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Google Is Testing Same-Day Delivery for Shoppers — Google is now in the same-day delivery business. In San Francisco, some people affiliated with Google can buy a product, using their phones or computers, and have it delivered to their homes in a matter of hours, using a new service operated by Google.
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Windows 8 Day One: Steady, Not Spectacular, Store Traffic — Microsoft and its allies need to generate excitement for the Surface tablets and other computers running the company's dramatically revamped Windows 8 operating system. Nothing builds buzz like long lines, of course, and on that score …
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An alternate universe — On the way to the Apple Store today to buy AppleCare+ for my wife's new iPhone 5, we passed the new Microsoft Store, coincidentally in the middle of their Surface with Windows RT launch. (That is actually the product's name. “Surface with Windows RT”.)| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
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Apple's Phil Schiller on the State of the Mac — Phil Schiller walks through Apple's Mac portable lineup at the company's press event in San Jose, California on October 23, 2012 — With Tuesday's unveiling of the iPad Mini and a fourth-generation full-sized iPad, this has been a major week for the iPad.
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Mac Mini Late 2012 Teardown — Apple is shrinking! No, not in the AAPL stock way (that's high as ever), but in the 'Let's name everything Mini' way. Along with the announcement of the iPad Mini on October 23rd (teardown coming soon; we promise) came the new and improved Mac Mini …
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People Behind Uber Want to Do the Same Thing for Private Planes With BlackJet — BlackJet launches today a way to book seats on other people's private jets. — If it sounds like the black-car service Uber for planes, that's exactly what it is. The company comes from Uber co-founder Garrett Camp …
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| Alyson Shontell / Business Insider: |
THE SILICON ALLEY 100: The Coolest People In New York Tech This Year — In the past few years, New York City has become a tech hotspot. And while it hasn't had any LinkedIn or Facebook-size exits, it has produced a few IPOs and near-billion-dollar acquisitions.| Darren Murph / Engadget: |
Google Nexus 10 leaks: Android 4.2, Exynos 5250 (1.7GHz), 2,560 x 1,600 resolution — Unless we're looking at one of the most elaborately photographed fakes in the world, this is the Nexus 10. With the Nexus 7 apparently going over quite well at just $199, it was only ever a matter … | Phil Nickinson / Android Central: |
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
3.6 million social security numbers exposed in unprecedented South Carolina cyber attack — “This is not a good day for South Carolina.” That was Governor Nikki Haley's public reaction to news that a foreign hacker had infiltrated South Carolina's Department of Revenue and made off … | Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
iPhone 5 Launching in India and Other Countries on November 2 — The Economic Times reports that Apple will be launching the iPhone 5 in India on November 2, one week from today. The launch had previously been rumored for today, but the new report claims that shipping delays forced Apple to push the launch back by a week.
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New Google Maps Basemap Now Shows Terrain, Vegetation By Default — The Google Maps basemap is getting a visual overhaul today. Unlike most updates, though, this one is for the actual maps and not just the interface. Starting today, Google Maps will show you information about terrain …
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| Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider: |
Citigroup's Star Tech Analyst Mark Mahaney Fired After Leaks To TechCrunch — Mark Mahaney, a star tech analyst at Citigroup, was just fired. — He got canned because one of Mahaney's junior associates leaked information about the bank's views on the Facebook IPO to TechCrunch writers Josh Constine …
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Yahoo Dings “Do Not Track” Default (And Search Partner Microsoft) — In a post today on its policy blog, Yahoo took aim at Microsoft's controversial “Do Not Track” default in its Internet Explorer 10 browser. — Said Yahoo in a post titled “In Support of Personal Experience”:
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