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Richard Waters / Financial Times:

Larry Page interview: Silicon Valley has become short-sighted; too few investors are chasing breakthrough technologies — FT interview with Google co-founder and CEO Larry Page — Even the search engine's original mission is not big enough for what he now has in mind

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Michael Hsu / Wall Street Journal:

HP unveils MB Chronowing smartwatch with buttons instead of a touchscreen, and an estimated 7-day battery life, on sale Nov. 7 starting at $349 — Michael Bastian Creates a Smartwatch That Looks Like a Watch — High-tech meets high-style in the MB Chronowing from Michael Bastian and Hewlett-Packard.

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Andy Greenberg / Wired:

Facebook now available through Tor browsers at an onion address, SSL still enabled — Why Facebook Just Launched Its Own ‘Dark Web’ Site — Facebook has never had much of a reputation for letting users hide their identities online. But now the world's least anonymous website has just joined the Web's most anonymous network.

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David Pierce / The Verge:

Microsoft Band first impressions: clunky hardware, useful software; tile interface works well — Wearing the Microsoft Band, the next big thing in fitness tracking — I've been wearing it for two hours, and I'm still acutely aware that it's there. This is the first and most unavoidable thing …

More: Gigaom, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, Wired and Tested

Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal:

Slack raised $120M at $1.12B valuation in a round led by Kleiner and Google Ventures, all previous backers participated too — Slack's One-Year-Old Software Business Valued at $1.12 Billion — Workplace collaboration tool Slack didn't exist two years ago.

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Dan Primack / Fortune:

Q&A with Slack co-founder and CEO Stewart Butterfield: thoughts on valuation, competition, road to success

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Juli Clover / MacRumors:

AT&T bumps data on $40, $70 Mobile Share Value plans by 50%; Verizon in turn bumps data for $80, $100 More Everything plans by 33%, 50% — AT&T and Verizon Boost Monthly Wireless Data in Ongoing Competition [iOS Blog] — In recent weeks, multiple carriers including AT&T, Verizon …

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JP Mangalindan / Fortune:

Amazon exec: We priced the Fire phone wrong — When it introduced the Fire smartphone in July, Amazon bet sales would be something worth bragging about. But three months in, it's obvious the Fire phone is more dud than runaway success. — Last week, Amazon CTO Tom Szkutak disclosed …

More: Mercury News, Digital Trends, Mashable, GeekWire, MobileBurn.com, Tech Times, Electronista, The Digital Reader, PC Magazine, Phandroid, ITProPortal, GadgeTell, PC World, The Verge, BGR, TechnoBuffalo, Pocket-lint, Engadget, Pocketnow, CNET, SlashGear, DailyTech, TechCrunch, AndroidHeadlines.com, Gigaom, AppleInsider, Business Insider and stuff.tv

Tweets: @jonfortt and @draccah

Cynthia Littleton / Variety:

Xbox Entertainment Studios officially closed after Nancy Tellem, Jordan Levin let go earlier than expected — Nancy Tellem, Jordan Levin Leave Xbox Entertainment Studios Amid Mass Microsoft Layoffs — Xbox Entertainment Studios is officially no more. — The last staffers …

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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:

Will He Ever Return? Head Of Google's Web Spam Team Matt Cutts Extends Leave Into 2015 — The head of Google's web spam team, Matt Cutts, says that his leave from the company has gone so well that he'll be continuing it through 2015. — Cutts shared the news today in a note added …

More: Search Engine Roundtable. Tweets: @mattcutts

Dan Levine / Reuters:

Samsung in court filing says its deal with Microsoft would invite “charges of collusion” following Nokia acquisition — Samsung says Microsoft deal invites ‘charges of collusion’: filing — (Reuters) - Samsung said its collaboration with Microsoft on Windows phones raised …

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