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August 28, 2013, 3:45 PM

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Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:
Exclusive: Google+ Hangouts goes HD as it switches from H.264 to VP8.  Next up, WebRTC.  —  Noticed any differences when using Google's Hangouts video chat lately?  If you did, then you may be one of the lucky users who has already received an upgrade to 720p HD video.
Eva Dou / Wall Street Journal:
HTC Develops China-Focused Mobile Operating System  —  Taiwanese Handset Maker Works With China in Bid to Revive Sales  —  TAIPEI—HTC Corp. is developing a mobile software system specifically for Chinese consumers, people familiar with the project say, as part of a big China bet …
Bloomberg:
Apple Said to Plan First Tokyo Retail Store Since 2005  —  Apple Inc. (AAPL) plans to open a store in Tokyo's upscale Omotesando shopping district as early as March, according to a person familiar with the plans.  —  Construction is scheduled to be completed by February, the person said …
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Apple Acquires Swedish Firm AlgoTrim, A Company That Does Mobile Media And Data Compression  —  Apple has acquired AlgoTrim, a Swedish startup that builds codecs and designs solutions that maximize performance of data, mobile imaging, video and computer graphics while minimizing memory requirements …
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Nintendo dropping Wii U price to $299.99 ahead of Xbox One and PlayStation 4 launch  —  The Wii U hasn't been selling quite as well as Nintendo might like, and September 20th it's giving the new console a $50 price cut that'll bring it down to $299.99.  Earlier this month …
Matthew Prince / CloudFlare Blog:
Details Behind Today's Internet Hacks … At 1:19pm (PDT) today, a researcher noticed that the New York Times' website wasn't loading.  We know the New York Times tech team, so we sent an email to check in.  A few minutes later, the CTO of the NYT called us back.
eMarketer:
Facebook Sees Big Gains in Global Mobile Ad Market Share  —  Google to take home half of $16.65 billion worldwide mobile ad market  —  Facebook's continued emphasis on mobile monetization, along with its users' ongoing shift toward mobile devices, is resulting in dramatic gains in mobile ad market share …
Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider:
Apple looking to turn the iPhone into an intelligent universal media, ‘smart home’ remote control  —  An Apple patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday describes a method in which a portable device, like the iPhone, can save, manage and recall entertainment and “smart home” system settings, called “scenes.”
Andy / TorrentFreak:
Grooveshark Signs With Sony, Steps Over that Wavy ‘Piracy’ Line  —  What's the difference between YouTube and Grooveshark?  —  That's not the start of some terrible geek in-joke but a question that Grooveshark founder Sam Tarantino has always been happy to answer, and for good reason.
Simon Bisson / ZDNet:
What Microsoft and Google's YouTube row says about the future of web development  —  Summary: The Google/Microsoft YouTube dispute tells you more about the way software for the mobile internet is being developed that you might have thought.  —  When it comes to Google and Microsoft's dispute …
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John Cassidy / The New Yorker:
Steve Ballmer and the Art of Managing a Monopoly  —  Steve Ballmer hasn't been getting much love recently.  On Friday, when he announced that he plans to retire as Microsoft's C.E.O. at some point within the next year, the firm's stock had its best day in years, rising seven per cent.
More: Yahoo! FinanceTweets: @dbfarber
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Shopify Launches Point-Of-Sale System To Unify Online And Brick-And-Mortar Retail  —  Ottawa-based Shopify, the online storefront provider that helps around 65,000 retailers reach their customers on the web, including Tesla, Crossfit and others, today announced a new retail point-of-sale solution that uses iPads for its terminals.
Simon Sharwood / The Register:
Marc Andreessen, Pat Gelsinger in verbal VMworld brawl  —  Netscape legend and VMware CEO clash on security, ARM vs. x86 and role of cloud  —  VMworld 2013 VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger and graphical-browser-inventor-turned- venture-capitalist Marc Andreessen have engaged in a feisty debate at Vmworld 2013 …
More: ForbesTweets: @matteastwood

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