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October 22, 2015, 10:45 AM

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Matt Leske / YouTube Blog:
YouTube introduces YouTube Red, which combines ad-free viewing and Google Play Music subscription  —  Meet YouTube Red, the ultimate YouTube experience  —  For years, YouTube's fans have been telling us they want more—more choice when watching their favorite content …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
YouTube confirms any partner creator who earns cut of ad revenue but does not agree to YouTube Red revenue share deal will have videos hidden  —  YouTube Will Completely Remove Videos Of Creators Who Don't Sign Its Red Subscription Deal  —  YouTube made its top video creators an offer …
Ben Popper / The Verge:
Walt Mossberg / Re/code:
Aaron Sorkin's movie isn't about the Steve Jobs I knew, and ignores the best part of Jobs' career  —  Mossberg: The Steve Jobs I Knew Isn't in This Movie  —  In 1941, the brilliant writer and director Orson Welles made a movie loosely based on a famous, powerful, contemporary American business figure …
Paul Thurrott / Thurrott.com:
Source: Major Windows 10 Threshold 2 update set for November release  —  Windows 10 Fall Update is Set for November Release  —  According to a trusted source, Microsoft will release the “Threshold 2” (TH2) release of Windows 10 in November as the Windows 10 Fall Update.
Katie Roof / TechCrunch:
Nasdaq Acquires SecondMarket to Help Startups Sell Shares  —  Nasdaq has agreed to buy SecondMarket Solutions to combine forces with the Nasdaq Private Market.  The group will facilitate the exchange of shares for private companies including DocuSign, Pinterest, Shazam and Tango.
Julia Carrie Wong / SFWeekly:
Airbnb apologizes for San Francisco ad campaign touting company's tax payments, will take them down after local uproar  —  Airbnb Apologizes For Passive Aggressive Ads on Muni Shelters (UPDATED)  —  Less than two weeks before San Franciscans could vote to severely restrict Airbnb …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Jordan Novet / VentureBeat:
Twitter launches a tweet composer to show tweet previews inside other apps  —  Twitter today announced the release of a new tweet composer for its TwitterKit package of mobile app development tools.  The tool will allow mobile app developers to show users previews of tweets they write from within third-party apps.
More: TechCrunch
Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 Review: New Hope for Windows Hardware  —  Microsoft's first-ever laptop makes you wonder why the company didn't make one years ago  —  I want to tell you about a very exciting, cutting-edge piece of technology.  It's a computer with a screen and a keyboard that fits in your lap.
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Google urges US government not to require whole-site removal of copyright infringing domains  —  Google Opposes Whole-Site Removal of “Pirate” Domains  —  In recent years the movie and music industries have continually pressured Google to take action against online piracy.

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