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December 2, 2012, 10:35 PM

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Paul Graham / Y Combinator:
YC W13 Will Be Smaller  —  We just finished interviews for the winter 2013 YC cycle.  We funded a lot fewer startups this time than last.  We funded 84 in summer 2012.  We don't know yet exactly how many we'll have in winter 2013 because we usually add a handful after interviews and sometimes …
Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider:
Some new iMacs marked as being ‘Assembled in USA’  —  Apple may be taking some of the burden of assembling the new iMac off Chinese supply partners by performing parts of assembly in the U.S., as a number of newly-purchased standard units are showing an “Assembled in America” notation usually reserved for made-to-order machines.
More: 9to5Mac, CNET, Fortune, TUAW and ExaminerTweets: @jyarow
Alexandra Chang / Wired:
Don't Blame Us for Windows 8′s Slow Sales, PC Makers Say  —  Microsoft is publicly touting its Windows 8 sales figures — 40 million licenses sold!  Windows 8 outpacing Windows 7 upgrades!  Windows Store apps double since launch! — but it isn't all sunshine and smiles in Redmond.
Sam Byford / The Verge:
King of Samsung: a chairman's reign of cunning and corruption  —  Lee Kun-hee made Samsung a global power over 25 years, but at what cost?  —  If Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee takes a moment this weekend to reflect on the past 25 years, he could be forgiven for having mixed emotions.
Tweets: @zpower and @llukThanks:@max8378
Brian X. Chen / New York Times:
App Maker Uber Hits Regulatory Snarl  —  WASHINGTON — Summoning a taxi or car service with your smartphone feels like the future.  City governments around the world can agree on that.  But many of them are proposing new rules that would run Uber, one of the most prominent ride-requesting apps, off the road.
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Apps Like Rockmelt Ditch Social-Only Signup, Add Email So Privacy Buffs Can “Try Before You Pry”  —  Rockmelt's recently released iPad app only offered signup through Facebook and Twitter, leading 50 percent of users not to sign in at all.  So today it followed Pinterest and Spotify …
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
New World Order: is the UN about to take control of the internet?  —  Is there a war on for the web?  —  The future of the web will be decided in a dark room by UN politicians and authoritarian governments — at least according to Google and some other opponents of the International …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook Makes A Huge Data Grab By Aggressively Promoting Photo Sync  —  Facebook was already taking in 300 million photos a day, and that rate is about to dramatically increase.  It's now ushering users onto its background uploads feature Photo Sync with a big banner at the top of its mobile apps' news feed.
David Segal / New York Times:
John McAfee Plays Hide-and-Seek in Belize  —  DANIEL GUERRERO promised during his campaign for mayor here to clean up San Pedro, the only town on this island, a 20-minute puddle jump from the mainland.  But if he ever runs for re-election, don't expect him to mention that vow.

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