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| Matthew Izatt / Gmail Blog: |
The Gmail app for iPhone and iPad: version 2.0 — Six months ago, our team set out to completely rebuild the Gmail app for iPhone and iPad to give you you a faster, sleeker, and easier experience on iOS. The result? Version 2.0. With version 2.0 of the app, you'll get a totally new look and feel …
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VentureBeat, Ars Technica, PC Magazine, Daring Fireball, CNNMoney.com, AllThingsD, digitaltrends.com, BetaNews, IntoMobile, MacStories, 9to5Google, GadgeTell, iPhone Hacks, WebProNews, MobileSyrup.com, ReadWrite, CNET, gHacks Technology News, TechSpot, MacRumors, Lifehacker, nbcnews.com, everythingiCafe, Droid Life, Gotta Be Mobile, PadGadget, Redmond Pie, TUAW and Ubergizmo. Tweets: @dannysullivan
| Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Netflix scores US subscription service exclusive to Disney's first-run films in multi-year deal — Today, Walt Disney studios and Netflix entered into a multi-year agreement that makes the online video distributor the only US subscription service with licensing to show first-run live-action and animated films from the studio.| Julianne Pepitone / CNNMoney: |
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The Official Netflix Blog and MarketBeat
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Facebook Messenger for Android drops account requirement, taking on SMS and WhatsApp — The race to replace SMS is on — Facebook has entered the race to replace SMS in earnest today, announcing that its messenger app for Android will no longer require a Facebook account to sign up.
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Facebook Newsroom, CNET, CNET, BGR, SlashGear, memeburn, Los Angeles Times and WebProNews. Tweets: @nunomaia
| Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch: |
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| Edgar Alvarez / Engadget: |
Toshiba intros Excite 10 SE tablet with Android 4.1, available December 6th for $350 — Toshiba's been relatively quiet on the tablet front since announcing its Excite lineup back in April, but today the company's making a mild comeback with a hot-off-the-press, Jelly Bean-loaded slate.
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CNET, The Droid Guy, Gizmodo, PR Newswire, Maximum PC, PhoneDog.com and TechRadar.com
| Lance Whitney / CNET: |
| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
YouTube for iOS updated with iPad, iPhone 5 support, AirPlay and performance improvements — Google has today updated the YouTube app for iOS with support for the iPhone 5′s display, as well as the ability to stream videos over AirPlay to the Apple TV or other enabled devices more easily.| Travis Kalanick / Uber Blog: |
DC Council Clears Path for Uber's Future — Uber Faithful - — Today is a *really* big day for Uber. REALLY BIG. One which will keep Uber rolling in the nation's capital for years to come, with the full support of city officials. Today the DC Council unanimously passed a legislative framework for …
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| Jennifer Martinez / Hillicon Valley: |
Obama signs Safe Web Act into law — President Obama signed into law on Tuesday a bill that would reauthorize the Federal Trade Commission's authority to clamp down on Internet fraud and online scammers based abroad. — Outgoing California Republican Rep. Mary Bono Mack was the lead co-sponsor …
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| Daniel Terdiman / CNET: |
Zite 2.0: A smarter, snappier personalized magazine for iOS — With its completely redesigned apps for iPhone and iPad, the CNN-owned Zite is aiming to make it easier than ever to find the news that matters to you. — A look at Zite 2.0, as seen on an iPad.| Bloomberg: |
Microsoft-Intel Push to Rival Apple in Tablets Sputtering — A push by Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and Intel Corp. (INTC) to combat Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s iPad in the $63.2 billion tablet market is getting off to a slow start. — Of more than a dozen tablets Microsoft and Intel touted for the new version …
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ZDNet, TG Daily, IntoMobile and Tech Trader Daily
| Douglas Macmillan / Bloomberg: |
No VC: Why Techmeme's Gabe Rivera Resists Investors — This is the fifth in a five-part series called “No VC,” which highlights startups that have succeeded without venture capital, the lifeblood of Silicon Valley. — Gabe Rivera often hears from Silicon Valley's elite …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft opens its Socl social-search site to any and all testers — Summary: Microsoft is opening up its Socl social-networking research project. There are still no public plans as to when, how and if Microsoft will take Socl commercial. — On December 4, Microsoft's FuSE team took …
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Microsoft Fuse Labs Blog, GeekWire, Neowin, WinBeta and TechNet Blogs
| Alyson Raletz / Kansas City Business Journal: |
Google considers but drops plans to include phone service, too … Google Inc. considered offering phone services with its ultra-fast Internet and TV packages in Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan., but the company took a pass once it started doing some digging into federal and state regulations, a Google executive said Monday.
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| Darren Murph / Engadget: |
Google I/O 2013 dates announced: starts May 15th, registration to open early next year — Hope your calendar's clear for next May. Google has just announced the dates for I/O 2013, with the event kicking off on May 15th and concluding on May 17th. After setting up shop in San Francisco this June …
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| Bloomberg: |
Nokia Is Said to Reach Deal With China Mobile on Lumia 920 — Nokia Oyj (NOK), the Finnish mobile-phone maker trying to win back customers of Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s iPhone and devices using Google Inc. (GOOG)'s Android, is set to unveil a version of its flagship smartphone for China's largest wireless carrier …
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| Reuters: |
U.S. fails to win early limit on Net controls at global gathering — (Reuters) - A U.S. and Canadian proposal to protect the Internet from new international regulation has failed to win prompt backing from other countries, setting up potentially tough negotiations to rewrite a telecom treaty.
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| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Google Play comes to Google Apps, letting enterprise customers distribute apps internally — Google on Tuesday announced it is extending the Google Play Store to its Google Apps customers. The goal is simple: the company wants to allow its enterprise customers to internally distribute apps to their employees.
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BetaNews, Engadget, googleenterprise.blogspot.ca, CITEworld, AndroidGuys and WebProNews
| Jordan Golson / MacRumors: |
Apple Lifts Two-Per-Customer Order Limit on iPhone 5 — In yet another sign that Apple's iPhone 5 stocks are returning to normal, Apple has lifted its limit of two iPhone 5's per customer. The top boilerplate in this image is from last week when Apple began selling the GSM iPhone 5 unlocked in the U.S. …
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Gotta Be Mobile and Electronista
| Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM: |
Google Ventures leads $10M investment in firm that measures mobile ads — As more consumers use smartphones to help them shop, advertisers are growing worried about how they will reach those customers. Unlike web sites, which allow brands to target specific users, mobile phones …
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NYT Bits, AdExchanger, AllThingsD, Xconomy and TechCrunch
| Jay Yarow / Business Insider: |
Mary Meeker's Latest Must-Read Presentation On The State Of The Web — Kleiner Perkins partner Mary Meeker is doing a year-end presentation on the state of the web at Stanford tonight. — We have the slides of her presentation here. — As usual, it's a must read for anyone in the industry, or anyone with interest in technology.
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VentureBeat, Daring Fireball, AllThingsD, The Next Web and CNET
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Evernote Expands Its Premium Offerings: Evernote Business Now Live In 7 Countries With Sharing, More Data And A New Searching Algorithm — Evernote, the popular personal information and productivity app that last week announced another $85 million in financing and more than 45 million users …
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Evernote Blogcast, PC World, CNET, TUAW, Mashable!, MacStories, VentureBeat, Engadget, ZDNet, PandoDaily, AllThingsD, The Next Web, CITEworld and Social News Daily
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google's Knowledge Graph Expands To More Languages, Including Italian, French, Japanese And Russian — Google Fellow Ben Gomes just took the stage at LeWeb Paris and announced that Google's Knowledge Graph project is now available in a number of new languages, including Italian, French …
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| Jack Purcher / Patently Apple: |
US Patent & Trademark Office Grants Apple Registered Trademarks for “Retina” & “Game Center” Icon — On December 4, 2012, the US Patent & Trademark Office granted Apple two Registered Trademarks. The first trademark covers the word “Retina” representing Apple's brilliant Retina display …
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iPhone Hacks, Redmond Pie and CNET
| Tiernan Ray / Wall Street Journal: |
Pandora Misses Targets, Shares Tumble — Shares of Internet radio provider Pandora Media sank 17% on Tuesday after the company lowered its full-year guidance and predicted a previously unexpected loss in its fourth quarter. — The company did top analysts' estimates for the three months ended in October …
| Paul Sawers / The Next Web: |
John McAfee confirms he is in Guatemala after all, and is planning a press conference tomorrow — It was only yesterday that we reported that man-on-the-run fugitive John McAfee was claiming to have falsified the metadata of a photo that placed him in Guatemala.
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Who is McAfee?, ZDNet, Neowin, SecurityWeek, Betabeat, WebProNews, Guardian, Forbes, Examiner and Business Insider. See also Mediagazer
| Humayun Khan / BetaKit: |
Clarity Adds $1.6M from 500 Startups, Mark Cuban to Be ‘Lifeline for Entrepreneurs’ — BetaKit covered San Francisco and Moncton, NB-based Clarity, which lets anyone get access to entrepreneurial advice over the phone, when it hit 10,000 calls after launching in May 2012.
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TechCrunch, GigaOM and The Next Web
| Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter: |
Verizon CEO: Redbox Streaming Video Venture Launch Pushed Back to Early 2013 — He says Redbox Instant by Verizon, which will compete with Netflix, will be available by early in the second quarter, after previous estimates for a late 2012 start. — Verizon and Redbox will bring … | Erica Ogg / GigaOM: |
Loren Brichter: Designs on the future of iOS apps — When is a word game for the iPhone not just entertainment but an experiment into the future of how mobile apps work? When it's a game made by mobile developer and designer Loren Brichter. — At 28, he's already left quite a stamp on mobile interfaces …
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