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November 9, 2013, 7:10 AM

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Ben Gilbert / Engadget:
Your new Xbox One won't do much without the day one patch  —  Imagine it's November 22nd: You've got your shiny new Xbox One from the local games merchant, you've got it home, and it's time to video game.  Aw shucks, the internet is out!  But that's okay, as you've got yourself a physical game disc ready to go.
Richard Lawler / Engadget:
Early Xbox One delivery reveals 500MB initial update, 17 second startup — then banned  —  Now that there are Xbox Ones in the wild — thanks to Target's apparently leaky pre-order system — we're finding out more and more about the system.  Moonlight Swami has been busy messing around with the console …
Reuters:
Exclusive: BlackBerry board rejected proposals to break up company - sources  —  (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd's board does not believe a break-up of the Canadian smartphone maker is currently in its best interests, even though Microsoft Corp, Apple Inc and Lenovo Group Ltd, among others …
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:
Apple v. Samsung: The patent retrial of the century starts Tuesday  —  An Apple victory could result in the second largest patent infringement award in history.  —  FORTUNE — If you thought that the one billion dollars a jury awarded Apple (AAPL) last year had been cut nearly in half, you may be forgiven.
Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:
Can Twitter Fix Its Product Problem?  —  A handful of times a year, clusters of Twitter engineers will line the walls of the company's cavernous main hall, gathering around smartphones, monitors or poster board setups.  The large, open-air room buzzes with excitement as employees show off …
Nick Summers / The Next Web:
YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim asks: ‘Why the f*** do I need a Google+ account to comment on a video?’  —  YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim has shared his thoughts on the new Google+ commenting system that was introduced to the video-sharing site earlier this week.  In short, he's not very impressed.
Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:
Why Apple Bought $578M Worth Of Sapphire In Advance  —  Apple is building a manufacturing plant in Arizona that will be used by GT Advanced Technologies to make sapphire crystals for use in its products.  Apple currently uses sapphire in its home buttons and camera lens covers …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
An App “Middle Class” Continues To Grow: Independently Owned Apps With A Million-Plus Users Up 121% Over Past 18 Months  —  It may be getting harder for mobile developers to break into the top charts in the various app stores, but there is a healthy and growing “middle class” app economy …
Reuters:
Exclusive: Hot tech start-up Box picks banks for '14 IPO - sources  —  (Reuters) - Data storage company Box, one of the most highly anticipated IPO candidates in Silicon Valley, has selected banks to lead a proposed initial public offering that could come in the first half of 2014, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Seth Weintraub / 9to5Mac:
Boost Mobile starts selling the iPhone 5s and 5c today for $200 off for new customers, starting at $349 unsubsidized  —  From 9to5Toys.com:  —  As we've noted on a few occasions, Sprint pre-paid subsidiaryBoost Mobile is now carrying the iPhone for the first time in its history.

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