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November 10, 2014, 3:50 PM

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The White House:

President Obama endorses net neutrality, asks FCC to reclassify the Internet as a utility — Net Neutrality: President Obama's Plan for a Free and Open Internet — More than any other invention of our time, the Internet has unlocked possibilities we could just barely imagine a generation ago.

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Chris Welch / The Verge:

Reactions to Obama's Net Neutrality statement from government, broadband providers, tech and advocacy groups

Amy Schatz / Re/code:

President Obama Backs Title II for Net Neutrality in Big Win For Activists

More: Ars Technica, Business Insider, Businessweek, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, The Hill, FedScoop and Union Square Ventures

Tweets: @whitehouse, @ceciliakang and @amy_schatz

Peter Martinazzi / Facebook:

Facebook Messenger passes 500M monthly users — Messenger Reaches 500 Million — By Peter Martinazzi, Director of Product Management — Messaging is an important part of how people stay connected and since Messenger launched in 2011 we've been passionate about giving people a faster and more expressive way to communicate.

More: Wired, Computerworld, New York Times, PC Magazine, PC World, The Verge, Inside Facebook, Re/code, Business Insider, TechCrunch, iMore, AllFacebook, VentureBeat, The Next Web, 9to5Mac, Reuters, BuzzFeed, MobileSyrup.com, WebProNews, Facebook, Gigaom, SlashGear, Mashable, Seeking Alpha and Forbes

Tweets: @hannahkuchler, @bryfitz and @jonrussell

Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:

Chinese hackers suspected of breaching US Postal Service, compromised data of 800K+ employees — China suspected of breaching U.S. Postal Service computer networks — Chinese government hackers are suspected of breaching the computer networks of the United States Postal Service, compromising the data of more than 800,000 employees.

More: The Register, NPR, Computerworld, eWeek, Federal Computer Week, CNBC, Fortune, Mashable, TechSpot, SC Magazine, Nextgov, Engadget, ZDNet and The Verge

Tweets: @dondraperclone and @xor

FireEye, Inc.:

iOS vulnerability allows apps installed via enterprise/ad-hoc provisioning to replace real apps under the same name, letting an attacker steal data — Masque Attack: All Your iOS Apps Belong to Us — In July 2014, FireEye mobile security researchers have discovered that an iOS app installed …

Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:

New devices help iOS steal back enterprise share from Android; breakdown is 85% iPhone 6, 15% iPhone 6 Plus — Apple has managed to reverse a recent trend of declining quarterly enterprise share for device activations, thanks to its new smartphones. The breakdown for businesses buying …

More: Good Technology, GeekWire, AppleInsider, PC World, iMore, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Inquirer, iPhone in Canada Blog, Computerworld and ITProPortal

Tweets: @valaafshar and @counternotions

Eben Upton / Raspberry Pi:

Raspberry Pi Model A+ now on sale for $20 with smaller design, lower power consumption, microSD card slot — Raspberry Pi Model A+ on sale now at $20 — When we announced the Model B+ back in July, we said that we'd also be producing a lower-cost variant, analogous to the original Model A. Since then …

Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:

Mozilla launches Firefox Developer Edition with built-in tools for debugging apps and mobile browsers — Mozilla today launched Firefox Developer Edition, which it is calling “the first browser created specifically for developers.” The company wants to solve a very big problem developers often complain …

More: The Mozilla Blog, Digital Trends, Mozilla Hacks, ZDNet, BetaNews, The Next Web, internetnews.com, TechCrunch, PC World, SitePoint and Electronista. Tweets: @cloudysan

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Microsoft Office Apps Skyrocket To The Top Of The App Store Following Pricing Changes — Nothing sells like “free.” Microsoft Word is now the number one free iPhone and iPad application on iTunes, closely followed by other Microsoft Office apps including Excel and PowerPoint.

More: 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog and WinBeta

Erin Griffith / Fortune:

DogVacay, offering dog-sitting services, raises $25M to expand internationally and offer boarding, day care, walking, training and grooming — Exclusive: DogVacay raises $25 million — When you enter the offices of DogVacay, there's a good chance you'll be eagerly greeted by Maggie. And Minnie.

More: Business Insider, GeekWire, TechCrunch, Gigaom and BetaKit

Ernesto / TorrentFreak:

Pirate Bay Founder Peter Sunde Released From Prison — After being on the run for two years Peter Sunde, aka brokep, was arrested during a family visit in southern Sweden late May. — Despite being accused of non-violent crimes, Peter was transferred to a high-security unit. His time in prison was tough.

More: Ars Technica, TechSpot, VentureBeat and Neowin

Steve Kovach / Business Insider:

Microsoft explains its new productivity focused strategy in more detail — Microsoft's CEO Gave Us The Clearest Vision For The Company We've Had In Years — Over the past few years, it has been tough to pinpoint what Microsoft's focus is. — In 2012, then-CEO Steve Ballmer wrote …

More: Fast Company, The Official Microsoft Blog, ZDNet, Windows Phone Central and WinBeta

Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:

Instagram now lets you edit captions, suggests accounts to follow in new People tab — Instagram today released two new features for its mobile apps. You can download the new version now directly from Google Play and Apple's App Store. — First up, the app now lets you go back and edit captions on your posts.

More: Instagram Blog, The Verge, AllFacebook, 9to5Mac, The Daily Dot, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Business Insider, Yahoo Tech and iClarified

Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code:

Hadoop startup Hortonworks announces it has filed for an IPO — Hortonworks Files to Float Public Shares in 2015 — Hortonworks, one of a handful of companies seeking to build a business on Hadoop, the open source big data software technology, has filed for an initial public offering.

More: Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Data Center Knowledge, Business Insider, Gigaom, VentureBeat, Hortonworks and Bloomberg

Dawn Chmielewski / Re/code:

AT&T Abandons Plans for In-Flight Wireless Service — AT&T is abandoning an in-flight wireless initiative that would have positioned it to compete with services such as GoGo. — The nation's second-largest wireless carrier had announced plans this spring to bring high-speed 4G LTE wireless service …

More: The Verge and VentureBeat

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