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October 5, 2015, 6:35 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 steps down from board; stock closes up 7%  —  It's official: Twitter makes Jack Dorsey full time CEO  —  Jack Dorsey, cofounder of Twitter and Square, has been named Twitter's permanent CEO.
Brian Rakowski / Official Android Blog:
Google rolling out Android 6.0 Marshmallow to Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 7 (2013), Nexus 9, and Nexus Player  —  Get ready for the sweet taste of Android 6.0 Marshmallow  —  Today we're starting to roll out Android 6.0 Marshmallow to Nexus users.  Of course, the new Nexus 5X and 6P will ship with Android 6.0, straight from the factory.
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.
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Google takes stake in Symphony, valuing messaging startup at $650M  —  Google Takes Stake in Messaging Startup Symphony Communication Services  —  New fundraising round values Symphony at $650 million  —  Google Inc. has invested in a new round of funding for Symphony Communication Services LLC …
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 …
Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:
Russia tells Google to remove app bundling requirements in Android OEM contracts by Nov. 18  —  Russia's Regulators: Google Has Until November 18th To Play Fair  —  Early last month, Russia's FAS (Federal Antimonopoly Service) stated that Google had violated Russian competition rules with its stock apps in Android.
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  —  TONY HSIEH, the CEO of Zappos, the online shoe and clothing store, lives in a trailer park in downtown Las Vegas.
Jillian D'Onfro / Business Insider:
LinkedIn agrees to $13M settlement in class action suit for spamming users' email contacts, will now warn members that it will send messages on their behalf  —  LinkedIn might have to pay you money for spamming your email contacts  —  If you just got a long email about LinkedIn …
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 …

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