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Peter Martinazzi / Facebook:
Facebook Messenger passes 500M monthly users
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 …
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.
Rob Price / The Daily Dot:
Controversial anonabox is back, raises $14,000 on Indiegogo in 2 days  —  Just under a month after Kickstarter suspended the privacy-centric anonabox for misleading its customers, the controversial router is now on Indiegogo for another go—and it's already raised almost $14,000.
More: DSLreports.  Tweets: @runasand.  Thanks:@robaeprice
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft announces its first non-Nokia Windows phone, the Lumia 535: 5" display, 5MP front camera, 1GB RAM, single/ dual SIM, for $130  —  Microsoft's first Lumia defines Windows Phone's future  —  Microsoft's first Lumia device is being officially unveiled as the Lumia 535 today …
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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 …
Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:
Google Takes Over Operations Of Moffett Airfield From NASA, Will Invest $200M Into The Site  —  After years of using Moffett Field as the home and launch pad for the private jets of Google's founders, the company has agreed to a deal in which it will lease the airfield from NASA for the next 60 years.
Tricia Duryee / GeekWire:
‘Singles Day’ is huge: Alibaba on pace to top Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales in one day  —  In the U.S., Black Friday and Cyber Monday are held up as two prime examples of America's wealth.  Online sales between Thanksgiving and the following Monday can hit a staggering $3.64 billion.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Apple Quietly Hires UK Team From Map App Pin Drop Amid Rumors Of A Cambridge Office  —  Apple has been building up its regional presence outside of Cupertino, and the United Kingdom appears to be one of its latest targets.  The company is reportedly “weeks” away from opening a new office …
Shara Tibken / CNET:
Samsung's next big thing: Gaining street cred in Silicon Valley  —  The Korean electronics giant has been making a big push in California over the past couple years.  CNET explains where it's succeeding — and where it has more to do.
Tweets: @sharatibken.  Thanks:@jeskillings
Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider:
Apple details $3.5 billion European bond, interest accrual starts Nov. 10  —  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday published Apple's official european debt filing, which looks to take advantage of low European interest rates to raise $3.5 billion, or 2.8 billion euros.
More: iMore
Johana Bhuiyan / BuzzFeed:
EXCLUSIVE: NY Attorney General Comes Out Against Rules That Would Limit Uber And Lyft  —  New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says the rules as written would “needlessly restrict competition.”  —  Carlo Allegri / Reuters  —  In a letter last Friday to the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission …
More: Engadget.  Tweets: @monkbent and @transportnation
Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code:
New Relic files for IPO, seeks to raise $100M under symbol NEWR  —  Lew Cirne's New Relic Files to Go Public  —  Analytics software startup New Relic announced plans for an initial public offering today, saying it will seek to raise $100 million under the ticker symbol NEWR.
Chris Welch / The Verge:
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