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4:50 PM ET, November 9, 2011

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Danny Winokur / Adobe Blogs:

Flash to Focus on PC Browsing and Mobile Apps; Adobe to More Aggressively Contribute to HTML5 — Adobe is all about enabling designers and developers to create the most expressive content possible, regardless of platform or technology. For more than a decade, Flash has enabled the richest content …

Erica Ogg / GigaOM:

Why Flash didn't work out on mobile devices — The debate over whether supporting the Adobe Flash plug-in on mobile devices is a feature or not is over. Last night ZDNet got hold of an announcement Adobe early: that it is abandoning its work on Flash for mobile.

Discussion: Hardware 2.0 Blog, Computerworld, AllThingsD, Technologizer, iDownloadBlog.com, @waulok, Guardian, CNET News, eWeek, Between the Lines Blog, Tristan, GMSV, Tim Anderson's ITWriting and The Loop, more at Mediagazer »

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:

Steve's Last Laugh: Adobe Killing Off Flash For Mobile Devices — The year was 2008. I was at an event focused on mobile, sitting in on a roundtable discussion with several folks from key companies in the industry. One gentleman was from Adobe. The iPhone had launched the previous year, famously without any support for Flash.

Discussion: Macworld, Gadget Lab, AllThingsD, Techland, BGR, PC Magazine, BetaNews, Daring Fireball, Computerworld, Engadget, Digits, Mobile, Softpedia News, Electricpig.co.uk and ReadWriteWeb, more at Mediagazer »

Dan Frommer / SplatF:
What the end of Flash means for Adobe

Discussion: WinRumors, Computerworld, Washington Post and Technologizer

Amazon.com:

Facebook, Pandora, Netflix, Rhapsody, Games from Electronic Arts, Zynga and Rovio, and Several Thousand More Apps and Games Coming To Kindle Fire Next Week — Just like with movies and TV shows, music, books, and magazines, Kindle Fire offers a fully-integrated Android apps and games experience …

Stuart Dredge / Apps blog:
Amazon Kindle Fire launch apps will include Netflix, Facebook, Pandora and Angry Birds

Discussion: Mashable!, Washington Post and TechnoBuffalo, Thanks:stuartdredge

Michael Steeber:

Apple: We Have No Plans To Bring Siri To Older Devices — Apple has allegedly given the official word that Siri will not be coming to older iOS devices, at least not any time soon. I received word yesterday from someone who contacted Apple with a bug report, suggesting an optional build …

Discussion: VentureBeat, PC Magazine, AppleInsider, Washington Post, Geek.com, msnbc.com, CNET News, X-bit labs, CNN, Cult of Mac, Techland, Electricpig.co.uk, MobileBurn.com, Ubergizmo, PadGadget and Gadget Lab, Thanks:michaelsteeber

Matt / iFixit Blog:

Little Sister Siri — Every smartphone has its share of sensors — little doodads that know when you're “steering” that awesome car in that awesome game, or making sure you come back home safe by knowing which way is North — and the iPhone 4S is no different in this regard.

Discussion: 9to5Mac, MacRumors, WebProNews, Apple Bitch and The Next Web

Alexis Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:

I See Your Siri and Raise You a Yap: Amazon Quietly Snaps Up Speech-Recognition Startup — Amazon quietly purchased a Charlotte voice-to-text startup called Yap, an SEC filing shows. — Though the acquisition was apparently completed in September, no public announcement has been made by either company.

Discussion: ReadWriteWeb, Mashable!, TechCrunch, TechFlash, Gizmodo, paidContent, CLT Blog, GeekWire, 9to5Google, Business Insider, Electronista, MacRumors, TechnoBuffalo, IntoMobile, Pulse2 and The Next Web

Jun Yang / Bloomberg:

Samsung to Sell Windows 8 Computer in 2012 — Samsung Electronics Co. plans to start selling touch-screen computers using the latest Windows operating system in the second half of next year as it seeks to tap demand for portable, yet powerful devices. — The product will probably …

Discussion: Computerworld, PadGadget, SlashGear, Inquirer, The Next Web, Neowin.net, The Next Web, Electronista, GottaBeMobile, WinRumors and Windows 8 Beta

Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:

HTC Ville detailed: HTC Sense 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, thinner than iPhone — We just got the scoop on another brand new HTC handset, which will be part of the company's Mobile World Congress announcements alongside the HTC Edge we detailed yesterday. The HTC Ville (codename) …

Discussion: CNET News, PC Magazine, Inquirer, TechCrunch, The Verge, Gizmodo, Computerworld, MobileBurn.com, Softpedia News, Ubergizmo, AndroidSPIN, MobileSyrup.com, GottaBeMobile, PhoneArena, Pocket-lint, IntoMobile and SlashGear

Todd Volkert / Google+ Platform Blog:

Google+ badges: Drive Engagement with Your Users on Google+, Right from Your Own Website — On Monday we launched Google+ Pages, to help people connect with all the things they care about — and lots of businesses and brands have already created pages. One important offering for customers with a web presence is the Google+ badge.

Discussion: PC Magazine, 9to5Google, ReadWriteWeb, SiliconFilter, The Next Web and NBC Bay Area

Rich Miller / Data Center Knowledge:

Amazon Turns on its New Cloud in Oregon — A look at the Amazon Perdix container, which is reportedly being used to deploy new data center capacity in Oregon. — Amazon Web Services announced today that it is now serving its data from servers in Oregon, where the company has been building several data centers.

Discussion: AllThingsD, Between the Lines Blog, Computerworld, Amazon Web Services Blog, GigaOM, TechFlash and Business Wire

Editer / Xbox.com Blog:

Xbox.com: Enhanced! New Social & Video Sections — In the coming days, the familiar “My Xbox” section of Xbox.com is going away. Fear not: It's being replaced with a significant update that will make it even easier to see what your friends are doing on Xbox LIVE.

Discussion: TechSpot, WinRumors, All about Microsoft Blog, VentureBeat, CNET News, MarketingVox News & Trends, The Verge and VG247

Clare Jim / Reuters:

Google offers support to Android firms in lawsuits — (Reuters) - Google Inc will continue to offer support to firms using its Android system that are involved in legal disputes, its executive chairman Eric Schmidt said on Wednesday, as the Internet giant looks to cement alliances in the face of toughening competition.

Discussion: Open Source Blog, Electronista, The Next Web, Taiwan News, CNET News, 9to5Google, Inquirer, paidContent:UK and Pulse2

Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:

Survey: 26% of likely Fire buyers delaying iPad purchase — Pent-up demand for the new Kindle is even stronger than for the iPad 2 In a note to clients issued Thursday, RBC's Mike Abramsky shares the results of a ChangeWave survey of 2,600 early adopter types.

Discussion: BGR, Between the Lines Blog, The Register, GigaOM, LAPTOP Magazine, PadGadget, GottaBeMobile, AllThingsD, PhoneArena, GottaBeMobile, GigaOM and TeleRead, more at Mediagazer », Thanks:philiped

Zeke Miller / Business Insider:

EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM TEST FAILS — At 2 pm today the National Emergency Alert System is supposed be tested for the first time in its history on a federal level. As of 2:03 the system has yet to be activated. — Every TV and radio station in the nation is supposed to broadcast the test alert …

Discussion: FEMA Blog

Roberto Baldwin / Gizmodo:
This Is Not a Test: The Emergency Alert System Is Worthless Without Social Networks

Discussion: CNET News and Media Decoder

Google Apps update alerts:

Deprecation of Gmail App for BlackBerry — Beginning November 22, 2011, we will end support for the Gmail App for Blackberry (installed native app). Over this past year, we've focused efforts on building a great Gmail experience in the mobile browser and will continue investing in this area.

Discussion: AllThingsD, Pocket-lint, PhoneArena, Between the Lines Blog, PC World, Engadget, LAPTOP Magazine, GigaOM, Mashable!, Know Your Mobile, 9to5Google, TechnoBuffalo, PC Magazine, IntoMobile and Pulse2

AVOS:

AVOS Acquires Trunk.ly to Enhance Link-Saving in Delicious — San Mateo, CA - November 9, 2011 - AVOS Systems, which recently re-launched Delicious.com and is led by YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, has acquired link-saving service Trunk.ly. — Trunk.ly was founded in December 2010 …

Discussion: PC Magazine, AllThingsD, TechCrunch, trunk.ly blog, The Next Web and WebProNews

Kim Zetter / Threat Level:

Seven Charged With Clickjacking IRS, Apple Links to Tune of $14 Million — Seven East European men have been charged in New York with operating a clickjacking scheme that infected more than 4 million computers in order to hijack surfers trying to get to the iTunes store or the IRS.

Discussion: FBI, The Not-So Private Parts, Ars Technica, PC World, FBI and Reuters

Peter Bright / Ars Technica:

Why Microsoft authorized a $9 Windows Phone jailbreak — The creators of smartphone platforms have to perform an unusual balancing act. Every platform now has a first-party application store of some kind. But each platform makes its own set of particular trade-offs …

Discussion: WinRumors

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:

Barnes & Noble's 29-page slide deck calls B.S. on Microsoft's Android patent campaign — Is this PowerPoint's Revenge? — A 29-page slide deck - made public this week in Microsoft's patent lawsuit against Barnes & Noble — outlines, in great detail, the bookseller's objections …

Discussion: TeleRead

Bill Rigby / Reuters:

In Microsoft's shadow, Seattle's tech scene surges — (Reuters) - The transformation of Seattle's South Lake Union district stands as a metaphor for this city's emergence as what some would argue is the West Coast's second most important hub of technology and entrepreneurship.

Discussion: GeekWire

Vlad Savov / The Verge:

Windows Phone gains first video chat client with Tango; the app, not the update — The Tango video calling application has surfaced on the Marketplace today, finally giving Windows Phone users the ability to engage in video conversations like (and with) their counterparts using iOS or Android.

Discussion: Engadget, GigaOM, Computerworld, WinRumors, VentureBeat, IntoMobile, SlashGear, BGR, WMPoweruser, GottaBeMobile, Pocket-lint, Electronista and Engadget

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