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October 17, 2013, 11:05 PM

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Google:
Google Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2013 Results  —  Google today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2013.  “Google had another strong quarter with $14.9 billion in revenue and great product progress,” said Larry Page, CEO of Google.
Roger Cheng / CNET:
Moto X isn't helping Motorola yet as losses widen  —  Google's smartphone unit continues to be a drag on the search giant's overall financial results.  Motorola Mobility has a long way to go before it gets out of the red.  Google's smartphone unit posted a third-quarter operating loss of $248 million …
Harry McCracken / TIME:
Windows 8.1 Is the First Rough Draft of ‘One Microsoft’  —  You can't judge a book by its cover — or a software product by its version number.  That's always been particularly true of Microsoft Windows.  The most famous releases sport plenty of visible change and important-sounding names …
Brandon LeBlanc / The Windows Blog:
Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:
Twitter Plans to Revamp Its Private Messaging Product  —  Twitter's entire premise is based on publicness.  “Join the conversation in the global town square!” the company likes to say.  —  But, over the past year, Twitter has come around to seeing the value of being more discreet.
Richard Lawler / Engadget:
Nexus 5 listing appears in the Play Store, teases 16GB for $349  —  We still haven't heard anything official about Google's next Nexus phone, but tonight some people are already seeing it as an option in the Play Store.  Just among our editors, some see the Nexus 4 while others get the result shown above …
FaryaabS / SamMobile:
Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE (GT-I9505) receives official Android 4.3 update  —  Samsung promised at its Mobile UNPACKED Episode 2 event that it will start rolling out Galaxy S4 updates in October and we are very pleased that Samsung has kept their promise.  As Samsung has just started rolling out Android 4.3 …
Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal:
China's Lenovo is considering buying Blackberry  —  Lenovo Group Ltd. is actively considering a bid for all of BlackBerry Ltd. , according to people familiar with the matter.  —  The Chinese personal-computer and smartphone maker has signed a “non-disclosure” agreement that enables it to look …
Jordan Golson / MacRumors:
First Magazine Advertisement for iPhone 5s Appears, Highlights Touch ID Sensor  —  Apple has started a new print advertising campaign for the iPhone 5s.  The first spot, running on the back of this week's issue of The New Yorker, showcases the Touch ID-equipped home button of the new gold iPhone 5s.
Dante D'Orazio / The Verge:
Samsung set-top box uses mediocre Smart TV software to compete with Roku, Apple TV  —  Samsung isn't known for its software, but that hasn't stopped the company from pushing its Smart TV interface, which offers access to video streaming apps like Netflix, Hulu Plus, HBO Go, and MLB.TV, as well as a selection of other utilities.
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
AMD beats earnings targets as game console revenue kicks in  —  Nov. 12 - 13, 2013  —  Advanced Micro Devices has the next generation of home video game consoles to thanks for the good news in its earning report.  —  AMD reported financial results today that slightly beat Wall Street's expectations …
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
The streak is over: Xbox 360 dethroned by PS3 after 32 months atop U.S. market  —  Thirty-two months, or 2-and-a-half years: That's how long Microsoft's Xbox 360 held the top spot in the U.S. console market, based on unit sales.  But the streak ended as of September, as Sony's PlayStation 3 took …
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David Meyer / GigaOM:
Ubuntu launches on mobile - but without some key elements  —  Thursday sees the release of Ubuntu “Saucy Salamander” 13.10, the first version of the Linux distribution to explicitly support smartphones and tablets, as well as desktop PCs and servers.  There aren't any Ubuntu mobile devices on sale yet …

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