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October 11, 2012, 2:20 PM

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Reuters:

Sprint confirms in talks on potential sale to Softbank — (Reuters) - Japanese mobile carrier Softbank Corp may buy a majority stake in Sprint Nextel Corp to establish a foothold in the U.S. wireless market, in what could be the largest Japanese acquisition ever in America.

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Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Sprint Confirms Talks With Softbank Over “Substantial Investment” — Sprint confirmed Thursday that it is in talks with Japan's Softbank about a possible deal. — The No. 3 U.S. wireless carrier said the discussions are about a “substantial investment by Softbank” but offered few other details.

More: Examiner, DSLreports, Corporate Intelligence and Know Your Cell

Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal:

Softbank in Advanced Talks to Acquire Sprint Nextel — TOKYO—Japanese mobile carrier Softbank Corp. is in advanced talks to buy U.S. operator Sprint Nextel Corp. in a deal expected to exceed ¥1 trillion ($12.81 billion) in value, a person with knowledge of the negotiations said Thursday.

More: The Verge, Reuters, PhoneNews.com, Digits, SlashGear, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, Tech Daily Dose, CNET, SlashGear, Deal Journal, PhoneArena, Gizmodo and Bloomberg

Reuters:

Softbank in talks to buy $12.8 billion stake in Sprint Nextel — TOKYO - Softbank, Japan's third-largest mobile carrier, is in talks to buy a majority stake in Sprint Nextel in a deal worth more than 1 trillion yen ($12.8 billion), a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Thursday.

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Dennis K. Berman / WSJ Blogs:

Sizing Up a Softbank Takeover of Sprint

More: DailyTech, Deal Journal, Digits and Corporate Intelligence

iFixit:

iPod Touch 5th Generation Teardown — We got our hands on Apple's new iPod Touch. First thing we do: get inside to see just how much “funner” the new generation is compared to the older generations. Join us for all the fun to come by following iFixit on Twitter or friending us on Facebook.

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Nilay Patel / The Verge:

Apple iPod nano review (2012)

More: Engadget, Business Insider, MacRumors and TUAW

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

Eric Schmidt: Android-Apple Is the Defining Fight in the Industry Today — The fight between Google and Apple over mobile devices is great for consumers, but the patent wars that have resulted are awful, said Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, in conversation tonight with our own Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher.

More: Tapscape, The Register and CNET

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Eric Schmidt Can't Wait for Self-Driving Cars, Won't Predict When Google Maps Come Back to Apple

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Casey Chan / Gizmodo:

Eric Schmidt Would Love to Be CEO of Apple, Doesn't Take Microsoft Seriously and Is Wary of Facebook

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Apple's US injunction on Samsung Galaxy Nexus reversed by appeals court — The US injunction on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus that Apple earned by way of a patent judge earlier this year has been reversed by an appeals court, reports Reuters. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit …

More: Ars Technica, Wired, Computerworld, Mercury News, MacRumors, 9to5Google, VentureBeat, GigaOM, BGR, BetaNews, Reuters, CNET, Engadget, AllThingsD and The Verge

Matt McGee / Search Engine Land:

Google Starts To Downplay Zagat Scores; It Should Ditch Them Altogether — Google is changing the way it collects local business reviews and displays them in search results, making the Zagat score a less prominent piece of information. — That's a good thing in my opinion, and many people …

More: Zagat Blog, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, Screenwerk, WebProNews, CNET, Search Engine Roundtable and Understanding Google …

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Instapaper creator Marco Arment launches The Magazine, a different kind of periodical for Apple's Newsstand — Back in July, Instapaper creator Marco Arment started thinking about what to do with The Feature. It was a section of the app in which he placed a curated selection of stories worth sharing …

More: Daring Fireball, Gizmodo, Fortune, MacStories, Marco.org and The Magazine. Thanks:@martinsfp. See also Mediagazer

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:

Amazon Releases Kindle's Lending Library In UK, Germany, France With 200,000 Books, Increases KDP Royalty Fund — Amazon continues to roll out its content offerings in Europe. Soon, Amazon Prime members will be able to borrow books from the Kindle owners' lending library.

More: The Verge, The Next Web and The Tech Block. See also Mediagazer

Glenn Peoples / Billboard.Biz:

Business Matters: The Truth About Pandora's Payments to Artists — Pandora mounted an effective publicity campaign Tuesday by revealing the amounts of royalties some artists' songs generate on its service (as opposed to how much money those artists are actually collecting).

Aaron Souppouris / The Verge:

LG Nexus handset revealed in clearest shots yet — Russian site Onliner has got its hands on LG's new Nexus, revealing the device with perfect clarity for the first time. The site confirms what we've already heard about the device: it's a remodeled version of LG's Optimus G. Dubbed the LG-E960 …

Alistair Barr / Reuters:

Exclusive: eBay starts daily deals for services, taking on Groupon — (Reuters) - EBay Inc has quietly launched an online marketplace for deals on local services, taking on Groupon Inc and expanding into a potentially big category. — Called eBay Lifestyle Deals, the offers are being run …

More: CNET, Marketing Pilgrim, Techie Buzz, Street Fight and memeburn

Ken Yeung / The Next Web:

Peek launches with $1.4M from Jack Dorsey and Eric Schmidt to help you discover and book activities — Have you ever had a time when you went to a new neighborhood or city and you were looking for cool things to do? Often when you're in search of things to do, it can be really hard to find a listing to browse.

More: Betabeat, SiliconBeat, NYT Bits, Wired, TechCrunch and Mashable. Tweets: @jack

Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider:

A $12 Billion Move In Apple Stock Seems To Have Started With Tweets From A Single Anonymous Source In China — Apple's stock dropped 2.21 percent on Monday. — A few analysts blamed the drop — worth more than $12 billion — on a strike of 4,000 Chinese workers at Apple's manufacturer.

More: Bloomberg

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

RockMelt For iPad: A Browser Built For Touch That Turns The Web Into A Feed So Content Comes To You — Surfing the Internet can feel like you're running in circles, constantly checking your favorite sites for updates. The RockMelt team believes that content should be delivered, not hunted …

More: AllThingsD, Techland, CNET, digitaltrends.com, GadgeTell, Wired, Forbes, ABCNEWS and RockMelt Blog

Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:

Tumblr Puts More Focus On Photos With Photoset, Its New Standalone iOS App — Tumblr is a company that has built a platform that seemingly morphs into something new every single time I visit it. One of the most popular features of the service is its ability to share photos, in sets …

More: Betabeat, The Next Web, SplatF, Mashable, Laughing Squid, The Verge, SocialTimes and Tumblr Staff. Thanks:@thatdrew

Cecilia Kang / Washington Post:

Huawei's U.S. competitors among those pushing for scrutiny of Chinese tech firm — Companies in the cutthroat field of telecommunications received a remarkable marketing document recently, one aimed at causing suspicion about one of their biggest competitors, the Chinese firm Huawei.

More: The Verge, ZDNet, Telegraph and DSLreports

Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:

Bridging The Gap Between Pawn Shop And Bank, Borro Raises $26M Led By Canaan Partners — Borro, a personal asset lending platform, has just received a massive $26 million funding round led by Canaan Partners. The service essentially classes up the idea of collateral loans …

More: AllThingsD and London News

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Google Gives Street View A 250K-Mile Update Across 17+ Countries, Its Biggest Update Ever; Maps API Now Features Time Zones — Google is continuing to gain points on the mapping front, today launching yet more features for the product at a time when Apple's offering continues to appear weak by comparison.

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

US Congress' Privacy Caucus says DAA's anti-'Do Not Track' stance puts “profits over privacy” — Yesterday, ad industry body Digital Advertising Alliance issued a statement that siad that the “Do Not Track” settings of Microsoft's upcoming Internet Explorer 10 were not an appropriate standard for customers.

More: The Register, Inquirer, WebProNews, Congressman Ed Markey … and Reuters. Thanks:@alex

David Meyer / ZDNet:

EU digital chief attacks Do Not Track ‘watering down’

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