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September 29, 2014, 8:10 AM

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Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Facebook Will Use Facebook Data to Sell Ads on Sites That Aren't Facebook — Investors and analysts spent years clamoring for Facebook to start up an ad network, and earlier this year it obliged them. — And now Facebook is rolling out another one. — Caveat — this isn't an ad network in a formal sense.

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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Facebook Relaunches Atlas Ad Platform With Cross-Device Targeting And Offline Sales Tracking — As Advertising Week kicks off in New York City, Facebook is announcing a new version of its Atlas ad platform, which it says represents the next step in tracking ad effectiveness across devices.

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Ryan Vlastelica / Reuters:

Instagram reportedly blocked in China amid Hong Kong protests — (Reuters) - Instagram, the popular photo-sharing service owned by Facebook Inc (FB.O), has been blocked in China, according to numerous reports, including from Hong Kong-based reporters with the New York Times.

More: The Verge, Washington Post, BBC, Wall Street Journal, Engadget, Digital Trends, Mashable, Business Insider, Gizmodo, VentureBreak, memeburn, NBC News, CNET, ZDNet and Vox. See also Mediagazer

Josh Horwitz / Tech in Asia:

Mobile messaging app FireChat flares up in Hong Kong amid Occupy Central protests — Last night marked a historic moment in Hong Kong as peaceful demonstrators fell subject to police aggression. Under the banner of Occupy Central, tens of thousands of locals (organizers say 60,000 …

More: Wall Street Journal

AppleInsider:

European Commission seeking retroactive tax windfall from Apple Inc subsidiary in Ireland — The European Commission is expected to release a report this week alleging that Ireland provided illegal “state aid” to Apple when it set tax rates for the company in 1991 and 2007 …

Keiko Morris / Wall Street Journal:

Microsoft to Open Fifth Avenue Store — Flagship Store to Take Over Fendi Space — Microsoft Corp.'s first Manhattan flagship store is coming to Fifth Avenue. — The software company confirmed that it will be setting up shop at 677 Fifth Ave. as it continues to expand its retail presence …

More: The Official Microsoft Blog, ZDNet, The Next Web, VentureBeat, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, Business Insider, The Verge, Gizmodo, Geeky Gadgets, Windows Phone Central and Neowin

Economist:

Schmidt's “How Google Works” encourages managers to think big, fail fast, rely on data, but these principles may not apply to the average company — Don't be modest — AS A service, Google has become indispensable to people's interactions online.

More: New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Tweets: @dkroy and @orbooks

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt: Competition Between Apple and Google is More Brutal Than Ever

More: Bloomberg, Business Insider, Financial Times, Guardian, BGR, ZDNet, Cult of Mac, Tech Times, AppleInsider and Re/code

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Kim Masters / Hollywood Reporter:

Japan's SoftBank reportedly in talks to acquire DreamWorks Animation in a deal valued at $3.4B — Source: DreamWorks Animation in Sale Talks With Japan's SoftBank (Exclusive) — The company, which has seen up-and-down box office numbers of late, would be valued at $3.4 billion, a source tells THR

More: Reuters, Electronista, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, CNET, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Verge, VentureBeat, Engadget and PC World. See also Mediagazer

Michael Crider / Android Police:

AT&T Promotion Doubles Some Mobile Share Value Data Plans (From 30GB Up To 100GB) From Now Until October 31st — Are you and your family so-called “data hounds,” who need much, much more mobile data per month than the average user? Then for God's sake, avoid the limited plans on AT&T and Verizon …

More: about.att.com, Engadget, BGR, PC Magazine, CNET, MacRumors, Bloomberg, 9to5Mac, MacNN, DailyTech, VentureBeat and The Verge

Erika Adams / Racked National:

How case makers prepare for iPhone launches, often risking thousands on unconfirmed specs — By The Numbers: The Big Money, High-Stakes iPhone Case Race — Apple's newest phones sold 10 million units last weekend—strange reports of bending aside, they're breaking records left and right.

Kyle Orland / Ars Technica:

Samsung Gear VR hands-on: a solid virtual reality experience, but lack of lateral head tracking noticeable — Hands-on: Gear VR is better than smartphone VR has a right to be — Over the last few years, I've tried a number of virtual reality “solutions” that involve popping a smartphone …

More: Tested, PC World and gameinformer.com

Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica:

Android Auto developer docs show off more UI, detail 3rd-party apps — An example of a generic interface that Google designs. Developers can customize the colors and icons. — 7 more images in gallery — Google just released a set of Android Auto developer documents to developer.android.com …

More: Ubergizmo, Android Police and Liliputing

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