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December 4, 2012, 11:50 PM

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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 …
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.
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.
Lance Whitney / CNET:
Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:
Facebook to replace Infosys as part of the NASDAQ 100 Index on December 12th  —  Facebook will replace Infosys as part of the NASDAQ 100, the basket of companies that determine the movement of the NASDAQ index.  —  The move is affirmation of Facebook's status in the technology space …
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.
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.
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. …
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 …
Jessica E. Lessin / Wall Street Journal:
Google's Explainer-in-Chief Can't Explain Apple  —  As Google Inc. battles rivals ranging from Apple Inc. to Internet companies that allege it fixes its search results, Eric Schmidt has become the search giant's peacemaker and explainer-in-chief.  —  Google's former CEO and current executive chairman met …
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
Diane Bartz / Reuters:
FTC nominee says to recuse himself on Google issues for two years  —  (Reuters) - A Republican law professor nominated to the Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday he would recuse himself from the agency's investigations into Google for two years to avoid any possible conflicts of interest.
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Tweets of rage: does free speech on the internet actually exist?  —  Better read those terms of service again  —  Is Twitter more like a phone company or more like a newspaper?  It's a laughably strained comparison — Twitter is Twitter, not some relic of a previous era …
Charles Mead / Bloomberg:
Intel Raises $6 Billion in Bond Sale to Buy Back Stock  —  Intel Corp. (INTC) sold $6 billion of bonds in the largest dollar-denominated sale since Abbott Laboratories raised $14.7 billion on Nov. 5, Bloomberg data show.  —  The offering, which topped the company's previous record …

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