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November 9, 2015, 12:20 PM

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Apple:
Epic 12.9-inch iPad Pro Available to Order Online Wednesday & Arrives in Stores Later This Week  —  iPad Pro Arrives in Over 40 Countries Including the US, UK, China & Japan  —  Apple® today announced iPad Pro™ is available to order online on Wednesday, November 11 …
Google Research Blog:
TensorFlow - Google's latest machine learning system, open sourced for everyone  —  Deep Learning has had a huge impact on computer science, making it possible explore new frontiers of research and to develop amazingly useful products that millions of people use every day.
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
MIcrosoft buys another Israeli security company, Secure Islands, for an alleged $77.5 million  —  Microsoft has purchased a third Israeli security firm with its purchase of data-security firm Secure Islands.  —  Recent rumors about Microsoft picking up a third Israeli security company were correct.
Bloomberg Business:
TAG Heuer launches $1.5K Connected Watch with Android Wear, Intel CPU, available from Nov. 9 in US, internationally next month  —  The Vallée de Joux meets Silicon Valley.  —  The Swiss are now officially making a smartwatch.  On Monday in New York City, TAG Heuer unveiled the Connected Watch …
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Report: WordPress powers 25% of all websites, 58.7% of sites with an identifiable CMS  —  WordPress now powers 25% of the Web  —  One in four websites is now powered by WordPress.  —  Today is a big day for the free and open-source content management system (CMS).
Yoree Koh / Wall Street Journal:
Pinterest says it's introducing a new visual search tool on Monday with an index of roughly 1B images  —  Pinterest Sharpens Its Visual-Search Skills  —  New technology will let users scour site for objects like those they highlight in photos  —  Photo-sharing site Pinterest Inc …
Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:
Major streaming media players reviewed: new Apple TV is best for iOS users, Amazon's Fire TV has the best interface and streaming quality  —  The ultimate, 10,000-word review of streaming media players: Apple TV vs. Roku 4 vs. Fire TV vs. Chromecast  —  Television is in flux, right down to what that word even means.
Alex Austin / Medium:
In a saturated app ecosystem, mobile app developers face challenges of discovery, user adoption, and monetization  —  Mobile App Developers are Suffering … Said my friend as he described why his company stopped building native apps.  It's easier to build a business on the web.  How could that be?
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Ericsson + Cisco Ink Strategic Deal Projected To Bring Each $1B More In Sales By 2018  —  It's not another massive enterprise merger, but two of the biggest companies whose equipment and technology underpin a lot of our communications networks today are now teaming up.
Dan Primack / Fortune:
Online dating business Match Group, owners of Tinder and Match.com, plans to raise $467M in IPO  —  Tinder's Parent Company Sets IPO Terms  —  Match Group, the online dating business whose properties include Match.com and Tinder, said Monday morning that it plans to raise upwards of $467 million …
Glenn Fleishman / Macworld:
1Password launches public beta for teams  —  The long-time developer of password-vault software adds a group option with centralized administration.  —  Agilebits, makers of 1Password, recommends robust password selection and protection.  Thus, it stuck in its craw, says Jeff Shiner …
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