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Henry Blodget / SAI:
Google Gives All Employees Surprise $1,000 Cash Bonus And 10% Raise — Google has given all of its employees $1,000 cash “holiday bonuses” and 2011 salary increases of at least 10%, a loyal reader tells us. — The 10% company-wide raise will take effect on January 1, 2011.
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Federico Viticci / MacStories:
Rumor: Apple Has Cancelled Support for AirPrint Through Mac and Windows — When Apple released the first beta of iOS 4.2 for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, they also officially announced AirPrint, the wireless printing system that would work with specific HP printers and shared printers on Macs and PCs:
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Federico Viticci / MacStories:
iTunes 10.1 and OS X 10.6.5 Coming Tomorrow, iOS 4.2 On Friday at 10 AM PST — An inside source at AT&T told MacStories that Apple is planning to release iOS 4.2, a major OS update for iPhones, iPods and iPads, on Friday November 12th at 10 AM PST. We also learned that updates to iTunes …
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Scott Moritz / The Street:
Microsoft Sells 40K Windows 7 Phones — Stock quotes in this article:MSFT, AAPL, GOOG, T — NEW YORK (TheStreet) — As big-splash debuts go, Microsoft's(MSFT) Windows Phone 7 launch at AT&T(T) and T-Mobile didn't exactly make waves Monday. — Even with a glitzy media intro last month hosted …
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Ben Patterson / Yahoo! News:
Mixed picture for Windows Phone 7 after first day of sales
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Give Us Our Data, Facebook — I usually give Facebook the benefit of the doubt in its various wars with the press and users, particularly around privacy issues. Mostly because user expectations around privacy are changing in real time. Things that were reprehensible just a couple …
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Bloomberg:
IAC's Barry Diller Surrenders to Google, Ends Ask.com's Search Effort — Ask.com, the Internet search engine that media mogul Barry Diller acquired for $1.85 billion to compete with Google Inc., is cutting 130 engineering jobs and conceding much of its search business to competitors.
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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Ask.com To Focus On Q&A Search, End Web Crawling
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Ed Bott / Ed Bott's Microsoft Report Blog:
Microsoft is in the driver's seat for Windows Phone updates — One of the biggest criticisms of Windows Mobile and Android devices is that device manufacturers get control over who gets updated versions of the OS. That leads to awkward situations where someone pays big bucks …
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Zach Epstein / BGR:
Dell Venue Pro plagued by Wi-Fi bug [Update: other phones affected?] — The Dell Venue Pro, which became available on Monday, may be affected by a troublesome bug. According to several BGR readers, the new Windows Phone 7 handset from Dell is unable to connect to protected Wi-Fi networks.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Facebook/Google Slap Fight: “Openness Doesn't Mean Being Open When It's Convenient” — Get your popcorn. I lost track of who's turn it is, but Facebook just slapped Google right back. — Background: — Google To Facebook: You Can't Import Our User Data Without Reciprocity
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Raj Krishnan / The Official Google Blog:
Beyond Instant results: Instant Previews — With Google Instant you get results as fast as you type, but your search doesn't stop there. Once you get results back, you choose a site to visit based on the information in each result—like the title, a snippet of text and the URL.
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Kuan Yong / YouTube Blog:
Control YouTube on the desktop, or the TV... with the YouTube Remote app for your phone — If you're like me, you love watching YouTube on your smartphone. My phone is always with me, which means my favorite YouTube videos are never more than a few taps away.
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Jun Yang / Bloomberg:
RIM to Sell Tablet Computer for Less Than $500, Take on IPad — Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) — Research In Motion Ltd., the maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, will begin sales of its tablet computer in North America in the first quarter for less than $500 to take on Apple Inc.'s IPad.
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9 to 5 Mac, The Next Web, Technologizer and Dow Jones Newswires
Matt Mullenweg:
1.0 Is the Loneliest Number — Many entrepreneurs idolize Steve Jobs. He's such a perfectionist, they say. Nothing leaves the doors of 1 Infinite Loop in Cupertino without a polish and finish that makes geeks everywhere drool. No compromise! — I like Apple for the opposite reason …
Leander Kahney / Cult of Mac:
Glassgate Hits Case Makers As Apple Suspends Sales of iPhone 4 Slide-Ons [Exclusive] — Mophie's Juice Pack Air is certified by Apple, but Apple won't currently sell the slide-on battery pack in its retail stores because of “Glassgate.” Photo by Kokkie76. Used with permission. http://bit.ly/aZD7on
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Zach Epstein / BGR:
Apple amends internal iPod water damage policy — Apple has made changes to its internal screening process pertaining to iPod liquid damage, a source told BGR. Apple builds a series of Liquid Contact Indicators (LCI) into its iPod line of devices. When these LCIs come in contact with moisture, they become activated.
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Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
Company Accused of Firing Over Facebook Post — In what labor officials and lawyers view as a ground-breaking case involving workers and social media, the National Labor Relations Board has accused a company of illegally firing an employee after she criticized her supervisor on her Facebook page.
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Curt Hopkins / ReadWriteWeb:
Free Speech on Facebook an Employee Right, Federal Agency Says
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Eric Engleman / TechFlash:
Amazon patents bad gift defense system: “gift conversions” — Do you dread getting fruitcake or socks from a certain relative every Christmas? Amazon.com may be working on a solution. The online retailer just received a patent for a bad gift defense system that intercepts gifts …
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ReadWriteWeb, Between the Lines Blog and Engadget
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
iPhone 4 Deemed Most Reliable, Least Rugged Among Popular Smartphones — Last month, warranty company SquareTrade shared the results of a study of warranty claims showing a higher accidental damage rate for the iPhone 4 than the iPhone 3GS, with the iPhone 4 having a particular propensity …
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Eddie Codel / jibber jabber:
The Current State of Live Video Streaming — As I've got some time on my hands since being laid off from Ustream, I thought I'd take a look at the current state of live video streaming on the web. I will concentrate on the three most popular free services, Ustream, Livestream and Justin.tv.
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Apple's Pricing Advantage — Earlier this week I linked to this piece by Larry Dignan on tablet pricing. Dignan wrote: … Linking to it, I wrote: … This is not the case with Macs vs. Windows PCs. The switch to Intel processors has largely made the Mac price competitive with PCs …
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Twilio Raises $12 Million For Powerful Telephony API — Startup Twilio has raised $12 million in Series B funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners, and including Union Square Ventures, 500 Startups, and several prominent angel investors. Twilio previously raised $4 million in Series A and seed funding.
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VentureBeat, GigaOM and VatorNews
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
With A Nice Website Update, Foursquare Did Just Get More Fun With Friends — Foursquare has always been one of those apps that was mobile-first, with the website existing as an after-thought. Sure, they've made their website significantly nicer over the past year, but the mobile apps are still the key.
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Foursquare Blog, VentureBeat, Mashable! and The Next Web
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Repeat After Me: Investors Are Never the Story — Earlier this week, RockMelt, a Facebook browser launched to massive press coverage from most major publications including GigaOM. — I was as fascinated by the story of RockMelt cofounders Eric Vishria and Tim Howes as I was by their belief …
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Square Now Processing Millions Of Dollars In Mobile Transactions Every Week — After ten months of a private pilot limited to only 50,000 users, Square has finally opened its doors to the public. The brainchild of Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, Square was unveiled last December …
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