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November 22, 2013, 12:45 PM
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Joseph Volpe / Engadget:
Motorola inks deal with 3D Systems to build its modular ‘Ara’ smartphones  —  When Motorola threw its weight behind Phonebloks' modular smartphone concept, it pretty much signaled to the rest of the industry that the Google company was dead serious about customization.
Brian Fung / Washington Post:
Q&A: How calls and data aboard planes will work if FCC approves new rules  —  It's been a whirlwind month for air travelers.  On Oct. 31, the Federal Aviation Administration relaxed a long-standing ban on in-flight electronics.  Then, Europe expanded passenger access to 3G and 4G data services on aircraft.
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. To Consider Cellphone Use On Planes
Alex Williams / TechCrunch:
Two Harvard University Alum Win Salesforce $1M Hackathon Prize At Dreamforce For Mobile Service To Create Reports  —  Two developers who met at Harvard University 15 years ago, are the winners of the Salesforce.com $1 million hackathon for its service to create mobile reports for sales people using the Salesforce.com platform.
Timothy B. Lee / The Switch:
Here's how Bitcoin charmed Washington  —  The pair of Bitcoin hearings held this week by Senate committees could have been a disaster for the Bitcoin community.  After all, Bitcoin first came to mainstream attention in 2011 when Gawker reported on Silk Road, an anonymous online marketplace …
Tweets: @stevesi and @btcfoundation
Nicole Lee / Engadget:
Google Play update showcases big-screen optimized apps on tablets  —  As promised a month or so ago, Google Play is implementing a few changes today that'll push tablet-optimized apps to the forefront.  That is, if you're using a device not quite small enough to be considered a phone …
Jill Duffy / PC Magazine:
Automatically rising/falling Stir Kinect smart desk now on sale for $3890, ships February  —  Smart Sit-Stand Desk Goes on Sale for $3,900  —  My fingertips rise and fall about an inch over six seconds, as if my hands were resting on the chest of a sleeping person.  But I'm touching a desk, not a human.
Scott Hanselman / Scott Hanselman's Blog:
Introducing node.js Tools for Visual Studio  —  Just when you thought it couldn't be crazier in Redmond, today they are introducing node.js Tools for Visual Studio!  —  NTVS runs inside VS2012 or VS2013.  Some node.js enthusiasts had forked PTVS and begun some spikes of node tools for VS …
More: TechCrunch
Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac:
Dropbox updated with new design for iOS 7, AirDrop, and more  —  As first shown by 9to5Mac, Dropbox has updated its iOS app with an all-new design for iOS 7 and several new feature and improvements.  The update brings a streamlined iPad interface, improvements to the sharing process …
Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:
Sheryl Sandberg Says Facebook Totally Doesn't Have a Teenager Problem  —  Perhaps you've heard: Facebook may — or may not — have a teen problem.  —  It's been the talk of the town since Facebook's last earnings call, when CFO David Ebersman admitted that in the past quarter, the company …
Om Malik / Gigaom:
Qualcomm quakes: Sources say layoffs at mobile chip giant  —  Qualcomm, the mobile chip giant that eats competitors like Pac Man munches berries, is cleaning up its middle management ranks and is said to be making more cuts across the board in order to rein in expenses.
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
TapCommerce Raises $10.5M To Compete In The Mobile Ad Retargeting “Land Grab”  —  Mobile ad retargeting startup TapCommerce is announcing that it has raised $10 million in Series A funding.  —  When I first spoke to co-founder and CEO Brian Long earlier this year, he described the company's approach …
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Music Tech Company The Echo Nest Expands Into Ad Targeting  —  The Echo Nest, a “music intelligence” company whose technology powers recommendations in services like Rdio and Clear Channel's iHeartRadio, is now looking to help partners make money from advertising as well.
Carl Franzen / The Verge:
AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile will stop charging customers for spam texts  —  Three of the top four US wireless companies — AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile — have agreed to stop billing American customers for the spam texts that millions of people have been tricked into receiving and sending out in recent years.
Roger Cheng / CNET:
Sprint dead last in Consumer Reports' phone service survey  —  The Sprint innovation center in Burlingame, Calif.  —  Sprint is eating everyone's dust.  —  The nation's third-largest wireless carrier by subscriber base sank to the bottom of a survey conducted by Consumer Reports over cell phone service.
Rachel Weber / GamesIndustry International:
Microsoft: We're working unbelievably hard to match demand  —  “I can only apologise in advance to anybody who is let down before Christmas,” says Xbox boss Phil Harrison … Q: This is the first time there have been two products like this launching simultaneously, and it feels like there's …
Kim Zetter / Wired:
Alleged Silk Road Owner Loses Bail Request; Prosecutors Say He Ordered Six Murders  —  Federal prosecutors in New York dropped a bombshell in their response to a bail request from alleged Silk Road owner Ross Ulbricht.  —  In a filing to the court today in New York, they say that Ulbricht …
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
Google is building a Chrome app-based development environment called Spark  —  Google's Chromium team never ceases to amaze.  Its latest project is a Chrome app-based Integrated Development Environment (IDE) codenamed Spark.  —  The new app was first noted by developer …

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