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November 5, 2014, 2:55 PM

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Evelyn Kim / Google LatLong:
Google Maps for iOS and Android revamped with Material Design, restaurant booking through OpenTable, Uber ride estimates  —  Google Maps: Your best accessory this season  —  Bold colors and textures are in—and Google Maps is on trend, with a slick new style to make traveling with Maps even easier.
Kara Swisher / Vanity Fair:
Behind Travis Kalanick's fighting instinct, how Andreessen Horowitz missed the boat on Uber's Series B, and how Kalanick attempted to hamper Lyft's fundraising  —  Man and Uber Man  —  Uber, Travis Kalanick's smartphone-based car service, has been valued at $18.2 billion, but its C.E.O. still spends a lot of his time on the warpath.
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.
Megan Geuss / Ars Technica:
Google Wallet weekly transactions and new users signups increase thanks to Apple Pay launch  —  Google Wallet use grows after Apple Pay launch  —  NFC-based mobile payments have had a boost in recent months, possibly thanks to the launch of Apple Pay, which was announced in September.
Jemima Kiss / Guardian:
Former NSA lawyer: encrypting user data led to Blackberry's demise, cautions Apple and Google  —  Former NSA lawyer: the cyberwar is between tech firms and the US government  —  Stewart Baker said that Apple and Google could be restricting their business in markets like China and Russia by encrypting user data
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 …
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.
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 …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Kobalt, which represents major artists, reports that royalties collected from Spotify in Europe in Q1 surpass those from iTunes by 13%  —  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 …
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.
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.
Paul Sawers / The Next Web:
Amazon brings same-day deliveries to Canada, kicking off with Toronto and Vancouver  —  Amazon has announced that it's launching its same-day delivery service in Canada, kicking off with Toronto and Vancouver.  —  Today's news comes a few months after the e-commerce giant revealed …
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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