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Syria Rebels Find Skype Useful, but Dangers Lurk — In a demonstration of their growing sophistication and organization, Syrian rebels responded to a nationwide shutdown of the Internet by turning to satellite technology to coordinate within the country and to communicate with outside activists.| CNN: |
Internet, phone services back online for much of Syria — (CNN) — Internet and cell phone coverage were restored Saturday to most Syrian provinces, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, two days after a blackout shut down virtually all Internet service in the country.
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Renesys Blog, BBC, CloudFlare blog, The Verge, Gizmodo, CNET, The Next Web, AllThingsD, Associated Press and Daily Mail
| Brad Molen / Engadget: |
HTC confirms the Windows Phone 8S will not be coming to the US — The HTC Windows Phone 8S was announced as a lower-end alternative to its bigger brother, the flagship Windows Phone 8X, but the company has remained relatively quiet about it since. While we're still awaiting official details … | Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune: |
If Samsung doesn't supply Apple's processors, who will? — Switching foundries isn't easy, says an analyst. It's going to take years and cost billions. — FORTUNE — Samsung, believe it or not, is still the sole supplier of the processors that run every iPhone, iPad and iPod touch that Apple (AAPL) sells.
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ZDNet, Fortune, Wall St. Cheat Sheet, AppleInsider, VentureBeat, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, Softpedia News and MacDailyNews. Tweets: @asymco
| Damaster / LiveSide.net: |
Exclusive: Microsoft bringing cloud music player to SkyDrive.com — Rumors about Microsoft bringing a cloud music playing to SkyDrive had been floating around for a long time. Back in May 2011 when Microsoft first announced Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango”, we reported on some indications that …
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The Verge, The Next Web, Gizmodo, WinBeta, Neowin and TechCrunch
| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
iFixit iMac teardown reveals dual mics, difficult RAM upgrades & glued on LCD — While we had some pictures of a brief teardown earlier this week, iFixit has now completed its ritual teardown of the new 21.5″ iMac that officially went on sale on Friday.| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Microsoft continues Windows Phone Store expansion with 42 new markets, bringing total to 113 — Microsoft on Friday announced a slew of updates to its Windows Phone Dev Center and Windows Phone Store. The biggest is the expansion of the Windows Phone Store to 42 new markets, bringing the total to 113.
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The Windows Blog, Neowin, msdn.microsoft.com, PhoneArena, SlashGear, WinBeta, WindowsObserver.com and WMPoweruser. Thanks:@alex
| Sarah Lacy / PandoDaily: |
Lessons from the Groupon disaster: Maybe international can wait — When people say “Go big or go home” they're rarely actually thinking they'll have to go home. If they actually saw that as a real risk, they'd probably go at least slightly smaller. — I've long said that the growth of Groupon … | Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch: |
R.I.P. Frothy Times, A Return To Normalcy — Whatever it is, it is palpable. A sort of buzz in the Valley that all is not well, and a slight nervousness among entrepreneurs, investors and startup employees as they flit about their day-to-day. We may not be in the middle … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Dwolla Launches Guest Checkout Option For Merchants, Allows Shoppers To Pay With Dwolla Without Signing Up — Online and mobile digital cash network Dwolla is breaking down one of the barriers to entry to using its service with today's introduction of a new “guest checkout” feature for online merchants.
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Dwolla Blog, BetaKit, InformationWeek, Fast Company, WebProNews, The Next Web and ProgrammableWeb
| Jennifer Martinez / Hillicon Valley: |
White House draft cyber order adds changes to mollify tech industry — The White House has incorporated changes into its draft cybersecurity executive order that attempts to smooth over concerns raised by the high tech industry. — The latest set of edits come after White House officials …
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The Verge, The Next Web, Techdirt and Politico
| Brittany Darwell / Inside Facebook: |
FB shares close at $28, highest since July — Facebook shares closed today at $28, up more than 16 percent this week and hitting a new high not seen since July. — Shares have been on the rise now that major lockup periods have passed and a number of analysts have improved their ratings for the stock.Sponsor Posts
Channel 9:
Windows Store Weekly — This week we take a look at: Star Trek App, Box, Fling Theory, StumbleUpon, and wordBrush.
Windows Store Weekly — This week we take a look at: Star Trek App, Box, Fling Theory, StumbleUpon, and wordBrush.
Cloud Foundry:
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 …
Rackspace Blog:
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 …
Hortonworks » Blog:
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.
Unison's blog:
“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).
“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).Who's Hiring In Tech?
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