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November 29, 2013, 12:20 PM

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J.D. Levite / The Wirecutter:
The Best Deals We Can Find  —  Because we think we can make a small difference by being picky, here are some great deals on solid pieces of gear. … We'll always put the newest deals at the top of the page.  We've also redesigned the deals page to be a more permanent addition to the site …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Over 400 Retailers Are Offering Deals On New “Bitcoin Black Friday” Website  —  Bitcoin burning a hole in your pocket?  Probably.  If so, a new site has popped up to help you spend your digital currency during this hectic holiday shopping week: “Bitcoin Black Friday.”
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Andrew Zajac / Bloomberg:
Apple Objects to Monitor's Fees in E-Books Antitrust Case  —  Apple Inc. said a monitor appointed by a judge to oversee antitrust compliance in its electronic books price-fixing case is charging too much money.  —  “Of all all known past Apple matters,” no lawyer has had a higher rate …
Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:
Suddenly, Upworthy Clones Are Everywhere And Millions Of People Are Reading Them  —  On March 26, 2012, a new media startup called Upworthy launched.  Now it has 50 million monthly unique readers.  —  Almost all of its readers come from Facebook.  The headlines, which Upworthy's editors toil over …
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Samuel Gibbs / Guardian:
Thinkspace Pioneers hunt for the next teenage Mark Zuckerberg  —  A group of Plymouth teenagers is hoping to ‘mould and inspire the next generation of digital thinkers, makers and doers’  —  Thinkspace Pioneers aims to find the next digital Richard Branson or Mark Zuckerberg.
Kevin Begos / Phys.org:
New research aims to teach computers common sense  —  Researchers are trying to plant a digital seed for artificial intelligence by letting a massive computer system browse millions of pictures and decide for itself what they all mean.  —  The system at Carnegie Mellon University is called NEIL, short for Never Ending Image Learning.
John Herrman / BuzzFeed:
Who Will Own The Next Great Instant Messaging Service?  —  The social media era was about what we make public.  Now, it's about what we don't.  The race to own the next great back channel.  —  Instant messaging is the center of the internet.  Everything else is a temporary distraction.
David Meyer / Gigaom:
Bitcoin payments with a simple tap?  Multi-purpose nio Card gets added functionality  —  A British startup called Bluenio has revealed what it claims is the world's first Bitcoin payment smartcard - or at least it will be if no others have popped up by the time it ships in March.
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