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November 28, 2012, 4:55 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: Computerworld, LAPTOP Magazine, Daring Fireball, Softpedia News, Neowin, TechnoBuffalo, ExtremeTech, Gotta Be Mobile, WebProNews and Techie Buzz

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 …

More: Windows Phone Blog, BGR, GigaOM, Engadget, TechCrunch, The Verge, ZDNet, SuperSite for Windows, SlashGear, WebProNews, Gotta Be Mobile, WParea.de, Neowin, WinBeta, Pocketnow, WMPoweruser and Winsyde

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, Business Insider, The Next Web, BGR, Gotta Be Mobile and PhoneArena

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: CNET, LiveSide.net, CNET, Know Your Cell and WinBeta

Brandon LeBlanc / The Windows Blog:

Windows 8 - 40 Million Licenses Sold

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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: Wall Street Journal, BBC, ZDNet, GigaOM, The Register, AllThingsD, Neowin, FierceWireless, FOSS Patents, TechCrunch, ITProPortal, BGR, MobileSyrup.com, iDownloadBlog.com, Business Insider, VentureBeat, CNET and TechnoBuffalo

Tarmo Virki / Reuters:

BlackBerry maker RIM loses patent dispute with Nokia — * Nokia files cases seeking to enforce the ruling — * Could lead to sales ban on BlackBerry phones — * Analysts say deal for RIM to pay royalties more likely (Releads, adds analyst comment, details)

More: Wired, InvestorPlace, Forbes, MobileBurn.com and FierceWireless

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, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, The Register, CITEworld, Computerworld, GeekWire and Wired

Larry Dignan / ZDNet:

Amazon Web Services launches Redshift, datawarehousing as a service

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

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, Forbes, BGR, iPhone Hacks, Mobile Magazine, iDownloadBlog.com, Patently Apple, Computerworld, AndroidGuys and digitaltrends.com

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

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 …

Tweets: @pkedrosky

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: The Next Web, Gmail Blog, TechCrunch, GigaOM, Engadget, 9to5Mac, 9to5Google, Pocketnow, iDownloadBlog.com, GadgeTell, Google Enterprise Blog and Droid Life

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: AllThingsD, The Next Web, PC Magazine, Engadget, CNET, 9to5Google, Screenwerk, ZDNet, Understanding Google …, Xconomy, SlashGear and Droid Life. Tweets: @mdudas. Thanks:@chrisvelazco

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

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

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, Los Angeles Times, Reuters, Engadget, Inquirer, The Register, SiliconANGLE, 9to5Mac, CNET, InvestorPlace, iDownloadBlog.com, SlashGear, AppleInsider and iPhone Hacks

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 …

More: WebProNews. Thanks:@lutherlowe

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

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

First SaaS, Now WaaS? BitYota Moves From Stealth With $12M in Big-Data Play. — BitYota — a data “warehouse-as-a-service” start-up led by a former top Yahoo engineering exec — has emerged from stealth mode with $12 million in funding from some top Silicon Valley investors, including Jerry Yang.

More: ZDNet

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: Search Engine Land, PC World, TUAW, All Points Blog, GadgeTell, TechCrunch and WebProNews

Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat:

Rep. Darrell Issa introduces a 'don't mess with the Internet for two years' bill — If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Yet, when it comes to the Internet, there are plenty of politicians who believe something is broken. — Suffice it to say, the majority of active Internet users …

More: The Next Web, Gizmodo, Guardian, CNET, Hillicon Valley, Techdirt, Network World, CNN and TechEye

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: CNET, PandoDaily, Betabeat, CNNMoney.com, GigaOM, Business Insider, TechCrunch, Digits, Mashable! and Business Insider

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

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

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Marissa Mayer's First Live Interview (Which ATD Had to Virtually Sneak Into): God. Family. Yahoo. — Tonight, new Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer gave her first public interview since becoming the leader of the troubled Silicon Valley Internet giant. — Not to cranky me, of course …

More: CNET, SiliconBeat, Fortune, SocialTimes, Mashable!, AdAge and Business Insider. See also Mediagazer

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, Joystiq, VG247, GamesIndustry International, Polygon and Mote & Beam

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