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November 14, 2014, 12:50 PM

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Bryan Steele / Skype Blogs:

Skype launches Skype for Web beta to enable instant messaging, voice, and video calls in a browser — Please welcome Skype for Web (Beta) — Skype has been breaking down barriers to communication for more than a decade by being at the forefront of real-time voice and video.

More: The Next Web, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, The Verge, CNET, PC World, GeekWire, TechCrunch, Inquirer, MacRumors, Engadget, Gigaom, ZDNet, iMore, TUAW, VentureBeat, WinBeta, The Tech Report, O'Grady's PowerPage, iPhone in Canada Blog, OMG!, Electronista, Liliputing, iDownloadBlog.com, WebProNews, Lifehacker, SlashGear and TIME

Tweets: @msftnews, @tomwarren and @gurdeepskype

Nathan Layne / Reuters:

Wal-Mart told store managers to match online prices with Amazon — Wal-Mart Stores Inc has informed managers of its roughly 5,000 stores across the United States that they can match prices with Amazon.com Inc and other online retailers, the head of the company's U.S. business said on Thursday.

More: DailyFinance, Gizmodo, BGR, Electronista, BetaNews, Associated Press, Tech Times, Gotta Be Mobile, TechnoBuffalo, WebProNews, Ubergizmo and Forbes

Devlin Barrett / Wall Street Journal:

Secret US DOJ program collecting data from thousands of cellphones through phony communications “towers” deployed on airplanes — Americans' Cellphones Targeted in Secret U.S. Spy Program — Fake Cellphone Towers on Planes Used to Target Criminals, but Also Sift Through Thousands of Other Phones

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Kindle Software Update Lets You Share Your Amazon Library With A Partner And More — Kindle has a new update rolling out to its Kindle e-reader device hardware, which includes new features for the latest Kindle, Kindle Voyage and Kindle Paperwhite devices. The update includes …

More: The Next Web, GeekWire, Amazon.com, Gigaom, Re/code, Gizmodo and WebProNews. See also Mediagazer

Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:

iPhone 6 accounts for 68% of all iPhone sales in first 30 days of availability in US, iPhone 6 Plus takes around 24% — iPhone 6 outselling iPhone 6 Plus by 3-to-1 margin in US - report — Though Apple doesn't break down sales figures for specific iPhone models, a new study suggests …

More: Business Insider, iPhone in Canada Blog and App Advice

Steve Lohr / New York Times:

Google underwriting quadruples the prestigious A.M. Turing Award, which recognizes contributions to computing, to $1M, now on par with Nobel prize money — Google Lifts the Turing Award Into Nobel Territory — The A.M.Turing Award is often called the Nobel prize of computer science.

More: 9to5Google, Inquirer, Mashable, Engadget, ACM and Associated Press

Wilson Rothman / Wall Street Journal:

SanDisk announces iXpand flash drive with USB and Lightning connectors, 16GB for $59.99 and 64GB for $119.99 — iPhone and iPad Get Extra Storage and Easy Back-Ups With SanDisk iXpand … When it comes to iPhones and iPads, storage can be a huge pain. Apple charges an arm and a leg …

More: MacRumors, Macworld, AppleInsider, BGR, CNBC and TUAW

Brad Stone / Businessweek:

Fadell-backed Keyssa announces Kiss Connectivity tech that enables short range wireless transfers at up to 6 Gbps over extremely high-frequency radio bands — Keyssa ‘Kiss Connectivity’ Promises Faster Wireless Data Transfer — You need almost a minute to copy a high-definition …

More: Ubergizmo, Keyssa, BGR, Business Insider and Gigaom. Tweets: @dbrunache

Jeremy C. Owens / Mercury News:

Apple downplays Masque threat, ‘not aware’ of any users affected — CUPERTINO — In Apple's first statement since a vulnerability in its popular mobile devices was described by security specialists, the company said Thursday that it was unaware of any user actually being hacked through the “Masque Attack” technique.

Jessica E. Lessin / The Information:

Samsung to invest millions in short-form video for new mobile service; may use pay-per-month revenue model and include music — Samsung Preps New Mobile Video Service — Samsung Electronics is rebooting its mobile video strategy in a test of whether short-form video content can drive mobile revenues just as games have.

More: Ubergizmo, Gizmodo, SamMobile, CNET, Business Insider, Engadget and socalTECH.com

Matteo Gamba:

Facebook's redesign of Places directory shows focus on personalized local search and discovery — Facebook Goes After Yelp & Foursquare With Redesigned Places Directory — Do you want to discover great places around the world? Facebook's new feature offers to help.

More: Search Engine Land, The Daily Dot, The Next Web, InvestorPlace, Lifehacker, Search Engine Watch, AllFacebook and WebProNews

Adam Zeis / iMore:

Photo Editor by Aviary updated with creative cloud sync and $200 worth of free effects — Aviary has today announced their biggest update since joining forces with Adobe, bring a much improved Photo Editor by Aviary app to Android and iOS. The photo editing app — which allows users to edit …

More: Aviary Blog, Android Police, The Register, VentureBeat, Engadget, iClarified, 9to5Mac, App Advice, MobileSyrup.com, AndroidHeadlines.com, PetaPixel and Photography Bay

Ian Hardy / MobileSyrup:

Blackberry Classic available for preorders now, launches December 17 for $499 — BlackBerry Classic to launch on December 17th, pre-orders now live — At BlackBerry's BES 12 Event today the company unveiled a number of new products and partnerships. Most notedly was the addition …

More: Inside BlackBerry, The Next Web, Inquirer, Electronista, Digital Trends, Ubergizmo, CrackBerry.com, BGR and PhoneDog.com

Mike Isaac / New York Times:

Reddit CEO Yishan Wong resigns, Ellen Pao to be interim CEO, Alexis Ohanian back full time as executive chairman — Reddit Chief Executive Resigns as Company Shuffles Top Ranks — Reddit, the popular online community message board, wants to grow up into a viable business.

More: Quora, Sam Altman, TechCrunch, TechPresident, Valleywag, Mashable, Forbes, Business Insider, SocialTimes, Neowin, Forbes, VatorNews, reddit, TechCrunch, PE Hub Blog, SocialTimes, The Daily Caller, GeekWire, Gigaom and The Verge

Tweets: @pmarca, @caseynewton, @mikeisaac, @gaberivera, @grg, @danprimack, @mikeisaac and @mikeisaac

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