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October 27, 2014, 11:35 AM

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Min-Jeong Lee / Wall Street Journal:
Early iPhone 6/6 Plus orders in Korea reportedly top Galaxy Note 4 launch numbers by over 3X  —  Koreans Snap Up iPhones in Presales  —  Is Apple Inc.'s smartphone market share set to increase in Samsungland?  Presales figures for the U.S. company's latest, large-screen models in South Korea suggest so.
David Carr / New York Times:
As Facebook considers hosting content on mobile, publishers worry about losing control  —  Facebook Offers Life Raft, but Publishers Are Wary  —  For publishers, Facebook is a bit like that big dog galloping toward you in the park.  More often than not, it's hard to tell whether he wants to play with you or eat you.
Scott Stein / CNET:
Fitbit Charge, Charge HR and Surge unveiled: Hands-on with Fitbit's new wearables  —  Fitbit dives into all-day heart-rate tracking with its new Charge HR and Surge, but you'll have to wait til early 2015 to buy them.  We went wrists-on.  —  Fitbit is the runaway leader in the fitness-tracker market …
Casey Johnston / Ars Technica:
The ugly afterlife of crowdfunding projects that never ship and never end  —  An all-terrain camera slider, successfully funded on Kickstarter in 2012 and effectively abandoned by the creator in 2013.  —  Kickstarter  —  The public life-cycle of a Kickstarter rarely ends in tragedy.
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Lee Gomes / IEEE Spectrum:
Interview with AI expert Michael Jordan on big data, machine learning, and our current limits  —  Machine-Learning Maestro Michael Jordan on the Delusions of Big Data and Other Huge Engineering Efforts  —  The overeager adoption of big data is likely to result in catastrophes of analysis comparable …
Harrison Weber / VentureBeat:
Data suggests Foursquare usage continues to decline after relaunching as two distinct apps  —  Will the check-in survive?  Foursquare's controversial relaunch, by the numbers  —  It's been two months since Foursquare relaunched, and things aren't looking good.  App usage and downloads are down.
More: ECPM BLOGTweets: @caseynewton
Lisa Fleisher / Wall Street Journal:
Early stage European startup funding fell 40% YoY to €713M in Q3, while investments in more mature companies almost doubled to €883.6M  —  Tough Quarter For European Startups Needing Early-Stage Capital  —  The rich are getting richer among European venture-backed startups.
Nathan Mattise / Ars Technica:
Apple, once eager to promote new music artists, now pushes more established acts  —  “Oprah” for indie bands: Apple once loved unknown acts—what changed?  —  In April 2007, only diehard Broken Social Scene fans salivated when band member Leslie Feist released a solo album titled The Reminder.

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