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6:05 PM ET, December 14, 2011

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Richard MacManus / ReadWriteWeb:
ReadWriteWeb Acquired by SAY Media  —  I'm thrilled to announce that ReadWriteWeb has been acquired by SAY Media, a digital publishing company headquartered in San Francisco.  ReadWriteWeb will anchor SAY Media's growing Technology channel, which reaches more than 75 million global consumers each month.
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
The Price For ReadWriteWeb Was Around $5 Million  —  Tech blog ReadWriteWeb was acquired today by SAY Media, as was previously reported.  I've found out a few more details.  The price SAY paid out was under $5 million, after the assumption of ReadWriteWeb's liabilities, according to a source privy to the details.
Ben Parr / Ben Parr's Entrepreneurial Musings:
Seismic Shifts Have Radically Altered the Tech News and Blogging World
Discussion: @mmasnick
DigiTimes:
Apple may launch new MacBook Pro with 2880 by 1800 display resolution, say sources  —  Apple is likely to launch its new MacBook Pro lineup with a display resolution of 2880 by 1800 in the second quarter of 2012, setting a new round of competition for panel specifications in the notebook industry …
Taylor Wimberly / Android and Me:
Google's response to Siri is codenamed Majel, could be released by end of year  —  I wrote about Google's response to Apple's Siri voice assistant several months ago and over the last couple weeks I received further details about the secret project.  For starters it is codenamed Majel …
Vic Gundotra / The Official Google Blog:
Google+ Hangouts: going beyond the status update  —  All too often, physical distance and frantic schedules get in the way of spending time together, especially during the holidays.  But you know what?  They don't have to.  —  With Google+ Hangouts, you can go beyond “status updates,” …
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Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Google+ Hangouts gets On Air broadcast and record, dial-in voice and ‘live’ notifications  —  Google has today anounced the ability to begin a Hangout video chat from any conversation on Google+.  In addition, it has announced that users can have members dial-in to a hangout even without a webcam.
Discussion: Robert Scoble
Zach Honig / Engadget:
Verizon posts Galaxy Nexus simulator, doesn't cap your virtual data  —  Want to be an Ice Cream Sandwich champ before you even have a Galaxy Nexus in hand?  Big Red's just opened the e-freezer, launching its Samsung Galaxy Nexus support simulator, complete with programed hands-on tutorials …
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Zach Epstein / BGR:
Verizon's Galaxy Nexus to finally launch tomorrow for $299.99
Discussion: Engadget
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
An iPhone Lover's Take On The Galaxy Nexus
Discussion: 9to5Google, PC World and Sencha Blog
Rob Siltanen / Forbes:
The Real Story Behind Apple's ‘Think Different’ Campaign  —  This post was written by Rob Siltanen, chairman and chief creative officer at Siltanen & Partners.  —  Apple's remarkable rise, coupled with Steve Jobs' recent death, has prompted quite a few people to reflect on the historical impact of the …
Discussion: MacRumors, Macgasm and Webomatica
Declan McCullagh / CNET News:
Silicon Valley execs blast SOPA in open letter  —  Many of Silicon Valley's most successful entrepreneurs and executives are warning of the dangers of the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act in a new open letter to Washington, D.C.  —  It's signed by Google co-founder Sergey Brin …
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Chris Ziegler / The Verge:
The fall of Microsoft's Andy Lees: inside the Windows Phone power shift  —  Over the past couple days we've gotten some additional details surrounding the circumstances that led to Andy Lees' removal from his role at the top of the Windows Phone org chart inside Microsoft.
Shayndi Raice / Digits:
Tagged Acquires Facebook Competitor Hi5  —  Hi5, once one of the top three global social networks, was acquired by San Francisco-based Tagged on Wednesday, as some of the remnants of the social network space clear out in the wake of Facebook's overwhelming dominance.
Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Feds probing Carrier IQ  —  Federal investigators are probing allegations that Carrier IQ software found on about 150 million cellphones tracked user activity and sent the information to the cellphone companies without informing consumers, according to government officials.
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Facebook, Google, Apple And Rackspace Rated Best Places To Work in 2012  —  Glassdoor, a jobs and career community where employees can anonymously rate companies and CEOs, has just released its fourth annual Employees' Choice Awards, listing the top 50 “Best Places to Work,” based on surveys collected from U.S. employees in 2011.
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Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:
Google rolls out updated Gmail iOS app with custom signatures, vacation responders, Scribbles, more  —  Google has just started rolling out an update to the Gmail app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch with a few new welcomed features.  First off, users now have the ability to set a custom signature …
Asher Moses / Sydney Morning Herald:
Apple made Galaxy Tab a ‘household name’: Samsung  —  Asher Moses  —  Samsung Australia's mobile chief says that far from killing its Galaxy Tab 10.1, Apple's court case was almost a blessing in disguise that made the product a “household name”.  —  Samsung's tablet will arrive in stores …
Michael Gorman / Engadget:
TeleNav launches browser-based turn-by-turn GPS navigation using HTML 5  —  TeleNav's been bringing the turn-by-turn goods to both Android and iOS for quite a while now, and has added plenty of nifty features to its GPS platform along the way — from personalized routes to offline access.
Mike Blumenthal / Understanding Google Maps …:
Google Places Check-in Offers Now Live  —  The ability to provide a Google check-in offer is now live.  The feature has been added to the Offer coupon creation option in the Google Places dashboard and a detailed help file has been added to Places for Business Help area.  Google describes the process as follows:
Vlad Savov / The Verge:
HP's proposed brand redesign project detailed in pictures and video  —  Since 2008, HP has been on a mission to rediscover its identity and express it better through a redesign of its logo and visual assets.  The company hired Moving Brands, a specialist in this area, to come up with one vision …
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
Flipboard's Phone Flips Beating iPad 2:1  —  Flipboard's iPhone application has clocked up a million downloads in the week since it went live, the company tells paidContent.  —  Interestingly, while Flipboard's iPad app was previously seeing around 650 million “page” flips per month …
Brooke Crothers / CNET News:
Apple has big lead over Intel in mobile chips, analyst says  —  Steve Jobs introducing the A5.  —  A chip analyst has written a sobering assessment of Intel's chip prowess vis-a-vis Apple in the mobile device race, an odd underdog position for the largest chipmaker.
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
LA-Based Startup Accelerator Amplify Launches $4.5M Fund With Backing From Mark Burnett, Brian Grazer, Eric Schmidt  —  Another startup accelerator is debuting in LA today—Amplify.  With the backing of some well-known Hollywood and Silicon Valley names, the Venice Beach-based incubator is launching a $4.5 million incubator and fund.
Chris Ziegler / The Verge:
T-Mobile's Nokia Lumia 710 is official, $49.99 on January 11th  —  Ahead of an event taking place later today in New York City, Nokia's press site has released a full data sheet and images for T-Mobile's upcoming Lumia 710.  The device is largely stock — seeing how it's Windows Phone …
Bloomberg:
China-Based Hacking of 760 Companies Reflects an Undeclared Cyber Cold War  —  Google Inc. (GOOG) and Intel Corp. (INTC) were logical targets for China-based hackers, given the solid-gold intellectual property data stored in their computers.  An attack by cyber spies on iBahn …
Discussion: ZDNet and Times of India
 
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Erik Sherman / CBS News:
Amazon Big Brother patent knows where you'll go
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Ali Pasha / Google Affiliate Network Blog:
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Bloomberg:
Glam Media Is Said to Plan to File for IPO by End of Second Quarter 2012
Nielsen Wire:
Video Streaming on Game Consoles on the Rise
Claire Davenport / Globe and Mail:
Never mind the Euro crisis, 100 million EU citizens have never surfed the Web
Bloomberg:
Hollywood Said to Court Amazon for Online Sales
Discussion: Deadline.com
Dare Obasanjo / The Windows Blog:
Anyone can build a Messenger client—with open standards access via XMPP
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Shmulik Shelach / Globes Online:
Apple to set up Israel development center
Discussion: ZDNet and MacRumors
Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider:
RUMOR: Google's Top Salesman Is A Leading Candidate To Be Yahoo CEO
Discussion: VentureBeat and NBC Bay Area
Jenna Wortham / New York Times:
As Facebook Aims at Millions of Users, Some Are Content to Sit Out
Discussion: The Verge