Techmeme: Apple Suppliers Starting to Ship 4" Screens for Next iPhone? (Arnold Kim/MacRumors)

10:40 AM ET, November 28, 2011

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Seth Weintraub / 9to5Mac:

Apple's Black Friday Retail Store Sales were “off the charts” — We obviously had to white out numbers above - From Apple's Retail inventory system. — A source inside Apple Retail has shared with us the numbers for Apple's Black Friday sales event. Black Friday is always huge shopping …

Amazon.com:

Best Black Friday Ever for Kindle Family: Kindle Sales Increase 4X Over Last Year — Holiday shoppers made Kindle Fire the bestselling product across all of Amazon.com on Black Friday — Kindle Fire now the bestselling product across Amazon for 8 weeks running - ever since its introduction on September 28

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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Black Friday E-Commerce Spending Up 26 Percent To A Record $816M; Amazon Most Visited Retailer — As we heard on Saturday, IBM reported a 24 percent increase in online sales for Black Friday this year. ComScore is announcing even stronger results for e-commerce, with Black Friday seeing $816 million …

Andrea Chang / Los Angeles Times:
Cyber Monday retail sales may hit record

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Evelyn M. Rusli / DealBook:

Zynga's Tough Culture Risks a Talent Drain — Zynga's chief executive, Mark Pincus, got an earful from employees last month. — In dozens of e-mails to a companywide list, frustrated workers complained about the long hours and stressful deadline periods.

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Michael Arrington / Uncrunched:
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Clare Jim / Reuters:

HTC says to tough out downturn, new models coming — (Reuters) - HTC Corp promised competitive new models early next year and said it would stick to its strategy in the face of its biggest challenge since rising to prominence in the smartphone market. — HTC has become the worst performer …

Discussion: Digital Trends, CNET News, Inquirer, The Register, DailyTech, SlashGear, Electronista, The Verge, PhoneArena, Pocket-lint, Know Your Mobile, Electricpig.co.uk and WMPoweruser

Electronista:

Best Buy cancels BlackBerry PlayBook orders, pulls listings — Best Buy sheds PlayBook as others follow — Best Buy raised questions on Thanksgiving weekend after it suddenly started cancelling Blackberry PlayBook orders. Shoppers have frequently reported orders being dropped …

Discussion: Gizmodo, SlashGear, PadGadget, forums.bestbuy.com, PhoneArena and The Toybox Blog

Jason Lewis / Telegraph:

Facebook faces a crackdown on selling users' secrets to advertisers — Facebook is facing a crackdown on how it exploits vast amounts of its users' most personal information to create bespoke advertising. — Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg must address privacy concerns or face fines under a new EC Directive

Discussion: GigaOM, Washington Post, Tech Europe, ITProPortal, Inquirer, PC Pro and London Calling Blog

Arnold Kim / MacRumors:

Apple Suppliers Starting to Ship 4" Screens for Next iPhone? — iPhone 4 (3.5") top vs Galaxy S (4") bottom via Engadget — Macotakara claims that Hitatchi Displays and Sony Mobile Display Corporation have begun shipping 4-inch LCDs for a new iOS device:

Discussion: MACé" blog, Redmond Pie, SlashGear, MacDailyNews, The Next Web, Gizmodo UK, Fonehome, O'Grady's PowerPage, everythingiCafe, Electricpig.co.uk, iPhone Alley, Softpedia News, iClarified, WebProNews and PhoneArena

Matt Rosoff / Business Insider:

Why The PayPal “Mafia” Was So Great: Yammer CEO David Sacks Explains — David Sacks is one of the earliest members of the so-called PayPal “mafia,” a group of PayPal employees who went on to unusual positions of influence and power in Silicon Valley. — But his first startup after leaving PayPal …

Business Week:

In Some Virtual Worlds, the Thrill Is Gone — Zynga and other social game developers search for the next FarmVille-scale hit — Just a few weeks after Mafia Wars 2 went live on Facebook, Din Shlomi got tired of playing the game. A self-described hard-core gamer from northern Israel …

Discussion: VG247

Eric Eldon / TechCrunch:
Zynga Builds Its CastleVille Walls, As Its Facebook Traffic Flattens And Falls

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Nick Bilton / Bits:

Disruptions: Fliers Must Turn Off Devices, but It's Not Clear Why — Millions of Americans who got on a plane over the Thanksgiving holiday heard the admonition: “Please power down your electronic devices for takeoff.” — And absolutely everyone obeyed. I know they did because no planes fell from the sky.

Discussion: Business Insider, @qthrul and @pkafka

Zach Epstein / BGR:

Apple's 15-inch MacBook Air reportedly launching in Q1 with new 11-inch, 13-inch models — Apple is reportedly planning to launch a brand new 15-inch MacBook Air in the first quarter next year. A new report from DigiTimes cites unnamed sources from within Apple's parts suppliers in claiming …

Discussion: CNET News, Computerworld, The Verge, DigiTimes, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, SlashGear and The Next Web

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