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October 28, 2014, 10:05 PM

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Facebook:

Facebook Reports Third Quarter 2014 Results — Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2014. — “This has been a good quarter with strong results,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO. “We continue to focus on serving …

Alexei Oreskovic / Reuters:

Facebook warns of increased spending in 2015, expects costs to rise 55% to 75% — Facebook warns of increased spending, shares fall — (Reuters) - Facebook Inc warned on Tuesday of a dramatic increase in spending in 2015 and projected a slowdown in revenue growth this quarter, slicing a tenth off its market value.

More: USA Today and Wall Street Journal

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

WhatsApp's First Half Of 2014 Revenue Was $15M, Net Loss Of $232.5M Was Mostly Issuing Stock — Facebook disclosed financials of its $22 billion acquisition of WhatsApp for the first time today, and it looks like the 600 million user messaging app's revenue is still small.

More: The Verge, Re/code, TechCrunch, Business Insider and Mashable. Tweets: @joshconstine

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook Beats In Q3 With $3.2B Revenue, User Growth Up A Slower 2.27% QOQ To 1.35B

More: Wall Street Journal, Forbes, VatorNews and New York Times

Tweets: @lexnfx and @joshconstine

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.”

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 …

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

W3C Declares HTML5 Standard Complete — More than four years ago, Steve Jobs declared war on Flash and heralded HTML5 as the way to go. You could be forgiven if you thought the HTML5 standard — the follow-up to 1997's HTML 4 — has long been set in stone, given that developers …

More: CNET, W3C News, eWeek, MS Open Tech, iMore, Computerworld, The Next Web, W3C, Mercury News and InfoWorld

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 …

More: USA Today, TechCrunch, BGR, GeekWire, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, CNET, Marketing Land, SlashGear, IntoMobile, MacRumors, 9to5Google, Consumerist, Eater, FierceMobileIT News, Android Police and Tech Times

Patrick Howell O'Neill / The Daily Dot:

Verizon's tech news site SugarString won't let writers report on US spying or net neutrality — Verizon is launching a tech news site that bans stories on U.S. spying — Verizon is getting into the news business. What could go wrong? — The most-valuable, second-richest telecommunications company …

More: Digital Trends, Business Insider, The Verge, Gizmodo and Ars Technica

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Mike Carter / The Seattle Times:

FBI created fake Seattle Times Web page to nab bomb-threat suspect — The FBI created a fake news story on a bogus Seattle Times Web page to plant software in the computer of a suspect in a series of bomb threats to Timberline High School in 2007, documents reveal.

More: The Verge, The Stranger …, Gizmodo, TIME, Gawker and The Hill. See also Mediagazer

Sam Byford / The Verge:

Samsung Galaxy Note Edge review: more fun and interesting than Note 4, curved screen of little use — Samsung Galaxy Note Edge review — A special screen on a proven phone — but is curved covetable? — I would very much like a flexible smartphone that I could scrunch up like paper and stuff into a pocket.

More: Android Police and The Korea Times

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, BGR, Android Police, Business Insider, ZDNet, BGR, Washington Post, The Verge, Gotta Be Mobile, IntoMobile, 9to5Google, ReadWrite, PhoneNews.com, Droid Life, ReadWrite, Computerworld, Engadget and Android Central

Cromwell Schubarth / Silicon Valley Business Journal:

Ex-eBay, Google payments exec Tilenius launches mobile health startup Vida — Stephanie Tilenius, who has spent much of her recent career in the payments and commerce business at Google, eBay and PayPal, is getting back to her roots in a way with her latest startup.

More: Re/code, Forbes, Reuters, The Technology Chronicles, silicontap.com and MedCity News

Chance Miller / 9to5Google:

OnePlus apologizes for pre-order problems, will offer another chance to order on November 17 — After months and months of inconsistent availability and controversial marketing techniques, the OnePlus One finally went up for official pre-order yesterday. As you'd expect however, the launch did not go as planned.

More: OnePlus Blog and TechnoBuffalo

Mike Isaac / New York Times:

MCX contract forbids retailers from accepting any competing mobile payment products — Apple Pay Runs Afoul of MCX, a Group With a Rival Product — One week after its debut, Apple's new mobile wallet is showing promise with consumers. — Apple's rivals in the payments industry …

More: 9to5Mac and FierceMobileIT News

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: Verizon Wireless Promotions, 9to5Google, CNET, Engadget, PC World, BGR, The Next Web, BGR, Engadget, Gigaom, IntoMobile, SlashGear, BetaNews, TechCrunch, ReadWrite and Android Police

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

YouTube Introduces WatchMe For Android To Bring Live Broadcasting Capabilities To Apps — YouTube is bringing its live broadcasting capabilities to the world of third-party app developers starting today with the launch of the new open source project called “YouTube WatchMe for Android.”

More: YouTube API Blog, Electronista, Engadget, 9to5Google and AndroidHeadlines.com

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: Ars Technica, AppleInsider, IntoMobile, iMore, Gotta Be Mobile, App Advice, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog and PadGadget

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: PC Magazine, Business Insider, MSDN Blogs, iDownloadBlog.com, WinBeta, TUAW, MS Open Tech, The Next Web and InfoQ

Ben Kepes / Forbes:

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

More: Office Blogs

Steven Levy / Backchannel:

Google X's Life Sciences team is developing nanoparticles that enter your bloodstream for early detection of cancer and other diseases — “We're Hoping to Build the Tricorder” — Google X's Andrew Conrad is developing an early disease detection system that could reinvent health care

More: BBC, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, Tech Times, Associated Press, Fortune, 9to5Google, Gigaom, Slate and TechCrunch

Tweets: @erictopol, @stevenlevy and @ldignan

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, Ars Technica, Canadianreviewer.com, ExtremeTech, Digital Trends, Engadget, KitGuru, CNET, WinBeta, Laptop Mag, PC World, The Tech Report and Windows Phone Central

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Startup studio Expa launches Reserve, an iOS app for reserving tables at top-tier restaurants which charges users $5 per reservation — Reserve, From Startup Studio Expa, Makes Restaurant Reservations Easier Than Ever — A startup called Reserve is launching a beta version of its …

More: Fortune, Forbes, Gigaom, Eater, Laughing Squid, The Next Web, VentureBeat, The Boston Globe, Mashable and Business Insider. Tweets: @ashleymayer

Reuters:

Following earnings, Twitter stock tumbles more than 10% due to decelerating user growth — Twitter's efforts to engage users yet to fully pay off — (Reuters) - Twitter Inc's efforts to improve user engagement and growth rates are taking longer than expected to gain traction …

More: USA Today, Reuters, TheStreet.com, CNNMoney.com, Business Insider, Adweek and New York Times

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