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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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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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| 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) … | 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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| 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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| 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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| 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” … | AppleInsider: |
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.| 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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Microsoft Increases Production and Expands Retail Distribution for Microsoft Surface With Windows RT — Makes Surface available at additional retailers, extends successful Microsoft holiday stores into new year. — Microsoft Corp. today announced plans to make Microsoft Surface available …
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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 … | 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.| 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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| 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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| Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal: |
In War of Smartphones, The Russians Are Coming — MOSCOW—In a country whose best known contribution to global technology may well be the Kalashnikov rifle, a new mobile-phone company once tied to Russia's state-run defense corporation hopes it will have as deep an impact on the world's next generation of smartphones.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
“Dexter” malware steals credit card data from point-of-sale terminals — Enlarge / Administration panel for Dexter, a malicious application that steals credit card data from point-of-sale systems. The malware was recently found on hundreds of computers around the world. — Seculert
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| Olivia Solon / Wired.co.uk: |
Internet Explorer vulnerability lets hackers track your mouse movements — A vulnerability found in Microsoft's Internet Explorer allows hackers to track the movements of your mouse cursor across the screen, which could in turn reveal data entered on virtual keyboards.
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spider.io, Bugtraq, Network World, The Next Web, VentureBeat, Softpedia News, WebProNews, Neowin and The Tech Report
| John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
Exclusive: Microsoft Pressing Apple to Take a Smaller Cut on Sales Inside Office for iOS — Apple has indeed rejected — not merely delayed — an update to Microsoft's SkyDrive app for iOS following a disagreement over whether it is owed the 30 percent cut of in-app purchases it typically demands.| Donald Melanson / Engadget: |
BlackBerry 10 L-Series shown off in detailed hands-on video — It's not the first time we've seen it on video, but the folks from Tinhte.vn have now followed up their hands-on look at the BlackBerry 10 L-Series with what's certainly the most detailed video of it to date.| Brendan Sasso / Hillicon Valley: |
Apple, Samsung, RIM push Congress for more airwaves — A coalition of technology companies sent a letter to key lawmakers on Tuesday, calling for Congress to provide more airwaves for smartphones and tablet computers. — The letter was signed by Alcatel-Lucent, Apple, Cisco, Ericsson …
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| Edwin Chan / Reuters: |
Facebook helps FBI bust cybercriminals blamed for $850 million losses — (Reuters) - Investigators led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and aided by Facebook Inc, have busted an international criminal ring that infected 11 million computers around the world and caused more than $850 million …
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