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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
'iPad Air 2′ and 'iPad mini 3′ with Touch ID & Burst Mode confirmed, show up early in iTunes  —  Apple's iTunes Store has just made a little bit of a slip-up (and with perfect uncanny timing): screenshots for the iOS 8.1 iPad user guide have just appeared within iBooks and include Apple's upcoming iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3.
Husain Sumra / MacRumors:
Initial iPad Air 2 Supplies May Be Limited, 27-Inch Retina Display iMac Launching by End of 2014  —  Just about a day before Apple's October 16 media event, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has issued a new report, saying that he expects supplies of iPad Air 2s to be constrained.
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
HBO will offer a stand-alone streaming service in 2015  —  HBO Says Web Subscriptions Coming in 2015  —  HBO says it's finally ready: Sometime in the next year the pay TV service will be selling a Web-only offering.  —  HBO CEO Richard Plepler, speaking at an investor presentation hosted …
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Nexus 6: 6" Quad HD display, Snapdragon 805 CPU, 13 megapixel rear camera, 15-min turbo charging, preorders start Oct. 29, from $649  —  Google's Nexus 6 is a giant phablet designed for Android Lollipop  —  Google is today introducing the Nexus 6, the latest in its line of smartphones designed …
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Nexus 9: 8.9" display, first 64-bit CPU in a Nexus, 9 hour battery life, preorders start Oct. 17, from $399, keyboard case sold separately  —  Google announces HTC-made Nexus 9 tablet, coming November 3rd  —  Google has just announced the Nexus 9, an Android 5.0 tablet that the company designed in collaboration with HTC.
Lauren Goode / Re/code:
Apple Plans to Stop Selling Fitbit Devices in Stores  —  Apple may soon stop selling the popular Fitbit devices, as it clears the way for its own wearable technology product set to launch sometime next year, according to sources.  —  It's unclear exactly why Apple will no longer sell the devices …
Bodo Möller / Google Online Security Blog:
Google discloses SSL 3.0 vulnerability POODLE, recommends clients and servers support TLS_FALLBACK_SCSV to prevent protocol downgrade attacks, says Chrome does  —  This POODLE bites: exploiting the SSL 3.0 fallback  —  Today we are publishing details of a vulnerability in the design of SSL version 3.0.
Ben Woods / The Next Web:
Google Play downloads now exceed Apple's App Store by 60 percent, but iOS apps still make more money  —  According to the latest figures from App Annie's quarterly market reports, app downloads from the Google Play store outstripped downloads from the iOS App Store by around 60 percent in comparison to the same time last year.
Brad Molen / Engadget:
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 review: the best big-screen phone you can buy right now  —  What began in 2011 as a brand-new phone category has flourished into one of the most popular in the world.  Smartphones with big screens (phablets, to some) are now ubiquitous, but it all started with an odd device called the Samsung Galaxy Note.
Brian Barrett / Gizmodo:
Leaked: Fitbit Charge, like Force but without nickel, and Charge HD with heart rate monitoring  —  Exclusive: Fitbit Charge and Charge HR Images and Full Features List  —  After earlier reports that Fitbit may be working on two new activity trackers, a tipster has sent us what appears …
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
Docker container support coming to Microsoft's next Windows Server release  —  Summary: Microsoft is building new container technologies into the next Windows Server release, enabling Dockerized applications to run on Windows Server on-premises or on Azure.  —  Docker container support …
Kyle Wagner / Deadspin:
The Future Of The Culture Wars Is Here, And It's Gamergate  —  Over the weekend, a game developer in Boston named Brianna Wu fled her home after an online stalker vowed to rape and kill her.  She isn't the first woman who's been forced into hiding by aggrieved video game fans associated with Gamergate …
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Qualcomm buys Bluetooth and GPS chip maker CSR for $2.5B  —  Qualcomm announced that it has agreed to acquire chip maker CSR for $2.5 billion in cash as part of its continuing strategy to dominate the electronics in mobile devices.  —  San Diego, Calif.-based Qualcomm will add a wide variety …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix Misses Sub-Growth Targets, Adding 980,000 U.S. Streaming Customers  —  Netflix added 3.02 million overall streaming customers for the third quarter of 2014 — below its previous projections of 3.69 million for the period, as both U.S. and international growth failed to meet its forecasts.
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Thismoment Raises $17.6M To Help Big Brands Tap Into User-Generated Content  —  Thismoment, a company that helps businesses collect user-generated content for their own marketing efforts, is announcing that it has raised $17.6 million in Series D funding.  —  The company says it can …
More: Re/code.  Tweets: @joshconstine
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
EBay Beats The Street On Sales Of $4.4B, EPS Of $0.68  —  E-commerce giant EBay, soon to be split into two businesses, today reported its third-quarter earnings.  The company reported revenues of $4.4 billion on non-GAAP EPS of $0.68.  —  Analysts were expecting revenues of $4.37 billion …
JC Torres / SlashGear:
Samsung's tests yield record-breaking 7.5Gbps 5G speed  —  While we mostly know Samsung as a consumer electronics manufacturer, especially of smartphones, the company's Research & Development is also obsessed about that one crucial aspect of the mobile experience that makes smartphones …
Jason Del Rey / Re/code:
Alipay to U.S. Retailers: Let Us Be Your One-Stop Shop for Selling Into China  —  Alipay, China's popular online payments service, wants a piece of the U.S. e-commerce market and is using its close ties with Alibaba to pitch itself as the ideal conduit between American retailers and Chinese shoppers.
More: Bloomberg
Robin Wauters / Tech.eu:
Polish startup Brainly raises $9m to make a major push into the US with its social learning platform  —  Brainly, the Polish edtech startup that we recently paid a visit, has closed a $9 million round from lead General Catalyst Partners, Point Nine Capital and Runa Capital.
Rob Hayes / abc7.com:
Disney Accelerator program invests in 10 tech startups  —  Ten companies, 15 weeks and $120,000.  Three components of Disney Accelerator, a mentorship and investment program designed for tech startups with a focus on media and entertainment.  —  The program brings together ten companies for 15 weeks to incubate their ideas.

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Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Gene Shalit, a longtime film critic for NBC's Today who was with the show from 1970 until his retirement in 2010, dies at 100

Gary Baum / The Hollywood Reporter:
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