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Nick Bilton / NYT Bits:
Disruptions: Apple Is Said to Be Developing a Curved-Glass Smart Watch  —  Dick Tracy and James Bond had watches that served as computers.  Tim Cook of Apple wears a Nike FuelBand, which tracks his physical activity.  —  Dick Tracy had one.  As did Inspector Gadget and James Bond.
Jessica E. Lessin / Wall Street Journal:
Apple Testing Watch-Like Device  —  Apple Inc. is experimenting with designs for a watch-like device that would perform some functions of a smartphone, according to people briefed on the effort.  —  The company has discussed such a device with its major manufacturing partner Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. …
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Jay Yarow / Business Insider:
Before He Died, Steve Jobs Said He Wanted Apple To Make A Car  —  Here's a nugget of news buried in Nick Bilton's story on Apple potentially making an iWatch: In a meeting in his office before he died, Steven P. Jobs, Apple's co-founder and former chief executive, told John Markoff …
More: VentureBeat.  Tweets: @samfbiddle
Seth Weintraub / 9to5Mac:
Tim Cook never wanted to sue Samsung  —  Interesting quotes aplenty from the ‘Apple and Samsung, frenemies for life’ Reuters article this weekend...  But, as the Samsung vs. Apple trial runs down to an effective stalemate, the Reuters opinion is that Apple is likely to settle.
Tweets: @markgurman
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
Microsoft's Surface Pro launch marred by supply shortages  —  Summary: Microsoft is touting ‘amazing’ customer response to its new Surface Pro.  But customers are saying they couldn't get their hands on devices due to lack of supply.  —  What if they threw a product launch and potential customers came — but the product didn't?
Bill Howard / ExtremeTech:
Google: Self-driving cars in 3-5 years.  Feds: Not so fast  —  The self-driving car could be available to consumers in 3-5 years, the head of Google's autonomous driving project says.  That's the most optimistic timeframe yet.  Other projections have been for 2020 and beyond, which still beats “probably not in our lifetime.”
More: Bloomberg
Danny Yadron / Wall Street Journal:
Churches, NFL Fight to Save the Cordless Microphone  —  Megachurches, Broadway producers and the National Football League have formed an unlikely alliance in a Washington lobbying fight.  Their battle cry: Save the wireless microphone.  —  Regulators are eager to open more of the nation's airwaves …
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
Twitter quietly releases lolcat language option for all, kthxbai  —  It's Friday.  Twitter already had big search announcements on Wednesday and Thursday this week, so now it's time for a little fun.  The company has quietly turned on lolcats as a new language for the site.
Ben Lovejoy / MacRumors:
Enterprise Information Workers Favor Microsoft Tablets and Apple Phones  —  Information workers in the enterprise sector would like a Microsoft tablet but an Apple phone, according to Forrester Research's annual Mobile Workforce Adoption Trends survey of 10,000 enterprise staff (via AppleInsider).
More: eWeek and ZDNet
Jim Fitzgerald / Associated Press:
Watson's medical expertise offered commercially  —  The Watson supercomputer is graduating from its medical residency and is being offered commercially to doctors and health insurance companies, IBM said Friday.  IBM Corp., the health insurer WellPoint Inc. and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center announced …

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