool …

More: SlashGear and Washington Post

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Samsung now offering 11.6-inch Chromebook 2 with Intel Celeron processor, 2GB RAM for $250 — Samsung's Chromebook 2 can now be purchased with Intel inside for $250 — When Samsung released its Chromebook 2 earlier this year, it shipped with the company's own Exynos 5 Octa chipset.

More: ZDNet, Engadget, The Tech Report, CNET, TechnoBuffalo, ITworld.com, TechSpot, AndroidHeadlines.com, Gizmodo, Android Central, Computerworld and 9to5Google

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:

Bose headphones and speakers no longer available from Apple Online Store — It was reported last week that Apple would soon stop selling Bose headphones and speakers at its Apple Store locations. Previously, a variety of Bose headphones and speakers were demoed at each Apple Store location and available for purchase there and online.

More: The Register, The Verge, Redmond Pie, PhoneArena, TechnoBuffalo, Re/code, Ubergizmo, Gizmodo, Business Insider, App Advice, Consumerist, Electronista and TIME

Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal:

Google's VP of engineering for Android is now also overseeing Chrome OS's engineering team, pointing to a possible convergence of the OSes — Executive Change Is Latest Hint of Chrome-Android Marriage — A management shift inside Google points to the possibility that the company's two operating systems will come together.

More: ZDNet, PC World, Tech Times, CNET, SiliconANGLE, Electronista, 9to5Google, SlashGear, Android Police, The Verge, Engadget and Re/code

Tweets: @wsjd and @scottthurm

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Tumblr launches a free, Yosemite-exclusive desktop app, available in the Mac App Store — Tumblr Debuts Its First Desktop App On The Mac App Store — On the heels of the release of Apple's new Mac OS, OS X Yosemite, blogging platform Tumblr has just rolled out its first official desktop application …

More: iMore, Tumblr Staff, VentureBeat, AppleInsider, TechnoBuffalo, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, SlashGear, Gizmodo, App Advice, Engadget and The Next Web

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