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October 16, 2014, 11:30 PM

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Apple:

iMac with Retina display: 27" 5120x2880 pixel “5K” display, 5mm at its thinnest, available today from $2499 — Apple Introduces 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K Display — Apple® today unveiled the 27-inch iMac® with Retina® 5K display, featuring the world's highest resolution display …

More: The Verge, 9to5Mac, Geek Beat, Techly, CNET, connect.dpreview.com, Gizmodo, MacRumors, Engadget, Patently Apple, PopWatch and PC Magazine

Tweets: @stevekovach, @techledes, @jonphillipssf and @joannastern

Sean Hollister / Gizmodo:

iMac with Retina Display Eyes-On: It's Gorgeous, Of Course — The Apple iMac with Retina display looks brilliant. I mean, of course it does: There are just too many freaking pixels here (and too much of Apple's reputation for excellence) for it to be anything but stellar.

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Tweets: @geoffreyfowler, @reneritchie and @markgurman

John Siracusa / Ars Technica:

OS X Yosemite review: Handoff, a Dropbox-like iCloud Drive, and CloudKit culminate in a unified platform — OS X 10.10 Yosemite: The Ars Technica Review — When the book is finally closed on the product line known as OS X, last year's release of OS X 10.9 Mavericks may end up getting short shrift.

More: MacRumors, AppleInsider, Daring Fireball, iMore, SlashGear, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, 9to5Mac, Mashable, Associated Press, TechCrunch and SlashGear

Apple:

Mac Mini: updated CPU and graphics, two Thunderbolt 2 ports, 802.11ac, on sale today from $499 — Apple Updates Mac mini — Now Starts at $499 — Apple® today updated Mac® mini with the latest technologies and a new lower starting price, making Apple's most affordable Mac an even better value.

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Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:

OS X Yosemite and updated iWork are available today for free — Apple releases OS X Yosemite for Mac for free; iWork updated — Summary: Apple's latest desktop operating system lands on existing and new iMacs and MacBooks for free. Also updated, the company's iWork productivity suite.

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Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:

iPad Air 2: 6.1mm, A8X, 8MP rear camera, Touch ID, gold version, preorder Oct. 17 from $499 — iPad Air 2 announced with Touch ID fingerprint sensor and 'world's thinnest' body, available for $499 and shipping next week — Apple is introducing the iPad Air 2, a new version …

Nilay Patel / The Verge:

iPad Air 2 hands-on: “feels like you're holding a screen and nothing more”; side-switch removed, rotation lock now handled by Control Center

More: BetaNews, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, MacStories, iPhone in Canada Blog, Techvibes Global News and Engadget

Tweets: @parislemon, @geoffreyfowler, @dcseifert, @parislemon and @markgurman

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

Apple introduces new smart cases and smart covers for iPad Air 2, iPad Mini 3; priced at $39

Chris Welch / The Verge:

With Touch ID the sole differentiator between iPad Mini 3 and 2, better buy the 2 for $100 less

More: 9to5Mac. Tweets: @reckless and @ohnorosco

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

New Cellular iPads Include ‘Apple SIM’ in U.S. and U.K. for Multi-Carrier Compatibility

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Kyle Russell / TechCrunch:

iPad Mini 3: A7, Touch ID, preorder Oct. 17, from $399; Mini, Mini 2 still in lineup, from $249

More: AppleInsider, Apple, CNET, The Verge, Business Insider, Tech Times and VentureBeat

Kris Naudus / Engadget:

iPad Air 2 vs. the competition: Nexus 9, Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1, Xperia Z2

More: Forbes, The Verge and The Verge

Google:

Google Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2014 Results — Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2014. — “Google had another strong performance this quarter, with revenue up 20% year on year, at $16.5 billion,” said Patrick Pichette, CFO of Google.

Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:

Google posts Q3 revenue of $16.5B, missing expectations with $6.35 EPS, drops 2.8% after hours

More: GeekWire, BGR and Gigaom. Thanks:@_trendspotter

Guardian:

Whisper, the anonymous social media app, tracks users who have opted out of geolocation services, shares information with US DoD, stores data indefinitely — Revealed: how Whisper app tracks anonymous users — Company shares some information with US Department of Defense

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Tweets: @neetzan, @neetzan, @nzkoz, @propublica, @awesomeboris, @kashhill, @sdkstl and @kashhill

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Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:

Whisper's Neetzan Zimmerman responds to Guardian report: “We do not track or follow our users”

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Richard Slatter / The Twitter Blog:

Twitter partners with Soundcloud to launch Audio Card, a new way to share audio in timeline — Introducing a new audio experience on Twitter — The world's most influential musicians and media producers already share unique audio content through Twitter every day.

More: SoundCloud, Wall Street Journal, Marketing Land, TechSpot, Re/code, bizjournals, 9to5Mac, Engadget, Gizmodo, Mashable, The Verge, VentureBeat, SlashGear and Ubergizmo

Tweets: @foofighters and @pkafka

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Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:

Apple Pay is available starting Oct. 20, 500 more banks signed up — As expected, today during its iPad and Mac event Apple announced an official Oct. 20 launch date for Apple Pay, its new payments service unveiled earlier this year alongside the NFC-equipped iPhone 6 models.

More: Apple, The Verge, Mercury News, ZDNet, CNET, tech.co, ReadWrite, CIO.com, Tech Times, The Next Web and Macworld

Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:

iOS 8.1: Pay for iPhone 6/6+, Camera Roll, Cloud Photo Library beta, rolls out Oct. 20th; iOS 8 installed on 48% of iPhones

More: The Next Web, iMore, BetaNews, O'Grady's PowerPage, Inquirer, WebProNews, Engadget, Gotta Be Mobile, Guardian, TechCrunch and Ars Technica

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Twitpic Couldn't Find An Acquirer, Will Shut Down After All On Oct 25th — The reports of Twitpic's survival were greatly exaggerated. Despite claiming it had found an acquirer to save it from death following a trademark complaint from Twitter, the photo sharing service today announced …

More: CNET, Computerworld, Marketing Land, BetaNews, Business Insider, The Next Web and Fast Company

Tweets: @twitpic and @dannysullivan

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Emily Steel / New York Times:

CBS to offer standalone web subscription service CBS All Access at $5.99/month in 14 cities — CBS to Offer Stand-Alone Web Subscription Service — CBS unveiled a new subscription Internet streaming service on Thursday that lets people watch its live television programming and thousands …

More: Re/code, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and Wired

Tweets: @pkafka and @pkafka

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David Ruddock / Android Police:

Google: The New “Messenger” App In Android 5.0 Is A Stock SMS/MMS Solution, Not A Hangouts Replacement / Rebrand — There's a new default homescreen tenant in town on Android 5.0, and its name is Messenger. We've seen this puzzling app in screenshots many times today, and it's left a lot of people wondering: where'd Hangouts go?

More: Wall Street Journal and TechnoBuffalo

Matt Burns / TechCrunch:

Apple Announces Apple Watch SDK, Launches In November — Apple just announced its SDK for the upcoming Apple Watch. Called WatchKit, the kit launches next month. The word comes from Tim Cook speaking today at an event held at the Apple Campus. — WatchKit will give developers the tools needed to build app for the Apple Watch.

More: CNET, The Next Web, Engadget, Macworld, MacRumors and AppleInsider

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

Adobe Releases Plugin to Help Aperture Users Transition to Lightroom — Earlier this year, Apple announced that it was ending development on Aperture in order to work on an upcoming Photos app for OS X that will replace both Aperture and iPhoto. — At the time, Adobe …

More: The Next Web, AppleInsider, CNET, 9to5Mac and Lightroom Journal. Tweets: @thenextweb

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