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August 5, 2015, 1:25 AM

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Dino Grandoni / New York Times:
Hackers distributed Flash-based malware via Yahoo's ad network for seven days ending Monday; number of affected people not disclosed  —  Hackers Exploit ‘Flash’ Vulnerability in Yahoo Ads  —  For seven days, hackers used Yahoo's ad network to send malicious bits of code to computers …
Kellex / Droid Life:
Leak shows Samsung's flagship Galaxy Note 5 has no removable battery or microSD slot  —  Here is the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 in Hand  —  Samsung will show us the brand new Galaxy Note 5 at a press event in New York City, next week.  As we inch closer to that unveiling …
Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:
Netflix Announces Its New ‘Unlimited’ Maternity And Paternity Leave Program  —  A few hours after hitting its all-time stock price high today, Netflix has announced a new program for all employees.  —  In a blog post, the company outlined its unlimited maternity and paternity leave program.
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
MLB Advanced Media to spin out streaming video unit valued at over $3B, signs deal giving NHL up to 10% equity in the new company named BAM Tech  —  Pro Baseball's Streaming Video Unit Gets Ready for a $3 Billion Spinoff by Adding Pro Hockey  —  MLB Advanced Media, the company that streams video …
Mark Bergen / Re/code:
Twitter May Be a Takeover Target, but Google Is Unlikely to Take It Over  —  As markets closed yesterday, Twitter's stock sank to its lowest level ever — a drop that raised speculation, yet again, that another company would take it over.  At only a $19 billion market valuation, that's not a surprise.
Susan Svrluga / Washington Post:
With over 36K tweets, #ILookLikeAnEngineer is challenging stereotypes in tech  —  ilooklikeanengineer wants to challenge your ideas about who can be a scientist  —  It all started when a “self-taught engineer, extreme introvert, science-nerd, anime-lover, college dropout” wrote that she was tired of stereotypes.
Eric Auchard / Reuters:
Apple denies that it has discussed or plans to launch an MVNO cellular service  —  Apple denies it plans to sell mobile services directly to consumers  —  Apple, the world's most profitable mobile phone maker, has denied a media report that it is working on a plan to market communications services directly …
Jacob Demmitt / GeekWire:
Microsoft unveils Xbox One DVR features, enabling recording and playback of free over-the-air TV … Xbox One owners will soon be able to use their game console to record and play back live television from free, over-the-air broadcasts, Microsoft announced this morning.
Eddie Makuch / GameSpot:
Joe Garofoli / San Francisco Chronicle:
Mitch Kapor and Freada Kapor Klein to spend $40M to aid tech firms led by women and people of color  —  Oakland's Kapors spend $40 million to help diversify tech world  —  Oakland technology entrepreneurs and philanthropists Mitch Kapor and Freada Kapor Klein will spend $40 million …
Andrew Tarantola / Engadget:
Cell service out for thousands across the American Southeast  —  Cellular service appears to be down across every major provider throughout Tennessee, Alabama and Kentucky with Nashville, Chattanooga, and Knoxville being the hardest hit.  According to the website Down Detector …
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:
GIF keyboard maker Riffsy raises $10M series A led by Menlo Ventures; company claims it has 4B+ monthly gif views  —  GIF Keyboard Maker Riffsy Raises $10M Series A  —  GIF keyboard maker Riffsy has raised a $10 million Series A to make sure you never have to communicate using only boring sentences and emojis again.
Kevin Tofel / ZDNet:
Google's Project Tango dev kits now available in South Korea and Canada, coming to 10 more countries Aug. 26  —  Google expands Project Tango tablet sales to more countries  —  Now that 3,000 Project Tango development kits have found their way to U.S. buyers, Google is ready to bring …
Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable:
Taylor Swift claims Spotify is a “startup with no cash flow”, recounts the thinking behind her open letter to Apple  —  Taylor Swift's worst ex yet: Spotify  —  Like after any good break up, Taylor Swift certainly seems to have no problem dishing about her ex in public.
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple Music data to be incorporated into Billboard 200 and Hot 100 charts  —  Apple Music hits Billboard charts + street ads, will stream Dr. Dre's new Compton album  —  Apple has already taken over its homepage, produced video advertisements, and injected promotions into iOS to digitally promote its new Apple Music service.
Ken Yeung / VentureBeat:
Instagram launches its ads API, with Hootsuite, Brand Networks, Salesforce, SocialCode, Unified, and Ampush among first partners  —  Salesforce, Brand Networks, Hootsuite among the first to support Instagram's Ads API  —  Instagram is growing in popularity, with 300 million monthly active …

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