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Adam Satariano / Bloomberg:
Apple TV Effort Said to Be Led By ITunes Creator — Apple Inc. (AAPL) is turning to the software engineer who built iTunes to help lead its development of a television set, according to three people with knowledge of the project. — Jeff Robbin, who helped create the iPod in addition …
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Dan Frommer / SplatF:
Here's how Apple could finally put the “TV” in Apple TV — After reinventing the mobile phone (iPhone) and personal computer (iPad), it makes sense for Apple to eventually apply its magic to the living room. The company has been clear to distance itself a bit from the existing Apple TV box by calling it a “hobby.”
Steve Zeitchik / 24 Frames:
Will Aaron Sorkin take on Steve Jobs?
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Journalism.org:
How People Use Tablets And What It Means For The Future Of News — READ THE FULL REPORT BELOW OR SEE THE FINDINGS IN AN INFOGRAPHIC OR SLIDESHOW — Eighteen months after the introduction of the iPad, 11% of U.S. adults now own a tablet computer of some kind.
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Steven Levy / Wired.com:
Brave New Thermostat: How the iPod's Creator Is Making Home Heating Sexy — “You're going to built a what?” — That's what Tony Fadell's wife, Dani, said to him in 2009 when he told her his idea for a new company. Fadell is one of the most sought-after talents in the world of gadgetry …
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Sarah Lacy / TechCrunch:
Tony Fadell Demos His New Nest Learning Thermostat (TCTV)
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Dan Rayburn / StreamingMediaBlog.com:
Amazon's Kindle Fire Will Become To The Video Industry What The iPod Was To The Music Industry — Over the past five years, very few companies have single handily help jump-start the streaming media industry and propelled the market forward as a whole. Looking back, companies like YouTube …
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Ryan Kim / GigaOM:
JP Morgan: Kindle Fire expected to sell 5 million in Q4
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Joe Sharkey / New York Times:
IPads Change Economics, and Speed, of Hotel Wi-Fi — IF, like me, you have been complaining about unusually poor Internet service in hotel rooms lately, the hotels have a good explanation. — Largely because of the broad use of iPads and other mobile tablets, which are heavy users of video streaming …
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Reuters:
Netflix plummets on weak outlook, downgrades — (Reuters) - Netflix Inc's shares plunged almost 40 percent on Tuesday and were set to open at their lowest level since March last year, a day after the movie rental company warned of higher subscriber attrition and mounting costs.
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Felix Salmon:
Netflix and the economics of nonrival goods
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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
The Go-Go Growth Days Screech to a Halt at Netflix
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Emily Steel / Wall Street Journal:
Using Credit Cards to Target Web Ads — The two largest credit-card networks, Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc., are pushing into a new business: using what they know about people's credit-card purchases for targeting them with ads online. — Their plans, if implemented …
Harry McCracken / Technologizer:
The Life and Times of Windows XP — If you'd been alive in 1924 and had enjoyed the comedy stylings of a young Vaudevillian named George Burns, you never would have believed he'd still be packing them in seventy years later. In 1963, you might have dug the music that Mick Jagger …
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Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Google Gives Chrome Web Store A Welcome New Lick Of Paint — Looks like Google this morning rolled out a brand new design for its Chrome Web Store, and it's a major improvement. — The updated Web app marketplace, first released in December 2010, is all about the software, now boasting large squares with attractive app visuals.
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Peter Burrows / Bloomberg:
Jobs Warned Cook Not to Try to Copy Him — Oct. 25 (Bloomberg) — When Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook took the microphone at a memorial tribute to Steve Jobs at the company's campus last week, he shared a piece of advice Jobs gave him before his death on Oct. 5.
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Nick Bilton / Bits:
Obama Campaign Experiments With Tumblr for '12 — It's no secret that President Obama's victory in 2008 was helped by his adoption of Twitter and other social media platforms. For 2012, Republicans and other politicians are flocking to these services too, hoping to spread the party gospel 140 characters at a time.
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Meghan Kelly / VentureBeat:
Meg Whitman joins Zaarly's board, company gets $14M from Kleiner Perkins — Mobile marketplace Zaarly announced today that Hewlett-Packard chief executive Meg Whitman is joining its board of directors, and that it's getting a $14 million investment led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers.
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Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Sprint and Apple are working on a ‘nationwide issue’ with iPhone 4S data speeds [Updated] — To say that the iPhone 4S has been well received on Sprint and AT&T is a bit of an understatement, as it set opening day sales and activation records for both carriers.
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Aaron Lee / DigiTimes:
New Windows verification process creates controversy between ODM and brand vendors — Microsoft's new verification system for Windows 8 - OA 3. - which will add complications toward the upstream ODM's production lines and relatively generate significant extra cost, is raising controversy between notebook ODMs …
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Hardware 2.0 Blog, Windows 8 Beta, WinRumors, TechEye, The Next Web and Electronista
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Bluetooth 4.0 Becomes ‘Bluetooth Smart’ as iPhone 4S Creates New Opportunities — Following the debut of the iPhone 4S as the first phone to support the Bluetooth 4.0 standard, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has begun promoting the technology under the new “Bluetooth Smart” marketing term.
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Reuters:
Intel seeks industry effort to lower ultrabook prices — (Reuters) - Intel Corp is comfortable with its chip pricing now and is working with suppliers and manufacturers to lower the cost of its new ultrabook slim PCs, a product it sees as key to reviving the traditional computer in the face of the tablet challenge.
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Millennial: iPad Impressions Grew 456 Percent Over Past Year; iOS Up 60 Percent — Mobile ad network Millennial Media, is releasing its quarterly report which gives a view into how each OS, device and manufacturer is performing on one of the largest remaining independent ad networks in the world.
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Christopher Lawton / Wall Street Journal:
It's Crunch Time for Nokia — Fast Rollout Crucial for Firm's Windows Smartphone, Expected to Debut This Week — When Nokia Corp. Chief Executive Stephen Elop takes the stage Wednesday at the big cellphone maker's annual conference in London, all eyes will be on the device in his hand.
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