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November 29, 2013, 2:05 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 …
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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 …
Jamie Rigg / Engadget:
A closer look at the Jolla phone: good intentions, bad delivery (video)  —  Jolla's self-titled and first smartphone launched in partnership with Finnish carrier DNA this week, with a few hundred handsets finding their way to early pre-orderers.  Today, a couple of familiar faces …
Lucian Constantin / PC World:
Google Nexus phones vulnerable to denial-of-service attack via SMS  —  Attackers could force phones from Google's Nexus line to reboot or fail to connect to the mobile Internet service by sending a large number of special SMS messages to them.  —  The issue was discovered by Bogdan Alecu …
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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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Thanksgiving Digest (IBM E-Commerce Edition): Mobile 43% Of All Traffic, Over 25% Of All Online Sales  —  For many years, Black Friday - the day after Thanksgiving - marked the start of the holiday shopping rush.  But with many (not all) physical stores closed on Thanksgiving …
Devindra Hardawar / VentureBeat:
Mobile rules Walmart: Accounted for 53% of Thanksgiving traffic, new mobile customers up 3X  —  Black Friday is just beginning, but Walmart has already seen some impressive stats from shoppers on Thanksgiving day — especially when it comes to mobile.  —  The retail giant announced this morning …
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.

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