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October 3, 2014, 8:35 AM

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New York Times:

JPMorgan says data breach affected 76M households, 7M small businesses — Cyberattack Against JPMorgan Chase Affects 76 Million Households — A cyberattack this summer on JPMorgan Chase compromised the accounts of 76 million households and seven million small businesses …

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: Engadget, iPhone, MacNN, iDownloadBlog.com, MacDailyNews, Ubergizmo, 9to5Mac, Business Insider, The Register, AppleInsider, MacRumors, SlashGear, iPhone in Canada Blog and App Advice. See also Mediagazer

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 …

More: Business Insider, Neowin, GitHub, SlashGear, Gizmodo, Help Net Security, Engadget, The Verge, Electronista, SecurityWeek and SC Magazine

Tweets: @mikebutcher and @marypcbuk

Reuters:

Facebook plotting first steps in healthcare: support communities for ailments and preventative care apps — Exclusive: Facebook plots first steps into healthcare — (Reuters) - Facebook Inc already knows who your friends are and the kind of things that grab your attention.

More: Engadget, ZDNet, The Next Web, The Verge, Gizmodo, Business Insider, SlashGear and Seeking Alpha

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 …

More: Engadget, 9to5Mac, CNET, The Register, Beyond Search, DISPLAYBLOG, Daring Fireball and Business Insider

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 …

More: iPhone in Canada Blog, Starpoint Blog and MacDailyNews. Tweets: @briantong. Thanks:@superpixels

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:

EU Commission clears Facebook's $19 billion bid for WhatsApp — (Reuters) - European Union antitrust regulators approved on Friday a $19 billion offer by Facebook, the world's most popular social network, for mobile messaging startup WhatsApp. — The landmark deal is the largest …

More: EU Press Room, Engadget, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, The Register, PC World, Marketing Land, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Tech.eu, Associated Press, TechnoBuffalo, Electronista, Ubergizmo, Webrazzi and Tech City News

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.

More: Reuters, TechSpot, Ubergizmo, GeekWire, TheStreet.com, Wireless Week, Reuters, SlashGear, CNET and Windows Phone Central

Jayadevan PK / The Economic Times:

Google planning to launch own mobile messaging app similar to WhatsApp — BANGALORE: After losing WhatsApp to Facebook in a multibillion dollar acquisition bid, Google is planning to launch its own mobile messaging app which the search giant is likely to test in India and other emerging markets.

More: Digital Trends, bgr.in, Reuters, Ubergizmo and Neowin. Thanks:@therealjpk

Owen Thomas / ReadWrite:

Apple's Health app is useless, dependent on other apps to gather data — Apple's Health App Is An Embarrassment — ReadWriteBody is an ongoing series where ReadWrite covers networked fitness and the quantified self. — You know those super-awkward “before” shots with a fat guy holding …

More: blog.human.co, Medium and VentureBeat

Tweets: @danmunro and @owenthomas

Faryaab S. / SamMobile:

Early build of Android L with TouchWiz previewed on the Samsung Galaxy S5 — Exclusive Preview: Android L on Samsung Galaxy S5 — At Google I/O 2014, Google announced the next iteration of its Android operating system - Android L. As the operating system itself was still in early stages …

More: IntoMobile, Electronista, SlashGear, Geek.com, Gigaom, Gizmodo, Engadget, Phandroid, Ubergizmo, PC World, BGR, TechnoBuffalo, Gotta Be Mobile, Pocketnow, 9to5Google, MobileSyrup.com, Droid Life and Phones Review. Tweets: @markgurman

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

iOS 8 Translator Keyboard Introduces Easy Access Language Translation Capabilities — With iOS 8 bringing support for system wide third-party keyboards for the first time, developers have been coming up with creative ways to introduce new functionality to the keyboard, beyond simply making it quicker to type.

More: BGR, TechCrunch and iDownloadBlog.com

Steven Russolillo / Wall Street Journal:

GoPro stock falls as much as 14% as founder gifts 5.8M shares to new charity, sidesteps IPO lockup rule — GoPro's Lockup Loophole Spooks Investors — GoPro Inc. found a way to maneuver around its lockup restriction, a development that spooked investors and sent the high-flying stock down as much as 14% on Thursday.

More: Investor Relations, Bloomberg, Business Insider, Reuters, CNBC, Fortune and USA Today

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.

More: TechCrunch, AdExchanger, BetaNews, Marketing Land, AllFacebook, VentureBeat, Inside Facebook, The Next Web, 9to5Google and Android Central

Nick Summers / The Next Web:

Flipboard for Windows Phone 8 is finally here — At last, Flipboard has an app for Windows Phone 8. Nokia said a version of the magazine-inspired reading app would come to its platform over a year ago, and users have been waiting patiently ever since. — Now, it's finally here.

More: Inside Flipboard, Digital Trends, TechnoBuffalo, Blogging Windows, Engadget, Conversations, WinBeta, PC World and VentureBeat

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 …

More: CNN, Re/code, New York Times, Channel EYE, New World Notes, Flavorwire, The Mary Sue, Slate, Computer Business Review, Ars Technica, GamesIndustry.biz and Boing Boing

Tweets: @gamasutra, @glennf and @frequentbeef

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