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October 5, 2015, 1:35 PM

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Jay Yarow / Business Insider:
Jack Dorsey named permanent Twitter CEO, will remain as Square CEO; Adam Bain promoted to COO; Dick Costolo to step down from board; stock up more than 5%  —  IT'S OFFICIAL: TWITTER MAKES JACK DORSEY FULL-TIME CEO  —  Jack Dorsey, cofounder of Twitter and Square, has been named Twitter's permanent CEO.
Harrison Weber / VentureBeat:
Adobe unveils new mobile apps Fix & Capture, UX prototyping tool Comet, Photoshop updates, more  —  Today Adobe unveiled a flood of new apps and updates for creatives during its second major launch event of the year.  —  On stage during its Max conference keynote, the company showcased …
Stephen Hall / 9to5Google:
Google releases Android 6.0 Marshmallow factory images for Nexus 5, 6, 7, 9, and Player  —  Google has today released Android 6.0 Marshmallow, build MRA58K, for Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 7 (2013), Nexus 7 (2013, Mobile), Nexus 9, Nexus 9 (LTE), and Nexus Player.  Find download links below...
Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica:
Android 6.0 review: useful home screen features, permissions system works well, SD cards now as good as internal storage, but apps can opt-out of power saving  —  Android 6.0 Marshmallow, thoroughly reviewed  —  Marshmallow brings a lot of user-requested features but still has no update solution.
John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed:
Tim Cook: Apple will give developers access to Apple TV universal search with upcoming API  —  Tim Cook Talks Apple TV  —  In an interview with BuzzFeed News, Apple CEO Tim Cook talks about universal search, a key feature of the next-generation Apple TV.  —  Getty
Roger D. Hodge / New Republic:
How some Zappos employees, now without a formal process for budgeting and raises, are struggling to adapt to Holacracy's lack of structure  —  A radical experiment at Zappos to end the office workplace as we know it  —  PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGG SEGAL  —  TONY HSIEH, the CEO of Zappos …
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
Philips officially unveils Bridge 2.0, bringing Siri-powered HomeKit to existing Hue bulbs and lamps  —  Siri voice control is finally coming to Philips Hue connected light bulbs thanks to promised HomeKit support and a new bridge product.  Details have been surfacing over the last month …
Tim Stenovec / Tech Insider:
Behind Bing Predicts, a statistical modeling tool that uses machine learning and big data from the web to forecast elections, sporting event results, and more  —  How Microsoft got so good at predicting who will win NFL games  —  In the second installment of the classic “Back to the Future” …
James Titcomb / Telegraph:
Facebook partners with French satellite operator Eutelsat to beam internet to Africa from space, starting in second half of 2016  —  Facebook reaches deal to beam internet to Africa from space  —  Social network's internet.org initiative reaches deal with French company Eutelsat that will see much of sub-Saharan Africa given internet

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