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February 25, 2015, 1:35 AM

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Nathan Olivarez-Giles / Wall Street Journal:

Pebble Time smartwatch: color display, 20% thinner body, microphone, new “Timeline” interface, to retail for $199 with pre-sale on Kickstarter now — Pebble Unveils Color-Screen Time Smartwatch as Apple Threat Looms … Smartwatch pioneer Pebble is facing the toughest threat of its short life: the Apple Watch.

More: Business Insider, NEWS.com.au, AnandTech, Inc.com, Forbes, MobileSyrup.com, USA Today, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Guardian, ReadWrite and Gotta Be Mobile

Tweets: @nateog and @joannastern

Lisa Eadicicco / Business Insider:

Pebble Time sells out at lowest $159 tier on Kickstarter, passes $3M in pre-sales in under two hours

More: Kickstarter, Engadget, Engadget, InvestorPlace, The Technology Chronicles, TechCrunch, Yahoo Tech, Tech Gadget Central, TechCrunch, PSFK, GeekWire, The Verge, Mashable and VentureBeat

Tweets: @pkedrosky and @boredelonmusk

Steven Levy / Backchannel:

How Pebble built Pebble Time amidst looming competition from Android Wear and Apple Watch

More: Wired, SiliconANGLE, The Verge, The Kickstarter Blog, ABC News, The Register, PhoneDog.com, PandoDaily, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Next Web, Inquirer, New York Times, 9to5Mac, The Verge and SiliconBeat. Tweets: @stevenlevy

Mike Isaac / New York Times:

Reddit now prohibits posting nude photos or videos of sex acts without prior consent from the people depicted in them — In Privacy Update, Reddit Tightens Restrictions on Nude Photos — For nearly a decade, Reddit, the huge online message board, has been known for its freewheeling stance on letting its users govern themselves.

More: BuzzFeed, Gizmodo, New York Times, WebProNews, The Register, ABC News, The Daily Dot, The Daily Caller, The Verge, TIME and Engadget

Tweets: @mikeisaac and @broderick

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Liz Gannes / Re/code:

Former Kleiner Perkins partner Trae Vassallo to testify she was harassed by same partner as Ellen Pao — Venture Capitalist Trae Vassallo to Testify She Was Harassed by Same Partner as Ellen Pao — One of the first witnesses in the gender discrimination case brought by former partner Ellen Pao …

More: Ars Technica, CNET, USA Today, bizjournals, Bloomberg Business, TechCrunch and Timmins Press

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft removing Google Talk integration and discontinuing support for Facebook chat in Outlook — Microsoft kills off Google and Facebook chat for Outlook.com — Microsoft is revealing today that it plans to kill off Google and Facebook chat from its Outlook.com email service “within the next couple of weeks.”

More: ZDNet, SuperSite for Windows, GeekWire, BetaNews, The Next Web and Neowin

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Google Acquires Facebook Marketing Startup Toro — Toro, a startup that helps developers promote their apps on Facebook, just announced that it's been acquired by Google. — The company was originally known as Red Hot Labs, and it's led by Amitt Mahajan and Joel Poloney.

More: Toro Blog, VatorNews, Bloomberg Business, SiliconANGLE, The Tech Portal, Socialnomics, Xconomy and . Tweets: @joshelman

BBC:

Internet of things starter kit unveiled by ARM and IBM — A “starter kit” designed to spur on the invention of internet-connected gadgets has been announced as part of a tie-up between two leading tech firms. — Chip designer ARM and cloud services giant IBM say it can take just five minutes …

More: ZDNet, Inquirer, CloudWedge, Gigaom, PC World and The Register

Mark Hosenball / Reuters:

US offers $3M reward for Russian hacker Evgeniy Bogachev for his role in GameOver Zeus botnet — U.S. offers highest-ever reward for Russian hacker — (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department and FBI on Tuesday announced a $3 million reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction …

More: US Department of State, FBI, TIME and Slashdot

Brandon Walkin / Facebook Code:

Facebook releases Origami Live, a new app for testing app prototypes designed with Origami on iPhone or iPad — Introducing Origami Live — Just over a year ago, we released Origami — a free tool for designing interactive user interfaces. We've used it here at Facebook to design …

More: VentureBeat, Ubergizmo, iMore, The Next Web and VentureBreak

Inside BlackBerry:

Blackberry Classic will launch on Verizon Feb. 26; $100 with $50 rebate on two-year contract — BlackBerry Classic Available This Thursday On The Verizon Wireless Network — BlackBerry Classic Available Feb. 26 on the Verizon Wireless Network — Familiar Design and QWERTY Keyboard on the Nation's Most Reliable 4G LTE Network

More: Verizon Wireless Promotions, TechnoBuffalo, PhoneDog.com, TWICE, Digital Trends, The Verge and The Next Web

Matthew Goldstein / New York Times:

Wall St. and Law Firms Plan Cooperative Body to Bolster Online Security — The threat of ever-larger online attacks is bringing together Wall Street banks and the big law firms that do work for them in an alliance that could result in some sharing of basic information about digital security issues.

More: The Hill and Bloomberg View

Joab Jackson / PC World:

IBM brings location awareness to MobileFirst apps — Enterprise apps built with IBM's MobileFirst management and development platform can now be made more aware of their surroundings. — The new capabilities, included in an upcoming MobileFirst update, could give app users more information …

More: Patently Apple and PC Advisor

Dennis Fisher / Threatpost:

Google turns annual Pwnium bug-hunting contest into year-round program with unlimited rewards — Google Pwnium Program Now Open All Year — Google is expanding its successful Pwnium vulnerability reward program-which has run at various security conferences for a couple of years …

More: BetaNews and PC World

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Google Tests Live Chat With Businesses From Search Results — Google is testing out a service that incorporates live chat with businesses right into search results, via a new link that shows whether a business is currently available, and immediately launches a chat via Google Hangouts (on either desktop or mobile) if they are.

More: Search Engine Land, 9to5Google and Understanding Google …

Kurt Wagner / Re/code:

Twitter's global head of developer and platform relations, Jeff Sandquist, is departing after less than 18 months — Twitter's Global Developer Lead Jeff Sandquist Departing — Twitter's global head of developer and platform relations, Jeff Sandquist, is leaving the company at the end of the week …

More: GeekWire and Mashable

Caroline Humer / Reuters:

Anthem says breach may have also affected up to 18.8M Blue Cross Blue Shield customers — Anthem says at least 8.8 million non-customers could be victims in data hack — (Reuters) - Health insurer Anthem Inc, which earlier this month reported that it was hit by a massive cyberbreach …

More: Minneapolis Star Tribune, NBC News, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg Business, The Register, bizjournals and VTDigger

Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:

Twitter's “While You Were Away” Feature Launches On Android — One month after launching on iOS, Twitter's “While You Were Away” feature is finally available for Android users. — “While You Were Away,” which Twitter first previewed last fall, represents a significant departure from the real …

More: TechnoBuffalo, PC World and Tech Times

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

Net neutrality order could get last-minute change on peering classifications as FCC Democrat Mignon Clyburn reportedly questions Wheeler's plan — Net neutrality order could get last-minute change on peering disputes — FCC Democrat reportedly questions Chairman Tom Wheeler's plan.

More: New York Times, The Hill, CNET, MacDailyNews, Electronista, The Daily Caller, The Verge, FierceWireless, Newsmax and Washington Post

Tweets: @tonyromm, @dliebelson and @samgustin

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