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Miscellaneous Thoughts and Observations on iTunes 11 — There are redesigns and there are redesigns. This one's the real deal. It's not a rewrite though. Clearly, in its heart, under the hood, this is still the same iTunes. It's what you see (at least in the main window; see below) that's all new.
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MacRumors and iPhone Hacks
| Mg Siegler / TechCrunch: |
iTunes — It Goes To 11. (In Design, If Not Performance.) — Yes, that headline. Obvious. But appropriate. — Yes, after much delay (about a month), iTunes 11 is here today. And yes, it is one of the biggest overhauls of the media management service yet. Perhaps the biggest.
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CNN, PC Magazine, SuperSite for Windows, digitaltrends.com and TUAW
Tweets: @nitroware and @gruber
| 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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CNET, Apple, 9to5Mac, Ars Technica, TUAW, Slate, TechCrunch, MacStories, The Next Web, AllThingsD, MacRumors, TechnoBuffalo, App Advice, Los Angeles Times, Engadget, The Register, BetaNews, The Loop, Business Insider, BGR and Gizmodo
| 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.| Kevin Fitchard / GigaOM: |
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The Consumerist and DSLreports
| Matthew Prince / CloudFlare blog: |
How Syria Turned Off the Internet — Today, 29 November 2012, between 1026 and 1029 (UTC), all traffic from Syria to the rest of the Internet stopped. At CloudFlare, we witnessed the drop off. We've spent the morning studying the situation to understand what happened.
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New York Times, www.CERT.at, PandoDaily, AllThingsD and Data Center Knowledge
| Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD: |
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Internet Events Bulletin, Renesys Blog, BBC, Reuters, The Seattle Times, San Francisco Chronicle, CNET, Slate, WorldViews, The Lede, The Verge, Computerworld, 9.blog, Network World, TechnoBuffalo, The Register, ZDNet, memeburn, Engadget, Quartz, SiliconANGLE, The Next Web, Fast Company, ValueWalk and Gizmodo
| 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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Betabeat and TechCrunch
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
| 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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CNET, The Next Web, AnandTech, TechnoBuffalo, Pocketnow, iPhone Hacks, GigaOM and Seattle Times
| 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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Engadget, TechNet Blogs, MacRumors, BetaNews, AllThingsD, PC Magazine, Wired, The Register, LAPTOP Magazine, Examiner, Business Insider, Associated Press and MobileSyrup.com. Tweets: @markgurman
| 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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| Janko Roettgers / GigaOM: |
Scoop: Key pricing and launch details of Redbox Instant revealed — The online video joint venture Redbox Instant by Verizon is set to launch sometime before the end of the year. The service is currently being tested in private beta, and Verizon and Redbox have kept mum on some key details.| 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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Thanks:@jakeosmith| 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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PhoneArena, Computerworld, BGR, CNET, Mashable!, App Annie Blog and Inside Mobile Apps
| Bloomberg: |
Microsoft Said to Plan Next Xbox Console for 2013 Holiday Season — The Halo 4 game by Xbox 360 was launched on Nov. 6, 2012. The next version of Microsoft's Xbox video-game machine is scheduled to be available for the holiday season in 2013. — Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) … | 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 … | 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.
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| Mike Senese / Wired: |
Staples Announces In-Store 3-D Printing Service — Pretty soon you'll be able to print your 3-D projects at the local Staples. — A new service called “Staples Easy 3D” will allow customers to upload their designs to Staples' website, then pick up the printed objects at their local office supply megastore … | Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents: |
ITC staff supports judge's preliminary finding that Samsung infringes four Apple patents — On October 24, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) of the International Trade Commission (ITC), a quasi-judicial agency that can impose import bans on patent-infringing products, made an initial determination …
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Hack could let browsers use cloud to carry out big attacks on the cheap — Scientists have devised a browser-based exploit that allows them to carry out large-scale computations on cloud-based services for free, a hack they warn could be used to wage powerful online attacks cheaply and anonymously.
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darkREADING and Betabeat
| Ben Gilbert / Engadget: |
Atari celebrates 40 years of Pong with new, free iOS Pong game, custom portable Xbox 360 — Atari's celebrating 40 years of arcade classic Pong today by releasing ... another version of Pong. Pong World is being dubbed “the first-ever official new Pong game on iOS” (despite our search …
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BuzzFeed, VentureBeat, Motley Fool, Yahoo! News, SlashGear, Digit - Tech News, TUAW, Gamenguide, nbcnews.com and Kotaku
| Jessica Guynn / Los Angeles Times: |
Judge orders Paul Ceglia to pay Facebook nearly $90,000 in fees — Paul Ceglia, indicted on charges of mail and wire fraud, exits federal court in New York. (Peter Foley / Bloomberg / November 28, 2012) — Paul Ceglia, the New York man who has become famous for suing Facebook …
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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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New York Times, TPM IdeaLab, Forbes, The Next Web, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, Mashable and Daily Dot
| Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
Now It's a Race: ComScore Adds Up Web, Mobile and App Eyeballs for the First Time — Big news for Web publishers whose users are increasingly visiting them on their phones: They're going to start getting credit for those eyeballs, via a new scoring system from comScore.| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Basis Science reveals its health-tracking wristwatch and fitness web service — Fitness tracking devices have invaded our lives, seeking to quench our thirst for data about whether we're healthy or not. But Basis Science is hoping to create the mother of all devices with the unveiling today …
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The Verge, TechCrunch, SlashGear, Gizmodo and GigaOM
| Alistair Barr / Reuters: |
Groupon says Mason remains CEO, shares slide — (Reuters) - Andrew Mason will remain CEO of Groupon Inc (GRPN.O), a company spokesman said on Thursday after the board of directors decided to retain the company co-founder as head of the struggling online marketer of daily deals.
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Chicago Tribune, DealBook, Marketing Pilgrim, Guardian, Bloomberg and Wall Street Journal
| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Apple begins selling unlocked iPhone 5 in the US, starting from $649 — It's that special time of the year... that is, when Apple decides to unfetter the iPhone for US shoppers. The Cupertino crew has quietly started selling the iPhone 5 in an unlocked, off-contract form that will work on GSM …
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Featured Startup on Windows 8 - Ademptio — Face it. You love coding. Or, you hate coding. — For those who really do love it, and for those who find that some of their best ideas happen when they are doing other things …
Featured Startup on Windows 8 - Ademptio — Face it. You love coding. Or, you hate coding. — For those who really do love it, and for those who find that some of their best ideas happen when they are doing other things …
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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 …
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 …
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99.999 Is Not Enough: An OpenCloud Approach to Delivering Application Uptime and Performance — Executive Summary — The pressure to keep vital applications online and performing well is extreme.
99.999 Is Not Enough: An OpenCloud Approach to Delivering Application Uptime and Performance — Executive Summary — The pressure to keep vital applications online and performing well is extreme.
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University makes major investment in big data development — As news of the benefits provided by big data platforms such as Apache Hadoop spreads, more organizations are investing in the burgeoning technology.
University makes major investment in big data development — As news of the benefits provided by big data platforms such as Apache Hadoop spreads, more organizations are investing in the burgeoning technology.Who's Hiring In Tech?
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