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September 29, 2014, 10:40 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.

More: New York Times, PandoDaily, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Engadget, Gizmodo, Shelly Palmer and CNET

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.

More: Atlas Solutions, Marketing Land, VentureBeat, PC Magazine, Search Engine Land, Fortune, Inquirer, Wired, Tech Times, WebProNews, TIME, ZDNet, Marketing Land, VatorNews, stratechery and memeburn

Tweets: @sfiegerman, @pkafka, @pkafka and @pkafka

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Retina iMacs with OS X Yosemite in late testing within Apple, could launch soon — A new line of iMacs with ultra high-resolution Retina Displays is in late testing stages within Apple, according to our sources who have used the future desktop computer. While the machine will sport …

More: Jack March, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, AppleInsider, Business Insider, MacRumors, iMore, TechnoBuffalo, Geeky Gadgets, MacDailyNews and iDownloadBlog.com. Tweets: @marcoarment

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, The Next Web, CNET, 9to5Mac, VentureBeat, Digital Trends, Neowin, MacDailyNews, The Verge, TechnoBuffalo, Cult of Mac, Business Insider, iPhone, Mashable, Gizmodo, Geeky Gadgets and Windows Phone Central

Kyle Russell / TechCrunch:

Shyp Launches In New York City, And Miami Is Next — On-demand shipping startup Shyp is now officially expanding beyond San Francisco, launching its service in New York City after just a few weeks in private beta. In addition, the company is today announcing that its service will land in Miami …

More: VentureBeat. Tweets: @hunterwalk

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 …

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: New York Times and Wall Street Journal. See also Mediagazer

Ryan Vlastelica / Reuters:

Instagram reportedly blocked in China amid Hong Kong protests

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

Matthew Prince / CloudFlare:

CloudFlare launches Universal SSL for free, doubling the number of encrypted websites to 4M — Introducing Universal SSL — The team at CloudFlare is excited to announce the release of Universal SSL™. Beginning today, we will support SSL connections to every CloudFlare customer …

More: Ars Technica, The Verge and Wall Street Journal. Tweets: @mattcutts. Thanks:@eastdakota

Jonathan Vanian / Gigaom:

Oracle launches upgraded cloud platform with database and Java available as a service — Oracle detailed on Sunday evening its upgraded cloud suite that includes the ability for customers to use its flagship database in the cloud as well as on-premise. Executive chairman and CTO Larry Ellison talked …

More: Fortune, The Register, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, ZDNet and Re/code. Tweets: @oracle

Edward Wyatt / New York Times:

With Perspective From Both Sides of His Desk, F.C.C. Chairman Ponders Net Neutrality — WASHINGTON — As a lobbyist for the cable and wireless industries, Tom Wheeler played a role in shaping almost every major telecommunications policy and innovation over the last three decades.

David Meyer / Gigaom:

Uber tries to get German cab drivers on board with UberTaxi launch — After courts in Hamburg and Berlin upheld bans on Uber's services, the company announced the opening of its traditional-taxi-friendly UberTaxi service in those cities. — Uber has introduced its UberTaxi service in Berlin and Hamburg …

More: VentureBeat

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