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November 30, 2012, 5:40 PM

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Matt Hartley / Financial Post:

Google snaps up Waterloo startup BufferBox — BufferBox Inc. is moving on up to Google Inc. Quite literally. — That's because home base for the team behind the Waterloo, Ont.-based startup — which includes founders Mike McCauley, Aditya Bali and Jay Shah — is currently the VeloCity Garage inside …

More: CNET, PC Magazine, AllThingsD, VentureBeat, 9to5Google, GigaOM, The Next Web, ReadWrite and Mashable!

Tweets: @dannysullivan and @loyalelectron

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Google Acquires Waterloo-Based E-Commerce Startup, Amazon Locker Competitor And YC Graduate BufferBox — Google today announced their acquisition of YC alumni BufferBox, a Waterloo-based startup that specializes in providing users with temporary lockers for to receive delivery of packages from online e-commerce retailers.

More: BufferBox blog, Business Insider, ZDNet and WebProNews

David Pierce / The Verge:

Apple iMac and Mac mini review (late 2012) — From its smallest desktop to its largest, Apple's computers get a 2012 refresh — As soon as it was unveiled on stage in October, I started looking forward to getting the new iMac in for review. See, my main machine is a 13-inch MacBook Air, which I mostly love.

More: Primate Labs Blog, MacRumors, ABCNEWS and MACé" blog

Matt Brian / The Next Web:

Apple's new redesigned iMacs go on sale in the US, 21.5-inch models shipping in 1-3 days — Announcing earlier in the week that its new iMacs would go on sale at the end of November, Apple has pushed live orders for its new redesigned iMac models in the US but also in Canada and across Europe …

More: digitaltrends.com, AppleInsider, MacRumors, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, WebProNews, Mashable!, Engadget, Gotta Be Mobile, CNET, TUAW, MacRumors and Electronista

Lee Hutchinson / Ars Technica:

21" iMac teardown shows newly rearranged innards — Tight packaging means design changes over previous model. — Image from Kodawarisan — The redesigned slimmer 21" iMac has gone on sale on the web and at Apple stores, and Japanese Apple enthusiast site Kodawarisan has what appears …

More: AppleInsider, MacDailyNews, CNET, iPhone Hacks, SlashGear, Electronista and MacRumors

Mike Hibberd / Telecoms.com:

Apple vetting operators on LTE network performance — Apple is vetting networks before allowing operators to offer the iPhone 5 as an LTE device — Apple is not allowing mobile operators to offer the iPhone 5 as an LTE device unless they pass the Californian vendor's own …

More: The Next Web, TechCrunch, CNET, TUAW, MobileSyrup.com, PhoneArena, MacRumors, MacStories, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, Macgasm, The Loop, App Advice, everythingiCafe, Electronista, iClarified and iLounge. Tweets: @benedictevans

Stephen Shankland / CNET:

Google reactivates Speak2Tweet for Syrian Internet cutoff — A service to broadcast voice messages over Twitter is back up and running as Google tries to sidestep Syria's Net blackout — but it might not work so well with curtailed Syrians phone services. — Google and Twitter have restarted …

More: Google+, SiliconANGLE, PC Magazine, digitaltrends.com, Forbes, TechSpot, SecurityWeek, The Next Web, AllTwitter, 9to5Google, Hillicon Valley and The Atlantic Online. Tweets: @google

James Cowie / Renesys Blog:

Could It Happen In Your Country?

More: Computerworld, The Technology Chronicles, The Atlantic Online, AllThingsD, Web Host Industry Review, Wired, San Francisco Chronicle, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, Techdirt and CircleID

Amy Chozick / New York Times:

Official Syrian Web Sites Hosted in U.S.

More: CNN, InfoWorld, Guardian, www.thehostingnews.com, Web Host Industry Review, TechPresident, The Citizen Lab and Reuters

Tweets: @irenepoet and @amychozick

Seth Weintraub / 9to5Mac:

Apple introduces variable cost iTunes Gift Cards to third party retailers for the holidays — Rolling out to your favorite supermarket or retail store this holiday season are new Apple iTunes gift cards that can be bought in any denomination between $15 and $500.

More: Engadget, SlashGear, Macgasm, Starbucks Newsroom, MacRumors, iLounge, TUAW, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, App Advice, MacNN and iClarified

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Fab Has Its First Million-Dollar Day; Sold More Than $6.5M Worth Of Products This Past Week — Design-focused e-commerce site Fab released a number of data this morning, and it's impressive to say the least. Fab has sold more than $6.5 million worth of product this past week, up from $1.7 million during the same period last year.

More: VentureBeat, PandoDaily and CNET

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Productivity App Evernote Gets Another $85M, ~$64M In Secondary Financing, Led By London's AGC Equity — Evernote, the personal data and productivity app that now has over 45 million users, is today announcing it has raised another $85 million, with 75% of that, $63.75 million, in the form of a secondary investment.

More: PandoDaily, Evernote Blogcast, AllThingsD, Business Insider, VentureBeat, GigaOM, Tech in Asia and silicontap.com

Tweets: @nichcarlson and @joshconstine

Thanks:@forrestkoba

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Facebook launches Photo Sync automatic picture uploading feature for Android and iOS — Facebook on Friday announced it is rolling out photo sync, a feature that makes it easier to share photos from your phone. If you turn it on, up to 2GB of photos from your phone can be synced automatically …

More: Facebook Newsroom, CNET, MacRumors, Inside Facebook, BuzzFeed, The Verge, TechCrunch, AllFacebook, Engadget, WebProNews and Electronista. Tweets: @joshconstine

BBC:

Facebook given 72 hours to remove paedophile monitoring page — A convicted sex offender has won a High Court order for the removal of a Facebook page set up to monitor paedophiles in Northern Ireland. — A judge ruled some content amounted to prima facie harassment of the man and risked infringing his human rights.

More: The Verge, Daily Dot, The Register, WebProNews and The Next Web

Reuters:

Insight: How a desperate HP suspended disbelief for Autonomy deal — (Reuters) - For Leo Apotheker, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO, a July 2011 meeting with Autonomy founder Mike Lynch at a chic seaside resort in France was pivotal to his effort to remake a storied technology giant.

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:

Tor operator charged for child porn transmitted over his servers — Enlarge / A court order served on Austrian Tor operator William Weber. — An Austrian operator of Tor servers—that were used to anonymously route huge amounts of traffic over the Internet—has been charged with distributing child pornography.

More: Techdirt, Examiner, Raided for operating …, FierceCIO:TechWatch News, Web Host Industry Review, BBC, All Discussions and ZDNet. Tweets: @csoghoian

Bloomberg:

Microsoft Said to Plan Next Xbox Console for 2013 Holiday Season — The Halo 4 game by Xbox 360 was launched on Nov. 6, 2012. The next version of Microsoft's Xbox video-game machine is scheduled to be available for the holiday season in 2013. — Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) …

David Goldman / CNNMoney.com:

New Verisign deal blocks .com price hikes — NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Verisign, the operator of the .com domain name registry for the World Wide Web, will be forbidden from regularly raising registration prices over the next six years. — The company renewed its contract with the U.S. Commerce Department …

More: ReadWrite, Bloomberg, Forbes, Domain Name Wire, TheDomains.com and Reuters

Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM:

Judge says “no fundamental right to use Facebook,” tosses antitrust case — A federal judge ruled that Facebook has the right to exclude users if they install a program that alters the look of its website and swaps out its ad offerings. — In a ruling issued Thursday in San Diego …

More: Venture Chronicles and ECPM BLOG

Kevin Fitchard / GigaOM:

Voice calls over 4G LTE networks are battery killers — Every mobile carrier wants to replace their old voice services with new VoIP-based systems utilizing their 4G networks, but it looks like they've got some big kinks to iron out in the technology first.

More: IntoMobile, TechSpot, Examiner, MobileBurn.com, BGR, PhoneArena, The Verge, Pocketnow and Business Week

Andrew Auernheimer / Wired:

Forget Disclosure — Hackers Should Keep Security Holes to Themselves — Editor's Note: The author of this opinion piece, aka “weev,” was found guilty last week of computer intrusion for obtaining the unprotected e-mail addresses of more than 100,000 iPad owners from AT&T's website, and passing them to a journalist.

More: The Verge

Ron Lieber / New York Times:

A Warning for Airbnb Hosts, Who May Be Breaking the Law — Back in September, Nigel Warren rented out his bedroom in the apartment where he lives for $100 a night on Airbnb, the fast-growing Web site for short-term home and apartment stays. His roommate was cool with it …

Tweets: @gregsiegal and @bjbernstein

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

Apptopia Mobile App Bazaar Gains Momentum — So you've built the mobile app, and you've got a bunch of people using it, but it's no Instagram. Now what? It's not as easy to raise Series A funding as it used to be, and mobile apps are a tough, hits-driven business.

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Apple's iPad Mini, 4th Gen iPad Arrives In China December 7, iPhone 5 Follows December 14 — Apple has just announced the official release date of the iPad mini, 4th generation iPad and iPhone 5 in China. The tablets will go on sale next Friday, December 7 in that country …

More: Apple, AllThingsD, CNET, Engadget, Guardian, CNET, BGR, Mashable!, The Next Web, Tech in Asia, The Verge, MacRumors, iLounge, 9to5Mac, VentureBeat, Softpedia News and TUAW

Jon Fingas / Engadget:

Apple begins selling unlocked iPhone 5 in the US, starting from $649 — It's that special time of the year... that is, when Apple decides to unfetter the iPhone for US shoppers. The Cupertino crew has quietly started selling the iPhone 5 in an unlocked, off-contract form that will work on GSM …

More: 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, BetaNews, GigaOM, LAPTOP Magazine, The Verge, The Next Web, Pocketnow, The Register, TechSpot, Tech Shout!, PhoneArena, SlashGear, everythingiCafe, Gizmodo, MacRumors and InformationWeek

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