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November 15, 2014, 3:15 PM

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Facebook:

Facebook to start limiting the number of non-ad “promotional Page posts” in News Feed in January — News Feed FYI: Reducing Overly Promotional Page Posts in News Feed — One of the main reasons people come to Facebook is to see what's happening in their News Feeds.

Vindu Goel / New York Times:

Facebook reducing promotional posts from Pages in News Feed is just the latest blow to businesses — Facebook to Cut Unpaid Posts by Marketers on News Feeds — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook's executives are not terribly worried about upsetting people these days.

Tweets: @vindugoel

Reuters:

Google Glass's future clouded as consumer launch slips to 2015, key employees depart, and many developers abandon projects on the platform — Google Glass future clouded as some early believers lose faith — (Reuters) - After two years of popping up at high-profile events sporting Google Glass …

More: TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, Geeky Gadgets, The Register, Android Central, Wall Street Journal, 9to5Google, ZDNet, Marketing Land, Glass Almanac, SiliconBeat, Inquirer and Seeking Alpha

Tweets: @amuse, @sg and @lexnfx

New York Times:

Apple Pay brings significant increase in mobile payments to retailers like Whole Foods and McDonald's, increases awareness of Google Wallet and Softcard — Apple Pay Gives Glimpse of Mainstream Appeal for Mobile Payments — For years, tech companies have dreamed of a future in which people ditch …

More: MacRumors, SlashGear, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, iMore, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider and App Advice

Tweets: @bxchen and @mikeisaac

TechCrunch:

Uber Integrates With Spotify To Let Passengers Become Backseat DJs — Uber is adding a new feature to its mobile app that could allow passengers to play DJ while they take a ride with one of its drivers. Thanks to an integration with Spotify, Uber will soon make music a central part of its ride-hailing service.

More: New York Times, VentureBeat, Digital Trends, Engadget, VatorNews, The Next Web, The Verge, SlashGear, Stereogum and Business Insider. Tweets: @megan. See also Mediagazer

Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch:

Local anonymous messaging app Yik Yak is close to raising roughly $75M in new financing — Yik Yak Is Close To Closing On Roughly $75 Million — Thank the kids in America for turning Yik Yak into the newest technology craze that's a parental nightmare and an anonymous messaging juggernaut.

Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:

Netflix shuts down its public API, partners with select developers for continued data access — Netflix is shutting down its public API today — Netflix is shuttering its public API today, effectively ending support for a number of third-party apps that made use of the API to get TV …

More: Engadget and SlashGear

Joshua Brustein / Businessweek:

Behind Closed Doors, Ford, UPS, and Visa Push for Net Neutrality — The corporate battle lines over the new federal rules for the Internet have been well established. Vocal technology startups have been leading the charge for muscular regulations for broadband access …

More: Gizmodo, The Verge, BGR and Business Insider

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Vevo CEO Rio Caraeff to leave at the end of the year, CFO will take over during CEO search — Vevo CEO Rio Caraeff Heads for the Door. (Memo) — Rio Caraeff, who has run the Vevo music video service since its creation in 2009, is leaving at the end of the year.

More: New York Post. See also Mediagazer

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

After Spotify quietly announces it's removing App Finder, Soundrop says its group listening app will close too — Spotify Axes App Finder, Kills Soundrop And Its Listening Rooms — Music streaming service Spotify quietly announced in October that it would be removing the App Finder …

More: Show.co, Digital Music News, PC Magazine, Music Week, Engadget and hypebot

Re/code:

Bitcoin wallet company Coinbase raising $40M-60M at a valuation of about $400M, with most funds likely coming from new investor DFJ — Bitcoin Company Coinbase Raising New Investment at $400 Million Valuation — Coinbase, a company that lets people store and buy the digital currency bitcoin …

More: TechCrunch, CoinDesk, CryptoCoinsNews and VentureBeat. Thanks:@delrey

Brandon Bailey / Associated Press:

Microsoft surpasses Exxon as 2nd most valuable co. — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The bull run in Microsoft's stock this past year has helped the tech giant surpass Exxon Mobil and seize the rank of the second most valuable company, behind Apple Inc. — Under new CEO Satya Nadella …

More: MarketWatch, Cult of Mac, Bloomberg, Redmond and GeekWire

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