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Tim Cook / Businessweek:

Tim Cook publicly acknowledges he's gay, says giving up his personal privacy is worthwhile if he can help someone who is struggling — Tim Cook: “I'm Proud to be Gay” — Throughout my professional life, I've tried to maintain a basic level of privacy. I come from humble roots, and I don't seek to draw attention to myself.

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Todd Holmdahl / The Official Microsoft Blog:

Microsoft Health announced: a platform that works with Jawbone UP, RunKeeper, and more; app available for Windows Phone, Android, iOS — Introducing Microsoft Health — Today we're announcing a new platform called Microsoft Health. Within health and fitness, there is rapid innovation …

David Pierce / The Verge:

Microsoft Band announced: wearable tracks health, shows emails and tweets; available for $199 in US today — Microsoft's health revolution is here, starting with a $199 fitness tracker — Microsoft Health, the Microsoft Band, and a plan to unite the world — Microsoft's fitness tracking ambitions are not small.

Ina Fried / Re/code:

Lenovo Completes $2.9 Billion Motorola Purchase From Google — When Motorola Mobility President Rick Osterloh said Tuesday that the Lenovo deal was nearly done, he wasn't kidding. — Lenovo officially completed its $2.9 billion deal with Google early Thursday.

More: The Official Motorola Blog, The Verge, Wireless Smartphone Strategies, GeekWire, Android Police, Business Wire, ZDNet, Reuters, Engadget, AndroidGuys, The Next Web and Ubergizmo

Jason Schreier / Kotaku:

YouTube Finally Supports 60FPS, And It Looks Awesome — Earlier this year, YouTube announced plans to support videos running at 60 frames-per-second—plans that would make a huge difference for footage of video games. Today, the video network has finally started rolling out the new service …

More: The Verge, Inquirer, PC World, Forbes, Cult of Mac, Geek.com, Gotta Be Mobile and Electronista

Steve Dent / Engadget:

LG slims smartphone bezels to a virtually non-existent 0.7mm — You might talk about how much you hate large bezels, but LG is actually doing something about it. It just unveiled a 5.3-inch, 1080p LCD display with 0.7mm bezels, less than the width of a credit card.

More: LG Display Newsroom, 9to5Google, Android Police, Digital Trends, TechnoBuffalo, AndroidGuys, Gizmodo, The Verge, Electronista and Android Central

Garett Sloane / Adweek:

Instagram's Video Ads Are Finally Live, and Here Are 4 From Major Brands — Disney, Activision and Banana Republic among early buyers — After six months of testing, Instagram's video ads are officially here. — Instagram, owned by Facebook has deals to show 15-second autoplay spots from Disney …

More: PC World, Engadget, The Verge, The Next Web, Inquirer, SocialTimes, NBC News, Ubergizmo and Wall Street Journal

Joe Rossignol / 9to5Google:

Xiaomi overtakes LG to become world's third-largest smartphone maker — The latest numbers from Strategy Analytics reveal that Chinese handset maker Xiaomi has surpassed Huawei and LG to become the third-largest smartphone maker in the world. Xiaomi has been making impressive strides since …

More: IDC, Wireless Smartphone Strategies, The Register, BetaNews, Re/code, Engadget, Android Police, Android Central, MobileBurn.com, Mobile Magazine and CNET. Tweets: @asymco. Thanks:@rsgnl

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Homejoy Officially Moves Beyond Cleaning With Launch Of Handyman Services In The Bay Area — In its first big move beyond home cleaning, Homejoy is adding carpet cleaning and general handyman services to its offerings in the Bay Area. — Co-founder and CEO Adora Cheung …

More: BuzzFeed and The Next Web. Tweets: @rsarver

Graham Cluley:

Drupal 7 sites attacked hours after vulnerability disclosure, unpatched sites assumed hacked — “Assume every unpatched website running Drupal 7 was compromised” — Content management system Drupal has issued a chilling public service announcement to website admins and internet users …

More: Drupal.org, PC World, InfoWorld, Help Net Security, theWHIR.com, ZDNet, ZDNet, Threatpost, SecurityWeek, The Register and Forbes

Shara Tibken / CNET:

Samsung's Q3 profit drops 60% YoY to $3.9 billion, mobile division profit down 74% YoY — Samsung's Q3 financials show ongoing struggles in mobile — The Korean electronics giant posts a 74 percent drop in its mobile business operating profits during the September period.

More: Wall Street Journal, PC World, BGR, Associated Press, AppleInsider, Bloomberg, SamMobile, Ubergizmo, Radio Free Mobile, Inquirer and ABC News

Tweets: @charlesarthur, @monkbent, @asymco, @asymco and @monkbent

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:

Windows Phone Shrinks In Android-Dominated Europe, As New iPhones Boost iOS' Share — Spare a thought for Microsoft, a relative newcomer to the mobile making business, after Redmond completed its $7.2BN+ acquisition of former European mobile making powerhouse Nokia earlier this year.

More: CNET and NEWS.com.au

Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:

Skype for iPhone now lets you save and delete photos; gets avatar, people, and chat improvements — Skype today updated its iPhone app with a slew of new features and improvements based on user suggestions. You can download the new version now directly from Apple's App Store.

More: Skype Blogs, AppleInsider, MacRumors, The Next Web, 9to5Mac and iMore

Peter Bright / Ars Technica:

Lenovo announces 13" Yoga Tablet 2 with Windows, available November, prices start at $699.99 — Lenovo adds a 13-inch Windows tablet to the Yoga mix — Not content with launching five Yoga-branded tablets earlier this month, Lenovo has added a sixth device to its range.

More: Engadget, Laptop Mag, PC World, CNET, GSMArena Blog and TechRadar.com

Sophie Knight / Reuters:

Nintendo and ResMed are developing non-wearable bedside sleep and fatigue tracker, plan to release it before end of March 2016 — Nintendo to develop device to track sleep, fatigue: CEO — Nintendo signage is displayed at the company's booth at the 2014 Electronic Entertainment Expo …

More: CNET, Electronista, TechCrunch, TechHive, GameSpot, Eurogamer.net, Polygon, The Verge, TechRadar.com, Gizmodo, Geek.com, SlashGear and Kotaku

Jordan Kahn / 9to5Google:

Google Play Movies & TV app gets redesign, second-screen experience w/ actor & soundtrack info — Google today announced that it's rolling out an updated Google Play Movies & TV app for Android that introduces a second-screen experience when streaming TV shows and movies to a Chromecast or Nexus Player-connected TV.

More: The Next Web and TechnoBuffalo. See also Mediagazer

Deborah Gage / Wall Street Journal:

Capriza, which enables anyone to convert desktop business applications for use on mobile, raises $27M Series C — Capriza Raises $27 Million to Bring Unwieldy Business Apps to Mobile — Taking old and unwieldy business applications and making them usable on mobile devices has been pursued …

More: Network World, VentureBeat, Forbes, PE Hub Blog and BrianMadden.com

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Flipboard's New App Gets Personal By Making Topics The Center Of Attention — Flipboard has been working hard over the last few years to build an app that makes reading stories on mobile and tablet devices as engaging as flipping through a magazine. With the latest version of its app …

More: Inside Flipboard, The Verge, ReadWrite, Tech Times, New York Times, The Next Web, iMore, VentureBeat and Gigaom. See also Mediagazer

Chris Ziegler / The Verge:

Taiwanese smart energy startup Gogoro, led by former HTC exec, is close to raising $150M, promises product unveil at CES — Mysterious smart energy company raises $150 million, led by ex-HTC executive — Horace Luke, Gogoro's CEO. — Taiwanese firm Gogoro came out of stealth mode this morning …

More: Re/code, PE Hub Blog and SlashGear

Takashi Mochizuki / Wall Street Journal:

Sony replaces head of mobile division as its smartphone business continues to struggle — Sony Replaces Mobile Division Head — Hiroki Totoki Has Been Widely Viewed as Instrumental in Sony's Structural Reforms — TOKYO— Sony Corp. on Thursday named Senior Vice President Hiroki Totoki …

More: Reuters, Android Central, Telecompaper, AndroidHeadlines.com, TechnoBuffalo and ZDNet. Tweets: @mochi_wsj

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Crowdsourced Design Marketplace Minted Raises $38M More, Adds Fabrics And Home Decor — E-commerce design startup Minted has big ambitions for its crowdsourced marketplace of designs, with plans to launch in a whole new product category as well as give its artists a platform for creating new storefronts.

More: VentureBeat, PE Hub Blog, PR Newswire, Reuters and bizjournals. Thanks:@d_ghiglieri

Samuel Gibbs / Guardian:

Vodafone and EE begin LTE-A rollout in the UK — UK joins world's fastest mobile internet club with next generation 4G+ rollout — EE joins Vodafone with mobile data speeds five times faster than average UK broadband in London, with Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool added in 2015

More: iMore, The Next Web, Inquirer, Total Telecom, ZDNet, Telecoms.com, Gizmodo UK, Compare Mobile Phones …, Mobile News Online, Neowin and Telecompaper

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