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John Case / The Official Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft Office users on iOS and Android can now create and edit content without an Office 365 subscription  —  More Office.  Everywhere you need it.  —  In March, we announced Office for the iPad®, a major step in commitment to bring Office to everyone, on every device and anywhere they need it.
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Microsoft launches new free Office apps on iPhone and iPad, preview of Office for Android tablets  —  Bringing Office to everyone  —  Today is the next step in bringing Office to everyone and on every device with the start of Office for Android tablet preview, new Office for iPhone apps, updated Office for iPad apps and more.
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Silk Road 2.0 seized by FBI, DHS, Europol; alleged operator Blake Benthall arrested in SF, charged with narcotics trafficking, money laundering, hacking  —  Feds Seize Silk Road 2 in Major Dark Web Drug Bust  —  A year after the Silk Road 2 came online promising to revive …
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Amazon Echo Is A $199 Connected Speaker Packing An Always-On Siri-Style Assistant  —  Amazon has a new product that doesn't really have any current equivalent form any other tech company - a connected speaker called Echo that's always-on, listening for commands that its virtual assistant …
Dennis Keohane / BetaBoston:
Aereo shutting down operations, closing Boston office  —  Aereo, the upstart television technology that aimed to take on cable, revealed today that they are officially shutting down.  The company announced that effective November 12, the company is shuttering its Boston office and laying off all of its 43 local employees...
Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:
Aereo imposes large lay-offs, but streaming TV service is not shutting down  —  There's more trouble for Aereo, which laid off the majority of its staff this week.  The internet TV service will continue operations for now.  —  Aereo's bad year just got worse.
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Danny Yadron / Wall Street Journal:
Apple says it's blocking 467 WireLurker-infected apps from launching on Mac computers  —  Apple Blocks Chinese iPhone Hacks  —  Apple has blocked newly discovered apps meant to help prying eyes spy on Chinese iPhone users.  —  The software is hidden in downloads available from a Chinese app store for Mac computers.
Nicole Perlroth / New York Times:
New WireLurker malware targets Apple devices in China, attacks iOS, including non-jailbroken phones, through OS X via USB
Naomi Gleit / Facebook:
Facebook joins Ebola fight: a donate button in Newsfeed plus partnerships with UNICEF for health ed and NetHope for free internet for aid workers  —  Coming Together to Fight Ebola  —  By Naomi Gleit, VP of Product Management and Chris Daniels, VP of Internet.org
Jason Del Rey / Re/code:
LivingSocial Lays Off 400, Eyes Changes to Amazon Relationship  —  Onetime daily-deal darling LivingSocial is cutting a fifth of its staff as the company's new CEO attempts to lay the foundation for a turnaround of the Washington, D.C.-based company.  The company said approximately 400 employees …
Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Former Zynga CEO Mark Pincus starts self-funded company Superlabs to begin work on two startup ideas  —  The Pincubator?  Former Zynga CEO Mark Pincus Starts a Startup Factory.  —  Mark Pincus, the founder of Zynga who stepped down as its CEO amid troubles at the online gaming company …
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Google Drive for iOS now lets you open and save files using other apps, gets Touch ID and video downloading  —  Google today updated its Google Drive app for iOS with iOS 8 improvements and multiple new features.  You can download the new version now directly from Apple's App Store.
Derrick Harris / Gigaom:
LinkedIn engineers launch Confluent to enable real-time data processing, raise $6.9M from Benchmark, Data Collective, and LinkedIn  —  The team that created Kafka is leaving LinkedIn to build a company around it  —  A trio of LinkedIn engineers, led by Jay Kreps, is taking the Apache Kafka technology they helped create commercial.
Kellex / Droid Life:
Moto 360 in Metal Available Today for $299 - New Bands, Watch Faces, Health Apps Too  —  Motorola just announced (and then pulled) that their Moto 360 watch will be available in metal later today for a price of $299.  They will offer two colors initially - dark and light metal …
Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat:
8tracks updates its website with better playlist curation & tools for DJs  —  Streaming music startup 8tracks is launching a new version of its website today that's focused on improving the discovery and creation of great playlists.  —  Unlike other services, 8tracks only lets you listen to music via user-created playlists.
Nancy Scola / Washington Post:
Boulder and six other Colorado towns secure right to build their own broadband through local referendums allowed by escape clause in state law  —  7 Colorado communities just secured the right to build their own broadband  —  Boulder County election official Erin Meyers receives sealed ballots …
Stephen Hall / 9to5Mac:
WhatsApp update shows read receipts, leaked image suggests future VOIP feature  —  Although this isn't an actual update to the app, WhatsApp is now sporting a nifty new feature that—although small—might make a big difference in how users of the messaging app stay in touch with their friends.

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Nancy Scola / Washingtonian:
A deep look at FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's moves favoring the Trump administration; former chair Tom Wheeler warns against the agency becoming a political tool

Lucia Moses / Business Insider:
WaPo opinion editor Adam O'Neal says he's stepping down after a year in the role; his hiring was part of a push to promote “personal liberties and free markets”

Matt Stout / The Boston Globe:
The Massachusetts Senate passes an amendment that would in many instances bar judges, grand juries, and others from forcing reporters to identify their sources

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