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September 2, 2014, 7:25 PM

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Apple:

Celebrity photo theft was a “very targeted attack on user names, passwords and security questions” — Update to Celebrity Photo Investigation — We wanted to provide an update to our investigation into the theft of photos of certain celebrities.

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:

Apple denies iCloud was breached, claims Find my iPhone not involved in photo theft incident — Apple denies iCloud breach in celebrity nude photo hack — Apple says that the mass theft of nude celebrity photos that were released over the weekend did not occur because of a breach in any Apple systems, including iCloud.

More: Business Insider, Re/code, Techvibes Global News, AppleInsider, Uncrunched, ABC News, Washington Post, Macworld, Softpedia News, The Next Web, BGR, Salon and Tech Times. Tweets: @csoghoian

Sam Biddle / Valleywag:

iCloud Isn't Safe, Because Everyone's a Target and Apple Doesn't Care — Two years ago ago, tech writer Mat Honan wrote a blockbuster story for Wired, describing how a child got into his iCloud account and briefly ruined his life. You may have heard that the same thing recently happened …

More: Wired, Slate, Gawker, Gigaom, Cult of Mac, USA Today, MacDailyNews, Digital Trends and The Daily Dot

Tweets: @saschasegan and @selenalarson

Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:

Banks: Credit Card Breach at Home Depot — Multiple banks say they are seeing evidence that Home Depot stores may be the source of a massive new batch of stolen credit and debit cards that went on sale this morning in the cybercrime underground. Home Depot says that it is working with banks …

Re/code:

Ouya in preliminary sales talks with Xiaomi, Tencent and other Chinese companies, has engaged with Google and Amazon — Android Game Console Maker Ouya in Sale Talks With Chinese Internet Giants, Others — Ouya, the maker of an low-cost Android-based gaming console of the same name …

More: VentureBeat, The Information, Engadget, TechSpot, DailyTech, ExtremeTech, Electronista, Android Police, 9to5Google, Ubergizmo, Business Insider, GamePolitics blogs and Android Central

Mark Scott / New York Times:

Court bans UberPop ride-sharing service in Germany, Uber Black unaffected; Uber will continue operations and appeal — Uber Service Banned Across Germany by Frankfurt Court — LONDON - The ride-hailing service Uber is about to have a head-on collision with Germany's taxis and legal system.

More: BBC, Uber Blog, Reuters, CNNMoney.com, The Next Web, Tech Times, CNET, Digital Trends, Engadget, TechPresident, TechSpot, SiliconBeat, Fortune, PandoDaily, VentureBeat, Gigaom, Guardian and The Register

Tweets: @markscott82 and @msquinn

Richard Nieva / CNET:

Google's Android Wear to support Bluetooth headsets, GPS, and third party watch faces — Google says Android Wear about to get even smarter (Q&A) — The search giant hasn't said much about its OS for wearable devices since a demo in June. CNET sat down with two of the project's head engineers to find out what's new.

More: CNET, BGR, Businessweek, TechnoBuffalo, TechHive, TechCrunch, The Verge, 9to5Google, DailyTech, ITProPortal, Droid Life, Engadget, Pocketnow, Wearable World News, SlashGear, Ubergizmo, AndroidHeadlines.com, Softpedia News, PC Pro, Ars Technica, Android Police and Android Central. Tweets: @cnet

Kara Swisher / Re/code:

AOL's Brand CEO Susan Lyne Stepping Down to Run Women-Focused Fund for Company — Susan Lyne, the longtime media exec who has been CEO of AOL's brand group from early 2013, is stepping down from that role to run a venture fund inside the New York-based media company aimed at women-led digital startups.

More: TechCrunch, Business Insider, Wall Street Journal and Seeking Alpha. Tweets: @alexia. See also Mediagazer

Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:

Reddit unveils its first mobile app for Ask Me Anything (AMA) interviews on iOS, Android version coming later this week — Reddit to Launch Mobile App for AMAs (Exclusive) — Reddit has made its long-awaited entry into the mobile app category with one devoted to its most popular attraction, the Ask Me Anything (AMA) interviews.

More: The Verge, reddit, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, The Next Web, Nieman Lab, Tech Times, PadGadget, Tubefilter, VentureBeat, Mashable, Ubergizmo, iPhone in Canada Blog, Gotta Be Mobile, CNET, BetaBoston, Cult of Mac, Business Insider, SlashGear, Gigaom, 9to5Mac, Droid Life, iMore, Engadget, The Daily Dot, MobileSyrup.com, WebProNews and The Verge

Tweets: @mikeisaac and @hugeinc

Taylor Soper / GeekWire:

Concur shares soar amid reports of potential sale to SAP, Oracle — Shares of Concur are up nearly 16 percent in after-hours trading following a report from Bloomberg noting the company's interest in a potential sale. Bloomberg notes that the Bellevue-based travel expense company is working …

More: Bloomberg, Re/code, Tech Trader Daily, Reuters, TheStreet.com and RTTNews

Scott Gilbertson / Ars Technica:

Behind the new HTML Picture element, which speeds up page loads by letting browsers choose the best image for different screens — How a new HTML element will make the Web faster — Soon, you won't need to be the Flash for quicker Web browsing. — Flickr user: Katie Krueger

Tweets: @dannysullivan, @garrettdimon and @respimg

Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:

Sonos speakers can now directly connect to home Wi-Fi, no longer require proprietary network — To simplify whole-home audio, Sonos starts to embrace your Wi-Fi router — Internet-connected speakers from Sonos now work directly with your Wi-Fi router, eliminating the need to also use …

More: The Sonos Blog, Engadget, Wired, TechHive, Android Police, TechCrunch, Cult of Mac, Ubergizmo, VentureBeat, Android Central, The Register, Wall Street Journal, Gizmodo, CNET and Re/code

Roberto Baldwin / The Next Web:

Google rebrands its enterprise business services as Google for Work — Google has cast aside the stodgy “enterprise” label that has, until now, described its business offerings in favor of a new name, Google for Work. — According to Google for Work President Amit Singh …

More: VentureBeat, ReadWrite, The Register, InfoWorld, CNET, The Technology Chronicles, Android Police, Gigaom, 9to5Google, The Verge, ZDNet, TechCrunch and GeekWire

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