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November 6, 2015, 5:50 PM

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Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:
Google acquires Fly Labs, maker of video editing iOS apps, to join its Photos team  —  Google Acquires Fly Labs To Join Its Photos Team  —  Today, Google acquired Fly Labs to join its Google Photos team.  The company aimed to help people edit videos and photos and it sported 3 million downloads over the past 18 months.
Fortune:
Square sets IPO price range at $11-13 per share, at a valuation up to $4.19B, well below its last private round  —  Square sets IPO price range, would be valued below last private round  —  Payments company Square this morning filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission …
Russell Brandom / The Verge:
PageFair anti-ad-blocking service was hacked a week ago, temporarily pushing malware to visitors of over 500 sites including the Economist  —  A prominent ad-blocker-blocker served malware to Economist readers  —  One of the web's most prominent ad-blocking tools has been serving malware to Economist readers.
Mike Prospero / Tom's Guide:
BlackBerry Priv review: most elegant BlackBerry design to date, BlackBerry default apps are decent, but display is dim, poor performance compared to competition  —  BlackBerry Priv Review: A New Hope … BlackBerry wants to give you the best of both worlds.  But has the world already passed this brand by?
Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal:
With a good physical keyboard and enhanced security, the Android-powered Priv is the first recommendable BlackBerry in years  —  BlackBerry Priv Review: BlackBerry May Win You Back With Android  —  It finally happened: a modern-looking BlackBerry with a modern operating system
Garett Sloane / Digiday:
Sources: Instagram is testing ads that use 3D Touch and Apple Pay  —  Instagram's testing new ads that drive sales  —  Instagram doesn't want to be just a platform for pretty brand photos.  It wants to prove it can drive sales, developing new ads that showcase a variety of product offerings …
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC will not to force Google, Facebook, others to honor “Do Not Track” requests  —  Websites can keep ignoring “Do Not Track” requests after FCC ruling  —  Petition to impose Do Not Track requirements rejected by commission.  —  Websites will not be forced to honor consumers' …
More: The Verge, TIME and Washington Post.  Tweets: @declanm
Yuri Kageyama / Associated Press:
Toyota to set up new artificial intelligence research and development company in Silicon Valley, will invest $1B over 5 years  —  Toyota invests $1 billion in artificial intelligence in US  —  TOKYO (AP) — Toyota is investing $1 billion in a research company it's setting up in Silicon Valley …
Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch:
E-commerce startup Gumroad lays off most of its staff after failing to realize rapid growth, says it will stay in business  —  Layoffs Hit Gumroad As The Payments Startup Restructures  —  San Francisco startup Gumroad, which lets people sell products directly to consumers by way of quick and simple links …
Tweets: @amyhoy

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