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November 12, 2013, 2:05 PM

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Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Google Glass Will Expand Its Features Into Music  —  To sell Glass, its augmented-reality form of eyewear, Google has already tried to make it a fashion accessory and a must-have video device for any parent or sky diver.  Now it is also presenting this $1,500 piece of wearable technology as a way to interact with music.
Sam Byford / The Verge:
iPad mini with Retina display on sale now starting at $399  —  Three weeks after its announcement, the iPad mini with Retina display is now available for purchase in the online Apple Store.  The release follows that of the larger iPad Air earlier in the month; both tablets feature …
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Initial Retina iPad mini Apple Store rollout to be exclusive to Personal Pickup, Apple issues press release  —  Due to “limited supply” and “high demand,” the new iPad mini with Retina display will be available at Apple Stores exclusively through the Personal Pickup service for the time-being.
Digits:
Motorola Plans Low-Cost Phone; Sales of Moto X Disappoint  —  Google's Motorola unit is set to introduce a relatively low-cost phone Wednesday, according to people familiar with the matter, amid weak sales and a price cut of its flagship high-end model.  —  Details of the new …
Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:
Microsoft's Windows Store Averaged 1.7M Daily Downloads In October, Up Nearly 40% From June  —  According to information Microsoft provides to developers, the Windows Store marketplace for applications on Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 racked up roughly 1.7 million daily downloads, both free and paid …
Kadhim Shubber / CoinDesk:
$4.1m goes missing as Chinese bitcoin trading platform GBL vanishes  —  Bitcoin is surging in China, but the explosion in digital currency trading has been accompanied by possible fraud and theft.  —  GBL, a Chinese bitcoin trading platform that claimed to be based in Hong Kong …
Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:
Twitter Announces Custom Timelines For Hashtags Or Topics On Tweetdeck, Launching API Too  —  Twitter will let you create custom timelines based on topics, hashtags and more from Tweetdeck, it announced today.  Twitter is also providing an API to allow developers to build this functionality into their products.
Paul Ziobro / Wall Street Journal:
Target emulates Amazon online, continues to struggle with e-commerce despite heavy investments  —  Target Fills Its Cart With Some of Amazon's Tricks  —  MINNEAPOLIS— Target Corp. has come up with an answer to Amazon.com Inc. Copy it.  —  The discount chain's latest online offerings …
Joel Hruska / HotHardware.com News:
AMD Announces New Tools, Development Capabilities at APU13, Confirms Kaveri Has 512 GPU Cores and Can Run BF4  —  At APU13 today, AMD announced a full suite of new products and development tools as part of its push to improve HSA development.  One of the most significant announcements to come …
Sinead Carew / Reuters:
T-Mobile US could raise almost $2 billion for spectrum purchases  —  (Reuters) - T-Mobile US Inc announced on Monday a stock offering that could bring it almost $2 billion for spectrum purchases.  —  T-Mobile, the No. 4 U.S. mobile service provider, said it would sell 66.15 million common shares …

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