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3:05 PM ET, October 14, 2011

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AppleInsider:
iPhone 4S launch draws crowds at Apple stores around the world  —  The debut of Apple's latest smartphone on Friday has drawn huge crowds at Apple stores around the world, including a long, rain-soaked line at the company's flagship Fifth Avenue store.  —  Today the iPhone 4S launches in the U.S. …
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Retrevo:
Who Is Going to Buy an iPhone 4S?  —  The iPhone 4S is due to go on sale October 14th.  At the announcement for the iPhone 4S you could sense a mild disappointment when everyone realized there wasn't going to be Jobs' trademarked, “one more thing.”  Aside from the lack of a redesigned case …
CNET News:
iPhone 4S goes on sale (semi-live blog)  —  Lines outside the Apple store on Fifth Ave. wrap around the block as people wait for the iPhone 4S.  —  After a longer than usual wait for Apple iPhone fans, the newest iPhone-the iPhone 4S-is finally hitting store shelves today all across the U.S. and in six other countries.
Microsoft:
Microsoft Officially Welcomes Skype  —  Microsoft and Skype will empower people and businesses to connect in new ways.  —  Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq “MSFT") has closed its acquisition of Skype Global S.à r.l.  Negotiations of the definitive agreement under which Microsoft would acquire Skype …
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Jeffrey Meisner / TechNet Blogs:
Tony Bates Weighs in on Microsoft's Acquisition of Skype  —  I am delighted to announce the deal with Microsoft has formally closed, and Skype is now a division of Microsoft.  This represents a huge leap forward in Skype's mission to be the communications choice for a billion people every day.
Bradley Horowitz / The Official Google Blog:
A fall sweep  —  We aspire to build great products that really change people's lives, products they use two or three times a day.  To succeed you need real focus and thought—thought about what you work on and, just as important, what you don't work on.  It's why we recently decided to shut …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google Axes More Services: Jaiku, Buzz, Code Search & More  —  According to a new post by Google VP of Product Bradley Horowitz, on the official company blog, Google is delivering the death blow to several more products and services, including its code search engine, Buzz, Jaiku …
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Christian Zibreg / 9to5Mac:
Apple already spent $750 million on the iCloud building alone?  —  CEO Tim Cook confirmed at the iPhone 4S unveiling shipments of 250 million iOS devices since the original iPhone went on sale in the summer of 2007.  The iPhone 4S, the latest and greatest new model, has marked a shift in focus …
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Arnold Kim / MacRumors:
AT&T Activations Servers Overloaded with iPhone 4S Launch  —  As has happened in the past, it seems AT&T's activation servers are having problems with the large influx of activations with the iPhone 4S launch.  A quick search of Twitter shows many having problems activating their AT&T iPhone 4Ss due to server issues.
Dan Levine / Reuters:
Apple must show patents valid in Samsung case: judge  —  (Reuters) - A U.S. judge said that Samsung Electronic's Galaxy tablets infringe Apple Inc's iPad patents, but added that Apple has a problem establishing the validity of its patents in the latest courtroom face-off between the technology giants.
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Reuters:
Samsung loses Dutch bid to ban Apple products
Asher Moses / Sydney Morning Herald:
Apple fails in new Samsung court bid
John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
iPad 3 Headed Into Production  —  With the iPhone 4S arriving at market today, the never-sated Apple rumor mill is clamoring for more grist.  And, as always, there's plenty of it to be had, this time involving the iPad 3.  —  According to Susquehanna Financial analyst Jeff Fidacaro, the device is headed into production.
Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:
Motorola DROID HD (RAZR/Spyder) specs revealed; said to be ‘faster than the iPhone 4S’  —  We just confirmed some of the specifications for the upcoming Motorola DROID device (DROID HD / DROID RAZR / Spyder) that Verizon Wireless and Motorola are rumored to be announcing next week, and they are monster.
MG Siegler / parislemon:
Just Win, Baby  —  The biggest challenge I faced as a tech blogger was a simple one: motivation.  By that, I don't mean that it was hard to write — it never was.  But towards the end, it was getting hard to get excited to write on a daily basis.  I needed to be driven.  That's when I'm at my best.
Discussion: @karaswisher
Candice Katz / Spotify:
Spotify and Boxee, together at last  —  Today we're excited to announce that Spotify is available on Boxee.  —  For those of you who don't know about Boxee yet, it's a great device that finds many of your favorite shows and movies on the Internet and puts them on your TV.  Now you can add music to that list.
Noah Davis / Business Insider:
BUSTED: Groupon And Living Social Caught Inflating Regular Prices To Make Deals Look Better  —  Groupon and LivingSocial succeed because consumers perceive them as great deals.  But is that true?  —  Perhaps not.  —  Thumbtack.com called 10 vendors offering daily deals …
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Jail Sentence for Pirate Bay Co-Founder Made Final  —  November last year, the Swedish Appeal Court found three people behind The Pirate Bay guilty of contributory copyright infringement offenses.  The trio were handed prison sentences and ordered to pay millions of dollars in damages.
Discussion: The Next Web
Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:
Amazon Lists All Its Verizon Phones For One Penny With A New Contract  —  If you're a non-Verizon customer who's been considering hopping on the big red network, now is most definitely the time.  A deal at Amazon could score you a $300 phone for just a penny.
Discussion: CNET News
 
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Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
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Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
Apple Files for iPhone 4S, Siri & Assistive Touch Trademarks While Fulfilling another UI Patent
Sean Ludwig / VentureBeat:
Eduardo Saverin-backed Jumio to launch mobile payments service
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Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Motorola Mobility Stockholders To Vote On $12.5 Billion Google Merger On Nov 17, 2011
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