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Vic Gundotra / The Official Google Blog:
Google+ Pages: connect with all the things you care about — In life we connect with all kinds of people, places and things. There's friends and family, of course, but there's also the sports teams we root for, the coffee shops we're loyal to, and the TV shows we can't stop watching (to name a few).
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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google+ Pages Now Open For Businesses, Brands, Places & More — Finally, Google is now allowing businesses, brands and any non-human entity to participate in its Google+ social network, through new Google+ Pages that are launching today. — Businesses Weren't Allowed, Initially
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TechCrunch, All Facebook, SiliconFilter, TechCrunch, Google Webmaster Central Blog, Betabeat, Google Enterprise Blog, Screenwerk, Digits, YouTube Blog, Dave Besbris, SlashGear, @percival, PC World, The Next Web, @alexia, @dannysullivan, @manan, ReadWriteWeb, Reuters, Lost Remote, PC Magazine, Screenwerk, @corybe and AllThingsD
Ben Parr / Mashable!:
Google Direct Connect Hooks Search and Google+ Pages Together
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@waxpancake
Andy Greenberg / The Firewall:
iPhone Security Bug Lets Innocent-Looking Apps Go Bad — Apple's iPhones and iPads have remained malware-free thanks mostly to the company's puritanical attitude toward its App Store: Nothing even vaguely sinful gets in, and nothing from outside the App Store gets downloaded to an iOS gadget.
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Digital Trends, 9to5Mac, CNET News, Cult of Mac, Gizmodo, CNET News, PC Magazine, Neowin.net, The Next Web, MacStories, iDownloadBlog.com and Electronista
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Roberto Baldwin / Gizmodo:
Apple Kicks Developer That Found Security Flaw Out of iOS Dev Program — After demonstrating that an app can download malicious code after being accepted into the App Store, developer Charlie Miller found out that his iOS developer credentials were pulled by Apple.
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@0xcharlie and SecurityWeek
Todd Haselton / BGR:
Samsung VP Gavin Kim departs to lead Microsoft's Windows Phone product management — Samsung's vice president of consumer and enterprise services Gavin Kim has left the company to join Microsoft as general manager of the Windows Phone team, BGR has exclusively learned.
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WinRumors, SiliconANGLE, Mashable!, Ars Technica, Computerworld, GeekWire, Computerworld, The Next Web, WMPoweruser, AllThingsD, Neowin.net, SlashGear and Electronista
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Michael Stroh / The Windows Blog:
New Windows Phones hit U.S. stores; Revealing our big NYC surprise — Two new sleek and stylish Windows Phones hit AT&T stores across the U.S. today—the Samsung Focus S and Focus Flash. They join the white HTC Radar 4G introduced last week by T-Mobile. — To celebrate the debut …
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Tim Stevens / Engadget:
Spotify app on Windows Phone hands-on (video)
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The Windows Blog, CNET News, The Verge, WinRumors, eWeek, TechCrunch, Neowin.net, Softpedia News and The Microsoft Blog
Evan Blass / pocketnow.com:
HTC Edge: First Quad-Core Phone Revealed (Images) — Meet the HTC Edge: reportedly the company's first — and probably one of the world's first — cellphone powered by a quad-core processor. Information from a reliable source paints Edge as a premium handset incorporating the latest mobile technologies — for the most part.
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Nadia Damouni / Reuters:
Exclusive: HP weighing sale of webOS unit — (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co is evaluating a potential sale of its webOS software platform in a deal that could fetch hundreds of millions of dollars but likely less than the $1.2 billion the company paid for Palm Inc in 2010, said four sources close to the matter.
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PC Magazine, Digital Trends, CNET News, LAPTOP Magazine, Business Insider, The Verge, Know Your Cell, The Next Web and Electronista
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Chris Ziegler / The Verge:
Nook Tablet announced: $249, available November 17th — As expected, Barnes & Noble has taken the wraps off of its latest Nook today — the so-called Nook Tablet, designed to replace the Nook Color with refreshed specs across the board including an “HD viewing experience.”
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Brian Heater / Engadget:
Barnes & Noble's Nook Tablet gets real, we go hands-on (video)
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MediaFile, The Verge, AllThingsD, Product reviews, Android Life and SlashGear
Jennifer Van Grove / VentureBeat:
Mark Zuckerberg & Sheryl Sandberg on “Charlie Rose” (full transcript) — Set your DVRs: Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg will appear in an exclusive, hour-long interview with acclaimed broadcast journalist Charlie Rose, airing Monday night on PBS and Tuesday on Bloomberg TV.
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Bloomberg, The Register, The New Persuaders, TechCrunch, AllThingsD, L.A. Times Tech Blog, Between the Lines Blog, Fortune, Mercury News, Bits, FT Tech Hub, AllThingsD, The Next Web, Pursuitist, Mashable!, NBC Bay Area and GigaOM, Thanks:venturebeat
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Max Wang / DigiTimes:
Apple likely to modify LED back-light solutions for next-generation iPads, say sources — LED back-light unit (BLU) vendors have reportedly offered two alternative backlight solutions for Apple to choose from for its next-generation iPad, according to sources at Taiwan-based BLU makers.
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PC World, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider and The Next Web
Matt McGee / Search Engine Land:
Confirmed: Google Testing New “Sources” Display In Search Results — Google has confirmed that it's testing a new content module in its search results that's (currently) called “Sources.” — The module appears to have been spotted first by Cyrus Shepard, who shared screenshots …
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The Next Web, Cyrus Shepard, 9to5Google, Softpedia News and Techie Buzz
Kelly Scott / Bing:
Bing Central is Now Open — Today, we are lifting the curtains on Bing Central, one location for you to explore Bing services and features by completing fun missions, manage your Bing Rewards account, redeem great rewards in the redemption center and access account support as well as your profiles …
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Search Engine Land, Ubergizmo and LiveSide.net
Nicole Lee / CNET News:
Verizon to double data amounts for 4G smartphones — To tie in with the carrier's impending Droid Razr launch on 11:11 am on November 11th 2011, Verizon Wireless will launch a promotion that doubles the amount of monthly data allotment for 4G smartphone owners.
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PC Magazine, The Verge, Electronista, AndroidSPIN, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, Android Phone Fans and GottaBeMobile
Jon Mitchell / ReadWriteWeb:
Google “Freshness” Update Affects 35% Of Searches: Winners & Losers — Searchmetrics has measured the impact of last week's “freshness” updates to Google's search ranking algorithm, which affected around 35% of all searches. By measuring SEO visibility, Searchmetrics found that a clear category …
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Search Engine Land, TechCrunch and ReelSEO Online Video …
Stefanie Fogel / VentureBeat:
Report: Game consoles most popular device for watching online content on a TV screen — Game consoles have become the most popular device in the U.S. for watching online content on a TV screen, according to a new report from market research service Strategy Analytics.
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CNET News and Daily Patricia
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Is Klout crossing the line when it comes to privacy? — Updated: If getting beaten up by critics and targeted by angry users is a sign of success, then Klout must be doing pretty well. The San Francisco-based startup — which is trying to compile a kind of “reputation rank” …
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Charlie's Diary, @dannysullivan and @counternotions
Malcolm Gladwell / New Yorker:
THE TWEAKER — The real genius of Steve Jobs. — Not long after Steve Jobs got married, in 1991, he moved with his wife to a nineteen-thirties, Cotswolds-style house in old Palo Alto. Jobs always found it difficult to furnish the places where he lived. His previous house had only a mattress, a table, and chairs.
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TechCrunch, Media Decoder, Global Nerdy and CNET News
Chris Frates / Influence Alley:
Top Google Lobbyist Leaving the Search Giant — Alan Davidson, the granddaddy of Google lobbyists, announced today that he is leaving the company later this month to take a sabbatical, according to an email obtained by the Alley. In a sign of just how big the news is, a tech lobbyist emailed the Alley with a one-word reaction, “wow.”
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CNET News, AllThingsD, New York Times, Business Insider, Hillicon Valley, @evgenymorozov and Reuters
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Google TV Scores An ‘Adult Video’ Channel, Courtesy Of Vivid — Never mind the Internet - the TV was invented for pr0n. And now Google TV users can get their fictional passion fix, too, thanks to adult film studio Vivid Entertainment. The latter, always aiming to please …
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AVN, PC Magazine, The Register, Vivid.com, 9to5Google, GigaOM, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, ReelSEO Online Video …, VatorNews and Digital Media Wire
Fabio Assolini / Securelist:
Massive DNS poisoning attacks in Brazil — In the past few days several Brazilian ISPs have fallen victim to a series of DNS cache poisoning attacks. These attacks see users being redirected to install malware before connecting to popular sites. Some incidents have also featured attacks …
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SecurityWeek, Dennis Fisher and The Register
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:
iPhone 4S pre-orders sold out in Hong Kong in 10 minutes — Bodes well for Friday's launch in 15 countries — and maybe mainland China by December — The new Hong Kong Apple Store. Photo: Apple Inc. — Ticonderoga's Brian White, who has been keeping as close tabs on Apple's (AAPL) …
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BGR, AppleInsider, Digital Chosunilbo, Redmond Pie, GottaBeMobile, AppleInsider, Tech Trader Daily, GigaOM, The Next Web, TUAW and WebProNews
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Facebook Acquires Mobile Video And Image Editing App Developer Digital Staircase — It looks like Facebook has just acquired a mobile video and image app developer Digital Staircase, according to a blog post on the startup's site. We've embedded the blog post below and emailed Facebook for confirmation.
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Inside Facebook, Digital Staircase Blog and Electronista
Erica Yen / DigiTimes:
HDD supply gap to narrow as Nidec resumes some production — Japan-based hard disc drive (HDD) motor supplier Nidec, which contributes close to 75% of the global HDD motor shipments, has announced its Ayutthaya plants in Thailand have already resumed production and sources from the HDD industry believe …
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Motorola Droid RAZR review — The Droid RAZR is a legitimate feat of hardware engineering — but is it your next phone? The Droid RAZR is one of those rare phones that qualifies as a leap forward in hardware design and engineering. Sure, other handsets have higher-resolution displays …
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CNET News, Droid Life, SlashGear, BGR, Gizmodo and GottaBeMobile
