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November 26, 2013, 4:10 PM

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Improved App Store Search Engine Now Corrects For Users' “Fat Finger” Mistakes & Other Misspellings  —  A recent change to Apple's App Store search engine now leads to improved search results for misspelled queries with small typos, we've learned.  In addition, searchers looking for an app they know by name …
Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider:
Apple patents Lytro-like refocusable camera suitable for iPhone  —  The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday awarded Apple a patent for a camera system that uses a microlens adaptor to enable refocusing of an image after the initial shot is taken, much like the Lytro light-field camera.
Jon Fingas / Engadget:
Google now inviting developers to buy Glass  —  Now that Google has offered a preview of Glass' SDK and opened the Mirror API to all developers, it has a strong incentive to get its eyewear in the hands of app writers.  Accordingly, the crew in Mountain View is now inviting developers …
Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:
Jury: Newegg infringes Spangenberg patent, must pay $2.3 million  —  Determined lawyers, and the father of modern crypto, couldn't stop TQP patent.  —  MARSHALL, TX—Newegg, an online retailer that has made a name for itself fighting the non-practicing patent holders sometimes called …
New York Times:
Internet backbone giant Level 3 suspected of giving NSA access to Google and Yahoo users' data  —  N.S.A. May Have Hit Internet Companies at a Weak Spot  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The recent revelation that the National Security Agency was able to eavesdrop on the communications of Google …
Shira Ovide / Digits:
Microsoft Hires ‘Pawn Stars’ to Bash Google Chromebooks  —  Microsoft has enlisted the reality-television series “Pawn Stars” in its ongoing campaign to bash rival Google.  —  An online video ad released Tuesday mimics the plot set up of “Pawn Stars,” which features people toting precious …
Jessica Lessin:
With PrimeSense, Apple Got Key Mapping Technology  —  There's a lot of speculation about why Apple bought motion-sensor company PrimeSense.  But I think the real reason has been overlooked.  —  PrimeSense's chips were in early versions of Microsoft's Kinect sensor, the gaming console …
Jim Edwards / Business Insider:
TV Is Dying, And Here Are The Stats That Prove It  —  The TV business is having its worst year ever.  —  Audience ratings have collapsed: Aside from a brief respite during the Olympics, there has been only negative ratings growth on broadcast and cable TV since September 2011, according to Citi Research.
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Steven Musil / CNET:
Judge denies Samsung motion to stay Apple patent damages trial  —  Korean electronics giant sought halt to proceedings so that the Patent Office could examine a key patent's validity.  —  A federal judge has denied Samsung's emergency motion to stay a patent infringement damages trial while the validity of a key patent is re-examined.
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
Acer announces touchscreen Chromebook C720P with 32GB SSD and 2GB RAM, coming in early December for $299.99  —  Acer today announced the Acer C720P Chromebook, a touchscreen version of the C720 Chromebook the company introduced last month.  The new C720P will be available in early December at Amazon.com …
Aaron Souppouris / The Verge:
Google brings Street View inside more than 65 airports and train stations, calls it a ‘first effort’  —  Foreign airports and train stations can often be confusing places to find your way around.  Perhaps with that in mind, Google today launched an interactive map featuring Street Views of over 65 mass transit hubs.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Canalys: Half Of All PCs Shipped in 2014 Will Be Tablets; Android 65%, Apple 30%  —  The growth of tablet sales has been outstripping that of more traditional desktop and laptop personal computers for a while, and now it looks like we are finally approaching the tablet/PC tipping point …
Stephen Shankland / CNET:
Google confirms RAW photo support and burst mode coming to Android  —  Click!  Google rebuilds Android camera base for better photos  —  Want a better camera on your Android device?  Google does, too.  —  For that reason, the company has overhauled the mobile OS's plumbing.
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
Moto G now available unlocked in the US: 8GB for $179 and 16GB for $199, starts shipping on December 2  —  Motorola today announced the GSM version of the Moto G is now available for purchase in the US on Motorola.com, and will start shipping on December 2.  The device comes with no contract …

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