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Reuters:
Exclusive: Apple courts Hollywood for upcoming TV: sources  —  (Reuters) - Apple Inc began talks earlier this year to stream films owned by EPIX, which is backed by three major movie studios, on devices including a long-anticipated TV, according to two people with knowledge of the negotiations.
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Yahoo's Five Counter-Counterclaims Against Facebook.  #1: Throw Out Retaliatory Patents  —  Today Yahoo hit Facebook with five big counter-counterclaims designed to invalidate the patents cited in the social network's infringement countersuit.  If the court concurs, Facebook could be left wide-open …
Paul Sloan / CNET:
Yahoo hits Facebook with two more patent claims  —  Now it's Yahoo's turn.  —  Yahoo today replied in court to Facebook's countersuit, and it's now asserting that Facebook is infringing on two more patents — up from the 10 patents it initially claimed that Facebook is infringing on.
Andrew Chen / @andrewchen:
Growth Hacker is the new VP Marketing  —  YouTube didn't need ads to spread itself - instead it used embeds.  Ad via Laughing Squid  —  The rise of the Growth Hacker  —  The new job title of “Growth Hacker” is integrating itself into Silicon Valley's culture, emphasizing that coding …
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Brad Sams / Neowin:
HP is working on x86 Windows 8 tablet, rough render exposed  —  Windows 8 news comes from a variety of sources.  Sometimes it comes from the Windows 8 fountain and other times it comes from sources familiar with company's plans.  —  This time around we have some information from a trusted source …
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Apple kills Chomp for Android  —  Apple acquired app discovery service Chomp earlier this year, betting that it would help make app discovery easier and better on its iTunes Appstore.  The casualty of that acquisition is the Chomp for Android app which seems to have been discontinued.
Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:
Apple sued over iPad cover  —  A Colorado man says Apple's smart cover for the new iPad and the iPad 2 violate his 2005 patent for a “Portable Computer Case.”  —  Aspen resident Jerald Bovino filed a lawsuit in federal court asking Apple and retailer Target to pay royalties for using his technology.
Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch:
The Winklevoss Twins Are Now VCs: “We Think The Cloud Is Going To Be Huge”  —  It's a Friday afternoon (in some parts of the world, at least), so go ahead — take a nice long drink of your favorite alcoholic beverage.  If you're like me, you'll need it to make it through the CNBC interview …
Mary Jo Foley / CNET:
Microsoft forges ahead with new home-automation OS  —  More than a decade ago, Microsoft execs, led by Chairman Bill Gates, were touting a future where .Net coffee pots, bulletin boards, and refrigerator magnets would be part of homes where smart devices would communicate and interoperate.
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Adi Robertson / The Verge:
AT&T stockholders vote down net neutrality measure by overwhelming margin  —  It looks like AT&T didn't have anything to worry about when Beastie Boys member Mike D and other stockholders proposed that the company commit to operating its wireless division under the principles of net neutrality.
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Mac App Store Hits 10,000 Available Apps  —  As pointed out by MacGeneration [Google translation], Apple's Mac App Store has reached a new milestone with 10,000 apps available for purchase or free download through the marketplace.  —  Our own sister site AppShopper confirms the milestone …
Ryan Kim / GigaOM:
T.G.I. Fridays lets diners pay with smartphones using Tabbedout  —  Casual food restaurant chain T.G.I. Fridays has become the first national chain to incorporate a mobile payment option called Tabbedout, which will allow diners to open a tab and pay their bill right from their smartphone.
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Amazon settles $269M Texas tax bill with jobs, investment and ‘immaterial payment’  —  Amazon.com has reached a settlement in one of its largest and longest-running state tax disputes, reaching a deal with the Texas comptroller to resolve the state's claims that the company owed some $269 million in back taxes in the state.
Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch:
Misfit Wearables, The Startup From Agamatrix's Founders, Former Apple CEO John Sculley, Raises $7.6M  —  Google Glass isn't the only game in town.  —  Misfit Wearables, a wearable computing startup from the founding team of mobile health company Agamatrix and former Apple chief executive John Sculley …
Peter Farago / Flurry Blog:
Social Networking Ends Games 40 Month Mobile Reign  —  The app revolution has changed the way software is distributed and used among consumers.  With a perfect storm of digital distribution, free content and powerful touch screen devices, the success of mobile apps has disrupted industries …
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Google Drive Arrives In ChromeOS Developer Channel  —  Ever since Google released its cloud storage service Google Drive earlier this week, there has been some speculation as to what its integration with ChromeOS, Google's cloud-centric operating system, would look like.
Drew Olanoff / The Next Web:
After four years as President of Tumblr, John Maloney steps down  —  In a post appropriately shared on Tumblr, John Maloney has announced that he's stepping down as President of the content-sharing site.  Maloney has filled this role at Tumblr for the past four years, and says that the team …
Eric Randall / The Atlantic Wire:
Are You a Klouchebag?  —  Klouchebag.com, a new parody of Klout, is the most entertaining expression we've seen of a growing backlash against the clout-measuring service's recent spate of media attention.  Klout is a service that measures your influence across various social networks based …

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