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October 22, 2014, 12:40 PM

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John Gruber / Daring Fireball:

iPad Air 2 is faster than 2011 MacBook Air, forges ahead of new iPhones on performance — The iPad Air 2 (And a Few Cursory Words Regarding the iPad Mini 3) — The relationship between the iPad and the iPhone, performance-wise, has been hard to predict.

More: Business Insider, BGR, MacDailyNews and App Advice

Tweets: @om, @narenbalaji and @asymco

Walt Mossberg / Re/code:

iPad Air 2: best iPad ever, but only a modest evolutionary improvement over the Air — Apple iPad Air 2 Review: It's Better, but Is It Better Enough? — I am a tablet lover and, more specifically, an iPad lover. I use my iPad and iPad mini every day for a variety of things …

More: MacRumors, Marketing Land, Telegraph, Gigaom, Fortune, Engadget, The Loop, iPhone Hacks, Fast Company, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Dwight Silverman's TechBlog, Asymco, Tech Times, App Advice, Pocket-lint, CNET, Gizmodo, Laptop Mag and iPhone in Canada Blog

Tweets: @waltmossberg and @bonniescha

Nilay Patel / The Verge:

iPad Air 2 review: great hardware, but lacks multiuser, multitasking support, tablet-specific features — Apple iPad Air 2 review — What is an iPad? — When Steve Jobs introduced Apple's tablet in January 2010, he delivered an unequivocal answer. “The iPad, if you were to sum it up …

More: iMore, Business Insider, New York Times, Mashable, SlashGear, Guardian, bgr.in, The Tech Block, Tech.pinions, MacRumors, Business Insider, iPhone Hacks and iPhone in Canada Blog

Tweets: @jyarow and @reckless

Mark Spoonauer / Laptop Mag:

iPad Air 2 benchmarks: excels in Geekbench compared to Samsung Galaxy Tab, Nvidia Shield, Sony Xperia Z2, strong on 3DMark but not best

More: BGR and AppleInsider. Thanks:@mspoonauer

David Pogue / Yahoo Tech:

The iPad Air 2: Thin, Gorgeous, Powerful — and That's Enough

Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

iPad mini 3 review: with Touch ID the only significant improvement over the iPad mini 2, buy the 2 and save $100

More: Wall Street Journal, Yahoo Tech, TechCrunch, Mashable, The Independent, Guardian, SlashGear and TUAW

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

iPad Air 2 Up to 55% Faster Than iPhone 6, Up to 68% Faster Than iPad Air

More: Ars Technica, BGR, Inquirer, ZDNet, Gizmobic, ExtremeTech, iLounge, GadgetzArena, Cult of Mac, ITProPortal, Tapscape, SlashGear, 9to5Mac, MobileSyrup.com, App Advice, iDownloadBlog.com and TechnoBuffalo

Marton Dunai / Reuters:

Hungary plans new tax on Internet traffic, public calls for rally — (Reuters) - Hungary plans to impose a new tax on Internet data transfers, a draft 2015 tax bill submitted to parliament late on Tuesday showed, in a move that could hit Internet and telecoms providers and their customers hard.

More: The Verge, Inquirer, Geek.com, DSLreports, Wall Street Journal, Gigaom, RT, Broadband TV News, Taxation, Hungary Today, Portfolio.hu Online … and VentureBeat

Molly Wood / New York Times:

Apple Pay: Seamless in Stores, but Quirky Online — AFTER I used Apple Pay for a day of shopping in stores, a few things became clear: The new payment system is convenient, problem-free and even fun. — The same can't be said for using Apple Pay to shop via apps on my phone or tablet.

More: CNNMoney.com, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, 9to5Mac, BGR, ReadWrite and Gotta Be Mobile

Kelly Hodgkins / MacRumors:

Apple Pay Shown to Work Internationally Using U.S.-Based Credit Cards

More: 9to5Mac, CNET, iMore, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechSpot, TechnoBuffalo, TUAW, Mashable, Ubergizmo, MacDailyNews, tbreak.ae, BGR and PhoneArena

Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:

IBM's increasing EPS in recent years only due to buybacks, no real revenue growth since 2008 — The Truth Hidden by IBM's Buybacks — For many years, the International Business Machines Corporation's earnings glided smoothly upward. Every quarter, IBM would report higher earnings per share.

More: Forbes. Tweets: @infoarbitrage, @edwardnh, @andrewrsorkin, @froomkin, @rogerlmartin and @nilofer

Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:

New Microsoft Garage site invites public to test a wide range of app ideas — Microsoft today launched a new section on its website: The Microsoft Garage is designed to give the public early access to various projects the company is testing right now. The team is kicking off with a total …

More: The Fire Hose, The Next Web, Gigaom, The Verge, ZDNet, 9to5Google, GeekWire, Android Police, Phandroid, Windows Phone Central and Gotta Be Mobile. Thanks:@epro

Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:

Apple Launches “Maps Connect,” Self-Service Local Listings Portal — This afternoon Apple notified us of a new self-service portal to add or edit local business listings: Apple Maps Connect. It's intended for small business owners or their authorized representatives (though not agencies) …

Josh Lowensohn / The Verge:

Homeboy is a $149 rechargeable low-power Wi-Fi security camera with a three month battery, on sale today — Homeboy is what happens when tiny security cameras hook up with magnets — The new $149 camera sticks to walls to watch your home — After having his home burglarized for a third time …

More: Gigaom, PC World, Ubergizmo and SlashGear. Thanks:@jordan_tara

Alex Kipman / The Official Microsoft Blog:

Microsoft allows Kinect Apps in Windows Store for the first time, launches Kinect SDK 2.0 — Microsoft releases Kinect SDK 2.0 and new adapter kit — Today, we have some exciting news to share about the next chapter for Kinect. Our Windows SDK 2.0 is now available for the Kinect v2 sensors …

More: GeekWire, The Next Web, The Verge, VentureBeat, ZDNet, SuperSite for Windows, High-Def Digest, Eurogamer.net, Windows Phone Central and The Fire Hose

Maeve Duggan / Pew Internet:

Pew survey: 40% of US internet users have experienced online harassment, 18% in severe form — Online Harassment — Summary of Findings — Harassment—from garden-variety name calling to more threatening behavior— is a common part of online life that colors the experiences of many web users.

More: New York Times, The Verge, PC World, Washington Post, Poynter, New York Magazine and WebProNews

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:

MicroBlink's PhotoMath app solves math problems scanned in through your phone's camera — MicroBlink Launches PhotoMath To Solve Math Equations With A Phone — Imagine you are a 14-year-old kid again. You need to do this really difficult math exercise for tomorrow, but have no idea how to do it.

More: Engadget, BGR, Gizmodo, Boing Boing, TechSpot, Cult of Mac, Phandroid, TIME, Technabob, The Daily Dot, SlashGear, Yahoo Tech, Neowin, Droid Life, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, WMPoweruser and MobileSyrup.com

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:

Raspberry Pi Founder Shows Off Incoming Touch Panel For Making DIY ‘Pi Pads’ — Eben Upton, the founder of the Raspberry Pi microcomputer, has shown off a new piece of hardware that's likely to expand the ecosystem around its single board computer — namely a touchscreen display.

More: PC World and Geek.com. Tweets: @pmarca

Jonathan Vanian / Gigaom:

Google exec: Chromecast V2 is coming; users have cast 650 million times — Google's Mario Queiroz said that 650 million people have now hit the cast button. An API for developers will let them build custom apps for Backdrop. — Three months ago, Google claimed that Chromecast users …

More: 9to5Google, Phandroid, WebProNews and Ubergizmo

Paul Sawers / The Next Web:

Barnes & Noble launches a 10.1-inch version of its Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook tablet for $299.99 — Almost two months to the day since Barnes & Noble launched its Samsung-developed 7-inch Galaxy Tab 4 Nook tablet, a new larger-screen incarnation has now been unveiled.

More: VentureBeat, Android Police, PC World, 9to5Google, Laptop Mag, ABC News, CNET, The Verge, Digital Trends, Barnes & Noble, Inc., TechnoBuffalo and SlashGear

Bloomberg:

Tim Cook discusses user data protection with Chinese Vice Premier Ma Kai amid iCloud hacking claims — Apple's Cook Discusses User-Data With China Vice Premier — Apple Inc. (AAPL) Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook met with Chinese Vice Premier Ma Kai to discuss protecting user data …

More: Reuters, Computerworld, The Verge, AppleInsider, PandoDaily, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, The Register, iMore, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, TechnoBuffalo, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, App Advice, iDownloadBlog.com, MacDailyNews and Cult of Mac

Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

Nexus 6 hands-on: supersized, even by today's standards, with much improved camera — The Nexus 6: hands-on with Google's phablet — After watching Apple unapologetically release the gigantic iPhone 6 Plus and Samsung release the fourth iteration of its massive Galaxy Note …

More: BGR, BetaNews, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, Phandroid and 9to5Google

Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

Nexus 9 hands-on: premium feel, impressive screen quality, but unlikely to challenge iPad

More: GSMArena Blog, 9to5Mac and TechCrunch

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Yahoo Beats In Q3 With Revenue Of $1.09B, EPS Of $0.52 — With all eyes on what Yahoo will do with its $5 billion+ in Alibaba cash, Yahoo today reported its Q3 earnings after the close of trading, with sales of $1.09 billion excluding traffic acquisition costs and non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.52.

Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal:

Yahoo Reveals Mobile Sales for First Time: $200 Million, 17% of Total

More: New York Times, Business Insider, FierceWireless, MarketWatch and Gigaom

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