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| Sara Forden / Bloomberg: |
Google Said to Face Ultimatum From FTC in Antitrust Talks — Google Inc. (GOOG) is being pressed by U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jonathan Leibowitz to make an offer to settle the agency's antitrust investigation in the next few days or face a formal complaint, two people familiar with the situation said.| Jeff Wise / Gizmodo: |
Exclusive: John McAfee Wanted for Murder (Updated) — Antivirus pioneer John McAfee is on the run from murder charges, Belize police say. According to Marco Vidal, head of the national police force's Gang Suppression Unit, McAfee is a prime suspect in the murder of American expatriate Gregory Faull …
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Betabeat, Computerworld, Examiner, Ars Technica, SiliconANGLE, The Register, CNET, The Verge, USA Today, Hot Topics, TMZ.com, The San Pedro Sun and Mashable!
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft to deliver SharePoint apps for Windows 8, Windows Phone, iOS starting in early 2013 — Summary: Microsoft is readying two new companion apps for SharePoint that will work on Windows 8, Windows Phone and iOS devices starting early next year. — Microsoft is working …
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AllThingsD, WindowsWave, Microsoft, TechNet Blogs, WinBeta, WMPoweruser and Neowin
| Donny H. / Inside BlackBerry: |
BlackBerry 10 Launch Event to be held on January 30th, 2013 — One of my favorite things about working as a community and blog manager for BlackBerry ® is getting to talk to you and provide updates on our products. Each day on our social channels fans, followers and readers ask, when will BlackBerry ® 10 launch?
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| Neil Hughes / AppleInsider: |
HTC settlement may pay Apple $8 per phone, act as blueprint for Samsung & Motorola — Apple's out-of-court settlement with rival smartphone maker HTC is expected to give Apple a net licensing fee of as much as $8 per phone, and may also serve as a blueprint for future deals with Samsung and Motorola.
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| Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
Changing Channels: YouTube Will Pull the Plug on at Least 60 Percent of Its Programming Deals — YouTube has helped fund about 160 “channels” as part of a new strategy to make the video site more TV-like. — And just like the TV world, YouTube isn't going to renew all of last season's programs.
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Samsung reportedly raising iPhone and iPad processor prices by a fifth — Samsung has made no secret of the fact that it provides a number of the key components inside Apple's flagship iPhone and iPad devices, even while actively competing against them with its own Galaxy line of Android competitors.
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Techdirt, iMore.com, Inside Mobile Apps, Examiner, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, CNET, VentureBeat, Android Community, ZDNet, iClarified, GigaOM, MarketWatch, ITProPortal, Forbes, PC Magazine, TechnoBuffalo, SlashGear, MacDailyNews, I4U News, The Register, MacNN, Pulse2, iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com, App Advice, PC Magazine, Apple Bitch, BGR and everythingiCafe
| Kim Zetter / Wired: |
Gmail Location Data Led FBI to Uncover Top Spy's Affair — U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of U.S. Central Command, presides over a reenlistment and awards ceremony while visiting Soldiers of Task Force Mountain Warrior. Photo: U.S. Army Spc. Albert L. Kelley, 300th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment| Matt Thompson / The Mozilla Blog: |
Introducing Popcorn Maker — Brett Gaylor launching Popcorn Maker at the Mozilla Festival this morning — Today at the Mozilla Festival, we're extremely proud to launch the 1.0 version of Popcorn Maker, a free web app that makes video pop with interactivity, context and the magic of the web.| Horace Dediu / asymco: |
On not being boring: A dramatic reading of Apple's share price — Apple's renaissance began with the iPod. This was not evident right away however. The product was unveiled on October 23, 2001 at a time when Apple's share price had just fallen 70% from year-earlier levels.| Jessica Roy / Betabeat: |
Look Out, New York: Randi Zuckerberg Is Casting for a New Techcentric Bravo Show Set in the Big Apple — With 634,000 viewers tuning in for last week's premiere of Start-Ups: Silicon Valley, newly-minted Bravo TV producer Randi Zuckerberg already has her sights set on New York.| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Google announces 11.6-inch Acer C7 Chromebook with 3.5 hours of battery life, for just $199 — Google today announced the $199 Acer C7 Chromebook, available tomorrow in the US on Google Play, BestBuy.com, and rolling out this week in select Best Buy stores.| Damaster / LiveSide.net: |
Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 preview coming tomorrow — Last month, Microsoft finally broke silence and announced that a preview version of Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 will be coming in mid-November. It appears that tomorrow will be the day when Microsoft releases the latest IE10 browser for Windows 7 users.
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| Jason Ankeny / Fierce Mobile Content: |
SMS traffic and revenues decline for the first time ever in U.S., Chetan Sharma says — U.S. mobile operators raked in third quarter 2012 data revenues of $19.9 billion, up 3 percent quarter-over-quarter and 17 percent year-over-year—despite suffering their first-ever decline …
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| Min Ming Lo: |
A billion dollar software tech company is founded every 3 months *in U.S. — Ron Conway once said: “There's a billion company created every 3 months. Now, it is every 2 months”. I finally got the chance compile “The Billion Dollar” list. I tried to limit this list to only software tech companies.
| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Apple improves first-run Passbook experience in iOS 6.1 beta 2 — A new beta version of iOS 6.1 has been seeded to developers today, and it includes a better, more explanatory first-run Passbook experience for users. The updated Passbook app now features a card that gives more detail … | Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Twitter snags former Google Deputy General Counsel Nicole Wong for legal team — Twitter has scored a nice get for its legal team with the addition of former Google VP and Deputy General Counsel Nicole Wong. Wong joins the team as legal director today, which already sports several ex-Googlers of its own … | Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
Louis C.K. Comes Back to HBO, but Doesn't Ditch the Web, Either — Last year Louis C.K. earned the love of the Internet by cutting out the middlemen and selling his comedy special directly to his fans, over the Internet. — Other comedians — and at least one start-up — followed in his footsteps.| Élyse Betters / 9to5Google: |
AT&T to offer Samsung's Galaxy Camera for $500 starting Nov. 16 — AT&T just announced the Samsung Galaxy Camera would land Nov. 16 for $499.99 with or without a data plan. — The Galaxy Camera is Samsung's first 4G-connected camera to marry point-and-shoot technology with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean software.
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AT&T, The Verge, TWICE, 1001 Noisy Cameras, Gizmodo, WebProNews, Engadget, TechCrunch, AndroidTapp, IntoMobile and Gotta Be Mobile
| Phys.org: |
Australian wins $208k from Google for defamation — Google was ordered to pay Aus$200,000 (US$208,000) in damages to an Australian Monday after a jury found the Internet giant defamed him by publishing material linking him to mobsters. — Milorad Trkulja, an entertainment promoter who is now 62 …
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Search Engine Land, CNET and NEWS.com.au
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
This Facebook “All” Link Lets You See An Almost Unfiltered News Feed, But It Might Get Shut Down — Facebook filters the news feed so you only see the 15% or so of stories it thinks you'll find most interesting. But a newly discovered “All” link shows you almost everything posted by your friends and Pages you Like, Twitter style.| Mat Smith / Engadget: |
Samsung ATIV Odyssey Windows Phone 8 leaked with Verizon branding — Federal filings aside, what we're staring at here is the first look at Samsung's initial US-bound Windows Phone 8. The ATIV Odyssey's certainly not going to be confused for the [Galaxy S III] ATIV S we've already taken for a test drive …
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CNET, LAPTOP Magazine, SlashGear, TechnoBuffalo, BGR, digitaltrends.com, Gotta Be Mobile, ITProPortal, Pocket-lint and TechCrunch. Tweets: @evleaks
| Jake Smith / 9to5Mac: |
iPhone 5 Apple online store shipping time drops from 3-4 weeks to 2-3 weeks — Apple updated the iPhone 5 section of its online store to show shipping estimates for the handset have improved from “3 -4 weeks” to “2 -3 weeks”. The iPhone 5 has seen shipping delays since it first went on sale …
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CNET, iMore.com, Ars Technica, VatorNews, BGR, SiliconANGLE, MacRumors, iPhone Hacks, iClarified and Fortune. Thanks:@markgurman
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Gogo announces faster 9.8Mbps in-flight Wi-Fi coming to 25 planes today, ‘hundreds’ by end of 2013 — Gogo will today begin offering faster in-flight Wi-Fi to 25 planes from US Airways, Delta, and Virgin today before expanding to additional aircraft from United p.s. and American Airlines in 2013.
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Gogo Press Room and Mashable!
| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Some LTE iPads getting delivered as early as Friday, Nov. 16 — Late last week, Apple started notifying customers that orders of LTE iPad minis would begin shipping within 5 business days. Those same customers were also reporting updated shipping times ranging from Nov. 21 to Nov. 23.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Mobile-First Enterprise Startup DoubleDutch Raises $4 Million Series B From Floodgate & Others — Enterprise mobile startup DoubleDutch has raised $4 million in Series B funding, in a new round led by Floodgate, with participation from Bullpen Capital and Lightbank.
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Defrag Tools: WPT - Command Line — Andrew Richards, Chad Beeder, and Larry Larsen continue walking you through the Windows Performance Toolkit (WPT).
Defrag Tools: WPT - Command Line — Andrew Richards, Chad Beeder, and Larry Larsen continue walking you through the Windows Performance Toolkit (WPT).
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Hadoop, Hadoop, Hurrah! HDP for Windows is Now GA! — Today we are very excited to announce that Hortonworks Data Platform for Windows (HDP for Windows) is now generally available and ready to support the most demanding production workloads.
Hadoop, Hadoop, Hurrah! HDP for Windows is Now GA! — Today we are very excited to announce that Hortonworks Data Platform for Windows (HDP for Windows) is now generally available and ready to support the most demanding production workloads.
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“Yammer sucks” — Not to be mean to Yammer, or anything — it's a very good tool for some use cases — but that's what a customer told me recently (and others feel the same way).
“Yammer sucks” — Not to be mean to Yammer, or anything — it's a very good tool for some use cases — but that's what a customer told me recently (and others feel the same way).Who's Hiring In Tech?
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