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December 1, 2012, 4:13 AM

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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: Engadget, CNET, VentureBeat, AllThingsD, BGR, The Verge, Techvibes.com, Computerworld, PC Magazine, Digital Media Wire, Mashable!, GigaOM, The Next Web, ReadWrite and 9to5Google

Tweets: @googleventures, @warrenhogarth and @loyalelectron

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Google Acquires Waterloo-Based E-Commerce Startup, Amazon Locker Competitor And YC Graduate BufferBox

More: BufferBox blog, GeekWire, SlashGear, BetaNews, Business Insider, ZDNet and WebProNews

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Court Rules Yahoo Must Pay $2.7 Billion For Mexican Yellow Pages Breach Of Contract — Yahoo says it “will vigorously pursue all appeals” of a non-final judgement by a Mexico City court ruling Yahoo must pay $2.7 billion for breaching its contract with Ideas Interactivas and its parent company Worldwide Directories.

More: Yahoo! Pressroom Home, Reuters, CNET, AllThingsD, Business Insider, The Next Web, Computerworld, Bloomberg, BBC and Marketing Land

Ken Yeung / The Next Web:

Instagram's Mike Krieger on apps: are you getting the design right or do you have the right design? — App and mobile design has come a long way in the past few years, with many popular services shifting their focus more towards to improving the way their apps look.

More: TechCrunch and GigaOM

Brittany Darwell / Inside Facebook:

FB shares close at $28, highest since July — Facebook shares closed today at $28, up more than 16 percent this week and hitting a new high not seen since July. — Shares have been on the rise now that major lockup periods have passed and a number of analysts have improved their ratings for the stock.

More: Forbes and ETF DAILY NEWS. Tweets: @lexnfx

James Cowie / Renesys Blog:

Could It Happen In Your Country? — How hard is it to disconnect a country from the Internet, really? — That's the number one question we've received about our analysis of the Egyptian and Syrian Internet blackouts, and it's a reasonable question. If the Internet is so famously resilient …

More: Wired, nbcnews.com, Computerworld, Web Host Industry Review, PC Magazine, The Atlantic Online, AllThingsD, The Technology Chronicles, Geekosystem, Electronista, ZDNet, The Lede, Electronic Frontier Foundation, TechCrunch and CNET

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 …

More: PandoDaily. Tweets: @gregsiegal and @bjbernstein

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Apple CEO Tim Cook's first TV interview is with Brian Williams, to be aired Dec 6th on NBC — Apple CEO Tim Cook's first television interview ‘of its kind’ that he's ever granted, was conducted with NBC's Brian Williams, and will be aired on December 6th on NBC's Rock Center broadcast.

More: TVNewser, 9to5Mac, msnbc.com, Gizmodo, AllThingsD, TUAW, Cult of Mac, AppleInsider and MacRumors. Tweets: @cnetnews

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

TechCrunch:

With 1B Pageviews Under Its Belt, UGC Giant Wikia Raises $10.8M From IVP, Bessemer & Amazon — User generated content company Wikia is breaking the news of its raise of over $10.8 million in Series C funding today, in a press release soon to be sent out to tech media.

More: peHUB, bizjournals, PR Newswire, The Next Web, silicontap.com and VentureBeat

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

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, AppleInsider, Electronista, MacRumors, ABCNEWS, TechCrunch, MacNN and MACé" blog

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, TechCrunch, MacRumors, The Verge, Forbes, VentureBeat, CNET, iDownloadBlog.com, digitaltrends.com, GadgeTell, WebProNews, Engadget and Electronista. Tweets: @joshconstine

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