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November 7, 2012, 10:25 AM

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Tom Warren / The Verge:

Exclusive: Microsoft Office for iPhone, iPad, and Android revealed — Office Mobile will arrive in early 2013 — Microsoft's Office for iPad, iPhone, and Android is a reality. Although Office Mobile has been rumored and reportedly spotted in the wild, Microsoft has remained persistently quiet about its plans for the product.

Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

On Election Day 2012, Twitter Kills The Great White Fail Whale — In one pithy, three-word sentence, Twitter creative lead Doug Bowman summed up the microblogging service's election day perfectly. — “RIP Fail Whale.” — Indeed, all throughout November 6th, that cutesy …

More: PC Magazine, Betabeat, Inquirer, Business Insider, AllTwitter and Hillicon Valley

Tweets: @dickc and @stop

Megan Garber / The Atlantic Online:

Via @BarackObama, the Most Popular Tweet of All Time — This tweet, from @BarackObama, was sent about 30 minutes ago: … In that span of time, it became the most retweeted tweet of all time. In that span of time, it was retweeted — as of this writing — 298,318 times.

More: Reuters, BuzzFeed, Twitter Blog, CNET, Digital Inspiration …, SlashGear, WebProNews, BGR, TechCrunch, Mashable!, memeburn, Mashable!, Business Insider, VentureBeat, The Verge, ZDNet, digitaltrends.com, The Next Web, Pulse2, VentureBeat, Forbes and ABCNEWS. Tweets: @barackobama. See also Mediagazer

Enigmax / TorrentFreak:

Me.ga Hackers: We're Real Pirates & We'll Sell Dotcom's Domain To Universal — On January 20, 2013 Kim Dotcom is set to launch the successor to Megaupload, along with a promise for it to be bigger and better than before. — In anticipation of opposition, Dotcom previously revealed …

More: The Next Web, Gizmodo, Geekosystem, The Register, Softpedia News and Gizmodo UK

Greg Sandoval / CNET:

MegaUpload redo is shut down even before debut — The government of Gambon said it plans to suspend the domain name that MegaUpload founder Kim DotCom planned to use to launch a new cloud-storage service. — We won't find the MegaUpload-replacement service anytime soon at Me.ga.

More: Inquirer, BBC, Agence France Presse, Business Insider, The Domains, Gizmodo UK and Stuff.co.nz

Roger Cheng / CNET:

AT&T will spend $14B to pump up wireless, wireline network — The telecommunications giant is investing heavily in its infrastructure in a bid to spark accelerating growth. — AT&T today laid out a broad plan to upgrade both its wireline and wireless networks and keep its growth moving.

More: AT&T Cell Phones …, GigaOM, The Next Web, ZDNet, The Verge, TechCrunch, Engadget, Bloomberg and SlashGear

Samad Rizvi / The Pixar Times:

Pixar Names Building After Steve Jobs — Steve Jobs is often associated with Apple, but many often forgot that the visionary played a large role in the creation of Pixar. He financed the work at the studio long before it became profitable, pouring millions of his own money into keeping Pixar afloat …

More: Macgasm, TUAW, MacNN, MacDailyNews, Pocket-lint, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, Apple Gazette, Gizmodo UK, iDownloadBlog.com, iClarified, Mashable! and The Verge. Tweets: @ijunns

Jake Smith / 9to5Mac:

Apple loses $368.2M lawsuit to patent holding company VirnetX in E. Texas court ruling — According to Bloomberg, Apple lost a lawsuit against VirnetX in a Texas courtroom late this evening and ordered to pay $368.2 million in damages. VirnetX sued Apple for infringing on its collection …

More: The Register, AllThingsD, iDownloadBlog.com, ZDNet, Ars Technica, CNET, The Next Web, AppleInsider, MacNN and iClarified

Tweets: @bloombergwest and @markgurman

Sam Byford / The Verge:

Microsoft's Xbox SmartGlass app now out for iOS — It's been a couple of weeks since the Android app launched, but Xbox-owning iOS users can finally get their first look at SmartGlass in action today. Microsoft has released SmartGlass as an update to its existing Xbox Live app …

More: VentureBeat, Inquirer, GeekWire, The Register, WebProNews, iPhone Hacks, Gizmodo, Mobile Magazine, iPhone in Canada Blog and Engadget

Walter S. Mossberg / AllThingsD:

Nexus 4 Is a Great Value With Small Improvements — Google's Android operating system is used on hundreds of smartphones and tablets. But the flagship Android devices, the ones the company calls “the best of Google,” are labeled Nexus. They are meant to show the world all that an Android device can be …

More: Computerworld and CNET

Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider:

Apple tech can illuminate ‘invisible’ touch controls, displays — Apple on Tuesday was granted a patent for an invention that creates microperforations in a device so small as be imperceptible to the naked eye, but large enough to allow the passage of light, that can be used in concert …

More: SiliconANGLE, AppleInsider, Patently Apple, iPhone in Canada Blog, VentureBeat and CNET

Bloomberg:

Apple Says Samsung's Galaxy Note, Jelly Bean Infringe Patents — Apple Inc. (AAPL) told a judge that Samsung Electronics Co. (005930)'s Galaxy Note 10.1 device infringes its patents, and sought to add the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system to an existing lawsuit against Samsung in California.

Marguerite Reardon / CNET:

AT&T to pay feds $700,000 to settle overcharging dispute — The Federal Communications Commission announced Tuesday it has reached a $700,000 settlement with AT&T over claims that the carrier overcharged wireless data customers. — AT&T has agreed to pay $700,000 to the federal government …

More: BGR, 9to5Mac, blog.chron.com, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, SlashGear and The Verge

Robin Wauters / The Next Web:

Sprint buys spectrum and 585,000 customers from U.S. Cellular for $480m in cash — Sprint Nextel (Sprint) today announced that it will acquire PCS spectrum and more than half a million customers in parts of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri and Ohio from U.S. Cellular …

More: PR Newswire, Business Wire, GigaOM, Reuters, CNET, The Verge, Engadget, TechCrunch, Engadget, IntoMobile and WebProNews

Henry Blodget / Business Insider:

Well, It's Becoming Clear That Steve Jobs Was Flat-Out Wrong — An interesting thing has happened in the days since Apple released its new smaller iPad: — Many Apple devotees have said it will become THE iPad, at least in their own personal use. — Why? — Mainly because of weight and size.

More: Communications …, Daring Fireball, SplatF and The Wirecutter

Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

Here's How Bravo's “Silicon Valley” Stars Pitch Start-Up Investors (Slides) — While Americans geared up for Election Day coverage on Monday evening, much of Silicon Valley was glued to a different channel. — It was the premiere of “Start-Ups: Silicon Valley,” the Bravo-produced reality show …

More: Business Insider, Reuters, The Technology Chronicles, The Seattle Times, Betabeat and GeekWire

Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:

Microsoft will invest $100 million in Rio de Janeiro with new tech center — Microsoft is set to invest around $100 million USD in Rio de Janeiro over the next four years while the opening of its first advanced technology center in Brazil, Agência Estado reports.

More: ZDNet and CNET

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Google Makes Its New Search Results Design Without Sidebar Official, Gives Results “More Breathing Room” — Earlier today, we noticed that Google was showing an increasing number of its users a new search results page with more whitespace and without a sidebar.

More: The Next Web, Google Operating System, insidesearch.blogspot.co.uk, Search Engine Land, Search Engine Roundtable, Mashable! and The Verge. Thanks:@thatdrew

George Herd / BBC:

Broadband ‘2,000 times’ faster aim of Bangor scientists — The Bangor University team hope the high-speed fibre optic technology can be developed using cheap ‘off-the-shelf’ components — Broadband speeds that are 2,000 times faster without a massive hike in costs?

More: DSLreports, BGR, The Register, TechSpot, Gizmodo UK, SiliconANGLE and Neowin

Robin Wauters / The Next Web:

Social commerce startup Fab buys Indian tech startup and longtime partner True Sparrow — New York-based social shopping firm Fab.com has acquired Pune, India-based True Sparrow, a technology startup that shares a lot of common history with Fab's founding team.

More: Times of India, betashop, TechCrunch, MediaNama and Pluggd.in

Reuters:

Sony PlayStation certificate sparks talk China may lift console ban — (Reuters) - Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 has received a certification of quality from a Chinese safety standards body, sparking speculation that China will end a decade-old ban on home game consoles.

More: CNET and The Next Web

Horace Dediu / asymco:

The late smartphone adopter paradox — comScore reports that US smartphone penetration has decisively crossed over 50% in August. This should not come as a surprise as the penetration rate has been very linear. — Now that we've crossed this milestone, the thing to watch is the conversion rate …

More: New York Times and Business Insider

Janet Aronica / Shareaholic Blog:

October 2012 Traffic Sources Report: StumbleUpon Share of Traffic Down 53% Since July — Welcome to Shareaholic's monthly traffic sources report, where each month we take a look at the traffic trends for our 200,000 publishers who reach 300 million people each month and take a look at the trends …

More: TechCrunch, VatorNews, Xconomy, Digital Media Wire and WebProNews

Vlad Dudau / Neowin:

Gartner: 1.2 billion smart devices will be sold in 2013 — It's no secret that smartphones and tablets are becoming ubiquitous, but the actual numbers might surprise you. The analyst firm Gartner has released a report saying that this year, 821 million smart devices have been sold, including smartphones and tablets.

More: TechCrunch, DailyTech and Inquirer

Jamillah Knowles / The Next Web:

iZettle launches in the UK with EE for payments via Mastercard, Amex, Visa and Diners Club — iZettle, generally known as Europe's answer to Square, is finally being launched in the UK. The payment system that hooks up a card reader to mobile devices is being pushed as a saviour for British small businesses.

More: TechCrunch, Pocket-lint, BBC, V3.co.uk, ZDNet and mobiletoday.co.uk

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