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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Citigroup Says Amazon Phone Coming 2012 — Amazon just rolled out a full-fledged tablet. Next year, says Citigroup's research department, it could have its own phone. Here's the topline from analyst Mark Mahaney's newest note: — “Amazon smartphone may be coming next year …
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Rebecca Greenfield / The Atlantic Wire:
Amazon Can Bait Rumormongers Just as Well as Apple
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Business Insider and GottaBeMobile
Joshua Topolsky / The Verge:
Galaxy Nexus review — We review the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Google Android Ice Cream Sandwich... finally! To say I've been eagerly awaiting a chance to review the Galaxy Nexus would be an understatement. As I mentioned last week, I've been thinking pretty seriously that this device would be the next phone I lay out cold cash for.
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Ice Cream Sandwich Prompts Users To Join Google+, Enter Credit Card Information
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The Verge, Winnipeg Free Press, 9to5Google and The Verge
Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:
Which tech companies back SOPA? Microsoft, Apple, and 27 others — After writing a rather lengthy and somewhat firey post on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) yesterday, I realized this morning that I didn't know Microsoft's position on the matter. As I edit our Microsoft channel …
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Rachel Webber / Tumblr Staff Blog:
Yesterday we did a historic thing. We generated 87,834 phone calls to U.S. Representatives in a concerted effort to protect the Internet. Extraordinary. There's no doubt that we've been heard. So just to keep you updated: The well-intentioned, but immensely flawed “Stop Online Piracy Act” is still in the House Judiciary Committee.
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The Next Web, techPresident, Hillicon Valley and Adam Laiacano
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
EU Adopts Resolution Against US Domain Seizures
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The Domains and Electronista
Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
Apple Invents Crack Resistant Glass Solutions for Portables — While Donald LeBuhn was filing a class action lawsuit against Apple back in January of this year, accusing the company of misleading customers as to the strength of the glass used in its iPhone 4, Apple was already well into inventing …
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The SF Egotist:
The end of an era: The Yahoo! billboard comes down. — It's been a San Francisco icon for more than a decade. It's graced our skyline through the dot.com boom and bust. And it's one of the most recognizable pieces of advertising the city has seen in a long time.
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David Sarno / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Google+ continues battle with fading user interest, data say — One of technology's big unresolved dramas is whether Google can still cut into the giant social networking lead now held by rival Facebook — or if its Google+ service is already sunk. — Data on the subject have been sparse …
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Heather Dougherty / Hitwise Intelligence:
Google+ records 3rd biggest week since launch
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Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
Permanent Revolution at AOL: Six Months, 50% Turnover — How intense a year of turmoil has 2011 been for AOL? Here's one way to look at it: In May, right around the time chairman Tim Armstrong likened the internet company to a fully recovered patient, AOL's executive team comprised 13 people …
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Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Apple Removes 'Texas Hold'em', its Only iOS Game, from App Store — In a bit of an interesting move, Apple has removed its Texas Hold'em game from the App Store, potentially marking the end of the only game Apple ever produced on its own for the App Store. — Texas Hold'em began life …
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Tom Loftus / Digits:
Would-Be iPhone Customers Still Facing Weeks-Long Waits — More than a month after the Apple iPhone 4S went on sale, the three largest U.S. wireless carriers are still struggling to keep up with customer demand for it. — Verizon Wireless customers may have to wait more than three weeks for the device …
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Ben Parr / Mashable!:
PayPal Launches Facebook App for Sending Money to Friends [EXCLUSIVE] — Social payments are taking a giant leap forward. PayPal has unveiled a Facebook app that lets you send money to friends. — The app, simply titled Send Money, is just as straightforward as its name.
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Motorola Mobility Media Center:
Motorola Mobility Stockholders Approve Merger with Google — Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MMI) ("Motorola Mobility") today announced that at the Company's Special Meeting of Stockholders held today, stockholders voted overwhelmingly to approve the proposed merger with Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) ("Google").
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CNET News, The Verge, AllThingsD and @paidcontent
Royal Pingdom:
Apple's iPad owns 88% of global tablet web traffic — There should be no doubt in anyone's mind that Apple's iPad is the biggest seller in the tablet space, but we have seen many iPad competitors come out over recent months, including Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, Blackberry PlayBook, Amazon Kindle Fire, and many more.
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Nathan Pensky / VatorNews:
Dell, HP, and Acer scaling back tablet manufacturing
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Dan Primack / Fortune:
Yelp files for $100 million IPO — Local business review site Yelp has filed for a $100 million IPO. Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Jefferies are serving as co-lead underwriters, while the San Francisco-based company has not yet selected an exchange on which to trade.
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Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
Kindle Fire Costs About $203 to Build, Teardown Finds — Amazon.com's Kindle Fire tablet appears to cost about as much or maybe a little more than it sells for — about $202 — according to a teardown analysis by IHS iSuppli. — This essentially confirms what everyone has suspected for awhile …
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David Pogue / Pogue's Posts:
Nook's Specs Are Exaggerated, Again — I had a lot of fun reviewing Amazon's new Kindles in my Times column this week. (Yes, I had a Times column this week — it's just that it appeared on Monday, a few days earlier than its usual Thursday spot, thanks to Amazon's release schedule.)
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Exclusive: Zynga's Van Natta Moves to Strategic Adviser; Feld Off Board, Paul In. — In a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission concerning its upcoming IPO, Zynga is expected to unveil two key management and board changes at the online gaming phenom:
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Jaymar Cabebe / CNet Download Blog:
Skype desktop app now makes Facebook video calls — Skype deepened its partnership with Facebook today by adding Facebook video calling to both its Mac and Windows applications. — With the just announced Skype 5.4 Beta for Mac and Skype 5.7 Beta for Windows, you can initiate …
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Jennifer Van Grove / VentureBeat:
Flipboard gets family-friendly with user accounts — Flipboard, the social magazine for the iPad, came out with an update today that brings Tumblr and 500px integration to the application. More importantly, the new app includes user accounts, which will let multiple family members log …
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Todd Haselton / BGR:
Developer discovers iChat code in iOS — iOS developer John Heaton has discovered a string of iOS code that suggests Apple is working on bringing its popular iChat client to iOS devices. We first heard this rumor back in September, but now there appears to be some proof to back it up. iChat …
