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Early builds of Apple's upcoming OS X 10.9 include Siri and Maps integration — Early builds in testing of the next-generation Mac operating system, OS X 10.9, point to Siri and Maps integration coming to Mac computers next year, according to our reliable sources.| Doug Leone / Sequoia Capital: |
Cisco acquires Meraki: how 3 guys from MIT transformed the networking industry — Quick: when was the last time you plugged in an Ethernet cable? If you have trouble answering that question, you're one of the reasons why Cisco has agreed to acquire Meraki.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Cisco Acquires Enterprise Wi-Fi Startup Meraki For $1.2 Billion In Cash — Networking tech giant Cisco has just agreed to acquire cloud infrastructure startup Meraki, and my industry sources confirm the purchase price was $1.2 billion, all in cash. I've also gotten ahold of the letter to Meraki employees from CEO Sanjit Biswas.| Jakob Nielsen / Alertbox: |
Windows 8 — Disappointing Usability for Both Novice and Power Users … With the recent launch of Windows 8 and the Surface tablets, Microsoft has reversed its user interface strategy. From a traditional Gates-driven GUI style that emphasized powerful commands to the point of featuritis … | Jeff Atwood / Coding Horror: |
Touch Laptops — I'm a little embarrassed to admit how much I like the Surface RT. I wasn't expecting a lot when I ordered it, but after a day of use, I realized this was more than Yet Another Gadget. It might represent a brave new world of laptop design. How can you not love a laptop that lets you touch Zardoz to unlock it?| Intel: |
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Apple's redesigned iMac launches not delayed until 2013, still on track for November-December — According to our sources, Apple's already announced plans for November and December launches of the redesigned 21.5-inch and 27-inch iMac lines are still on track.| Mark Cuban / blog maverick: |
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Steve Jobs' yacht gives insights into his design process — Jobs and noted designer Philippe Starck spent five years working out the details of the super yacht Venus. — Last month, we stumbled upon videos of Steve Jobs' yacht, the Venus, which was reportedly unveiled a year after Jobs' death.| Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech: |
Nintendo Wii U Teardown — When Nintendo announced the Wii U there was a lot of interest in its hardware specs. The new console could very well end up the fastest kid on the block thanks to the sheer age of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. I wasn't all that interested in the Wii U … | Dara Kerr / CNET: |
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Windows Phone 8 users report random reboots and battery issues — Windows Phone 8 devices have been available since the beginning of the month and users are starting to report early issues across HTC and Nokia handsets. In a thread over at WPCentral with 143 replies, a variety … | Stuart Dredge / Music Ally: |
AC/DC end their iTunes holdout — Just weeks after Kid Rock finally made his iTunes debut, Apple has won over another high-profile holdout from its music downloads store: AC/DC. — The news is hard to miss: a prominent banner on the iTunes homepage advertising the fact that the rock band's catalogue … | Tim Shipman / Daily Mail: |
PM steps in to curb menace of online porn: Cameron to ensure parents are led through a filter process on all new computers — David Cameron is to toughen up controls on internet pornography to protect children. — In future, anyone buying a new computer or signing up with a new internet service provider … | Henry Blodget / Business Insider: |
This Trend Is Very Worrisome For Apple — Over the past couple of years, we have written often about a major long-term risk for Apple, which is the gradual loss of mobile market share to the Android platform. — This trend has continued in recent months, to the point where Apple … | Arnold Kim / MacRumors: |
AuthenTec Sells Off Embedded Security Systems, Leaving FingerPrint Technology for Apple — NFCWorld reports that AuthenTec has sold off its Embedded Security Solutions (ESS) division to a company called Inside Secure for $48 million, leaving Apple with its fingerprint sensors and identity management assets.| Nick Bilton / NYT Bits: |
Disruptions: A $1 Billion Start-Up Might Not Be So Fun — Congratulations! Your start-up is now valued at over $1 billion! — This might seem exciting, as though you've won a lottery. But in reality, when you recheck your lottery ticket, you might find you were off by a single number.| Matt Brian / The Next Web: |
Apple's App Store has now seen more than 1 million approved apps since launch — Today, Apple (unofficially) will be celebrating another important App Store milestone — there have now been 1 million apps submitted to its marketplace since July 2008, according to App Store discovery company Appsfire.| Michael Liedtke / Associated Press: |
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Hey Damon from Galaxie 500: There Has To Be a Better Way — In a widely-circulated Pitchfork article called “Making Cents,” Damon Krukowski of Galaxie 500 and Damon & Naomi reveals some truly startling figures: — “Galaxie 500′s ‘Tugboat’ was played 7,800 times on Pandora … | Damon Krukowski / Pitchfork: |
Windows Store Weekly — This week we take a look at: Star Trek App, Box, Fling Theory, StumbleUpon, and wordBrush.
Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry — In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
An Army Is Forming To Battle Patent Trolls — For the past several months, we've exposed the flaws in the patent system and how they're being exploited by opportunistic patent trolls looking to extort a quick buck …
Mobile Telco Dials In and Harnesses Big Data with Hadoop — Smartphones have transformed our daily lives. A key indicator of this trend is our increased spend on data plans versus voice.
“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).This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 10:05 AM ET, November 19, 2012.
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