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October 30, 2014, 1:25 PM

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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.

More: News Center, Re/code, Windows Phone Central, Businessweek, PandoDaily, New York Times, PC World, BGR, Gizmodo UK, The Daily Dot, TechnoBuffalo, iMore and WinBeta

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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, Business Wire, Android Police, Reuters, ZDNet, AndroidGuys, The Next Web, Ubergizmo and Engadget

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, Electronista and Gotta Be Mobile

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, Electronista, The Verge 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

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Apple No Longer Rejecting Calculator Widgets From The App Store — The maker of a popular iOS app and widget, PCalc, which took advantage of iOS 8's support for Notification Center Widgets, was recently told by Apple that his handy app would be pulled from the App Store due to the fact that …

More: MacRumors, 9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks and Mashable

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, Android Police, Android Central, MobileBurn.com and Mobile Magazine. Tweets: @asymco. Thanks:@rsgnl

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, GadgeTell, GSMArena Blog, CNET, TechRadar.com and PC World

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, theWHIR.com, InfoWorld, Help Net Security, ZDNet, ZDNet, Threatpost, SecurityWeek, The Register and Forbes

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, PE Hub Blog, Forbes and BrianMadden.com

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 and Inquirer

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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: Wired, 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

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. 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

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, New York Times, The Next Web, iMore, Tech Times, VentureBeat and Gigaom. See also Mediagazer

Alex Wagner / PhoneDog:

Samsung Gear S 3G smartwatch launches Nov. 7 in US, $0 down on T-Mobile and Sprint on 2 year contract — Samsung Gear S launching in the US on November 7, carriers begin to reveal pricing — Following its international debut at the end of August, the Samsung Gear S will soon be making its way stateside.

More: Samsung Mobile US Press, Gigaom, T-Mobile Newsroom, 9to5Google, Digital Trends, Engadget, Wearable Tech Insider and Android and Me

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