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December 12, 2012, 2:40 PM
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Apple Tests Designs for TV — TAIPEI—Apple Inc. is working with component suppliers in Asia to test several TV-set designs, people familiar with the situation said, suggesting the U.S. company is moving closer to expanding its offerings for the living room.
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Facebook Changes Privacy Settings, Again — Stop me if you've heard this one before: Facebook is making changes to its privacy settings. — First, it is improving some privacy protections. The company is adding a new top-level control, called Privacy Shortcuts, that will allow people …
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| Brian Womack / Bloomberg: |
Google Chairman Says Android Winning Mobile War With Apple: Tech — Google Inc. (GOOG)'s Android is extending its lead over Apple Inc. (AAPL) in the mobile-software market at a rate that compares with Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)'s expansion in desktop software in the 1990s, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt said.
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| Matt Brian / The Next Web: |
Yahoo launches Instagram-inspired Flickr iPhone app update, adds simple sign-ins, 16 filters and more — Confirming Marissa Mayer's commitment to a mobile-first strategy, Yahoo has announced the second major overhaul of one of its apps in as many days (following its Yahoo Mail refresh) …
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| Amit Singhal / The Official Google Blog: |
Zeitgeist 2012: What piqued your curiosity this year? — As 2012 comes to a close, it's time for our 12th annual Year-End Zeitgeist—an in-depth look at the “spirit of the times” as seen through the billions of searches on Google over the past year. — On our 2012 Zeitgeist website …
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Facebook Year in Review 2012 — Today we're releasing Facebook's Year in Review, a look back at the people, moments and things that created the most buzz in 2012 among the billion people around the world on Facebook. — We took the pulse of the global community on Facebook in 2012 to assemble …
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| Om Malik / GigaOM: |
SnapChat is getting funded. By Instagram backer Benchmark — Yesterday, Dan Primack pointed out that like Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures, Matt Cohler, who backed Instagram for Benchmark Capital, hasn't done a deal in 2012. Well, that is all set to change, for Benchmark is very likely …
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| Donald Melanson / Engadget: |
Eric Schmidt says Google Fiber 'isn't just an experiment,' company ‘trying to decide where to expand next’ — Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt is on stage at The New York Times' Dealbook conference today, and he's made a bit of news concerning the company's big broadband effort, Google Fiber.| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
The LeWeb Conference Sold to Reed Midem — Reed Midem, an international trade show organizer, has bought a majority stake in the well-known European Internet conference, LeWeb. — The event, which now has two annual gatherings, recently attracted 3,500 people in Paris …
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iTunes now selling and renting movies in 42 newly-opened stores — Apple on Wednesday activated iTunes movie sales for a bulk of the countries in which the online media storefront launched earlier in December, though film selection and availability is somewhat limited and varies from region to region.
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| Om Malik / GigaOM: |
A question that Twitter needs to ask itself — Yesterday, Twitter announced that it was launching its own version of photo filters and photo editing tools. And like all news around social networks — Facebook, Instagram and Twitter — it got the treatment normally reserved for the Kardashians.
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| Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
The Redbox Verizon Movie Service Is Almost Ready to Take On Netflix — Here comes the next video service that wants to take on Netflix: Redbox and Verizon are finally ready to launch their long-awaited joint venture. — Well, almost ready: “Redbox Instant by Verizon” …
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Acer quietly outs $300 boosted C7 Chromebook — Acer has quietly rolled out a second version of its C7 Chromebook, a $299.99 premium model that boosts the specification and almost doubles the notebook's runtime. The Acer C710-2605 keeps the 11.6-inch 1366 x 768 display and 1.1GHz dualcore Celeron processor …
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| Stephen Gandel / Fortune: |
Marc Andreessen: We're in a tech depression — Netscape founder says tech stocks are cheap. — FORTUNE — Marc Andreessen, co-head of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and founder of Netscape, says the slump in technology stocks is as bad as he has ever seen it. And now might be the time to buy in.
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| Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
Verizon Determined to Expose BitTorrent Copyright Trolls — Two weeks ago a group of adult movie companies sued Verizon for failing to hand over the personal details of alleged BitTorrent pirates. — The Internet provider had ignored court orders and Malibu Media, Patrick Collins …
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| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
First OS X fake installer malware spotted, as SMS scams are ported from Windows and Android to Mac — A new Trojan for Mac has been discovered that mimics the actions of an installer. The malware attempts to monetize the attack by having users enter their mobile phone numbers for the purpose of “activation.”
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FreedomPop launches free home wireless to compete with low-end DSL — FreedomPop's new Hub Burst will begin shipping in January 2013. — FreedomPop — Just over three months after launching its free portable hotspot, FreedomPop now says its ready for the second phase of its expansion plan—a free home wireless connection.
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| Cecilia Kang / Washington Post: |
For Twitter, a lofty purpose as Pope Benedict XVI makes his first tweet — It may look as if Pope Benedict XVI's first tweet on the auspicious date of 12/12/12 will be a divine act. But orchestrating the pontiff's debut on Twitter has been a far more earthbound effort, involving an elaborate behind-the-scenes production.| Steven Musil / CNET: |
BlackBerry 10 to feature deep integration of Evernote — Developer documentation for RIM's upcoming operating system shows signs of deep integration with the online notes service. — It appears that BlackBerry 10 — Research in Motion's next operating system — will support deep integration of the online notes service Evernote.
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| Richard Lai / Engadget: |
Oppo launches Find 5, touts 5-inch 1080p display, quad-core and 13MP camera — At last, the wait is over for Oppo's latest flagship device. Launched in Beijing earlier, the Find 5 comes with pretty much all the top ingredients in the current market — many of which had been teased …
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| Nate Raymond / Reuters: |
Unpaid bloggers lose bid to revive Huffington Post case — (Reuters) - Unpaid bloggers have lost their bid to get an appeals court to restore a lawsuit contending AOL Inc owes them a cut of the $315 million it spent last year to buy The Huffington Post. — A three-judge panel …
| Jennifer Van Grove / VentureBeat: |
40M users later, Viddy arrives on Android — Video-sharing application Viddy landed on Android devices today after long being available only on the iPhone. — Los Angeles-based Viddy makes a mobile application for shooting 15-second clips that can be enhanced with video effects called “production packs.”| Andrii Degeler / The Next Web: |
Apple to bring the iPad mini to Russia on December 14 — An Apple Premium Reseller in Russia, re:Store has announced that Apple's iPad mini tablet will go on sale in the country on December 14, a week earlier than it was rumored in local media. — Apple has apparently decided … Sponsor Posts
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