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October 15, 2014, 10:20 PM

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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.

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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 …

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:

Nexus Player: first Android TV device, on sale Nov. 3 for $99, gaming controller for $39 — Nexus Player is Google's first Android TV device — Google tries to take over your living room, again — The first device running Google's new Android TV platform with be the Nexus Player, a set-top streaming box made by Google and Asus.

More: Wall Street Journal, Android Police, TechCrunch, DailyTech, Gigaom, SlashGear and Phandroid. See also Mediagazer

Dan Seifert / The Verge:

Android 5.0 Lollipop available on new Nexus 6, 9 and Player devices; for Nexus 4, 5, 7, 10, Google Play Edition devices in coming weeks — Google announces Android 5.0 Lollipop — Android's latest is coming to devices as soon as this month — After an extended testing and preview period …

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Kellex / Droid Life:

Nexus 6 Coming to Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and US Cellular in November

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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 …

More: TechCrunch, The Verge, 9to5Google, CNET, VentureBeat, San Francisco Chronicle, Business Insider, Wall Street Journal, MobileSyrup.com, Connectedly and KRON4

Tweets: @reckless, @iamwill, @claire0h and @caseynewton

Jordan Kushins / Gizmodo:

Interview with will.i.am on the Puls and “fashionology” — Meet Puls, will.i.am's Gigantic Wearable Cuff — We first heard about will.i.am's foray into the world of smartwatch-esque wearables back in April, but we had... questions. … Today he unveiled the Puls.

More: The Huffington Post, Cult of Mac, Mashable and Wearable Tech Insider. Tweets: @dewitt

Mariella Moon / Engadget:

Puls partners with AT&T in the US and O2 in the UK

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 …

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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 …

More: Engadget, TechHive, BGR, iMore, 9to5Mac, Ubergizmo, Cult of Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, Pocket-lint, MacDailyNews, Consumerist, SlashGear, Mashable, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, AppleInsider and The Verge. Tweets: @kenli729

Brian Barrett / Gizmodo:

Leaked: Fitbit Charge, like Force but without nickel, and Charge HD with heart rate monitoring

More: MobileSyrup.com, Macworld, Wearable World News, mobihealthnews and Mashable

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.

More: reddit, Re/code, New York Times, AppleInsider, The Verge, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, VentureBeat, iMore, Cult of Mac and Ubergizmo

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

More: 9to5Mac, Ars Technica, BGR, CNET, AppleInsider, iPhone in Canada Blog, Gotta Be Mobile, Business Insider, Business Insider, Gotta Be Mobile and MacDailyNews

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 …

More: Gizmodo, MacDailyNews, Guardian, iDownloadBlog.com, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, Cult of Mac and MacRumors. Tweets: @markgurman

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

AT&T No Longer Offering Beats Music Subscriptions to Customers — AT&T is no longer offering Beats Music subscriptions to its subscribers as an add-on service, according to an AT&T employee who spoke to MacRumors. The cellular company has ceased giving customers the option to sign …

More: AppleInsider, MacNN, Ubergizmo, 9to5Mac and iDownloadBlog.com. Tweets: @joshconstine

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Netflix Q3 earnings: profit of $59.3M on revenue of $1.41B; shares fall over 25% on lower-than-projected subscriber numbers — Netflix Blames Missed Sub-Growth Targets on Price Increase, as Stock Gets Hammered — Netflix added 3.02 million overall streaming customers for the third quarter of 2014 …

More: Re/code, Agence France-Presse, CNET, Forbes, VentureBeat, Deadline, Wall Street Journal, Engadget and Tech Trader Daily. See also Mediagazer

Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:

In Q3 Netflix added two international subscribers for every new U.S. member, but price hike slowed growth

More: Business Insider, The Verge and internetretailer.com

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.

More: MacRumors, CNET and iMore

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

EBay Beats On EPS Of $0.68, Misses On Sales Of $4.35B; Shares Fall On Lower Forecasts — 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 (or, $4.353 billion, to be exact), growing 12% on a year ago …

More: Business Wire, PandoDaily, Fortune, CNET, ZDNet, VentureBeat, internetretailer.com and Tech Trader Daily. Tweets: @delrey

Milen / Helftone Blog:

The Mac App Store should support app trials and paid upgrades, secure apps without sandboxing — Mac App Store: The Subtle Exodus — The Mac App Store was released in January 2011 and it marked the beginning of a great new distribution channel. Even though it lacked some bells and whistles …

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 …

Tweets: @joshconstine

Facebook Code:

Facebook open-sources AsyncDisplayKit, the iOS tool built for Paper's user interface — Introducing AsyncDisplayKit: For smooth and responsive apps on iOS — Have you ever noticed apps stuttering as you scroll and swipe around? Tapped a button and watched the entire interface freeze …

More: AllFacebook, Macworld and TechCrunch

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