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November 2, 2012, 2:10 PM
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| Matt Brian / The Next Web: |
Apple's reformed ‘apology’ to Samsung makes an appearance in UK newspapers — Coming a day after it the company was reprimanded for its “non-compliant” apology on its website, stating Samsung did not infringe on its products, Apple has today published its first newspaper adverts, as required by the UK court of appeal.| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Apple Removes “Incorrect” Legal Statement From U.K. Website Following Court Order In iPad Vs Galaxy Tab Case — Apple has pulled down a legal statement on its U.K. website, posted after it lost an appeal in a U.K. court against a ruling that Samsung's Galaxy Tab tablets do not infringe the design of the iPad.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Microsoft Tests Smartphone With Asia Suppliers — Microsoft is working with Asian suppliers to test its own smartphone design. The WSJ's Yun-Hee Kim tells us whether Microsoft will push this product out into the overcrowded market. — TAIPEI—Microsoft Corp. is working with component suppliers …
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LAPTOP Magazine, Washington Post, SlashGear, GeekWire, SiliconANGLE, digitaltrends.com, Inquirer, BuzzFeed, Redmond Pie, DailyTech, MobileSyrup.com, The Verge, InvestorPlace, CNET, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Gotta Be Mobile, Neowin, HotHardware.com News, IntoMobile, WebProNews, Telegraph, Quartz, BGR, MobileBurn.com, Cydia Blog, Gizmodo UK, ValueWalk, Polygon and Pocket-lint
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Google Nexus 10 review — The Nexus 7 proved Google can design good hardware, but can it take on the iPad? — Tablets are in a funny phase. For years, Google and Microsoft were content to sit back while hardware partners used their software to make tablets.
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| Brad Molen / Engadget: |
Nexus 4 review — Movie sequels often don't live up to the hype of the original blockbuster, but the same isn't always true of smartphones — on the contrary, they typically get even better. The Nexus lineup, initially thought of as a “playground” for Android developers to test their apps on …
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Apple's iPad Mini Launch Draws Smaller Crowds Than Previous Product Debuts — The iPad mini officially went on sale today, and the response at physical retail stores has been mixed. Some areas are seeing decent-sized lines, according to Reuters this morning, including Tokyo and Seoul Apple Stores …
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ZDNet, Digits, Examiner, Mashable!, VentureBeat, Wall Street Journal, Betabeat, New York Magazine, GigaOM, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Business Insider, WebProNews, Android Authority, BGR, The Register, SlashGear and TUAW. Tweets: @edbott
| Reuters: |
Apple rolls out iPad mini to shorter lines — (Reuters) - The launch of Apple Inc's iPad mini attracted smaller crowds from Sydney to New York on Friday than have been typical for previous Apple product debuts, events marked by people lining up for hours or even days.
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Business Insider, SlashGear, Pocket-lint, Fortune, Fortune, PadGadget, Crave, iDownloadBlog.com, ValueWalk, App Advice, The Next Web, iPhone Hacks, Business Insider, Digits, Macgasm, ZDNet, Neowin and CNET
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| Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune: |
| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
After Declaring It the Future of Yahoo, CEO Marissa Mayer Appoints IntoNow's Adam Cahan as Mobile Kingpin (Internal Memo, Natch!) — A very important management shift at Yahoo got a bit lost in the news of the first acquisition — a small mobile start-up called Stamped — of new CEO Marissa Mayer last week.| Electronista: |
Apple loses right to iPhone brand name in Mexico — Mexican iFone registered trade name four years before Apple — Apple has lost an injunction bid that would have allowed it to continue selling iPhone-branded products in Mexico. A court in Mexico City handed down a ruling …
| iFixit: |
iPad 4 Teardown — We got our hands on the fourth generation of iPad; we shall call it iPad 4. The iPad 4 is kind of like a fourth book added on to a trilogy: its release was a bit sudden and unexpected, but it's a part of the group, nonetheless. This fourth iteration of iPad shares a lot …
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VentureBeat, Ars Technica, Betabeat, everythingiCafe, 9to5Mac, CNET, ZDNet, Gizmodo UK, iDownloadBlog.com, SlashGear and MacNN
| Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
Windows 8, the post-PC world, and Linux: Microsoft will prevail — The heir to Windows' desktop dominion? Uh, no. — Since the very first reveal of Windows 8, some critics have called the operating system a fatal move for Microsoft. They call it a blunder so large in its abandonment … | Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
BitTorrent Pirate Ordered to Pay $1.5 Million Damages For Sharing 10 Movies — Since early 2010, hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. have been sued for downloading and sharing copyrighted content on BitTorrent. — Nearly all of these cases end up dismissed or settled …
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Techdirt, Forbes, The Register, DieTrollDie, Softpedia News, Geekosystem, Gizmodo UK, Pocket-lint, SlashGear, Gizmodo.com Updates and CNET
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Makes Big Push To Educate New Users On Privacy, Adds In-Line Controls To Sign-up Flow — If new Facebook users understand their privacy on the site, they'll trust Facebook more and share more too. So Facebook has just made privacy education a central part of the sign-up flow.
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CNET, Inside Facebook, ZDNet, AllFacebook, PandoDaily, Facebook, TPM IdeaLab and WebProNews
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Samsung Tops U.S. Mobile Device Manufacturers, Apple Gains In Hardware And Platform Share — Digital metrics firm comScore today released its most recent mobile market share report, detailing trends in the mobile industry for the three month period ending in September.
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Inside Mobile Apps, Engadget, CNET, ZDNet, Marketing Land and comScore, Inc.
| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Facebook disables URL login shortcut after Google search exposes potential security flaw — A security hole has been discovered that allows anyone to see the email addresses corresponding to certain Facebook accounts. Worse yet, some appear to be accessible without even entering a password.
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VentureBeat, BBC, The H Security and Softpedia News
| Richard Lawler / Engadget: |
Samsung: Galaxy Note II has sold 3 million units worldwide — Just over a month removed from launching its latest phablet, Samsung is reporting the Galaxy Note II has already racked up sales of 3 million units. The 5.5-inch stylus-enabled smartphone is selling at more than three times … | Brittany Darwell / Inside Facebook: |
Facebook helps some local businesses provide free Wi-Fi in exchange for check-ins — Facebook is testing a new service that allows local businesses to offer customers free Wi-Fi after checking in on the social network, the company tells us. — For this small test, Facebook is supplying …
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Business Insider, The Register, Gizmodo UK, The Next Web, ValueWalk, Softpedia News, SlashGear, Electricpig.co.uk, Business Insider, CNET, CNET and WebProNews. Thanks:@insidefb
| JR Raphael / Computerworld: |
Exclusive: Inside Android 4.2's powerful new security system — We've talked plenty about the new features in Google's Android 4.2 release — Photo Sphere, multi-user support, a reimagined tablet UI — but one of the most significant changes to the software is something you might not notice at a glance.| Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch: |
Twitter Releases Numbers Related To Hurricane Sandy: More Than 20M Tweets Sent During Its Peak — As you know, the devastation of Hurricane Sandy has hit millions. Many turned to Twitter to discuss what they were going through. Today, the company shared some interesting facts and numbers having … | Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
Megaupload Publishes Deal to Counter U.S. Extortion Claims — Last month Megaupload filed a renewed request to dismiss the indictment against it, until the U.S. Government finds a way to properly serve the company. — Megaupload's legal team reiterated that the company's due process is at stake.| Dan Levine / Reuters: |
Microsoft versus Google trial raises concerns over courtroom secrecy — (Reuters) - Two weeks before trial in a high-stakes lawsuit pitting Google's Motorola Mobility unit against Microsoft, Google made what has become a common request for a tech company fighting for billions of dollars … | Ken Yeung / The Next Web: |
Wired editor Ryan Singel leaves to create Contextly, help publishers integrate ‘related links’ — For the past ten years, Threat Level editor at Wired, Ryan Singel had been involved in nearly everything a writer is exposed to in the business. He's discovered that transparency and privacy matter … | Joshua Brustein / NYT Bits: |
Romney and Obama Campaigns Leaking Web Site Visitor Data — The presidential campaign sites BarackObama.com and MittRomney.com have recently ratcheted up their use of third-party Web trackers. These are companies, like ad networks and data brokers working on behalf of the campaigns …
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AdExchanger, Web Policy, Forbes and Of Interest
| Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
With Hints For An IPO, Mobile Analytics Startup Flurry Raises $25M From Crosslink — It's taken more than five years to get here, but San Francisco-based mobile analytics and advertising company Flurry is hinting that an IPO might be around the corner. The company just took $25 million … | Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Misconfigured Apache sites expose user passwords, other private data — A publicly viewable server status on one site exposes user passwords to the world. — More than 2,000 websites—some operated by Fortune 500 companies, game sites, and retail outlets—are exposing system status information …
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