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Tim Cook / Businessweek:

Tim Cook publicly acknowledges he's gay, says giving up his personal privacy is worthwhile if it helps others struggling with their sexual orientation — Tim Cook: “I'm Proud to be Gay” — Throughout my professional life, I've tried to maintain a basic level of privacy.

Casey Newton / The Verge:

Thank you, Tim Cook — Why we're not “moving on” from the Apple CEO's big statement today — In a way, what Tim Cook said today felt inevitable. At least since 2008, when Owen Thomas asked the question in Gawker, a steady accretion of reporting has suggested Apple's chief executive is gay.

More: VatorNews, Techvibes Global News, Mercury News, New York Times, Fortune, Cult of Mac and Business Insider

Tweets: @erynofwales, @gcaweir and @smcbride

Garett Sloane / Adweek:

Instagram's Video Ads Are Finally Live, and Here Are 4 From Major Brands — Disney, Activision and Banana Republic among early buyers — After six months of testing, Instagram's video ads are officially here. — Instagram, owned by Facebook has deals to show 15-second autoplay spots from Disney …

More: PC Magazine, AllFacebook, iMore, Marketing Land, SlashGear, The Verge, SocialTimes, TechCrunch, NBC News, Ubergizmo, Wall Street Journal, Macworld, VentureBreak, App Advice, Inquirer, Mashable and MobileSyrup.com

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Apple No Longer Rejecting Calculator Widgets From The App Store — The maker of a popular iOS app and widget, PCalc, which took advantage of iOS 8's support for Notification Center Widgets, was recently told by Apple that his handy app would be pulled from the App Store due to the fact that …

More: 9to5Mac, iMore, iLounge, AppleInsider, Cult of Mac, iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, SlashGear, iPhone in Canada Blog, InvestorPlace, BGR, TUAW and App Advice

Tweets: @nateboateng and @stevestreza

Dave McNary / Variety:

Seth Rogen Set as Steve Wozniak in Steve Jobs Biopic — Seth Rogen has been set to star as Steve Wozniak opposite Christian Bale in Sony's Steve Jobs biopic. — Variety reported on Oct. 15 that Bale was in talks to star in “Jobs,” Sony's biopic about the late Apple co-founder.

More: MacRumors, The Wrap, Macworld, AppleInsider, The Verge, TUAW, 9to5Mac, Pocket-lint, Gizmodo, iMore, Mashable, iDownloadBlog.com, Cult of Mac, App Advice, SlashGear and MacNN

Yoree Koh / Wall Street Journal:

Twitter demotes Daniel Graf, elevates Kevin Weil to lead consumer product group — Twitter Demotes Product Chief Daniel Graf — Kevin Weil Becomes Fifth Product Head in As Many Years — Twitter Inc. has demoted its new head of product, Daniel Graf, just six months after his much-touted hire away from Google Inc.

More: The Verge, Re/code, Gigaom and Mashable

Tweets: @mathewi, @cnbcsocial, @peteskomoroch, @emilychangtv and @mikeisaac

Todd Holmdahl / The Official Microsoft Blog:

Microsoft Health announced: a platform that works with Jawbone UP, RunKeeper, and more; app available for Windows Phone, Android, iOS — Introducing Microsoft Health — Today we're announcing a new platform called Microsoft Health. Within health and fitness, there is rapid innovation …

More: Windows Phone, Gigaom, Tech Times, ZDNet, Marketing Land, Pocketnow, PC Magazine, Geek Beat, Digital Trends, Geek.com, DailyTech, Wearable Tech Insider, TIME, The Tech Report, ReadWrite, The Next Web, BetaNews, Phones Review and Geeky Gadgets

David Pierce / The Verge:

Microsoft Band announced: wearable tracks health, shows emails and tweets; available for $199 in US today

More: Wall Street Journal, AppleInsider, VentureBeat, Microsoft Store, Associated Press, iMore, PandoDaily, News Center, Gizmodo, TUAW, Android Police, New York Times and TechnoBuffalo

Tweets: @piercedavid, @bdsams, @tomwarren, @benbajarin, @benbajarin, @benbajarin, @benbajarin, @bdsams, @monkbent, @inafried and @inafried

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

LinkedIn posts Q3 net loss of $4.26M, sales up 45% YOY to $568M, EPS $0.52 — LinkedIn Q3 Beats The Street, Sales Of $568M, EPS $0.52 — In a quarter that has seen a mixed set of results for social networks Twitter and Facebook, LinkedIn today reported its quarterly results …

More: LinkedIn, ZDNet, Tech Trader Daily, AdExchanger, Associated Press, Tech Trader Daily, WebProNews, Bloomberg and Reuters

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Yahoo poaches Amazon ad exec Lisa Utzschneider, naming her SVP of Sales for the Americas — Yahoo Poaches Amazon Ad Exec Lisa Utzschneider, Ned Brody Takes Ad Tech Role — Some executive musical chairs and an interesting poach/hire at Yahoo, announced today.

More: Business Wire, The Technology Chronicles, Yahoo, AdExchanger, Business Insider, Bloomberg and internetretailer.com

Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:

IDC: Tablet shipments grew 11.5% in Q3 2014, but leaders Apple, Samsung, and Asus all lost market share — The tablet market continues to grow, albeit not as quickly as before. Q4 2013 saw 53.8 million units ship worldwide, up 11.5 percent from 47.6 million the same quarter last year.

More: TechCrunch, PC World, The Digital Reader and ZDNet

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

uBeam Nabs $10 Million In Funding From Upfront Ventures To Make Wireless Charging A Reality — Wireless power seems like one of those things everyone always dreams about. I mean, how great would it be to have your phone just charge while it's sitting in your pocket with no need to plug it in?

More: Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Re/code, PE Hub Blog and Both Sides of the Table. Thanks:@allisonchampion

Steve Dent / Engadget:

LG slims smartphone bezels to a virtually non-existent 0.7mm — You might talk about how much you hate large bezels, but LG is actually doing something about it. It just unveiled a 5.3-inch, 1080p LCD display with 0.7mm bezels, less than the width of a credit card.

More: LG Display Newsroom, Geek.com, Pocketnow, BGR, Yahoo Tech, Electronista, Gizmodo, 9to5Google, Digital Trends, Android Central, The Verge and Android Police

Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch:

About.me launches Intro, an app to replace business cards, which lets you email or text your contact info — About.Me Launches App That Aims To Replace The Business Card — Tony Conrad, the founder of about.me, says it's time to disrupt the business card. He's released a new app today called Intro to do just that.

More: Mashable, The Next Web, VentureBeat, and Digital Journal. Tweets: @artypapers

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Mark Zuckerberg to host first public “Community Q&A” on Facebook Nov 6, taking questions now — Ask Mark Zuckerberg Anything During His First Public “Community Q&A” On Facebook Nov 6 — Most people have a burning question to ask about Facebook, whether they're one of its 1.35 billion users or not.

More: Mark Zuckerberg, The Technology Chronicles, Marketing Land, The Verge, PC World, The Next Web and Q&A with Mark

Ina Fried / Re/code:

Lenovo Completes $2.9 Billion Motorola Purchase From Google — When Motorola Mobility President Rick Osterloh said Tuesday that the Lenovo deal was nearly done, he wasn't kidding. — Lenovo officially completed its $2.9 billion deal with Google early Thursday.

More: The Official Motorola Blog, Wireless Smartphone Strategies, The Register, Business Wire, Reuters, Engadget, ZDNet, Android Police, Ubergizmo and AndroidGuys

Graham Cluley:

Drupal 7 sites attacked hours after vulnerability disclosure, unpatched sites assumed hacked — “Assume every unpatched website running Drupal 7 was compromised” — Content management system Drupal has issued a chilling public service announcement to website admins and internet users …

More: Drupal.org, InfoWorld, CIO.com, Threatpost, Naked Security, Help Net Security, theWHIR.com, ZDNet, ZDNet, CIO.com and Forbes

Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:

Kamcord gameplay recording platform gets into mobile gaming competitions starting with SEGA — Kamcord, the mobile gameplay recording platform that offers developers an easy way to implement cross-platform gameplay recording and sharing features, is today announcing its next big push in mobile gaming: competitions.

More: TechCrunch, Inside Mobile Apps, Tech in Asia and Business Insider

Deborah Gage / Wall Street Journal:

Capriza, which enables anyone to convert desktop business applications for use on mobile, raises $27M Series C — Capriza Raises $27 Million to Bring Unwieldy Business Apps to Mobile — Taking old and unwieldy business applications and making them usable on mobile devices has been pursued …

More: Network World, BrianMadden.com, PE Hub Blog and Forbes

Roberto Baldwin / The Next Web:

Smule's karaoke app update now lets you make music videos with friends — Karaoke is experiencing a rise in popularity. As a society, we've seen that singing in public, both on TV and YouTube, isn't as weird as our parents led us to believe. In fact, it could lead to to fame and riches.

More: VentureBeat and 9to5Mac

Shandra Martinez / MLive.com:

Regional grocery chain Meijer will continue to provide both Apple Pay and CurrentC services — Why Meijer isn't ditching Apple Pay like other retailers — With the wave of an iPhone 6 or the yet-to-be-released Apple Watch, you can buy groceries or fill up your gas tank at Meijer using Apple Pay.

More: BGR, The Verge, New York Times, Gizmodo, Re/code, MacNN, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Business Insider, Associations Now, Cult of Mac, PYMNTS.com, FierceWireless and iMore

Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch:

Google Play Books improves non-fiction reading with “Skim” mode, “Quick bookmarks” tool, and notes browsing — Google Play Books Updated To Make It A Better eReader For Students, Chefs, And Others Who Read Huge Books — Most eReader apps tend to be built …

More: Official Android Blog, Engadget, The Verge, VentureBeat, Gigaom and 9to5Google

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