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Nancy Gohring / Macworld:
Venture capitalist: Jobs wanted own network with unlicensed spectrum — Steve Jobs initially hoped to create his own network with the unlicensed spectrum that Wi-Fi uses rather than work with the mobile operators, said wireless industry legend John Stanton.
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iFixit:
Amazon Kindle Fire Teardown — Amazon proposes to offer users a full media experience with their $199 tablet. It didn't take long until we decided to see what they crammed inside this value package. Did this teardown kindle a fiery passion for gadget disassembly in you?
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John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Apple Names Levinson Chairman of the Board; Disney's Iger Tapped as Director — Apple has tapped long-time board member Art Levinson as non-executive chairman of its board, replacing co-founder Steve Jobs, who passed away last month after a long battle with cancer.
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Thomas Houston / The Verge:
Microsoft Socl: inside the company's secret social network (exclusive) — Earlier this summer, a teaser page appeared at Socl.com revealing Tulalip, an oddly named service from Microsoft promising a new way to “Find what you need and Share what you know.” Facebook and Twitter sign-ins were offered …
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TechCrunch, WinRumors, SlashGear and Electronista
Bloomberg:
Google Near Download Deal with Universal 6:48 AM — Nov. 14 (Bloomberg) — Google Inc. is near an agreement to secure songs from Vivendi SA's Universal Music Group for its new music service, said a person with knowledge of the situation. — An accord with Universal, the world's biggest music company …
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Billboard:
Sony on Board for Google Music Launch Tomorrow: Report — In addition to Universal, Sony and the recently sold EMI are expected to be on board when Google announces the addition of MP3 downloads to Google Music at an event Wednesday in Los Angeles, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
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CNET News, Business Insider and Wall Street Journal
Tom Loftus / Digits:
Facebook Blames ‘Coordinated Spam Attack’ for Surge in Porn Imagery (Update) — Facebook said today that a “coordinated spam attack” was to blame for the posting of pornographic and violent images on the news feeds of unsuspecting Facebook users. — The issue, which first started appearing …
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Violet Blue / ZDNet:
Facebook Porn and Gore Exploit Spiraling Out Of Control
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Declan McCullagh / CNET News:
DOJ: Lying on Match.com needs to be a crime — The U.S. Department of Justice is defending computer hacking laws that make it a crime to use a fake name on Facebook or lie about your weight in an online dating profile. — In a statement obtained by CNET that's scheduled to be delivered tomorrow …
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The Verge, Computerworld, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Pulse2, GMSV and Gawker
MG Siegler / parislemon:
“Greater Choice” — Late last night, I linked to a blog post Google put up and jotted down some initial thoughts. Given the response (thousands of views, 100+ notes, etc.), I thought it was only fair that I elaborate a bit. Google's post is entitled “Greater choice for wireless access point owners”.
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Peter Fleischer / The Official Google Blog:
Greater choice for wireless access point owners
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New York Times, The Next Web, FT Tech Hub, TechSpot, eWeek, Neowin.net, Computerworld, ReadWriteWeb, parislemon, Pulse2, BGR, DSLreports, 9to5Google, Webomatica and CNNMoney.com
Foursquare Blog:
The magic of foursquare discovery, now on your big-screen devices. #new4SQ — NOTE (Tuesday, 1:30pm EST): Now live for all! Enjoy! — As foursquare has evolved, the focus has turned from simply ‘checking in’ to sharing our experiences and expertise, unlocking rewards and deals, and exploring the world around us.
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Corin Anderson / Inside Search:
Search using your terms, verbatim — Behind the simplicity of Google search is a complex set of algorithms that expands and improves the query you've typed to find the best results. Automatic spelling correction ([vynal] to “vinyl") and substituting synonyms (matching [pictures] to “photos” …
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Search Engine Land, The Next Web, Tip Desk and TechCrunch
Steven Sinofsky / MSDN Blogs:
Minimizing restarts after automatic updating in Windows Update … When it comes to Windows Update, one of the most discussed topics is the disruptiveness of restarts in the course of automatic updating. And for good reason—restarts can interrupt you right in the middle of something important.
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The Register, PC World, CNET News, Windows 8 News, Rumors & Tips, Geek.com, DailyTech, PC Magazine, OSNews and Inquirer
Jay Greene / CNET News:
Ballmer sees no value in splitting Microsoft up — Microsoft's Steve Ballmer at the company's 2011 annual meeting. — BELLEVUE, Wash.—Microsoft's chief executive told the company's shareholders at its annual meeting this morning that there is no benefit in breaking the company up.
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Sean Parker: “Little Startups Are Ridiculously OverFunded” — Speaking at the Techonomy conference today, Sean Parker warns about the downside of the explosion of seed-stage startups. “Little startups are ridiculously overfunded,” he say. “The market is ridiculously overcrowded with early stage investors.
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CNET News, Betabeat, @stevecheney and MediaFile
Sara McKinley / Inside AdWords:
Third Party Tools To Help Manage Your Google+ Page — Labels: google+, Google+ Pages, pages for businesses — Last week, we announced Google+ Pages, which provide a new way for businesses, brands, products, organizations and other entities to build a public identity on Google+.
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9to5Google, HootSuite blog, ReadWriteWeb, AllThingsD, TechCrunch, Pulse2, The Next Web, Adotas and Mashable!
Pew Research:
Why Americans Use Social Media — Two-thirds of online adults (66%) use social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace or LinkedIn. These internet users say that connections with family members and friends (both new and old) are a primary consideration in their adoption of social media tools.
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Pew Internet, Computerworld, All Facebook, Pulse2, Screenwerk and Between the Lines Blog
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Facebook, Twitter, eBay & Other Big Internet Companies Come Out Against SOPA — While Google has been pretty vocal about its complaints concerning PROTECT IP and SOPA, and Yahoo, LinkedIn and Zynga have expressed concerns elsewhere, the silence of large companies like Facebook, Twitter, eBay, Mozilla and AOL had been unfortunate.
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Sid Viswanathan / The LinkedIn Blog:
LinkedIn's New CardMunch iPhone App: Reinventing Business Cards — Today, we've taken a giant leap forward to reinventing business cards with a complete relaunch of the LinkedIn's CardMunch iPhone app with a brand new mobile experience for professionals on LinkedIn. — Get the Cardmunch iPhone app now!
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Frederic Lardinois / SiliconFilter:
Google+ Gets an API for Photos and Videos (Updated: Not Quite Ready Yet) — Google just announced that Google+ now offers developers a way to get photos and videos out of Google+ and into their apps. As Google is slowly opening up the APIs for its new social network, it makes sense for the company to tackle photos and videos first.
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CNET News, TechCrunch and The Next Web
Gina Trapani / Smarterware:
ThinkUp Archives and Analyzes Your Social Media Life — The software I've been building for the past two years, ThinkUp, left beta today. Download ThinkUp 1.0 to install on your web server, or launch ThinkUp on Amazon EC2 in under 60 seconds. Here's a rundown of what ThinkUp is, what it does, and why it's important.
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ReadWriteWeb and Expert Labs
Jennifer Van Grove / VentureBeat:
Intel Capital's new $100M AppUp fund will finance application and content development — Intel Capital, the veteran investment arm of Intel, has announced the AppUp fund to invest $100 million in companies creating applications and digital content for multiple devices.
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TechCrunch, The Register, mocoNews, AllThingsD, Social Markets, News Stories and PE Hub Blog
Zal Bilimoria / The Official Netflix Blog:
New Experience Now Available for All Android Tablets (iPad Coming Soon) — The new design is much more immersive and provides greater focus on the growing number of titles in the Netflix catalog. In fact, the new interface displays twice as many movies and TV shows as before, enabling you to discover even more titles you'll love.
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Sean Ludwig / VentureBeat:
Ditch those coupons: Square updates iOS and Android apps with loyalty features — Mobile payments startup Square has updated its popular iOS and Android apps to include loyalty tracking and discounts for regular customers and further hardware support for brick-and-mortar stores, the company revealed today.
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Bits, CNET News, Digits, AllThingsD, TechCrunch, NBC Bay Area and Electronista
Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:
Sony Considers Internet Rival to Cable TV — Sony Corp. is considering launching an Internet-based alternative to cable-TV service, say people familiar with the situation, the latest threat to cable and satellite operators that now dominate pay television. — The Japanese electronics …
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Engadget, Business Insider, GigaOM and Electronista
