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November 12, 2013, 7:15 PM

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Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft axes its controversial employee-ranking system — Microsoft is killing off its controversial stack-ranking system today. While it could be viewed as an internal change that won't affect consumers directly, it will have a broad effect on current and future Microsoft employees that may just shape the future of the company.

More: The Register, The Switch, Digits, BGR, GeekWire, CNET, Business Insider, Valleywag, TechCrunch, Businessweek, Slashdot, NBCNews, Wall Street Journal and Gigaom. Tweets: @pkedrosky

Ben Sisario / New York Times:

Google Glass Will Expand Its Features Into Music — To sell Glass, its augmented-reality form of eyewear, Google has already tried to make it a fashion accessory and a must-have video device for any parent or sky diver. Now it is also presenting this $1,500 piece of wearable technology as a way to interact with music.

Barry Schwartz / Marketing Land:

Want Google Glass? Sign Up At Google's Glass Web Site To Be Added To The List — Are you itching to get Google Glass? Google has quietly launched a new form at google.com/glass/start/how-to-get- one to allow US resident to be notified when Google Glass invites open up.

More: CNET, Computerworld, 9to5Google, Phandroid, AndroidGuys, Android Central, SlashGear, pocketnow.com and Gotta Be Mobile

Nick Summers / The Next Web:

Confirmed: Play Music and All Access coming to Google Glass in a few weeks, stereo earbuds to follow

Quentyn Kennemer / Phandroid:

Google Glass XE11 update supports Google Play Music if you sideload the APK

More: ReadWrite, Examiner, Android Beat, Inquirer, Gearburn, Droid Life and Android Central

Sam Byford / The Verge:

iPad mini with Retina display on sale now starting at $399 — Three weeks after its announcement, the iPad mini with Retina display is now available for purchase in the online Apple Store. The release follows that of the larger iPad Air earlier in the month; both tablets feature …

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

Retina iPad Mini Has 1.3 GHz A7 Processor With 5X The Performance of the Original Mini — Apple's new Retina iPad mini includes the same 64-bit A7 chip used in the iPad Air and the iPhone 5s, which offers significantly better performance than the A5 chip found in the original iPad mini.

More: BGR, PadGadget, Cult of Mac, TechCrunch, iPhone in Canada Blog, InvestorPlace and TechnoBuffalo. Tweets: @jfpoole

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Initial Retina iPad mini Apple Store rollout to be exclusive to Personal Pickup, Apple issues press release

More: AppleInsider, Washington Post, Cult of Mac, MacDailyNews, ABC News, App Advice, everythingiCafe, iDownloadBlog.com, Touch Arcade, Gotta Be Mobile, ZDNet, Reuters and MacStories. Tweets: @marcoarment

Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:

Twitter Announces Custom Timelines For Hashtags Or Topics On Tweetdeck, Launching API Too — Twitter will let you create custom timelines based on topics, hashtags and more from Tweetdeck, it announced today. Twitter is also providing an API to allow developers to build this functionality into their products.

More: Twitter Developers, Twitter Developers, Marketing Land, ScreenwerkScreenwerk, The Verge, The Next Web and CostPerNews

Tweets: @carlfranzen, @dannysullivan, @cwarzel, @rsarver, @howardlindzon and @jwherrman

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Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

The Future of Twitter Events Is Here — Twitter's biggest draw to date has been the power of the event. — From Hurricane Sandy to the Academy Awards, “events” are those moments of large-scale, even worldwide interest, ripe with the potential to show Twitter newcomers just how valuable and interesting the service can be.

More: ReadWrite, VatorNews, The Next Web, Computerworld, Digital Trends, iMore and Gigaom

Edvard Pettersson / Bloomberg:

Apple Heads to Trial With Inventor Over Smartphone Patent — Apple Inc. (AAPL), the world's most valuable technology company, faces a trial over claims by a California inventor that a patent he holds covers key features of the iPhone. — Apple maintains the NetAirus Technologies LLC patent …

More: BBC, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, eWeek, iDownloadBlog.com, Electronista and Ars Technica. Tweets: @fedcourtjunkie

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Justin Bieber-Backed “Shots Of Me” Launches Selfie Sharing App — Sunsets? Landscapes? Latte art? Look back at your old photos and you'll notice they're boring unless there's a human face in them. Now think about teens on social media. Immaturity fuels bullying and drama-filled comment reels.

More: Valleywag. Tweets: @caseynewton, @dannysullivan, @evelynrusli, @mattrosoff, @joshconstine, @jenna and @joshhelfferich. Thanks:@mikeisaac

Tim-o-tato / Droid Life:

CyanogenMod Installer Hits Google Play, Flashing the Custom ROM Now Easier Than Ever — At the time CyanogenMod announced that it had officially become Cyanogen Inc., and received $7 million in funding, the team made public the idea to bring a CyanogenMod Installer right to Google Play.

More: CyanogenMod, The Verge, 9to5Google, CNET, Forbes, IntoMobile and Fone Arena

Ken Yeung / The Next Web:

Now in 34k cities, Airbnb unveils redesigned iOS and Android apps that show how to be a better host — Airbnb today announced a series of new features for hosts in its iOS and Android mobile apps. As the company strives to become a better hospitality company, it is enabling hosts …

More: The Airbnb Blog, PC Magazine, VentureBeat, Gigaom, The Verge, AllThingsD, TechCrunch, TechCrunch and App Advice

Tweets: @paulg and @jguynn

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

With 120M Users, Google Drive Gets Tighter Integration With Gmail — Eighteen months after it first debuted, Google Drive has 120 million active users. Today, it is launching additional features that bring it closer to the heart of Gmail, Google's first and most-used productivity app.

More: Google Drive Blog, Google Operating System, Google Developers Blog, CITEworld, BetaNews, The Verge, 9to5Google, Google Operating System and Softpedia News

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft's Joe Belfiore takes over Internet Explorer app development — Microsoft's Dean Hachamovitch revealed earlier this week that he is switching roles to a new team inside the software giant. Hachamovitch has essentially been the Internet Explorer man at Microsoft for a number of years now …

More: TechCrunch and WMPoweruser. Tweets: @tim_stevens

Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:

Microsoft's Windows Store Averaged 1.7M Daily Downloads In October, Up Nearly 40% From June — According to information Microsoft provides to developers, the Windows Store marketplace for applications on Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 racked up roughly 1.7 million daily downloads, both free and paid …

More: VatorNews, WinBeta, BGR, Engadget, Inquirer, MacNN, Digits and Softpedia News

Chloe Albanesius / PC Magazine:

Android Nabs Milestone 81 Percent of Smartphone Market — Google's Android platform had a milestone third quarter, topping 80 percent of global smartphone shipments for the first time, according to IDC. — The analyst firm also said Microsoft's Windows Phone had an “amazing” quarter with 156 percent year-over-year growth.

More: IDC, The Verge, AppleInsider, Marketing Land, TechCrunch, CITEworld, The Register, Engadget, SlashGear, iPhone in Canada Blog, WMPoweruser, VentureBeat, Ubergizmo, The Next Web, WinBeta, App Advice and 9to5Mac

Ted Johnson / Variety:

Rockefeller to Introduce Bill to Give Online Video Parity With Cable and Satellite Providers — Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.), the chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, is introducing legislation to bolster the online video market, what he says is an effort to prevent cable …

More: DSLreports, Adweek, FierceCable, The Verge, Quartz, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, Multichannel.com, CNET and Washington Post

Matt Brian / Engadget:

Sony now lets you buy digital PlayStation games from Amazon and other retailers — Sony has decided its PlayStation Network (PSN) Store isn't going to be the only place you can purchase digital PlayStation games. Utilizing a model similar to Valve's PC game marketplace Steam …

More: Kotaku, Gotta Be Mobile, CNET, WebProNews, SlashGear, Inquirer, TechSpot, The Verge, The Next Web, VG247 and GeekWire

Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:

Don't Get Too Excited About GlobalFoundries and Apple — At Least, Not Just Yet — Don't get too excited about an intriguing story from the Albany Times Union saying that chip-manufacturing company GlobalFoundries may soon start turning out chips for Apple's iPhones and iPads at a factory in upstate New York.

More: TechSpot, CNET, MacRumors, iPhone Hacks, The Buzz, I4U News, iDownloadBlog.com, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, App Advice, The Tech Report and Electronista

Reuters:

Exclusive: Cisco rival Arista Networks picks banks for IPO - sources — (Reuters) - Arista Networks, a maker of network switches that competes with much bigger rival Cisco Systems Inc, has selected banks to lead a proposed initial public offering for next year, according to people familiar with the matter.

Adrian Chen / Gawker:

After 30 Years of Silence, the Original NSA Whistleblower Looks Back — The four-story brownstone at 141 East 37th Street in Manhattan has no remarkable features: a plain building on a quiet tree-lined street in the shadow of the Empire State Building. In the summer of 1920, Herbert O. Yardley …

Tweets: @kpoulsen and @adrianchen

Zack Whittaker / CNET:

MakerBot wants to put a 3D printer in every US public school — (Credit: Zack Whittaker/CBS Interactive) — NEW YORK — MakerBot wants to put a 3D printer in every school in the United States, and it's drumming up support from the industry and general public to make it happen.

More: ReadWrite, Gigaom, The Verge, PandoDaily, Business Wire, AllThingsD, Tech Cocktail, Softpedia News, bizjournals, VentureBeat, Engadget, PC Magazine, WebProNews and TechCrunch

Brian Klug / AnandTech:

NVIDIA Tegra Note 7 Review: Good value prospect as low-cost note-taking device with tradeoffs — NVIDIA Tegra Note 7 Review — NVIDIA has been doing something interesting of late by making and releasing its own devices with Tegra SoCs inside. We first saw Shield, a handheld gaming console …

More: NVIDIA, TechnoBuffalo, Forbes, Engadget, Gotta Be Mobile, The Tech Report, SlashGear, Ubergizmo, Digital Spy, CNET and Android Community. Tweets: @benbajarin

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