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PPLE BEATS EARNINGSSTIMATES, ISSUESEALTHY FORECAST

GOOGLE OPENS ALPHABET ERA WITH 3Q REPORT THAT LIFTS STOCK06

TWITTER CEO GIVES UP $200M IN STOCK FOR COMPANY EMPLOYEES14

FREE HOUSING, OTHER EFFORTS TRY TO ATTRACT WOMEN TO TECH54

BOX OFFICE TOP 20: ‘STEVE JOBS’ STRUGGLES, NEW FILMS BOMB88

ESPN PULLING VIDEOS FROM YOUTUBE DUE TO RIGHTS ISSUES98

ORACLE TO BUILD HIGH SCHOOL ON ITS SILICON VALLEY CAMPUS102

HOW COMCAST WANTS TO METER THE INTERNET118

NEW ONLINE SITE BROADWAYHD OFFERS TO STREAM LIVE THEATER134

TOP 10 APPS 68

iTUNES REVIEW 72

TOP 10 SONGS 124

TOP 10 ALBUMS 126

TOP 10 MUSIC VIDEOS 128

TOP 10 TV SHOWS 130

TOP 10 BOOKS 132

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DESKTOP VS MOBILE:COMPUTERS INCOMPETITION

EALTH: UN AGENCY LINKSOT DOGS AND OTHERROCESSED MEAT TO CANCER

TECH COMPANIES FACE ROCKY ROADON THE WAY TO MAKING CARS


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Google received an “A’’ from investors for itsthird-quarter report that ushered the Internetsearch leader into a new era under Alphabet, itsrecently formed parent company.

The numbers released Thursday indicatedthat Google is making signicant strides in theincreasingly important mobile-device market,with its earnings surging 45 percent to nearly $4billion, or $5.73 per share.

Ruth Porat, Alphabet’s chief nancial officer,cited improvements in mobile search and moremobile traffic on Google’s YouTube video site as

keys to the quarter.

GOOGLE OPENSALPHABET ERA

WITH 3Q REPORTTHAT LIFTS STOCK

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Alphabet, which replaced Google as a publiclytraded stock earlier this month, won extra creditby announcing plans to spend nearly $5.1 billionbuying its own shares over an unspeciedperiod. Buying back stock is something Google

never did in its 11-year history as a publiclytraded company.

The third-quarter gains also reected thenancial discipline that has been imposed byPorat, who made it clear she intended to curbspending shortly after joining Google in May.Google’s operating expenses in the third quarterrose at slightly slower pace than net revenue,helping to fatten prot margins.

Google’s revenue for the three months endingin September totaled $18.7 billion. Aftersubtracting ad commissions, revenue totaled$15.1 billion, a 15 percent increase from last year.

Both the third-quarter earnings and revenuetopped the analysts’ projections that steer

investors’ expectations.

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Alphabet’s Class C stock soared $62.86, or 9percent, to $744. If the shares hit that level inFriday’s regular session, it will be a new highfor the stock.

The report covered a three-month periodending marked Google’s nal quarter as apublic company. Google now is a subsidiaryof Alphabet, which was created to oversee thehodgepodge of businesses that have beenlaunched with the tens of billions of dollars thatGoogle has made as the Internet’s dominantsearch engine.

In January, Alphabet will report Google’snancial numbers separately from a group ofperipheral businesses that experiment with self-driving cars, invest in startups, make Internet-connected thermostats and search for cures tohealth problems.

That breakdown is expected to reveal how muchmoney Google would have been making in

recent years if it hadn’t been diverting billionsof dollars to nance risky projects that AlphabetCEO Larry Page calls “moon shots.”

Page, Google’s co-founder, had been thecompany’s CEO until Alphabet’s birth. Google’snew CEO, Sundar Pichai, assured analysts duringa Thursday conference call that the companyis “just beginning to scratch the service .... Ourvision is for Google to remain a place of incrediblecreativity and innovation that uses a uniquetechnical expertise to tackle big problems.”

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Google’s prot margins have been squeezedby the shift to mobile devices from laptopand desktop computers during the past veyears. The company was better prepared forthe upheaval than most of its technology

peers because it had the foresight to build anddevelop Android, a mobile operating systemthat features Google’s search engine, maps,email and YouTube video site.

Even though Android is being used on 1.4 billiondevices around the world, Google still has beenhurt by the move to mobile. That’s becauseadvertisers haven’t been as willing to pay asmuch for marketing messages shown on thesmaller screens of smartphones.

The phenomenon is one reason that Google’saverage price for ads, a statistic known as “costper click,” has declined for four straight years. The third-quarter cost per click dropped another11 percent from the same time last year.

But marketers are gradually paying moreto connect with prospective customers onmobile devices as Google has come up withways to t more ads on screens and done abetter job of demonstrating that the pitchestranslate into sales.

In the U.S., the average cost per click forads shown after mobile searches climbed18 percent, according to digital marketingconsultants IgnitionOne. Google says average adprices on mobile devices have been rising in theU.S. but hasn’t provided specic numbers.

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After laying off more than 300 workers, TwitterCEO Jack Dorsey is trying to lift the spirits ofthe remaining employees by giving them 6.8million shares of the stock he owns in the onlinemessaging service.

Dorsey is giving up the stock, currently worthmore than $200 million, so Twitter can awardthe shares to its employees, according todocuments led Friday with the Securities andExchange Commission.

The gesture comes a week after Dorsey laid off8 percent of Twitter’s workforce in an effort tomake the company protable for the rst timein its nine-year history. The gift represents nearlyone-third of the stock Dorsey owns in the San

Francisco company.

TWITTER CEOGIVES UP $200M

IN STOCK FORCOMPANYEMPLOYEES

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“I’d rather have a smaller part of something bigthan a bigger part of something small,” Dorseytweeted about surrendering some of his stock.“I’m condent we can make Twitter big!”

Twitter said Dorsey’s shares will be earmarkedfor stock issued to employees next year underthe company’s incentive plan.

Dorsey will still own 15 million Twitter sharesworth about $460 million, based on Twitter’scurrent market value.

Twitter’s stock gained $1.13, or nearly 4 percent,to close Friday at $30.28.

The shares have declined by 40 percent inthe past six months amid concerns about Twitter’s slowing user growth and inability tomake money.

Twitter Inc. brought back Dorsey, one of its co-founders, as its CEO in hopes that he can gureout a way to make the messaging service moreappealing beyond its core audience of about 300million users. By comparison, Facebook’s socialnetworking service has 1.5 billion users, even

though it is only two years older than Twitter.

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Dorsey was Twitter’s original CEO, but wasousted because the company’s board didn’tthink he was the right leader at that time.

While he tries to re-tool Twitter, Dorsey is alsoserving as CEO of Square, a payment processorthat is preparing to price an initial publicoffering of its stock.

Dorsey has given back nearly 15.1 million sharesof Square stock during the past two years,too, according to Square’s IPO documents. Heremains by far Square’s largest shareholderwith a 24 percent stake in that San Franciscocompany, which is located a block away from

Twitter’s headquarters.

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Silicon Valley may think it can build a better car.But should it?

As tech giants like Google and Apple look toautomobiles as the next frontier for innovation,they face a looming reality: Cars are a lot harderto manufacture and sell than smartphones.

Industry veterans and critics warn that the autobusiness is a different animal. It’s fraught withmassive costs to erect auto plants, complexitiesin developing new sales and service systems,and daunting liabilities involved when humanlives are at stake.

Automakers recalled a record 64 million vehiclesin 2014, shattering the old record of 30.8 million

set in 2004.

TECH COMPANIESFACE ROCKY ROADON THE WAY TOMAKING CARS

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General Motors Co. has had to pay $5.3 billionto cover nes, victim compensation and therecall of millions of vehicles for faulty ignitionswitches. Toyota Motor Corp. paid a $1.2 billionne for failing to report safety defects, and

Volkswagen Group has set aside $7.3 billion forthe potential costs of its emissions scandal.

“I think, like so many Silicon Valley techies, thatthey believe they are smarter than the world’sautomobile business, and that they will do itbetter,” said Bob Lutz, a retired General Motorsvice chairman. “No way.”

He added that tech companies would pay thesame high prices for expensive componentssuch as electric car batteries, likely pushingretail prices of their vehicles out of reach for theaverage driver.

“It will be a huge money loser,” Lutz predicted.

To be sure, Google and Apple have plenty ofcash to burn, with about $270 billion in thebank combined. But the challenges of the carindustry may be steering them to nd ways torevolutionize automotive technology withoutbecoming actual automakers.

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GOOGLE

Mountain View, California-based Alphabet,the new holding company for Google and itsaffiliated businesses, has spent six years workingon cars that can drive without human assistance.But the company says it doesn’t want theresponsibility of building the robotic vehicles.

Instead, it plans to make the self-driving systemavailable to automakers that already havefactories, dealerships and experience.

“We have enormous respect for the expertiseof the automotive industry and how big and

complex a job it is to manufacture a vehicle,”company spokeswoman Courtney Hohne said.“We’ll partner with many different companies tobring this technology into the world safely.”

The strategy is consistent with how Googlecurrently operates. It relies on other companiesto produce the devices powered by its software.Most smartphones, for example, operate onits Android software. But the company doesn’tmake any of the devices.

If its self-driving system makes it to market, thecompany could license the software for a fee or,perhaps, making it free to use like Android.

That’s because it makes most of its money fromads within their popular online services. If they no

longer need to drive, people might spend timein their cars watching videos on Google-ownedYouTube or seeking information on Google’ssearch engine - both of which show ads.

But licensing their technology won’t insulate itfrom safety issues. The company potentially couldbe held liable if one of its self-driving cars goesawry and injures or kills people in an accident.

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APPLE

Apple CEO Tim Cook told an audience this weekthat the automotive industry is ripe for “massivechange,” with new software, electric motors andself-driving capability becoming “much moreimportant, in a huge way.”

But Cook avoided commenting on reports thatApple may be building its own car, accordingto a video recording of his remarks Monday at atechnology conference sponsored by The WallStreet Journal.

“What we really want, hopefully in the short

term, is we’d like people as they enter their carto be able to have an iPhone experience in theircar,” he said.

Apple has developed software for automakerscalled CarPlay, which lets drivers use aniPhone and its voice-activated assistant Sirito operate some electronic controls andentertainment systems.

In a research note, UBS analyst StevenMilunovich cites the $2 trillion auto industryas a potential new opportunity at a time whensales of smartphones, tablets and PCs are seeingslower growth globally.

Milunovich noted, however, that cars havesignicantly lower prot margins than iPhones.

Apple, which makes most of its money fromiPhones, reported $39.5 billion in net income forits last scal year, on total sales of $182.8 billion.GM reported only about $4 billion in prot for itslast scal year, on sales of $151.1 billion.

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Apple outsources manufacturing to contractorsin Asia. That may be more difficult to do withcars, said Jack Nerad, an analyst at Kelley BlueBook’s KBB.com.

While an iPhone is complex, with about 1,700components in an iPhone 6 Plus, it palesin comparison to a vehicle, which has some10,000 parts.

Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Fiat ChryslerAutomobiles, sees a car in Apple’s future, thoughhe doubts they’ll attempt to manufacture itthemselves. He welcomes the competition.

“I think that this industry in general needs toopen up to disrupters,” Marchionne said in aninterview on CNBC Wednesday. “Whether it’sthe Google car or the Apple car... it’s going tochange the traditional nature of car-making.”

UBER

Self-driving technology has also piqued theinterest of Uber, the fast-growing Silicon Valleystartup that operates a ride-hailing servicein cities around the world. Uber said earlierthis year that it was partnering with CarnegieMellon University to research and develop newtechnologies for mapping, vehicle safety andautonomous driving.

The company hasn’t said whether it hopesto use autonomous technology to replace itsthousands of drivers, who work as contractorsdriving their own cars.

But CEO Travis Kalanick has suggested Uber couldsomeday expand with the help of self-drivingvehicles, and touted the technology’s promise forimproving safety and easing traffic congestion.

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TESLA

Electric car maker Tesla Motors, also based inSilicon Valley, serves as both role model andcautionary tale for companies thinking ofgetting into the car business.

Tesla is admired for its elegant, emissions-freevehicles packed with technology. It does noadvertising but has built a global fan base.

It also illustrates the challenges of the industry.

The 12-year-old company has never madean annual prot. It has produced only threevehicles, all of which cost more than $70,000. This year, it expects to make between 50,000and 55,000 cars. That’s two days’ worth ofproduction at GM.

Tesla has also felt the pain of safety issues. In2013, it faced questions after several Model Ssedans caught re after road debris damagedtheir batteries. Tesla wound up strengthening

the battery shield on new and existing cars. Tesla CEO Elon Musk made it clear recently thathe’s watching Apple’s moves.

“For Apple, the car is the next logical thing tonally offer a signicant innovation,” he toldGerman newspaper Handelsblatt in an interviewearlier this month.

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Despite the last few years’ repeated claims of animpending “post-PC” age, when mobile deviceswould replace personal computers as the mostcommonly-used medium for computing, morerecently, evidence has emerged that PCs

are far from dead . In fact, for many of us, thequestion isn’t whether we should continue usinga computer; instead, it’s what type of computerwe should opt to use.

The fact remains that, for many purposes,especially business work and academic study,a PC remains the most useful computingdevice. And, whereas recent years have seensmartphones greatly diversify in their sizes,designs, features and software, computersreached the same stage many years earlier.PCs aren’t dying; rather, as The Verge’s TomWarren has recently remarked, they have simply“matured enough that you don’t need to replacethe one you bought years ago if it’s still working”.

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A TALE OF TWO TYPES OF COMPUTER.

OR MORE THAN TWO...

Today, computers can be sorted into two broadcategories: desktop and mobile. In other words,large and powerful PCs intended to long remainstatic, and slightly smaller and less powerfulcomputers designed for easy and regulartransportation. Strictly desk-bound computerslike the iMac fall into the rst category;notebooks like the MacBook and tablets like theiPad fall into the second.

However, there are also many subcategories

of computer. At one end of the scale, there aresmall tablets like the iPad Mini; further alongthat scale, there are medium-sized tablets likethe iPad Air, plus notebooks that are almost asportable and good for both media consumptionand corporate productivity. At the higher end,there are hefty professional slates like theMicrosoft Surface.

Then, right at the top end, there’s the Mac Pro. This is a very different beast to the similarly-named MacBook Pro - and “beast” really is theright word, as the desktop workstation knownas the Mac Pro is the most powerful of all ofthe computers available from Apple. The mostadvanced version has a Xeon E5 CPU boastingtwelve cores and four 1866 MHz DDR3 slots -

that’s awe-inspiring...

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KEY AREAS WHERE DESKTOP

COMPUTERS STILL LEAD

Desktop processors are typically beeer than thenotebook chips; while, for example, MacBookprocessors can range from 1.6GHz dual-core inthe Air models to 2.5GHz quad-core in the 15-inch Retina display Pro, with the iMac models,the range is 1.6GHz dual-core to 3.3GHz quad-core. This is a major plus point for desktops, astheir better processors mean better ability tolong run new software.

These processors are especially t for

sophisticated editing of images and video,for which a larger screen also wouldn’t goamiss. Apple has already just brought Retinadisplays to its 21.5-inch and 27-inch iMacmodels, and those displays should betterbring to life the gorgeous visuals possiblewith discrete graphics systems. These systemsoffer especially strong graphics performance,

but appear more often in Apple’s desktopcomputers than its notebook offerings.

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It’s also worth mentioning that the sizes ofthe new iMacs’ screens comfortably exceedthose of the MacBook line, which peak at15-inch for the largest MacBook Pro models. There’s good reason to believe that those

bigger screens could boost comfort and, as aresult, productivity. That’s certainly accordingto an Apple-funded study hinting that theproductivity increase could be as much as 50-65% . A decent amount of RAM - this rises to16GB in the MacBook Pro, but is congurableto 32GB for the iMac - should also allow forsmoother multitasking, crucial for particularly

demanding work tasks.

Finally, desktops permit many more extensionpossibilities. For example, the Mac Mini’s harddrive can be readily swapped, while the MacPro’s RAM can be updated with little difficulty.Printers, large keyboards and multiple screenscan all be used much more easily with desktopcomputers - largely because these accessoriesare typically not primarily designed to meet theunique portability concerns of notebook users.

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GAME ON! GAME ON THE RIGHT

COMPUTER, WE MEAN

Mobile computers can undoubtedly be fun forgaming on the go - and, thanks to both thelong-established huge popularity of Windows

among game developers and the emergenceof iOS and Android as major gaming platforms,there’s now a great choice of big name gameson both notebooks and tablets. However,the fast pace and sophisticated graphics ofmany of the most well-known games demandunadulterated power - and this is not commonin mobile computers for two big reasons.

One is that, by virtue of being small for easyportability, manufacturers simply can’t pack asmuch power into these little things as they couldinto high-end desktops like Apple’s recentlyunveiled 21.5-inch and 27-inch Retina displayiMacs. Another is that smaller computers canbe much less easy to enhance through hardwaremodications. These computers include the Retinadisplay MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, whichMacworld calls “ basically non-upgradable” dueto their soldered RAM and hard drives , whileiPads have never allowed for expandable storagethrough the use of physical storage cards.

In fact, the Mac platform has long beenconsidered the far inferior computer gaming

platform to Windows - though not quite tothe same extent as it used to be. TechRadar’sMatthew Bolton has observed that the Mac isnow getting many of the same popular gamesas Windows, if still often several months laterdue to various complications of the portingprocess. He has even declared: “In a balance ofgaming power and size/weight, there’s not a

lot that can touch the MacBook line.”

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DESKTOP AND MOBILE:

LOCKED IN A POPULARITY CONTEST

So, do mobile computers today remainsecondary in use to their desktop counterparts?Or is it now the desktop that should beconsidered complementary to the mobiledevice, rather than vice versa? This is, frankly, avery difficult question to answer - largely due tothe lack of publicly available statistics that pointclearly to a widespread preference for eitherdesktop or mobile computers.

The market research rm IDC regularly collects

data about global PC sales through its WorldwideQuarterly PC Tracker. However, the data focusesmuch more on differences in market shareamong different vendors than different typesof computers. Further complicating matters,it considers PCs to include desktops andlaptops such as ultraslim notebooks and

Chromebooks, but not tablets .

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One intriguing statistic reported by IDC isthat, whereas laptops and laptop hybridssaw “double digit” sales growth in the USlast year, in the same period, desktop salesshrunk by 10% .

Nonetheless, we also have to consider that salesof particular types of computers are unlikely toalways strictly correlate with how widely theyare used. Much of the sales decline for desktopPCs could be attributed not to falling publicinterest, but instead the ease with which thesecomputers can be modied - meaning that theycall for complete replacements less often thanmore portable computers.

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A VERY PERSONAL CHOICE

For all that we have just said about variouscomputers, there can be no completely objective judgment of which type is better; differentcomputers are built for different uses, and sothere can only be a question of which type ofcomputer is right for each individual. If you areconsidering buying one, we can only emphasizethe importance of thoroughly researchingbeforehand to ensure that you get as muchreturn on your spending as possible. Hopefully,we at AppleMagazine have already helped...

by Benjamin Kerry & Gavin Lenaghan

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Free rent and groceries were selling points, butcollege freshman Aishwarya Mandyam wasmore excited about the chance to connect withlike-minded women when she moved into theeight-bedroom house offered up by a Seattlesoftware startup.

“There’s inspiration. There’s tech support,” saidthe computer science major who is interested ina career that combines medicine and technology.

Mandyam and seven other women are sharinga 3,100-square home, rent-free, blocks fromthe University of Washington. TUNE, a softwarestartup that provides technology for marketers,is paying the rent for the house with the goal ofcreating a supportive community for UW women

interested in computer science and technology.

FREE HOUSING,OTHER EFFORTSTRY TO ATTRACTWOMEN TO TECH

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It’s the latest effort to get more women intothe male-dominated industry. Women makeup more than half of the nation’s workforce,but they still play a small role in inventingtechnology, according to the National Center for

Women and Information Technology.

Efforts like the TUNE-sponsored house andnumerous other initiatives are trying to increasethe number of women interested in the eld.Organizations such as Girls Who Code, a nationalnonprot, are introducing more high schoolgirls to computer science. Women-only trainingprograms such as Hackbright Academy in SanFrancisco and Ada Developers Academy inSeattle are also teaching women coding andother technical skills.

“There is denitely a momentum, but I wouldcaution that it’s not going to be solvedimmediately,” said Elizabeth Ames, a senior vicepresident at the Palo Alto, California-based Anita

Borg Institute. “There are some real challengesand it will take time.”

While there’s a lot of emphasis on increasing thepipeline, more work has to be done to addressthe barriers that women run into later in theircareers, she added.

UW, which is not involved in TUNE’s housingprogram, has been closing the gender gap inits computer science program. Last June, 31percent of UW’s computer science undergraduatedegrees were awarded to women, more thantwice the national average. Nationwide, just 14percent of computer-science college graduateswere women in 2014, according to a ComputingResearch Association survey.

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“There’s no silver bullet. You have to do lots oflittle things all the time,” said Ed Lazowska, UWprofessor of computer science and engineering.UW has introduced K-12 students and teachersto computer science through summer camps. A

seminar explores the role of women in computerscience, and about 40 percent of the school’steaching assistants are women.

Megan Hopp, a UW senior, said it was inspiringto see so many female teaching assistants whenshe took the intro courses. She’s now a teachingassistant for an upper level course and makes apoint to reach out to other female students totell them to consider the eld.

She had not considered computer sciencebecause she thought it was too nerdy, buther older brother pestered her to take theintroductory course.

“I had that epiphany moment and realized howmuch I love it,” she said.

At the Ada Developers Academy in downtownSeattle, a selective tuition-free program isteaching women - many with little or no codingexperience - to become programmers.

Michelle McCarthy, 35, worked in retail sellingcomputers and electronics and had no codingexperience before she enrolled in the yearlong

program in May. Her class includes a formerclinical psychologist, a ight attendant, a teacherand others hoping to make a career switch.

“There’s a lot of focus on technology. It’s a partof every eld and there’re not enough peopledoing the work,” said McCarthy, who just landeda ve-month internship with Indigo Slate, adigital marketing agency.

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Elena Donio, an angel investor in Ada andpresident of Concur Technologies, said it’simportant to recruit and support women atdifferent stages, from high school to early- ormid-career to leadership positions. “You don’t

have to be an engineer coming out of school tobe able to learn how to code,” Donio said.

All of the 37 women who graduated from Adahave software development jobs, said executivedirector Cynthia Tee.

At the TUNE-sponsored house during the rstweek of school, Mandyam and her twin sister,

Karishma, bonded with their new housematesover dinner and reunited with another freshmanwhom they had met at a girls coding camp.

Lilian Liang, a sophomore, described howstressful it was when she took the introductorycomputer science courses last year. While shefound some women to talk to, she’s lookingforward to having a built-in network of

mentors and women who share her interests incomputer science.

TUNE’s founders wanted to create a live andlearn community because they beneted fromliving in an entrepreneur-specic dorm atBabson College, said Kristina Linova, manager ofengineering growth.

Meredith Lampe, a junior who lives in thehouse, said she’s heard of women in the eldwho experience feelings of isolation or feellike they’re not part of the club. “You can givesomeone $10,000 to pay for their tuition, butgiving them a community of other girls who arelikely experiencing the same thing and havingthat be another way to have them succeed.”

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Defying skeptics on Wall Street, Apple says itplans to keep setting records for selling new

iPhones around the world. The giant tech company reported quarterlyearnings Tuesday that beat analysts’ estimates,while forecasting healthy iPhone sales duringthe upcoming holidays. Apple also said salesnearly doubled in China, Hong Kong and Taiwanduring the last quarter, despite concerns thatChina’s economy is slowing.

And in a closely watched indicator, Apple issueda forecast for the upcoming December quarterthat suggests it will slightly surpass last year’srecord of 74.5 million iPhones sold during thecrucial holiday season.

We think we can grow iPhone (sales) during theDecember quarter, Chief Financial Officer Luca

Maestri told The Associated Press.

APPLE BEATS EARNINGS ESTIMATESISSUES HEALTHY FORECAST

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Apple reported $11.1 billion in net income for thequarter ended Sept. 26, up 30 percent from a yearearlier, while sales rose 22 percent to $51.5 billion.Earnings amounted to $1.96 cents a share.

Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected Appleto report revenue of $50.9 billion and adjustedearnings of $1.89 a share. Apple’s stock price wasup almost 2 percent in after-hours trading.

Apple said it sold 48 million iPhones during theSeptember quarter, which included two days ofsales for its newest iPhone models, the 6S and 6SPlus. That’s about what analysts expected.

But its forecast for the December quartermay please investors more. Apple’s stock hasbeen dogged for months by worries that thecompany might have difficulty maintaining itstorrid growth. Apple relies heavily on iPhonesales, which contribute more than two-thirdsof its revenue. Overall smartphone sales areslowing around the world, as most consumers in

developed nations already have one.

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While it remains the world’s biggestcorporation by stock-market value, Appleshares have been off about 15 percent from amid-July peak of $132.97.

iPhone sales skyrocketed last year after Appleintroduced new models with bigger screensin September 2014. Analysts have questionedwhether the company can duplicate that successwith the latest iPhones introduced last month.

Last year’s iPhone 6 and 6 Plus tapped intostrong demand from consumers who hadenvied the larger screens offered by Apple’s

competitors. This year’s iPhone 6S and 6S Plushave additional features, but they’re not asdramatically different from last year’s models.

The iPhone 6 was such a blockbuster launch,said analyst Angelo Zino of S&P Capital IQ. Asa result, he said, investors have been cautiousabout whether that momentum can continue.

Apple shares rose nearly 3 percent after theearnings report was released.

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#09 – OTP ManagerBy Carlos de Boer Ver VoornCategory: ProductivityCompatibility: OS X 10.9 or later, 64-bit processor

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#04 – App for InstagramBy Joacim StåhlCategory: Social Networking

Compatibility: OS X 10.7 or later, 64-bit processor

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#04 – Geometry DashBy RobTop Games ABCategory: Games / Price: $1.99

Requires iOS 5.1.1 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

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#09 – Neo MonstersBy NTT Resonant Inc.Category: Games / Price: $0.99Requires iOS 7.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPad Pro.

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#02 – Minecraft: Story ModeBy Telltale IncCategory: Games / Price: $4.99Requires iOS 7.1 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

#03 – Minecraft – Pocket EditionBy MojangCategory: Games / Price: $6.99Requires iOS 5.1.1 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

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#05 – Logic Pro XBy AppleCategory: Music / Price: $199.99Compatibility: OS X 10.8.4 or later, 64-bit processor

#06 – Batman Arkham City GOTYBy Feral Interactive LtdCategory: Games / Price: $4.99Compatibility: OS X 10.7.5 or later

#09 – Document WriterBy xiong fengCategory: Business / Price: $9.99Compatibility: OS X 10.7 or later

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Compatibility: OS X 10.10 or later, 64-bit processor

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TV Shows&

Trailer

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17 %

The Vatican Tapes

The Vatican itself is called upon to exorcisea demon affecting a young woman, but asAngela displays increasingly erratic and deadlybehavior, it appears that they may not be up tothe job...

FIVE FACTS:1. The screenplay for the movie was featuredin the 2009 blacklist, a list of the “most liked”

unmade scripts of the year.2. A member of terrifying metal band Slipknothas a small cameo in the movie. Percussionistand founder Shawn “Clown” Crahan can beseen being interviewed by a reporter at theend of the lm, although he is not listed in thecredits. He and director Mark Neveldine aregood friends.

3. Neveldine has also helped to direct the

“Crank” movies, a series of action moviesstarring Jason Statham.

4. Producer Gary Lucchesi has also worked on“Million Dollar Baby”, The “Underworld” movies,and strangely, teen comedy “She’s the Man”.

5. Olivia Taylor Dudley, who plays thecharacter of Angela, has starred in a widearray of movies and TV shows, including“Paranormal Activity”, “Transcendence”, and“Arrested Development”.

by Mark NeveldineGenre: HorrorReleased: 2015Price: $14.99

8 Ratings

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Interview with Michael Pena

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Rotten Tomatoes

81 %

Furious 7

The seventh movie in the “Fast and Furious”series sees the crew come to terms with a

slightly sketchy past, whilst new tribulationsare thrown their way...

FIVE FACTS:1. Production on the movie was halted afterthe tragic death of Paul Walker, who was killedin a car crash.

2.Over 230 cars were destroyed whilst lmingthis movie.

3. At 2 hours 17 minutes, this is the longestmovie in the franchise.

4. This movie was announced beforeits predecessor, “Fast & Furious 6”, waseven released.

5. The rst movie in the franchise to reachone billion dollars at the box office.

by James WanGenre: Action & AdventureReleased: 2015Price: $14.99

1367 Ratings

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Trailer

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Cast interview

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Music

Fuzz’s Fourth Dream

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Genre: Alternative/Garage rock Released: Oct 23, 201514 SongsPrice: $9.99

12 Ratings

IIFuzz

One of multi-instrumentalist Ty Segall’s manyventures; a must for those who like their musicon the heavier side of the scale. For fans of thelikes of Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin.

FIVE FACTS:1. Although the band may not be known tomost, they’ve still managed to play prolic

festivals and venues such as Rock en Seine andthe Bowery Ballroom in New York.

2. Released 20 or so days after Segall formedyet another new band, featuring members oflegendary punk band The Melvins.

3. Despite being big on the undergroundscene, and amassing a cult following, Fuzzhave a lack of social networks/websites.

4. One of 20 or so albums that Ty Segallfeatures on.

5. Bassist Chad Ubovich is a member of thepleasantly-named Meatbodies, who are equallyappreciated on the underground scene.

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Fuzz (full concert) - Live @ Rock en Seine 2015

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Sun Leads Me OnHalf Moon Run

“Sun Leads Me On” is the second effort fromCanadian quartet Half Moon Run. The groupshot to stardom rather quickly with rst album“Dark Eyes”; this album has the group show abit more of a stable identity.

FIVE FACTS:1. The band have played alongside major

acts such as Ben Howard, Catsh and theBottlemen, and Jack Johnson.

2. Their song “Full Circle” was used on thetrailer for “Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag”

3. The band are currently on a worldwidetour, but most dates, even April next year,are sold out!

4. Half Moon Run have even played London’s

Hyde Park, supporting Neil Young.5. “Sun Leads Me On” is produced by JimAbbiss, who has also worked with the likesof Adele and Arctic Monkeys.

Genre: Alternative/ Indie folk Released: Oct 23, 201513 SongsPrice: $9.99

18 Ratings

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Half Moon Run - Full Circle (Official Video)

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Half Moon Run - Call Me in the Afternoon [Official]

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It’s a bad time to be a new movie in theaters.

None of this weekend’s new openers mademuch of an impact, and one, “Jem and theHolograms,” which made $1.4 million, even gotthe dubious distinction of having the worstopening ever for a major studio movie released

in over 2,000 theaters.But “Jem” only cost $5 million to produce. The $15million “Rock the Kasbah” opened in 13th placeand earned only $1.5 million, and the expensiveVin Diesel vehicle “The Last Witch Hunter”opened in fourth place with $10.8 million. It cost areported $70-$80 million to make.

“Steve Jobs” also failed to impress in its rstweekend in wide release earning only $7.1million, despite a strong two weekends inlimited release, stellar reviews and awards buzz.

Poor performances by the new lms allowed“The Martian” to reclaim the top spot at the boxoffice in its fourth weekend in theaters with $15.7million. Holdovers “Goosebumps” and “Bridge of

Spies” took the second and third place spots.

BOX OFFICE TOP 20: ‘STEVE JOBS’STRUGGLES, NEW FILMS BOMB

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The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theatersFriday through Sunday, followed by distributionstudio, gross, number of theater locations,average receipts per location, total gross andnumber of weeks in release, as compiled

Monday by Rentrak:

1. “The Martian,” 20th Century Fox, $15,732,907, 3,504 locations, $4,490 average, $166,188,055, 4 weeks.

2. “Goosebumps,” Sony, $15,525,901,3,501 locations, $4,435 average, $43,738,043, 2 weeks.

3. “Bridge Of Spies,” Disney, $11,374,203, 2,811 locations, $4,046 average, $32,590,400, 2 weeks.

4. “The Last Witch Hunter,” Lionsgate, $10,812,861, 3,082 locations, $3,508 average, $10,812,861, 1 week.

5. “Hotel Transylvania 2,” Sony, $8,883,348, 3,154 locations, $2,817 average, $148,175,889, 5 weeks.

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6. “Paranormal Activity: The GhostDimension,” Paramount, $8,070,493,1,656 locations, $4,873 average,

$8,070,493, 1 week.

7. “Steve Jobs,” Universal, $7,105,735, 2,493 locations, $2,850 average, $9,818,543, 3 weeks.

8.“Crimson Peak,” Universal, $5,666,525,

2,991 locations, $1,895 average, $22,557,300, 2 weeks.

9. “The Intern,” Warner Bros., $3,787,039, 2,061 locations, $1,837 average, $64,634,921, 5 weeks.

10. “Sicario,” Lionsgate, $2,844,854,1,448 locations, $1,965 average, $39,280,401, 6 weeks.

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11. “Pan,” Warner Bros., $2,628,197,1,944 locations, $1,352 average, $29,909,891, 3 weeks.

12. “Woodlawn,” Pure Flix, $2,575,337,1,475 locations, $1,746 average, $7,949,985, 2 weeks.

13. “Rock The Kasbah,” Open Road, $1,470,592, 2,012 locations, $731 average, $1,470,592, 1 week.

14. “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials,” 20th Century Fox, $1,417,404,1,008 locations, $1,406 average,

$77,697,363, 6 weeks.

15. “Jem And The Holograms,” Universal, $1,375,320, 2,413 locations, $570 average, $1,375,320, 1 week.

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16. “Black Mass,” Warner Bros., $579,437, 458 locations, $1,265 average, $61,318,273, 6 weeks.

17. “Everest,” Universal, $554,190, 400 locations, $1,385 average, $41,780,170, 6 weeks.

18. “The Visit,” Universal, $535,725,508 locations, $1,055 average, $63,874,445, 7 weeks.

19. “War Room,” Sony, $495,934, 449 locations, $1,105 average, $66,287,144, 9 weeks.

20. “Shaandaar,” Fox InternationalProductions, $384,685, 136 locations, $2,829 average, $433,541, 1 week.

Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of ComcastCorp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics

are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney,Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is ownedby Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight areowned by 21st Century Fox; Warner Bros. and New Line are unitsof Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditorsincluding Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn;Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned byAMC Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.

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watched on the site have signed on, includingESPN’s parent, The Walt Disney Co.

Spokeswomen for both ESPN and YouTube onFriday declined to say what legal issues mightimpede its participation.

Media analyst Laura Martin of Needham &Co. said it is likely that ESPN’s pre-existingcontracts with cable and satellite companieslike Comcast Corp. prevent it from participatingin YouTube’s subscription plan.

“It has to leave YouTube so it doesn’t get suedby its pre-existing partners,” she said.

ESPN’s contracts with pay TV distributorsare multi-year deals. Comcast’s can’t berenegotiated before expiring around eight

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years from now, Martin said. “I think YouTubewill have to cave if they want ESPN back.”

On ESPN’s main YouTube channel, the mostrecent videos are now 4 years old, but somespecic channels like ESPN First Take have videosthat are new as of Friday.

YouTube began sending out new contracts toits creators six months ago to sign new termsthat would allow them to participate in newrevenue from Red subscriptions. Those that don’tparticipate would have their videos turned toprivate in the U.S., effectively turning them off for

all but the uploader.YouTube is part of Google, a division of the newlycreated holding company Alphabet Inc.

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Oracle founder Larry Ellison already ownsan island in Hawaii. Now, his company isbuilding a high school next to its Silicon Valleyheadquarters to help fulll Ellison’s desire toteach students more about technology andproblem-solving.

The plan unveiled Tuesday at an Oraclecustomer conference calls for the businesssoftware maker to complete the 64,000-square-foot school by August 2017.

Although it will be owned by one of the world’sbiggest technology companies, the school isn’tgoing to be called Oracle High. Instead, it will beknown as Design Tech, or d.tech, a public school

approved last year.

ORACLE TO BUILDHIGH SCHOOL ON ITS

SILICON VALLEY CAMPUS

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The campus being built by Oracle willaccommodate up to 550 students and 30teachers in the shadow of Oracle’s toweringoffice in Redwood Shores, California, about 25miles south of San Francisco. The school will be

free and open to any student living in California.

Since starting Oracle Corp. 38 years ago, Ellisonhas amassed an estimated fortune of $54billion that has enabled him to buy most of theHawaiian island of Lanai, own elaborate homesaround the world and bankroll two victories insailing’s premier race, the America’s Cup.

But Ellison isn’t nancing Design Tech. Oracle isfooting the entire bill, though the company isn’tdisclosing how much it expects to spend.

Oracle co-CEO Safra Catz stressed the companywouldn’t be getting involved if Ellison hadn’tsketched out a vision to create a school wherestudents learn to think.

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Although Oracle will own the high school, thecompany won’t be involved in the curriculum.Design Tech gained Oracle’s nancial supportbecause it reects Larry’s vision for a uniquehigh school founded on principles we believe

in innovation, creativity, problem-solving anddesign-thinking, Catz said.

Oracle’s commitment to Design Tech comes lessthan a week after Facebook’s billionaire CEOMark Zuckerberg, and his wife, Priscilla Chan,announced plans to nance a school for pre-school through eighth-grade students in one ofSilicon Valley’s few least affluent communities,East Palo Alto. The Primary School will providehealth care services in addition to educationalinstruction for up to 700 students.

Zuckerberg and Chan also have given $100million to schools in New Jersey and pledged todonate another $120 million to other schoolslocated in low-income communities in the San

Francisco Bay Area.

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Bacon, hot dogs and cold cuts are under re: The World Health Organization threw its globalweight behind years of experts’ warnings anddeclared Monday that processed meats raise therisk of colon and stomach cancer and that red

meat is probably harmful, too.Meat producers are angry, vegetariansare feeling vindicated, and cancer expertsare welcoming the most comprehensivepronouncement yet on the relation between ourmodern meat-eating lifestyles and cancer.

The WHO’s International Agency for Researchon Cancer in Lyon, France, analyzed decadesof research and for the rst time put processedmeats in the same danger category as smokingor asbestos. That doesn’t mean salami is as badas cigarettes, only that there’s a conrmed link tocancer. And even then, the risk is small.

The results aren’t that shocking in the U.S., wheremany parents fret over chemicals in cured meats

and the American Cancer Society has longcautioned against eating too much steak and deli.

But the U.N. agency’s ndings could shakeup public health attitudes elsewhere, such asEuropean countries where sausages are savoredand smoked ham is a national delicacy.

And they could hurt the American meatindustry, which is arguing vigorously againstlinking their products with cancer, contendingthat the disease involves a number of lifestyleand environmental factors.

While U.S. rates of colon cancer have beendeclining, it is the No. 2 cancer for womenworldwide and No. 3 for men, according tothe WHO.

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A group of 22 scientists from the IARC evaluatedmore than 800 studies from several continentsabout meat and cancer. The studies looked atmore than a dozen types of cancer in populationswith diverse diets over the past 20 years.

Based on that analysis, the IARC classiedprocessed meat as “carcinogenic to humans,”noting links in particular to colon cancer. It saidred meat contains some important nutrients,but still labeled it “probably carcinogenic,” withlinks to colon, prostate and pancreatic cancers.

The agency made no specic dietaryrecommendations and said it did not haveenough data to dene how much processedmeat is too dangerous. But it said the risk riseswith the amount consumed.

An analysis of 10 of the studies suggested thata 50-gram portion of processed meat daily - orabout 1.75 ounces - increases the risk of colorectalcancer over a lifetime by about 18 percent.

An ounce and three-quarters is roughlyequivalent to a hot dog or a few slices ofbologna, though it depends on how thinlyit is sliced.

Overall, the lifetime risk of developing colorectalcancer in the U.S. is about 1 in 20, or 5 percent,according to the cancer society. By the WHO’scalculations, having a cold-cut sandwich everyday would only raise that to around 6 percent.

Experts have long warned of the dangers ofcertain chemicals used to cure meat, such asnitrites and nitrates, which the body convertsinto cancer-causing compounds. It is alsoknown that grilling or smoking meat can createsuspected carcinogens.

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“For an individual, the risk of developingcolorectal cancer because of their consumptionof processed meat remains small, but this riskincreases with the amount of meat consumed,”Dr. Kurt Straif of the IARC said in a statement.

“In view of the large number of people whoconsume processed meat, the global impact oncancer incidence is of public health importance.”

The cancer agency noted research by the GlobalBurden of Disease Project suggesting that34,000 cancer deaths per year worldwide arelinked to diets heavy in processed meat. Thatcompared with 1 million deaths a year linked tosmoking, 600,000 a year to alcohol consumptionand 200,000 a year to air pollution.

Doctors in rich countries especially havelong counseled against eating lots of red orprocessed meat - and not just because of thecancer danger but because of the heart risksfrom the saturated fat and sodium.

The WHO researchers dened processed meatas anything transformed to improve its avoror preserve it, including sausages, beef jerkyand anything smoked. They dened red meatto include beef, veal, pork, lamb, mutton, horseand goat.

The report said grilling, pan-frying or otherhigh-temperature methods of cooking red meatproduce the highest amounts of chemicalssuspected of causing cancer.

“This is an important step in helping individualsmake healthier dietary choices to reducetheir risk of colorectal cancer in particular,”said Susan Gapstur of the American CancerSociety, which has recommended limiting red

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suggests choosing sh or poultry or cookingred meat at low temperatures.

The North American Meat Institute argued in astatement that “cancer is a complex disease notcaused by single foods.”

Independent experts stressed that the WHOndings should be kept in perspective.

“Three cigarettes per day increases the risk oflung cancer sixfold,” or 500 percent, comparedwith the 18 percent from eating a couple slicesof bologna a day, said Gunter Kuhnle, a foodnutrition scientist at the University of Reading.

“This is still very relevant from a public healthpoint of view, as there are more than 30,000 newcases per year” of colon cancer, he said. “But itshould not be used for scaremongering.”

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Three years after Comcast began offeringunlimited home-Internet usage, the cable giant

is moving in the opposite direction. In moreparts of the U.S., it’s starting to charge heavydata users extra.

The reason? Too many of its customers aredropping cable and doing their TV-watchingover the Internet instead, a trend that threatensto cost Comcast money. To recoup some ofthose dollars, Comcast is experimenting withcaps on how much data you can use. Go overthe limit and you’ll see a bigger bill.

Comcast used to cap monthly data use at 250gigabytes, but ended it in May 2012 in orderto experiment with alternatives to a simplecap. That August, it capped monthly data usefor Nashville, Tennessee, customers at 300 GB;

going over the limit costs $10 for every 50 GB.

HOW COMCASTWANTS TO METERTHE INTERNET

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The company launched a similar plan in Tucson,Arizona, that October - 300 GB for a base plan,600 GB if you signed up for a faster and moreexpensive connection.

By December 2013, Comcast had rolled outthe Nashville system to Atlanta and a handfulof smaller markets, many in the South. It alsooffered a slow Internet plan of 3 megabits persecond that gave you a $5 credit if you used 5GBor less each month, and charged you $1 for eachgigabyte of data over 5 GB.

This month, Comcast added a twist as it

expanded the cap into Miami, Fort Lauderdaleand the Florida Keys: Customers can now pay anadditional $30 a month for unlimited data. (InAtlanta, it’s $35 a month.) At this point, roughly12 percent of Comcast territory is subject to“usage-based pricing,” MoffettNathanson analystCraig Moffett estimates.

Comcast’s Internet business is going gangbusters,

although it continues to shed cable customers.In the third quarter, Comcast said Tuesday, itlost 48,000 TV customers while adding 320,000Internet customers. Revenue rose 8.3 percent to$18.7 billion in the July-September period, whilenet income dropped 23 percent to $2 billionbecause of a tax gain from last year.

The average household watches 240 hours of TVa month, Moffett says; using current streamingtechnology, it would likely exceed the Comcastcap by watching the same amount of onlinevideo. (Comcast says the 300 GB cap would letyou stream 230 to 575 hours of video a month,depending on if you watch it in standarddenition or HD, or on your phone, computeror tablet versus a TV.)

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About 8 percent of all Comcast customers goover 300 GB, the company says. Data caps reallyamount to a mechanism “that would introducesome more fairness into this,” says Comcastspokesman Charlie Douglas. Yet Neil Smit,

president and CEO of Comcast’s cable division,said in July that there are no plans to extend thecaps “on a widespread basis anytime soon.”

Data caps are under scrutiny by regulatorswho worry that they could hurt online videocompetitors. In April, the feds quashedComcast’s $45 billion bid for Time WarnerCable, partly out of concern that the mergedcompany might undermine online video rivalslike Netix. Comcast rival Charter subsequentlymade its own bid for Time Warner Cable, and haspromised no data caps for at least three years ifregulators approve the deal.

Matthew Pulsipher, 23, lives in the Atlantametropolitan area and decided to pay Comcast’s

extra fee for unlimited data to support hisfamily’s streaming of shows from Netix andAmazon Prime Video. But he’s not happy about it.

“I think the idea of limiting your usage isabsolutely insane,” Pulsipher said. “It would makesense if the cap was 2 terabytes, but 300 is justlow enough to punish streaming.”

Shares of Comcast fell 1 percent to close at$61.54 Tuesday.

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A new online streaming service launches onMonday that hopes to one day become the

Netix of Broadway, offering high-denitionbroadcasts of top theatrical events to computersand phones.

BroadwayHD currently has a modest list of playsand musicals ready to stream but hopes toeventually be the place where theater fans andeducators turn for their live event x.

It was founded by Broadway producers Stewart F.Lane and Bonnie Comley, a Tony Award-winninghusband-and-wife producing team behind suchshows as On Your Feet! ‘’A Gentleman’s Guide toLove & Murder and Legally Blonde.

We’re not going to replace the Broadwayexperience, but if you can’t get to Broadway, getto BroadwayHD, said Lane. Hopefully it will whet

your appetite to go see it live.

NEW ONLINE SITEBROADWAYHD

OFFERS TO STREAMLIVE THEATER

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Users can buy a monthly subscription for $14.99and or a yearly one for $169.99. There’s alsofree content. The shows can be streamed tocomputers, mobile devices and TVs - both Apple TV or Google Chromecast.

While sites such as iTunes, Amazon Video, Netixand GooglePlay stream musicals and plays onphones and tablets, BroadwayHD hopes tobecome the go-to library to nd live-capturedtheatrical events, whether from off-Broadwayor the West End, after a show has been seen incinemas or on cable TV.

While the service currently leans heavily on thearchives of the BBC, WNET-TV in New York andBroadway Worldwide, the creators hope they willbe able to expand their titles with partnershipsand their own captures. They’ve also addedcommentaries, introductions and documentaries.

Offerings at launch include more than 120productions, mostly classics from Shakespeare

and Anton Chekov. A lot of it is classic archivalpieces, but then we start layering in the newthings and go out and start shooting newshows, Comley said. We’re looking for this to bethe landing place.

The site comes at a time when so-called eventcinema has exploded. When once there was justthe Metropolitan Opera at the movie theater,now there’s the Bolshoi Ballet, concerts fromOne Direction, circuses and a steady stream ofEnglish plays.

To those who sneer at reducing a live Broadwayshow to the size of an iPhone screen, Laneresponds by pointing out that people also saidthe theater experience would be diluted when

microphones were introduced.

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This is part of an evolution, he said. We’re nevergoing to replace the communal experience ofseeing actors live. I understand that. New York hasan amazing caliber of talent - of writers, directorsand performers - that we’d like to share with the

world. If they can’t get here in time, we can sharethat with the world in the best way we can.

A sample of what you can now nd onBroadwayHD includes Orlando Bloom in the2013 Broadway revival of Romeo and Juliet, alive Jekyll & Hyde with David Hasselhoff in 2001,Helen Mirren in A Midsummer Night’s Dream,Montego Glover and Chad Kimball in Memphis,Daniel Craig and Stephen Rea in Copenhagenfrom a BBC TV movie in 2002, and Rufus Sewelin Henry IV. Up next will be Audra McDonald asBillie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar andGrill after it airs on HBO.

There’s plenty of stuff out there but what we’retrying to do is have anecdotal evidence for

producers and all of the creatives to see wherethis goes, Comley said.

Online:

http://www.broadwayhd.com

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