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November 5, 2013, 10:25 AM

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Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:
The Three Reasons Twitter Didn't Sell To Facebook  —  Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg tried to acquire Twitter not once but twice, through official channels and via co-founder Jack Dorsey.  The details of the efforts are revealed in Nick Bilton's new book Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal.
Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:
Google Launches Helpouts, Paid Video Chats With Experts To Address Whatever Is Bothering You Right Now  —  Helpouts, Google's fusion of Google+ Hangouts, Google Wallet, and its identity tools is now live.  A ‘Helpout’ is a Hangout-like video chat, but instead of speaking with a friend …
The Independent:
Revealed: Britain's ‘secret listening post in the heart of Berlin’  —  Claims that GCHQ has maintained spying operations even after US pulled out  —  Concerns were raised tonight that Britain operates a top-secret listening post from its Berlin embassy to eavesdrop on the seat of German power.
L'Espresso:
Cyprus: the home of British/American Internet surveillance in the Middle East  —  British and US Internet surveillance in the Middle East and surrounding regions occurs from a secret base on the island of Cyprus, as l'Espresso, the German daily “Sueddeutsche Zeitung”, the Greek daily “Ta Nea” and the Greek channel “AlphaTV” can reveal.
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Jay Yarow / Business Insider:
The Switch:
How we know the NSA had access to internal Google and Yahoo cloud data  —  The Washington Post reported last Wednesday that the National Security Agency has been tapping into the private links that connect Google and Yahoo data centers around the world.  Today we offer additional background …
Brad Molen / Engadget:
LG's G Flex actually flexes (video)  —  We've known for a while that LG's upcoming G Flex smartphone features a pretty noticeable arc from top to bottom, but thanks to a source who's spent some time with the device, we now know that the phone is more aptly named than we first suspected.
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple to build new manufacturing facility in Arizona with solar-power, will create 2000+ jobs  —  The State of Arizona today announced that Apple is planning to build a new manufacturing facility in the city of Mesa, Arizona.  The facility will create 700 jobs for manufacturing …
Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:
T-Mobile US: 1M net customers, 5.6M smartphone sales  —  Summary: The fourth largest U.S. cell network posted positive results for the second consecutive quarter, thanks to strong net customer additions and smartphone sales.  —  Zack Whittaker  —  For the second consecutive quarter as a public company …
Reuters:
New BlackBerry boss John Chen out to prove skeptics wrong  —  (Reuters) - John Chen, the man charged with breathing life into struggling BlackBerry Ltd, says he has no intention of killing the money-losing BlackBerry handset as he looks to turn around the smartphone maker.
Tim Worstall / Forbes:
Even Paul Allen Thinks That Microsoft Should Be Broken Up  —  This is an interesting intervention into the discussion about what the next CEO should do with Microsoft .  The investment house that manages Paul Allen's money, including his stake in Microsoft, is suggesting that they …
More: SlashGear and BGR
Kashmir Hill / Forbes:
Parody Twitter account that apparently duped Costolo temporarily suspended without explanation  —  The Death And Rebirth Of @ProfJeffJarvis, The Best Parody Account On Twitter  —  For the Internet thinkeratti, @ProfJeffJarvis is a Twitter must-follow.  It's a satirical account that takes …
Elizabeth A. Harris / New York Times:
The Airbnb Economy in New York: Lucrative but Often Illegal  —  Tama Robertson is an artist who sells paintings and makes jewelry, but this being New York City, she also works in real estate.  She has worked as an associate broker and invested in some properties of her own, but in recent years …
More: Inc.comTweets: @sai
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Introduced at iPhone 5s event, M7-integrated Nike+ Move fitness app launches  —  Introduced by Apple at the September 10 iPhone 5s event, Nike has launched its Nike+ Move application for the iPhone 5s.  The app was originally scheduled to arrive on November 6th alongside the new FuelBand SE hardware …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Nokia preparing an 8-inch Lumia tablet for early next year  —  Nokia is currently preparing its next Windows-based Lumia tablet.  Twitter account Evleaks first revealed the codename for Nokia's 8-inch Windows tablet — Illusionist - and The Verge can confirm the Finnish smartphone maker is readying it for a release early next year.

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