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November 10, 2014, 1:20 PM

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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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Amy Schatz / Re/code:

President Obama Backs Title II for Net Neutrality in Big Win For Activists — President Obama came out in favor of the FCC re-regulating broadband lines under rules written for phone networks when the agency adopts new net neutrality rules, in a major win for Internet activists.

More: Business Insider, Ars Technica, Washington Post, The Hill, Wall Street Journal, Tech Trader Daily, TIME, FedScoop and Union Square Ventures

Tweets: @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, Inside Facebook, Business Insider, TechCrunch, AllFacebook, 9to5Mac, The Next Web, The Next Web, VentureBeat, Gigaom, Facebook, Android Central, Mashable, Forbes and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @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: eWeek, Engadget, ZDNet, The Verge, CNBC and TIME

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 …

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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: 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, VentureBeat, Neowin, The Next Web and The Register

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: PC World, Good Technology, iMore, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Inquirer, ITProPortal and Computerworld. Tweets: @counternotions

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, The Next Web, Mozilla Hacks, internetnews.com, TechCrunch, PC World, Andreas Gal, OStatic blogs, WebProNews and Electronista

Ho Binh Minh / Reuters:

Samsung Electronics to build $3 billion smartphone plant in Vietnam — (Reuters) - South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) has applied for a license to invest $3 billion in building a second smartphone factory in northern Vietnam, a government official said on Monday.

More: 9to5Google, The Register, ZDNet, HotHardware.com News, SamMobile and Seeking Alpha

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:

Imagination reveals powerful graphics chips for smartphones and wearables — The graphics in digital gadgets, from wearables to smart TVs, are about to get more snappy and responsive. — Imagination Technologies is launching its latest graphics cores that can be licensed by chip vendors to build full graphics chips.

More: Inquirer, AnandTech, bit-tech.net and Android Authority

Zac Hall / 9to5Google:

Google donating $10 million to fight Ebola, launches donation matching campaign — Google CEO Larry Page announced on the company's blog today that Google has donated $10 million to several nonprofit organizations in an effort to fight the Ebola virus disease.

More: The Official Google Blog, Business Insider, Associated Press, GeekWire, The Next Web and VentureBeat

Abhirup Roy / Reuters:

GoPro launches $800 million offering, CEO to sell some shares — GoPro Inc's founder and CEO Nick Woodman holds a GoPro camera in his mouth as he celebrates GoPro Inc's IPO at the Nasdaq Market Site in New York City, June 26, 2014. — (Reuters) - Wearable camera maker GoPro Inc announced …

More: Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, Associated Press, Business Insider and 24/7 Wall St.

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