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October 15, 2014, 6:30 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, 9to5Mac, InfoWorld, CNET, Ars Technica, AppleInsider, BGR, Gotta Be Mobile, Business Insider, iPhone in Canada Blog, Geeky Gadgets, AppleTell, Ubergizmo 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 …

More: timewarner.com, Bloomberg, The Verge, Techdirt, CNNMoney.com, MacRumors, The Verge, Business Insider, CNET, TechCrunch, Android Police, SlashGear, Fortune, GeekWire, The Atlantic Online, The Information, LIVEdigitally, VideoNuze Analysis, ReadWrite, Gizmodo, TheStreet.com, Gigaom Research, iMore, Gizmodo, Engadget, Tech Trader Daily, TechSpot, Ars Technica, Gotta Be Mobile, The Technology Chronicles, TIME, Forbes, The Slanted, BestTechie, AppleInsider, IntoMobile, CNET, DSLreports, Tubefilter, Consumerist, Mashable, Electronista, iDownloadBlog.com and WebProNews See also Mediagazer

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:

Nexus 6: 6" Quad HD display, Snapdragon 805 CPU, 13 megapixel rear camera, 15-min turbo charging, preorders start Oct. 29, from $649 — 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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Chris Welch / The Verge:

Nexus 9: 8.9" display, first 64-bit CPU in a Nexus, 9 hour battery life, preorders start Oct. 17, from $399, keyboard case sold separately — Google announces HTC-made Nexus 9 tablet, coming November 3rd — Google has just announced the Nexus 9, an Android 5.0 tablet that the company designed in collaboration with HTC.

More: PhoneArena, Android Police, InfoWorld, BGR, Laptop Mag, Gotta Be Mobile, dailywireless.org, GeekWire, AppleInsider, PC World, Daring Fireball, BetaNews, Marketing Land, Ars Technica and DailyTech

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:

Nexus Player: first Android TV device, on sale Nov. 3 for $99, gaming controller for $39 — Nexus Player is Google's first Android TV device — Google tries to take over your living room, again — The first device running Google's new Android TV platform with be the Nexus Player, a set-top streaming box made by Google and Asus.

More: Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Guardian, Inquirer, TechCrunch, Android Police, Gigaom and SlashGear. See also Mediagazer

Dan Seifert / The Verge:

Android 5.0 Lollipop available on new Nexus 6, 9 and Player devices; for Nexus 4, 5, 7, 10, Google Play Edition devices in coming weeks — Google announces Android 5.0 Lollipop — Android's latest is coming to devices as soon as this month — After an extended testing and preview period …

More: The Official Motorola Blog, Re/code, 9to5Google, Official Android Blog, Wall Street Journal, BGR, TechCrunch, PhoneArena, Engadget and FierceWireless

Kellex / Droid Life:

Nexus 6 Coming to Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and US Cellular in November

More: Los Angeles Times, Computerworld, ReadWrite, Droid Life, TechnoBuffalo, Business Insider, Phandroid and TmoNews

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 …

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Brian Barrett / Gizmodo:

Leaked: Fitbit Charge, like Force but without nickel, and Charge HD with heart rate monitoring

More: MobileSyrup.com, Macworld, Wearable World News, mobihealthnews and ITworld.com

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Netflix Q3 earnings: profit of $59.3M on revenue of $1.41B; shares fall over 25% on lower-than-projected subscriber numbers — Netflix Blames Missed Sub-Growth Targets on Price Increase, as Stock Gets Hammered — Netflix added 3.02 million overall streaming customers for the third quarter of 2014 …

More: Re/code, CNET, Tech Trader Daily, Engadget, VentureBeat, Agence France-Presse, Forbes, Wall Street Journal and Deadline. See also Mediagazer

Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:

In Q3 Netflix added two international subscribers for every new U.S. member, but price hike slowed growth

More: The Verge, Business Insider, Tech Times and WebProNews

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

AT&T No Longer Offering Beats Music Subscriptions to Customers — AT&T is no longer offering Beats Music subscriptions to its subscribers as an add-on service, according to an AT&T employee who spoke to MacRumors. The cellular company has ceased giving customers the option to sign …

More: AppleInsider, 9to5Mac and iMore. Tweets: @joshconstine

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

EBay Beats On EPS Of $0.68, Misses On Sales Of $4.35B; Shares Fall On Lower Forecasts — E-commerce giant EBay, soon to be split into two businesses, today reported its third-quarter earnings. The company reported revenues of $4.4 billion (or, $4.353 billion, to be exact), growing 12% on a year ago …

More: Business Wire, Fortune, ABC News, CNET, ZDNet, VentureBeat, Tech Trader Daily and internetretailer.com. Tweets: @delrey

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, iMore, CNET, VentureBeat and App Annie Blog

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.

More: New York Times, TechCrunch, ABC News, BGR, Business Insider, The Verge, AnandTech, Re/code, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, CNNMoney.com, Laptop Mag, DailyTech, SlashGear and The Next Web. Tweets: @joannastern

Justin Kroll / Variety:

Christian Bale to Play Steve Jobs in New Movie — Oscar-winner Christian Bale, who has played Batman and Moses, is about to take on another iconic figure: Steve Jobs. — Sources confirm the actor is in talks to star in “Jobs,” Sony's biopic about the late Apple co-founder.

More: 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Business Insider, Guardian, iMore, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, MacNN and Cult of Mac. Tweets: @markgurman

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

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, The Official Microsoft Blog, TechCrunch, MS Open Tech, VentureBeat, InfoWorld, Data Center Knowledge, Wall Street Journal, virtualization.info, GeekWire, Gigaom and eWeek. Thanks:@seanludwig

Facebook Code:

Facebook open-sources AsyncDisplayKit, the iOS tool built for Paper's user interface — Introducing AsyncDisplayKit: For smooth and responsive apps on iOS — Have you ever noticed apps stuttering as you scroll and swipe around? Tapped a button and watched the entire interface freeze …

More: AllFacebook, PC World, Daring Fireball and TechCrunch

JC Torres / SlashGear:

Samsung's tests yield record-breaking 7.5Gbps 5G speed — While we mostly know Samsung as a consumer electronics manufacturer, especially of smartphones, the company's Research & Development is also obsessed about that one crucial aspect of the mobile experience that makes smartphones …

More: Samsung Tomorrow, Business Insider, iMore and WebProNews. Tweets: @parislemon

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 …

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