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Tim Culpan / Bloomberg:
Samsung Beats Apple, Becomes World No. 1 in Smartphone Sales — Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) — Samsung Electronics Co. overtook Apple Inc. in the last quarter to become the world's largest smartphone vendor amid a widening technology and legal battle between the two companies.
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Hyunjoo Jin / Reuters:
Samsung surges past Apple in smartphones, upbeat on Q4 — (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co overtook Apple Inc as the world's top smartphone maker in the July-September period with a 44 percent jump in shipments, and forecast strong sales in the current quarter in a clear warning to its rivals.
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HP:
HP to Keep PC Division — Continued combination of HP and its Personal Systems Group expected to deliver greater customer and shareholder value — HP today announced that it has completed its evaluation of strategic alternatives for its Personal Systems Group (PSG) and has decided the unit will remain part of the company.
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Charles Arthur / Guardian:
HP to hold on to PC division - but sources say it will finally kill webOS — Internal review decides not to spin off world's largest PC maker, but operating system developed for short-lived TouchPad to be closed along with 500 jobs — Hewlett-Packard is to keep its PC division rather than selling it off …
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Joanna Stern / This is my next:
Whitman: HP will be in the tablet business with Windows 8, long term decision about webOS coming
Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
Interview: HP CEO Meg Whitman on Keeping the PC Business
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Dan Frommer / SplatF:
Here's why Apple's TV needs to be an actual television, and not just a cheap add-on box — One of the most frequently asked (and smartest) questions about the supposedly forthcoming Apple television is: Why does it need to be an actual TV set? Why can't it just be an accessory like today's $99 Apple TV thing?
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Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Gates to students: Don't try to be a billionaire, it's overrated — Bill Gates made a rare appearance at the University of Washington this afternoon, talking about how qualitative and measurable advances in technology are coming together for major advances in the areas he cares most about these days …
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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
Bill Gates On “The Miracle Of Availability” And Applying Computer Science To The World
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Ronald Ho / Google Enterprise Blog:
Google+ is now available with Google Apps — Google Apps fans, today we're ready to add you to our circles. Google+ makes sharing on the web more like sharing in the real world, and now Google+ is available to people who use Google Apps at college, at work or at home.
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Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Using Google+ for Google Apps? Your admin has access to all of your data
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Kellex / Droid Life:
Exclusive: First Pictures of the DROID4 by Motorola — Keyboard lovers, get ready - the DROID4 by Motorola is coming and according to our sources, has the best slideout they have “ever seen on a smartphone.” In this set of glamour shots we received, you can get a taste for what's to come …
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Michael Arrington / Uncrunched:
“Batch” May Be The Perfect Mobile Photo Sharing App (No, Seriously) — A few months ago Daily Booth CEO Brian Pokorny told me that most of his team was working on a second product. “What is it?” I asked, “A mobile photo sharing app?” — I was joking, because everyone and their mother seemed …
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Eliot Van Buskirk / Evolver.fm:
Surprise: You Can't Make Apps on an iPad — Click here to view the embedded video. — In some ways, some critics were wrong, when they said the iPad offers little to creative people who make things as opposed to merely consuming them, as proven by all the innovative recording …
CNET News:
Apple contacts man whose home was searched by employees — A San Francisco man whose home was searched by Apple security officials hunting for an unreleased iPhone is in discussions with the computer maker, his attorney said. — Two Apple employees claimed they traced the errant device …
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Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
The next disruptive iPhone feature? High definition audio calls — Not every new feature of the iPhone is a major shift, many are just refinements of what have come before. But some few definitely are and I think that the iPhone is poised to gain another hugely disruptive feature: high definition audio.
Matt Brian / The Next Web:
Apple's ‘Slide to Unlock’ patent worries Taiwanese government, forces investigation — Apple's recent success in patenting the ‘Slide to Unlock’ gesture used on its iOS devices has the Taiwanese government worried, causing the country's Premier (Prime Minister), Wu Den-yih …
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Steven Sinofsky / MSDN Blogs:
Using Task Manager with 64+ logical processors … We talked about the new Task Manager in a previous post, and many of you have installed the Developer Preview and seen it for yourself. There was some interest on this topic so we thought we would take a moment to quickly share with you a feature …
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Vic Gundotra / The Official Google Blog:
Google+: Popular posts, eye-catching analytics, photo fun and... We think Google+ should get better every time you use it. It's not enough to obsess over community feedback (which we do); we also need to surprise and delight you with constant improvements (which we also try and do).
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Felix Salmon:
How to justify Groupon's valuation — Henry Blodget has a smart post on how to value Groupon today. Is he right that it's vastly overpriced at a $10 billion valuation? — Blodget's main thesis is that revenue growth at Groupon is slowing — and that transitioning from a high-growth company …
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Roger Cheng / CNET News:
Microsoft holding Windows Phone ‘backstage’ event Nov. 7 — It looks like Microsoft is gearing up for another big Windows Phone event. — The company just sent out invitations for a “backstage” event held in New York on November 7. Microsoft's Windows Phone team, including Andy Lees and Joe Belfiore …
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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Looks like Congress has declared war on the internet — Many internet users in the United States have watched with horror as countries like France and Britain have proposed or instituted so-called “three strikes” laws, which cut off internet access to those accused of repeated acts of copyright infringement.
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Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:
Microsoft Patents Manipulation Of 3D Virtual Objects, Throwing Gestures — Another batch of Microsoft patent applications have trickled into public view, and these ones may be even cooler than the last bunch. They describe “flinging gestures,” interaction with 3D virtual objects …
Jay Alabaster / PC World:
Samsung to Sell Phones With Flexible Screens Next Year — Samsung Electronics said Friday that it is aiming to launch mobile phones with flexible displays next year, with tablets and other portable devices to have these displays soon after. — The company said it was aiming to follow …
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Ingrid Lunden / paidContent:
Amazon's China Story Continues: Planning For Kindle, Kindle Fire Release? — Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) appears to be ramping up its activities in China. Today a report notes that the company is in talks with the Chinese government to retail its Kindle products, including e-readers in the country.
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