Techmeme: King of Samsung: a chairman's reign of cunning and corruption (Sam Byford/The Verge)

December 2, 2012, 5:15 PM

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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 …

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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.

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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 …

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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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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.

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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 …

Amy Chozick / New York Times:

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.

More: The Verge and Renesys Blog. Tweets: @crispinburke and @dberlind. See also Mediagazer

CNN:

Internet, phone services back online for much of Syria

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Jon Fingas / Engadget:

ASUS Qube with Google TV pops up at the FCC — Despite its crucial role in the Android ecosystem, ASUS hasn't taken the plunge on Google TV so far. An FCC approval for a new adapter, the Qube, suggests that reticence is coming to a quick halt — and in an uncommon way.

More: TG Daily, Android Authority, Crave, The Verge, PhoneArena, SlashGear and Android Phone Fans

Tom Bergin / Reuters:

EBay's double tax base prompts calls for investigation — (Reuters) - Britain and Germany may have missed out on a combined $1 billion in sales tax since online marketplace eBay picked a tiny Luxembourg office as its base for EU sales, a shift that lawmakers say should now be investigated.

More: Wall St. Cheat Sheet and Guardian

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.

More: Monday Note, ZDNet, Wall St. Cheat Sheet, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog.com and VentureBeat

Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:

In a blow to Android, judge says Moto patents can't get injunctions — Motorola can't use standard-based patents to enjoin Microsoft's Xbox. — flickr / Tsahi Levent-Levi — The Seattle federal judge who recently oversaw a two-week trial between Microsoft and Motorola …

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