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Google:
Google Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2013 Results  —  Google today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2013.  “Google had another strong quarter with $14.9 billion in revenue and great product progress,” said Larry Page, CEO of Google.
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
40% Of YouTube Traffic Now Mobile, Up From 25% In 2012, 6% In 2011  —  It's hard to get people to concentrate long on anything on their phones and tablets, yet YouTube seems to be the exception.  The video service is quickly going mobile, with small screens making up 40% of its traffic …
Chris Velazco / TechCrunch:
Google Beats The Street In Q3 With $14.89B In Revenue, Net Income Of $2.97B, And EPS Of $10.74
Richard Lawler / Engadget:
Nexus 5 listing appears in the Play Store, teases 16GB for $349  —  We still haven't heard anything official about Google's next Nexus phone, but tonight some people are already seeing it as an option in the Play Store.  Just among our editors, some see the Nexus 4 while others get the result shown above …
John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Apple: No, We Can't Read Your iMessages (And We Don't Want to, Either)  —  Touting its commitment to user privacy in the wake of the NSA surveillance scandal earlier this year, Apple said that the end-to-end encryption protecting its iMessage instant-messenger service is so secure that even the company itself cannot decrypt it.
Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
AT&T Announces $5 Tablet Day Passes, Deal to Power Tesla's In-Car Wireless  —  While consumers are clearly buying tablets in droves, getting them to fork over to connect them to cellular networks has been another story.  —  Buyers have overwhelmingly chosen Wi-Fi-only models, and …
David Pogue / New York Times:
Windows 8.1: An improvement for touch devices, but still feels jarring  —  Reconciling 2 Worlds With Windows 8.1  —  Just about one year ago, Microsoft gave us two new operating systems.  —  One was a new version of Windows: the one for use with mouse and keyboard, the one whose desktop …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft's new iOS and Android Remote Desktop apps let you control a PC from a phone  —  Microsoft is providing a new way for iOS and Android users to access their Windows PCs today.  A new Remote Desktop app is now available for both operating systems, letting you simply connect to a Windows PC and control it.
Dante D'Orazio / The Verge:
Samsung set-top box uses mediocre Smart TV software to compete with Roku, Apple TV  —  Samsung isn't known for its software, but that hasn't stopped the company from pushing its Smart TV interface, which offers access to video streaming apps like Netflix, Hulu Plus, HBO Go, and MLB.TV, as well as a selection of other utilities.
Jordan Golson / MacRumors:
First Magazine Advertisement for iPhone 5s Appears, Highlights Touch ID Sensor  —  Apple has started a new print advertising campaign for the iPhone 5s.  The first spot, running on the back of this week's issue of The New Yorker, showcases the Touch ID-equipped home button of the new gold iPhone 5s.
Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal:
China's Lenovo is considering buying Blackberry  —  Lenovo Group Ltd. is actively considering a bid for all of BlackBerry Ltd. , according to people familiar with the matter.  —  The Chinese personal-computer and smartphone maker has signed a “non-disclosure” agreement that enables it to look …
Electronista:
USPTO confirms all claims in key ‘Steve Jobs’ iPhone patent  —  Re-establishes foothold for Apple lawsuits  —  The US Patent and Trademark Office has finished a re-examination of Apple's so-called “Steve Jobs patent” and upheld all 20 claims as patentable, reports note.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
E-Loan Specialist Wonga Buys BillPay, The PayPal Of Germany, To Move Deeper Into Payments  —  Wonga is a UK-based startup best known for its online payday loan services, but today the company made a move that could see it not only extending across to other markets in Europe but also into other services …
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
AMD beats earnings targets as game console revenue kicks in  —  Nov. 12 - 13, 2013  —  Advanced Micro Devices has the next generation of home video game consoles to thanks for the good news in its earning report.  —  AMD reported financial results today that slightly beat Wall Street's expectations …

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Gary Baum / The Hollywood Reporter:
A look at the first “case” brought before Objection, which aims to use AI to evaluate news stories, and a Q&A with Objection's founder; the site is now dark

Janko Roettgers / The Verge:
Apple TV relies on a few tentpole titles to draw audiences, like HBO did in the past, while Netflix uses its catalog size and algorithms to keep viewers engaged

Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
60 Minutes correspondent Cecilia Vega was fired while working on a feature on Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories

More News

Kevin C. Tofel / GigaOM:
Apple tops customer satisfaction on AT&T and Verizon while Samsung leads on Sprint and T-Mobile
Ian Traynor / Guardian:
European Parliament to vote on new rules aimed at curbing data transfers to the US
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook Brings Trending Topics, Post/Comment Editing, And Photo Comments To iOS

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