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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.
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 …
Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
AT&T Announces $5 Tablet Day Passes, Deal to Power Tesla's In-Car Wireless  —  While consumers are clearly buying tablets in droves, getting them to fork over to connect them to cellular networks has been another story.  —  Buyers have overwhelmingly chosen Wi-Fi-only models, and …
David Pogue / New York Times:
Windows 8.1: An improvement for touch devices, but still feels jarring  —  Reconciling 2 Worlds With Windows 8.1  —  Just about one year ago, Microsoft gave us two new operating systems.  —  One was a new version of Windows: the one for use with mouse and keyboard, the one whose desktop …
Brandon LeBlanc / The Windows Blog:
Windows 8.1 now available!  —  Less than a year ago we were preparing …
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 …
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 …
More: Engadget, SlashGear, TIME and CNET.  Thanks:@taylor_soper
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft's new iOS and Android Remote Desktop apps let you control a PC from a phone  —  Microsoft is providing a new way for iOS and Android users to access their Windows PCs today.  A new Remote Desktop app is now available for both operating systems, letting you simply connect to a Windows PC and control it.
Shara Tibken / CNET:
Samsung $150 smart box packs in streaming apps, cable  —  The Samsung Smart Media Player (GX-SM530CF) includes more than 100 smart TV apps and also enables cable content access.  —  (Credit: Samsung) Samsung on Thursday made its latest push into into the smart TV market with a new …
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.
Electronista:
USPTO confirms all claims in key ‘Steve Jobs’ iPhone patent  —  Re-establishes foothold for Apple lawsuits  —  The US Patent and Trademark Office has finished a re-examination of Apple's so-called “Steve Jobs patent” and upheld all 20 claims as patentable, reports note.
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 …
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 …
Adrianne Jeffries / The Verge:
Black Market Reloaded, Silk Road's main competitor, shuts down due to security breach  —  Silk Road's main competitor shuts down indefinitely  —  Black Market Reloaded, the digital black market that was the largest competitor to the recently-busted Silk Road, just announced it's closing and refunding users' money.
Richard Pollock / Washington Examiner:
Troubled Obamacare website wasn't tested until a week before launch  —  WATCHDOG OBAMACARE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES HEALTH CARE MEDICARE AND MEDICAID ACCOUNTABILITY  —  Federal officials did not permit testing of the Obamacare healthcare.gov website or issue final system requirements until four …
More: Wall Street Journal.  Tweets: @tpcarney

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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
President Trump files a $10B defamation lawsuit against the BBC, alleging it intentionally doctored a Panorama documentary to misrepresent his January 6 speech

Aidan Ryan / The Boston Globe:
The Boston Globe says Brian McGrory will return as editor, after Nancy Barnes' departure at the end of 2025; McGrory previously was editor from 2012 to 2023

Sara Fischer / Axios:
WSJ launches Free Expression, a newsletter-focused opinion brand that will be available via its own channels and Substack, initially offering free content

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Kevin C. Tofel / GigaOM:
Apple tops customer satisfaction on AT&T and Verizon while Samsung leads on Sprint and T-Mobile
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European Parliament to vote on new rules aimed at curbing data transfers to the US

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