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October 21, 2014, 4:55 PM

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Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:

Staples investigating credit card breach at its retail stores after multiple banks report fraud — Banks: Credit Card Breach at Staples Stores — Multiple banks say they have identified a pattern of credit and debit card fraud suggesting that several Staples Inc. office supply locations …

More: Re/code, VentureBeat, New York Times, Fortune, Computerworld, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, The Daily Caller, TechCrunch, BBC, Ubergizmo, ABC News, internetretailer.com, ZDNet, Forbes, Help Net Security, Inquirer, CNET, The Register, SC Magazine, Electronista, TIME and Benzinga. Tweets: @lessien

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft Lumia to replace Nokia brand, starting in France, global rollout in the coming weeks — Microsoft Lumia will replace the Nokia brand — Microsoft started dropping hints about its plans to kill off the Nokia and Windows Phone brands last month, and now the company is ready to make it official.

More: Re/code, Electronista, TechSpot, CIO.com, WMPoweruser, Ubergizmo, MobileSyrup.com, TechnoBuffalo, SuperSite for Windows, WinBeta, TechCrunch, Pocketnow, The Next Web, Windows Phone Central and Business Insider

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Google Acquires Firebase To Help Developers Build Better Real-Time Apps — Google today announced that it has acquired Firebase, a backend service that helps developers build realtime apps for iOS, Android and the web that can store and sync data instantly.

More: Firebase, Google Cloud Platform Blog, Gigaom, VatorNews, 9to5Google, The Next Web, VentureBeat and CNET

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with a Notification Center — Microsoft released its first Windows 10 Technical Preview just three weeks ago and the software maker is now ready to issue a fresh update. If you're already testing Windows 10 then a new preview build (9860) …

More: Blogging Windows, GeekWire, CNET, ZDNet, The Next Web, VentureBeat, SuperSite for Windows, Electronista, Gotta Be Mobile, WinBeta, Neowin, Windows Phone Central and Windows Phone Central

Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:

Google beefs up 2-step verification with physical USB Security Key option in Chrome — Google today announced it is beefing up its two-step verification feature with Security Key, a physical USB second factor that only works after verifying the login site is truly a Google website.

More: Google Online Security Blog, PC World, eWeek, Engadget, Inquirer, Business Insider, BetaNews, Gizmodo, Electronista, Gigaom, Android Police, 9to5Google, Lifehacker, The Verge, The Next Web, TechCrunch, WebProNews and SlashGear

John Cook / GeekWire:

Former Microsoft exec Bob Muglia raises $26M for Snowflake, a data warehousing startup — Bob Muglia is floating in the clouds, or should we say on some snowflakes. The longtime Microsoft veteran — who left the company in 2011 after 23 years, including a stint as the president …

More: TechCrunch, InfoWorld, PE Hub Blog, The New Stack, Fortune, Gigaom, VentureBeat and Bloomberg

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Yahoo Beats In Q3 With Revenue Of $1.09B, EPS Of $0.52 — With all eyes on what Yahoo will do with its $5 billion+ in Alibaba cash, Yahoo today reported its Q3 earnings after the close of trading, with sales of $1.09 billion excluding traffic acquisition costs and non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.52.

More: Business Insider, Associated Press, Re/code, VentureBeat, Yahoo! Inc,, Tech Trader Daily and Bloomberg. See also Mediagazer

Ben Popper / The Verge:

Banks racing to become your first card in Apple Pay as most users will use the default card — New Gold Rush: why banks are racing to be the first card in your Apple Pay — Beyond the home screen, beyond the lock screen, the battle for the pre-screen — Over the weekend I was hit …

More: Beau Giles, 9to5Mac, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, BGR, iLounge, MacNN and App Advice. Tweets: @benpopper

Sharon Profis / CNET:

Apple Pay's speed, security, and timing will help push mobile payments into the mainstream

More: Forbes, Six Colors, TechCrunch, Forbes, BuzzFeed, USA Today, Uber Blog, Quartz, SuperSite for Windows, Macworld, Gizmodo, Forbes, The Next Web and ABC News

Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code:

HP to announce Sprout, a computing device combining a large display, touch surface, 3D scanner, and overhead projector — HP Will Unveil New Computing Product Called Sprout Next Week — When Hewlett-Packard announced it would split in two — one company devoted to PCs and printing …

More: Business Insider

Kurt Wagner / Re/code:

New Social Network Tsu — Which Pays Users Who Post — Raises $7 Million — New social network Tsu believes it can get you excited about seeing advertisements. (Seriously!) — That's because Tsu, which launched on Tuesday with a $7 million investment led by Sancus Capital …

More: Examiner, Billboard, VentureBeat and ECPM BLOG

Rene Ritchie / iMore:

Apple clarifies Spotlight Search data and location sharing, says information shared is minimal — Yosemite, iOS 8, Spotlight, and Privacy: What you need to know — A story made the rounds earlier today calling into question the new Spotlight Suggestions feature in OS X Yosemite and iOS 8.

BuzzFeed:

Sexist French Uber Promotion Pairs Riders With “Hot Chick” Drivers — “Who said women don't know how to drive?” the Uber blog post asks. The post was deleted after an inquiry from BuzzFeed News. — Yesterday, Uber's Lyon office unveiled a new promotion with an app called “Avions de Chasse.”

Shira Ovide / Wall Street Journal:

Microsoft Values CEO Satya Nadella's Pay at $84 Million — Call Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella the $84 million man. — Microsoft said it awarded the new CEO compensation valued at more than $84 million for the fiscal year ended June 30. — The majority of the money, $59.2 million …

More: GeekWire, Fortune, Guardian, BetaNews, CNBC, ZDNet, Bloomberg, Reuters and ABC News

John Ribeiro / PC World:

NSA approves Samsung Knox devices for government use — Samsung Electronics' Galaxy devices have been approved by the U.S. National Security Agency under a program of the agency to quickly deploy commercially available technologies. — The Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) …

More: BetaNews, Associated Press, The Daily Dot, Global Nerdy, Gotta Be Mobile, The Register, Wall Street Journal, Inquirer, ZDNet and ABC News

Nicole Perlroth / New York Times:

Scammers hack business phone networks to rack up billions in fraudulent charges, vexing carriers and lawmakers — Phone Hackers Dial and Redial to Steal Billions — SAN FRANCISCO — Bob Foreman's architecture firm ran up a $166,000 phone bill in a single weekend last March.

More: Guardian, SmallBusiness.com, BGR and Help Net Security

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Google Play Music adds Songza's contextual playlists for All Access subscribers, Material Design UI — Google brings Songza's best feature to Play Music — But only All Access subscribers get to use it — After purchasing Songza for an undisclosed sum earlier this year …

More: Official Android Blog, The Next Web, VentureBeat, BGR, CNET, iMore, Wall Street Journal, Gotta Be Mobile, Gizmodo, Android Police, 9to5Google, The Wrap, Billboard, Droid Life, Lifehacker and Liliputing

Marcus Wohlsen / Wired:

Nielsen partners with Adobe to rate all online content, from videos and podcasts to articles — Nielsen Will Soon Rate Everything on the Web, From Videos to Articles — The Nielsen ratings have long held huge sway over the business of television, but television isn't like it used to be.

More: Reuters, VentureBeat, The Wrap, Wall Street Journal, Broadcasting & Cable and ZDNet. See also Mediagazer

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

Apple Aware of iCloud Login Harvesting in China, Launches Browser Security Guide — Earlier this week, web censorship blog Great Fire suggested that hackers aligned with Chinese authorities were using man-in-the-middle attacks in order to harvest Apple ID information from Chinese users that visited Apple's iCloud.com website.

More: Official Apple Support, CNBC, The Daily Dot, The Next Web, Business Insider, BGR, Engadget, TechCrunch, iPhone in Canada Blog and iDownloadBlog.com

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Magic Leap Secures $542M Led By Google For “Lightweight Wearable” Tech That Merges Physical And Digital Worlds — It's rare that a company can stay relatively secretive while raising a huge amount of funding, but Florida's Magic Leap has managed that. The startup, led by CEO Rony Abovitz …

iFixit:

Mac Mini 2014 teardown: CPU and RAM soldered to logic board, impeding user repairs or upgrades — Mac Mini Late 2014 Teardown — This guide has been found to be exceptionally cool by the iFixit staff. — It's been two years since the Mac Mini's last appearance on iFixit's teardown table …

More: 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, Macworld, Ars Technica, FierceCIO News, Inquirer, AppleTell, O'Grady's PowerPage, GSMArena Blog, ZDNet, Engadget, Gizmodo, Patently Apple, VentureBeat, SlashGear, MacRumors and iMore

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