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Faryaab S. / SamMobile:

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Michal Lev-Ram / Fortune:

Apple expands benefits for both part-time and full-time employees, including educational assistance, longer maternity leave — Apple unveils new perks to attract talent — Apple employees are getting a few new perks today (and no, it's not free iPhone 6s).

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Andy Greenberg / Wired:

Security researchers publicly release code to Github for “practically unpatchable” exploit BadUSB — The Unpatchable Malware That Infects USBs Is Now on the Loose — It's been just two months since researcher Karsten Nohl demonstrated an attack he called BadUSB to a standing-room …

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Todd Krabach / Facebook Developers:

Facebook officially launches its mobile Like Button for native iOS and Android apps — Mobile Like Button now Available to Everyone — On average, the Like and Share Buttons are viewed across almost 10 million websites daily. At f8 this year, we let developers preview the Like Button on iOS mobile devices.

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Sébastien Page / iDownloadBlog.com:

Apple launches tool to check Activation Lock status; lets you see if an iPhone/iPad is stolen — Apple releases tool to check the Activation Lock status of iOS devices — Apple recently released a tool that lets anyone check the Activation Lock status of iOS devices.

Bloomberg:

France's Iliad Said to Plan Bid for Bigger T-Mobile Stake — Iliad SA (ILD) is planning to bid for a bigger stake in Deutsche Telekom AG's U.S. unit than it sought in July, as the French telecom carrier approaches a self-imposed deadline to reach a deal, people familiar with the matter said.

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Yoni Heisler / TUAW:

An in-depth look at Apple Pay, and why it could be the safest way to make a credit card payment — Apple Pay: An in-depth look at what's behind the secure payment system — With Apple Pay slated to go live later this month, one can soon expect to see an avalanche of fear mongering from pundits who …

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Mark Sullivan / VentureBeat:

Evernote announces a new web client, unveils enterprise productivity platform ‘Work Chat’ — SAN FRANCISCO — The connected note taking app company Evernote today announced that it has completely redesigned its web client for simplicity and creativity. — Previously, the web client …

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Logan Whiteside / CNNMoney.com:

Schmidt: Google's systems “far more secure and encrypted than anyone else, including Apple” — Google: Tim Cook is wrong about us — Apple got it wrong — Google is the safest place on the Web, the search giant's chairman says. — “We have always been the leader in security and encryption …

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Rich McCormick / The Verge:

Intel responds to pressure from anti-feminist campaign #GamerGate, pulling ads from Gamasutra — Intel buckles to anti-feminist campaign by pulling ads from gaming site — #GamerGate supporters try to silence calls for video game equality — Intel has pulled an advertising campaign …

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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

Celebrities Threaten Google With $100 Million Lawsuit for “Facilitating” Hacked Nude Photos — In a letter that rips Google for acting “like the NFL” and turning a blind eye, a lawyer representing celebrities warns of consequences — Marty Singer, representing over a dozen celebrities whose iCloud accounts …

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Josh Ong / The Next Web:

Twitter for Mac gets long-overdue update adding multi-photo viewing and DM photos — Twitter for Mac has received a rare update that adds months-old features, such as support for viewing and posting multiple photos in a single tweet and attaching pictures to a direct message, to the app.

More: MacRumors, Macworld, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, Ubergizmo, TechCrunch and SlashGear

Vlad Savov / The Verge:

LG website referenced software development kit for an unannounced webOS SmartWatch — LG is working on a webOS SmartWatch — “LG SmartWatch gets more powerful with the new Web-centric platform” — The world's favorite abortive mobile operating system, webOS, refuses to go away quietly.

More: Electronista, The Next Web, Wearable World News, DailyTech, Gigaom, Phandroid, TechSpot, TechnoBuffalo, PC World, Inquirer, Re/code, CNET, Pocketnow, SlashGear, Gizmodo, MobileSyrup.com, Ubergizmo, Engadget, Android Police and Android Central. Tweets: @backlon

James Temple / Re/code:

Fertility app maker Glow raises $17M Series B led by Formation 8 — Glow Raises $17 Million, Offers More Evidence That the App Helps Women Conceive — Glow, which develops apps designed to help women manage their reproductive health, has raised $17 million in a Series B round …

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Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Apple Asks the Music Labels for a Price Cut on Streaming Subscriptions — There are lots of music subscription services that let people listen to all the songs they want for $10 a month. — Apple thinks that price is too high. — Sources say Apple is talking to the big music labels …

More: 9to5Mac, AppleInsider and MacRumors

Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:

Deezer launches US partnership with Bose, at $5/month with lower quality audio than Sonos deal — Deezer launches in the U.S., again, this time partnering with Bose — Deezer is launching another paid tier of its streaming service in the U.S., this time through an exclusive partnership with Deezer.

More: Engadget, Gizmodo, CNET, The Verge, TechSpot, VentureBeat, Billboard and AllAccess.com

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Design Firm Adaptive Path Acquired By Capital One — Adaptive Path, a San Francisco-based design and user experience consultancy, has been acquired by financial firm Capital One. — That's not the most obvious acquirer, but in his announcement, Adaptive Path co-founder …

More: Adaptive Path and The Next Web

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook Announces Stricter Guidelines For Research And Experiments On Its Users — After a study on whether emotional manipulation in the News Feed could make people sad turned into a PR disaster, Facebook has now set up a formal review process for pre-approving research on its users …

More: Facebook, Marketing Land, New York Times, SiliconANGLE, Guardian, PC World, Computerworld, Bloomberg, Fortune, Washington Post, Gigaom, The Verge and VentureBeat

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Josh Ong / The Next Web:

Waze announces Connected Citizens program to share data with local governments worldwide — Google's Waze announces government data exchange program with 10 initial partners — Waze today announced “Connected Citizens,” a new government partnership program that will see both parties exchange data …

More: Electronista and ZDNet

Nick Statt / CNET:

Microsoft may have named it Windows 10 to maintain compatibility with app software from '90s — Is this why Microsoft named it Windows 10? — Seemingly everyone on the Net has a theory as to why Microsoft skipped the name “Windows 9” and jumped to 10. Here's one explanation that actually makes sense.

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Tweets: @themadhacker and @anildash

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Play Newsstand app on Android updated with Material Design, improved magazine UI on phones — Google's Play Newsstand App Makes Reading Print Magazines On Phones Easier — Google's Play Newsstand app lets you read news from free and paid sources ranging from blogs and newspapers to The New Yorker and everything in between.

More: Official Android Blog, Droid Life, Engadget, PC World, 9to5Google, Android Police, Android Central, The Next Web and The Verge

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Google Reveals ‘The Physical Web,’ A Project To Make Internet Of Things Interaction App-Less — Google's Scott Jenson, an interaction and UX designer who left the company only to return to the Chrome team last November, has revealed a project underway at the company called The Physical Web to provide …

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