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1:05 AM ET, December 14, 2011

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Stuart Miles / Pocket-lint:
Nokia: Youths are fed up with iPhone, baffled by Android  —  Nokia has claimed that the youth of today are fed up with the iPhone and baffled by Android.  In an exclusive interview with Pocket-lint, Niels Munksgaard, director of Portfolio, Product Marketing & Sales at Nokia Entertainment Global explained …
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Nokia, iPhone, Android and wishful thinking  —  Man!  When will these guys from Nokia learn not to put their foot in their mouth.  Once again, yet another executive from Nokia is out dissing iPhone and Android.  Niels Munksgaard, director of Portfolio, Product Marketing & Sales …
Mike Torres / The Windows Blog:
Introducing SkyDrive for iPhone and Windows Phone  —  SkyDrive is your personal cloud for your documents, notes, photos and videos.  Move your files into SkyDrive and immediately they're available from any web browser anywhere in the world.  As we detailed a few days ago …
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Dave Winer / Scripting News:
Why apps are not the future  —  I hear it everywhere.  The web is dead, apps are the future.  —  I heard it first on the cover of Wired Magazine in March 1997 and again in August 2010.  I was so impressed I added it to my blogroll, as a reminder to all that you're reading a dead medium.
Bloomberg:
Facebook Plans First Foray Into Mobile Ads  —  Facebook Inc. plans its first push into mobile advertising by the end of March, giving the company a fresh source of revenue ahead of a possible initial public offering, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:   Evidence Supports Facebook's Plan To Monetize Mobile With Sponsored Story News Feed Ads
Naval / Startup Boy:
Why You Can't Hire  —  There isn't a shortage of developers and designers.  There's a surplus of founders.  —  The cost of starting a company has collapsed.  It's now just (minimal) salaries.  For entrepreneurs, desks are free, hosting is free, marketing is online, and company setup is cheap.
Discussion: @nivi and @ryanchris
Jason D. O'Grady / The Apple Core Blog:
FAA approves iPads in the cockpit; American Airlines to start Friday  —  In June the Allied Pilots Association noted that American Airlines (AA) conducted the first tests of iPads for all phases of flight.  AA pilots received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval to test iPads …
Peter Farago / The Flurry Blog:
App Developers Bet on iOS over Android this Holiday Season  —  At the recent Le Web conference in France, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt declared that “Android is ahead of the iPhone now.”  According to Schmidt, Android's success is due to “unit volume, Ice Cream Sandwich,” because …
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Busted: BitTorrent Pirates at Sony, Universal and Fox  —  A few days ago we wrote about a new website that exposes what people behind an IP-address have downloaded on BitTorrent.  The Russian-based founders of the site developed the service so people can show their friends how public …
Lauren Goode / AllThingsD:
TaskRabbit Raises $17.8 Million, Brings in Eisner as Advisor  —  TaskRabbit, the Bay Area-based start-up that outsources human “rabbits” to perform odious chores for neighbors, has raised its second cash pile in eight months.  —  It's also bringing former Disney chief executive officer Michael Eisner on board as a strategic advisor.
Discussion: GigaOM, TechCrunch and Bits
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Investors Were Kicked Off The Twitter Board “For The Good Of The Company”  —  In digging around trying to investigate rumors that KPCB VC John Doerr lost his “board observer"status at Twitter two weeks ago, I came across the information that almost all investors including Doerr were told …
Christian Zibreg / 9to5Mac:
Apple hires designer Jan-Michael Cart praised for his iOS interface concepts  —  Apple is hiring dozens of talented people on a daily basis, but this one deserves your attention.  Jan-Michael Cart, a mass media arts student from Georgia, is the brains behind a bunch of very insightful iOS …
Tom Warren / WinRumors:
Microsoft's Windows 8 built-in music player revealed in leaked screenshots  —  Microsoft's built-in Windows 8 music player has been revealed.  —  Screenshots leaked to the Internet on Tuesday reveal an inbuilt music player for Windows 8 that can run side-by-side with Metro apps.
Jim Edwards / Business Insider:
Google Kills ‘Google Shoot View’ Video Game  —  Google has killed off “Google Shoot View,” a first-person shooter video game based on Google's Street View mapping product.  The game used Google's Street View database of 360 degree street-level photography, and imposed an automatic rifle sight and some sound effects on top of it.
Discussion: VentureBeat and Stuff.co.nz
Bloomberg:
Verizon ‘Very Serious’ About Making Bid for Netflix, Banker Says  —  Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ), the second-largest U.S. phone company, is “very serious” about a bid to acquire online movie provider Netflix Inc. (NFLX), an investment banker said.  —  Verizon may kick off a bidding war …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google Acquires Clever Sense, Creator Of Local Recommendations App Alfred  —  Google is acquiring the Silicon Valley-based startup Clever Sense, both companies are announcing today.  Clever Sense, as you may recall, is the maker of the mobile application “Alfred,” which delivers personalized recommendations …
Michael Arrington / Uncrunched:
AOL Looking For New HuffPo Media Group President  —  Here's an interesting tidbit about Aol that's being whispered around Silicon Valley - Aol is working with recruiting behemoth Spencer Stuart to hire a new business lead for the Huffington Post Media Group.
Katya Kazakina / Bloomberg:
Founding Apple Contract Sells for $1.6M  —  A three-page contract that established Apple Computer Co. (AAPL) sold for $1.59 million at Sotheby's (BID) in New York today.  —  A phone bidder acquired the document, signed on April 1, 1976, by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne.
Brittany Darwell / Inside Facebook:
Facebook Testing New Coupon Posts and Ads  —  Facebook is testing a new premium ad offering that allows pages to post a coupon to their fans and then use that post as an ad unit on the Facebook homepage.  —  Users who see the ad or the page post can click “Get Coupon.”  This action can be posted to a user's Wall.
Discussion: All Facebook
Kei Kawai / The Official Google Blog:
Experience the tsunami-affected areas of Japan through Street View  —  Back in July, we announced our initiative to digitally archive the areas of Northeastern Japan affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.  Today, we're making good on that promise—after driving more than 44,000 kilometers through …
Brad Molen / Engadget:
Verizon's Galaxy Nexus hitting Costco on December 15? (update: VZW stores too)  —  That elusive Samsung Galaxy Nexus is still heading to Verizon, believe it or not, and we may actually be nearing the end of our frustrating quest to get our hands on one.  While we're still waiting …
Jeff Roberts / paidContent:
Back To Square One In The Google Books Lawsuit  —  It's been more than six years since the Authors Guild first sued Google (NSDQ: GOOG) for scanning books.  Today, with a proposed settlement in tatters, the writers group took a fresh step to revive the case and move it towards a trial.
Harrison Weber / The Next Web:
A Japanese movie just set the record for most tweets per second  —  According to Twitter, the TV screening of the highly popular Anime, “Castle in the Sky,” set a record for the most Tweets per second.  Previously, Beyonce was responsible for the most Tweets per second (TPS), followed by live sporting events and Steve Job's death.
Discussion: @twittercomms and TechCrunch, Thanks:thatdrew
Bloomberg:
Twitter, Gilt Groupe CEOs Fight SEC's 500-Shareholder Rule  —  Dec. 13 (Bloomberg) — Twitter Inc., Gilt Groupe Inc. and other Internet startups urged Congress to pass legislation easing financial-reporting rules for closely held companies.  —  Twitter Chief Executive Officer Dick Costolo …
Damon Poeter / PC Magazine:
Maker of Yanked Driver's License App Fires Back at Apple  —  The maker of a fake driver's license app that was yanked from Apple's App Store this week has fired back, saying the free app was “specifically and deliberately designed ... to prevent the creation of counterfeit identification.”
Discussion: Washington Post and WebProNews
Christian Zibreg / 9to5Google:
Google updates Chrome with multiple user profiles  —  Multiple user profiles in Chrome have been in the works for months and we first spotted this feature in the Chrome Canary build before it found its way into the beta channel.  Today, it gets official as the search Goliath announced …
 
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Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Louis CK declares $5 standup special a success, sells 110k copies for $200k profit in 3 days
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Online gaming giant Nexon raises $1.2B in Toyko IPO (updated)
Discussion: Bloomberg and Reuters
Nicole Perlroth / Bits:
California Creates Special Unit to Fight Computer Crimes
Dan Frommer / SplatF:
A look at the Mac App Store, 100 million downloads later
Discussion: iPhone in Canada Blog
Ben Kuchera / Ars Technica:
Judge dismisses “Other OS” class-action suit against Sony
Discussion: The Verge, Slashdot and TechCrunch
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouSendIt Ups Its Game With New Desktop & Mobile Apps
Discussion: eWeek and Computerworld
T.C. Sottek / The Verge:
NTSB recommends full nationwide ban on cellphone use while driving
 Earlier Items: 
Tom Warren / WinRumors:
Moving to The Verge
Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Skype rolls out version 2.6 for Android, now lets users send photos and videos
Ross Miller / The Verge:
Kinectimals for iPhone and iPad: yes, Microsoft just released an iOS game
Phil Milford / Bloomberg:
Apple Sued by Patent Holder Over IPhone Caller-ID Technology
Discussion: GeekWire, TechFlash and GottaBeMobile
Richard Russo / New York Times:
Amazon's Jungle Logic
Discussion: Slate, TeleRead, Beyond Search and Techland