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October 28, 2014, 12:50 PM

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Lauren Goode / Re/code:

YouTube's Wojcicki says they're considering paid ad-free subscriptions, reaffirms a music service is on the way — Susan Wojcicki Wants to Sell You YouTube Video Subscriptions (Video) — YouTube is in the early stages of exploring new subscription services, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki …

Josh Lowensohn / The Verge:

Half of YouTube's views now come from phones and tablets — More people are watching videos on smaller screens — Where are people watching videos on YouTube? A little while ago, the majority were on desktop, but now the company says that half are tuning in from mobile devices like phones and tablets.

More: Re/code, AndroidGuys, Tubefilter, MobileSyrup.com, FierceMobileIT News, ReelSEO Video Marketing and Android Central. Tweets: @marcsettle

Office Blogs:

Microsoft announces initiative for enabling apps built on Office 365, including new SDKs for iOS, Android, and Visual Studio, plus new APIs — New Office 365 extensibility for Windows, iOS, Android and web developers — In a world where people move between multiple devices and numerous apps …

More: MS Open Tech, PC Magazine, AppleInsider, BetaNews, The Next Web, iDownloadBlog.com, WinBeta, Computerworld, InfoQ, TechCrunch, MSDN Blogs, Ars Technica, PC World and iMore. Tweets: @officedev

Ben Kepes / Forbes:

Microsoft announces new Azure services, built-in mobile device management for Office 365

More: ZDNet, Microsoft Azure Blog and Office Blogs

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft borrows Mac trackpad gestures for Windows 10 — Microsoft introduced new trackpad gestures in Windows 8, but the company is expanding them further with the upcoming release of Windows 10. In a keynote speech at TechEd Europe today, Microsoft's Joe Belfiore demonstrated …

More: ZDNet, Engadget, PC World, Laptop Mag, The Register, Gizmodo, Cult of Mac, The Tech Report, Windows Phone Central, WinBeta, 9to5Mac and BetaNews

Dan Seifert / The Verge:

Verizon and Motorola announce Droid Turbo with 5.2" Quad HD display and 48-hour battery life; available October 30 starting at $199.99 on contract — Motorola's Droid Turbo comes to Verizon on Thursday — After months of speculation and a nearly endless stream of leaks …

More: 9to5Google, Engadget, CNET, The Next Web, 9to5Google, Gigaom, Android Police, BGR, Engadget, TechCrunch and SlashGear

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

T-Mobile's John Legere Talks Apple SIM, iPhone 6 Demand, and Landing the iPhone — T-Mobile CEO John Legere today took the stage at Re/code's Code/Mobile event in Half Moon Bay, California, where he spoke on the new Apple SIM, demand for the iPhone 6 Plus, and the importance of selling the iPhone.

More: Re/code, Re/code, DailyTech, iDownloadBlog.com, Ubergizmo, The Register, Electronista, 9to5Mac and TechCrunch

Taylor Soper / GeekWire:

T-Mobile now up to 52.9M customers after biggest growth quarter in company history

More: Re/code, BGR, ZDNet, DSLreports, Cult of Mac, AppleInsider, Electronista, iMore, Reuters, PhoneDog.com, CNET, Tech Trader Daily and TmoNews

Kurt Wagner / Re/code:

Jack Ma and Tim Cook to talk this week on potential Alipay, Apple Pay partnership — Alibaba's Jack Ma “Very Interested” in Possible Apple Partnership — Jack Ma, co-founder and chairman of Alibaba and China's richest man, is interested in partnering Alipay with Apple's new mobile payments system, Apple Pay.

More: Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Verge, 9to5Mac, USA Today, iPhone in Canada Blog, CNET, VentureBeat, USA Today, AppleInsider, iMore, Tech in Asia, Fortune and WSJ Live Video. Tweets: @rblumenstein

Rich McCormick / The Verge:

Tim Cook says Apple killed the iPod classic because it couldn't get the parts — Apple CEO justifies shelving iconic device at WSJD Live — Apple quietly discontinued the iPod classic last month, just short of the iconic MP3 player's 13th birthday. Tonight, Apple CEO Tim Cook explained …

More: App Advice, Guardian, MacRumors, VentureBeat, TUAW, 9to5Mac, ABC News and Electronista

Tweets: @daiwaka and @benedictevans

Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code:

IHS: iPad Air 2 costs $275 to $358 to build, implied profit margin of 45% to 57% — Apple's Latest iPad Costs About the Same as the First but With Slightly Lower Profits — Apple's iPad Air 2 costs roughly the same to build as the iPad Air, with profit margins slightly lower than its predecessor …

More: AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, App Advice, iPhone in Canada Blog and iDownloadBlog.com

Twitter:

Twitter Reports Third Quarter 2014 Results — SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - October 27, 2014 - Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2014. Q3 revenue of $361 million, up 114% year-over-year Q3 net loss of $175 million and non-GAAP net income …

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Twitter's Next Targets For Monetization Are Logged-Out And Casual Visitors

More: Techvibes Global News, internetretailer.com and Bloomberg

Tweets: @joshconstine and @ingridlunden

Se Young Lee / Reuters:

LG says it will end the production of plasma TVs by the end of November — LG Electronics exit suggests end is near for plasma TVs — (Reuters) - South Korea's LG Electronics Inc said it will wind down its plasma television business by end-November, as a technology long overtaken …

More: PC Magazine, Geek.com, Engadget and Electronista

Wall Street Journal:

FireEye: Russian government sponsored malware found on US firm's network with military secrets — Hacking Trail Leads to Russia, Experts Say — Malicious Code Found at U.S. Firm Where Military Secrets Were Kept

More: The Register, ZDNet, Computerworld, Bloomberg, International Business Times, The Moscow Times, RIA Novosti, V3.co.uk and Marketwired

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Android 5.0 Lollipop's security improvements: new unlock methods, full device encryption, more — Google Details Android 5.0 Lollipop's Major Security Improvements — Android's newest update is coming soon, with devices running 5.0 Lollipop beginning to ship November 3.

More: Official Android Blog, ReadWrite, 9to5Google, Washington Post, Computerworld, Business Insider, BGR, Engadget and Droid Life

Nick Wingfield / New York Times:

Hipmunk partners with Yahoo to power flight and hotel searches on Yahoo Travel — Travel Search Site Hipmunk Cuts Yahoo Deal — Hipmunk is a tiny company compared to online travel giants like Priceline and Expedia that can far outspend it on marketing. — But Hipmunk, which has won …

More: Skift, Marketwired and WebProNews

Josh Ong / The Next Web:

Tidal launches as a $19.99 per month hi-fi music streaming service with editorial curation and videos — Tidal launches as a hi-fi music streaming service with editorial curation and videos — Aspiro Group, the company behind the WiMP Music streaming service in Europe, has launched a new service …

More: VentureBeat, Android Police, Engadget, The Verge, Guardian, Forbes and Ubergizmo

Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:

Tim Cook says Apple Pay activated in excess of 1M cards within first 72 hours — Tim Cook says that Apple Pay is already the leader in contactless payments — It's only been a week since Apple Pay made its debut, but apparently the launch has been successful thus far.

More: Wall Street Journal, GeekWire, 9to5Mac, Reuters, AppleInsider, TUAW, TechCrunch, SlashGear, NFC World+, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, CNET, NEWS.com.au and PC World

Paul Sawers / The Next Web:

McDonald's extends Android NFC payments in all 14,000 US outlets with Softcard tie-up — Good news for McDonald's' Android-using customers in the US - there are now more options for paying with NFC thanks to a tie-up between the fast food giant and Softcard.

More: PR Newswire, 9to5Google, Yahoo Tech and CNNMoney.com

Robert McMillan / Wired:

Verizon altering web traffic, inserting a unique identifier allowing websites to track you, with no opt-out available — Verizon's ‘Perma-Cookie’ Is a Privacy-Killing Machine — Verizon Wireless has been subtly altering the web traffic of its wireless customers for the past two years …

More: Business Insider, PC World, Gigaom, Graham Cluley and DSLreports

Tweets: @dangillmor and @j4cob

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:

Taiwan's XYZprinting launches $800 all-in-one 3D printer and scanner — XYZprinting announced it has created an all-in-one 3D printer and scanner for sale starting today at $800. — The Da Vinci 1.0 all-in-one 3D printer allows just about anyone to create a 3D-printed object …

More: Guardian, The Verge, Gizmodo and Wall Street Journal

Liana B. Baker / Reuters:

Amazon buys comedy entertainment service Rooftop Media, content and team to join Audible — Exclusive: Amazon buys comedy service Rooftop Media to expand digital content — (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) is buying online comedy service Rooftop Media, a small deal that underscores …

More: CNET, ZDNet, The Digital Reader, Forbes, Fortune and Engadget. See also Mediagazer

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:

Algoriddim brings its popular Mac and iOS ‘djay’ app to Android w/ Spotify integration — Algoriddim, the team behind the popular music mixing app djay, first shipped the commercial version of its flagship app in 2007 on the Mac followed by the iPad version in 2010 and the iPhone version in 2011.

More: The Next Web, The Verge, MacRumors, Android Police and Engadget

Andy Baio / Medium:

Analysis of 316,669 #Gamergate and #NotYourShield tweets in 72 hours: 69% retweets, 25% of activity from recently created accounts — 72 Hours of #Gamergate — Digging through 316,669 tweets from three days of Twitter's two-month-old trainwreck — Visualizing the social graph of the #GamerGate/#NotYourShield universe

More: Washington Post. Tweets: @robtruman, @mattthomas, @robmillis, @chrismessina, @jeremydlarson, @badscience125, @garf02 and @davidahilljr

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