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October 20, 2012, 12:25 PM

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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

New full-sized iPad with improved internals, Lightning connector to be announced next week at current prices — . — Apple will announce a refreshed version of its full-sized, 9.7-inch Retina display iPad at its media event October 23rd, according to our sources.

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Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Mention of iBooks 3.0 discovered in recent iTunes listing, supporting books focus for iPad mini event — Just last week we brought you the news that Apple's October 23rd iPad mini event would be focused on iBooks, which makes sense as it will likely be a great device for reading.

More: The Verge, 9to5Mac and Forbes

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Initial Surface US pre-orders sold out, some UK orders delayed to November 2nd — Microsoft's initial stock of Surface RT devices has sold out in the United States. The 32GB base model, at $499, sold out earlier in the week, but all stock has now been depleted with a wait …

More: Engadget, Mashable!, T3 News and wpcentral

Matt Richtel / New York Times:

In Silicon Valley, Perks Now Begin at Home — SAN FRANCISCO — Phil Libin, chief executive of Evernote, turned to his wife last year and asked if she had suggestions for how the software company might improve the lives of its employees and their families. His wife, who also works at Evernote, didn't miss a beat: housecleaning.

More: Business Insider

Will Oremus / Slate:

In Victory for Common Sense, Minnesota Will Allow Free Online Courses After All — In a win for common sense, Minnesota has decided to allow universities to offer free online courses to its residents after all. — Courtesy of Coursera — For one day, Minnesota's Office of Higher Education felt …

More: PandoDaily, Ars Technica and GigaOM. See also Mediagazer

Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal:

Google Weighs Mobile-Patent Antitrust Settlement — Google Inc. is weighing whether to settle a potential claim by U.S. authorities that it violated antitrust law in the way it handles mobile-device patents, according to a person familiar with the matter. — At issue, according …

More: Business Insider, AppleInsider, CNET, SlashGear, PhoneArena, Reuters and Corporate Intelligence

Bryan Bishop / The Verge:

Apple rebuts juror misconduct claims, says Samsung dropped the ball — Earlier this month Samsung accused the jury foreman in the Apple v. Samsung trial of misconduct, arguing that Apple's $1.049 billion win should be thrown out in favor of a new trial. Now Apple has filed its response with the court …

More: CNET

Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch:

Waze Is The Only App To Gain Meaningful Marketshare After Apple Maps Fail, Onavo Finds — The poor reception for Apple's new maps app temporarily boosted usage for other map applications. But it didn't actually increase longer-term marketshare for any of them — except for one.

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

New Photos of 13-Inch Retina MacBook Pro Show Battery Layout, Ports, and More — Earlier this week, we pointed to a forum thread [Google translation] at Chinese site WeiPhone.com sharing a pair of photos of what was said to be the display assembly from Apple's upcoming 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro.

More: Apple Bitch, CNET, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac and AppleInsider. Tweets: @panzer

John Walker / Rock, Paper, Shotgun:

Money Troubles: What Happens When Kickstarters Fail? — Since Kickstarting games became a thing, everyone has soothsayed the possibility of how it could go wrong. There are two significant ways, really. A high profile game comes out, and is a big pile of doo-doo. Or a high profile game never comes out at all.

More: BBC, Ars Technica, Kotaku, VG247, PC Gamer, The Verge and Forbes

Amol Sharma / Wall Street Journal:

India, A New Facebook Testing Ground — BANGALORE—India is becoming a critical testing ground for Facebook as it strives to cash in on growth in emerging markets and better target mobile-phone users—two increasingly pressing goals for the social-networking firm.

More: India Real Time

Sean Ludwig / VentureBeat:

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff: Windows 8 is ‘the end of Windows’ — NEW YORK CITY — Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, always game for a little tech trash talk, said that Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system would be “the end of Windows” and that “Windows is irrelevant.”

More: WinBeta, Computerworld, Softpedia News, Neowin, The Register, Business Insider and Associated Press. Thanks:@seanludwig

Mat Honan / Wired:

Why Windows Just Can't Win

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