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October 29, 2014, 12:40 AM

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Facebook:

Facebook Reports Third Quarter 2014 Results — Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2014. — “This has been a good quarter with strong results,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO. “We continue to focus on serving …

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

WhatsApp's First Half Of 2014 Revenue Was $15M, Net Loss Of $232.5M Was Mostly Issuing Stock — Facebook disclosed financials of its $22 billion acquisition of WhatsApp for the first time today, and it looks like the 600 million user messaging app's revenue is still small.

More: The Verge, PandoDaily, Re/code, AllFacebook, TechCrunch, Business Insider and Mashable. Tweets: @joshconstine

Alexei Oreskovic / Reuters:

Facebook warns of increased spending in 2015, expects costs to rise 55% to 75% — Facebook warns of increased spending, shares fall — (Reuters) - Facebook Inc warned on Tuesday of a dramatic increase in spending in 2015 and projected a slowdown in revenue growth this quarter, slicing a tenth off its market value.

More: Wall Street Journal and USA Today. Tweets: @umangdua

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook Beats In Q3 With $3.2B Revenue, User Growth Up A Slower 2.27% QOQ To 1.35B

More: Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Seeking Alpha and New York Times

Tweets: @lexnfx and @joshconstine

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

W3C Declares HTML5 Standard Complete — More than four years ago, Steve Jobs declared war on Flash and heralded HTML5 as the way to go. You could be forgiven if you thought the HTML5 standard — the follow-up to 1997's HTML 4 — has long been set in stone, given that developers …

More: CNET, Ars Technica, W3C News, MS Open Tech, The Next Web, W3C, Android Central, Mercury News, Network World, eWeek and InfoWorld. Tweets: @marshallk

Mike Isaac / New York Times:

MCX forbids participating retailers from accepting any competing mobile payment products, will issue “steep” fine if contract broken — Apple Pay Runs Afoul of MCX, a Group With a Rival Product — One week after its debut, Apple's new mobile wallet is showing promise with consumers.

More: Wall Street Journal, AppleInsider, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, Business Insider, Cult of Mac and FierceMobileIT News

Tweets: @fmanjoo and @paryshnikov

Chris Welch / The Verge:

FTC sues AT&T over ‘deceptive’ throttling of unlimited data customers — The Federal Trade Commission is suing AT&T because the carrier throttles speeds of its unlimited data customers, a policy that the FTC describes as “deceptive” and “unfair.”

Patrick Howell O'Neill / The Daily Dot:

Verizon's tech news site SugarString won't let writers report on US spying or net neutrality — Verizon is launching a tech news site that bans stories on U.S. spying — Verizon is getting into the news business. What could go wrong? — The most-valuable, second-richest telecommunications company …

More: The Register, Digital Trends, Business Insider, Ars Technica, The Verge and Gizmodo

Tweets: @mikeisaac, @kcollierwrites, @danielnazer, @badtux99 and @mattblaze

Thanks:@micahsingleton. See also Mediagazer

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Taco Bell releases iOS and Android app allowing customers nationwide to order food for pickup — You can order Taco Bell from a smartphone starting today — Get ready to order FourthMeal with your smartphone. Taco Bell will today announce a new app that lets customers nationwide order food ahead …

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Paul Sawers / The Next Web:

Google launches Google Fit app for Android, capturing all your fitness data in one place — Google Fit was unveiled to the world back in June, promising a platform to help people track their fitness goals. It's essentially a set of APIs that lets developers dig in to rival apps and combine data …

Mike Carter / The Seattle Times:

FBI created fake Seattle Times Web page to nab bomb-threat suspect — The FBI created a fake news story on a bogus Seattle Times Web page to plant software in the computer of a suspect in a series of bomb threats to Timberline High School in 2007, documents reveal.

More: Engadget, The Verge, The Stranger …, TIME, Gizmodo, Gawker and The Hill. See also Mediagazer

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft aims to release Office 16 in second half of 2015; Mac preview and Android tablet versions expected “soon” — Microsoft's latest target release date for Office 16: Second half 2015 — Summary: Microsoft is targeting the second half of calendar 2015 as its latest release target …

More: MacRumors, SuperSite for Windows, WinBeta, Computerworld, Neowin, Pocket-lint, Android Central and cnBeta.COM.

Justin Diaz / AndroidHeadlines:

Fleksy announces $2M funding round, keyboard app for iOS and Android 75% off until Friday — Fleksy Announces $2 Million In Funding For Further App Development Alongside Android Update — If you haven't tried out Fleksy Keyboard yet, there really isn't a better time to give it a shot …

More: PE Hub Blog, Marketwired, Android Police, PhoneDog.com, BGR, Android and Me and TechCrunch

Sam Byford / The Verge:

Samsung Galaxy Note Edge review: more fun and interesting than Note 4, curved screen of little use — Samsung Galaxy Note Edge review — A special screen on a proven phone — but is curved covetable? — I would very much like a flexible smartphone that I could scrunch up like paper and stuff into a pocket.

More: 9to5Google, Android Police and The Korea Times

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Android 5.0 Lollipop's security improvements: new unlock methods, full device encryption, more — Google Details Android 5.0 Lollipop's Major Security Improvements — Android's newest update is coming soon, with devices running 5.0 Lollipop beginning to ship November 3.

Chance Miller / 9to5Google:

OnePlus apologizes for pre-order problems, will offer another chance to order on November 17 — After months and months of inconsistent availability and controversial marketing techniques, the OnePlus One finally went up for official pre-order yesterday. As you'd expect however, the launch did not go as planned.

More: OnePlus Blog and TechnoBuffalo

Cromwell Schubarth / Silicon Valley Business Journal:

Ex-eBay, Google payments exec Tilenius launches mobile health startup Vida — Stephanie Tilenius, who has spent much of her recent career in the payments and commerce business at Google, eBay and PayPal, is getting back to her roots in a way with her latest startup.

More: Re/code, Forbes, Reuters, The Technology Chronicles, silicontap.com and MedCity News

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

YouTube Introduces WatchMe For Android To Bring Live Broadcasting Capabilities To Apps — YouTube is bringing its live broadcasting capabilities to the world of third-party app developers starting today with the launch of the new open source project called “YouTube WatchMe for Android.”

More: YouTube API Blog, Electronista, 9to5Google, AndroidHeadlines.com and Engadget

Kara Swisher / Re/code:

Stripe Hires Top Google Ops Exec Claire Johnson to Lead Business Operations — Stripe has nabbed longtime Google exec Claire Johnson as its new head of business operations, in one of the first major management hires by the online payments software startup. — Johnson, who has been at the …

More: 9to5Google

Andy Chalk / PC Gamer:

Twitch changes its rules of conduct to forbid topless and “sexually suggestive” streaming — You may have the body of a Greek god, all rippling muscle and taut sinew, but no matter how good you look in a Speedo (or out of one), Twitch would very much appreciate it if you'd keep yourself covered up while you're streaming on its service.

More: Ars Technica, Kotaku, Polygon, GameSpot, CraveOnline, TechnoBuffalo, Joystiq, Eurogamer.net, destructoid, Good E-Reader, Tech Times, GamePolitics blogs, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, SiliconANGLE, VG247 and KitGuru

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 …

More: Verizon Wireless Promotions, CNET, 9to5Google, 9to5Google, BGR, Engadget, The Next Web, BetaNews, BGR, Engadget, SlashGear, ReadWrite, TechCrunch and IntoMobile

Steven Levy / Backchannel:

Google X's Life Sciences team is developing nanoparticles that enter your bloodstream for early detection of cancer and other diseases — “We're Hoping to Build the Tricorder” — Google X's Andrew Conrad is developing an early disease detection system that could reinvent health care

More: BBC, The Verge, Tech Times, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, Fortune, 9to5Google, Gigaom and Slate

Tweets: @erictopol, @ldignan and @stevenlevy

Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code:

IHS: iPad Air 2 costs $275 to $358 to build, implied profit margin of 45% to 57% — Apple's Latest iPad Costs About the Same as the First but With Slightly Lower Profits — Apple's iPad Air 2 costs roughly the same to build as the iPad Air, with profit margins slightly lower than its predecessor …

More: BetaNews, AppleInsider, Gotta Be Mobile, iMore and IntoMobile

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