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October 23, 2012, 2:45 PM

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Vlad Savov / The Verge:

Apple announces the 7.9-inch iPad for $329, shipping November 2nd — The iPad mini has just been revealed by Apple at its special event in San Jose. Up on stage, Phil Schiller explains that this “isn't just a shrunken-down iPad, it's an entirely new design.”

Apple:

Apple Introduces iPad mini — Apple® today introduced iPad® mini, a completely new iPad design that is 23 percent thinner and 53 percent lighter than the third generation iPad. The new iPad mini features a stunning 7.9-inch Multi-Touch™ display, FaceTime® HD and iSight® cameras …

More: TechCrunch

Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:

Tim Cook: Apple Has Sold 100M iPads In Just Two And A Half Years — Today, Tim Cook told us that Apple has sold over 100M iPads in just 2 and a half years of existence. That's pretty impressive and it's about to get bigger. But smaller...due to the iPad Mini that's about to be announced.

More: The Next Web, BGR, The Next Web and Mashable!

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Apple announces its 4th generation full-size iPad with A6X chip, LTE, HD FaceTime and Lightning connector — Apple today announced an updated version of its iPad to include its Lighting connector and an A6X chip. It features 10 hours of battery life and an HD version of its front facing camera.

More: The Verge, Forbes, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, VentureBeat, CNET, iMore.com and Gotta Be Mobile

Joshua Topolsky / The Verge:

Apple's iPad mini hands-on

More: 9to5Mac, Engadget and AnandTech

Apple:

All-New iMac Features Stunning Design, Brilliant Display & Faster Performance — Apple® today unveiled a completely new iMac® with a stunning design, brilliant display with reduced reflection, and faster processors. * With third generation Intel quad-core processors …

Jon Fingas / Engadget:

Apple unveils next-generation iMac with slimmer design and Ivy Bridge, starting at $1,299 — Who said Apple's event was all about the little things? Apple just unveiled its first redesign to its iMac desktop in three years. The new all-in-one makes the widely expected leap …

More: LAPTOP Magazine, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, BGR, Gizmodo, The Next Web, 9to5Mac, Business Insider, The Verge, ZDNet, MacRumors, CNET, WebProNews, VG247, dailywireless.org and Technology Personalized

Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:

Apple refreshes Mac mini lineup as expected, retains last gen pricing, ships today — As predicted Apple just confirmed at its special iPad mini event that it will be refreshing the Mac mini lineups with upgraded internals. The new models will retain the same pricing as previous generation …

More: LAPTOP Magazine, BGR, Gizmodo, Business Insider, TechCrunch, Engadget, CNET, MacRumors, Gotta Be Mobile, Macgasm and Techie Buzz

Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:

Apple adds new ‘fusion drive’ to iMac and Mac mini, combines SSD and standard hard drive — As part of its radically-redesigned new iMac, Apple announced a new hybrid “fusion drive” for both the iMac and Mac mini. This drive combines a 128GB flash storage drive with a 1TB or 3TB HDD …

More: The Verge, VentureBeat, The Seattle Times, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, BGR, The Next Web, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo and FierceWireless

Apple:

Apple Introduces 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display — Apple® today introduced an all-new version of its popular 13-inch MacBook® Pro featuring a stunning Retina™ display and all flash storage in a new compact design. At a mere 0.75 inches and 3.57 pounds …

Dante D'Orazio / The Verge:

Apple introduces new 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display, ships today for $1,699 — Like its predecessor, it lacks discrete graphics — Apple has confirmed the rumors, and has announced a new 13-inch MacBook Pro with a Retina display. The model shares many of the same features …

More: AllThingsD, Ars Technica, LAPTOP Magazine, VentureBeat, MacRumors, CNET, Business Insider, 9to5Mac, Digits, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Mashable!, Gotta Be Mobile, TUAW and WebProNews

Yusuf Mehdi / The Official Microsoft Blog:

Introducing the New Entertainment Experience from Xbox — Steve Ballmer recently stated that 2012 will be “the most epic year in Microsoft's history.” — Not only do we have major releases coming to the PC, tablet and phone, but we have worked extremely hard to ensure those screens work together …

More: CNET, LAPTOP Magazine, SiliconANGLE, Bing, Seattle Times, GeekWire, SlashGear, WinBeta, Gotta Be Mobile, TechSpot, nbcnews.com, Neowin, GadgeTell, WebProNews, Inquirer, LiveSide.net and Xbox Live's Major Nelson

Aaron Souppouris / The Verge:

Subsidized Xbox pricing extending to 250GB consoles, will start at $99

More: CNET, GamePolitics blogs, TWICE, Joystiq, Engadget and I4U News

Amar Toor / The Verge:

Xbox Music app updated with free streaming, SmartGlass fully launches on Windows 8 this week

More: SlashGear

Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider:

USPTO invalidates Apple's “rubber-banding” patent asserted against Samsung — It was discovered in a Monday court filing from Samsung that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office tentatively invalidated Apple's bounce scroll, or “rubber-banding,” patent, possibly putting the Apple v. Samsung jury's decision regarding the property at risk.

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Apple announces new iBooks with continuous scrolling, better iCloud and sharing, says 400M iBooks downloaded — Apple held an event at the California Theater in San Jose today, where it announced iBooks 3.0. iBooks 3.0 includes better iCloud support, sharing, continuous scrolling and over 40 languages.

More: Apple, TechCrunch, Inside Mobile Apps, BGR, Business Insider, AllThingsD, TechCrunch, MacRumors, The Verge, Engadget and 9to5Mac

Ken Yeung / The Next Web:

Apple's iBooks Author adds templates and fonts, as 2.5K US classrooms use iBooks in school

More: Mashable!

Stephen Shankland / CNET:

Google releases search app for Windows 8 — As it's done with iOS, Google is trying to carve out a place for search and other services on Microsoft's new operating system. — Google has built a search app for Windows 8 — On Windows today, people reach Google's search service with a browser.

More: The Next Web, PC World and Neowin. Thanks:@stshank

David Talbot / MIT Technology Review:

A Bandwidth Breakthrough — Academic researchers have improved wireless bandwidth by an order of magnitude—not by adding base stations, tapping more spectrum, or cranking up transmitter wattage, but by using algebra to banish the network-clogging task of resending dropped packets.

More: ExtremeTech, Geekosystem, TechSpot and FierceWireless

TechCrunch:

Please Welcome Our Newest Columnists, MG Siegler And Michael Arrington — We've already talked extensively about how we handle guest posts these days — we publish one-off articles from people in the community who have something new and meaningful to say on tech topics.

More: TechCrunch. Tweets: @eldon, @nexttechblog, @anthonyha, @sdkstl and @shontelaylay. Thanks:@forrestkoba

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Zynga May Have Just Laid Off 100+ Employees From TheVille And Bingo Teams In Its Austin Office — Possibly trying to hide the grim news by announcing it during Apple's event, Zynga just laid off over 100 employees from its Bingo and TheVille teams in its Austin office, according to Justin Maxwell, though we can't confirm this info yet.

More: The Next Web, Business Insider and Joystiq

Tweets: @gamasutra, @codinghorror and @303

Dave Lee / BBC:

More piracy sites faced with blocking as BPI contacts UK ISPs — The legal process to block the latest selection of sites could be swifter than in the past, one lawyer says — The UK's major internet service providers have been asked to block three more file-sharing websites, the BBC can reveal.

More: BetaNews, TechSpot, TorrentFreak, GamePolitics blogs, Digital Spy, Softpedia News, Out-Law News, ZDNet, TechEye, The Register and Inquirer

New York Times:

In Mobile World, Tech Giants Scramble to Get Up to Speed — SAN FRANCISCO — Intel made its fortune on the chips that power personal computers, and Microsoft on the software that goes inside. Google's secret sauce is that it finds what you are looking for on the Internet.

Paul Sawers / The Next Web:

Google Drive apps renamed ‘Docs, Sheets and Slides’, now available in the Chrome Web Store — While Apple is busy occupying the tech blogging space, Google has announced a minor bit of news of its very own, with its suite of office apps on Google Drive being rebranded from Documents …

More: Official Google …

Ritsuko Ando / Reuters:

Nokia seeks $972 million from bonds to help drive fightback — (Reuters) - Mobile phone maker Nokia plans to raise 750 million euros ($972 million) from bonds convertible into shares, seeking a cheap way to help finance its fight to claw back market share lost to Apple and Samsung.

More: Nokia, VentureBeat, The Verge, TechCrunch, SeekingAlpha.com, PhoneArena and ZDNet

Amanda Lefebvre / The Microsoft Office Blog:

New Office Web Apps, now live on SkyDrive — The new Office Web Apps are now live! — Thanks to all 750,000 of you who have helped put the Office Web Apps Preview through its paces since it went live in July. This scale of use and thousands of pieces of feedback prior to general availability …

More: BetaNews, Inquirer, Seattle Times, Mashable!, WebProNews, Lifehacker, The Windows Blog and The Verge

Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD:

Zynga's Next Gamble: An Ad Platform — Zynga is building its own advertising platform that it plans to make available to third-party developers that work with the gaming company. — For Zynga, which has struggled to develop a new hit game recently, the strategy has two aims.

More: CNET and FierceMobileContent News

Deepak Dhingra / Engadget:

Nokia launches budget Lumia 510: Windows Phone 7.5, 4-inch display and 5-megapixel camera (video) — Confirming all those rumors we've been hearing, Nokia has officially taken the wraps off its latest budget smartphone, the Lumia 510 — slotting it somewhere between the Asha range and the Lumia 610.

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Twitter testing ‘like’ and ‘star’ instead of ‘favorite’ with a limited set of users — Some users are seeing the term ‘Like’ or ‘star’ appear on Twitter.com in the place of the traditional ‘Favorite’. The new terminology appears to be showing up for certain users on the service, but from searches it looks like a limited set so far.

More: The Verge, CNET, VentureBeat, Betabeat, TechCrunch, AllTwitter and memeburn. Tweets: @madlid. Thanks:@alex. See also Mediagazer

Sam Byford / The Verge:

Dropbox for iOS update removes full-resolution photo limitation, adds iPhone 5 compatibility — It's not all good news, though, with significantly increased download times — Dropbox has released version 1.5.6 of its iOS app. It's now adapted for the iPhone 5's taller screen …

More: TUAW, SlashGear and PhoneArena

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