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November 30, 2012, 11:35 PM

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Matt Hartley / Financial Post:

Google snaps up Waterloo startup BufferBox — BufferBox Inc. is moving on up to Google Inc. Quite literally. — That's because home base for the team behind the Waterloo, Ont.-based startup — which includes founders Mike McCauley, Aditya Bali and Jay Shah — is currently the VeloCity Garage inside …

More: BGR, The Verge, Engadget, Techvibes.com, Computerworld, AllThingsD, VentureBeat, BetaNews, Digital Media Wire, CNET, PC Magazine, Mashable!, GigaOM, The Next Web, ReadWrite and 9to5Google

Tweets: @googleventures, @loyalelectron, @warrenhogarth and @dannysullivan

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Google Acquires Waterloo-Based E-Commerce Startup, Amazon Locker Competitor And YC Graduate BufferBox

More: BufferBox blog, GeekWire, Business Insider, ZDNet and WebProNews

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Court Rules Yahoo Must Pay $2.7 Billion For Mexican Yellow Pages Breach Of Contract — Yahoo says it “will vigorously pursue all appeals” of a non-final judgement by a Mexico City court ruling Yahoo must pay $2.7 billion for breaching its contract with Ideas Interactivas and its parent company Worldwide Directories.

More: Yahoo! Pressroom Home, Reuters, CNET, Bloomberg, Marketing Land, AllThingsD, Business Insider, Computerworld, The Next Web and BBC

James Cowie / Renesys Blog:

Could It Happen In Your Country? — How hard is it to disconnect a country from the Internet, really? — That's the number one question we've received about our analysis of the Egyptian and Syrian Internet blackouts, and it's a reasonable question. If the Internet is so famously resilient …

More: Wired, Computerworld, nbcnews.com, Web Host Industry Review, The Technology Chronicles, The Atlantic Online, AllThingsD, Electronista, ZDNet, Geekosystem, The Lede, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Slate and TechCrunch

Stephen Shankland / CNET:

Google reactivates Speak2Tweet for Syrian Internet cutoff

More: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Google+, Forbes, Geekosystem, Network World, PC Magazine, SiliconANGLE, digitaltrends.com, AllTwitter, 9to5Google, Hillicon Valley, The Next Web and The Atlantic Online. Tweets: @google

Amy Chozick / New York Times:

Official Syrian Web Sites Hosted in U.S.

More: InfoWorld, CNN, www.thehostingnews.com, Guardian, Web Host Industry Review, TechPresident, The Citizen Lab, Renesys and AllThingsD

Tweets: @irenepoet and @amychozick

Mike Hibberd / Telecoms.com:

Apple vetting operators on LTE network performance — Apple is vetting networks before allowing operators to offer the iPhone 5 as an LTE device — Apple is not allowing mobile operators to offer the iPhone 5 as an LTE device unless they pass the Californian vendor's own …

More: The Next Web, TechCrunch, PC Magazine, CNET, iDownloadBlog.com, TUAW, Macgasm, PhoneArena, App Advice, The Loop, iPhone Hacks, everythingiCafe, MacRumors, MobileSyrup.com, iClarified, MacStories, Electronista and iLounge. Tweets: @benedictevans

David Pierce / The Verge:

Apple iMac and Mac mini review (late 2012) — From its smallest desktop to its largest, Apple's computers get a 2012 refresh — As soon as it was unveiled on stage in October, I started looking forward to getting the new iMac in for review. See, my main machine is a 13-inch MacBook Air, which I mostly love.

More: Primate Labs Blog, AppleInsider, ABCNEWS, MacRumors and MACé" blog

Matt Brian / The Next Web:

Apple's new redesigned iMacs go on sale in the US, 21.5-inch models shipping in 1-3 days

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Seth Weintraub / 9to5Mac:

Apple introduces variable cost iTunes Gift Cards to third party retailers for the holidays — Rolling out to your favorite supermarket or retail store this holiday season are new Apple iTunes gift cards that can be bought in any denomination between $15 and $500.

More: SlashGear, Engadget, TUAW, Macgasm, MacRumors, iLounge, iPhone Hacks, Starbucks Newsroom, iDownloadBlog.com, App Advice, MacNN and iClarified

Ron Lieber / New York Times:

A Warning for Airbnb Hosts, Who May Be Breaking the Law — Back in September, Nigel Warren rented out his bedroom in the apartment where he lives for $100 a night on Airbnb, the fast-growing Web site for short-term home and apartment stays. His roommate was cool with it …

More: PandoDaily. Tweets: @bjbernstein and @gregsiegal

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Fab Has Its First Million-Dollar Day; Sold More Than $6.5M Worth Of Products This Past Week — Design-focused e-commerce site Fab released a number of data this morning, and it's impressive to say the least. Fab has sold more than $6.5 million worth of product this past week, up from $1.7 million during the same period last year.

More: PandoDaily, CNET and VentureBeat

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Facebook launches Photo Sync automatic picture uploading feature for Android and iOS — Facebook on Friday announced it is rolling out photo sync, a feature that makes it easier to share photos from your phone. If you turn it on, up to 2GB of photos from your phone can be synced automatically …

More: Facebook Newsroom, Forbes, TechCrunch, digitaltrends.com, VentureBeat, MacRumors, The Verge, Inside Facebook, TonisTechBlogTonisTechBlog, CNET, Engadget, WebProNews and Electronista. Tweets: @joshconstine

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Apple CEO Tim Cook's first TV interview is with Brian Williams, to be aired Dec 6th on NBC — Apple CEO Tim Cook's first television interview ‘of its kind’ that he's ever granted, was conducted with NBC's Brian Williams, and will be aired on December 6th on NBC's Rock Center broadcast.

More: TVNewser, AllThingsD, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, MacRumors, msnbc.com, TUAW and Cult of Mac. Tweets: @cnetnews

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Productivity App Evernote Gets Another $85M, ~$64M In Secondary Financing, Led By London's AGC Equity — Evernote, the personal data and productivity app that now has over 45 million users, is today announcing it has raised another $85 million, with 75% of that, $63.75 million, in the form of a secondary investment.

More: Evernote Blogcast, PandoDaily, VentureBeat, AllThingsD, VentureBeat, Business Insider, GigaOM, Tech in Asia and silicontap.com

Tweets: @joshconstine and @nichcarlson

Thanks:@forrestkoba

Jenna Wortham / NYT Bits:

BitTorrent's Plan for 2013? Go Legit — BitTorrent, the start-up behind the popular peer-to-peer file-sharing system of the same name, has an unusual resolution for 2013: to align itself with the entertainment industry and legally distribute movies, music and books online.

More: ReadWrite

Ben Gilbert / Engadget:

Ouya dev consoles shipping to backers on December 28th, SDK available same day — Developer kits for the Ouya were given a ship date of December 28th today, alongside news that the system's software development kit ("ODK") will be available that same day. In case it wasn't already clear …

More: Kickstarter, CNET, The Register, PC Magazine, The Verge and Mobile Magazine

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

Cinemagram Raises $8.5M Led by Menlo Ventures — Have you heard that VCs are taking more of a wait-and-see approach to investing in fast-growing mobile apps so they don't find themselves plunging into a Draw Something or a Viddy just in time for the downslope? — Well, not all of them.

More: Business Insider and TechCrunch. Thanks:@ryanm

TechCrunch:

With 1B Pageviews Under Its Belt, UGC Giant Wikia Raises $10.8M From IVP, Bessemer & Amazon — User generated content company Wikia is breaking the news of its raise of over $10.8 million in Series C funding today, in a press release soon to be sent out to tech media.

More: bizjournals, PR Newswire, peHUB, The Next Web, silicontap.com and VentureBeat

Reuters:

Insight: How a desperate HP suspended disbelief for Autonomy deal — (Reuters) - For Leo Apotheker, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO, a July 2011 meeting with Autonomy founder Mike Lynch at a chic seaside resort in France was pivotal to his effort to remake a storied technology giant.

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

comScore: Samsung increases lead as top US mobile device maker, Apple passes LG for second place — In the US, Samsung remains the top mobile OEM, although Apple is attempting to catch up as it moves into second place. Rounding out the top five are LG, Motorola, and HTC, all of which are losing market share.

More: comScore, Inc., ZDNet, Inside Mobile Apps, GeekWire, Engadget, Electronista and Tech Trader Daily

Ken Yeung / The Next Web:

Instagram's Mike Krieger on apps: are you getting the design right or do you have the right design? — App and mobile design has come a long way in the past few years, with many popular services shifting their focus more towards to improving the way their apps look.

More: TechCrunch and GigaOM

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