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November 4, 2014, 1:45 PM

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Jason Del Rey / Re/code:

Amazon Begins Extending Prime-Member Perks to Other Shopping Sites — Can Amazon Prime become the VIP pass for the rest of the web? — For the first time since launching its Prime membership program in 2005, Amazon is extending some of the club's perks to its members as they shop on other big shopping sites around the Web.

More: TechCrunch, GeekWire, Business Insider and Gizmodo

Tweets: @gregbensinger and @delrey

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Amazon Prime customers now get unlimited cloud storage for photos — With so many backup options, losing your photos should be impossible — When it comes to backing up your photo library and life's most precious memories, it's good to have multiple options.

Andy / TorrentFreak:

Pirate Bay founder Fredrik Neij arrested in Asia, all three founders now behind bars — Pirate Bay Founder Fredrik Neij Arrested in Asia — Following the criminal convictions of Pirate Bay founders Peter Sunde, Gottfrid Svartholm and Fredrik Neij, each went their separate ways.

More: Digital Trends, NEWS.com.au, Ars Technica, CNET, theWHIR.com, TechCrunch, Kotaku, Engadget, Business Insider, Tech in Asia and Gizmodo UK. See also Mediagazer

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Dropbox and Microsoft partner to let users access Dropbox from Office apps, edit Office files from Dropbox app — Dropbox and Microsoft form surprise partnership for Office integration — Office mobile apps will soon seamlessly sync to Dropbox — Microsoft and Dropbox are teaming …

More: News Center, The Dropbox Blog, Office Blogs, ZDNet, Re/code, Gigaom, GeekWire, The Next Web, PC World, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, TechCrunch, Fast Company, Seeking Alpha and SlashGear

Tweets: @satyanadella, @levie, @thurrott and @tomwarren

Steven Bertoni / Forbes:

Sean Rad to step down as Tinder CEO, will become president and remain on board — Exclusive: Sean Rad Out As Tinder CEO. Inside The Crazy Saga — Sean Rad, the cofounder and CEO of Tinder, an app that over the past two years has completely reinvented how young people date and mate, has been generating news regularly.

More: VatorNews, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, CNNMoney.com, Re/code, TechCrunch, Fortune, Valleywag, WebProNews, TIME, Mashable, New York Magazine and socalTECH.com

Tweets: @bonatsos, @dmac1, @dmac1, @montalvo_d, @jonfortt, @stevenbertoni and @pkafka

Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:

Alibaba Posts 54% Revenue Increase, But Net Profit Falls Below Expectations — Alibaba beat already high expectations for revenue growth in its first quarterly earnings report since its record-setting $25 billion initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange in September, but missed its profit forecast.

Walt Mossberg / Re/code:

MCX CEO: CurrentC exclusivity deal blocking Apple Pay at CVS will expire in months, not years — What Are the Anti-Apple Pay Merchants Afraid Of? — I've been a regular customer at CVS/pharmacy, the country's second-largest drugstore chain, for 20 years.

More: TechCrunch, Gigaom, The Verge, Forbes, iMore, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, App Advice, MacDailyNews and CNNMoney.com. Tweets: @mdudas

Kim Zetter / Wired:

Flaw in New ‘Secure’ Credit Cards Would Let Hackers Steal $1M Per Card — Chip-n-PIN cards like the one shown here are going to be widely in use in America by 2015. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images — As U.S. banks and retailers are barreling toward a 2015 deadline to replace magnetic-stripe credit …

More: Newcastle University, Gizmodo, Gizmodo UK, The Register, Help Net Security and ITworld.com

Robert Hannigan / Financial Times:

UK's GCHQ chief says tech companies enable terrorism and child exploitation, wants them to better facilitate “lawful investigation” — The web is a terrorist's command-and-control network of choice — People do not want social media platforms to facilitate murder, writes Robert Hannigan

More: Wall Street Journal, BBC, TechCrunch, Techdirt, New York Times, Gigaom, BBC, Gizmodo, The Register, BetaNews, The Next Web, ITProPortal, Mashable, Matthew Aid, Inquirer, Telegraph, CNET, Reuters, ZDNet, Fortune and The Hill. See also Mediagazer

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:

Intel Capital invests $62M in 16 tech startups — Intel Capital, the venture arm of the world's biggest chipmaker, is unveiling it has invested $62 million in 16 tech startups today. The investments show that Intel is still bullish about funding new tech companies that could one day spur lots …

More: TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, Mercury News, CNET, GeekWire, bizjournals, Ubergizmo and PE Hub Blog

Brier Dudley / The Seattle Times:

Confirmed: Apple opening Seattle software office — Apple is moving into enemy territory and has started an engineering office in Seattle, its first in the Northwest. — Like other California companies setting up shop in the shadow of Microsoft, Apple is attracted by the area's software talent …

More: GeekWire, Fortune, SiliconBeat, iMore, MacNN, theWHIR.com, MacRumors, Mashable, VentureBeat, The Register, iPhone, Gizmodo, Patently Apple, 9to5Mac, App Advice, bizjournals, iPhone in Canada Blog, stratechery, iDownloadBlog.com, AppleInsider, TUAW and Gizmodo UK. Tweets: @brentsimmons

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Google Launches Managed Service For Running Docker-Based Applications On Its Cloud Platform — Google today announced the alpha launch the “Google Container Engine” — a new managed service for building and running Docker container-based applications on its cloud platform.

More: VentureBeat, Google Cloud Platform Blog, InfoWorld, Fortune, Talkin' Cloud and ZDNet

Jonathan Vanian / Gigaom:

Netflix open sources Dynomite to make any datastore distributed — With Dynomite, Netflix claims it can cut down on performance issues and better handle traffic spikes. — Netflix detailed on Monday a framework it has open sourced, called Dynomite, that can convert non-distributed databases …

More: SiliconANGLE and The Netflix Tech Blog

Jessica E. Lessin / The Information:

Jawbone to launch more fitness wearables: UP3 with new sensors for $180, clip-on MOVE for $50 — Exclusive: Jawbone To Broaden Wearables Lineup — Jawbone is the latest wearable company to try to go where Apple is not going, with plans for two new activity trackers aimed at the low and mid-tiers.

More: VentureBeat, Digital Trends, PC World, Wearable World News, bizjournals, iPhone Hacks, Ubergizmo, SlashGear, Wearables Arena and Wearable Tech Insider

Jon Fingas / Engadget:

Acer's 12-inch Switch tablet is five devices in one — Thought Acer's Aspire Switch 10 tablet was a true jack-of-all-trades? It's already outclassed. The PC maker has officially revealed the Aspire Switch 12, a 12.5-inch sibling that's a little more flexible.

More: PC World, Laptop Mag, Gizmodo, BetaNews, ZDNet, SlashGear, Electronista, Digital Trends, ITProPortal, Geeky Gadgets and Liliputing

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Intel Capital Leads $35M Investment In Social Login Service Gigya — Gigya, a company that helps online businesses and publishers manage customer logins, is announcing that it has raised $35 million in a funding round led by Intel Capital. — CEO Patrick Salyer told me that this was a strategic investment from Intel.

More: VentureBeat, Fortune, AdExchanger, Re/code, internetretailer.com, GeekTime and PE Hub Blog

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