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12:55 PM ET, November 2, 2011

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
AOL Beats Estimates, Posts Another Sales Ad Increase  —  Here's a first look at AOL Q3 earnings: Revenue of $532 million an earnings loss of $0.02 per share; Wall Street estimates for the company tend to be all over the map but Yahoo Finance thinks the consensus was $524 million and a loss of $0.06 per share.
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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Exclusive: AOL's Tim Armstrong Says He Doesn't Want a Yahoo Deal (Video)  —  Tim Armstrong felt good enough about his Q3 results to host two calls today: One with Wall Street, and another with the media.  And the AOL CEO also let me drop by HQ with my shakycam and film a quick interview.
Discussion: Mixed Media
Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:
New Apple Store app launches Thursday; here's how it will change Apple's retail operations  —  While information about Apple's new iOS app and retail plans have leaked out in various forms over the past few weeks, we now have the whole story thanks to a trusted source.
Matthew Izatt / Gmail Blog:
Introducing the Gmail app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch  —  Waiting.  Walking.  Watching TV.  Working out.  Winding down.  Waking up.  We check email pretty much everywhere these days.  And when we do, we want easy access to our important messages so we can respond quickly and get back to life …
Ryan Kim / GigaOM:
With Card Case, Square launches hands free payments on iPhone  —  Square is making its Card Case digital wallet app hands-free, enabling users to walk into a store and pay without ever pulling out their smartphone.  They just say their name and order.  —  With Card Case version 1.1 for iPhone …
CIO.com:
Video: The Steve Jobs '95 Interview, Unabridged  —  Computerworld — In 1995, Steve Jobs was on the cusp of middle age — 40 years old — when he sat down for an extensive and revealing one-on-one interview by the Computerworld Information Technology Awards Foundation as part of an oral history project.
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Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
New Steve Jobs Documentary to Air Tonight on PBS and UK's Channel 4
Robert Booth / Guardian:
Julian Assange loses extradition appeal  —  High court judges rule the WikiLeaks founder should face accusations of rape in Sweden  —  The WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, has lost his high court appeal against extradition to Sweden to face rape allegations.
Jay Greene / CNET News:
How Microsoft decided to bet on Windows 8 for tablets  —  Microsoft's Michael Angiulo (left) and Steven Sinofsky show off Windows 8 at the company's Build conference in September.  —  Pitting product groups against one another is almost as much a part of Microsoft's culture as complaining …
Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:
Could Google TV get its Kindle Fire moment?  —  Google started to distribute version 2.0 of its Google TV software this past weekend.  One feature of the new version hasn't gotten much press yet, even though it could be key for the future of both Google TV and the connected TV space in general …
Discussion: 9to5Google
Carolyn H. / Inside BlackBerry:
BBM Music is here for BlackBerry smartphones!  —  Inside BlackBerry® Blog readers!  We've got a new post for you from Sonia, announcing yet another great app for #TeamBlackBerry...read on for more!  - Ed.  —  The BBM™ Music app is finally here, and will be available …
Maria Pila / SiliconANGLE:
Angry Birds Flies Past 500M Downloads, Drives Gaming Innovation  —  Mobile gaming firm Rovio said on Wednesday that its hit game Angry Birds had reached a record 500 million downloads in less than two years since its launch.  —  Unlike most mobile-game crazes, Angry Birds …
Ryan Kim / GigaOM:
Microsoft goes HTML5 with new Bing for Mobile Hybrid Apps  —  Microsoft is pushing out new Bing for Mobile apps this week that are built on HTML5 and blend the best of native apps with a robust mobile web experience.  Bing for Mobile Hybrid Apps will allow user to get a consistent experience across …
Discussion: Bing and WebProNews
Carl Franzen / Talking Points Memo:
Anonymous Cancels Operation Cartel as Los Zetas Track Hacktivists  —  Members of the hacktivist collective Anonymous who threatened to post identifying information online about the civilian associates of Los Zetas, one of Mexico's most powerful and violent drug cartels, have backed down just days …
Kellex / Droid Life:
Verizon Roadmap: Galaxy Nexus Appears Headed for Release Just After Black Friday (Updated)  —  We just received word from multiple sources that Verizon is targeting the week of or just after Black Friday for the launch of the much anticipated Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
Wall Street Journal:
Big Brands Like Facebook, But They Don't Like to Pay  —  Everybody wants to be liked.  The question for Facebook Inc. is how much advertisers are willing to pay for the opportunity.  —  The centerpiece of Ford Motor Co.'s online campaign for the 2012 Focus was a free Facebook page hosted …
Ouriel / Appsfire Blog:
Dear Apple, it's about time for a Game Store  —  Open the App store right now.  —  Take a look at the top 25 free apps right now.  Look carefully.  Yes, most of them are games.  —  In the screenshot below taken a couple of days ago 15 of the top 25 apps are games. 1 category for more than half of the hits.
Gina Chon / Wall Street Journal:
Yahoo's Investor Pitch  —  Yahoo Inc. is pitching private-equity firms on an arrangement in which they could take a minority stake in the Internet company while effectively gaining control, people familiar with the matter said.  —  The “leveraged recapitalization” idea is one of several options …
Kelly Clay / LockerGnome:
You Can Now Delete Your Klout Profile  —  Last week, Klout announced a new algorithm that drastically impacted Klout scores for thousands of users.  It was also discovered that Klout collects user data from social media users on Facebook who never opted-in to Klout.
Discussion: @qthrul, Thanks:lockergnome
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
“Siri, how much data do you gobble up in a month?”  Ars investigates  —  Apple's new iPhone 4S has been in users' grubby little hands for a bit over two weeks now.  One of the main features of the 4S is the virtual “personal assistant” Siri, a technology that Apple acquired in 2010 …
Edvard Pettersson / Bloomberg:
Facebook Claimant Says Zuckerberg Deleted E-Mails After Suit  —  Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) — Paul Ceglia, the New York man claiming half of Facebook Inc. founder Mark Zuckerberg's holdings, asked a judge to sanction Zuckerberg for allegedly destroying e-mail messages related to their dispute.
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
The Type of Companies That Publish Future Concept Videos  —  Joey deVilla, defending Microsoft's “Future Visions” concept video: … DeVilla isn't the only one who accused me of Apple-biased hypocrisy regarding my stance on Microsoft's “Future Visions” vs. Apple's “Knowledge Navigator”.
Tom Loftus / Digits:
The Long Haul to Capitalizing on Web Trends  —  Web companies often upend industries.  But they can labor for years to fully make money on their revolutions.  —  Take Google Inc. When the Internet titan came onto the scene in the 1990s, the company first focused on building technologies …
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Adobe Moves Deeper Into the Ad Business  —  Adobe is the company that powers much of the digital publishing world, and it's also the company behind Flash, the Web video standard.  And it's also the company that's quietly positioning itself to become a major player in Web advertising.
Ryan Kim / GigaOM:
PayPal softens its stance on NFC as it pitches retailers  —  PayPal has been pretty down on near field communication (NFC) for payments, saying that while it's a promising technology, it was avoiding NFC because it needs at least three to five years to get traction and requires a big investment in hardware by merchants.
Discussion: mocoNews and Gizmodo
Aaron Swartz:
Revolutions on the Internet  —  I hate to wade into such a sterile debate as whether social media helps revolutions, but I made a point about it recently at a conference and people seemed to like it, so I thought I'd put it up here for posterity.  —  Jon Elster has a four-phase theory of revolutions:
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog:
Comcast slows bleeding on video customer losses, misses Q3 targets  —  Summary: Comcast continues to lose video subscribers, but lost 165,000 net customers.  That tally was better than Wall Street expected.  —  Comcast lost fewer video customers than Wall Street expected, but fell short of earnings targets for the third quarter.
 
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Business Week:
Asana: Dustin and Justin's Quest for Flow
Discussion: TechCrunch and Mashable!, Thanks:saravschulte
Ed Bott / The Ed Bott Report Blog:
Leading PC makers confirm: no Windows 8 plot to lock out Linux
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Cloudability Debuts To Help Manage And Monitor All Of Your Cloud Costs In One Place
Joseph Volpe / Engadget:
GameStop's Android gaming tablets get official at 200 stores in soft launch
Discussion: Technologizer and GottaBeMobile
Amar Toor / Engadget:
ST-Ericsson's NovaThor to power Nokia's Windows Phone devices, loosens Qualcomm's grip
Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
Kill Switch  —  The so-called PROTECT IP act, sequel …
David Goldman / CNNMoney.com:
Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile on privacy policies
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Steve Blank:
Steel In Their Eyes - Why VC's Should Be Startup CEO's
Discussion: A VC and Venture Capital Dispatch
Alex Williams / ServicesANGLE:
Is Flipboard Building an HTML5 App?
Discussion: Robert Scoble, Thanks:klintron
Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
Researchers Flood Facebook With Bots, Collect 250GB Of User Data
Sean Ludwig / VentureBeat:
MOG's Facebook users grow by 246% after its social integration
Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
New Android Market leaks, adds auto-download options
 

 
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