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August 20, 2014, 8:50 PM

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Ina Fried / Re/code:

Verizon Says It Has No Plans for Another App Store — Verizon threw cold water Wednesday on a report that it was in talks to set up another app store. — The Information reported that Verizon was talking with would-be partners about a marketplace designed to rival the Google Play storefront.

More: ReadWrite, CNET, Droid Life, Gigaom, TechHive and 9to5Google

Tweets: @amir, @amir, @amir, @amir, @amir, @amir, @amir, @amir, @amir, @karlbode and @ldignan

Dan Seifert / The Verge:

Verizon to launch its own app store to compete with Google Play, claims report — Verizon is going to launch its own app store in an effort to compete with the Google Play Store on Android devices, claims a report from The Information. The new store will be available globally and is the result …

More: The Information, FierceWireless, Android Central, Light Reading, Liliputing, Pocketnow, Android Authority, SlashGear, Phandroid, CITEworld, Engadget, TechnoBuffalo, BGR, Electronista and DSLreports. Tweets: @nateingraham

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Uber Opens Its API With 11 Launch Partners, Including OpenTable, TripAdvisor, and United Airlines — We told you it was coming, and here it is: Last week, my colleague Josh Constine reported that Uber was preparing to release an API that would enable its on-demand ride-hailing service to be integrated into a number of third party apps.

More: Re/code, Gizmodo, Uber Blog, Wall Street Journal, Tnooz, iPhone in Canada Blog, GeekWire, Entrepreneur, iMore, AppleInsider, 9to5Google, The Verge, iPhone Hacks, The Daily Dot, Engadget, The Next Web, AndroidHeadlines.com, TechHive, MacNN, WebProNews, TIME and socalTECH.com

Tweets: @sama, @joshelman and @brit

Thanks:@anthonyha

AppleInsider:

Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac launches with OS X 10.10 Yosemite support, speed boosts, more — Parallels on Wednesday announced the release of Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac with built-in support for Apple's upcoming OS X 10.10 Yosemite, faster Windows app performance, better battery life and immediate availability for existing users.

More: Business Wire, Softpedia News, Gizmodo, ZDNet, Ars Technica, 9to5Mac, PC World, The Mac Observer, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacDailyNews, iMore, AppleTell, Ubergizmo, iClarified, App Advice, PCR: Stream, MacRumors and Mashable

TrustedSec:

Hackers used Heartbleed vulnerability to exploit 4.5M patient records at Community Health Systems — CHS Hacked via Heartbleed Vulnerability — As many of you may have already been aware, a breach at Community Health Systems (CHS) affecting an estimated 4.5 million patients was recently revealed.

More: Bloomberg, The Register, Reuters, SecurityWeek, CSO Online Steve Ragan, Electronista, HealthITSecurity.com, TIME, Gigaom, theWHIR.com, Help Net Security, BBC, Darknet, Mashable, Inquirer, SC Magazine, Engadget, CNNMoney.com and Softpedia News

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:

Samsung's first Nook tablet arrives at Barnes & Noble today for $179 — Samsung is becoming Barnes & Noble's first partner to create a Nook-branded tablet today with the unveiling and release of the Galaxy Tab 4 Nook. The name is a mouthful, but it basically means that the tablet …

Terrence O'Brien / Engadget:

Hands-on with the Galaxy Tab 4 Nook: the same Samsung hardware with deep Nook integration

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Service Marketplace Thumbtack Raises $100M Round Led By Google Capital — Thumbtack, a company that connects customers with local service providers, just announced that it has raised $100 million in new funding. — The round was led by Google Capital (the search giant's later-stage investment fund) …

More: New York Times, PR Newswire, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, PE Hub Blog, Business Insider, VentureBeat, Forbes, WebProNews and silicontap.com

Mary Schlangenstein / Bloomberg:

UPS Store Computer Breach Put Customer Data at Risk — United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) said a breach of computer systems at UPS Store retail outlets may have exposed customers' personal and payment data at some locations this year. — Malware was found at 51 locations in 24 states …

More: New York Times, ZDNet, Reuters, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Wall Street Journal and SC Magazine

Mat Honan / Wired:

Vine now lets users import existing videos from the camera roll, adds editing features — Vine Grows Up, Lets You Edit and Upload Existing Video — The six-second, looping-video-sharing service Vine announced several new tools today designed to make it easier to shoot and edit videos from your phone.

More: Vine blog, The Verge, VentureBeat, Los Angeles Times, iMore, Re/code, SlashGear, TechCrunch, Marketing Land, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, Engadget and Guardian

Tweets: @dickc, @jyarow, @jyarow, @notpatrick and @jyarow

Marguerite Reardon / CNET:

AT&T to deliver 1Gbps broadband to Silicon Valley — AT&T announced Wednesday that Cupertino will be the first community in Silicon Valley that will get its U-verse with GigaPower 1Gbps broadband service. — AT&T — AT&T has announced the first city in Silicon Valley that will get its 1Gbps fiber service.

More: Engadget, Re/code, Mercury News, Macworld, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, App Advice, VoIP Watch, The Technology Chronicles, 9to5Mac, Electronista and FierceTelecom News

Yoree Koh / Wall Street Journal:

Twitter to Remove Images of the Deceased Upon Families' Request — Twitter said on Tuesday it will remove images of deceased individuals at the request of family members, a move that comes a week after Robin Williams's daughter said she is quitting the platform after being sent disturbing photo-shopped images of her father's death.

More: Gigaom, PC World, CNET, BetaNews, The Register, SocialTimes, Engadget, SlashGear, Gizmodo, Wired, NationalJournal.com, Reuters, ABC News, The Next Web, The Verge, Neowin and Electronista. Tweets: @wexler. See also Mediagazer

Siraj Datoo / BuzzFeed:

Twitter To Suspend Accounts Of Anyone Tweeting Graphic Images Of Journalist's Alleged Execution

More: Re/code, Mediaite and TechCrunch. Tweets: @dickc. See also Mediagazer

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:

IDC: Tablets with cellular voice capabilities are getting traction in Asia Pacific — Talking On Tablets On The Rise In Asia — The phone-sized tablet — aka the phablet — was born in Asia, so it's fitting that the region is now apparently driving a trend for talking on even larger slabs of glass and plastic.

More: IDC, ZDNet, PC World, The Next Web, BetaNews, Pocketnow, PC Magazine and Softpedia News

Dan Primack / Fortune:

Chain raises $9.5 million to build Bitcoin development platform — Chain today is launching as a startup that hopes to become the definitive development platform for Bitcoin, whether the ultimate application relates to financial services or to some other sort of decentralized service.

More: CoinDesk, New York Times, Re/code, NEWSBTC and Wall Street Journal. Tweets: @rre

Laurie Burkitt / Wall Street Journal:

Amazon.com Coming to Shanghai's Free-Trade Zone — Move Would Allow Retailer to Sell More Merchandise From Abroad Within China — BEIJING— Amazon.com Inc. said it plans to set up operations in Shanghai's new free-trade zone, a major move that will allow it to sell more merchandise …

More: Reuters and TheStreet.com

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