Techmeme: Reactions to Obama's Net Neutrality statement from government, broadband providers, tech and advocacy groups (Chris Welch/The Verge)

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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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Chris Welch / The Verge:

Reactions to Obama's Net Neutrality statement from government, broadband providers, tech and advocacy groups — Obama's plan to save the internet draws bold reactions — Obama's got plenty of supporters, but the opposition's equally vocal — Today, President Obama took his strongest stance yet on the subject of net neutrality.

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Nancy Scola / Washington Post:

Even with Obama's endorsement, Net Neutrality may take time to get done as the FCC seeks firmer legal footing against lawsuits

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Amy Schatz / Re/code:

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

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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.

Jessi Hempel / Wired:

David Marcus on the evolution of Messenger and its future: VOIP, payments, and B2C messaging — Why Facebook Has Entrusted Its Future to the CEO of PayPal — One evening last May, Mark Zuckerberg invited David Marcus to dinner. — It wasn't the first time PayPal's soft-spoken French CEO …

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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 …

Reuters:

Apple hiring dedicated sales team, working with business app developers in enterprise push — Exclusive: Apple's enterprise assault gets into higher gear — (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is embarking on its most aggressive expansion yet onto corporate turf, hiring a dedicated sales force …

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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.

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Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

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Kim Zetter / Wired:

DarkHotel: A Sophisticated New Hacking Attack Targets High-Profile Hotel Guests — This hotel is not implicated in the DarkHotel attacks. It is shown here to stand in for all luxury hotels. Flickr: L'HOTEL PORTO BAY SÃO PAULO — The hotel guest probably never knew what hit him.

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Brian R. Fitzgerald / Wall Street Journal:

Tim Cook on Apple Watch, Payments and Getting TV Right (Full Video) — In a Q&A at the WSJD Live Conference, Apple CEO Warns Retailers That They Will Only Stay Relevant if Customers ‘Love’ Them — Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, joins WSJ's Gerard Baker at WSJD Live to talk about the growth of Apple and new products.

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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 …

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Phobos / The Tor Blog blogs:

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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 …

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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.

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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Daily Deals Site Groupon Debuts A New App, Getaways, For Travel And Hotel Offers — Daily deals site Groupon says that travel is its fastest growing business category, and today it is launching a new mobile app that it hopes will help it capitalize on that more.

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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.

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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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Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft combines Office 365, Skype, Xbox Live, and Xbox Music Pass into new Work & Play bundle, available until January 2015 for $199 — Microsoft pushes its dual-use vision with $199 Work & Play Bundle — Summary: Microsoft is bundling together four of its subscription services …

More: GeekWire and Neowin

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.

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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, Mozilla Hacks, The Next Web, Andreas Gal, PC World, Mashable, Tech Times, Electronista, ZDNet, internetnews.com, OStatic blogs and BetaNews. Tweets: @cloudysan

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.

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