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December 3, 2013, 11:10 PM

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Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Google is building Chrome apps support for Android and iOS, beta release coming as soon as January 2014 — Google is working on bringing Chrome packaged apps from the desktop to the mobile world. The company is currently building a toolkit to help developers create Chrome apps for Android and iOS …

More: The Verge, 9to5Mac, Engadget, AppleInsider, Ubergizmo, Phandroid, SlashGear, PhoneArena, Android Authority and 9to5Google

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Chrome Beta Gets New Tools For Mobile Development With Better Viewport Emulation, Screencast-Enabled Remote Debugging

More: Chromium Blog, Gigaom, The Next Web and Engadget

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Exclusive: Instagram Business Lead Emily White to Be Named COO of Snapchat — Emily White, the Facebook executive in charge of bringing advertising to its Instagram photo-sharing unit, is leaving to become COO of Snapchat. — The move is a major talent grab by the ephemeral photo and video mobile service …

More: Digits, The Next Web, CNET, The Verge, Business Insider, PhoneArena and PandoDaily

Tweets: @brandee, @ischafer, @jguynn, @dannysullivan, @alexia, @ksimm, @jess, @mikeisaac, @felixgillette and @orbuch

Ben Popper / The Verge:

UPS researching its own delivery drones to compete with Amazon's Prime Air — Flying parcel-carriers are the next logical frontier for delivery companies — Amazon made headlines Sunday night when it announced it was working on small drones that could someday deliver customers packages in half an hour or less.

More: TechCrunch, Gizmodo, ABC News, VentureBeat, VatorNews, stratechery, GeekWire, Examiner, TechnoBuffalo, Nextgov, Pocket-lint, Geek.com, Los Angeles Times, Digital Trends, Engadget, Gotta Be Mobile, Salon, WebProNews, Quartz and Business Insider

Tweets: @karlbode, @kevinroose and @samfbiddle

Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

Twitter Considered Buying Topsy, Too — Here's Why It Didn't Happen — Apple just spent a bunch of money on social analytics company Topsy. And while everyone has good guesses on what Apple wants from Topsy, no one seems to know for sure. — But before Apple, Topsy had at least …

More: GeekWire, AllTwitter, Business Cloud News, ReadWrite and Business Insider. Tweets: @mikeisaac

Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:

Honda integrates iPhone w/ 2014 Civic touchscreen in first steps towards iOS in the Car — Honda is introducing two new technologies in its new 2014 Civic that will make it easier for iPhone users to interact with content in the car in its first steps towards Apple's iOS in the Car.

More: MacRumors, AppleInsider, CNET, MacStories, Gigaom, iDownloadBlog.com, TUAW and Electronista. Thanks:@jordankahn

Hans Ku / Ptch Blog:

Dreamworks-incubated video-creation app Ptch acquired by Yahoo, shutting down January 2 — Ptch Joins Yahoo! — We launched Ptch just over a year ago. Our passion and our mission was to give you the best way to make and share beautiful movies made from the photos and videos on your phone.

More: TechCrunch, Business Insider, Engadget, CNET, AllThingsD, The Next Web, Ubergizmo and bizjournals. Tweets: @hansku. Thanks:@hunterwalk

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

YouTube's Music Subscription Service Won't Show Up This Year — Waiting for YouTube's subscription music service? You're going to have to be patient. — The video service, which is already the biggest free music service in the world, had planned on launching a paid service this year.

More: The Verge, CNET, 9to5Google, Engadget, Android Community and PhoneArena

Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider:

Future iPhones may unlock, hide messages based on a user's face — Apple on Tuesday was granted a patent that uses facial recognition technology to control a computing device, like an iPhone, iPad or Mac, allowing for a more secure and productive operating environment. — Source: USPTO

More: The Register, 9to5Mac, CNET, TechCrunch, Gigaom, TechnoBuffalo, SlashGear, PhoneArena, everythingiCafe, iPhone in Canada Blog, BGR, Telegraph, MacRumors, Redmond Pie, TUAW, VentureBeat, MacNN, bizjournals and Phones Review

Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:

Hotfile settles MPAA copyright case, agrees to $80 million in damages — Hotfile users made more than 2.9 billion downloads during the site's lifetime. — Six days before movie studios were set to begin a jury trial over alleged copyright violations by the “cyberlocker” site Hotfile, the case has settled.

More: Wall Street Journal, TorrentFreak, Variety, Gigaom and The Verge. See also Mediagazer

Washington Post:

Officials estimate a third of people enrolled through HealthCare.gov affected by system errors — Health-care enrollment on Web plagued by bugs — The enrollment records for a significant portion of the Americans who have chosen health plans through the online federal insurance marketplace …

More: ABC News, ThinkProgress, The Wire and The Week

Tweets: @shawnanbcnews, @sarahkliff, @sarahkliff and @washingtonpost

Gautham Nagesh / Wall Street Journal:

The Agency Running HealthCare.gov Mostly Kept to Itself as Warning Signs Grew About the Website

Tweets: @stefaniei

Matthew Green / A Few Thoughts …:

How does the NSA break SSL? — A few weeks ago I wrote a long post about the NSA's ‘BULLRUN’ project to subvert modern encryption standards. I had intended to come back to this at some point, since I didn't have time to discuss the issues in detail. But then things got in the way.

Tweets: @dennisf, @csoghoian and @glynmoody

Dan Seifert / The Verge:

VSCO Cam brings its simple interface and powerful photo-editing tools to Android — Free app gives users yet another way to tweak and share their photos — After an extended beta test period, VSCO Cam for Android is now available to download from the Google Play Store.

More: Engadget, VSCO, BGR, Android Community, Ubergizmo, Computerworld, Droid Life, The Zinx, Softpedia News, The Next Web, Phandroid and SlashGear

Bloomberg:

Nintendo Seen Missing Target as Sony-Microsoft Dwarf Wii U — Nintendo Co. (7974)'s prospects for meeting its profit and sales forecasts for this year are diminishing after Sony Corp. (6758) and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) each sold more game consoles in 24 hours than the Wii U maker did in nine months.

More: BGR, VG247 and Tech Trader Daily

Tweets: @parislemon, @bobservo, @parislemon and @bloombergnews

Jon Fingas / Engadget:

NORAD and Microsoft team on a touch-friendly Santa Claus web tracker — NORAD's Santa Claus tracking has officially entered the tablet era. The defense agency has teamed up with Microsoft on an updated web-based tracker that's designed for touch-friendly browsers, including Internet Explorer 11.

More: The Next Web, TechNet Blogs, Digits, Telegraph, Cult of Mac, Gizmodo, The Verge, AllThingsD, Pocket-lint, Ubergizmo, BetaNews, The Windows Blog, Mashable, PC World, ABC News and Google Operating System

Ken Yeung / The Next Web:

Square acquires Viewfinder so sellers can create ‘personal, human experiences’ for their customers — Square has acquired Viewfinder, a company specializing in helping you “organize, share, and relive memories” with friends and loved ones. The move will see Viewfinder eventually shut …

More: Square Engineering Blog, TechCrunch, PC Magazine, ZDNet, VatorNews, VentureBeat, Gigaom, Engadget, WebProNews and AllThingsD

Matt Brian / Engadget:

BMW and Mini connected cars now support Amazon Cloud Player — Almost a year after it rolled out to select Ford models, Amazon has finally secured itself another automotive partner for its cloud music service. The company today confirmed that its recently-updated Cloud Player iOS app …

More: Amazon.com, 9to5Mac, GeekWire, SlashGear, Ubergizmo, MacRumors, The Next Web and Pocket-lint

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Netflix Changes Binge Release Strategy for DreamWorks Turbo Show — When Netflix started its big push into original TV shows this year, it played up its binge-friendly strategy: Each time the streaming service debuted a new show, like “House of Cards”, it released a season's worth of episodes in one day.

More: The Next Web, News Release Archive, CNNMoney.com, Engadget, The Verge and GeekWire

Kevin C. Tofel / Gigaom:

AllCast beta, like AirPlay for Android, goes live in the Play Store — Looking for an easy way to wirelessly stream local content from an Android device to a connected television, video game console or even an Apple TV? Check out AllCast a beta app now available in the Google Play store …

More: Engadget, Koushik Dutta, CITEworld, TechSpot, Android Police, TUAW, Droid Life, Geek.com and MobileSyrup.com

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