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12:00 PM ET, October 25, 2011

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Adam Satariano / Bloomberg:
Apple TV Effort Said to Be Led By ITunes Creator  —  Apple Inc. (AAPL) is turning to the software engineer who built iTunes to help lead its development of a television set, according to three people with knowledge of the project.  —  Jeff Robbin, who helped create the iPod in addition …
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Dan Frommer / SplatF:
Here's how Apple could finally put the “TV” in Apple TV  —  After reinventing the mobile phone (iPhone) and personal computer (iPad), it makes sense for Apple to eventually apply its magic to the living room.  The company has been clear to distance itself a bit from the existing Apple TV box by calling it a “hobby.”
Journalism.org:
How People Use Tablets And What It Means For The Future Of News  —  READ THE FULL REPORT BELOW OR SEE THE FINDINGS IN AN INFOGRAPHIC OR SLIDESHOW  —  Eighteen months after the introduction of the iPad, 11% of U.S. adults now own a tablet computer of some kind.
Steven Levy / Wired.com:
Brave New Thermostat: How the iPod's Creator Is Making Home Heating Sexy  —  “You're going to built a what?”  —  That's what Tony Fadell's wife, Dani, said to him in 2009 when he told her his idea for a new company.  Fadell is one of the most sought-after talents in the world of gadgetry …
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Sarah Lacy / TechCrunch:
Tony Fadell Demos His New Nest Learning Thermostat (TCTV)
Dan Rayburn / StreamingMediaBlog.com:
Amazon's Kindle Fire Will Become To The Video Industry What The iPod Was To The Music Industry  —  Over the past five years, very few companies have single handily help jump-start the streaming media industry and propelled the market forward as a whole.  Looking back, companies like YouTube …
Discussion: Bits, Thanks:danrayburn
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Reuters:
Netflix plummets on weak outlook, downgrades  —  (Reuters) - Netflix Inc's shares plunged almost 40 percent on Tuesday and were set to open at their lowest level since March last year, a day after the movie rental company warned of higher subscriber attrition and mounting costs.
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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
The Go-Go Growth Days Screech to a Halt at Netflix
Emily Steel / Wall Street Journal:
Using Credit Cards to Target Web Ads  —  The two largest credit-card networks, Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc., are pushing into a new business: using what they know about people's credit-card purchases for targeting them with ads online.  —  Their plans, if implemented …
Joe Sharkey / New York Times:
IPads Change Economics, and Speed, of Hotel Wi-Fi  —  IF, like me, you have been complaining about unusually poor Internet service in hotel rooms lately, the hotels have a good explanation.  —  Largely because of the broad use of iPads and other mobile tablets, which are heavy users of video streaming …
Discussion: VoIP Watch and PC World
Nick Bilton / Bits:
Obama Campaign Experiments With Tumblr for '12  —  It's no secret that President Obama's victory in 2008 was helped by his adoption of Twitter and other social media platforms.  For 2012, Republicans and other politicians are flocking to these services too, hoping to spread the party gospel 140 characters at a time.
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Peter Burrows / Bloomberg:
Jobs Warned Cook Not to Try to Copy Him  —  Oct. 25 (Bloomberg) — When Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook took the microphone at a memorial tribute to Steve Jobs at the company's campus last week, he shared a piece of advice Jobs gave him before his death on Oct. 5.
Discussion: Business Insider and Bloomberg
Meghan Kelly / VentureBeat:
Meg Whitman joins Zaarly's board, company gets $14M from Kleiner Perkins  —  Mobile marketplace Zaarly announced today that Hewlett-Packard chief executive Meg Whitman is joining its board of directors, and that it's getting a $14 million investment led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers.
Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Sprint and Apple are working on a ‘nationwide issue’ with iPhone 4S data speeds [Updated]  —  To say that the iPhone 4S has been well received on Sprint and AT&T is a bit of an understatement, as it set opening day sales and activation records for both carriers.
Aaron Lee / DigiTimes:
New Windows verification process creates controversy between ODM and brand vendors  —  Microsoft's new verification system for Windows 8 - OA 3. - which will add complications toward the upstream ODM's production lines and relatively generate significant extra cost, is raising controversy between notebook ODMs …
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Bluetooth 4.0 Becomes ‘Bluetooth Smart’ as iPhone 4S Creates New Opportunities  —  Following the debut of the iPhone 4S as the first phone to support the Bluetooth 4.0 standard, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has begun promoting the technology under the new “Bluetooth Smart” marketing term.
Christopher Lawton / Wall Street Journal:
It's Crunch Time for Nokia  —  Fast Rollout Crucial for Firm's Windows Smartphone, Expected to Debut This Week  —  When Nokia Corp. Chief Executive Stephen Elop takes the stage Wednesday at the big cellphone maker's annual conference in London, all eyes will be on the device in his hand.
Discussion: Guardian and FierceWireless
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Kunur Patel / AdAge:
Nokia Windows Phone Likely to Miss Holidays in U.S.
Reuters:
Intel seeks industry effort to lower ultrabook prices  —  (Reuters) - Intel Corp is comfortable with its chip pricing now and is working with suppliers and manufacturers to lower the cost of its new ultrabook slim PCs, a product it sees as key to reviving the traditional computer in the face of the tablet challenge.
Discussion: Electronista
Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch:
CNET In Talks To Acquire gdgt As Early As This Week  —  Back in 2009, TechCrunch Founder Michael Arrington wrote that CNET (and parent company CBS) were sniffing around gdgt, the then-brand-new community/review site/blog of Peter Rojas and Ryan Block.  While CNET was considering an investment at the time …
Discussion: Business Insider, @peterrojas and @ryan
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Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:   Engadget Hooks Up With gdgt To Power Its Product Modules
Donald Melanson / Engadget:
ViewSonic rolls out $200 ViewPad 7e Android tablet  —  We've already seen it available for pre-order at Amazon and spent a bit of time with it ourselves last month, but ViewSonic's only just now officially getting its ViewPad 7e Android tablet out the door.  It'll be available by the end …
 
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 Earlier Items: 
Neal Ungerleider / Fast Company:
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Discussion: The Register and Ynetnews
Jay Yarow / Business Insider:
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Tomio Geron / Social Markets:
Pre-IPO Jive Software To List On Nasdaq As JIVE; Sequoia, Kleiner Invest $40M More
Discussion: AllThingsD, Thanks:forbes