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Antoine Leblond / MSDN Blogs:
Previewing the Windows Store — Hi. I'm Antoine Leblond, Vice President of Windows Web Services. This is the first post in our new Windows Store blog, which will be dedicated to informing developers both on the progress of the Store as a service, and the platform and economic opportunity the Store represents.
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Long Zheng / istartedsomething:
Analyzing Windows Store tidbits — Here's just a few interesting and lesser-known tidbits about the Windows Store I found from various Microsoft documentation published today to coincide the announcement event held in San Francisco. — From the “Certification requirements for Windows apps”:
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Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Windows Store launch details: late February, $1.49 minimum price, 80% revenue share after $25K sales — Microsoft just revealed when we can expect the Windows Store for Windows 8, and how much you can expect apps to cost. Starting in late February, developers can submit apps starting at $1.49 and charge as much as $999.
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Lauren Goode / AllThingsD:
Grand Central's Grand New Apple Store Looks Like ... An Apple Store — This morning, I got a sneak peek at the new Apple Store in New York's Grand Central Terminal, set against the backdrop of the transit hub's famed night-sky ceiling and central four-sided information clock.
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@flipboard:
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Philip Schiller / @pschiller:
New Flipboard app for iPhone is very nice. @flipboard
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Sean Ludwig / VentureBeat:
Flipboard launches sleek iPhone app with new ‘Cover Stories’ section
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Eric Savitz / The Tech Trade:
Apple: Will Next Gen iMac Have Apple TV Built In? — Now, here's a novel piece of speculation on Apple. — Wedge Partners analyst Brian Blair this morning asserted in a research note that that the next version of the iMac, likely in the 2012 first half, will include some new TV functionality …
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Gary Ng / iPhone in Canada Blog:
Apple Submits Updated Campus 2 Plans to Cupertino, Reveals Stunning Renderings — Steve Jobs surprised the Cupertino City Council when he personally showed up to explain and debut plans for a new massive Apple Campus 2. The original campus plans were submitted back in the summer …
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Jonathan Chang / Facebook Blog:
Like My Status: Memology 2011 — Each year, millions of people post on Facebook to share what's important to them, discuss world events, or just catch up with friends. With more than 800 million people connected around the globe on Facebook, news about the world's triumphs and tragedies spreads fast.
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Keith Peiris / Facebook Blog:
A Faster Facebook for Android — Today we're launching an updated Facebook app for Android. It's now quicker and easier to view photos, get messages and navigate around the app. — Photos get better — Photos and albums are up to two times faster than the previous Android app.
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Laura Locke / Technologizer:
Steve Jobs on the iTunes Music Store: The Unpublished Interview — On April 28th, 2003, moments before I was about to interview Steve Jobs at San Francisco's Moscone Center, I was jittery. Anticipation? Nerves? Excitement? You bet. All of those visceral emotions were firing.
Thanks:zennie62
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Evernote Launches Two New iPhone Apps: ‘Food’ And ‘Hello’ — Today at the Le Web conference in Paris, Evernote is debuting two new applications for the iPhone and iPod touch devices. The first one is called Food, and is designed to help people easily save and ‘relive’ all of their favorite meals and food experiences.
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Phil Goldstein / FierceWireless:
Verizon's McAdam: Family data plans coming in 2012 — Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ) expects to offer data plans for multiple devices sometime in 2012, according to Verizon Communications CEO Lowell McAdam, fulfilling hints that Verizon executives have given about such plans this year. — McAdam
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Chris Ziegler / The Verge:
Nokia and T-Mobile USA making announcement on December 14th — T-Mobile just sent out an invitation for an event on December 14th that it's co-hosting with Nokia. Something tells us this isn't for a Symbian device, which leads us to the conclusion that T-Mobile is likely …
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Matt Brian / The Next Web:
Facebook to launch a Subscribe button for websites ‘imminently’ — Speaking on stage at LeWeb 2011, Joanna Shields, VP & Marketing Director EMEA at Facebook announced that the world's largest social network is to launch a new Subscribe button that will allow Facebook users to subscribe to user updates anywhere on the web.
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Larry Hryb / Xbox Live's Major Nelson:
Introducing the official Xbox LIVE iOS App — Xbox LIVE has released the official Xbox LIVE app for iOS owners. This is a universal app that is designed for all iOS devices. — This free app will allow you to say connected to the Xbox LIVE community when you are away from you console.
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
In fundamental breakthrough, SuVolta cuts chip power use by 50 percent — Fujitsu revealed today that it has confirmed that startup SuVolta's PowerShrink technology can cut power consumption in a chip by 50 percent without hurting performance. — Fujitsu Semiconductor …
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Reed Hastings And John Doerr Put $11M In Adaptive Online Math Learning Platform DreamBox — DreamBox Learning, an adaptive e-learning platform for students, has raised $11 million in new funding led by Netflix CEO Reed Hastings (who is investing through the Charter School Growth Fund) …
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Wins $610M Judgment Against Fake Email Spammers — Yahoo has just announced that it has been awarded a $610 million default judgment against spammers responsible for a fake Yahoo lottery email scheme. he order was handed down by a federal district court judge in New York on Monday, December 5, 2011.
Thomas Catan / Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Confirms E-Book Probe — WASHINGTON—The U.S. Justice Department confirmed Wednesday that it is conducting an antitrust investigation into the pricing of electronic books, the latest antitrust watchdog to probe whether there was improper collusion by publishers and Apple Inc. to prevent discounting.
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Stephen Shankland / CNET News:
Instagram photo app for Android is under way — Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom speaking at LeWeb. — PARIS—Instagram has risen to popularity in the photo-sharing realm just with an iPhone app, but Chief Executive Kevin Systrom today said an Android version is on the way.
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Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Uber Announces $32 Million In Funding From Menlo Ventures, Jeff Bezos, And Goldman Sachs — 18 months into operations, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick just announced that the company has closed $32 million in funding lead by Menlo Ventures, Jeff Bezos and Goldman Sachs.
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Christian Zibreg / 9to5Mac:
Apple job openings hinting at Siri API, prettier interface and additional languages — Siri, Apple's artificial intelligence-driven digital secretary exclusive to iPhone 4S, is being worked on, improved and is about to get smarter, a pair of job openings indicate.
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
DataSift To Offer Access To Historical Tweets — Twitter developers have long been pining for access to historical Tweets. Right now, the best they can get is 7 days worth based on keyword search. DataSift, one of Twitter's data partners which currently provides developers and third parties …
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Dare Obasanjo / The Windows Blog:
SkyDrive APIs for Docs and Photos—now ready to cloud enable apps on Windows 8, Windows Phone and more — With the announcements on Windows Store we wanted to share new work we were doing to help developers on Windows, Windows Phone and other platforms use SkyDrive in their applications.
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Matt Burns / TechCrunch:
HP Is Reviving The $99 TouchPad Firesale! Refurb Models To Hit HP's Ebay Store On 12/11 — Get your clicking fingers ready! These boys are going to go fast. — Starting Sunday, December 11th at 6:00 p.m. Central time, 16GB and 32GB Touchpads will be available on HP's ebay store.
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Know Your Mobile:
Exclusive: Amazon Kindle Fire coming to UK in January — Know Your Mobile has been told Amazon's Android-powered Kindle Fire tablet will be getting a UK release date in January — Amazon will be bringing the Kindle Fire to the UK, a source close to the launch has informed us.
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Ben Kuchera / Ars Technica:
Xbox 360 update: new media features, no right to sue Microsoft — Sony raised the ire of gamers when it took away the ability to sue the company during a seemingly standard PS3 software update, and some gamers decided to opt out of the deal in order to retain their rights to legal action if wronged by the company.
