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November 23, 2012, 4:30 PM

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Brian Klug / AnandTech:

Nexus 4 Includes Support for LTE on Band 4 (AWS) — I noted in my review of the LG/Google Nexus 4 that the device included hardware necessary for LTE on at least some of its bands, namely bands 1 (2100 MHz), 2 (1900 MHz), and 4 (AWS 1700/2100) based on what I saw in my teardown.

More: TechRadar.com, Examiner, Ars Technica, Droid Life, The Verge, BetaNews, The Tech Block, Android and Me and TechCrunch

Mat Smith / Engadget:

Nexus 4 shown working on Canadian LTE through simple carrier menu code (video) — Want LTE on your new Nexus 4? Well, you might have to move country. Unless it's some elaborate post-Thanksgiving hoax from our Canadian neighbors, several Telus customers have demonstrated that the LTE chip hiding inside …

More: Android Authority, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Android Community, TEK.GADG, BGR, Electronista, Gadgetsteria, Gizmodo, MobileSyrup.com and Inquirer. Tweets: @dannysullivan

Chris Cheesman / Amateur Photographer:

Nokia imaging chief Dinning quits — Nokia imaging guru Damian Dinning, who is considered the driving force behind the firm's smartphone camera technology, has left the Finland-based company, Amateur Photographer (AP) can reveal.

More: AllThingsD, The Register, SlashGear, Engadget, The Verge, PureView Club, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Pocketnow, Softpedia News, WParea.de, My Nokia Blog, Neowin, WMPoweruser and MobileBurn.com

BBC:

Anonymous hackers ‘cost PayPal £3.5m’ — The court was told Anonymous were self-styled “hacktivists” who believed everything on the internet should be free — A student attacked the PayPal website as part of a concerted effort by the Anonymous “hacktivists” that cost the company £3.5m, a court has heard.

More: TorrentFreak, Neowin, The Register, ZDNet, The H Security, ITProPortal, DailyTech, Softpedia News, Inquirer, skynews.com.au, Metro.co.uk, Daily Mail and Guardian

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Instagram sees new record during Thanksgiving: Over 10M photos shared at a rate of 226 per second — Instagram saw a new record set during Thanksgiving in the US: 10 million photos shared at a rate of 226 per second during the peak. For several hours on Thursday, its 100 million users posted …

More: BetaNews, GeekWire, VentureBeat, AllThingsD, NBC Bay Area, Mashable!, The Verge, The Tech Block and TechCrunch. Tweets: @flipboardtech

Arnold Kim / MacRumors:

Apple Launches Black Friday Sale in U.S. with Discounts on iPads, MacBook Pros, Airs and More — Following the international launches, Apple has kicked off its Black Friday sale in the U.S. Online Apple Store. The selection of products on discount are the same as the international stores.

More: LAPTOP Magazine, AppleInsider, ZDNet, Computerworld, The Next Web, Softpedia News, iPodNN, Engadget, 9to5Mac and 9to5Mac

Paul Kunert / channelregister.co.uk:

Barclays Bank buys 8,500 Apple iPads in one go — Bank's ranks thank bosses for fondle-slabbin' workplace — Barclays Bank has bought no less than 8,500 Apple slabs of fondling loveliness in one go, The Channel can reveal. — The buy, made with dealer Insight UK, is believed …

More: The Next Web, iPhone Hacks, Telegraph, Business Insider, Softpedia News and TUAW

New York Times:

The Shrewd Shopper Carries a Smartphone — This Black Friday, to the tech-aware go the spoils. — Retailers are trying to lure shoppers away from the Internet, where they have increasingly been shopping to avoid Black Friday madness, and back to the stores.

More: AllThingsD, iPhone Hacks and TechCrunch. Tweets: @ryan_fisk

Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:

Google Maps Is Now Giving Out Profile Badges To The Most Helpful Community Members — One of the really interesting things about Google Maps is that there's a huge, thriving community of people who love to help make the product better. Basically, when a road closes, or something is incorrect …

Thanks:@studentforce

Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:

Google to Miami court: Apple is withholding iPhone 5, iPad mini source code — Samsung hast just added the iPhone 5 and iPad mini to its list of accused products (court approval is a mere formality), and wholly-owned Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility wants to do the same in its litigation …

More: MacNN, iDownloadBlog.com and Android Authority

David Kravets / Wired:

Student Suspended for Refusing to Wear a School-Issued RFID Tracker — A Texas high school student is being suspended for refusing to wear a student ID card implanted with a radio-frequency identification chip. — Northside Independent School District in San Antonio began issuing …

More: Hack Education, The Next Web, BBC, The Rutherford Institute and The Verge

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Windows 8 store adds 7,000 apps in two weeks to pass 20,000 mark, almost 18,000 are free — The Windows Store in Windows 8 has passed 20,000 apps. It's not clear exactly when it happened, but Win App Update, which keeps track of the totals, posted on Thursday that the milestone was likely reached on Tuesday.

More: BetaNews, PC World, Neowin, Softpedia News, WindowsWave, ITProPortal, memeburn, VentureBeat, Windows 8 Beta and WinBeta

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