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| Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune: |
Merrill Lynch: T-Mobile USA may get the iPhone next week — The deal would give Apple access to 33 million more mobile subscribers — FORTUNE — It was only last week that Jim Alling, COO of T-Mobile USA, poured cold water on speculation that his company might finally start selling Apple's (AAPL) iPhones to its 33 million customers.| Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
iTunes 11 finally available for download, features redesigned interface and increased iCloud support — Apple gave a sneak peek at iTunes 11 back at September's iPhone 5 event, and the software will finally make its way to consumers today. The new iTunes features a sleek, streamlined interface …
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| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Microsoft's Surface Pro will be $899 for 64GB and $999 for 128GB models, as predicted — Earlier in the year we brought you the news that Microsoft's surface pricing would run in the $999 range. Now, Microsoft has confirmed the pricing in a post by Surface GM Panos Panay.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft Surface Pro to have half the Surface RT's battery life — Summary: Microsoft has shared not only Surface Pro pricing, but also expected battery-life stats for its Intel-based PC/tablets coming in January. — How much does battery life matter to tablet users? Microsoft may soon find out, first-hand.
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| Leo Kelion / BBC: |
Tony Fadell: From iPod father to thermostat start-up — Father of the iPod — Tony Fadell on changes at Apple, Nest and doubts about Kickstarter
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Zynga Loosens Its Deal With Facebook: No Longer Tied To Facebook Ad Units, Credits, Or Exclusivity — Zynga just filed a document with the SEC outlining new terms in its agreement with Facebook. Overall, it seems that Zynga and Facebook establishing a little more distance and flexibility …
| Mike Isaac / AllThingsD: |
After Deal Changes With Zynga, Facebook Could Now Make Its Own Games — Could Facebook delve into the game-making business? — According to documents filed with the SEC, it's possible. — Facebook and gaming giant Zynga revised their long-standing contract agreements on Thursday …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
NPD: U.S. Windows Device Sales Down 21% On Last Year; Windows 8 Tablet Sales “Almost Non-Existent” — Microsoft earlier this week made a point of noting that there have been 40 million downloads of Windows 8 since it launched a month ago, putting it ahead of where Windows 7 was at the same point in its sales cycle.
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| Geoff Gasior / The Tech Report: |
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| Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD: |
Syria Has Disappeared From The Internet — A few hours ago, Syria, the middle eastern country in the middle of an especially bloody civil war, disappeared from the Internet. — The research firm Renesys, which keeps track of the status and health of the technical underpinnings … | Matthew Prince / CloudFlare blog: |
| Ellis Hamburger / The Verge: |
Fantastical: the intelligent iPhone calendar app we've been waiting for is here (hands-on) — Can the best Mac calendar app transition to the small screen? — I'd consistently heard great things about Fantastical for Mac, but I wouldn't buy it. I wasn't ready to pay upwards of fifteen dollars … | Horace Dediu / asymco: |
The cost of selling Galaxies — In the post “Google vs. Samsung” I compared the profits of Google and Samsung Electronics' mobile (aka Telecoms) division. It showed how Samsung has grown its mobile business to such a degree that, if sustained, could conceivably influence the way Android is controlled.
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| Ken Yeung / The Next Web: |
Google Play's revenue rises by 311%, but Apple's App Store sees 4 times more sales, study says — In the inaugural study released by app analytics firm, App Annie Intelligence, data shows that, worldwide, the Apple store is seeing revenues four times larger than the Google Play store …
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BGR, CNET, Inside Mobile Apps, Computerworld, Mashable! and App Annie Blog
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple to start selling unlocked iPhone 5 through online store as soon as tonight in the U.S., retail stores soon — Apple will begin selling an unlocked version of its iPhone 5 through its online store as soon as 9 PM tonight, according to our retail sources.| Caitlin McGarry / PC World: |
AT&T still at bottom of Consumer Reports rankings, but boasts best 4G network — AT&T held onto its last place position in Consumer Reports' ranking of the four major U.S. cellphone carriers. But the company can point to one bright spot in the annual ratings published by Consumer Reports Thursday … | Paul Mozur / Digits: |
iPhone 5 Gets China Network Access License — Looks like Apple Inc.'s iPhone 5 may be coming to China soon. — According to a regulatory website, an Apple device resembling the iPhone 5 has received approval for a “network access” license in China. — The phone is compatible …
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| Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD: |
Confirmed: LivingSocial Slashes 400 Jobs in Attempt at Profitability — LivingSocial, the second-largest daily deals company in the U.S., has confirmed it is laying off 400 employees, or about 10 percent of its workforce, as it tries to turn a profit. — A spokesman confirmed that employees received the news this morning.| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Hack could let browsers use cloud to carry out big attacks on the cheap — Enlarge / An overview of a browser-based exploit that abuses cloud services. — Vasant Tendulkar et al. — Scientists have devised a browser-based exploit that allows them to carry out large-scale computations …
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| AppleInsider: |
iPhone 5 supply stabilizes in the U.S. for first time since launch — With the lucrative holiday shopping season in full swing, the popular iPhone 5 handset is now readily available in the U.S. at Apple's brick-and-mortar retail stores as the company has apparently overcome supply issues experienced since … | Wall Street Journal: |
Dell, Intel in Talks for Stake in Sharp — TOKYO—Sharp Corp. is in discussions with U.S. technology companies to bolster its battered balance sheet and has offered a stake to Dell Inc., among others, in return for a stable supply of breakthrough display technology, according to people familiar with the discussions.
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| Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM: |
Techmeme founder: Give me human editors and the New York Times — Gabe Rivera is a quiet high priest of the tech and media world whose websites, Techmeme and Mediagazer, use algorithms to pluck headlines and shape news coverage. But Rivera himself holds some very traditional views …
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| Lee Hutchinson / Ars Technica: |
Dell releases powerful, well-supported Linux Ultrabook — In our recent ZaReason UltraLap 430 review, Ars alum Ryan Paul lamented that even though putting Linux on laptops is easier today than ever, it's still not perfect. Some things (particularly components like trackpads and Wi-Fi chips) take some fiddling to get working.
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| Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web: |
Microsoft takes on Internet Explorer's haters in yet another biting video — Microsoft has produced a number of videos that highlight persistent negative opinion of its Internet Explorer product among certain groups of technology folks, often with a mocking tone, used to indicate … | Declan McCullagh / CNET: |
Obama opposes Silicon Valley firms on immigration reform — White House announcement before congressional vote on STEM Jobs Act puts president in opposition to many of the Silicon Valley firms and executives who bankrolled his re-election campaign. — President Obama opposes …
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| David Kravets / Wired: |
Senate Committee Approves Bill Requiring Warrants for E-Mail — A Senate committee on Thursday unanimously backed sweeping digital privacy protections requiring the government, for the first time, to get a probable-cause warrant to obtain e-mail and other content stored in the cloud.
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