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November 1, 2012, 3:05 PM

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BBC:

Apple ordered to re-write ‘inaccurate’ Samsung statement — Apple said it believed the message had been in compliance with the court order — Apple has 48 hours to re-write a statement on its website relating to its design rights dispute with Samsung, UK judges have ruled.

More: DSLreports, Washington Post, Daring Fireball, Forbes and Fortune

Jeremy Hodges / Bloomberg:

Apple Leaves U.K. Judge at ‘Loss’ Over Samsung Web Posts — Apple Inc. (AAPL) was criticized by U.K. judges in a patent lawsuit with Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) for posting a notice on its website that was “untrue” and “incorrect.” — The U.K. Court of Appeal in London ordered Apple …

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

iPad Mini Teardown Reveals Samsung Display Driver, A5 Chip, Stereo Speakers — iFixit is currently working on a teardown of the iPad mini, revealing the internal components of the device for the first time. — One interesting development is the discovery of a Samsung display driver chip.

iFixit:

iPad Mini Teardown — Trick-or-Treat! While making our yearly October 31st rounds, we came across something interesting: a brand new iPad Mini! All hopped up on sugar, we eagerly tore into Apple's first small tablet. Smaller than an iPad, larger than an iPod, and able to leap tall buildings …

John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:

Behind Silicon Valley's Un-Retirement: Why Bob Mansfield Is Back at Apple — Bob Mansfield, Apple's former senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, is now back at the company after what may be one of Silicon Valley's briefest retirements. — The longtime company exec returned fully …

More: The Verge, Ars Technica, Business Insider, 9to5Mac, Mashable!, iPhone in Canada Blog, Reuters, Gizmodo UK, MacRumors, TUAW, Techie Buzz, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, App Advice, iClarified and MacNN

New York Times:

Apple Shake-Up Could End Real-World Images — Whether they realize it or not, all of those who swipe a finger down from the top of the iPhone's screen to check for notifications are bearing witness to a big sore point within Apple. — There, behind a list of text messages …

More: Tech Trader Daily, PhoneArena, FierceMobileContent News and Wall Street Journal

Tweets: @proximitylab, @mujalifah, @palafo and @nickbilton

Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:

Uber Reinstates Surge Pricing In NYC: Drivers Will Take Home The Entire Fare, No Fee To Uber — Uber has just sent out an update via email regarding the pricing options in New York after Hurricane Sandy. Surge Pricing is back. — Yesterday, the company implemented Surge Pricing …

More: Forbes, CNET, AllThingsD, VentureBeat, SocialTimes, Mashable!, Business Insider, Forbes, Betabeat and Guardian

David Carr / Media Decoder:

How Hurricane Sandy Slapped the Sarcasm Out of Twitter

More: ProgrammableWeb, HootSuite Social Media …, Guardian, Poynter and New York Times

Tweets: @amyburvall, @feedia and @relentlesslyuu

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Anton Troianovski / Wall Street Journal:

A Look inside Verizon's Flooded Communications Hub

Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac:

iTunes now accepting donations for the American Red Cross Sandy relief efforts

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Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Apple releases iOS 6.0.1, bringing fix for iPhone 5 OTA updates, keyboard glitches, WiFi performance and more — Apple has released the iOS 6.0.1 update for its portable devices. The update is rolling out now on Apple's servers and over the air. — You should be able to get the update …

More: 9to5Mac, Ars Technica, BGR, VentureBeat, The Verge, MacRumors, Business Insider, Mashable! and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @markgurman

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Amazon Launches Cloud Drive Photos For Android, A Photo-Sharing App For Android Phones & Tablets — Amazon announced this morning the launch of a new photo-management application for Android phones, which takes advantage of its consumer-facing service known as Cloud Drive, a competitor to Google Drive and Dropbox.

More: BetaNews, SlashGear, Amazon.com, PetaPixel and The Verge

Paul Sawers / The Next Web:

Amazon Game Studios launches Air Patriots, its first ever mobile game, for Kindle Fire, iOS and Android

More: Inside Social Games, AllThingsD, 9to5Mac, CNET, Engadget, Amazon.com, The Verge, PadGadget, VentureBeat and WebProNews

Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:

Boxee TV now available for $99, includes three months of free ‘No Limits’ cloud-based DVR — Boxee already revealed many of the details behind its all-new Boxee TV, but we were still waiting for an official launch. That wait is now over — through the holiday season, the new cloud DVR …

More: DailyFinance.com, Boxee, VentureBeat, Business Insider, Engadget and SlashGear

Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

Testing Boxee TV: First impressions, screenshots and unboxing video

Ken Yeung / The Next Web:

Path finally launches its long-awaited iPad app, brings tablet-friendly features to its 3 million users — Finally, Path, the personal social network, has come to the iPad. A day before the release of Apple's new iPad mini tablet, the company is releasing its long-awaited and highly-demanded app for the tablet.

More: CNET, GigaOM, VentureBeat, AllThingsD, TechCrunch, The Verge and WebProNews

Matt Brian / The Next Web:

AT&T launches its photo and video backup app Locker on iOS — US operator AT&T believes it can muscle in on the emergent photo and video sharing space, today launching its new Locker iOS app, allows users to quickly and securely host and share their images on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and email.

More: Engadget, MacRumors, PR Newswire, CNET, 9to5Mac, The Verge, WebProNews, SlashGear and Softpedia News

Josh Ong / The Next Web:

Kim Dotcom announces Me.ga, the new domain for the upcoming Megaupload reboot — Kim Dotcom has unveiled the new Me.ga domain for his upcoming download service, which will launch next January on the anniversary of the controversial police raid on his mansion. … Currently, Me.ga redirects to Kim.com/mega/.

David Talbot / MIT Technology Review:

Efficiency Breakthrough Promises Smartphones that Use Half the Power — A startup says it's cracked a decades-old efficiency problem dogging wireless communications. — Why It Matters — Thanks to inefficient power amplifiers, smartphones have short battery lives and cellular base stations waste much of the energy they consume.

More: CNET, PhoneArena, TechEye and Gizmodo UK

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

At 9 Million Users Strong, Fab Raises More Money And Is Just Getting Warmed Up — In February 2011, Jason Goldberg and Bradford Shane Shellhammer were faced with one of the most painful experiences an entrepreneur must deal with: to decide whether to shut down their business, Fabulis …

More: CNET, VentureBeat, GigaOM and betashop

Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:

Facebook Gifts Get Charitable: You Can Now Give The Gift Of Donations To Your Friends — Facebook Gifts launched with the ability for you to buy something meaningful for a friend or family member on the social network. I've tinkered with it a bit and have bought a few gifts, including a bonsai tree and Starbucks gift cards.

Thanks:@pickavet

Matt Hickey / The Daily:

Facebook seeks to offer alternative to Craigslist, utilizing user networks — Facebook seeks to offer alternative to Craigslist, utilizing user networks — Facebook is testing a new service that might make Craigslist a thing of the past. — Two sources within Facebook …

More: VatorNews, VentureBeat, WebProNews, CNET, Gizmodo UK, Techie Buzz, Gizmodo.com Updates, Soshable and Forbes. Thanks:@daily

Jung-Ah Lee / Digits:

Samsung Says Tablets to be New Growth Engine — After a slow start in ramping up its tablet business Samsung Electronics Co. , the biggest smartphone maker by shipments, has signaled it will aggressively push out new models to expand in the market. — Samsung is targeting to …

More: Wall Street Journal

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