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January 2, 2013, 7:15 AM

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Wall Street Journal:

Intel's Push Into Web TV Hits Delays — Intel Corp.'s effort to develop an Internet-based TV service and associated hardware is taking longer than expected, people familiar with the company's plans say, in part due to delays in reaching content agreements with media companies.

More: SlashGear and 9to5Mac

Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

Inside Intel's TV service: No CES announcement, but plenty of juicy details — Both Forbes and TechCrunch reported this past weekend that Intel may announce its much-rumored TV service at CES next week. I've been told by a knowledgeable source that this is inaccurate …

More: Business Insider, The Next Web, Neowin, Engadget, iDownloadBlog.com, Gizmodo, iPhone in Canada Blog and SlashGear

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

New services bypass Apple DRM to allow pirated iOS app installs without jailbreaking on iPhone, iPad — Late last year, the closure of the uber-popular Installous marked the end of a promiscuous era in iOS app piracy. Now, several new services are on the rise that are filling the gap …

More: Gizmodo, Guardian and iClarified

Tweets: @pdparticle and @tapbot_paul

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Matt Brian / The Next Web:

Developers begin seeing new Apple iPhone hardware and iOS 7 in usage logs — Currently under development, traces of Apple's new iPhone and iOS software have begun surfacing in app usage logs. Developers have contacted The Next Web to share references to a new iPhone identifier …

Robin Wauters / The Next Web:

Vehicle rental giant Avis acquires car sharing company Zipcar for $500 million — Happy New Year, and welcome to the ongoing rise of the sharing economy. — Vehicle rental services company Avis Budget Group (Avis) today announced that it has agreed to acquire car sharing network Zipcar …

More: TechCrunch, The Verge, Avis Budget Group, DealBook and Wall Street Journal. Tweets: @danprimack

Seth Weintraub / 9to5Mac:

Apple airs unfortunately-timed ‘Do Not Disturb’ ad with Venus and Serena Williams [video] — You can't make this up. — As many iPhone owners wake up New Years Day and realize their Do Not Disturb is stuck on, they might also catch a glimpse of Apple's new iPhone 5 commercial.

More: TUAW, CNET, iDownloadBlog.com, PhoneArena, Examiner, Business Insider, MacRumors, iPhone Hacks, Macgasm and App Advice

Arnold Kim / MacRumors:

iOS 6's ‘Do Not Disturb’ Not Shutting Off Automatically on New Year's Day

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Windows gains market share after six months of decline: Windows 8 grabs 1.64%, Windows 7 passes 45% — Last month, we reported how Windows XP had finally fallen below 40 percent market share. At the time, Windows 8 managed to grab 1 percent of the pie, and in December Microsoft's newest OS progressed but did not double up.

More: InfoWorld, Softpedia News, Neowin and Windows 8 Beta

Elise Ackerman / IEEE Spectrum:

Google Glass Features and Apps Still in Flux — Babak Parviz, head of the Google Glass project, hints at what to expect next … IEEE Spectrum: What is Google trying to accomplish with Google Glass? — Babak Parviz: We wanted to have a device that would do two things that we think would be useful for a lot of people.

More: CNET, The Verge, PhoneArena, 9to5Google, BGR and IEEE Spectrum. Tweets: @jowyang

Wall Street Journal:

Facebook Analysts Stick to Script — Facebook Inc. has gotten a thumbs-down from investors since its initial public offering. But securities analysts who work at the investment banks that did the deal have never wavered in their enthusiasm. — Since the social-networking company went public in May …

More: Business Insider, Betabeat, Digits and MarketBeat

Devorah Lauter / Telegraph:

Apple's Paris store hit by New Year's Eve raid — The Apple shop in Paris's Opera district was robbed by armed, masked men on New Year's Eve, under the noses of riot police patrolling the nearby Champs Elysées. — The Apple store in Paris — Reports claimed the thieves …

Joe Schneider / Bloomberg:

Samsung Loses Bid to Seal Sales Data in Apple Dispute — Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) lost a bid to keep sales data of some of its products sealed in a U.S. patent dispute with Apple Inc. — U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose yesterday denied Samsung's request to keep …

More: Business Journal and PhoneArena

Derek Kessler / webOS Nation:

WebOS Ports gets Open webOS up and running on the Google Nexus 7 [video] — As if the Samsung Galaxy Nexus Open webOS port wasn't enough, WebOS Ports has announced a new porting project: Open webOS on the Google Nexus 7. The seven-inch Android-powered tablet built by Asus was the premiere launch devices …

More: Engadget, Techie Buzz, Geek.com, PhoneArena, Examiner, Electronista and The Verge

Marcus Wohlsen / Wired:

Tech's Hot New Market: The Poor — Douglas Merrill's sister-in-law Vicki needed new snow tires. Without them, the single mother of three, who was going to school while also working full-time, couldn't get to work. She'd lose her job. — But Vicki was in a bind.

Tweets: @garrytan

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