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December 14, 2012, 8:25 PM

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Tom Simonite / MIT Technology Review:

The Woman Charged With Making Windows 8 Succeed — The Woman Charged With Making Windows 8 Succeed — In a Q&A, Julie Larson-Green explains why Microsoft felt it was necessary to rethink an operating system used by 1.2 billion people. — Why It Matters

More: BGR, ReadWrite, TechSpot, DailyTech, GeekWire, Computerworld, Mashable!, TechCrunch, CNET, Business Insider, The Tech Report, PandoDaily, WinBeta and Softpedia News

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft's new Windows chief discusses Sinofsky, the iPad, and a transition to touch

More: BGR and Neowin

KurzweilAI:

Kurzweil joins Google to work on new projects involving machine learning and language processing — Ray Kurzweil confirmed today that he will be joining Google to work on new projects involving machine learning and language processing. — “I'm excited to share that I'll be joining Google …

More: TechCrunch, Engadget, CNET, The Verge, AllThingsD, GigaOM, Ars Technica, ReadWrite, The Next Web and SocialTimes. Tweets: @counternotions

Elyse Betters / 9to5Mac:

Walmart now offers iPhone 5 for $127, 4S for $47, and third-gen iPad for $399; Target to discount Virgin's Prepaid 4S to $399 (updated) — Walmart is continuing to slash price tags on Apple products this holiday season, as the global retailer just announced it is now offering the 16GB iPhone 5 for $127.

More: ZDNet, CNET, GeekWire, VentureBeat, Examiner, Reuters, Business Insider, Gadgetwise, The Verge, Pocketables, iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com, Pocketnow, Gizmodo, App Advice, Mobile Magazine and iClarified

Eric Savitz / Forbes:

Apple Cuts Parts Orders, Analyst Says; Stock At 10-Month Low — The Street continues to shows signs of the jitters over Apple shares, twiddling with their numbers for both this quarter and next, and fretting about demand, component supplies and competition — As I noted earlier …

More: Examiner, Business Insider, Los Angeles Times, VentureBeat, iPhone in Canada Blog and iPhone Hacks

Himank Sharma / Reuters:

Apple falls on lower shipment forecasts, muted China debut

More: BGR, Bloomberg, MarketBeat, iDownloadBlog.com and CNET. Tweets: @reuterstech

Josh Ong / The Next Web:

Apple kicks off iPhone 5 sales in China

Loek Essers / Computerworld:

Google Maps for iPhone violates European data protection law, German watchdog says — The issue is that the option to share location data is on by default, says the Independent Centre for Privacy Protection Schleswig-Holstein — When users install Google Maps on their iPhone …

More: Search Engine Land, iPhone Hacks and Computerworld

Brian X. Chen / NYT Bits:

How Google's Maps App for iPhone Hurts Nokia

More: VentureBeat, Fortune, TechCrunch, The Atlantic Online and Tech Europe

Ryan Tate / Wired:

Why Google Just Made iPhone King

More: Daring Fireball, PC Pro and Wall Street Journal. Tweets: @ryantate

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Google to shut down Calendar features, Google Sync, Google Calendar Sync, Issue Tracker Data API, and Punchd — Google on Friday announced it is shutting down a slew of features and services as part of its winter cleaning. Google Calendar will be losing a few features, Google Sync will be axed …

More: Ars Technica, BGR, The Verge, Engadget, The Verge, VentureBeat, 9to5Google, VatorNews, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, ZDNet, 9to5Mac and iPhone Hacks

Tweets: @reckless, @charlesarthur and @maryjofoley

Matt Brian / The Next Web:

Google launches 18 new Google+ features focusing on mobile, photos, events and Hangouts — As Google begins to wind down its operations before Christmas, some of its teams have been working hard to get their new features out before the festive season truly begins.

More: digitaltrends.com, CNET, VentureBeat, LAPTOP Magazine, VatorNews, PhoneArena, Marketing Land, Marketing Pilgrim, MobileBurn.com, MobileSyrup.com, memeburn, Mashable!, Softpedia News, Engadget, WebProNews, Gizmodo, PC World, Electronista and TechCrunch

Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:

Google+ Didn't Stop With 18 New Features, Updates iOS App With Photo Album Swipes, Conversation Cards And More

More: BetaNews, The Next Web, everythingiCafe, iDownloadBlog.com and SocialTimes

Chris Rayner / Bing:

Bing Social Results Arrive on iPad Today — Earlier this week, we started rolling out a new streamlined design for our social sidebar feature making it easier to find people who are relevant to your search based on what they've shared, blogged or tweeted about.

More: Engadget, iPhone Hacks, Search Engine Land, TechCrunch, PadGadget, The Next Web and Neowin

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Dropbox 2.0 brings a crisp new mobile look and refined photo experience on iOS — Dropbox is updating its mobile app today with a fresh new look and a much refined photo browsing experience on iOS. I was at Dropbox HQ this morning and had a look at the new apps for iPhone and iPad …

More: The Dropbox Blog, ZDNet, Engadget, The Verge, MacRumors, Macgasm, 9to5Mac, Mashable!, TUAW, SlashGear, MacStories, App Advice and Lifehacker. Thanks:@thekenyeung

Brian Barrett / Gizmodo:

Today's Awful Apple Rumor: Retina iPad Mini — There's something in the air this week. Maybe it's that the holidays are coming, or that it's getting colder, or that there's not much actual news to be had three weeks before the Consumer Electronics Show. But for some reason …

More: DigiTimes, 9to5Mac, BGR, The Register, MacRumors, Mashable!, MacTrast, VentureBeat, MacDailyNews, Apple Bitch, PC Magazine, iClarified, SlashGear, Business Insider and Electronista. Tweets: @panzer

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

AngelList Raising A Big Round, To Be Valued at $150 Million Or More — AngelList, a service that matches early stage startups with investors, is raising a big round of financing at a valuation that multiple sources say will top $150 million. Investors may include Google Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz, among others, say our sources.

Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:

Former HP CEO Shifts Blame for Autonomy Deal to Chairman — Ever since Hewlett-Packard said it would write off $5 billion for Autonomy, the British software firm for which it paid north of $11 billion last year, a lot of blame has been cast on Léo Apotheker, the CEO who led HP at the time.

More: Bloomberg, Business Insider and TechEye

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Jason Calacanis Says He Will Shut Down Podcast Network ThisWeekIn.com, This Week In Startups Will Continue — Jason Calacanis has announced via blog post that he's planning to wind down his podcast network ThisWeekIn.com and return the remaining funds to investors.

More: LAUNCH. Tweets: @jason

Adi Robertson / The Verge:

Head of Google.org Shona Brown leaving to advise nonprofits and startups — Shona Brown, a longtime Google executive who currently runs the humanitarian-focused Google.org project, is moving on. Brown is the Senior Vice President in charge of Google.org, which helps fund nonprofit groups …

More: Mercury News and Fortune. Tweets: @sacca

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

ITU Director General ‘Surprised’ By U.S. Dissent On New Telecoms Treaty, Says Internet And Content Issues Are Not In There — The director general of the International Telecommunication Union today spoke of his surprise and disappointment with the US, UK and other nations walking out of a vote …

More: ZDNet, Access Blog, Wired, Computerworld, Techdirt, PC Magazine and BBC. See also Mediagazer

Amy Thomson / Bloomberg:

UN Telecom Treaty Approved Against U.S. Web-Censorship Concerns

More: ReadWrite, Bloomberg Tech Blog, Computerworld, TechCrunch, Babbage, dailywireless.org, TPM IdeaLab, New York Times, Inquirer, PC Pro, Techdirt and The Hill

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