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November 17, 2013, 6:50 PM

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Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

Apple Aiming at PrimeSense Acquisition, but Deal Is Not Yet Done — Several sources confirm that Apple is in talks to buy 3-D sensing company PrimeSense, following a report in the Israeli publication Calcalist. However, those sources stressed that the deal is not yet done …

More: VentureBeat, Cult of Mac, TechnoBuffalo, Softpedia News, Electronista, iClarified, App Advice, PE Hub Blog and Mashable

Chris Davies / SlashGear:

Apple reportedly acquires PrimeSense, company behind original Kinect 3D sensor tech, for $345 million — Apple reportedly buys Kinect tech-creator PrimeSense — Apple has reportedly acquired PrimeSense, the motion-tracking company responsible for the technology in the original Xbox 360 Kinect …

More: Reuters, The Verge, The Next Web, GeekTime, MacRumors, Business Insider, iMore, Forbes, everythingiCafe, iDownloadBlog.com, WinBeta, Yankee Sabra Limey, 9to5Mac and iPhone in Canada Blog

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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple Stores to implement iBeacon location technology to improve service, boost sales — iOS 7's flashy launch earlier this year with an entirely new design and streaming music functionality overshadowed a breakthrough new feature: iBeacons, a location-based technology with profound implications for industries such as retail.

More: CNET, iMore, iPhone Hacks, App Advice, I4U News, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, Redmond Pie, iClarified and MacRumors

Tweets: @markgurman, @howardlindzon and @markgurman

Violet Blue / ZDNet:

Forced Google Plus integration on YouTube backfires, petition hits 112,000 — Summary: The backlash against Google forcing YouTube commenters to use Google Plus is now too big to ignore. But will Google listen? OPINION. — Violet Blue — Google's war on anonymity during its involvement …

More: Hank's Tumblr, Adrian Holovaty, Andi S - Google+, Edward Morbius, howto.cnet.com, The Switch, Search Engine Watch, CNET, WebProNews, Rocket Jump, TIME and Softpedia News

Tweets: @hueypriest, @totalbiscuit, @notch and @caseynewton

PR Newswire:

PlayStation 4 Sales Surpass 1 Million Units In North America In 24 Hours — Gamers Immerse Themselves In a New Era of Gaming and Entertainment Only Available on the PS4 system—Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) today announced that the highly anticipated launch of the PlayStation®4 …

More: The Verge, Digits, IGN, HotHardware.com News, Joystiq, Softpedia News, destructoid and Engadget

Tweets: @yosp, @amboyes and @iconmaster

Adario Strange / Mashable:

Some PlayStation 4 Owners Reporting Defective Consoles

More: The Verge, SlashGear, Tapscape and The Next Web

Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:

Google's Broken Promises & Who's Running The Search Engine? — For two years in a row now, Google has gone back on major promises it made about search. The about-faces are easy fodder for anyone who wants to poke fun at Google for not keeping to its word.

Tweets: @felixsalmon and @owenthomas. Thanks:@sidharthdassani

Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:

Nokia's Tablet Gambit Will Drive Mobile Market Share For Microsoft If The Margins Hold Up — Nokia's Lumia 2520 tablet will set you back $500 if you want to buy it flat out. AT&T is more than happy to sell you one at that price. Pick it up with a wireless contract, and AT&T will knock $100 off that sticker.

More: Gotta Be Mobile, AT&T, Engadget and TechHive

Anne D'Innocenzio / Associated Press:

American Eagle, Target, and other retailers follow Wal-Mart in opening labs in Silicon Valley — Retailers Take On Silicon Valley — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Software engineers wearing jeans and flip flops test the latest smartphone apps. Walls and windows double as whiteboards where ideas are jotted down.

Tweets: @qthrul and @andreawass

Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech:

Apple iPad mini with Retina Display: Reviewed — I suppose there's only one way to start this review, and that's by looking back at last year's iPad mini review. In that review I had a section dedicated to the possibility of an iPad mini with Retina Display.

More: Mashable, Daring Fireball, PC Magazine, Engadget, Ars Technica, iPhone in Canada Blog, Daring Fireball, SlashGear, LAPTOP Magazine and MacRumors. Tweets: @drbarnard

Glenn Peoples / Billboard:

Rap Genius and Sony/ATV Reveal Licensing Deal (Exclusive) — Rap Genius, the online lyric site with financial backing from Silicon Valley heavyweights, has signed its first licensing deal. Billboard has learned the Brooklyn-based startup has a licensing agreement with Sony/ATV Music Publishing.

More: NME, A.V. Club, Paste Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, The Trichordist, Digital Trends and The Verge

Nick Wingfield / New York Times:

Case of Georgia Tech professor illustrates risks in taking university research commercial — Reaching for Silicon Valley — Joy Laskar was not what you'd typically think of as a threat to public safety. — At the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, where he was a professor …

Tweets: @petersterne, @nytimesbusiness, @bobmetcalfe, @stephenfleming and @xamat

Ashlee Vance / Businessweek:

Several companies race to build specialized chips for mining Bitcoins — Bitcoin Mining Chips, a High-Tech Arms Race — The easiest way to get a Bitcoin is to buy one. You can join drug dealers, speculators, and the curious by hopping onto an online exchange and purchasing one unit …

More: Valleywag. Tweets: @bw, @valleyhack and @valleyhack

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