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Molly Wood / CNET News:
How Facebook is ruining sharing — CEO Mark Zuckerberg describes how Facebook will connect people to media based on the strengths of their connections to other people. — I'm afraid to click any links on Facebook these days. — No, it's got nothing to do with the spam attack and the flood …
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ReadWriteWeb and Soshable
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Tim Bradshaw / FT Tech Hub:
The unexpected impact of Facebook's “seamless sharing” on newspaper sites — Mark Zuckerberg said in September that Facebook's new sharing tools for music, video and news would “transform” the media world, with the social network “rethinking the whole way the news industry works”.
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TechCrunch and Friending Facebook Blog
Christina Warren / Mashable!:
“A Charlie Brown Christmas” Makes the iPad Feel Like Magic — A Charlie Brown Christmas is now available as a spectacular pop-up book for iOS and Android. — Loud Crow Interactive, the people behind last year's phenomenal Peter Rabbit iPad app have really outdone themselves …
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The Verge, BetaNews, Washington Post, GeekSugar, netbooknews.com, Macgasm, MacDailyNews and MacRumors
Mary Carmichael / The Boston Globe:
Harvard makes foray into start-up scene with i-lab — Eamonn McLain relaxed in front of a projection installation in the community lobby of Harvard University's innovation lab in Allston. The lab opens today with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. — A microphone dangles from the ceiling …
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BostInnovation.com, Harvard Magazine and Boston Herald
Michael Stroh / The Windows Blog:
Buy a new Windows Phone, get $25 worth of apps — Pssst! Pass it on: Through the end of the year, we're giving a prepaid $25 app card to anybody who buys one of the great new Windows Phones now on sale. The prepaid card makes it easy to jump start a new app or game collection.
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I4U News, Softpedia News, IntoMobile, WinBeta, Phone Scoop and Electronista
Nick Bilton / Bits:
One on One: Walter Isaacson, Biographer of Steve Jobs — Walter Isaacson is the author of “Steve Jobs,” the best-selling biography published last month. The following is an edited version of our interview. — When did you first meet Steve Jobs? — I've known Steve off and on since 1984.
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Engadget, Redmond Pie, The Verge, The Next Web, PetaPixel, TUAW, Electronista, MacRumors, MacDailyNews and The Orange View
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Chris Thompson / About Foursquare:
American Express teams with foursquare to promote Small Business Saturday — Squeezed between the traditional holiday-shopping kickoff days of Black Friday and Cyber Monday is the newer and lesser known Small Business Saturday. It's an initiative sponsored by American Express that aims …
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Screenwerk, Foursquare Blog, TechCrunch and @eric_andersen
Dan Hirschhorn / AdAge:
Pandora Opens Box of Targeted Political Advertising — Targeting Congressional Districts With Audio Ad Breaks and Display Ads — The latest catchy “Foster the People” tune may soon have a different introduction on Pandora: vote for this guy. — The streaming music service announced Friday …
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Wall Street Journal and Adotas
Lance Whitney / CNET News:
Google: 200 million Android devices now active worldwide — Google's grip of the mobile market has tightened even further. — More than 200 million Android devices have now been activated around the world, the search giant announced yesterday. The figure was revealed at yesterday's …
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Engadget, Tom's Guide, @dannysullivan, TG Daily, Gizmodo and SlashGear
Kevin Fitchard / GigaOM:
Clearwire's growing financial problems threaten Sprint's 4G plans — Clearwire is thinking about skipping out on a $237 million loan payment due in two weeks, which could make things very uncomfortable for its primary shareholder and WiMAX bandwidth customer Sprint.
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Wall Street Journal, IntoMobile, The Verge, AllThingsD, TechFlash, FierceWireless, GeekWire, Electronista, MediaFile, Between the Lines Blog, CNET News and The Tech Trade
Roger Cheng / CNET News:
BlackBerry 7 sales sputter after strong start — It's not looking good for RIM and its BlackBerry smartphones. — Research in Motion is stuck between an Apple and an Ice Cream Sandwich. — After some initial excitement for the new line of BlackBerry 7 smartphones and a strong launch …
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FierceWireless, Tech Trader Daily, Forbes and BGR
Joanna Stern / The Verge:
Nook Tablet review — DOES THE NOOK TABLET HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO EXTINGUISH THE KINDLE FIRE? — Exactly one year ago, Barnes & Noble made an interesting move, one no other company in the tech industry had yet been bold enough to make: it released the Nook Color for just $249.99.
