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November 28, 2012, 7:20 PM

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Tom Warren / The Verge:

Windows Blue is Microsoft's future low-cost OS with yearly updates — Microsoft is busy preparing its next-generation Windows client, shortly after shipping Windows 8 in October. The Verge has learned from several sources familiar with Microsoft's plans that the company is planning …

More: TechCrunch, PC World, Computerworld, Softpedia News, BGR, Neowin, TechSpot, Daring Fireball, LAPTOP Magazine, ExtremeTech, Gotta Be Mobile, WebProNews, TechnoBuffalo, Techie Buzz and WinBeta

Tweets: @tomwarren and @maryjofoley

Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:

Microsoft promises Windows Phone 7.8 update in Q1 2013, new models running the software coming shortly — Today Microsoft promised to bring the Windows Phone 7.8 update to market early next year for current Windows Phone 7.5 devices, and that new handsets running the software would be sold running …

Dina Bass / Bloomberg:

Microsoft Sees Surge in Windows Phones on Faster Software — Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is selling four times as many Windows phones as this time last year, helped by a new version of its phone software for more powerful handsets with faster screens, Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said.

More: AllThingsD, The Next Web, Business Insider, BGR and Gotta Be Mobile

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft's launches ‘Scroogled’ anti-Google Shopping website — Microsoft is launching its latest anti-Google campaign this week. A new Scroogled site has emerged that directly attacks Google's “unfair pay-to-rank shopping practices” says Microsoft. “Simply put, all of their shopping results …

More: Bing, TechCrunch, Digital Media Wire, Los Angeles Times, TechSpot, CNET, The Next Web, Mashable!, BGR, Search Engine Watch, PC World, Betabeat, WebProNews, GeekWire, ReadWrite, WinBeta, SlashGear and BetaNews

Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:

Bing Attacks Google Shopping With “Scroogled” Campaign, Forgets It's Guilty Of Same Problems — Bing is attacking Google over its shift to a pay-for-play shopping search engine through a new “Scroogled” site, pledging that Bing has “honest search.” Great campaign, if it were true. It's not.

More: Business Insider, SEO Book.com, Wired and PC Magazine

Larry Dignan / ZDNet:

Amazon Web Services cuts S3 prices, knocks old guard rivals — Summary: “We're lowering prices for S3 by 24 percent to 27 percent in all regions,” said Andy Jassy, senior vice president of Amazon Web Services. Jassy also mocked old guard technology rivals, which were seen as cloud washers.

More: TechCrunch, Venture Capital Dispatch, GigaOM, SiliconANGLE, The Register, CITEworld, Computerworld, GeekWire and Wired

Larry Dignan / ZDNet:

Amazon Web Services launches Redshift, datawarehousing as a service

More: Amazon.com, The Register, VentureBeat, Amazon Web Services Blog, GigaOM, The Next Web, ZDNet and V3.co.uk

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:

Ballmer says Windows 8 users ‘get it, and like it’ — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is addressing the company's annual shareholders meeting right now in Bellevue, Wash. He started by talking about the uptake of Windows 8, citing the 40 million licenses sold, and alluding to the early usage patterns that the company reported yesterday.

More: Ars Technica, Digits, The Windows Blog, CNET, LiveSide.net, WinBeta, Know Your Cell and CNET

Eva Dou / Digits:

Windows 8 Touchscreen Laptops See Slow Start

More: Gizmodo, LAPTOP Magazine, PC World, Tech Trader Daily and ZDNet

Vibhu Norby / philosophically:

Why We're Pivoting from Mobile-first to Web-first — There has been much discussion from the venture capitalist angle on the failings of mobile companies, including posts by Fred Wilson and Om Malik. I wanted to share my perspective, having been the co-founder of a mobile-first startup …

More: broadstuff. Tweets: @pkedrosky

Martyn Williams / Computerworld:

Exclusive: Nokia seeks to block sale of some RIM products — Nokia wants a US court to enforce an arbitration agreement that could affect most of RIM's smartphones — Nokia has asked a California court to enforce an arbitration award that would prevent Research In Motion from selling products …

More: BBC, Wall Street Journal, Wired, GigaOM, ZDNet, The Register, Mashable!, FOSS Patents, BGR, Forbes, iDownloadBlog.com and Business Insider

Tarmo Virki / Reuters:

BlackBerry maker RIM loses patent dispute with Nokia

More: Engadget, InvestorPlace, MobileBurn.com, FierceWireless and CNET

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

iPad And Android Tablet Market Share Margin Narrows Much Faster Than Originally Predicted — Apple continued to win out in terms of tablet market share this past quarter, according to the latest figures from ABI Research, with a 55 percent share of all shipments during the period.

More: ABI Research, Examiner, BGR, Forbes, Patently Apple, Computerworld, AndroidGuys, digitaltrends.com and Mobile Magazine

Jon Russell / The Next Web:

Apple maintains 70% grip on China's tablet market, as industry sales jump 63% year-on-year

More: Reuters, CNET, MacDailyNews and iDownloadBlog.com

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Confirmed: Google Acquires Incentive Targeting To Power Super Targeted, Personalized Coupon Programs — Google has just acquired coupon targeting company Incentive Targeting. The acquisition was confirmed in a tweet from Mike Dudas, who is on the team building Google's mobile commerce business.

More: VatorNews, AllThingsD, PC Magazine, CNET, Engadget, Understanding Google …, ZDNet, Xconomy, 9to5Google and Screenwerk. Tweets: @mdudas. Thanks:@chrisvelazco

Google Drive Blog:

Edit spreadsheets on the go with the Drive mobile app — You're making your list, you're checking it twice—and now you can do it from anywhere. — Just in time for this year's holiday season, you can edit Google Sheets on your mobile device, just like you can with Google Docs.

More: GigaOM, TechCrunch, Engadget, 9to5Mac, 9to5Google, TUAW, iDownloadBlog.com, Pocketnow, Droid Life, GadgeTell and Google Enterprise Blog

Bill Flook / Washington Business Journal:

LivingSocial expected to lay off 400 in U.S. … LivingSocial Inc. is slated to launch a major round of layoffs Thursday, with as many as 400 job cuts expected across its U.S. workforce, according to sources with knowledge of the daily deal giant's plans. — Those cuts are expected to span …

More: Business Insider, Washington Times, bizjournals, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, City Desk, City Desk and DCist

Hoang Nguyen / YouTube Blog:

YouTube automatic captions now in six European languages — Captions are important to make sure everyone—including deaf, hard-of-hearing, and viewers who speak other languages—can enjoy videos on YouTube. — In 2009, you first saw a feature that automatically creates captions on YouTube videos …

More: CNET, Engadget, The Next Web, ReelSEO Online Video …, TechCrunch and SocialTimes

Shara Tibken / CNET:

Google's Horowitz: Facebook is social network of the past — Google+ chief Bradley Horowitz says ads in the Facebook social feed are like sandwich boards — there's no context. But when you're searching on Google and a friend recommends something, that matters more.

More: PandoDaily, Business Insider, AllFacebook and Wired

Tweets: @joshconstine and @dannysullivan

Loek Essers / Computerworld:

Apple gets sales ban on some Samsung Galaxy products in the Netherlands — Dutch court bans sale of Samsung products that infringe on an Apple patent on navigating images in a photo gallery — A Dutch court has banned sales of Samsung Electronics' Galaxy products that infringe …

More: TechCrunch, Reuters, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Los Angeles Times, SiliconANGLE, iDownloadBlog.com, InvestorPlace, SlashGear, Inquirer, AppleInsider and iPhone Hacks

BBC:

‘Piracy’ student Richard O'Dwyer avoids US extradition — Mr O'Dwyer faced a maximum sentence of five years in prison if found guilty in the US — A student facing trial and possible imprisonment in the United States has struck a deal to avoid extradition, the High Court has been told.

More: ZDNet, TorrentFreak, Ars Technica, CNET, Techdirt, The Register, ITProPortal and Plagiarism Today

Sharif Sakr / Engadget:

Will.i.am launches pricey i.am+ camera add-ons for iPhone, we go hands on (video) — So, we learned two things today. Firstly, Will.i.am is able to attract quite a media scrum, and secondly, national press photographers have sharp elbows. Nevertheless, we braved the London debut …

More: Telegraph, The Verge, Gizmodo, parislemon, LAPTOP Magazine, iClarified, everythingiCafe, Apple Bitch, iDownloadBlog.com, SlashGear, 9to5Mac and iPhone Hacks. Tweets: @panzer

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Groupon's Andrew Mason: Of Course My Board Is Discussing Replacing Me. But I Want to Stay. — So that's pretty straightforward: Groupon CEO Andrew Mason says that yes, his board is discussing whether he should be replaced. — That's totally normal, he says, for a company whose stock is down 80 percent.

More: AllThingsD, TechCrunch, CNET, PandoDaily, Betabeat, Business Insider, GigaOM, Digits and Mashable!

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Telefonica, Mozilla and VCs Still Betting Big on HTML5 as They Pour $25 Million Into Everything.Me — For Mozilla to be successful with its Firefox OS, it needs a lot of good HTML5 apps and content. — Given that, it is not terribly surprising that Mozilla and carrier partner Telefonica …

More: The Mozilla Blog, TechCrunch, WebProNews and Softpedia News

Shara Tibken / CNET:

Yelp CEO: Yep, Google can be pretty evil — Jeremy Stoppelman, speaking during a Business Insider conference, also said doing anything local takes depth and time. — NEW YORK—Sure, Google can be pretty evil, Yelp Chief Executive Jeremy Stoppelman said. — Stoppelman, speaking …

Thanks:@lutherlowe

Ernesto / TorrentFreak:

Six Strikes Anti-Piracy Plan Delayed Till 2013 — During the summer of 2011 the MPAA and RIAA teamed up with five major Internet providers in the United States, announcing their a plan to warn and “punish” BitTorrent pirates. — The parties launched the Center for Copyright Information …

More: WebProNews

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Amazon's Maps API now available to all developers, becomes part of Mobile App SDK — Amazon on Tuesday announced the release of its Maps API, now out of beta and integrated into the Amazon Mobile App SDK. The company is pushing for developers to get started using it for Kindle Fire …

More: Engadget, PC World, TUAW, All Points Blog, TechCrunch and WebProNews

Kyle Rush:

Meet the Obama campaign's $250 million fundraising platform — The numbers — $250 million dollars, 4,276,463 donations — 81,548,259 pageviews, 17,807,917 unique visitors — 60% faster time to paint than previous platform — 240 a/b tests, 49% increase in donation conversion rate

More: GigaOM. Tweets: @flyosity

Ben Gilbert / Engadget:

Oculus Rift dev kits to ship in March 2013, orders fulfilled by mid-April — Were you one of the many folks to donate your hard-earned cash to the crazy folks developing the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset? Sadly, we've got some bad news for ya — you won't be playing Doom 3 …

More: Oculus VR, Ars Technica, The Verge, Gamasutra, Kotaku, VG247, GamesIndustry International, Joystiq, Polygon and Mote & Beam

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