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November 13, 2013, 6:00 AM
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Bryan Bishop / The Verge:
Netflix introduces one unified TV interface to rule them all  —  The streaming video giant turns into a TV channel programmed just for you  —  Watch Netflix instant streaming on your television and you know what content you'll get — but you likely won't know how you'll find it.
Jim Edwards / Business Insider:
Google Is Now Bigger Than Both The Magazine And Newspaper Industries  —  Google has become so big that sometimes it's difficult to understand just how big it is.  It's on course to do $60 billion in revenue this year, almost all of that from advertising.  But how big is that in terms of the media it competes against for ad dollars?
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.
Kevin Poulsen / Wired:
In Lavabit Appeal, U.S. Doubles Down on Access to Web Crypto Keys  —  A U.S. email provider can promise its users all the security and privacy it wants; it still has to do whatever it takes to give the government access.  —  That's the gist of the Justice Department's 60-page appellate brief …
Tweets: @anonyops
Aliya Sternstein / Defense One:
Pentagon Preparing for the End of the Blackberry Era  —  The Defense Department, owner of 470,000 BlackBerrys, is distancing itself from the struggling vendor while moving ahead with construction of a departmentwide app store and a system for securing all mobile devices, including the latest iPhones …
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.
Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:
SmartThings Raises $12.5 Million From Greylock And Highland To Power The Internet Of Things  —  Internet-of-Things startup SmartThings has spent the last year or so building a platform that people can use to connect to an increasingly wide range of devices in their homes.
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Hack of MacRumors forums exposes password data for 860,000 users  —  MacRumors user forums have been breached by hackers who may have acquired cryptographically protected passwords belonging to all 860,000 users, one of the top editors of the news website said Tuesday evening.
Rich Miller / Data Center Knowledge:
Microsoft Will Use Fuel Cells to Create Self-Powered Racks  —  Will these Microsoft racks soon include fuel cells?  The company has outlined a plan to integrate methane-based fuel cells directly into racks.  (Photo: Microsoft Corp.)  —  Microsoft wants to bring power generation inside the rack …
Wall Street Journal:
Hulu Wants to Be Offered With Pay-TV Bundles  —  Online Video Outlet Could Be Centralized Location for Full Seasons of Shows … Online video outlet Hulu LLC is in early discussions with several pay-TV providers about potential partnerships, said people familiar with the situation …
More: The Next Web, The Verge and Gigaom.  Tweets: @pkafka
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.
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.
James Kanter / NYT Bits:
In Europe, Thousands of Requests for Facebook Data  —  BRUSSELS — Online surveillance by the United States was the main subject of a hearing on Monday evening organized by the European Parliament's civil liberties committee.  But one of the more noteworthy parts of the session was a presentation …

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Disney initiates a third round of layoffs under Josh D'Amaro, sources say impacting a couple hundred staff, largely in HR and tech, smaller than prior rounds

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