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4:20 PM ET, October 7, 2011

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Wall Street Journal:
Steve Jobs Funeral Is Friday  —  The funeral for Steve Jobs, Apple Inc.'s co-founder, is taking place Friday, according to a person familiar with the matter.  —  The funeral is characterized as a small private gathering, this person said.  —  The event comes two days after Mr. Jobs passed away after battling an undisclosed illness.
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Charles Duhigg / New York Times:
With Time Running Short, Jobs Managed His Farewells  —  Over the last few months, a steady stream of visitors to Palo Alto, Calif., called an old friend's home number and asked if he was well enough to entertain visitors, perhaps for the last time.  —  In February, Steven P. Jobs had learned that …
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert Say Goodbye to Steve Jobs  —  Two cool tributes: Some subdued words from Stewart, followed by an excerpt of Jobs' famous Stanford speech; and a very funny montage from Colbert.  Note that just like “real” media figures, both men have anecdotes about the Apple co-founder reaching …
Discussion: TechCrunch, Electronista and PhoneArena
D.B. Grady / The Atlantic Online:
In Praise of Bad Steve
Discussion: TechCrunch and Global Voices
Ed Christman / Billboard.Biz:
Steve Jobs Remembered by Edgar Bronfman Jr., Martin Bandier and Other Executives
Discussion: Music Ally
Reuters:   Hong Kong teen's somber design for Jobs a cyber hit
Vlad Savov / This is my next:
Samsung and Google postpone Galaxy Nexus launch  —  Samsung has just announced, rather sensationally, that the product launch it had planned in conjunction with Google for next week's CTIA will not in fact be happening.  Here's the statement in full:
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Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:
Samsung Galaxy Nexus caught on video  —  Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later.  Google's upcoming flagship device, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus has leaked out in video form courtesy of Gadget.co, and it's almost a minute and half of pure Google.  Ice Cream Sandwich looks like an evolution of Honeycomb …
Noah Shachtman / Danger Room:
Exclusive: Computer Virus Hits U.S. Drone Fleet  —  A computer virus has infected the cockpits of America's Predator and Reaper drones, logging pilots' every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan and other warzones.  —  The virus, first detected nearly two weeks ago …
Discussion: CNET News, TG Daily and msnbc.com
Sam Oliver / AppleInsider:
Unlocked iPhone 4S coming in November, won't work with CDMA carriers  —  Apple on Friday began taking preorders for the iPhone 4S, and also revealed its next-generation handset will be sold unlocked and contract-free in November starting at $649.  —  The unlocked iPhone 4GS will only work …
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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple's iPhone 4S now available for pre-order ahead of Oct. 14 launch
Dcurtis / Dustin Curtis:
3.5 Inches  —  I've been wondering why Apple chose to make the iPhone 4′s screen 3.5-inches when other comparable phones with Android and Windows Phone 7 have larger, more inviting screens.  When you first see a phone with a 4-inch or larger screen, it seems like a much better experience.
Discussion: @dannysullivan, TiPb and Macgasm
Michael Arrington / Uncrunched:
Nuance To Acquire Swype For $100+ Million  —  Nuance has acquired Seattle-based startup Swype for something more than $100 million, says a source with knowledge of the deal.  —  I'm a big fan of Swype, and this is a brilliant acquisition by Nuance.  Swype first launched at a TechCrunch conference in 2008.
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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Nuance's Swype Bill: $102.5 Million
John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
En Fuego: Kindle Fire Orders Keep Climbing  —  After racking up an estimated 95,000 pre-orders within the first 24 hours of availability, Amazon's forthcoming Kindle Fire tablet continues to sell well.  Demand for the device shows no signs of slowing.  In fact, sources close to Amazon claim …
John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
RIM Buys NewBay  —  Another acquisition for Research In Motion.  The BlackBerry maker is buying NewBay Software, a provider of white-label cloud-based content services.  RIM confirmed to AllThingsD that it has signed an agreement to acquire the company, but declined to provide any further details.
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Exclusive: Pinterest Set To Close A New Round With Andreessen Horowitz Valuing Start Up At 200m  —  Pinterest, the infectious virtual bulletin board site, is poised to close a large round of funding — reportedly more than $25 million — with Andreessen Horowitz, which values the company at $200 million.
Discussion: TechCrunch and Business Insider
Chris Dale / YouTube Blog:
YouTube now has movies in the UK  —  Back in May we brought new release movies and more for rent to YouTube in the US.  Last month, we took it to Canada.  Now, over a thousand full-length feature films from major Hollywood and British studios are available for rent in the UK at youtube.com/movies.
Bloomberg:
Groupon Plans to ‘Significantly’ Reduce Marketing Spending Amid Criticism  —  Groupon Inc., the online-coupon site that has filed for an initial public offering, said it plans to “significantly” reduce online marketing spending over time as such investments yield insufficient returns.
Electronista:
Sprint goes LTE: 120 cities with new 4G by end of 2012  —  Sprint Strategy Update event talks LTE  —  Sprint in tandem with its Strategy Update event Friday is now known to be outlining a switch to LTE for its 4G.  Taking advantage of its Network Vision sites, which mix CDMA, EVDO 3G …
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft's Skype purchase gets the EC green light.  Now what?  —  Summary: The European antitrust authorities have given the nod to Microsoft's acquisition of Skype.  —  The European Commission's antitrust authorities have given Microsoft's $8.5 billion Skype acquisition regulatory clearance.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
ZipPay To Launch New Mobile Payments Service Cheaper Than Square
Marco Arment / Marco.org:
Review: The 2011 $79 Kindle with ads and buttons
Discussion: The Awl
Sherilynn Macale / The Next Web:
Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu to Hangout on Google+
Adrianne Jeffries / Betabeat:
Twitter: ‘We Are Not Blocking Terms Related To #OccupyWallStreet In Any Way, Shape or Form’
Discussion: BetaNews and NBC Bay Area
Burt Herman / Storify Blog:
Want To Build An Audio Clip Into Your Storify Story? You Can, With SoundCloud
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Michael Jackson Facebook Concert Unplugged
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
LivingSocial Issues $143 Million In Stock For TicketMonster Deal
 Earlier Items: 
Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
F.C.C. Plans to Direct More Support to Broadband
Discussion: Ars Technica and ITProPortal
Evelyn M. Rusli / DealBook:
Chamath Palihapitiya, the Unconventional Venture Capitalist
Tim Lohman / Computerworld:
OpenWorld 2011: Big Red apps coming to iPad and Android
Discussion: Tech Trader Daily
Amy Schatz / Digits:
Net Neutrality Case Heads to D.C. Circuit Court
Discussion: VatorNews, CNET News and DSLreports
Jason Mick / DailyTech:
HP Claims Someone Snuck Android Onto Its TouchPads, Opens Investigation
Discussion: Engadget and TeleRead
Jon Russell / The Next Web:
Yahoo looking to sell Japanese stake, exit market
Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider:
7th-gen iPod nano teardown reveals new Apple processor, SanDisk flash
 

 
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule
 
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