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November 4, 2014, 10:15 AM
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Steven Bertoni / Forbes:
Sean Rad to step down as Tinder CEO, will become president and remain on board  —  Exclusive: Sean Rad Out As Tinder CEO.  Inside The Crazy Saga  —  Sean Rad, the cofounder and CEO of Tinder, an app that over the past two years has completely reinvented how young people date and mate, has been generating news regularly.
Terri Cullen / CNBC:
Alibaba revenue $2.74B vs $2.61B estimate  —  Alibaba Group reported quarterly earnings that were in line with analysts' expectations on Tuesday, but revenue came in stronger than expected.  —  Following the report, Alibaba's shares rose in premarket trade.  (Get the latest quote here.)
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:
Alibaba Posts 54% Revenue Increase, But Net Profit Falls Below Expectations  —  Alibaba beat already high expectations for revenue growth in its first quarterly earnings report since its record-setting $25 billion initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange in September, but missed its profit forecast.
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
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 …
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Amazon Prime customers now get unlimited cloud storage for photos  —  With so many backup options, losing your photos should be impossible  —  When it comes to backing up your photo library and life's most precious memories, it's good to have multiple options.
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.
Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
Disney partners with Google to bring its cloud movie locker to Android and Google Play Movies  —  Disney would like consumers to continue to buy its movies.  That's why the company now struck an alliance with Google to add its cloud locker to Android.  —  Disney took the next step …
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.
Eliot Brown / Wall Street Journal:
Samsung looking for up to 1M sq. ft. of office space in New York City for US expansion  —  Samsung Eyes Large New York City Expansion  —  Electronics Giant Seeks Up to 1 Million Square Feet of Office Space  —  Technology giant Samsung Electronics Co. is eyeing the creation …
More: 9to5Google
Matt Smith / Reuters:
Africa phone tower firm IHS raises $2.6 billion  —  (Reuters) - Nigerian phone tower group IHS has raised $2 billion in equity and $600 million in debt in what it says is the biggest equity fund raising by an African company this decade.  —  IHS, the continent's largest tower company …
More: Forbes
Monica Alleven / FierceWirelessTech News:
iPass report: Public hotspots to grow to 340M worldwide by 2018  —  Here's your pop quiz for the day: Which country has the most hotspots?  —  If you guessed France, you'd be right, according to new research released by iPass, which bills itself as the world's largest Wi-Fi network.

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Arkansas PBS severs ties with the PBS network, the first state public TV system to do so since Congress cut CPB funds, citing the annual $2M+ membership cost

Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Arthur L. Carter, who started a Connecticut newspaper in 1981, bought and sold The Nation, and founded the New York Observer in 1987, has died at 93

Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney's Zootopia 2 surpasses $1B at the global box office, the fastest PG-rated film to do so after just 17 days in release

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Chris Burns / SlashGear:
AT&T announces 7 devices including HTC RE, LG G Watch R, Moto 360, more; coming Nov. 7
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Ian Leader / Gmail Blog:
Google updates Calendar for Android 4.1+ devices with auto event creation from emails, Schedule View with photos and maps
Guardian:
Taylor Swift removes her back catalogue from Spotify, leaves it for now on Rdio, Beats Music
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