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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Confirmed: Apple & Best Buy will price match Walmart's $479 iPad Air deal in stores (Staples too) — As it has been known to do for recent Apple product launches, Walmart announced last week that it would be offering a $20 discount on Apple's new entry-level 16GB iPad Air starting as soon as the device launches tomorrow on November 1.| Josh Lowensohn / CNET: |
iPad Air tracker shows availability at up to 20 stores — On the hunt for Apple's new tablet today or in the near future? There are still plenty of models available both online and in stores, but it might not stay that way for long. — Click to enlarge. — (Credit: CNET)
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Launch-Day iPad Air Stocks Begin to Weaken, High-Capacity Models Most Affected — With the iPad Air now having launched in over 40 countries today, supplies of the device are starting to weaken in some of Apple's online and retail stores. The most significant signs of tightening supplies …
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Google just pulled a “Facebook Home”: KitKat's primary interface is Google Search — One of the headline features of Android 4.4 is a revamped home screen and app launcher. The icons are bigger, there is more transparency, and the app drawer makes better use of the screen real estate.
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| Kellex / Droid Life: |
| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Windows 8 drops to 7.53% market share, falling for the first time as Windows 8.1 takes 1.72% share — October was a big month for both Microsoft and Apple, which released new operating system versions: Windows 8.1 and OS X 10.9, respectively. It was Microsoft that saw the biggest impact …
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| Jennifer Van Grove / CNET: |
The preview is over: Instagram ads are here — Instagram will start running its first official advertisements Friday with a sponsored photo coming courtesy of fashion brand Michael Kors, the Facebook-owned company told CNET. — The ad, which features a watch from the brand's Timeless collection … | Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
Machinima, the YouTube Giant Looking for New Money, Is Also Looking for a New CEO — Machinima, the giant YouTube network that caters to gamers, is looking for a new chief executive — at the same time it is trying to close a big funding round. — Allen DeBevoise, the company's co-founder …
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| Julian Borger / Guardian: |
GCHQ and European spy agencies worked together on mass surveillance — Edward Snowden papers unmask close technical cooperation and loose alliance between British, German, French, Spanish and Swedish spy agencies — The German, French, Spanish and Swedish intelligence services … | iFixit: |
iPad Air Teardown — It's All Hallows' Eve, the ghosts are out, and there's a spooky chill in the—nope, that's just Apple's latest ghoul, the iPad Air. Time to gut our new toy and carve it into a bone-chilling Apple-lantern. While our cobbers down under don't celebrate Halloween quite like we do …
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| Joanna Stern / ABC News: |
JetBlue and Delta Now Let Passengers Use Gadgets During Takeoff and Landing … Starting today, passengers on JetBlue and Delta flights will no longer be told to turn off their electronic devices before takeoff and landing. — Following the FAA's announcement on Thursday that it wouldn't be long …
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Boost Mobile to offer iPhone 5s & 5c for $100 off starting at $549/$449 — Boost Mobile, a prepaid subsidiary of Sprint, today announced pricing for its upcoming iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c launch next week. While the carrier previously announced that the device would arrive on Nov. 8 … | R. Jai Krishna / Digits: |
| Matt McGee / Search Engine Land: |
Bing, Twitter Renew Deal To Include Tweets In Search Results — Bing has announced a renewal of its long-standing deal with Twitter to include tweets in Bing's search results. — The Bing-Twitter partnership began in 2009 and was renewed in 2011. — Tweets are primarily available …
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| John Cook / GeekWire: |
Zulily sets IPO price range at $16 to $18 per share — Zulily said today in a SEC filing that it plans to trade on the Nasdaq stock market under the ticker symbol ZU, pricing shares in the $16 to $18 range. — The daily deal site, said it will offer 6.3 million shares of class A common stock … | CBS San Francisco: |
Google's Secret Revealed: Barge To Offer High-End Showrooms, Party Deck — SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) - Google's mysterious floating barge on San Francisco Bay will feature luxury showrooms and a party deck for the tech giant to market Google Glass and other gadgets to invitation-only clients, multiple sources told KPIX 5.
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Tweets: @danprimack, @hunterwalk and @bijans
| Dana Cimilluca / Wall Street Journal: |
Qualcomm in Talks to Join Cerberus and BlackBerry Co-Founders on Possible Bid — Cerberus Capital Management LP is near an agreement to jointly pursue a bid for BlackBerry Ltd. with two of the beleaguered smartphone maker's co-founders, according to people familiar with the matter.
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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
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