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Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Apple Retail Stores to Allow Self-Checkout via iOS App for Accessory Purchases — MacRumors has learned that Apple is planning to launch an update to its retail store iOS app that will allow consumers to utilize self-checkout for purchases of accessories and other shelf-stocked items at the company's retail stores.
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Imtiyaz Delawala / ABC News:
Bill Gates Dismisses Criticism in Steve Jobs Biography — Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates dismissed criticisms of him by long-time competitor Steve Jobs in the new biography released after Jobs' death, saying “none of that bothers me at all,” while praising the impact the Apple executive had on the world.
Mona Simpson / New York Times:
A Sister's Eulogy for Steve Jobs — I grew up as an only child, with a single mother. Because we were poor and because I knew my father had emigrated from Syria, I imagined he looked like Omar Sharif. I hoped he would be rich and kind and would come into our lives (and our not yet furnished apartment) and help us.
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Walter Isaacson / New York Times:
The Genius of Jobs
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Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:
Job Cuts to Cost Motorola Mobility $31 Million — Disposing of 800 positions will cost Motorola Mobility $27 million in severance and $4 million for facility closures as it prepares to be acquired by Google — (Bloomberg) — Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc., the mobile-phone maker that agreed …
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Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:
Netflix renews ABC contract — Netflix subscribers can soon watch more episodes of ABC shows like Desperate Housewifes, Grey's Anatomy and Brothers and Sisters, thanks to an extended licensing agreement between the video subscription service and Disney. Episodes will, as is usually the case …
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Sui-Lee Wee / Reuters:
China denies it is behind hacking of U.S. satellites — (Reuters) - Beijing on Monday denied a U.S. commission's claim that China may have been responsible for hacking incidents on U.S. environment-monitoring satellites, saying that the committee had “ulterior motives” in writing such a draft report.
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Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
The Entire $1.65B Acquisition Of YouTube Took A Week, Was Negotiated At Denny's — In an interview at TechCrunch Disrupt Beijing today, YouTube co-founder Steven Chen reminisced about selling his company to Google. “Was there any way you could not have sold?” Sarah Lacy asked?
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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple airs impressive new iPhone 4S iCloud, Siri, and Camera TV ads — Following up on the first iPhone 4S Siri TV advertisement from last week, Apple has just released three new advertisements surrounding the iPhone 4S. The iCloud iPhone 4S advertisement shown above shows the out of the box iCloud integration for the iPhone 4S.
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Amar Toor / Engadget:
HTC releases Q3 earnings report: profit up 68 percent, shipments soar 93 percent — It's been another stellar quarter for the folks over at HTC. According to the company's Q3 earnings report, released today, net income rose to NT$18.68 billion (about $624.6 million) this quarter …
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple completes testing of 15-inch LCD for ultra-thin MacBook Pro? — According to Macotakara.jp, Apple has finished work on test units of a 15-inch LCD for an upcoming ultra-thin laptop from Apple. The report calls the new machine a 15-inch MacBook Air, but in all likelihood it's a thinner 15-inch MacBook Pro.
James Temple / San Francisco Chronicle:
Microsoft attorney outlines Android patent tactics — It takes flowcharts to keep track of all the mobile patent lawsuits under way. — Apple sued HTC, while Kodak sued Apple, Samsung and Sony. RIM filed suit against Kodak and Motorola. And what are called nonpracticing entities …
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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols / Open Source Blog:
Ubuntu Linux heads to smartphones, tablets, and smart TVs. — Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical & Ubuntu — Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux, will announce at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Orlando, FL, that they will be taking Ubuntu Linux to smartphones, tablets, and smart TVs.
Suzanne Kapner / Wall Street Journal:
Hackers Press the ‘Schmooze’ Button — Chris Patten called a large investment-management firm to report that he was going through a divorce and was worried that his wife had set up an account under a false name. — And with that story—entirely plausible but in this case a lie …
Tomio Geron / Social Markets:
Marc Andreessen: Building Startups Is Like Baking A Cake In 3 Minutes — At age 22, Marc Andreessen cofounded Netscape, the browser company that turned the Internet into a mainstream phenomenon. — But what happens when your company takes off that fast? Andreessen talked …
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Todd Haselton / BGR:
Samsung Galaxy S II LTE Skyrocket landing on AT&T November 6th for $250 — Samsung announced the Galaxy S II LTE Skyrocket for AT&T on Monday, a new smartphone that will be available on November 6th for $249.99 with a new two-year AT&T contract. The Galaxy S II Skyrocket offers …
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Guardian:
Met police monitors mobile phones — Civil liberties group raises concerns over Met police purchase of technology to track public handsets over a targeted area — Britain's largest police force is operating covert surveillance technology that can masquerade as a mobile phone network …
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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:
Commercial version of Kinect for Windows development kit due in early 2012 — Summary: Microsoft is planning to launch a version of its Kinect for Windows software development kit (SDK) licensed for commercial use in early 2012. — Microsoft delivered a beta of a software development kit …
