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Microsoft Dives Deep to Surface a Hit — Nobody asked me about my Surface. I tried flashing it all over the place. But despite my best efforts, no one seemed curious. — At Victrola Coffee Roasters in Seattle, I sat in the front window, with a hot pink Touch Cover attached, intentionally conspicuous.| Walter S. Mossberg / AllThingsD: |
Hardworking Tablet With PC Chops — I am writing this paragraph on a tablet in a coffee shop. That's no big deal. As I look around, I see several people working on Apple iPads. But the tablet I'm using is very different—historic, actually. It's the first personal computer made by Microsoft … | Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech: |
Microsoft Surface Review — A Different Perspective — A week ago, I sat in an auditorium and listened to Steve Sinofsky talk about the tablet market. He talked about how the iPad was a great device, and a logical extension of the iPhone. Give iOS a bigger screen and all of the sudden …
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Mashable!, ZDNet, LAPTOP Mag, Engadget and ABCNEWS
| Sam Biddle / Gizmodo: |
Microsoft Surface RT Review: This Is Technological Heartbreak — Surface was the single biggest genuine tech surprise of the year so far. Microsoft tantalized us with a tablet that made the iPad look stale. Its snap-on keyboard made all laptops look immediately old fashioned.
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SlashGear, PC Magazine, New York Times, Bloomberg, USA Today, The Next Web, Business Insider, nbcnews.com and BuzzFeed
Tweets: @parislemon and @reckless
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Apple Introduces iPad mini — Apple® today introduced iPad® mini, a completely new iPad design that is 23 percent thinner and 53 percent lighter than the third generation iPad. The new iPad mini features a stunning 7.9-inch Multi-Touch™ display, FaceTime® HD and iSight® cameras …
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| Farhad Manjoo / Slate: |
iPad mini: Why Tim Cook's Apple is a better company than the one Steve Jobs left behind — The new iPad mini reveals that Tim Cook's Apple is a better company than the one Steve Jobs left behind. — Every fall, Apple holds a big event to show off its holiday lineup of gadgets.
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| Joshua Topolsky / The Verge: |
Apple iPad mini hands-on — Here it is, Apple's new iPad mini. As you can see, it's certainly smaller than the regular iPad, although at 7.9 inches it's not as small as you'd expect — compared to the Nexus 7, it's noticeably larger. That said, it's still an incredibly thin and light design.| Facebook: |
Facebook Reports Third Quarter 2012 Results — Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) today reported financial results for the third quarter, which ended September 30, 2012. — “As proud as I am that a billion people use Facebook each month, I'm also really happy that over 600 million people now share …
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| Matt Brian / The Next Web: |
European Commission sends formal complaint to Microsoft over browser choice commitments — Announcing that it would investigate Microsoft over whether it has offered Windows users a choice over their web browser, the European Commission has sent a formal complaint the Redmond-based company, sending it a formal state of objections.
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| Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
Zynga's Boston, Austin Layoffs Today: “Almost Everyone Was In The Dark” — We have more on the backstory behind Zynga's layoffs today. None of the rank and file employees knew until this morning, although senior management had planned cuts ahead of time (just as Zynga indicated this month …
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BBC, Guardian, BGR, NYT Bits, Betabeat, Business Insider, GigaOM, Inside Facebook, SocialTimes and Inside Social Games
| Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
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Zynga Company Blog, CNET, Dr. Serkan Toto, Edge Online, ITworld.com, ZDNet, Kotaku and AllThingsD
Tweets: @ryan and @emilychangtv
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Zynga Just Shut Down Boston Office, Laid Off 100+ Employees From The Ville And Bingo Teams In Austin
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SuperData Research, The Verge, Corporate Intelligence, Gamasutra, VG247, Tech in Asia, Daily Dot, Geek.com, ReadWrite, AllFacebook, Business Insider, IGN, The Seattle Times, Joystiq, 9to5Mac, SeekingAlpha.com, Xconomy, Macgasm, Mashable!, VentureBeat, GamesIndustry International, Engadget, Betabeat, BuzzFeed, SlashGear, Forbes, Kotaku, digitaltrends.com and WebProNews
Tweets: @gamasutra and @codinghorror
| Jason Cohen / A Smart Bear: |
The rise of the “successful” unsustainable company — It's appalling what passes for “successful entrepreneurship” in the press or the Valley, but it's not their fault. — Witness, for example, this terrific Fast Company article on Bill Nguyen, serial entrepreneur who's seventh startup … | Daniel Cooper / Engadget: |
AT&T sells 4.7 million iPhones and 1.4 million smartphones to make a $3.6 billion profit in Q3 2012 (video) — AT&T's third quarter figures have shown that the network certainly has a handle on this “selling smartphones” malarkey. In the last three months, it's managed to ship 6.1 smartphones … | Dave Hamilton / The Mac Observer: |
Digging Into Apple's Fusion Drive Details — One of the more interesting things released today at Apple's event was the new “Fusion Drive” in the new iMac (and yes, it's only for the new 27-inch iMac and new Mac mini models so far). Fusion Drive is Apple's take on solving the …
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Ars Technica, AnandTech and MacRumors
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Dutch court says Samsung does not infringe Apple patent — (Reuters) - A Dutch court ruled on Wednesday that Samsung Electronics does not infringe an Apple patent by using certain multi-touch techniques on some Galaxy smartphones and tablet computers. — “With these products Samsung does … | New York Times: |
Hackers Get Credit Data at Barnes & Noble — By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and NICOLE PERLROTH — WASHINGTON — Hackers have stolen credit card information for customers who shopped as recently as last month at 63 Barnes & Noble stores, including locations in New York City, San Diego …
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Help Net Security, Inquirer, SlashGear, Electronista, CNNMoney.com and Reuters
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Yelp Pays $50M To Acquire Its Big European Rival, Qype, To Beef Up Its Recommendations And Listings Business — This just in: online recommendations and listings site Yelp is stepping up its international push and buying its biggest rival in Europe, Qype. It will pay €18.6 million …
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paidContent, Yelp Official Blog, AllThingsD, The Next Web, Techie Buzz and yelp-ir.com
| Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
Netflix Says Amazon Is Gaining and HBO Is Coming — Another earnings report, another wild swing in share price for Netflix: The stock is down double digits this afternoon, even though the company's earnings of 11 cents a share handily beat the Street's 4 cents consensus.| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
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Mobile Telco Dials In and Harnesses Big Data with Hadoop — Smartphones have transformed our daily lives. A key indicator of this trend is our increased spend on data plans versus voice.
Mobile Telco Dials In and Harnesses Big Data with Hadoop — Smartphones have transformed our daily lives. A key indicator of this trend is our increased spend on data plans versus voice.
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