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November 26, 2013, 11:10 PM

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Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
Microsoft's Xbox One Costs $90 More to Build Than Sony's PS4, Teardown Shows  —  With two significant game console releases recently, research firm IHS has been working a little extra overtime these days.  After doing surgery on Sony's Playstation 4, the team gave Microsoft's Xbox …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Improved App Store Search Engine Now Corrects For Users' “Fat Finger” Mistakes & Other Misspellings  —  A recent change to Apple's App Store search engine now leads to improved search results for misspelled queries with small typos, we've learned.  In addition, searchers looking for an app they know by name …
Jordan Kahn / 9to5Google:
Google releases “OK Google” Chrome extension for hands-free voice search on the desktop  —  Google announced today on Google+ that it's releasing a new extension for Chrome that will enable hands-free activation of the voice search features it rolled out earlier this year.
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider:
Apple patents Lytro-like refocusable camera suitable for iPhone  —  The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday awarded Apple a patent for a camera system that uses a microlens adaptor to enable refocusing of an image after the initial shot is taken, much like the Lytro light-field camera.
Jon Fingas / Engadget:
Google now inviting developers to buy Glass  —  Now that Google has offered a preview of Glass' SDK and opened the Mirror API to all developers, it has a strong incentive to get its eyewear in the hands of app writers.  Accordingly, the crew in Mountain View is now inviting developers …
Shira Ovide / Digits:
Microsoft Hires ‘Pawn Stars’ to Bash Google Chromebooks  —  Microsoft has enlisted the reality-television series “Pawn Stars” in its ongoing campaign to bash rival Google.  —  An online video ad released Tuesday mimics the plot set up of “Pawn Stars,” which features people toting precious …
Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:
Twitter Continues Tweet Recommendation Experiments With Fav Happy @Magicstats  —  Twitter continues to pull the string on personalization and recommendation with a new account called @magicstats.  The account, whose description reads ‘I favorite the best tweets I see in real-time’ appears to be doing just that.
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Barnes & Noble's Nook business falls more than 32%  —  Barnes & Noble's Nook business continues to struggle in its competition with Amazon, with revenues in the segment declining more than 32 percent in the company's most recent quarter, according to numbers released this morning.
Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:
Touchscreen PCs expected to take 11 percent of 2013 notebook shipments  —  Apple has famously compared convertible Windows tablets to combining a toaster and a refrigerator, but competitors are still increasing their output of touchscreen notebooks in hopes of turning around slumping PC sales.
Aaron Souppouris / The Verge:
Google brings Street View inside more than 65 airports and train stations, calls it a ‘first effort’  —  Foreign airports and train stations can often be confusing places to find your way around.  Perhaps with that in mind, Google today launched an interactive map featuring Street Views of over 65 mass transit hubs.
Eric Zeman / InformationWeek:
Low Smartphone Prices Drive Sales Growth  —  The average selling price has dropped nearly 13% this year, making it more affordable to buy a smartphone in emerging markets.  —  Smartphone makers are expected to ship more than 1 billion of the popular devices this year, climbing an incredible 39.3% over 2012's numbers.

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