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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Report claims next-gen, thinner, lighter full-sized iPad due in March with iPad mini design elements  —  Even with Apple's launch of the fourth-generation iPad last month, Apple is rumored to be preparing to launch yet another new iPad in the coming months.  According to Macotakara, a thinner …
Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News:
Techmeme's top 20 headline terms of 2012, and what they signify  —  We can uncover a variety of patterns analyzing the data Techmeme has accumulated over the years, and given Techmeme's pan-industry focus, these findings can signal large-scale trends developing across the tech industry.
Tweets: @theromit and @cschweitz
Reuters:
Analysis: Amazon, Google on collision course in 2013  —  (Reuters) - When Amazon.com Inc CEO Jeff Bezos got word of a project at Google Inc to scan and digitize product catalogs a decade ago, the seeds of a burgeoning rivalry were planted.  —  The news was a “wake-up” call to Bezos, an early investor in Google.
Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
Longtime Microsoft Executive Craig Mundie Cedes Strategy Post, to Retire in 2014  —  Microsoft has quietly shifted Craig Mundie — its former chief research and strategy officer — to a new, vaguely defined role as “Senior Advisor to the CEO.”  —  “In this role, he works on key strategic projects within …
Eva Dou / Digits:
Acer Plans to Launch $99 Tablet  —  Acer Inc. is planning to launch an Android tablet priced around US$99 early next year, a person with direct knowledge of the project, said.  —  The world's fourth-largest PC maker by shipments hopes to be the first big-brand company to launch a tablet priced …
Richard Lai / Engadget:
Huawei's 6.1-inch 1080p Ascend Mate flaunted by exec, leaves little surprise for CES  —  How big is too big?  Well, that's clearly not Huawei's concern, as it's about to introduce a 6.1-inch 1080p Android phone at CES.  But even two weeks (before the company's CES press day) …
Danny Sullivan / CNET:
iPad is left behind as rival tablets get multiuser support  —  Want to loan your tablet to a child or friend but don't want to provide access to all your data?  Windows, Android, and even Amazon tablets make it easy.  Apple's iPad has some catching up to do.
Tweets: @lessien
Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:
The Fifth-Biggest Site in the World Operated on a Budget of $27M Last Year  —  The Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia, had expenses of $27 million this past fiscal year, and raised $38.5 million to support them.  —  The only nonprofit organization within the world's Top 40 Web sites …
More: Wikimedia blog.  Tweets: @wikimedia

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