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November 28, 2012, 8:30 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: digitaltrends.com, TechCrunch, PC World, Computerworld, Softpedia News, BGR, Neowin, TechSpot, ExtremeTech, Daring Fireball, Gotta Be Mobile, WebProNews, TechnoBuffalo, Techie Buzz, LAPTOP Magazine, WinBeta, gHacks Technology News and Winsyde

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, TechnoBuffalo, Business Insider, The Next Web, 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, CNET, The Next Web, Mashable!, TechSpot, SEO Book.com, Wired, Search Engine Watch, Betabeat, BGR, 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

More: Digital Media Wire, Los Angeles Times and SocialTimes

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

Larry Dignan / ZDNet:

Amazon Web Services launches Redshift, datawarehousing as a service

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

Dena Aubin / Reuters:

Audit firms sued in HP's Autonomy acquisition — (Reuters) - A new shareholder lawsuit over Hewlett-Packard's acquisition of British software firm Autonomy has named Big Four audit firms Deloitte and KPMG as defendants, alleging they missed numerous red flags about Autonomy's accounting.

Tom Giles / Bloomberg:

Hewlett-Packard Credit Rating Cut by Moody's on Competition

More: ZDNet, San Francisco Chronicle and San Francisco Chronicle

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

Eva Dou / Digits:

Windows 8 Touchscreen Laptops See Slow Start

More: PC Magazine, Gizmodo, The Windows Blog, LAPTOP Magazine, PC World, Tech Trader Daily, ZDNet and Business Insider

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: @davemcclure

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, The Next Web, Engadget, SlashGear, TechCrunch, SocialTimes and ReelSEO Online Video …

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

Patricia Sellers / Fortune:

Watch: Full interview with Yahoo's Marissa Mayer — Here is Yahoo (YHOO) CEO Marissa Mayer talking with me Tuesday evening in her first interview since she joined the troubled web giant from Google (GOOG) in July. — At the Fortune Most Powerful Women dinner in Palo Alto, California …

More: CNET, IntoMobile, SocialTimes, Mashable!, Fortune, AdAge and Business Insider

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

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, AllFacebook and Wired

Tweets: @joshconstine and @dannysullivan

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

Sarah Lacy / PandoDaily:

The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed? — I've been hearing about the so-called Series A Crunch for at least six months, and in recent weeks, I've spoken with more than 20 venture capitalists, angel investors, incubator heads, lawyers, and other necessary cogs in the ecosystem trying to get some details about it.

Tweets: @davepell and @ponystasia

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, Computerworld, CNET, AndroidGuys, Mobile Magazine, iDownloadBlog.com, Android Community and iPhone Hacks

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, Reuters, GigaOM, Wired, The Register, Mashable!, Business Insider, FierceWireless and Neowin

George Avalos / Mercury News:

Apple expands into Santa Clara — SANTA CLARA — Apple (AAPL) is planting its flag in Santa Clara in a big way for the first time during the technology giant's current shopping spree for new offices, agreeing to occupy a site where Apple could locate 1,200 or more workers.

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, SiliconANGLE, iDownloadBlog.com, InvestorPlace, Los Angeles Times, SlashGear, Inquirer, AppleInsider, iPhone Hacks, BGR, Macgasm, CNET and The Register

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, PandoDaily, TechCrunch, CNET, iDownloadBlog.com, Business Insider, GigaOM, Digits and Mashable!. Tweets: @hblodget

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: Ars Technica and WebProNews

Liz Tay / iTnews:

CommBank unveils Facebook banking — Targets ‘profound’ peer-to-peer payment market. — The Commonwealth Bank has developed a Facebook version of its Kaching mobile app, allowing customers to make and request payments from within the social network. — The Facebook application …

More: ZDNet, AustralianIT.com.au and ITWire.com

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

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Flurry: China On Track To Top U.S. iOS And Android Install Base By Q1 2013 — Mobile analytics and ad company Flurry today released a new report examining the global growth of the smartphone ecosystem, including which countries have the largest install base, which are growing the quickest …

More: The Flurry Blog, iPhone Hacks, Inside Mobile Apps, iDownloadBlog.com and GigaOM

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