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October 28, 2014, 12:50 PM

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Lauren Goode / Re/code:
YouTube's Wojcicki says they're considering paid ad-free subscriptions, reaffirms a music service is on the way  —  Susan Wojcicki Wants to Sell You YouTube Video Subscriptions (Video)  —  YouTube is in the early stages of exploring new subscription services, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki …
Office Blogs:
Microsoft announces initiative for enabling apps built on Office 365, including new SDKs for iOS, Android, and Visual Studio, plus new APIs  —  New Office 365 extensibility for Windows, iOS, Android and web developers  —  In a world where people move between multiple devices and numerous apps …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft borrows Mac trackpad gestures for Windows 10  —  Microsoft introduced new trackpad gestures in Windows 8, but the company is expanding them further with the upcoming release of Windows 10.  In a keynote speech at TechEd Europe today, Microsoft's Joe Belfiore demonstrated …
Dan Seifert / The Verge:
Verizon and Motorola announce Droid Turbo with 5.2" Quad HD display and 48-hour battery life; available October 30 starting at $199.99 on contract  —  Motorola's Droid Turbo comes to Verizon on Thursday  —  After months of speculation and a nearly endless stream of leaks …
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Jack Ma and Tim Cook to talk this week on potential Alipay, Apple Pay partnership  —  Alibaba's Jack Ma “Very Interested” in Possible Apple Partnership  —  Jack Ma, co-founder and chairman of Alibaba and China's richest man, is interested in partnering Alipay with Apple's new mobile payments system, Apple Pay.
Rich McCormick / The Verge:
Tim Cook says Apple killed the iPod classic because it couldn't get the parts  —  Apple CEO justifies shelving iconic device at WSJD Live  —  Apple quietly discontinued the iPod classic last month, just short of the iconic MP3 player's 13th birthday.  Tonight, Apple CEO Tim Cook explained …
Twitter:
Twitter Reports Third Quarter 2014 Results  —  SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - October 27, 2014 - Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2014.  Q3 revenue of $361 million, up 114% year-over-year Q3 net loss of $175 million and non-GAAP net income …
Se Young Lee / Reuters:
LG says it will end the production of plasma TVs by the end of November  —  LG Electronics exit suggests end is near for plasma TVs  —  (Reuters) - South Korea's LG Electronics Inc said it will wind down its plasma television business by end-November, as a technology long overtaken …
Nick Wingfield / New York Times:
Hipmunk partners with Yahoo to power flight and hotel searches on Yahoo Travel  —  Travel Search Site Hipmunk Cuts Yahoo Deal  —  Hipmunk is a tiny company compared to online travel giants like Priceline and Expedia that can far outspend it on marketing.  —  But Hipmunk, which has won …
Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:
Tim Cook says Apple Pay activated in excess of 1M cards within first 72 hours  —  Tim Cook says that Apple Pay is already the leader in contactless payments  —  It's only been a week since Apple Pay made its debut, but apparently the launch has been successful thus far.
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Taiwan's XYZprinting launches $800 all-in-one 3D printer and scanner  —  XYZprinting announced it has created an all-in-one 3D printer and scanner for sale starting today at $800.  —  The Da Vinci 1.0 all-in-one 3D printer allows just about anyone to create a 3D-printed object …
Andy Baio / Medium:
Analysis of 316,669 #Gamergate and #NotYourShield tweets in 72 hours: 69% retweets, 25% of activity from recently created accounts  —  72 Hours of #Gamergate  —  Digging through 316,669 tweets from three days of Twitter's two-month-old trainwreck  —  Visualizing the social graph of the #GamerGate/#NotYourShield universe

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