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Apple Said to Fire Maps Manager After Flaws Hurt IPhone 5 Debut — Apple Inc. (AAPL) has fired the manager responsible for its troubled mapping software, seeking to win back the trust of users disappointed after the program debuted in September, according to people familiar with the move.
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| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Apple seeking ‘advice’ from TomTom on how to fix its point-of-interest woes with Maps — In an report today about Apple firing Maps manager Richard Williamson over the poor launch of its Maps app, it was also noted that it was looking for ways to improve its point-of-interest data.| Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD: |
Autonomy Founder Lynch Asks Board to Explain HP Allegations — Autonomy's founding CEO launched a new public offensive just a few minutes ago, sending an open letter to Hewlett-Packard's board of directors seeking “immediate and specific explanations” regarding allegations of accounting improprieties … | Teresa Rivas / Tech Trader Daily: |
HP Has ‘Extensive Evidence’ Of Misconduct At Autonomy — Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) has released a statement saying they have uncovered evidence of accounting manipulation at Autonomy, and the matter has been turned over to the authorities. — Here is the statement in full:
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Kantar Worldpanel: Apple Shoots Back To Top Of U.S. Smartphone Sales On An iPhone 5 Rocket, Android Leading Elsewhere — Samsung may be be the world's most popular smartphone brand, but in the influential U.S. market, Apple has climbed back to the top of the pack on the strength of its iPhone 5 sales.
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Kantar Worldpanel, Reuters, ZDNet, eWeek, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, CNET, Business Insider, Tech Trader Daily, BGR, MacRumors, Fortune, Quartz, MobileBurn.com, DailyFinance.com, Forbes, SlashGear, Pocketnow, Inquirer, MacDailyNews, ITProPortal, PhoneArena, Patently Apple and The Loop
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| Sarah McBride / Reuters: |
Special Report: Silicon Valley's dirty secret - age bias — (Reuters) - When Randy Adams, 60, was looking for a chief-executive officer job in Silicon Valley last year, he got turned down from position after position that he thought he was going to nail — only to see much younger, less-experienced men win out.| Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch: |
Google Play Gets Real: Reviews Will Now Be Posted With Your Google+ Name And Picture — When you visit a review on Google Play for an app, book, song or movie, you won't have to worry as much about whether someone is sheepishly hiding behind a computer firing off nasty words … | Jake Smith / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces redesigned 21.5-inch iMac will be available Friday, November 30th, 27-inch models still on for December — After being unveiled in late-October, Apple has officially announced that the 21.5-inch iMac will be available Friday, November 30th. The latest iMac is the eighth generation and … | Kevin J. O'Brien / New York Times: |
Ericsson Sues Samsung on Patents — BERLIN — Ericsson, the market leader in mobile phone networking equipment, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Samsung, the biggest smartphone maker, claiming that it had infringed on 24 of Ericsson's software and hardware patents.
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| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Gmail now lets you insert up to 10GB of Google Drive files directly into an email — Google on Tuesday announced a new way to send files by further linking together its Gmail and Drive services. You can now directly insert files you host on Google Drive into an email on Gmail.
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Gmail Blog, Engadget, The Verge, 9to5Google, GadgeTell, Softpedia News, Mashable and ReadWrite
| Joseph Goldstein / New York Times: |
New York City Police Amassing a Trove of Cellphone Logs — When a cellphone is reported stolen in New York, the Police Department routinely subpoenas the phone's call records, from the day of the theft onward. The logic is simple: If a thief uses the phone, a list of incoming and outgoing calls could lead to the suspect.
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Nintendo makes Wii Mini official: exclusive to Canada, launches December 7th for $100 — That was quick — scarcely two hours after Best Buy spoiled the party, Nintendo is launching the Wii Mini. The console is a Canada-exclusive and cuts out both GameCube compatibility and, more importantly, internet access.| Andy Greenberg / Forbes: |
Security Flaw In Common Keycard Locks Exploited In String Of Hotel Room Break-Ins — Matthew Allen Cook, who police have charged in one Houston hotel room break-in and suspect in others. Hotel staff say a hacking tool was used to open its keycard locks. — Whoever robbed Janet Wolf's hotel room did his work discreetly.
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Examiner, ExtremeTech, Ars Technica, Softpedia News, BBC, SlashGear and Gizmodo
| Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
Apple's iPad driving e-commerce as market shifts from desktop-based purchases — A new study claims the rapid rise of tablet computing is not only driving e-commerce, but is changing the market's landscape, prompting many traditional retailers to respond by revamping their online storefronts to accommodate devices like Apple's iPad.| Dara Kerr / CNET: |
Bing's top searches reveal iPhone 5 as No. 1 news story — What do the iPhone 5, Kim Kardashian, and Pizza Hut have in common? Top Bing searches. — Believe it or not but the No. 1 most searched for news story on Bing this year has been the launch of Apple's iPhone 5.
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Bing, The Seattle Times, CNN, PC Magazine, Reuters, Neowin, WebProNews, Softpedia News, Search Engine Land and Mashable
| Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land: |
How PRWeb Helps Distribute Crap Into Google & News Sites — “What's the use of PRWeb?,” tweeted Megan McCarthy of Reuters, trying to digest how that service ended up circulating a fake Google acquisition story. Come along, Megan and others, and I'll explain one of the sorriest uses …
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| Bill Callahan / Bloomberg: |
Apple and LG Electronics Face Trial Over Alcatel-Lucent Patents — Apple Inc. (AAPL) and LG Electronics Inc. (066570) are set to face trial over claims by an Alcatel-Lucent SA (ALU) unit that they infringed patents for electronic devices including phones and computers.
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Google Returning Month Of December To Nexus Devices With Android 4.2.1 OTA Update — Google is in the process of rolling out Android 4.2.1 to at least Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 devices (with Nexus 7 and Galaxy Nexus hardware likely to follow) as an over-the-air update, Android Central reports.| Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web: |
Outlook.com breaks the 25 million active user mark, releases an Android app and new themes — Outlook.com broke the 10 million user mark in August, and managed to break past 1 million in its first day live as a service. Today Microsoft has announced that its new email service has more than 25 million active users.
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The Microsoft Office Blog, The Verge, Engadget, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, LiveSide.net and Winsyde
| Adrian Chen / Gawker: |
The Internet's Best Terrible Person Goes to Jail: Can a Reviled Master Troll Become a Geek Hero? — On a gray Wednesday morning in October, the car headed west on the Lincoln Highway Bridge hit 100 miles per hour and I started to worry it might hurtle off into the tangle of rusted …
Tweets: @joshuatopolsky and @nickbilton
| Matt Brian / The Next Web: |
Google settles Immersion patent lawsuit, licenses its haptic technology for use in future Motorola devices — Nine months after it was named in a patent lawsuit by touch feedback development company Immersion, Google has signed a settlement and licensing agreement with the company …
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Engadget, AllThingsD, Tech Trader Daily and Business Wire
| T.C. Sottek / The Verge: |
Nexus 4 in stock and available from Google today starting at noon PST — Google has just announced in an email notification that the Nexus 4 will be available for sale from Google Play starting today at noon PST, only in the US. Customers were faced with what appeared to be a frenzy …
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The Next Web, Android Central, CNET, GigaOM, TechCrunch, SlashGear, Business Insider, Engadget, 9to5Google, IntoMobile and Pocketables
| Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Online Sales Rose 30% on ‘Cyber Monday’ — Retailers posted strong online sales on “Cyber Monday,” though some estimates showed the growth rate slowed, suggesting the ever-widening window for online discounts may have led some consumers to spread out their spending sprees.
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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 …
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 …
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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.
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.
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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).
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