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October 15, 2014, 3:25 PM

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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

'iPad Air 2′ and 'iPad mini 3′ with Touch ID & Burst Mode confirmed, show up early in iTunes — Apple's iTunes Store has just made a little bit of a slip-up (and with perfect uncanny timing): screenshots for the iOS 8.1 iPad user guide have just appeared within iBooks and include Apple's upcoming iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3.

Husain Sumra / MacRumors:

Initial iPad Air 2 Supplies May Be Limited, 27-Inch Retina Display iMac Launching by End of 2014 — Just about a day before Apple's October 16 media event, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has issued a new report, saying that he expects supplies of iPad Air 2s to be constrained.

More: The Verge, 9to5Mac, Ars Technica, InfoWorld, AppleInsider, BGR, Business Insider, Gotta Be Mobile, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, Geeky Gadgets, AppleTell and Gotta Be Mobile

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

HBO will offer a stand-alone streaming service in 2015 — HBO Says Web Subscriptions Coming in 2015 — HBO says it's finally ready: Sometime in the next year the pay TV service will be selling a Web-only offering. — HBO CEO Richard Plepler, speaking at an investor presentation hosted …

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CNET:

Nexus 6 phone preorders start Oct. 29, from $649; Nexus 9 tablet Oct. 17, from $399; Nexus Player streamer Oct. 17, from $99; all running Lollipop — Google unveils Nexus 9 tablet, Nexus 6 phone, Nexus Player streamer — The products will serve as the showcase devices for the latest version of Android …

More: The Official Google Blog, 9to5Google, Laptop Mag, Associated Press, Guardian, 9to5Mac, GeekWire, AppleInsider, Gizmodo, Inquirer, Marketing Land, PC World, Computerworld, Android Police, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, ZDNet, BetaNews, The Verge, The Next Web, Gizmodo, Engadget, DailyTech, SiliconBeat, IntoMobile, WebProNews and Gotta Be Mobile

Tweets: @rurikbradbury and @cnet

Thanks:@rogerwcheng

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:

Nexus 6: 6" Quad HD display, Snapdragon 805 CPU, 13 megapixel rear camera, turbo charger gives 6 hours of battery in 15 mins — Google's Nexus 6 is a giant phablet designed for Android Lollipop — Google is today introducing the Nexus 6, the latest in its line of smartphones designed …

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Dan Seifert / The Verge:

Android 5.0 Lollipop: consistent design across devices, call and notification filtering; available for Nexus 4,5,7,10, Play Edition devices in coming weeks — Google announces Android 5.0 Lollipop — Android's latest is coming to devices as soon as this month

More: Re/code, 9to5Google, Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Engadget, CNET, BGR and FierceWireless

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Nexus 9: 8.9" display, 64-bit CPU, 9 hour battery life, keyboard case sold separately

More: PhoneArena, BGR, BetaNews, Inquirer, Android Police, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, Engadget, Gotta Be Mobile and Phones Review

Lauren Goode / Re/code:

Apple Plans to Stop Selling Fitbit Devices in Stores — Apple may soon stop selling the popular Fitbit devices, as it clears the way for its own wearable technology product set to launch sometime next year, according to sources. — It's unclear exactly why Apple will no longer sell the devices …

More: iMore, Engadget, 9to5Mac, The Verge, AppleInsider, Gizmodo, MacRumors, Pocket-lint, Ubergizmo, Mashable, iPhone in Canada Blog, bizjournals, MacDailyNews, App Advice, Patently Apple, Wearable Tech Insider and Electronista. Tweets: @kenli729

Bodo Möller / Google Online Security Blog:

Google discloses SSL 3.0 vulnerability POODLE, recommends clients and servers support TLS_FALLBACK_SCSV to prevent protocol downgrade attacks, says Chrome does — This POODLE bites: exploiting the SSL 3.0 fallback — Today we are publishing details of a vulnerability in the design of SSL version 3.0.

More: Wired, VentureBeat, New York Times, ReadWrite, Computerworld, technet.microsoft.com, The Daily Dot, The Verge, Mashable, Geek.com, Inquirer, TechSpot, Tech Times, Help Net Security and Washington Post. Tweets: @jjarmoc

Adam Langley / ImperialViolet:

POODLE detailed; how to disable SSL 3.0 in Chrome, Firefox; disabling it on servers may break IE6

More: dfranke.us, PC Magazine, A Few Thoughts …, Financial Times, Netcraft, Graham Cluley, Ars Technica, PandoDaily, SecurityWeek and BBC

Richard Barnes / Mozilla Security Blog:

Firefox will disable SSL 3.0 in version 34, to be released Nov. 25

More: MARC, eWeek, Gizmodo, The Mac Observer, addons.mozilla.org, Engadget, TechSpot, VentureBeat and Fedora Magazine

Brad Molen / Engadget:

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 review: the best big-screen phone you can buy right now — What began in 2011 as a brand-new phone category has flourished into one of the most popular in the world. Smartphones with big screens (phablets, to some) are now ubiquitous, but it all started with an odd device called the Samsung Galaxy Note.

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Brian Barrett / Gizmodo:

Leaked: Fitbit Charge, like Force but without nickel, and Charge HD with heart rate monitoring — Exclusive: Fitbit Charge and Charge HR Images and Full Features List — After earlier reports that Fitbit may be working on two new activity trackers, a tipster has sent us what appears …

More: Macworld, Mashable, ITworld.com and mobihealthnews

Kyle Wagner / Deadspin:

The Future Of The Culture Wars Is Here, And It's Gamergate — Over the weekend, a game developer in Boston named Brianna Wu fled her home after an online stalker vowed to rape and kill her. She isn't the first woman who's been forced into hiding by aggrieved video game fans associated with Gamergate …

More: Utah State Today, Standard-Examiner, Business Insider, Ars Technica, Kotaku, USA Today, BBC, Techly, The Awl, Raw Story, Mashable and The Verge. Tweets: @nataliezed

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Docker container support coming to Microsoft's next Windows Server release — Summary: Microsoft is building new container technologies into the next Windows Server release, enabling Dockerized applications to run on Windows Server on-premises or on Azure. — Docker container support …

More: Microsoft Azure Blog, Docker Blog, InfoWorld, TechCrunch, Data Center Knowledge, GeekWire, eWeek, MS Open Tech, Wall Street Journal and Gigaom. Thanks:@seanludwig

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:

Qualcomm buys Bluetooth and GPS chip maker CSR for $2.5B — Qualcomm announced that it has agreed to acquire chip maker CSR for $2.5 billion in cash as part of its continuing strategy to dominate the electronics in mobile devices. — San Diego, Calif.-based Qualcomm will add a wide variety …

More: Gigaom, PR Newswire, Reuters, CNET, Bloomberg, Inquirer and New York Times

Ben Woods / The Next Web:

Google Play downloads now exceed Apple's App Store by 60 percent, but iOS apps still make more money — According to the latest figures from App Annie's quarterly market reports, app downloads from the Google Play store outstripped downloads from the iOS App Store by around 60 percent in comparison to the same time last year.

More: MacRumors, CNET, VentureBeat and App Annie Blog

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Thismoment Raises $17.6M To Help Big Brands Tap Into User-Generated Content — Thismoment, a company that helps businesses collect user-generated content for their own marketing efforts, is announcing that it has raised $17.6 million in Series D funding. — The company says it can …

More: Re/code. Tweets: @joshconstine

Robin Wauters / Tech.eu:

Polish startup Brainly raises $9m to make a major push into the US with its social learning platform — Brainly, the Polish edtech startup that we recently paid a visit, has closed a $9 million round from lead General Catalyst Partners, Point Nine Capital and Runa Capital.

More: PE Hub Blog, Re/code and TechCrunch

Jason Del Rey / Re/code:

Alipay to U.S. Retailers: Let Us Be Your One-Stop Shop for Selling Into China — Alipay, China's popular online payments service, wants a piece of the U.S. e-commerce market and is using its close ties with Alibaba to pitch itself as the ideal conduit between American retailers and Chinese shoppers.

More: Bloomberg

Matt McGee / Glass Almanac:

Android Wear Notifications Coming to Glass This Week — As Google first promised all the way back at Google I/O, Android Wear notifications will arrive on Google Glass this week. — Google is officially calling this “Notification Sync on Glass.” It's coming as part of a pair of updates …

More: Google Glass, Engadget, KitGuru, Inquirer, Electronista, Gizmodo and 9to5Google

Jack Smith IV / Betabeat:

Gett Now Pays Drivers Over Twice As Much As Uber — Offering $10 rides anywhere in Manhattan brought in the users. Now they need the drivers. — When Gett Taxi, the dark horse competition in New York for Uber and Lyft, started offering a flat rate of $10 for rides anywhere in Manhattan, it put them on the map in NYC overnight.

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