Sprint to name Marcelo Claure, board member and head of Brightstar, as its new CEO  —  Exclusive: Sprint to Name Brightstar's Marcelo Claure as CEO  —  Sprint plans to name Marcelo Claure, one of its board members and head of wireless distributor Brightstar, as its new CEO, Re/code has learned from a number of sources.

Russian gang holds 1.2B username/password combos, stolen from 420K vulnerable websites scanned via botnet, say security researchers  —  Russian Gang Said to Amass More Than a Billion Stolen Internet Credentials  —  A Russian crime ring has amassed the largest known collection …

Apple touts record App Store revenue, record number of customers making transactions in July  —  Apple says July was record-setting month for app store revenue  —  Apple's app store saw record-setting revenue numbers in July, the company told CNBC.  The Cupertino-based company …

BlackBerry completes restructuring process, expects to start recruitment in “modest numbers”  —  BlackBerry closes chapter on restructuring process : internal memo  —  (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd has concluded a protracted and painful restructuring process and is back on a growth footing …

Apple to hold iPhone event on Sept. 9  —  Code/red: Apple to Hold iPhone Event on Sept. 9  —  New iPhones to Suck All the Air Out of the Tech News Cycle on Sept. 9 Onstage at our inaugural Code conference earlier this summer, Apple SVP Eddy Cue described the company's fall product pipeline …

Apple files for HealthKit trademarks w/ classifications for watches, fitness sensors, & medical devices  —  Apple has just filed for Healthkit trademarks in both the US and Europe ahead of iOS 8's launch this fall and in at least one filing includes watches in a list of goods that could take advantage of the health-tracking software.

Uber announces UberPool, a ride-sharing, cost-splitting experiment to begin Aug. 15 in SF  —  UberPool Lets You Split Uber Fares With Other Passengers Along The Same Route  —  In the ongoing war between Uber, Lyft, and all of the other me-too ride-sharing services, competitors are looking …

Justin.tv shuts down after 7 years amid reports Google is acquiring Twitch  —  Twitch today announced that the Justin.tv website, mobile apps, and APIs are no longer in service.  A very simple explanation is given for the shutdown: since rebranding the company to Twitch Interactive in February 2014 …

Groupon disappoints on weak Q2 revenue of $751.6M, investors quickly send it packing  —  NOTE: GrowthBeat — VentureBeat's provocative new marketing-tech event — is going on now!  We've gathered the best and brightest to explore the data, apps, and science of successful marketing.

Satya Nadella's first big hire: Microsoft confirms ex-Qualcomm exec Peggy Johnson as biz dev chief  —  Microsoft just confirmed that it has hired Peggy Johnson, a 24-year Qualcomm veteran, as the Redmond company's new executive vice president of global business development, reporting to CEO Satya Nadella.

Google under threat as forked Android devices rise to 20% of smartphone shipments  —  Android dominates the world's smartphone market.  A new report from analyst firm Strategy Analytics pegs the Google-owned operating system's global market share at 85 percent.

Timex Ironman One GPS+ smartwatch to debut this fall for $399 with AT&T cellular connectivity and a Qualcomm mobile OS  —  Timex enters smartwatch category.  No phone needed.  —  NEW YORK — All the early smartwatches generating buzz (if not a lot of sales) come not from traditional watch brands …

Cisco: new exploit kits, Java vulnerabilities, PoS attacks are most serious threats in 2014  —  Exploit kit variety, point-of-sale attacks reign in 2014: Cisco  —  Summary: Cisco's security team says that exploit variety is gaining steam, and both the Internet of Things and point …

T-Mobile Rejects Iliad's Request For Information  —  Wireless Carrier Said to Consider French Company's $15 Billion Bid ‘Dead On Arrival’  —  T-Mobile US Inc. denied Iliad SA 's request to open its books after determining that the French company's proposed $15 billion bid isn't attractive enough, people familiar with the matter said.

IBM offered to pay Globalfoundries $1B to take IBM's chip-manufacturing business  —  IBM Said to Have Offered GF Cash to Take Over Chip Unit  —  International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) was willing to pay Globalfoundries Inc. to take on IBM's money-losing chip-manufacturing operations …

Fox Withdraws Proposal To Buy Time Warner — And Time Warner Shares Are Crashing  —  Fox has withdrawn its plans to purchase Time Warner, according to an announcement the company made Tuesday.  —  Time Warner shares are down 11% post-market on the news.  —  Reports of an original proposal …