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November 5, 2012, 2:40 PM

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Apple Sells Three Million iPads in Three Days — Wi-Fi Only Models of New iPad mini & Fourth Generation iPad Double Previous First Weekend Sales — Apple® today announced it has sold three million iPads in just three days since the launch of its new iPad® mini and fourth generation iPad …

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Apple Says It's “Practically Sold Out” of iPad Minis, but Doesn't Provide Number (Updated) — So how many iPad minis did Apple sell over the weekend? We still don't know. — Apple says it sold three million iPads since Friday, when its new iPad mini and iPad 4 went on sale.

More: Examiner

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft to retire Windows Live Messenger in favor of Skype — Microsoft is working towards retiring its Windows Live Messenger client in favor of Skype. The Verge has learned through several sources that Microsoft's Windows Live Messenger service will be retired in the coming months and integrated into Skype.

More: VentureBeat, LiveSide.net, Inquirer, GeekWire, The Next Web, Gizmodo, WinBeta, Mashable!, Redmond Pie, SlashGear and WebProNews

Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

As Instagram Debuts Web Profiles, It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Facebook — Welcome to the new era of Instagram. Brought to you by Facebook. — Instagram launched Web profiles on Monday morning, the first true attempt from the photo-sharing service to provide users with a more complete version …

More: Gizmodo, The Next Web, GigaOM, TechCrunch, The Verge, VentureBeat, MacStories and Instagram Blog

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

800K #Sandy-grams Showed Systrom Instagram Is “Going To Need To Be A Big Data Company” — 800,000 Instagrams were tagged [Hurricane] #Sandy, and Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom thinks that makes it the most digitally captured event in history. But “how do we mine all these photos …

More: CNET, The Verge, The Next Web, Gizmodo, GigaOM, Forbes and Thomas Hawk Digital Connection

Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:

Microsoft's new tune: Only 16GB open on a 32GB Surface, not “more than 20GB,” as promised — When the Surface's pricing and storage options were announced, it received praise coming with, at minimum, 32 gigabytes of internal storage. That's twice what the low-cost, full-size, and current-model iPad sports, it was noted.

More: 9to5Mac, The Register, Gizmodo, Engadget, The Verge, WinBeta, Gotta Be Mobile, Neowin, Softpedia News and blog.chron.com

Marco Arment / Marco.org:

Gigabytes — From a Virtual Pants post refuting my experiences with the Surface:

More: Ignore the Code

Casey Newton / CNET:

Yes, Apple will approve Google Maps for iOS — What a much-discussed story in the Guardian misunderstands about developers — and about Apple. — The tech blogosphere went into a mild panic today over a report in the Guardian saying that a native Google Maps app for iOS would “struggle for Apple approval.”

Michael Grothaus / Guardian:

Google sources think maps app might struggle for Apple approval

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Netflix Announces Stockholder Rights Plan To Prevent Hostile Takeover — Well, that didn't take long. Following activist shareholder Carl Icahn's purchase of nearly 10% of Netflix stock, the company has revealed a plan which will prevent a hostile takeover of its company.

More: The Verge, VentureBeat, PR Newswire, Forbes, The Next Web, DealBook, Wall Street Journal, CNET and SocialTimes

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

As Netflix Pops Its Poison Pill, Wall Street Struggles to Find Icahn a Buyer

More: GeekWire. See also Mediagazer

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

CBS Finally Does A Deal With Hulu, But Only For Older Shows That Are Off The Air — After years of speculation, Hulu has finally done a deal with CBS, bringing shows from the one broadcast holdout into its content library. Beginning in January, CBS content will become available through Hulu Plus.

More: CNET, VentureBeat, Hollywood Reporter, The Next Web, CBS Corporation, AllThingsD, Hulu Blog, GigaOM, Engadget, Gizmodo, Forbes, Mashable!, Variety and Broadcasting & Cable. See also Mediagazer

Bloomberg:

Coke Hacked And Doesn't Tell — FBI officials quietly approached executives at Coca-Cola Co. (KO) on March 15, 2009, with some startling news. — Hackers had broken into the company's computer systems and were pilfering sensitive files about its attempted $2.4 billion acquisition …

More: Betabeat, Inquirer, MOTHERBOARD, Network World and BBC

Tova Cohen / Reuters:

Windows Phone sales to “ramp quickly”: Microsoft CEO — (Reuters) - Microsoft expects its newly launched Windows Phone to become a strong challenger in the smartphone market, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Monday. — Google's Android and Apple's iPhone devices dominate the smartphone market.

More: Forbes, The Register, Inquirer, Gotta Be Mobile, Neowin, CNET, ZDNet, VentureBeat, Computerworld, FierceWireless, DailyTech, Mashable!, HotHardware.com News and Engadget

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Apple drops to 50.4% tablet market share in Q3, as Samsung grabs 18.4% and Amazon takes 9.0% — Apple's iPad managed to grab 50.4 percent market share in the third quarter of 2012, which saw a total of 27.8 million total units shipped worldwide. Rounding out the top three tablet manufacturers …

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Verizon to Shutter Its App Store in January — Verizon Wireless said on Monday that it plans to shut down its own branded app store as of January. — Verizon set up the marketplace as Vcast Apps in March 2010, aiming to serve as an alternative spot for customers to get BlackBerry and Android apps.

More: Verizon Developer Community

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

Belkin Announces First Official Third-Party Lightning Accessories — While a number of vendors have been launching unofficial Lightning accessories while Apple works to bring official partners up to speed on the new standard, Belkin today became the first official vendor to introduce accessories using the Lightning connector.

More: AllThingsD, The Verge, CNET, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Redmond Pie, App Advice, iPhone in Canada Blog, Macgasm, The Next Web, everythingiCafe, Business Wire and iDownloadBlog.com

Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:

The press, Google, its algorithm, their scale — In their fight against Google, traditional media firmly believe the search engine needs them to refine (and monetize) its algorithm. Let's explore the facts. — The European press got itself in a bitter battle against Google.

More: Forbes, Guardian and WebProNews. See also Mediagazer

Zak Islam / Tom's Hardware Guide:

For The First Time Ever, iPhone Owner Loyalty Declines — Loyalty of iPhone owners in both the United States and Europe experiences first ever decline. — For the first time since the iPhone's inception, the percentage of the smartphone's owners who say they will definitely or probably buy another Apple handset has declined.

More: SiliconANGLE, IntoMobile, Mashable! and Fortune

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Samsung Ativ Smart PC Windows 8 tablet to cost $799.99 from AT&T — Samsung is bringing its Ativ Smart PC to AT&T beginning November 9th. Despite its tablet form factor, Samsung is touting the Ativ Smart PC as a full-fledged Windows 8 device — which is also reflected by its $799 price point.

More: LAPTOP Magazine, GigaOM, 9to5Google, Engadget and AT&T

Casey Johnston / Ars Technica:

Is Facebook “broken on purpose” to sell promoted posts? — The Dangerous Minds blog uses this image for its anti-Facebook campaign. — Dangerous Minds and Dimitri Drujchin — In recent months, some Facebook page owners have noticed that their accounts are driving much less traffic to their websites than they used to.

More: Quick Online Tips and Betabeat. See also Mediagazer

Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:

Judge cancels trial, tosses Apple's FRAND lawsuit against Google's Motorola Mobility — Following a hearing in the morning, a federal judge in the Western District of Wisconsin has canceled an Apple v. Motorola Mobility trial that was scheduled to start today at 1 PM Central Time and has dismissed …

More: CNET, AllThingsD and Reuters

Lucian Constantin / Computerworld:

Hackers claim attacks against ImageShack, Symantec, PayPal, other websites — Anonymous goes on a hacking spree on Guy Fawkes Day — Different hacker groups claim to have breached servers belonging to ImageShack, Symantec, PayPal and other organizations.

More: SiliconANGLE, The Register, PC Magazine, Datamation.com, Ubergizmo, Inquirer and Gizmodo UK

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