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December 25, 2012, 11:40 AM

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Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

Netflix is down: AWS outage takes down service on some devices — Updated: Netflix is inaccessible for users on some devices on Christmas Eve, thanks to an outage of Amazon's 9s AMZN) AWS cloud infrastructure. There is no word from Amazon when the issue will be fixed.

More: GigaOM, Business Insider, Engadget, TechCrunch, The Verge, Wired, Hacking NetFlix, Wall Street Journal, GeekWire, PhoneArena, Web Host Industry Review, VentureBeat, Electronista, Mashable!, Forbes and Neowin

Tweets: @netflix, @rafe, @adrianco, @awscloud and @adrianco

Nick Wingfield / New York Times:

All the World's a Game, and Business Is a Player — Congratulations. Reading the first paragraph of this article has earned you a badge. — If this made-up award makes you feel good about yourself, then you are on your way to understanding gamification, a business trend — some would say fad …

More: Polygon

Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:

Seven Questions for Google Enterprise Chief Amit Singh — It's been a big year for many things related to the Enterprise business at Google. For one thing, it launched both Google Drive and its cloud computing platform. — Then there's Google Apps, the suite of Web-based office applications …

More: Business Insider, Neowin, TechEye and ResearchBuzz

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

Exclusive: Hailo Raising $30M at $140M Valuation for Epic NYC E-Taxi Throwdown With Uber — Hailo, the European taxi-hailing app, is raising a large round of funding as it prepares to do battle in the U.S. market, specifically in New York City. — The London-based company is poised to close …

More: The Verge, TechCrunch, GigaOM and VentureBeat

Dan Levine / Reuters:

Instagram furor triggers first class action lawsuit — (Reuters) - Facebook's Instagram photo sharing service has been hit with what appears to be the first civil lawsuit to result from changed service terms that prompted howls of protest last week. — In a proposed class action lawsuit filed …

More: CNET, digitaltrends.com, Mashable!, TechCrunch, The Droid Guy, VentureBeat, GigaOM, The Next Web, CNN, Examiner, Geek News Central, Betabeat, Forbes, The Raw Story, Gizmodo and AllThingsD. Tweets: @reckless

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.

David Streitfeld / New York Times:

Little Sign of a Predicted E-Book Price War — Right about now, just as millions of e-readers and tablets are being slipped under Christmas trees, there was supposed to be a ferocious price war over e-books. — Last spring, the Justice Department sued five major publishers and Apple on e-book price-fixing charges.

More: paidContent, Gravitational Pull and Media Decoder. See also Mediagazer

Andrew Martonik / Android Central:

Original Droid RAZR and RAZR MAXX receiving Jelly Bean OTA update — It's a Christmas Eve miracle! Seemingly out of nowhere, the original Droid RAZR and RAZR MAXX are pulling down an OTA update to Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. Several different users in our forums are reporting that their handsets are …

More: IntoMobile, The Droid Guy, Examiner, PhoneArena, CNET and The Verge

Declan McCullagh / CNET:

Revealed: NSA targeting domestic computer systems in secret test — National Security Agency's Perfect Citizen program hunts for vulnerabilities in “large-scale” utilities, including power grid and gas pipeline controllers, newly released documents show. — Newly released files show …

comScore, Inc.:

Argentina Ranks First in Worldwide Desktop Social Networking Engagement at Nearly 10 Hours per Visitor Each Month — Analysis of Social Networking in Latin America Shows LinkedIn Grabbing #2 Position with35 Million Monthly Visitors — Santiago, Chile, December 20, 2012 - comScore (NASDAQ …

More: The Next Web

Enigmax / TorrentFreak:

PayPal Bans BitTorrent Friendly Hosting Provider PRQ — While most webhosts go about their day to day business without most people knowing they even exist, Sweden's PRQ has a habit of making international headlines a few times every year. — The ISP, created in 2004 by Gottfrid Svartholm …

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 …

More: GeekWire, TechEye, Bloomberg, WinBeta, Digits, Computerworld, GigaOM, Neowin, Reuters, The Next Web, CNET and Business Insider

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