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October 27, 2014, 4:45 AM

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Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
CVS and Rite Aid reportedly disabling NFC in stores to shut down Apple Pay and Google Wallet, as they prepare to roll out MCX's rival payment system  —  CVS Stores Reportedly Disabling NFC to Shut Down Apple Pay and Google Wallet  —  Earlier this week, pharmacy chain Rite Aid shut …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
A look at CurrentC, the clunky and creepy mobile payments app that Walmart, CVS, and other big retailers hope will help them sidestep credit card fees  —  CurrentC Is The Big Retailers' Clunky Attempt To Kill Apple Pay And Credit Card Fees  —  Long before Apple Pay, big brick …
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Noah Everett / Twitpic Blog:
Twitpic agrees to give Twitter the Twitpic.com domain and photo archive, site to remain in read-only mode  —  Twitpic's Future  —  First off I want to say thank you to everyone who has used Twitpic over the years and for your patience with us over the last couple of months.
David Carr / New York Times:
As Facebook considers hosting content on mobile, publishers worry about losing control  —  Facebook Offers Life Raft, but Publishers Are Wary  —  For publishers, Facebook is a bit like that big dog galloping toward you in the park.  More often than not, it's hard to tell whether he wants to play with you or eat you.
Kristen V. Brown / San Francisco Chronicle:
App startup founder seeking coverage sends journalist a swag basket including a vibrator, K-Y Jelly, and liquor  —  Tech companies haven't gotten past sexism 1.0  —  A vibrator is seen on Friday, Oct. 17, 2014 in San Francisco, Calif.  —  Tech startups often ply journalists with swag …
Michelle Quinn / Mercury News:
Sean Parker building an app aiding beachgoers as part of his settlment with Coastal Commission  —  Sean Parker s novel restitution - a statewide beach access mobile app  —  Sean Parker is working on a California public access mobile app as part of his settlement last year with the state Coastal Commission over his wedding at Big Sur.
Jeff Sommer / New York Times:
iPhone sales estimated to add a quarter to a third of a percent to annualized US GDP growth  —  When iPhones Ring, the Economy Listens  —  Gloomy economic news and the wild swings of the stock market may be getting you down.  But at least you can count on this: We've entered the sweet spot of the iPhone cycle.
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Victor Fiorillo / Philadelphia Magazine:
Philadelphia Parking Authority makes good on threat, impounds five UberX vehicles  —  PPA Impounds UberX Vehicles in Undercover Sting Operation  —  On Saturday, we told you that Uber had announced the arrival of UberX — the cheaper version of Uber — in Philadelphia proper …
Adrian Chen / Wired:
“It's like PTSD”: inside the army of outsourced moderators cleaning gore, porn, and hate speech from the Internet  —  The Laborers Who Keep Dick Pics and Beheadings Out of Your Facebook Feed  —  The campuses of  —  the tech industry are famous for their lavish cafeterias, cushy shuttles, and on-site laundry services.
Min-Jeong Lee / Wall Street Journal:
Early iPhone 6/6 Plus orders in Korea reportedly top Galaxy Note 4 launch numbers by over 3X  —  Koreans Snap Up iPhones in Presales  —  Is Apple Inc.'s smartphone market share set to increase in Samsungland?  Presales figures for the U.S. company's latest, large-screen models in South Korea suggest so.

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