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October 6, 2012, 4:16 AM

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EXCLUSIVE: More details on LG's forthcoming Nexus — More details are starting to appear about the forthcoming LG Nexus device! Some of which are, well, rather shocking. — Although it's still not known whether it will be the ONLY Nexus to get a release, various sources are starting to fill us in on the specs.

Roger Cheng / CNET:

Google, LG to unveil Nexus phone at the end of the month — CNET has confirmed that the phone will be a modified version of the Optimus G. Other handset manufacturers could also release their own Nexus phones as well. — LG will finally get its own Nexus smartphone based on its recently unveiled flagship Optimus G, CNET has learned.

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Apple improving 3D Flyover visuals in iOS 6 Maps — This week Apple began quietly enhancing the 3D Flyover feature of its new iOS 6 Maps application, giving users updated images with more accurate recreations. — In one example highlighted to AppleInsider by reader Sal …

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Todd Bishop / GeekWire:

Amazon buying Seattle HQ from Paul Allen for $1.16B — Amazon's HQ in the South Lake Union neighborhood. — This just in: Amazon.com is purchasing its existing Seattle headquarters campus in South Lake Union from Paul Allen's Vulcan Inc. for more than $1.1 billion, according to a regulatory filing just made public.

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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:

Words With Friends co-creators leave Zynga — Well, this isn't going to help Zynga's stock price. — Paul and David Bettner, the creators of Zynga's enormously successful Words With Friends game and its subsequent Zynga With Friends titles, are leaving Zynga.

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Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily:

ZYNGA Falls 11%, But Analysts Cheer Facebook's Ad Focus

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Evelyn Rusli / Wall Street Journal:

Facebook to Halve Its Credit Line — There's at least one benefit to a slumping stock price: Lower taxes. — Facebook Inc. is planning to reduce a $3 billion line of credit that it received from its bankers prior to its May initial public offering to $1.5 billion, according to people with knowledge of the discussions.

More: Insider Monkey and The Next Web

Joanna Stern / ABCNEWS:

MySpace CEO Interview: ‘There is No Point To Compete with Facebook and Twitter’ — Justin Timberlake unveiled the new MySpace last week with a tweet containing a link to a video preview of the new site. In addition to a very catchy song, the video revealed a beautiful website with a clean, Pinterest-esque design.

More: CNET, The Verge and The Next Web

Rip Empson / TechCrunch:

The 14 Most Interesting Startups To Emerge From DEMO — DEMO Fall 2012 wrapped up in Santa Clara today, where 77 startups took the stage to show off their apps, services and products. The young companies were given six minutes to pitch their ideas and impress the audience …

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Matt McGee / Search Engine Land:

Bing Now Handpicks News Writers For Its Social Sidebar — Bing is dipping its toes into a form of what Google calls “authorship” with today's announcement that news writers are now being featured in Bing's Social Sidebar. — U.S.-based searchers can now see journalists appearing in the “People Who Know” section of the Bing sidebar.

More: LiveSide.net, Bing and VentureBeat

Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg:

Facebook Seeks Dismissal of $15 Billion Privacy Suit — Facebook Inc. (FB) said a $15 billion lawsuit accusing the company of secretly tracking the Internet activity of its users after they log off should be dismissed because the subscribers didn't specify how they were harmed.

More: The Next Web and CNET

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:

Twitter's Elizabeth Weil Joins Andreessen As Partner, Will Set Her Sights On Social — Andreessen Horowitz continues building its arsenal. Days after the announcement that the firm had invested $15 million in innovative hip hop annotations startup Rap Genius, we learn that it's hired Elizabeth Weil away from Twitter.

More: Business Insider, VentureBeat, AllThingsD, The Next Web, PandoDaily and AllThingsD. Tweets: @elizabeth. Thanks:@alexia

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Apple officially extends free iCloud storage bump for MobileMe members to September 30, 2013 — Apple has officially extended the iCloud storage bump for former MobileMe users to September of 2013, according to a support article shared by Applespotlight. Apple had previously increased …

More: Apple, iClarified, iPhone in Canada Blog, TUAW, 9to5Mac and MacRumors

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