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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 …
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Wall Street Journal, The Daily Dot, The Register, New York Times, Digital Trends, Fortune, VideoNuze Analysis, 9to5Google, CNNMoney.com, PC World, Inquirer, SiliconBeat, SocialTimes, Engadget, CNET, Electronista, SiliconANGLE, TechnoBuffalo, Business Insider, Ubergizmo, Guardian, Bloomberg, WebProNews and 9to5Google. Tweets: @stefanomaggi. See also Mediagazer
| Josh Lowensohn / The Verge: |
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Re/code, Tubefilter, AndroidGuys, ReelSEO Video Marketing, FierceMobileIT News, Android Central and MobileSyrup.com. Tweets: @marcsettle
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
FTC sues AT&T over ‘deceptive’ throttling of unlimited data customers — The Federal Trade Commission is suing AT&T because the carrier throttles speeds of its unlimited data customers, a policy that the FTC describes as “deceptive” and “unfair.”
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Federal Trade Commission, MacRumors, Washington Post, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, GeekWire, Computerworld, The Daily Dot, ZDNet, Engadget, BGR, Gigaom, VentureBeat, The Next Web, Business Insider, Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, Electronista, App Advice and SlashGear
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| 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 …
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ZDNet, CNET, Engadget, PC World, Laptop Mag, Gizmodo, The Register, WinBeta, Cult of Mac, 9to5Mac, BetaNews, The Tech Report and Windows Phone Central
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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 …
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MS Open Tech, AppleInsider, PC Magazine, BetaNews, iDownloadBlog.com, MS Open Tech, ITworld.com, InfoQ, WinBeta, MSDN Blogs, The Next Web, Ars Technica, PC World, TechCrunch and iMore. Tweets: @officedev
| 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.| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Taco Bell releases iOS and Android app allowing customers nationwide to order food for pickup — You can order Taco Bell from a smartphone starting today — Get ready to order FourthMeal with your smartphone. Taco Bell will today announce a new app that lets customers nationwide order food ahead …
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USA Today, TechCrunch, Marketing Land, MacRumors, Android Police, CNET, 9to5Google, iMore, 9to5Mac, IntoMobile, FierceMobileIT News and The Next Web
| 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 … | 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 …
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| 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.
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
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| Paul Sawers / The Next Web: |
Google launches Google Fit app for Android, capturing all your fitness data in one place — Google Fit was unveiled to the world back in June, promising a platform to help people track their fitness goals. It's essentially a set of APIs that lets developers dig in to rival apps and combine data … | 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.
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| 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 …
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PC Magazine, Consumerist, Geek.com, Engadget and Electronista
| 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 …
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App Advice, Guardian, TUAW, MacRumors, VentureBeat and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @daiwaka and @benedictevans
| 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 …
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VentureBeat, Android Police, The Verge, Engadget, Guardian, Ubergizmo and Forbes
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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| 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 …
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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 … | 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.
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Wall Street Journal, Inquirer, Reuters, GeekWire, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, opptrends, SlashGear, TUAW, NFC World+, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac and CNET
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Reserve, From Startup Studio Expa, Makes Restaurant Reservations Easier Than Ever — A startup called Reserve is launching a beta version of its “digital concierge” app today, promising to help users snag reservations at top-tier restaurants and improve the dining experience overall.
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Gigaom, Fortune, The Next Web, VentureBeat, Business Insider, Forbes, The Boston Globe, Eater and Mashable
| 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.
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Marketing Land, PR Newswire, 9to5Google and Yahoo Tech
| Joe Rossignol / 9to5Google: |
Google announces PwC as latest Apps for Work and Google Cloud Platform partner — Google announced on Tuesday that professional services company PwC is the latest business to adopt the Apps for Work suite and Google Cloud Platform. The news comes less than one day after Google tabbed Squarespace … | 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 …
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SiliconANGLE, The Daily Dot, Business Insider, PC World, Graham Cluley and Gigaom
Tweets: @j4cob and @dangillmor
| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
EFF Ranks Service Providers For Who Stands Up To Copyright/Trademark Bullies — We've written in the past about the EFF's Who Has Your Back rankings, in which it looks at various internet companies to see who protects your privacy against governments and lawsuits.| 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
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