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November 5, 2014, 12:50 PM

Top News

Husain Sumra / MacRumors:
Apple Watch Pricing to Reportedly Start at $500 for Stainless Steel, $4,000 for Gold  —  French Apple website iGen.fr is reporting [Google Translate] that pricing for the stainless steel Apple Watch may start at $500, while the gold Apple Watches' pricing could start between $4,000 and $5,000. iGen …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
In Europe, Spotify Royalties Overtake iTunes Earnings By 13%  —  Spotify may be smarting from the removal of Taylor Swift's music catalogue from its platform, and Taylor Swift may not care, since she is riding a sales blockbuster in the form of her new album 1989, but it turns out that in the bigger picture …
Robert Lemos / Ars Technica:
EFF finds that only 6 of 39 messaging apps guarantee basic secure communications  —  Security scorecard finds messaging apps need more development  —  Only six out of 39 messaging applications have the features needed to guarantee the security of communications sent over the Internet …
Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:
Swype keyboard for iOS adds 16 new languages, auto Emoji suggestions, more  —  Swype iOS 8 keyboard now available in 20+ languages, adds new layouts & auto Emoji suggestions  —  Nuance announced an update for its Swype keyboard for iOS 8 today that introduces support for a long list …
Rachel Barton / Google Drive Blog:
Google launches Chrome extension letting you open files from Google Drive with desktop apps like Adobe Reader or Photoshop  —  Launch desktop applications from Google Drive in Chrome  —  Browsers are pretty amazing things.  Before, if you wanted to do any serious computing, you'd have to install software onto your computer.
Lauren Goode / Re/code:
Jawbone launches $50 Move clip-on fitness tracker, preorder today, ships Nov 7; $180 Up3 wristband tracker with heart-rate sensor, ships within weeks  —  Jawbone Joins Pre-Holiday Wearable Race, With $50 Up Move and a New Up3 Wristband  —  Get ready for yet another activity-tracking device.
Nitasha Tiku / Valleywag:
Uber and Its Shady Partners Are Pushing Drivers into Subprime Loans  —  The subprime lending market that plunged America into the Great Recession is back and as unscrupulous as ever.  Instead of mortgages, this time a bubble has formed around auto loans, and reliably ruthless Uber is in the thick of it.
Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
Sonos adds multi-account support for streaming services to its internet-connected speakers  —  Sonos adds multi-account support to its connected loudspeakers  —  Sonos wants to make sure that your kids questionable taste in music doesn't ruin your Spotify recommendations.
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Music competition app Chosen, founded by ex-Beats Music CEO, raises $5M led by DCM, expected to launch Q1 2015  —  Ex-Beats Music CEO's New App “Chosen” Is A Mobile-First American Idol  —  Sing, yodel, or shred guitar into your phone, and get famous.  That's the idea behind performance …
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Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
Viddy, Once Touted As ‘The Instagram For Video’, Will Shut Down On December 15  —  Remember Viddy?  The one-time red hot mobile video app is closing down.  That's according to Fullscreen, the company that bought it for $20 million — a snip of its peak valuation — earlier this year.
Electronista:
AT&T Next 24 plan allows customers to extend device payments over 30 months starting Nov. 9  —  AT&T adds longer payment period option to Next installment plans  —  AT&T Next 24 has 30 monthly payments, upgrades from month 24  —  AT&T is giving its customers a third option to acquire …

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