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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.
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San Francisco Chronicle, ABC News, Digits, CNET, The Next Web, Business Insider, TechCrunch, AllThingsD, Variety, Bloomberg and Netflix US & Canada Blog. Tweets: @brad_frost
| Janko Roettgers / Gigaom: |
Netflix ditches Webkit to roll out slick new UI for smart TVs, Roku boxes and game consoles — Netflix rolled out a big revamp of its user interface for smart TVs and connected devices Tuesday night, moving away from a grid of box shot covers towards a much more visual interface … | 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.
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GeekWire, Business Insider, Digits, The Switch, The Register, Global Nerdy, BGR India, Slashdot, NBCNews, Wall Street Journal, CNET, Gigaom, TechCrunch and Valleywag. Tweets: @pkedrosky
| 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 … | 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.
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Twitter Developers, Twitter, The Verge, ReadWrite, Marketing Land, The Next Web, ScreenwerkScreenwerk, The Next Web, PC Magazine, Business Insider, Digits, VatorNews, WebProNews, Marketing Land and CostPerNews
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| 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.
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AllThingsD, VentureBeat and Gigaom
| Richard Lawler / Engadget: |
PS4 launch prep begins now: Day 1 update, iOS and Android apps are ready to download — Just as promised, Sony has delivered the mobile companion apps on iOS and Android for its PlayStation 4 console ahead of launch. Another thing to know for gamers that have already pre-ordered a system …
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| 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.
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TechCrunch, Ubergizmo, BGR India, iPhone in Canada Blog, Cult of Mac, PadGadget, App Advice, TechnoBuffalo and Touch Arcade. Tweets: @jfpoole
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Google launches Portable Native Client, lets developers compile their code to run on any hardware and website — Google today launched Portable Native Client (PNaCl, pronounced pinnacle) as part of its push to bring native code to more and more platforms. The tool lets developers compile … | Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Apple II DOS source code released by Computer History Museum — With permission from Apple, The Computer History Museum and the Digibarn Computer Museum announced today it is publishing the original DOS source code for Apple's 1978 Apple II. The Apple II was the first fully assembled computer …
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@CHM Blog, MarketWatch, AppleInsider, The Verge, The Register, Electronista and MacRumors
| 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.
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CyanogenMod, ZDNet, The Verge, Ars Technica, SlashGear, Fone Arena, TechCrunch, GeekWire, Forbes, Engadget, SlashGear, 9to5Google, CNET, IntoMobile, The Next Web, Pocket-lint and Geek.com
| 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 … | Deborah Gage / Venture Capital Dispatch: |
Maxta introduces software-based storage system, announces $10M Andreessen Horowitz investment — Andreessen Horowitz Backs Maxta, Whose Software is Eating the Storage Box — Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Marc Andreessen told The Wall Street Journal more than two years ago that software …
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The Register, IT-TNA, virtualization.info, willemterharmsel.nl, Maxta Inc. and InfoStor. Tweets: @djventurewire
| 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.
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MacRumors and SecurityWeek
| 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.
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CNET, Pocketables, The Verge, Phandroid, IntoMobile, TechnoBuffalo, Android Central, pocketnow.com, SlashGear and 9to5Google
| Jake Smith / Pocket-lint: |
Google announces Android 4.4 KitKat rollout for Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 (Wi-Fi) has begun — Google announced Android 4.4 KitKat has begun to rollout to Wi-Fi versions of the Nexus 7 (2012 and 2013) and Nexus 10, following the October unveil of the new OS. Users can open software update and check for the new software via their tablet.| 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.
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Valleywag. Tweets: @caseynewton, @dannysullivan, @cjc, @evelynrusli, @jenna, @mattrosoff, @evelynrusli, @joshhelfferich and @joshconstine. Thanks:@mikeisaac
| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Steve Jobs Inducted Into Bay Area Business Hall of Fame, Eddy Cue Gives Heartfelt Acceptance Speech — Steve Jobs was posthumously inducted into the Bay Area Business Hall of Fame last Thursday, and Apple SVP Eddy Cue tweeted a link to the video, and was at the ceremony to accept the award …
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CNET, Cult of Mac, 5by5 Master Audio Feed, Forbes, iPhone in Canada Blog, TUAW, Electronista, iMore, App Advice, 9to5Mac, Computerworld, MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com and NBC Bay Area. Tweets: @cue
| Chris Griffith / The Australian: |
Amazon opens Aussie eBook store, appstore, releases three models of Kindle Fire locally … AMAZON has launched a refreshed Kindle Fire tablet range in Australia and a local eBook store that features Australian authors. — The Seattle-based company, which dominates the Android tablet space in the US …
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Amazon.com, Engadget, The Next Web, Android Central, ABC, Good Gear Guide and Gizmodo Australia
| 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 …
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iDownloadBlog.com, 9to5Mac, MacNN and iPhone in Canada Blog
| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft Updates Surface Firmware, Patches IE Zero-Day Exploit Among 19 Total Flaws — We don't cover Patch Tuesday much here at TechCrunch because the majority of you know how to leave Windows Update on and suck down the new software each month direct from the source.| Joseph Volpe / Engadget: |
BlackBerry Z30 hits Verizon on November 14th for $200 on-contract — We knew the BlackBerry Z30 was headed to Verizon as a US-exclusive, but now we actually have a date for it: November 14th. Starting this Thursday, BlackBerry's 5-inch flagship will be made available to Big Red subscribers …
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The Verge, TechnoBuffalo, BGR, CrackBerry.com, Gotta Be Mobile and Softpedia News
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