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November 12, 2012, 9:20 AM

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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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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: Guardian and 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: Betabeat, ReadWrite, Forbes, MacDailyNews, Fortune and parislemon

Tweets: @lessien, @rwanderman and @counternotions

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

Tweets: @ericspiegelman and @pkafka

Thanks:@learmonth. See also Mediagazer

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.

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: LAPTOP Magazine, Gizmodo, The Register, TechCrunch, CNET, Electronista, SlashGear, ZDNet and Pocketnow

Tony Romm / Politico:

Obama 2.0 will revitalize tech agenda — The reelection of President Barack Obama along with another politically divided Congress means the tech policy battles from the past few years are going to intensify, even if a few of the faces fighting are about to change.

More: The Next Web

Scott Thomas Bruce / The Diplomat:

The Information Age:N. Korean Style — The “Hermit Kingdom” has slowly embraced cell phones and cyberspace - on its own terms. Those expecting that technology will lead to a “Pyongyang Spring” will be disappointed. — During the floods and famine of the 1990s, the North Korea regime …

Tom Bergin / Reuters:

Starbucks, Amazon and Google to face UK lawmakers over tax — (Reuters) - UK lawmakers will quiz executives of Starbucks (SBUX.O), Google (GOOG.O) and Amazon (AMZN.O) on Monday about how they have managed to pay only small amounts of tax in Britain while racking up billions of dollars worth of sales here.

More: Guardian and The Verge

Jon Russell / The Next Web:

With Kim Dotcom's Me.ga plans scuppered, soon-to-relaunch Mega goes online at Mega.co.nz — After his dreams of a Me.ga domain were shot down by Gabon's government, Kim Dotcom's soon-to-relaunch Mega service has finally found its place online after the German confirmed that the Mega holding site …

More: CNET, Business Insider, Gizmodo, Inquirer, Softpedia News, gHacks Technology News, ITProPortal and Mashable!. Tweets: @kimdotcom

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: ZDNet, Engadget, BBC, The Register, Inquirer, Ofcom, SlashGear, Telegraph, MobileBurn.com, Advanced Television and TechCrunch

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: Betabeat, Internaut and Neowin. Tweets: @spencerchen

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

Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:

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

More: Techdirt, digitaltrends.com, SiliconANGLE, The H Open Source, Geek.com, TechCrunch, iPhone, Wired, AllThingsD and Fortune

Tweets: @tim and @asymco

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