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September 2, 2014, 12:15 PM

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Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code:

Apple Says It Is “Actively Investigating” Celeb Photo Hack — Apple said Monday it was “actively investigating” the violation of several of its iCloud accounts in which revealing photos and videos of prominent Hollywood actresses were taken and posted all over the Web.

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Charles Arthur / Guardian:

Naked celebrity hack: security experts focus on iCloud backup theory

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David Meyer / Gigaom:

German court orders Uber to suspend services across the country — It's not the first ban Uber's faced in Germany, but it is the first country-wide ban and the stakes are much higher this time — up to €250,000 per infraction, plus possible jail time. — Uber is banned across Germany, at least for now.

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Re/code:

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, has been engaged in preliminary acquisition talks with multiple big players in China, as well as a few here in the U.S.

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Scott Gilbertson / Ars Technica:

Behind the new HTML 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

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Bertel King, Jr / Android Police:

Fan Funding for YouTube creators now available in US, Japan, Mexico, Australia; Google to take 5% + $0.21 cut in the US — YouTube Now Offers Fan Funding In Four Countries - Here's A Look At How It Works — YouTube thrives off the videos produced by independent content creators all over the world …

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Conor Dougherty / New York Times:

NASA working on automated traffic control system for drones, first commercial drones expected 2015 in agriculture — Drone Developers Consider Obstacles That Cannot Be Flown Around — SAN FRANCISCO — The tech industry's enthusiasm for building small delivery drones may be getting ahead of figuring out what to do with them.

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Klint Finley / Wired:

Tox, a secure, open-source P2P messaging system first conceived on 4chan, aspires to become a Skype alternative — Out in the Open: Hackers Build a Skype That's Not Controlled by Microsoft — The web forum 4chan is known mostly as a place to share juvenile and, to put it mildly, politically incorrect images.

More: Help Net Security, PC World and ITProPortal

Silke Koltrowitz / Reuters:

Swatch plans smartwatch with always-on touch screen and fitness tracking, coming next summer — Swatch prefers go-it-alone route for smartwatch plans — (Reuters) - Swatch Group is happy to go it alone with a launch next year of watches with “smart” features to compete with so-called wearable gadgets …

More: PandoDaily, Gigaom, Forbes, VentureBeat, PC Pro, Tech Times and Inquirer. Tweets: @gassee

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: Engadget, The Sonos Blog, The Register, Re/code, VentureBeat, CNET, iMore, Gizmodo, Wall Street Journal and Wired

Michael Gorman / Engadget:

Elgato announces $50 Avea smart lightbulb and Eve smart home sensors — Apparently, the world needs another smart lightbulb, and Elgato's going to sell it to you. Called Avea, the $50 bulb connects to your iDevice directly using Bluetooth (no external hub needed), and lets you set the mood …

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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

LinkedIn Is Quietly Retiring Network Visualization Tool InMaps — A little autumn cleaning underway at LinkedIn. The company is quietly retiring InMaps, a tool that let you map out how your LinkedIn network looks. A notice on the InMaps homepage notes that today, September 1 …

More: Marketing Land, Electronista and Softpedia News. Tweets: @zalzally

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