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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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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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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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Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Amazon Builds Up Kindle Fire Content With Disney-ABC Deal — In last week's earnings call, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) said it will continue to push hard into streaming video. Now, in a new licensing deal with Disney-ABC (NYSE: DIS) Television Group, Amazon Prime members can stream shows like Grey's Anatomy, Lost and Spider-Man for free.
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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 …
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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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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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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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.
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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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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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