Techmeme: YouTube Preps Big New Round of Content Investments (Michael Learmonth/AdAge)

November 12, 2012, 6:15 AM

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Horace Dediu / asymco:

Minding the store — Apple's Retail head was recently replaced. The hire seems to have been a mistake dealt with quite swiftly. It is tempting to think that the firing of a manager is due to a failure in their performance, measurable in quarterly reported metrics. But this is not often the case.

More: CNET. Tweets: @dbfarber, @djbressler and @hermione1

Jean-Louis Gassée / Monday Note:

Minding The (Apple)Store — As I've written many times in the past, I'm part of the vast chorus that praises the Apple Store. And not just for the uncluttered product displays, the no-pressure sales people (who aren't on commission), or the Genius Bar that provides expert help, but for the impressive architecture.

More: Fortune and parislemon. Tweets: @rwanderman, @counternotions and @lessien

Michael Learmonth / AdAge:

YouTube Preps Big New Round of Content Investments — Some Partners Will Get Another Check; Others May Quietly Go Away — Nearly a year after YouTube sprinkled $100 million across the online video ecosystem to create more than a hundred new “channels,” it's doubling down.

More: paidContent, SlashGear, CNET, AllThingsD, The Next Web, memeburn and The Verge

Tweets: @pkafka and @ericspiegelman

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Daniel Rubino / wpcentral.com:

Skype Preview for Windows Phone 8 is now available! Hands on video. — Oh what a weekend it has been. With the launch of Windows Phone 8 on AT&T and Verizon and T-Mobile expected in the next week, it has been quite exciting but now it is coming to full steam with the release of Skype for Windows Phone 8.

More: The Next Web, Ubergizmo, Windows Phone, The Big Blog, Pocketables, Pocketnow, Coolsmartphone, The Verge, WinBeta, Winsyde, WMPoweruser, PhoneArena, Neowin and WindowsWave

Jon Russell / The Next Web:

Is Dailybooth, THE original Web photo sharing service, closing down? (Update: Yes) — Dailybooth, one of the first startups that helped bring online photo taking and sharing to the masses, is to close its doors, according to users who have received a shutdown note from the service.

More: Neowin and Internaut. Tweets: @spencerchen

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:

The Surface Of Mars: My Date With A Microsoft Kiosk — “What's the best feature of the Surface?” — “Um, everything.” — Thus began my experience at a local mall buying a Microsoft Surface. — Yes, I bought a Surface — me, the lover of all things Apple and perhaps the biggest fan of the iPad out there.

More: parislemon, BetaNews, WindowsWave and Winsyde. Tweets: @spencerchen

Matt Brian / The Next Web:

Ofcom sets UK 4G auction plans: Submissions by December 11, bidding in January and rollout in May/June 2013 — UK communications regulator Ofcom today announced the final plans for the roll out of 4G networks and services in the UK, setting the processes which operators will need to follow during the auction.

More: BBC, The Register, Ofcom, MobileBurn.com, Telegraph, TechCrunch and Advanced Television

John Callaham / Neowin:

Steve Ballmer: first Surface sales are “modest”; hypes Windows 8 Pro version — When Microsoft started taking pre-orders of its new Windows RT-based Surface tablet in late October, it appeared that sales of the device were pretty high, thanks to high back order numbers.

More: TechCrunch, ZDNet, Engadget, Phones Review, SlashGear, CNET, Pocketnow, Nasdaq and Microsoft News

Ryan Gallagher / Slate:

Did Skype Give a Private Company Data on Teen WikiLeaks Supporter Without a Warrant? — Skype faces accusations that it handed user data to a private company without a warrant — Photo Illustration by Mario Tama/Getty Images — Skype's privacy credentials took a hit in July over a refusal …

More: The Register

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft to use Jay-Z, Gwen Stefani, and other celebrities to promote Windows Phone 8 — After an on stage appearance by Jessica Alba at Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 launch recently, the company and its partners are starting to use even more celebrities to promote Redmond's latest mobile OS.

More: The Sun, PC Magazine, Windows Phone Daily, CNET, The Next Web, wpcentral.com, Gizmodo, Neowin, Digital Spy, memeburn, WMPoweruser and Winsyde

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Where Did Spotify's Billion Dollars Go? Ask Netflix. — Six months ago, Spotify was going to be worth $4 billion. Now it looks like a new funding round will value the streaming music company at $3 billion. — Where did that billion dollars go? — The most obvious answer is that all sorts …

More: CNET, Electronista and TechCrunch. Tweets: @georgezachary. See also Mediagazer

Nilay Patel / The Verge:

Why Apple and HTC settled their patent litigation — Sometimes it's easier to just pay the money — Apple and HTC just announced a surprise settlement to their ongoing patent litigation, which spanned multiple lawsuits in courts around the world. The deal will see both companies drop …

More: memeburn, Guardian, Reuters, Examiner, Geekosystem, WMPoweruser, TECHGEEK.com.au, Forbes and Engadget. Tweets: @llsethj

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Does HTC Deal Signal End to Apple's Thermonuclear War Against Android?

More: Inquirer and parislemon

Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:

Apple-HTC ten-year license deal shows Android patent peace is achievable

More: TechCrunch, blogs.ft.com, ITProPortal, Wall Street Journal, Wired, DailyTech, SiliconBeat, PadGadget and Fortune

Tweets: @tim and @asymco

Richard Hay / WindowsObserver.com:

Tweetro Slams into Twitter 100K Token Limit — Users of the very popular 3rd party Twitter app Tweetro just received this email from Atta Elayyan the UX Designer and Co-Founder of Lazyworm Applications Ltd. and it is not good news: … Included in the email was a graphic showing the downloads …

More: The Verge, Softpedia News, Electronista, WindowsWave, Paul Haddad and TECHGEEK.com.au

Tweets: @loic and @mattbuchanan

Ki Mae Heussner / GigaOM:

More startups let employees sell shares on SecondMarket amid IPO uncertainty — Over the past few years on SecondMarket, the New York-based platform for trading shares in privately-held companies, the majority of sellers have been former employees of startups.

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