Techmeme: President Obama endorses net neutrality, asks FCC to reclassify the Internet as a utility (The White House)

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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

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Amy Schatz / Re/code:

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

More: Ars Technica, Business Insider, Businessweek, Wall Street Journal, Techdirt, The Verge, FedScoop, Fortune and Union Square Ventures. Tweets: @ceciliakang. See also Mediagazer

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

More: Re/code, VentureBeat, Help Net Security, SocialTimes, FierceWireless, BBC and Consumerist

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.

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: New York Times, TechCrunch, The Register, NPR, Computerworld, CNBC, Fortune, Federal Computer Week, eWeek, Mashable, TechSpot, SC Magazine and Nextgov

Tweets: @xor and @dondraperclone

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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.

More: NASA, 9to5Google, ABC News, bizjournals and SlashGear

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, Gigaom, PC World, iMore, AppleInsider, GeekWire, Inquirer, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Computerworld, iPhone in Canada Blog and ITProPortal. Tweets: @valaafshar

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: GeekWire, 9to5Mac, TechSpot, iPhone in Canada Blog and WinBeta

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 …

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:

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, Digital Trends, The Next Web, ZDNet, Andreas Gal, BetaNews, internetnews.com, TechCrunch and Electronista. Tweets: @cloudysan

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, PC World, Engadget, Gizmodo, Marketing Land, 9to5Google, The Next Web, Yahoo Tech and iClarified

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, Gigaom and TechCrunch

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: VentureBeat, TechSpot, Ars Technica 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.

More: The Register, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Data Center Knowledge, Business Insider, Gigaom, VentureBeat, Hortonworks, PE Hub Blog and Bloomberg

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.

More: Securelist, Kaspersky Lab US, Ars Technica, Wall Street Journal, Quartz, PC Magazine, CNET, ZDNet, Inquirer, Telegraph, BetaNews and ComputerWeekly.com. Thanks:@emilydreyfuss

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, Associated Press, Business Insider, Business Insider and 24/7 Wall St.

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

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