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October 22, 2012, 8:25 PM

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Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Q3 Beats Expectations In Mayer's First Full Quarter As CEO: $1.2B Revenue, Non-GAAP EPS $0.35  —  Yahoo today reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2012, its first full quarter with new CEO Marissa Mayer at the helm.  Mayer is back at work full-time after taking …
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
The Debut of Yahoo CEO Mayer: “Tailor-Made” for Marissa  —  Yahoo turned in a meh third quarter, which came as no surprise to anyone.  But none of it matters, since all eyes were on what new Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer would say on the investor call today.  —  Here we go!  It is Mayer's first outing as a public company CEO.
The Korea Times:
Samsung Display to terminate Apple deal  —  Samsung Display said Monday that it will terminate its contract with Apple and no longer supply liquid crystal display (LCD) panels to its long time partner.  —  The news comes as speculation is mounting over a rift between the two firms …
Reuters:
Federal agency to switch to iPhone, drop BlackBerry  —  (Reuters) - The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) said will end its contract with BlackBerry maker Research In Motion in favor of Apple's iPhone, dealing a fresh blow to RIM just months ahead of its launch of a vital new device.
Owen Thomas / Business Insider:
A New Version Of Google Wallet Is ‘Coming Soon’  —  Google has quietly updated the website for Google Wallet, its mobile-payments service, to advertise “the next version of Google Wallet, coming soon.”  —  Visitors can request an invite.  We did, and Google asked us what kind of device we used …
Brad McCarty / The Next Web:
Amazon's EC2 sees partial outage, taking Reddit, Minecraft, Coursera, Flipboard and others down in tow  —  It's another bad day for customers of Amazon's AWS and EC2 hosting.  The company is presently reporting an outage in its Service Health dashboard which seems to be affecting a number of Internet favorites.
Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:
Apple starts testing iOS 6.0.1 for release in coming weeks, iOS 6.1 to come after holidays  —  One of our reliable Apple (AAPL) sources has let us know Apple has begun testing iOS 6..1 with different carrier partners in the U.S. and we have a general list of what the first iOS 6 update …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Skype for Windows 8 launches on October 26th (hands-on preview)  —  Backend changes prepare Microsoft's communications service for the future  —  After months of teasing a Windows 8 style version of Skype, Microsoft is finally delivering it on October 26th.
Ryan Tate / Wired:
Apple's My New Boss, Color Engineer Says on Twitter  —  A Color iOS engineer updated his Twitter profile to say he works for Apple, buttressing reports that Apple is acquiring staff from the spectacularly unsuccessful app maker.  —  Eric Cheng graduated from the University of Pennsylvania earlier …
Adam Satariano / Bloomberg:
Apple Sees Schools Buoying Tablet Lead With IPad in Class  —  Mary F. Calvert/Zuma Press/MCT via Getty Images  —  Julie Garcia handed Apple Inc. (AAPL) iPads to students in her seventh-grade pre-algebra class on a recent morning before showing the pupils how to use the tablet to graph data …
Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Google News gets click-to-expand clusters, sidebars of photos and videos and an updated Techmeme-like layout  —  Google has updated its Google News product with a few nice new features today, including expandable news clusters, video and photo sidebars and a layout tweak to improve readability.
More: CNET, TechCrunch and Google News Blog.  Thanks:@panzer
Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Mosaic for iPhone lets you build beautiful printed photo books in minutes for the life in-between  —  Digitally ordered photo books are a notoriously hard nut to crack.  Too many options or not enough options, layout hassles and concerns about finish end up confusing potential customers and turning them off to the process.
Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
End of Resale Deal With Hewlett-Packard Stings IPO-Bound Violin Memory  —  So, has Hewlett-Packard cut its ties with Violin Memory, or not?  It depends on whom you ask, and what exactly you mean by “end.”  —  Violin, you may remember, is the memory array company that uses flash memory chips …
More: Bloomberg
Jonathan Tirone / Bloomberg:
Facebook Gains for Terrorists Seeking Friends, UN Reports  —  Facebook Inc. (FB), the world's biggest online social network, is increasingly being used by terrorists to recruit sympathizers, spread propaganda and plan potential attacks, according to the United Nations.
More: VatorNews, AllThingsD and CNET.  Tweets: @joshconstine
Cotton Delo / AdAge:
Twitter Hires Agency Relations Chief From Google  —  Matt Derella Formerly Oversaw the Relationship Between Publicis and Google  —  Twitter is signaling to agencies that it's all grown up and ready to service them the way the likes of Google and AOL do.  —  The company has hired a new director …
Leo Kelion / BBC:
Phone call translator app to be offered by NTT Docomo  —  Richard Taylor reports on the phone app claiming to translate calls in real time  —  An app offering real-time translations is to allow people in Japan to speak to foreigners over the phone with both parties using their native tongue.
More: cnngo.com and Geek.com
Justin Rubio / The Verge:
New Samsung Chromebook now available through Google Play for $249  —  Samsung's latest Chromebook can now be purchased through the Google Play Store for $249.  Announced last week, the new 11.6-inch Chromebook is equipped with an Exynos 5 Dual processor, a pair of USB ports, an HDMI-out port, and 2GB of RAM.
More: BetaNews and Engadget
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Amazon apparently discontinues Kindle Touch in favor of Paperwhite  —  It appears that Amazon is no longer selling the Kindle Touch, the touchscreen e-reader that preceded the front-lit Kindle Paperwhite.  Amazon also seems to have discontinued the large-screen Kindle DX last week.

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