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• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Monday, July 27

  Facebook prevails in IPO lawsuit... Jeep hack prompts recall of 1.4 million vehicles... Kill switch isn't killing phone theft... and more tech news

• Best Buy to sell Apple Watch from Aug. 7, expanding the smartwatch's reach

  Best Buy will start selling the Apple Watch from Aug. 7, becoming the first national retailer for the smartwatches in the U.S. other than Apple stores, as Apple tries to reach the product to more customers.

• CurrentC mobile pay to kick off in a single market mid-year

  Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX), a group of large U.S. merchants, said Monday it expects to launch an early version of its CurrentC mobile payment app mid-year in an unnamed, mid-sized market.

• Best Buy to accept Apple Pay, wants to give customers options

  Best Buy said its customers could start using Apple Pay from Monday to make purchases on its app through the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, thus appearing to break ranks with a group of leading U.S. merchants who are backing an alternative payment system.

• Black Friday: Newegg axes prices on laptops, desktops, tablets and more

  Online retailer <a href="http://www.newegg.com/">Newegg</a> has beaten the Black Friday 2014 rush by revealing deals on brand name laptops, desktops, tablets and other products geared toward both hardcore gamers and everyday tech users.

• Walmart brings Black Friday early to iPhone, iPad fans

  Walmart, which already has leaked its Black Friday deals on Apple, Dell, HP and other tech products, just couldn't stand the lull between now and the day after Thanksgiving. So it has started promoting a Pre-Black Friday event for this Friday, Nov. 21, starting at 8am, that will also feature plenty of bargains on electronics.

• Black Friday deals from Target, Best Buy on iPhones, iPads

  Black Friday 2014 ads from big retailers Best Buy and Target have leaked (well, the retailers have pretty much revealed them), and it looks like you can save on Apple products including iPads and the iPhone 6.

• HTC beats Black Friday rush, slashes Nexus 9 tablet price in half

  HTC had the Android faithful in a frenzy at noon EST on Tuesday after it put the new Nexus 9 tablet on sale for half price just a day after making the latest iPad killer available.

• You'll pay a premium for the new Samsung Galaxy Note Edge

  Samsung's Galaxy Note Edge arrives soon in the U.S. with its innovative curved edge display, but at a steep price.

• Apple Pay rival MCX defends security after hackers steal emails

  The Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX), a consortium of 58 major U.S. retailers whose mobile payment network will take on the new Apple Pay early in 2015, today held a hastily-organized news conference to address questions about a hack that pilfered consumer email addresses.

• Samsung's Galaxy Tab 4 line-up goes on sale May 1 starting at $199.99

  Three versions of the new Galaxy Tab 4 tablet line will go on sale in the U.S. on May 1, with the new 7-in. Wi-Fi model priced at $199.99.

• Isis CTO accuses retailers of turning off NFC and smartcard payment tech

  A powerful group of retailers plans to roll out mobile payments in 2014 by scanning barcodes from smartphones, a move that sets up a potential battle with backers of NFC and Google Wallet.

• FCC urged to make more Wi-Fi spectrum available

  The U.S. Federal Communications Commission should move forward with a plan to open up new 5GHz spectrum to Wi-Fi as consumer demand for wireless bandwidth skyrockets, a member of the commission said Friday.

• WifiForward group shows growing competition between carriers and cable operators

  Cable operators Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Charter Communications have joined forces and formed WifiForward, an organization that will work to protect existing unlicensed frequencies and get lawmakers to free up more spectrum.

• Amazon posted 16,100 IT job ads last year, tops in U.S.

  The employer with the most IT job postings last year was Amazon.com, with 16,146 ads, exceeding most other IT firms by a wide margin, according to a new report.