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October 16, 2014, 8:40 AM

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Facebook:
Facebook announces Safety Check, a tool that lets you announce you're safe during natural disasters  —  Introducing Safety Check  —  In times of disaster or crisis, people turn to Facebook to check on loved ones and get updates.  It is in these moments that communication is most critical …
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.
Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch:
Reddit Acquires Alien Blue, The Most Popular Unofficial Reddit App  —  If you're even kind of active on reddit, you probably know of Alien Blue.  As far as perusing reddit on iOS goes, it's pretty much the undisputed champ.  —  It seems reddit would agree.
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Roberto Baldwin / The Next Web:
will.i.am introduces Puls cuff with voice control, 1GB RAM, 16GB storage, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, more  —  Will.i.am introduces the Puls smartwatch  —  When you think wearables you don't usually think international superstar or Salesforce.  Push aside that old way of thinking aside …
Justin Kroll / Variety:
Christian Bale in talks to play Steve Jobs in Sony's new movie “Jobs”  —  Christian Bale to Play Steve Jobs in New Movie  —  Oscar-winner Christian Bale, who has played Batman and Moses, is about to take on another iconic figure: Steve Jobs.  —  Sources confirm the actor …
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
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 …
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Nadella says differences in base pay among genders and races at Microsoft within 0.5%, announces plan to recruit and train for diversity  —  Internal Memo: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella sets new diversity plan after ‘humbling’ experience  —  A week after his controversial comments about women and pay raises …
More: Windows Phone CentralTweets: @caseynewtonThanks:@taylor_soper
Alex Wagner / PhoneDog:
HP: webOS cloud services, App Catalog to shut down on January 15  —  Earlier this month, we learned that LG may be working on a new webOS SmartWatch, which would be the first new mobile webOS product in quite some time.  Unfortunately, now we have a bit of bad webOS news to balance out the good.
Owen Bowcott / Guardian:
Mass internet surveillance threatens international law, UN report claims  —  Actions of intelligence agencies are ‘corrosive of online privacy’, Ben Emmerson says in response to Edward Snowden leaks  —  Mass surveillance of the internet by intelligence agencies is “corrosive of online privacy” …
More: PandoDailyTweets: @kenroth and @glynmoody
Agam Shah / PC World:
Intel preps new technology to secure credit card transactions  —  Swiping credit cards or using payment systems like Apple Pay at stores could become much safer thanks to a new Intel system, which could also make it easier for retailers to secure data after transactions are completed.

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