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July 31, 2015, 10:50 AM

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Yusuf Mehdi / Windows Blog:

Microsoft: Windows 10 passes 14M installs 24 hours after launch — Windows 10 - The First 24 Hours — It has been an incredible 24 hours for Windows and our fans. We're humbled and grateful to see the response to Windows 10. We have seen unprecedented demand for Windows 10 …

John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed:

Sources: Apple to debut new Apple TV with App Store, SDK, Siri support, and touch remote during September iPhone event — Apple Will Debut New Apple TV In September — The new Apple TV is headed to market along with an App Store of its own. Next step: that long-in-the-offing subscription internet-TV service.

Vlad Savov / The Verge:

Nvidia recalls all Shield Tablets due to battery fire hazard — Nvidia promised spectacular, unprecedented gaming performance from its 8-inch Shield Tablet last year, but its pursuit of extreme performance seems to have gone a tiny bit too far. The company is now recalling …

James Crabtree / Financial Times:

Uber to invest $1B in India as it looks to hit 1M daily rides in the country by March 2016 — Uber to plough $1bn into India investment drive — Uber is set to plough $1bn into a major expansion in India, placing its investment in the country on a par with China and signalling an escalation …

More: PCWorld, Engadget, The Register, ZDNet, The Economic Times, Tech in Asia, Bloomberg Business, Fortune, Business Insider, The Next Web and Seeking Alpha

Reto Meier / Android Developers Blog:

Google now lets Android developers offer open betas and email-based closed betas — Iterate faster on Google Play with improved beta testing — Posted by Ellie Powers, Product Manager, Google Play — Today, Google Play is making it easier for you to manage beta tests and get your users to join them.

More: VentureBeat, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, ReadWrite, ZDNet, PCWorld, Droid Life, Android Authority, Android Police, Android Central, ProgrammableWeb.com, The Next Web and WebProNews

Barb Darrow / Fortune:

Microsoft joins with Jasper in Internet of Things alliance — The gold rush is on foe the Internet of Things as startups and tech heavyweights alike seek to cash in on a burgeoning universe of connected devices. Thus Microsoft's latest alliance with Jasper, which offers management technology for those devices.

More: TheStreet.com, CNBC, Forbes, Wall Street Journal and FierceMobileIT News

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Google partners with Silent Circle, the makers of privacy focused Blackphone; adds carriers for the first time to its Android for Work program — Google Adds 8 Carriers To Its Android For Work Partner Ecosystem — Google's Android for Work program makes it easier for businesses to allow …

More: Official Google for Work Blog, TechnoBuffalo, BetaNews, VentureBeat, Inquirer, TechEye, PhoneDog.com and The Verge

Thomas Fox-Brewster / Forbes:

Anti-Virus Firm BitDefender Admits Breach, Hacker Claims Stolen Passwords Are Unencrypted — BitDefender, a much-respected anti-virus firm, has leaked a portion of its customers' usernames and passwords after facing an extortion attempt by a hacker, going by the name DetoxRansome.

More: HACKER FILM BLOG and CSO

Daniel Terdiman / Fast Company:

Facebook completes full-scale prototype of its solar-powered Internet drone Aquila; develops laser that transmits data at 10 gigabits/second — Facebook Ready To Test Drones That Can Deliver Internet At 10 Gigabits A Second — Facebook has built the first full-scale version …

Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal:

Google is quietly distributing a new version of Glass for business customers that attaches to other glasses; consumer version at least a year away — Google Quietly Distributes New Version of Glass Aimed at Workplaces — Device is being pitched to industries such as healthcare, manufacturing, energy

More: PC Magazine, Ars Technica, Guardian, ZDNet, SiliconANGLE, Re/code, BGR, Yahoo Tech, SlashGear, Telegraph, The Verge, CNET, The Register, TechnoBuffalo, Droid Life and The Next Web

Shane McGlaun / SlashGear:

MasterCard and Samsung extend partnership in Europe for Samsung Pay — Samsung and MasterCard have been working together on Samsung Pay for about a year now. Last year MasterCard announced that it would provide tokenization services for Samsung Pay. These tokenization services allow …

More: Samsung Tomorrow, TechCrunch, Android Central, Android Beat, 9to5Google, Ubergizmo, SamMobile, Yonhap News Agency, Payment Week and NFC World+

Cory Weinberg / bizjournals:

Sources: Apple agrees to rent 75K square feet of office space in San Francisco's SoMa, in first big push into the city — Apple dives into SoMa for first big S.F. real estate grab — The San Francisco office market may get its first big bite of Apple. — Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) …

More: The Register, 9to5Mac, SFist, MacNN, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, Daring Fireball, Cult of Mac, AppleInsider, NBC Bay Area, iMore and Curbed SF

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