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October 21, 2014, 6:30 PM

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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Yahoo Beats In Q3 With Revenue Of $1.09B, EPS Of $0.52 — With all eyes on what Yahoo will do with its $5 billion+ in Alibaba cash, Yahoo today reported its Q3 earnings after the close of trading, with sales of $1.09 billion excluding traffic acquisition costs and non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.52.

More: Yahoo! Inc,, Business Insider, ABC News, CNET, Mercury News, Associated Press, Re/code, Tech Trader Daily, VentureBeat, Forbes, Bloomberg, WebProNews, Fortune and bizjournals. See also Mediagazer

Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal:

Yahoo Reveals Mobile Sales for First Time: $200 Million, 17% of Total — Yahoo is finally turning mobile apps into a moneymaking business. — The company revealed for the first time the size of its mobile business, reporting that ads on mobile devices generated more than $200 million …

More: AdExchanger, Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Financial Times and Seeking Alpha. Tweets: @dmac1

Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:

Staples investigating credit card breach at its retail stores after multiple banks report fraud — Banks: Credit Card Breach at Staples Stores — Multiple banks say they have identified a pattern of credit and debit card fraud suggesting that several Staples Inc. office supply locations …

More: BGR, VentureBeat, Re/code, Fortune, Ars Technica, New York Times, Computerworld, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, BBC, Ubergizmo, ABC News, internetretailer.com, The Daily Caller, ZDNet, Help Net Security, Inquirer, Forbes, CNET, SC Magazine, The Register, Electronista, TIME and Benzinga. Tweets: @lessien

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft Lumia to replace Nokia brand, starting in France, global rollout in the coming weeks — Microsoft Lumia will replace the Nokia brand — Microsoft started dropping hints about its plans to kill off the Nokia and Windows Phone brands last month, and now the company is ready to make it official.

More: Re/code, TechCrunch, Electronista, TechSpot, InfoWorld, WMPoweruser, Ubergizmo, MobileSyrup.com, TechnoBuffalo, FierceWireless, SuperSite for Windows, WinBeta, Pocketnow, Windows Phone Central, The Next Web and Business Insider

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Google Acquires Firebase To Help Developers Build Better Real-Time Apps — Google today announced that it has acquired Firebase, a backend service that helps developers build realtime apps for iOS, Android and the web that can store and sync data instantly.

More: Firebase, Google Cloud Platform Blog, Gigaom, VatorNews, 9to5Google, The Next Web, VentureBeat and CNET

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with a Notification Center — Microsoft released its first Windows 10 Technical Preview just three weeks ago and the software maker is now ready to issue a fresh update. If you're already testing Windows 10 then a new preview build (9860) …

More: Blogging Windows, BGR, BetaNews, GeekWire, CNET, PC World, ZDNet, VentureBeat, The Next Web, Electronista, Gotta Be Mobile, SuperSite for Windows, WinBeta, Neowin, Windows Phone Central and Windows Phone Central

Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:

Sexist French Uber Promotion Pairs Riders With “Hot Chick” Drivers — “Who said women don't know how to drive?” the Uber blog post asks. The post was deleted after an inquiry from BuzzFeed News. — Yesterday, Uber's Lyon office unveiled a new promotion with an app called “Avions de Chasse.”

More: The Daily Caller

Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

Nexus 6 hands-on: supersized, even by today's standards, with much improved camera — The Nexus 6: hands-on with Google's phablet — After watching Apple unapologetically release the gigantic iPhone 6 Plus and Samsung release the fourth iteration of its massive Galaxy Note …

More: TechCrunch, 9to5Google and Phandroid

Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

Nexus 9 hands-on: premium feel, impressive screen quality, but unlikely to challenge iPad

More: TechCrunch, PCMag Australia cpus …, Android and Me and HTC Source

John Cook / GeekWire:

Former Microsoft exec Bob Muglia raises $26M for Snowflake, a data warehousing startup — Bob Muglia is floating in the clouds, or should we say on some snowflakes. The longtime Microsoft veteran — who left the company in 2011 after 23 years, including a stint as the president …

More: TechCrunch, InfoWorld, PE Hub Blog, The New Stack, Gigaom, VentureBeat and Bloomberg

Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:

Google beefs up 2-step verification with physical USB Security Key option in Chrome — Google today announced it is beefing up its two-step verification feature with Security Key, a physical USB second factor that only works after verifying the login site is truly a Google website.

More: Google Online Security Blog, PC Magazine, PC World, The Verge, TechSpot, Gizmodo, eWeek, Engadget, Android Police, ExtremeTech, Inquirer, 9to5Google, Lifehacker, The Next Web, TechCrunch, BetaNews, WebProNews and SlashGear

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Google Play Music adds Songza's contextual playlists for All Access subscribers, Material Design UI — Google brings Songza's best feature to Play Music — But only All Access subscribers get to use it — After purchasing Songza for an undisclosed sum earlier this year …

More: Official Android Blog, The Next Web, VentureBeat, Associated Press, BGR, Wall Street Journal, Gotta Be Mobile, CNET, Android Police, The Wrap, Billboard, 9to5Google, Droid Life, Android Central, Lifehacker, Gizmodo and Liliputing

Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code:

HP to announce Sprout, a computing device combining a large display, touch surface, 3D scanner, and overhead projector — HP Will Unveil New Computing Product Called Sprout Next Week — When Hewlett-Packard announced it would split in two — one company devoted to PCs and printing …

More: Business Insider

Kurt Wagner / Re/code:

New Social Network Tsu — Which Pays Users Who Post — Raises $7 Million — New social network Tsu believes it can get you excited about seeing advertisements. (Seriously!) — That's because Tsu, which launched on Tuesday with a $7 million investment led by Sancus Capital …

More: Billboard, VentureBeat, Examiner and ECPM BLOG

Ben Popper / The Verge:

Banks racing to become your first card in Apple Pay as most users will use the default card — New Gold Rush: why banks are racing to be the first card in your Apple Pay — Beyond the home screen, beyond the lock screen, the battle for the pre-screen — Over the weekend I was hit …

More: Beau Giles, 9to5Mac, PandoDaily, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, iLounge, BGR, MacNN and App Advice. Tweets: @benpopper

Marcus Wohlsen / Wired:

Nielsen partners with Adobe to rate all online content, from videos and podcasts to articles — Nielsen Will Soon Rate Everything on the Web, From Videos to Articles — The Nielsen ratings have long held huge sway over the business of television, but television isn't like it used to be.

More: Reuters, The Wrap, Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat, ZDNet and Broadcasting & Cable. See also Mediagazer

Nicole Perlroth / New York Times:

Scammers hack business phone networks to rack up billions in fraudulent charges, vexing carriers and lawmakers — Phone Hackers Dial and Redial to Steal Billions — SAN FRANCISCO — Bob Foreman's architecture firm ran up a $166,000 phone bill in a single weekend last March.

More: TechSpot, BGR, Guardian, SmallBusiness.com and Help Net Security

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Magic Leap Secures $542M Led By Google For “Lightweight Wearable” Tech That Merges Physical And Digital Worlds — It's rare that a company can stay relatively secretive while raising a huge amount of funding, but Florida's Magic Leap has managed that. The startup, led by CEO Rony Abovitz …

Shira Ovide / Wall Street Journal:

Microsoft Values CEO Satya Nadella's Pay at $84 Million — Call Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella the $84 million man. — Microsoft said it awarded the new CEO compensation valued at more than $84 million for the fiscal year ended June 30. — The majority of the money, $59.2 million …

More: Fortune, GeekWire, BetaNews, Guardian, ZDNet, CNBC, Bloomberg, Reuters and ABC News

Rene Ritchie / iMore:

Apple clarifies Spotlight Search data and location sharing, says information shared is minimal — Yosemite, iOS 8, Spotlight, and Privacy: What you need to know — A story made the rounds earlier today calling into question the new Spotlight Suggestions feature in OS X Yosemite and iOS 8.

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