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October 9, 2014, 1:15 AM

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Dan Seifert / The Verge:
HTC introduces Desire Eye, with highest resolution front-facing camera on a smartphone, 13MP front and back  —  HTC's Desire Eye wants to be the king of selfies  —  The Desire Eye has the most powerful front-facing camera ever put on a smartphone  —  It's no secret that taking selfies …
Sam Biddle / Valleywag:
A sampler of Slack group names at major tech companies, obtained through the service's dubious usability “feature”  —  Slack Is Letting Anyone Peek at Their Competitors  —  Few pieces of corporate software have earned so many fans so quickly as Slack, which is basically a sophisticated chat room for businesses.
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
'It's been way too long': Apple sends out invites for Thursday, October 16th iPad & Mac event  —  It's happening: Apple has just announced a keynote address for Thursday, October 16th to take place at the Town Hall auditorium on its Infinite Loop Campus in Cupertino, California.
Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal:
Apple says it was surprised by the bankruptcy filing of sapphire supplier GT Advanced; sources say GT didn't meet Apple's technical milestones  —  Apple Surprised by Sapphire Partner GT Advanced's Bankruptcy Filing  —  iPhone Maker Says It Will Work With State and Local Officials to Consider Next Steps
Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Twitter News Head Vivian Schiller Out in Media Unit Consolidation  —  Vivian Schiller, the high-profile NBC and NPR exec who Twitter hired to run its news unit, is leaving the company as part of a consolidation.  —  Adam Sharp will now be in charge of both news and government …
Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:
Piper Jaffray study finds Facebook use among teens down from 72% in spring to 45% in fall 2014  —  Teens are officially over Facebook  —  Since children are the future, and no one over 21 really knows what they find “cool” (do the kids even say cool these days...?), researchers have devoted many …
CoinDesk:
State of Bitcoin Q3 2014: Ecosystem Maturing Amid Price Pressure  —  We are pleased to release our latest quarterly State of Bitcoin update.  —  This article will run through some of its key findings in the new report, which focuses on data and events in the third quarter of 2014 up to the present day.
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Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:
Apple opens the door for HomeKit accessory makers w/ finalized MFi specs  —  Apple has now finalized and published specifications for HomeKit through its Made-For-iPhone/iPad/iPod (MFi) licensing program.  The finalized specifications, which allow accessory makers to start building products …
Amy Schatz / Re/code:
AT&T Pays $105 Million to Settle Mobile Cramming Charges  —  AT&T agreed to pay $105 million to settle claims that it allowed third-party companies to bill subscribers for millions of dollars in unauthorized charges, federal and state law enforcement officials announced Wednesday.
Nick Summers / The Next Web:
Nokia's HERE maps is finally available for Android, kicking off with Samsung Galaxy phones  —  Nokia has launched a beta version of its HERE maps and navigation app in the Samsung Galaxy Apps store, giving the smartphone maker a viable alternative to the wildly popular Google Maps.

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