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Sean Hollister / The Verge:
One standard to sync them all: AllSeen Alliance forms to accelerate Internet of Things adoption  —  Eighteen months ago, Qualcomm SVP Rob Chandok succinctly explained how the internet of things had failed.  Instead of working together, manufacturers designed their smart televisions and appliances …
Ben Thompson / stratechery:
Promotion in the App Store  —  Two interesting articles last week, better together.  —  First came TheInformation's1 maiden piece about How Apple Gives Some Apps an Edge (subscription required): … The next day came news that Cut the Rope 2 was launching in two weeks, and that it would be exclusive to iOS.
Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:
How Does Apple Really Feel About Bitcoin?  —  Over the past couple of months, there have been a few Bitcoin app rejections by Apple that have made some waves.  First, the venture-backed startup Coinbase had its app removed entirely from the App Store.  Today, a blog post from peer …
Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac:
Apple launches 2013 “12 Days of Gifts” app on iTunes, available in U.S. for the first time  —  Apple has just launched its annual 12 Days of Gifts campaign for 2013.  In previous years, this campaign was available only in a few select countries, but not in the United States.
Daniel Terdiman / CNET:
Google barge on ‘hiatus’ amid scrutiny from two agencies  —  Whether it's a Google Glass store or a showroom for all things Google X, one thing is clear: No one will be visiting Google Barge anytime soon.  —  The once-mysterious barge, currently sitting idle alongside a pier at Treasure Island …
Ryan Tate / Wired:
How Foursquare used its massive check-in database to make passive notifications work  —  The Brilliant Hack That Brought Foursquare Back From the Dead  —  Dennis Crowley thought his 13-year dream might never come true.  —  Crowley is the founder of Foursquare, the seminal social networking service …
More: Business Insider.  Tweets: @monkbent and @anoopr
Kyle VanHemert / Wired:
How Apple's Lightning-Plug Guru Reinvented Square's Card Reader  —  Square also developed a new custom read head—the piece that swipes data from the card itself.  The two rectangles here draw from two different data bands hidden in the card's magnetic stripe.  Photo: Josh Valcarcel/WIRED
Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider:
Apple patents tech for making curved touch surfaces, displays  —  The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday awarded Apple a patent that describes a method for forming curved touch sensors with high structural rigidity, suggesting the company is experimenting with curved iOS device displays.
Hamish McKenzie / PandoDaily:
Yahoo acquires QuikIO, yet another startup to add to its video team  —  Early this morning, the creators of a little known but excellent cross-platform video streaming app called QuikIO sent a farewell note to its users.  After December 31, the “FedEx of media files” would be shut down, the email said.
More: WebProNews.  Tweets: @hamishmckenzie
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
Pandora for iOS gets an alarm clock for waking up to your favorite station and new design for iOS 7  —  Pandora today updated its iOS app with a new alarm clock feature and a design just for iOS 7.  You can download the new version now directly from Apple's App Store.
Kaylene Hong / The Next Web:
Samsung has shipped 10 million Galaxy Note 3 devices since its launch 2 months ago  —  Samsung announced today that the Galaxy Note 3, its latest large-screen so-called ‘phablet’ device that follows on from the successful Note and Note II, has just surpassed 10 million units in shipments since …
Jim Finkle / Reuters:
Chinese hackers spied on Europeans before G20 meeting: researcher  —  (Reuters) - Chinese hackers eavesdropped on the computers of five European foreign ministries before last September's G20 Summit, which was dominated by the Syrian crisis, according to research by computer security firm FireEye Inc
Associated Press:
EU warns Nokia not to become ‘patent troll’ … AMSTERDAM (AP) — Europe's top regulator has warned Nokia not to try to become a “patent troll” after the Finnish company sold most of its cellphone-making business to Microsoft Corp. this year but retained its patent portfolio.
Joe Eskenazi / The Snitch:
Google Bus: Max Bell Alper Is the Boy Who Cried Gentrification  —  Max Bell Alper has befouled his own well.  He's soiled his own bed.  You can use Google to hunt down other apropos analogies.  Busloads of employees roll out of San Francisco every day to make it so.
Shira Ovide / Digits:
Justice Department Investigating Dell Sales to Syria  —  The U.S. Department of Justice has been investigating possible sales of Dell computers to the Syrian government, the company said in documents released Monday.  —  In the July letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission released Monday …

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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
AG Todd Blanche defends the White House ban on CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, saying access is “a privilege” and Trump is “sick and tired” of inaccurate reporting

Scott Nover / Washington Post:
The White House blocked CNN from traveling with President Trump on Air Force One on Saturday to Knoxville, Tennessee, jeopardizing the rotational TV pool

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
NBCUniversal plans to expand the sponsorship model it used for SNL's 50th anniversary in 2025 for the three-hour NBC 100th anniversary special on December 10

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