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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
With Surface looming, Microsoft fails to explain Windows 8 vs. Windows RT to consumers — If Microsoft Store reps don't know the difference, how will Surface buyers? — With only nine days remaining before an October 26th launch, Microsoft's Windows 8 marketing campaign is approaching full force.
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GigaOM, TechCrunch, Neowin, I4U News and Gotta Be Mobile
| Brooke Crothers / CNET: |
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| Steven Levy / Wired: |
Google Throws Open Doors to Its Top-Secret Data Center — If you're looking for the beating heart of the digital age — a physical location where the scope, grandeur, and geekiness of the kingdom of bits become manifest—you could do a lot worse than Lenoir, North Carolina.
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BGR, Computerworld, The Official Google Blog, The Verge, Android and Me, The Next Web, Associated Press, ZDNet, Gizmodo, TechSpot, Engadget, ExtremeTech, Gizmodo, SlashGear, PetaPixel, Mashable!, Android Community, GigaOM, BetaNews, Laughing Squid, Rough Type, Betabeat, Data Center Knowledge, memeburn, Softpedia News and 9to5Google
| Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
Pirate Bay Moves to The Cloud, Becomes Raid-Proof — The Pirate Bay is loved by millions of file-sharers but is also a thorn in the side of the entertainment industries. — The latter group continues to push authorities to take action against the site. The Pirate Bay was raided back in 2006 … | Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch: |
Color: We Are Not Shutting Down — Color, the photo-sharing website which became well-known for securing $40 million in venture capital but has since had a bumpy road with lagging user numbers and turmoil at the executive levels, is not winding down operations, contrary to an anonymously-sourced report …
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CNET, Business Insider, Venture Capital Dispatch, GigaOM, Mashable!, digitaltrends.com, PetaPixel, The Verge, Android Police, SlashGear and Macgasm
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| Jack Dorsey: |
Let's reconsider our “users” … During a Square Board meeting, our newest Director Howard Schultz, pulled me aside and asked a simple question. — “Why do you all call your customers ‘users’?” — “I don't know. We've always called them that.” — It wasn't something I've thought about for some time.
| Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD: |
How Obama or Romney Should Have Answered the iPad Question — Toward the end of last night's presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney, the moderator, CNN's Candy Crowley, asked a perfectly legitimate question, one that Obama himself is once reported to have asked …
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Computerworld and TechCrunch
| Joseph Menn / Reuters: |
Exclusive: White House review finds no evidence of spying by Huawei - sources — (Reuters) - A White House-ordered review of security risks posed by suppliers to U.S. telecommunications companies found no clear evidence that Huawei Technologies Ltd had spied for China, two people familiar with the probe told Reuters.
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| John Letzing / Digits: |
Google Stays Ahead of Silicon Valley Pack on Engineer Salaries — Google Inc. is staying well armed in at least one aspect of the ongoing battle for Silicon Valley talent. — The Mountain View, Calif., Internet company has faced a wave of competition in hiring in recent years thanks …
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| David Talbot / Technology Review: |
Computer Viruses Are “Rampant” on Medical Devices in Hospitals — A meeting of government officials reveals that medical equipment is becoming riddled with malware. — Computerized hospital equipment is increasingly vulnerable to malware infections, according to participants in a recent government panel.
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Computerworld, SiliconANGLE, Forbes, Ars Technica and Betabeat
| Josh Lowensohn / CNET: |
Apple snaps up celebrity-backed Web app firm Particle — Apple has bought a San Francisco-based HTML5 Web and Web app design firm backed by Justin Timberlake. — Call it an “acqui-hire.” — Apple has snapped up Particle, a San Francisco-based creative consulting company that specializes … | Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM: |
BuzzFeed lawsuit over celeb snaps raises copyright questions — A photo agency is demanding $1.3 million from BuzzFeed after the viral news site published photos of singer Katy Perry and actress Kathy Griffin. The case comes at a time when online media is increasingly image-based …
Tweets: @jeffjohnroberts, @shontelaylay and @jhazard
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Source: Apple Accessory Partner Seminar Coming November 7-8, Will Cover Lightning Guidelines — We're now hearing from a source close to Apple's accessory manufacturing partner that the company plans to hold a conference in Shenzen, China for its Made for iPod/iPhone/iPad (MFI) …
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9to5Mac, MacRumors, Gotta Be Mobile, iDownloadBlog.com, App Advice and Macgasm. Thanks:@chrisvelazco
| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
Thanks To Marketplace And PayPal Growth, eBay's Q3 Revenue Up 15 Percent To $3.4B, Net Income Up 22 Percent — eBay just released Q3 earnings this afternoon, reporting earnings per share of $0.55 on revenue of $3.4 billion. Analysts expected EPS of $0.54 and revenue of $3.4 billion for Q3 2012.| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
HTC J Butterfly preview: a stunning 5-inch 1080p phone for Japan (video) — 440ppi Super LCD 3 sets the new standard in smartphone displays — The rumors were true: HTC has been working on a new flagship phone with a 5-inch 1080p display, and we got to see it in Tokyo today.| Ari Levy / Bloomberg: |
Violin Memory Said to File IPO With $2 Billion Valuation — Violin Memory Inc., a maker of flash memory for data centers, filed to go public last month under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, said two people familiar with the matter. — The deal is being led by JPMorgan Chase & Co. …
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| Marcus Wohlsen / Wired: |
Data: MasterCard Is Selling Your Data Just in Time for the Holidays — Image: Håkan Dahlström via photopin cc — Credit card companies make money by taking a cut every time you swipe your plastic at the checkout counter. Now MasterCard has found a way to make those swipes pay over and over again.
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| Élyse Betters / 9to5Mac: |
Foxconn official says iPhone 5 supply shortages caused by complicated design, productivity improving — The Wall Street Journal spoke with an unnamed Hon Hai executive today about why the iPhone 5 is experiencing supply shortages, and the Taiwanese manufacturer, also known as Foxconn …
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Digits, Ubergizmo, Know Your Cell, The Next Web, CNET, VentureBeat, MacNN, Gizmodo UK, Macgasm, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, Redmond Pie, iPhone, Softpedia News and TechCrunch
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Klout Updates iPhone App With Passbook Integration, Wants You To “Show Off” With Klout Card — Online social influence is something that can really rub people the wrong way. Klout obviously believes in it wholeheartedly; others, not so much. Now, in a move that's sure to generate … | Aaron Souppouris / The Verge: |
A $99 Nexus tablet could spawn a new race to the bottom, but is it possible yet? — Yes, but not without compromises — Earlier today, perpetual rumor-mill DigiTimes reported that Google was readying a $99 Nexus tablet for release by the end of the year.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Wants To Dominate Paid Discovery By Now Letting Any Developer Buy Mobile App Install Ads — App developers pay huge sums for ads that gets them installs, and Facebook wants to gobble up that spend. So today Facebook begins allowing all developers to buy its recently announced app install ads … | Jennifer Martinez / Hillicon Valley: |
Internet providers set to crack down on illegal file-sharing — AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and other major Internet service providers are set to implement a copyright alert system aimed at cutting down on illegal peer-to-peer file sharing of copyrighted material “over the next several weeks,” …
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GamePolitics blogs and The Atlantic Online
| Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
Samsung confirms US Galaxy S III handsets will get Android 4.1 ‘in the coming months’ — Galaxy S III owners, your wait for Jelly Bean might be nearing and end. Samsung just confirmed that all US variants of its flagship Android phone will receive an update to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean …
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Android Community, CNET, Engadget, SlashGear, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, BGR, IntoMobile, Gotta Be Mobile, AllThingsD, LAPTOP Magazine and Mashable!
| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Rumors and Speculation of November 2 ‘iPad Mini’ Launch Building — Earlier today, Geeky Gadgets reported that it has received word from a retailer in the United Kingdom indicating that the “iPad mini” will be launching on November 2 in at least the United States and UK …
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Geeky-Gadgets, Examiner, CITEworld, iPhone Alley, Life On My Mobile, Gotta Be Mobile, everythingiCafe, Macgasm, Business Insider, PadGadget, App Advice, onliner.by, SlashGear and iDownloadBlog.com. Tweets: @9to5mac
| Marguerite Reardon / CNET: |
4G spectrum spat settled: Sirius and AT&T can coexist after all — The Federal Communications Commission gives its blessing to a plan that paves the way for AT&T to use the WCS spectrum band to add capacity to its 4G LTE network. — The Federal Communications Commission has paved … | Jack Purcher / Patently Apple: |
Apple Wins Patents for Camera & NFC Alternative Technologies — The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of thirty-two newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. In our final granted patent report of the day we focus on Apple's new NFC Alternative technology …
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CNET, SlashGear and iDownloadBlog.com
| Erin Bury / BetaKit: |
Shopkick Redesigns Rewards App to Bridge At-Home Browsing With In-Store Buys — Today Palo Alto, CA-based shopkick, a mobile rewards and loyalty app for brick-and-mortar retailers, announced a redesign of its app to focus on tying at-home browsing to in-store purchases.
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SplatF, Mashable!, PR Newswire, TechCrunch and MediaPost
| Patrick Gray / The Register: |
Pacemakers, defibrillators open to attack — Crims could send 830 volts straight to your hear — Pacemakers and implanted defibrillators are vulnerable to wireless attacks that could kill tens of thousands, says the security researcher best known for “jackpotting” an ATM on stage …
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