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November 3, 2014, 11:05 PM

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Chris Velazco / Engadget:

Nexus 9 review: great Lollipop tablet, powerful CPU, display and speakers could be better — Google Nexus 9 review: The first taste of Lollipop is a sweet one — It's been nearly five years since Google released its very first Nexus device, and by now we all basically get what the Nexus name stands for.

More: TechCrunch, The Verge, Android Police, 9to5Google, Android Beat, Wired, AnandTech, Pocketnow, ZDNet, Gigaom, BetaNews and ZDNet

Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica:

Nexus Player review: video playback not smooth, slow, buggy, only 70 games and apps in store, great gamepad — Google's Nexus Player: More prototype than finished product — The Nexus Player remote, box, and controller. — Just about every major tech company offers some device …

More: Engadget, 9to5Google and VentureBeat. Tweets: @danieleran

Brad Molen / Engadget:

Android 5 Lollipop preview: intuitive notifications, better performance and battery life, developer tools strongly improve Android experience

More: TechCrunch and Android Police

Bertel King, Jr / Android Police:

Nexus 9 And Nexus Player Now Available For Purchase From Google Play, Nexus 9 From Best Buy

Hollywood Reporter:

Sources: Christian Bale withdraws from role as Steve Jobs in upcoming Aaron Sorkin film — Christian Bale Exits Steve Jobs Movie (Exclusive) — Sources say the actor came to the conclusion he was not right for the part and decided to withdraw — Christian Bale will not be Steve Jobs after all.

More: CNET, Macworld, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, Telegraph, MacDailyNews, Pocket-lint, TechSpot, AppleInsider, Gizmodo, Tech Times, TUAW, iMore, Polygon, Mashable, MacNN, WebProNews and Fortune

Ian Leader / Gmail Blog:

Google updates Calendar for Android 4.1+ devices with auto event creation from emails, Schedule View with photos and maps — A new day for Google Calendar — Today we're introducing a brand new Google Calendar app. It's designed to be a helpful assistant, so you can spend less time managing your day, and more time enjoying it.

Matthew Izatt / Gmail Blog:

Updated Gmail app with multiple e-mail provider support and Material Design available on Google Play for Android 4.0+ devices soon — A more modern Gmail app for Android — Today, the Gmail app for Android is getting updated with a more modern style, sleeker transitions, and a few other handy improvements.

More: Phandroid, TechnoBuffalo, Mashable, SlashGear, Droid Life, Android Police and Lifehacker

Robert Hannigan / Financial Times:

UK's GCHQ chief says tech companies enable terrorism and child exploitation, wants them to better facilitate “lawful investigation” — The web is a terrorist's command-and-control network of choice — People do not want social media platforms to facilitate murder, writes Robert Hannigan

More: BBC, Telegraph, ZDNet and The Hill

Tweets: @emptywheel, @digiphile and @rmack

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Mozilla Will Launch A New Browser For Developers Next Week — Mozilla today announced that it will launch a new browser dedicated to developers next week. What exactly that will look like remains to be seen, as the company today only teased the launch, which is scheduled for November 10 …

More: The Mozilla Blog, DailyTech, PC World, TechSpot, Inquirer, ReadWrite, WebProNews, VentureBeat and Gizmodo

Brier Dudley / The Seattle Times:

Confirmed: Apple opening Seattle software office — Apple is moving into enemy territory and has started an engineering office in Seattle, its first in the Northwest. — Like other California companies setting up shop in the shadow of Microsoft, Apple is attracted by the area's software talent …

More: MacRumors, GeekWire, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, iDownloadBlog.com, App Advice, bizjournals and Patently Apple

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

Next Wave of Apple Pay Bank Launches Begins With Navy Federal, USAA, US Bank, PNC — Apple's October 20 debut for Apple Pay included support from many of the biggest banks in the United States, including Chase, Citi, Capital One, and Bank of America, but the company has said it has over 500 …

More: PR Newswire, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, BGR, App Advice, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Verge, iDownloadBlog.com, AppleInsider, MacNN and iMore

Jessica E. Lessin / The Information:

Jawbone to launch more fitness wearables: UP3 with new sensors for $180, clip-on MOVE for $50 — Exclusive: Jawbone To Broaden Wearables Lineup — Jawbone is the latest wearable company to try to go where Apple is not going, with plans for two new activity trackers aimed at the low and mid-tiers.

More: VentureBeat

Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:

How boy band fan communities on Twitter helped turn an ordinary Target cashier into a viral sensation — How ‘Alex from Target’ became an unwitting Internet superstar — In light of 60-plus serious news articles, a million tweets, and at least one piece of uncomfortable fan fiction …

More: CNET, BuzzFeed, CNN, Business Insider, Guardian, BuzzFeed, Mashable, NEWS.com.au, Marketing Land and abc7.com

Tweets: @acl163, @thedreamcioset, @gilinskyshighaf, @sdkstl, @sfiegerman, @liahaberman, @caitlindewey, @simplyespinosax and @obeymendes_

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Apple Partners With Southwest To Offer Free In-Flight Streaming Via Beats Music — Apple continues to roll out its Beats Music streaming service to new venues, despite the fact that there have been rumors of its imminent demise. Today, Beats Music announced a partnership with Southwest Airlines …

More: Southwest Airlines …, 9to5Mac, New York Times, TIME, MacRumors, Fortune, InvestorPlace, Cult of Mac, TechHive, PC Magazine, GeekWire, Electronista, AppleInsider, iMore, The Verge, iDownloadBlog.com, SlashGear and RAIN News. Tweets: @jackmeb

Chris Duckett / ZDNet:

Microsoft unveils RemoteIE to test web pages in IE on most OSes — Summary: Web developers wanted to test their creations in the latest preview version of Internet Explorer are now able to do without needing to install a Windows 10 preview, thanks to Azure and a client app for Windows, OS X, iOS, and Android.

More: MSDN Blogs, GeekWire, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, WinBeta, Android Police, Android Central, Ubergizmo and iMore

James O'Toole / CNNMoney.com:

Carnival introduces WiFi@Sea, a long-range broadband service with 10 times the current speed for its 101 ships — Faster Internet to the middle of the ocean — It's getting easier than ever to stay on the grid in the middle of the ocean. — Carnival Cruise Lines (CCL) …

More: PR Newswire, Bloomberg, Engadget, bizjournals, Florida Times Union, Trust.org, NBC News, Travel Weekly, Sun-Sentinel, Businessweek, Tech Times and Gizmodo

Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal:

HomeAway Sues San Francisco Over New ‘Airbnb Law’ for Short-Term Rentals — Travel-lodging site HomeAway Inc. has sued the city of San Francisco in an attempt to block a new law that restricts home rentals from going into effect. — HomeAway is requesting an injunction to prevent the city …

More: The Technology Chronicles, TechCrunch, VatorNews, bizjournals, Valleywag, Seeking Alpha and Gigaom. Tweets: @stefanoschen

Guardian:

Taylor Swift removes her back catalogue from Spotify, leaves it for now on Rdio, Beats Music — Taylor Swift v Spotify: back catalogue removed from streaming services — Taylor Swift withheld her new album 1989 from music streaming services, and has now removed all her albums from Spotify

Chris Burns / SlashGear:

AT&T announces 7 devices including HTC RE, LG G Watch R, Moto 360, more; coming Nov. 7 — AT&T releases seven devices at once: Android, Windows, Wearables — This morning AT&T opened the floodgates with a number of new devices from all corners of the mobile device universe.

More: Conversations, ATT Blogs, ATT Blogs, Android Police, CNET, 9to5Google, The Next Web, The Verge, BetaNews, PC World, Engadget, VentureBeat, Gotta Be Mobile, IntoMobile, Gigaom, Pocketnow, 9to5Google, Ubergizmo and Droid Life. Thanks:@t_chrisburns

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