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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 … | Frank Strong / PRWeb: |
PRWeb Statement on Fraudulent ICOA Press Release — PRWeb transmitted a press release for ICOA that we have since learned was fraudulent. The release was not issued or authorized by ICOA. Vocus reviews all press releases and follows an internal process designed to maintain the integrity of the releases we send out every day.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Wii Mini revealed by Best Buy with a release date of December 7th — Despite shipping its new Wii U console recently, Nintendo appears to be readying an additional video games system for the holiday season. Best Buy Canada has revealed a Wii Mini console on its online pages, with pre-orders that appear to be available soon.| Don Reisinger / CNET: |
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Apollo Plus: Microsoft's next Windows Phone update to include Wi-Fi, audio, and other fixes — Microsoft is currently preparing an update for Windows Phone 8, codenamed Apollo Plus. Sources have confirmed to The Verge that Apollo Plus will bring new features to Windows Phone 8 that weren't fully in scope for the initial release.
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| 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 …
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| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
64-bit Firefox for Windows should be prioritized, not suspended — The Red Panda, or Firefox, is an adorable inhabitant of forests in foothills of the Himalayas. — Flickr user — The stable, supported, mainstream version of Firefox on Windows is a 32-bit application.| Matt Brian / The Next Web: |
Google reportedly gearing up to launch its own, 12.85-inch Chrome OS touch notebook in Q1 2013 — According to news outlets in Asia, Google is set to follow its rivals and launch an own-brand Chrome OS-powered 12.85-inch touch notebook in the first quarter of 2013.
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| 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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| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
Y Combinator's YC VC Will Replace The Start Fund; Includes Yuri Milner, Andreessen Horowitz But Offers Less Money — Two years ago, Yuri Milner and Ron Conway created The Start Fund to put $150,000 into all Y Combinator companies. Y Combinator ended up managing the fund, and encountered a few issues.| Roger Yu / USA Today: |
Indoor map technology poses challenges, opportunities — Digital cartographers view indoor space as an untapped but potentially lucrative field. — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Start-ups and tech giants pursue varying solutions, but tapping Wi-Fi networks is most popular methodThanks:@jshardison
| Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon Raises $3 Billion in a Rare Bond Offering — Amazon.com Inc. went beyond its usual Cyber Monday deals with a different type of offering: debt. — The Seattle-based Web giant on Monday tapped capital markets with its first bond offering in nearly 15 years, raising $3 billion for what it said were “general corporate purposes.”
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| Alexis Santos / Engadget: |
Nook app packs new features on iOS and Android, makes UK debut — Barnes & Noble's Nook app has reached version 3.3 on iOS and Android, bringing a handful of new features in tow. Headlining the iOS update are screen magnification and support for Apple's VoiceOver feature …
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| Bloomberg: |
Google Joins Apple in Drawing French Tax Collectors' Indignation — Google Inc. (GOOG), Apple (AAPL) Inc. and other Internet-linked companies may soon feel the long arm of the French taxman. — In what may be Europe's first such effort, President Francois Hollande's government says it will look … | Farhad Manjoo / Fast Company: |
Walmart's Evolution From Big Box Giant To E-Commerce Innovator — Walmart, the world's largest retailer, embraces social, mobile, and the startup spirit to compete against Amazon. Will it be enough? — Jeremy King was ignoring the largest retailer in the world.
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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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Long Before H-P Deal, Autonomy's Red Flags — CAMBRIDGE, England—When Autonomy Corp. was starting up in this historic university town, founder Mike Lynch stuck a sign on an office door that read “Authorized Personnel Only.” Behind the door, he told visitors, were 500 engineers working on “hush-hush” projects.
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| Cade Metz / Wired: |
Exclusive: Inside Google Spanner, the Largest Single Database on Earth — Each morning, when Andrew Fikes sat down at his desk inside Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, he turned on the “VC” link to New York. — VC is Google shorthand for video conference.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft's client-access licensing and pricing changes to hit December 1 — Summary: Business customers who purchase CALs from Microsoft for use with Exchange, Lync, SharePoint, Windows Server, System Center and other products should be aware of licensing/pricing changes coming soon.| Seth Weintraub / 9to5Mac: |
Internal Apple video documents Apple Store philosophy — Washington Square Films (NYC) gave us a rare look at one of the internal videos that Apple has shown its retail store employees. This one is obviously over a year old, with Ron Johnson at the helm (the date says 7/7/2011).
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| 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.
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo: Users Can Download Their Entire Archive By Year-End; Now Sees 1B Tweets Every 2.5 Days — Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has once again promised that Twitter users will, indeed, be able to download a full archive of their tweets in just a matter of weeks.
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