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October 28, 2013, 1:10 AM

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Eugene Wei / Remains of the Day:
Amazon and the “profitless business model” fallacy  —  [DISCLOSURE: As always when I write about Amazon, I'll note I worked there from 1997-2004 and that I still own some shares in the company.  I still have many friends who work there, though I have no more idea what Amazon is working on now than any of you in the public.]
Nicole Lee / Engadget:
Livescribe 3 smartpen digitizes notes straight to your iPad, starts at $150  —  Livescribe broke new ground last year with the Sky WiFi pen that could transfer handwritten and audio notes straight to the cloud (well, to your Evernote account anyway), so that they'd be accessible anywhere there's an internet connection.
Wall Street Journal:
Obama Unaware as U.S. Spied on World Leaders: Officials  —  NSA Stopped Surveillance of Merkel, Others After White House Review  —  WASHINGTON—The National Security Agency ended a program used to spy on German Chancellor Angela Merkel and a number of other world leaders …
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:
Spreadsheet of the day: Final estimates for Apple's Q4 2013  —  The forecasts of 48 Apple analysts — 27 Wall Street professionals and 21 independents  —  FORTUNE - The results of Fortune's quarterly survey of Apple (AAPL) analysts are in, and the results are mixed — in more ways than one.
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Thoughts and Observations Regarding This Week's Apple Event Introducing the iPad Air and Retina iPad Mini  —  The Show Itself  —  There is a certain sameness to almost every Apple event.  A pattern, a formula, a structure, a rhythm and pacing.  Does this make them boring?
Mark Gurman / 9to5Google:
Upcoming Nexus 5 leaks in white, Nov. 1 launch date reported  —  After leaking a clear image of the black model yesterday, prolific leaker @evleaks has posted a render of the upcoming Nexus 5 in a white color option.  As can be seen in the image above, the white model is actually a two-tone device …
USC:
USC Study: Google Search Serves Users From 600% More Locations than A Year Ago  —  In a shift in strategy, Google reuses existing content delivery infrastructure to speed up searches  —  Contact: Robert Perkins at (213) 740-9226 or perkinsr@usc.edu  —  Over the past 10 months …

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