Techmeme: Exclusive: Amazon Kindle Fire coming to UK in January (Know Your Mobile)

1:25 PM ET, December 7, 2011

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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.

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.

Discussion: WinRumors, BGR, Pulse2, All about Microsoft Blog, Techland, Within Windows, AllThingsD, SlashGear, netbooknews.com and T3 News

@flipboard:

Due to high demand, our service is currently down, we are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.

Discussion: CNET News, VentureBeat, Technologizer, ReadWriteWeb, Business Insider, WebProNews and blog.chron.com

Sean Ludwig / VentureBeat:

Flipboard launches sleek iPhone app with new ‘Cover Stories’ section — Popular iPad news reading application Flipboard has made the move to the iPhone and while it retains its smart and simple design, it also has added a new Cover Stories section to boot. — Flipboard's application …

David Sarno / L.A. Times Tech Blog: Flipboard CEO's new media mission: ‘crawl the social networks’

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.

Discussion: The Verge, Digits, Between the Lines Blog, Metropolis and Insanely Great Mac

Apple:

Apple Store Grand Central Opens Friday, December 9 — Amazing Location to Serve Customers in One of New York's Busiest Transportation Hubs — The Apple Store® Grand Central, Apple's fifth store in Manhattan, will open Friday, December 9, at 10 a.m., just in time for the holidays.

Discussion: GigaOM, Betabeat, Fortune, MacRumors, Associated Press, 9to5Mac, The Next Web, everythingiCafe, MacStories, techfootnote and Business Insider

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 …

Discussion: VentureBeat, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Softpedia News, Business Insider, Techie Buzz, Pocket-lint, CNET News and MacRumors, Thanks:iphoneincanada

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 …

Discussion: MacRumors and Tech Trader Daily

Tim Carmody / Wired:
With TVs, Microsoft Is Right and Apple Is Wrong

Discussion: Evolver.fm

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.

Discussion: The Next Web, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, Smartphones …, Evernote Blogcast, paidContent, ReadWriteWeb, Softpedia News, MacNN, Fortune, MacStories, GottaBeMobile, Evernote Blogcast, TUAW, @jspepper, Lifehacker, MobileBurn.com, App Advice, iPhone and SlashGear

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.

Discussion: TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Electricpig.co.uk, SlashGear, Edible Apple and Softpedia News

Benoit Maison / Benoit Maison's blog:
Why Siri had to start in beta

Discussion: TechPinions and Inquirer

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 …

Discussion: TechEye, MarketWatch and Digits

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.

Discussion: paidContent, The Verge, Softpedia News, Silicon Republic, Electronista, PC Pro, T3 News and IntoMobile, more at Mediagazer »

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.

Discussion: ReadWriteWeb, TechCrunch and TechCrunch Japan

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) …

Discussion: VentureBeat, TechFlash, VatorNews, Business Wire and GeekWire, more at Mediagazer »

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.

Discussion: VatorNews, Tech Check, AllThingsD, Shervin, GeekWire, Business Insider, Uber Blog, SiliconFilter and CNET News

Roger Cheng / CNET News:

Verizon CEO: We looked at buying Hulu — Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam had a lot to share at an investor conference today. — Verizon Communications considered buying Hulu when the streaming video site was shopping itself around to potential acquirers. — Hulu was just one of the online …

Discussion: BGR, Between the Lines Blog, PhoneArena and fierceonlinevideo.com …

Reuters:
Exclusive: Verizon to take on Netflix with Web service

Discussion: AllThingsD, VentureBeat, DSLreports, PC World, Wall Street Journal, TG Daily, fierceonlinevideo.com …, Media Decoder, Zatz Not Funny!, Washington Post, Consumer Reports News, PadGadget, Fast Company and paidContent, more at Mediagazer »

Dan Frommer / SplatF:

Isn't it ironic: Google Wallet “closed” on the airwaves Google lobbied the FCC to keep “open” — About four years ago, Google was in activist mode, campaigning the FCC to force our wireless airwaves “open”, serving consumers' interests above those of wireless operators.

Discussion: TechCrunch

Reuters:

U.S. “virtual embassy” blocked by Iran net censor — (Reuters) - Iranian authorities blocked a website on Wednesday hours after it was launched by the U.S. State Department to be a “virtual embassy” reaching out to people in the Islamic Republic. — “In accordance with the cybercrime law …

Al Jazeera:
US launches virtual embassy for Iran

Discussion: The Next Web

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Twilio Raises $17 Million Series C From Bessemer and Union Square To Expand Abroad — Cloud communications pioneer Twilio is dominating the US with APIs that let developers add SMS, voice, and VoIP functionality to apps. Now it plans to roll out services to 20 more European countries using a $17 million Series C funding round.

Discussion: TechCrunch Europe, Business Insider, VentureBeat, AllThingsD and GigaOM

Curtis Cartier / The Daily Weekly:

Crystal Cox, Oregon Blogger, Isn't a Journalist, Concludes U.S. Court—Imposes $2.5 Million Judgement on Her — A U.S. District Court judge in Portland has drawn a line in the sand between “journalist” and “blogger.” And for Crystal Cox, a woman on the latter end of that comparison, the distinction has cost her $2.5 million.

Discussion: MarketingVox News & Trends, Kevin Padrick …, WebProNews and Guardian, more at Mediagazer »

Andrew Munn / Google+:

Follow up to “Android graphics true facts”, or The Reason Android is Laggy — Yesterday +Dianne Hackborn posted to Google+ an article that dismissed the common accusation that Android is laggy because UI rendering wasn't hardware accelerated until Honeycomb: — https://plus.google.com/105051985738280 261832/ posts/2FXDCz8x93s

Discussion: AppleInsider, Phones Review, Techland, App Advice, Computerworld, PhoneArena and Android Community

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.

Discussion: TechCrunch, Lost Remote, WebProNews and Business Insider

Boonsri Dickinson / Business Insider:

Sean Parker Invests In Music Startup StageIt — We've learned that billionaire Sean Parker of Napster and Facebook fame has invested in StageIt, an online platform for live concerts. — The investment makes sense, as Parker has been focused on shaking up the music industry.

Discussion: VentureBeat

Frederic Lardinois / SiliconFilter:

Eric Schmidt at LeWeb — During LeWeb in Paris this afternoon, Google's former CEO Eric Schmidt took the stage together with Loic Le Meur to discuss a wide variety of topics, including the state of local and mobile development, the state of Google Android and the role of technology in society.

Discussion: Search Engine Land, TechEye, CNET News, mocoNews, TechCrunch and TechCrunch

Jenna Wortham / New York Times:

Emoji in iPhones Signals a Shot at Mainstream Success — Say you wanted to invite a friend to happy hour. You could send a simple text message, but that would be boring. Instead, why not send a cartoony picture of two clinking beer mugs? — That's the kind of thing Alicia Fernandez …

Discussion: Betabeat and @jennydeluxe

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