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October 6, 2014, 11:00 AM

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New York Times:

Hewlett-Packard Announces Breakup Plan as Technology Landscape Shifts — Hewlett-Packard confirmed on Monday that it planned to break into two companies. — The company, considered a foundational institution of Silicon Valley, said in a news release that it intended to divide itself …

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Wall Street Journal:

HP announces split, boosts number of expected layoffs by 5K to 55K — Hewlett-Packard Announces Plans to Break Up Company — H-P Would Separate PC, Printer Business from Corporate Hardware, Services; Expects More Layoffs — Tech company Hewlett-Packard has announced that it will separate …

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Barb Darrow / Gigaom:

HP is better not together — company to split into enterprise and PC/printer businesses — It's true. The HP IT giant is dividing into two smaller, but still large entities, one focusing on enterprise IT, the other on PCs and printers. — Hewlett-Packard is now forging ahead with plans …

More: Mercury News, Re/code, Tech Trader Daily, eWeek, AppleInsider, Gizmodo, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, The Next Web, The Verge, VentureBeat, Business Insider, Digital Trends, CNNMoney.com, Neowin and Android Central

Mike Isaac / New York Times:

Square closes its latest round, raising $150M at a $6B valuation, led by Singapore Investment Corporation — Square Raises $150 Million at a $6 Billion Valuation — It takes money to make money, or so the saying goes. And Square, the e-commerce start-up, wants to make a lot more money.

More: The Verge, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Business Insider, Re/code, bizjournals, Mashable, TechCrunch, VentureBeat and VatorNews

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Hacked Screenshots Show Friend-To-Friend Payments Feature Hidden In Facebook Messenger — Facebook Messenger is all set up to allow friends to send each other money. All Facebook has to do is turn on the feature, according to screenshots and video taken using iOS app exploration developer tool Cycript …

More: Guardian, SiliconANGLE, PandoDaily, Telegraph, Inquirer, TechSpot, iDownloadBlog.com, The Register, Cult of Mac, Seeking Alpha, Mashable, VentureBeat, 9to5Mac, PC Magazine, Ubergizmo, SlashGear, VentureBreak, memeburn, Tech Digest, Gizmodo, The Verge, NFC World+, Engadget, iPhone Hacks, Business Insider, iMore and CryptoCoinsNews

Tweets: @mikeisaac, @andyplace2, @joshconstine and @dangillmor

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Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:

Apple sapphire crystal supplier GT Advanced files for bankruptcy — Apple sapphire supplier GT Advanced Tech has today released a statement announcing that it is filing for bankruptcy under Chapter 11. Filing for Chapter 11 means the company will be able to continue normal operations until it can resolve issues with creditors.

More: GT Advanced Technologies Inc., Tech Trader Daily, ZDNet, BGR, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, MacRumors and Business Insider

Se Young Lee / Reuters:

Samsung Electronics makes $14.7 billion bet with new South Korean chip plant — (Reuters) - South Korean IT giant Samsung Electronics plans to spend $14.7 billion on a new chip facility - its biggest investment in a single plant - leaning on its semiconductor business to bolster profits as its smartphone dominance wanes.

More: VentureBeat, Bloomberg, Inquirer, Fortune, SamMobile, MacDailyNews, PC World, Wall Street Journal, CNET, ZDNet and Seeking Alpha

Mat Honan / Wired:

Adaptive Path's acquisition by Capital One feels like the end of the long-fading Web 2.0 era — Adaptive Path and the Death Rattle of the Web 2.0 Era — You may not have heard of them, but a little company in San Francisco called Adaptive Path has had an outsized effect on the Web we know.

Tweets: @brandonschauer and @trentwalton

Ravi Sharma / Times of India:

Skype to block local voice calls from India starting November 10 — NEW DELHI: Internet-based calling service Skype will stop delivering calls on landline and mobile phones in India from November 10. The Microsoft-owned company did not give any reason for this move.

More: The Next Web, Gigaom, iMore, Phones Review, Tech in Asia, Neowin and WinBeta

Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:

The cloud DVR is going mainstream before anyone knows if it's legal — It's perfectly legal in the US to record television programs for personal use, but the situation gets murkier when those recordings touch the web. American courts haven't really decided if cloud DVRs …

Blair Hanley Frank / GeekWire:

T-Mobile CEO John Legere on consolidation, acquisition rumors, and improving customer service — Full Video: T-Mobile CEO John Legere unleashed on the GeekWire stage (F-bombs, Bendgate and the ‘porn guy’ who runs Iliad) — T-Mobile CEO John Legere rocked the house at the GeekWire Summit yesterday …

More: Fortune, CNET, iPhone in Canada Blog, GeekWire, iMore, 9to5Mac and The PhoneBoy Blog

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Facebook Closes WhatsApp Acquisition, Jan Koum To Match Zuckerberg's $1 Annual Salary — Facebook is now the legal owner of WhatsApp, following a filing made with the SEC today. This is the final step in a process begun when Facebook announced its intent to acquire the messaging company in February of this year.

More: Engadget, Re/code, The Verge, The Next Web, VentureBeat, Wall Street Journal, Android Central and Mashable

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