Google's robotics lead and Android founder Andy Rubin leaving the company to start an incubator for hardware startups, will be replaced by James Kuffner  —  Former Android Leader Andy Rubin Leaving Google  —  Rubin Is Starting an Incubator for Startups Interested in Building Technology-Hardware Products

Seth Rogen Set as Steve Wozniak in Steve Jobs Biopic  —  Seth Rogen has been set to star as Steve Wozniak opposite Christian Bale in Sony's Steve Jobs biopic.  —  Variety reported on Oct. 15 that Bale was in talks to star in “Jobs,” Sony's biopic about the late Apple co-founder.

Twitter demotes Daniel Graf, elevates Kevin Weil to lead consumer product group  —  Twitter Demotes Product Chief Daniel Graf  —  Kevin Weil Becomes Fifth Product Head in As Many Years  —  Twitter Inc. has demoted its new head of product, Daniel Graf, just six months after his much-touted hire away from Google Inc.

Apple No Longer Rejecting Calculator Widgets From The App Store  —  The maker of a popular iOS app and widget, PCalc, which took advantage of iOS 8's support for Notification Center Widgets, was recently told by Apple that his handy app would be pulled from the App Store due to the fact that …

Instagram ads arrive in the form of 15-second autoplay spots from Disney, Activision, Lancome, Banana Republic, and the CW  —  Instagram's Video Ads Are Finally Live, and Here Are 4 From Major Brands  —  Disney, Activision and Banana Republic among early buyers

Thank you, Tim Cook  —  Why we're not “moving on” from the Apple CEO's big statement today  —  In a way, what Tim Cook said today felt inevitable.  At least since 2008, when Owen Thomas asked the question in Gawker, a steady accretion of reporting has suggested Apple's chief executive is gay.

Samsung Galaxy A5 and A3: Sleek, slim, fully metal (hands-on)  —  Side by side on a table, the two nearly identical rectangular handsets look innocuous enough and extremely familiar.  Yet two things quietly make the Samsung Galaxy A3 and A5 stand out: their all-aluminum material and their unibody construction.

Spain passes LPI law allowing publishers to charge aggregators that link to news stories; effective January 2015  —  Spain Passes Much-Debated Intellectual Property Law  —  Critics complain of an unenforceable Google tax and missed opportunity for clear anti-piracy law

Mobile Internet investment hits record $19.2B — up 232% in last 12 months  —  Mobile Internet companies raked in a total of $19.2 billion in new investment over the last year, more than double the previous period, according to investment advisory firm Digi-Capital.  —  The big winner?

uBeam Nabs $10 Million In Funding From Upfront Ventures To Make Wireless Charging A Reality  —  Wireless power seems like one of those things everyone always dreams about.  I mean, how great would it be to have your phone just charge while it's sitting in your pocket with no need to plug it in?

Yahoo poaches Amazon ad exec Lisa Utzschneider, naming her SVP of Sales for the Americas  —  Yahoo Poaches Amazon Ad Exec Lisa Utzschneider, Ned Brody Takes Ad Tech Role  —  Some executive musical chairs and an interesting poach/hire at Yahoo, announced today.

Alphaworks, The Equity Crowdfunding Platform From Betaworks, Brings On Erin Glenn As CEO  —  Today the folks at Alphaworks, the equity crowd-funding platform branched out of betaworks, are announcing leadership changes, with Erin Glenn taking the lead as CEO.

FCC nears reclassifying ISPs as common carriers on back-end, while still allowing fast lanes  —  FCC reportedly close to reclassifying ISPs as common carriers  —  FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler speaking to the cable industry in April 2014.  —  NCTA  —  Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler …

LinkedIn posts Q3 net loss of $4.26M, sales up 45% YOY to $568M, EPS $0.52  —  LinkedIn Q3 Beats The Street, Sales Of $568M, EPS $0.52  —  In a quarter that has seen a mixed set of results for social networks Twitter and Facebook, LinkedIn today reported its quarterly results …

Mark Zuckerberg to host first public “Community Q&A” on Facebook Nov 6, taking questions now  —  Ask Mark Zuckerberg Anything During His First Public “Community Q&A” On Facebook Nov 6  —  Most people have a burning question to ask about Facebook, whether they're one of its 1.35 billion users or not.