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October 19, 2014, 11:35 AM

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Jon Fingas / Engadget:
Google's Nexus Player gets FCC approval, right on cue  —  Well, that didn't take long.  Just a couple of days after Google stopped pre-orders of the Nexus Player while it waited for the FCC's all-clear, its Android TV puck has received approval.  There aren't any surprises in the regulatory filing …
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Robert McMillan / Wired:
Behind Microsoft's controversial takedown of No-IP and other legal battles to defeat botnets  —  How Microsoft Appointed Itself Sheriff of the Internet  —  It was 7 o'clock in the morning when the knocking on Dan Durrer's front door woke him up.  His dog started barking, and Durrer thought he was getting an early morning package.
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Judith Newman / New York Times:
How a 13-year-old autistic boy became best friends with Apple's Siri  —  How Apple's Siri Became One Autistic Boy's B.F.F.  —  Just how bad a mother am I?  I wondered, as I watched my 13-year-old son deep in conversation with Siri.  Gus has autism, and Siri, Apple's “intelligent personal assistant” …
BuzzFeed:
Snapchat's first ad is movie trailer for Universal Pictures' Ouija, appears like other Stories  —  This Is What Snapchat's First Ad Looks Like  —  It's a trailer for the movie Ouija.  —  Snapchat made good on its plans to roll out its first ads this weekend, with one ad spotted …
Marco Arment / Marco.org:
The Retina iMac versus the Mac Pro, on paper  —  The 5K Retina iMac is out, and it looks incredible so far on paper — so incredible that I'm seriously considering selling my new Mac Pro to get the Retina iMac instead.  In fact, the case for the Mac Pro for anyone but advanced video editors …
Ina Fried / Re/code:
Android Exec Says Google Will Loosen Reins on Watches, TVs and Cars Over Time  —  Google is taking its versatile Android operating system into new places, like cars and watches and TVs.  As part of that process, it's also severely curtailing the degree to which hardware makers can tinker with the core parts of the software.
Chris Hamby / BuzzFeed:
Facebook Rebukes DEA For Impersonating Woman Online  —  After BuzzFeed News revealed that the Drug Enforcement Administration had created a phony Facebook page using a real woman's name — without her knowledge — the company has told the agency it committed a “serious breach” of Facebook's terms of service.
Paul Sawers / The Next Web:
Flickr launches its first iPad app, exclusively for iOS 8  —  Flickr finally launches for iPad  —  Good news for Flickr users today - the Yahoo-owned photo-storage and sharing app has finally been optimized for iPad, though it will only work for those running iOS 8.

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