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November 30, 2014, 1:30 AM

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Takashi Mochizuki / Wall Street Journal:
Sony put its e-paper watch on a crowd-funding site in September under the name “FES Watch” to gauge interest, promises delivery after May  —  Who's Behind the E-paper FES Watch?  —  As it seeks to differentiate itself in a competitive market, Sony is developing watches and bow ties using electronic paper.
Jason Del Rey / Re/code:
Black Friday online sales grow more than 20% year over year, with 27% of transactions on mobile or tablet  —  Strong Black Friday Online Sales Give Hope for Big Holiday Numbers  —  Online sales on Black Friday grew more than 20 percent year over year, according to several industry studies …
Richard Lai / Engadget:
OnePlus to roll out its own custom Android ROM built on Lollipop to One users in India, after Cyanogen signs exclusive deal with Micromax  —  OnePlus and Cyanogen on brink of breakup after India fight  —  Poor OnePlus just can't take a break.  Just as the company's busy taking care …
Emily Steel / New York Times:
Netflix targets international audiences with “Marco Polo”: $90M original series debuts Dec 12  —  How to Build an Empire, the Netflix Way  —  John Fusco, creator of the Netflix series “Marco Polo,” narrates a scene in which the 13th-century traveler enters the court of Kublai Khan.
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Narrative Science Raises $10 Million More for Its Automated Writing Software  —  Most funding stories are more or less the same, which is why Re/code tries to avoid most of them: Company raises X amount of money, from Y companies, to do Z thing.  Repeat.  —  And that's precisely the kind …
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
Line Purges Its Games Platform Again, Removing 15 Titles From Its Messaging Service  —  Today may be holiday time in the U.S., but it also seems to be a festive cleaning time in Japan.  Line, the messaging app company with 500 million registered users, just announced the closure of 15 …
More: LINE CorporationTweets: @jonrussell
Josh Barro / New York Times:
Under Pressure From Uber, Taxi Medallion Prices are Plummeting  —  In major cities throughout the United States, taxi medallion prices are tumbling as taxis face competition from car-service apps like Uber and Lyft.  —  The average price of an individual New York City taxi medallion fell …
Phil Wahba / Fortune:
Nordstrom to test fitting room mirrors, developed by eBay, that turn into interactive touchscreens  —  Nordstrom taps eBay's tech to build fitting room of the future  —  Imagine you are in a changing room at a Nordstrom JWN store trying on some clothes .  You are looking for shoes to complete …
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
Lazada, Rocket Internet's Amazon Clone In Southeast Asia, Raises $250M Led By Temasek  —  We don't often see companies announcing funding rounds on the weekend, but that's not stopping Lazada, the Rocket Internet-backed e-commerce firm in Southeast Asia, from revealing today that it has pulled …

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