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November 8, 2012, 6:05 PM

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Priceline.com:

Priceline.com Agrees to Acquire KAYAK Software Corporation — Priceline.com Incorporated (NASDAQ: PCLN) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement for the Priceline Group to acquire KAYAK in a stock and cash transaction. Under the terms of the agreement …

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Tweets: @rafat and @mercbizbreak

Rafat Ali / Skift:

BREAKING: Priceline to buy Kayak for $1.8 billion — A bomb just dropped in the online travel world: Priceline the world's largest travel company, has agreed to acquire travel meta-search company Kayak, for about $1.8 billion. — Major deal points: — Priceline is offering $40 per share of Kayak …

More: The Next Web, GigaOM, Betabeat and KAYAK

Tweets: @danprimack, @vacanti, @pkedrosky and @cnbc

Michael Abramson / Sequoia Capital:

Creating room in a crowd

Anna Heim / The Next Web:

Oops: Twitter says it unintentionally reset passwords of non-compromised accounts — Twitter has unintentionally sent a password reset email to users whose accounts hadn't been compromised, the company announced on its status page. — Here is the statement it published:

More: ABCNEWS, NYT Bits, InfoWorld, CNET, Betabeat, Twitter Status, The Register, TechSpot, Digits and GFI Blog

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:

You Might Have Gotten An Email From Twitter About Your Account Being Compromised, It's Real

More: Mashable!, Guardian, Network World, BuzzFeed, The Next Web, The Technology Chronicles, Tweet Smarter, digitaltrends.com, VentureBeat, PC Magazine, BGR, TechNewsDaily.com, Ubergizmo, TechnoBuffalo, CNET, The Verge and Softpedia News. Thanks:@cashortr4people

Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:

Groupon falls short of analyst expectations, reporting Q3 revenues of $568.6 million and earnings per share of $0.00 — Today Groupon reported its third quarter financial results, including top line revenue of $568.6 million, and earnings per share of $0.00.

More: TechCrunch, AllThingsD, VentureBeat, AllThingsD, Forbes, DailyFinance.com, Tech Trader Daily, SiliconBeat, Business Insider, internetretailer.com, Groupon, Inc. and WebProNews

Sarah McBride / Reuters:

Exclusive: Google Ventures beefs up fund size to $300 million a year — (Reuters) - Google will increase the cash it allocates to its venture-capital arm to up to $300 million a year from $200 million, catapulting Google Ventures into the top echelon of corporate venture-capital funds.

More: VentureBeat, Fortune, AllThingsD, CNET, NBC Bay Area, VatorNews, Venture Capital Dispatch and Inquirer

Andrew Sinkov / Evernote Blogcast:

The New Evernote 5 for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch — Our apps never stop evolving. Every few weeks, we release an update that adds something new or improves an existing feature. It's not often that we launch a complete redesign. In fact, it happens only once every few years.

More: Engadget, CNET, SheGeeks.netSheGeeks.net, GeekSugar, Gizmodo UK, Mobile Magazine, The Verge, MobileSyrup.com, everythingiCafe, ReadWrite, Ubergizmo, Redmond Pie and Softpedia News

DigiTimes:

Foxconn reportedly plans to set up plants in US — Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) reportedly plans to establish manufacturing plants in the US and is currently conducting evaluations in cities such as Detroit and Los Angeles, according to market watchers.

More: Guardian, The Seattle Times, PC Magazine, TechnoBuffalo, WebProNews, iDownloadBlog.com, The Register, iPhone Hacks, InvestorPlace, SlashGear and HotHardware.com News

Jordan Golson / MacRumors:

AT&T Expands FaceTime Over Cellular Access to More Customers — AT&T announced today that it is planning to allow any customer “with an LTE device” on a “tiered data plan” to use iOS 6's FaceTime over Cellular feature. Previously, only customers with a Mobile Share plan could use the feature.

More: Digits, Reuters, 9to5Mac, AllThingsD, Computerworld, VentureBeat, NYT Bits, Ars Technica, The Verge, AT&T Public Policy Blog, PC Magazine, Gizmodo, Business Insider, CNET, The Verge, parislemon, Engadget, The Next Web, Mashable!, BGR, iDownloadBlog.com and 9to5Mac. Tweets: @jlgolson. Thanks:@jlgolson

Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:

Facebook amps up Friendship Pages to highlight your online relationships — Facebook today announced a big visual update to its Friendship Pages to highlight the time you've spent with a family member or friend. In effect, Facebook has essentially auto-created perfect lovey-dovey Timeline profile pages …

More: VentureBeat, The Next Web, AllThingsD, Ubergizmo and Facebook Newsroom

Zack Whittaker / CNET:

Apple quietly pulls apology-hiding code from U.K. site — Visitors to Apple's U.K. Web site are no longer forced to scroll down to view a court-ordered apology to Samsung, after Apple tried to bury it using hidden code. — Less than a week after Apple was rumbled by Reddit users …

More: The Register, Examiner, PadGadget and iPhone Hacks

Emma Turpin / The Official Google Blog:

JAM with Chrome: Play music live with your friends online — If you ever dreamed of playing in a band, now's your chance to be a rock star. JAM with Chrome is an interactive web application that enables friends in different locations to play music together in the Chrome browser on their computers.

More: SiliconBeat, PC Magazine, 9to5Google, Evolver.fm, Geekosystem, VatorNews, The Verge, The Next Web, Mashable!, SocialTimes, BetaNews, memeburn, TIME and Lifehacker

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple puts delivery dates back on LTE iPad mini orders, customers seeing November 21st date — After the LTE iPad mini went on sale alongside the WiFi version, we noted that customers were seeing various delivery dates for the product. However, most readers reported delivery dates of either November 21st or November 23.

More: MacRumors and Pocketnow

Paul Sawers / The Next Web:

After a 5-year beta period, Wikipedia finally moves into the video era with an HTML5 player — With more than half-a-billion monthly visitors, Wikipedia needs little introduction. — But while the not-for-profit is renowned for its crowdsourced, text and image-based online encyclopedia …

More: VentureBeat, AllThingsD, GigaOM, Wikimedia blog and SocialTimes. See also Mediagazer

Martin Bryant / The Next Web:

Samsung's Galaxy S III overtakes the iPhone 4S as the world's best-selling smartphone in Q3 2012 — Samsung's flagship Galaxy S III handset usurped the Apple iPhone 4S as the world's best-selling smartphone in the third quarter of 2012, according to a new report released by market research and consulting firm Strategy Analytics.

Michael Rose / TUAW:

Made For iPhone manufacturers may have to comply with Apple's supplier responsibility code — There's no gaggle of satellite trucks or eager liveblogs documenting every moment, but one of the most important Apple-related events is going on right now in Shenzhen, China: the annual MFi …

More: MacRumors, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com and App Advice. Thanks:@tuaw

Michael Kan / Computerworld:

Apple out of China's top five smartphone list in Q3 — Coolpad smartphones took third place in market share for China, according to Canalys — Apple dropped out of the top five list in China's smartphone market for the third quarter, as local handset vendors saw their shipments surge …

More: GigaOM, iDownloadBlog.com, FierceWireless, iPhone Buzz and TUAW

FierceWireless:

Verizon's Shammo: We'll finish LTE buildout by mid-2013 — Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ) will finish its LTE deployment by the middle of 2013, according to Verizon Communications CFO Fran Shammo. The timeline is about six months earlier than Verizon has previously stated.

More: Engadget, 9to5Mac, GigaOM, Ars Technica, Android and Me, dailywireless.org, AndroidGuys, The Verge and Gotta Be Mobile

Shara Tibken / CNET:

Amazon uncorks wine service, delivers to your door — Customers in certain states — sorry, East Coasters, Southerners and people in a lot of other regions — can now pay $9.99 to ship up to six bottles from wineries around the U.S. — Customers can order almost anything through Amazon, and that now includes wine.

More: TechCrunch, Amazon.com, GeekWire, AllThingsD, The Next Web, bizjournals, Gizmodo and Bloomberg

Joel Falconer / The Next Web:

Call of Duty: Black Ops II to feature League Play livestreaming through YouTube — Activision announced today that Call of Duty: Black Ops II, to be released on November 13th, will have a livestreaming feature that is the result of a partnership with YouTube.

More: CNET, Engadget and Guardian

Ian King / Bloomberg:

Nvidia Third-Quarter Earnings Top Estimates on Tablet Orders — Nvidia Corp. (NVDA), a maker of graphics processors, reported fiscal third-quarter earnings that topped analysts' estimates as it grabbed market share and won orders for chips used in tablet computers.

More: Forbes, Tech Trader Daily and ZDNet

James Murray / Hitwise UK:

Google dips below 90% market share of UK Search — October proved to be scary month not just for Halloween but also for Google's share of the UK search market. — The latest search stats show that 89.33% of all UK Internet searches were conducted on Google Sites.

More: The Next Web and Pocket-lint

Ernesto / TorrentFreak:

RapidShare Limits Public Download Traffic to Drive Away Pirates — In the aftermath of the Megaupload shutdown, people have been keeping a close eye on other file-hosting services, RapidShare included. — As a company, RapidShare sees itself operating in the “cloud hosting” business …

More: Softpedia News, PandoDaily, gHacks Technology News and MyCE.com

Alexis Santos / Engadget:

Baseline Modbook Pro gets its RAM, storage and screen sensitivity doubled, stays at $3,500 — The first batch of Modbook Pros have yet to make their way to owners, but the base model is already getting a spec bump. The Macbook come tablet will have its RAM boosted from 4GB to 8GB …

More: ZDNet, MacRumors, Ars Technica and Modbook Inc.

Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:

Tumblr Updates Its iOS App To Be “Completely Native,” Features Redesigned Dashboard, Notifications And Gestures — Tumblr, the micro-blogging service that allows everyone to be a creative publisher, has updated its iOS app to become faster and more engaging. Tumblr says it's “completely native.”

More: Mashable!, Softpedia News, Tumblr Staff, Bijan Sabet, BetaNews, iPhone Hacks, BuzzFeed and WebProNews. Thanks:@mwjackso

Glyn Moody / Techdirt:

Australian Government Announces That It Is Dropping Mandatory ISP Filtering...But Still Wants Filtering — Techdirt has been writing about Australia's plans to join the online censorship club for almost three years. Now, in a surprise move pointed out to us on Twitter by @Asher_Wolf …

More: iTnews.com.au, ZDNet and Slashdot

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