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November 6, 2013, 1:25 PM

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Stefan Constantinescu / Android Beat:

Samsung's Analyst Day: Custom ARM core, 560 PPI displays in 2014, and 4K phones in 2015 — Samsung just finished hosting their second ever analyst event in South Korea. Admittedly I didn't listen to all seven of the presentations given due to time constraints, but I did download …

Jungah Lee / Bloomberg:

Samsung to Use $39 Billion Cash for More Deals in Growth Chase

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Nadia Damouni / Reuters:

Exclusive: Microsoft narrows CEO shortlist; Mulally, Elop make the cut — (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has narrowed its list of external candidates to replace Chief Executive Steve Ballmer to about five people, including Ford Motor Co chief Alan Mulally and former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, according to sources familiar with the matter.

@andrewchen:

When a great product hits the funding crunch — Today I read a well-done article by The Verge on the shutdown of Everpix, a photo startup that's gained a small but loyal following. It's a great read, and I'd encourage you to check it out. There's a lot of things to comment on …

More: Business Insider, Conversation Agent, The Equity Kicker, iPhone and Digital Trends

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David Kravets / Wired:

AOL Smacks Startup for Using CrunchBase Content It Gave Away — Can you release content under a free Creative Commons license, then change your mind and take that material back? — That's the question posed in a simmering battle between media giant AOL and a three-person startup called Pro Populi …

More: Info @ CrunchBase, InfoWorld and Business Insider

Tweets: @stevenwalling, @carnage4life, @philosophygeek, @synedra and @evrystockphoto

Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:

Yahoo Refreshes Its Finance Service With Updated iOS Apps And A New Website — Today Yahoo refreshed the iOS application and website of its Finance service. The updates are worthy, and will help Yahoo remain relevant in the financial space, and perhaps support the continued growth of its mobile userbase.

More: Yahoo, The Verge, The Next Web, CNET, iMore, VentureBeat, 9to5Mac, Digits, Business Insider, App Advice, WebProNews, Mashable, TUAW and Softpedia News

Ben Woods / The Next Web:

Google tech duo thank Snowden for revealing snooping, issue the NSA ‘a giant f*** you’ — The revelations that the NSA has seemingly managed to infiltrate and spy upon individuals are bad enough for most of us, but some members of the Google tech team that work specifically on how to keep hackers …

More: Brandon Downey, Google+, PandoDaily, The Verge, SiliconBeat, Business Insider, Computerworld, Gigaom, The Desk, ZDNet, Forbes, Guardian and Softpedia News. Tweets: @csoghoian

Shreyas Gandhe / Neowin:

Google Apps dropping support for IE9 — Google has announced through its Google Apps blog that it will be dropping support for Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 browser in the coming weeks. — The blog post highlights Google's policy for browser support which includes the latest …

More: Google Apps update alerts, The Next Web, WebProNews, Inquirer, Softpedia News, CNET and gHacks Technology News

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Nipping At Spotify, Deezer Passes 5M Paying Subs, Adds ‘Hear This’ And ‘Explore’ For Music Discovery, Unveils New Mac App — Spotify may be the world's biggest music streaming company, but rival Deezer is inching closer to its terrain: today the company revealed that it now has 5 million paying users globally …

More: The Next Web, Guardian, Engadget, Rude Baguette, Softpedia News, hypebot and TUAW

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:

Backed By Sequoia, Zomato Closes $37M Series D To Expand Its Restaurant Discovery Service Internationally — Zomato wants to eat Yelp's lunch. The Indian restaurant discovery service has been chipping away at the space since 2008, mostly in its home market.

More: VentureBeat and Venture Capital Dispatch. Tweets: @ambarshante

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

Bigger than Google Fiber: LA plans citywide gigabit for homes and businesses — Free broadband for all, and gigabit for those who can afford it. Los Angeles is about to unleash one of the most ambitious city-led broadband projects to date, with the goal of bringing fiber to all of its 3.5 million residents and all businesses.

More: The Verge, Digital Trends, The Switch, I4U News, dailywireless.org, Softpedia News, TechSpot, Electronista, SlashGear, The Next Web, Delimiter, Engadget and Gigaom

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Nokia's 6-inch Lumia 1520 coming to AT&T on November 15th for $199 — Nokia's Lumia 1520 looks set for a release on AT&T next week. The Microsoft Store is now accepting pre-orders with a release date of November 15th for $199 on contract. Following similar deals for the Lumia 900, 920 …

More: Engadget, BetaNews, Computerworld, CNET, TechnoBuffalo, Gotta Be Mobile, pocketnow.com, WinBeta, Electronista, Unwired View, My Nokia Blog, WMPoweruser, Windows Phone Central and MobileBurn.com

Juro Osawa / Digits:

Samsung Overpowers Smartphone Rivals in China — Just as Samsung is opening up to investors on its first “Analyst Day” in eight years, the company got some other piece of good news. — In China's enormous smartphone market, Samsung appears to be winning the battle against low-cost Chinese competitors, according to one study.

More: Canalys Newsroom, LAPTOP Magazine, Bloomberg, iDownloadBlog.com, Tech in Asia, memeburn, WMPoweruser, G 4 Games and CNET. Tweets: @juroosawa

Jon Russell / The Next Web:

KitKat shows caller IDs from Google Places, Apps customers; adding personal accounts in early 2014 — Google formally introduced KitKat, the newest flavor of Android, last week, but the company is still revealing new features of the platform: today it confirmed that the phone app is undergoing …

More: The Verge, Android Central, Engadget, Search Engine Land, Electronista, Gigaom, TechnoBuffalo, Inquirer, Phandroid, memeburn, Mashable, Gotta Be Mobile, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, BetaNews, WebProNews and Softpedia News

Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:

Facebook redesigns the Like button for the first time — When you're redesigning the Like button, which appears on over 7.5 million websites, the details count. Every pixel you change, color you swap, and drop-shadow you alter will get seen 22 billion times per day, Facebook says.

More: The Next Web and Engadget

MarketWatch:

Blockbuster to End Domestic Retail, DVD By Mail Services — Blockbuster to close remaining U.S. company-owned stores, DVD By Mail services by early-January 2014 — ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Nov 06, 2013 (BUSINESS WIRE) —Franchised and licensed stores in the U.S. and abroad to remain open for business

More: The Verge and Gigaom. Tweets: @levie

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch:

Instagram Competitor Mobli Gets $60M From Carlos Slim To Build A Visual Search Engine — Mobile picture and video sharing platform Mobli, a competitor to other image-sharing services like Instagram, is today announcing a strategic investment that it hopes will help it catapult itself into the big leagues of mobile apps.

More: VentureBeat, VatorNews, GeekTime and Gigaom. Thanks:@mikebutcher

CNBC:

Twitter management to decide on final pricing later tonight, could be above $23-25 range: Sources — Twitter's underwriters plan to price its stock above estimates at $27 per share if the market momentum from today continues, sources tell CNBC. — The estimated price range was originally $23-$25 per share.

More: TechCrunch. Tweets: @cnbc

Brian Klug / AnandTech:

Pebble Releases Update - Better iOS 7 Integration, New APIs, Enables Bluetooth LE — Today Pebble has released a major update for its popular smartwatch, enabling better integration and notification delivery from attached iOS 7 devices, a new version of the SDK (2.0) with additional APIs …

More: Engadget, Gigaom, ReadWrite, Ars Technica, MacRumors, The Next Web, AllThingsD, TechCrunch and The Verge

Emily Spaven / CoinDesk:

Bitcoin price soars over $266 and hits a new all-time high — UPDATE (6th October, 12:35 GMT): The price of bitcoin crept up to $269 at 05:30 and then fluctuated mildly until it reached a new high of $270 at 10:30. — The total number of bitcoins in circulation is currently 11,955,775 and the market cap …

More: The Switch and The Next Web. Tweets: @coindesk

Andy Greenberg / Forbes:

‘Silk Road 2.0’ Launches, Promising A Resurrected Black Market For The Dark Web — The Silk Road is dead. But the dark web dream lives on. — On Wednesday morning, Silk Road 2. came online, promising a new and slightly improved version of the anonymous black market for drugs …

More: The Verge, Guardian and All Things VICE

Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:

Apple Addresses iWork For Mac Criticism By Pre-Announcing The Return Of Many Features — Apple has posted a new page on its site, detailing features of iWork that it says it will be restoring over the next 6 months. This is likely in response to the outcry by power users of its products …

More: Apple, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider and MacRumors

Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:

Apple Employs ‘Warrant Canary’ To Warn Users Of Future Compliance With Patriot Act Info Requests — The big exception most take to the section is that it provides a much lower threshold for data gathering than a ‘probable cause’ warrant. Under Section 215, the government could force companies like Apple …

More: Boing Boing, Techdirt, Ars Technica and Threatpost. Tweets: @cocoaphony

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple details how it handles customer data, discloses government information request stats

More: VatorNews, InvestorPlace, Electronista, Inquirer, BetaNews, Bloomberg, bizjournals, Newsy, The Verge, ZDNet, TUAW, Mashable, BuzzFeed, Digits and Yahoo! News

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