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Nadia Damouni / Reuters:
Exclusive: Amazon weighed buying RIM but interest cooled — (Reuters) - Research In Motion Ltd has turned down takeover overtures from Amazon.com Inc and other potential buyers because the BlackBerry maker prefers to fix its problems on its own, according to people with knowledge of the situation.
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Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft, Nokia Flirted With RIM — Microsoft Corp. and Nokia Corp. in recent months flirted with the idea of making a joint bid for Research In Motion Ltd., according to people familiar with the matter. — The status of the talks remains unclear. But the fact that the discussions took place …
Tom Simonite / Technology Review:
Intel Shows Off Its Smart Phone and Tablet for 2012 — Prototype devices show Intel chips running devices that could challenge the iPhone and iPad early next year. — The era of the personal computer dawned thanks in no small part to the chip maker Intel.
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Business Insider, VentureBeat, 9to5Google, Pulse2, Softpedia News, GottaBeMobile, Gizmodo, Liliputing, Android Community, SlashGear, The Verge, PhoneArena and Ubergizmo
Chris Foresman / Ars Technica:
Half a billion dollars: why Apple's acquisition of Anobit matters — Apple reportedly acquired the Israeli flash memory design firm Anobit in a deal that cost the company $500 million dollars. Anobit management told its staff of the acquisition this week, according to Israeli newspaper Calcalist …
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Matt Burns / TechCrunch:
Amazon Finally Releases OTA Kindle Fire Update To Address Performance And Touchscreen Issues — Great news, Kindle Fire owners. Amazon just announced the long overdue Kindle Fire update that's said to resolve many of the issues with the budget tablet. Most of the common complaints are addressed …
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The Verge, Fortune, PC World, Gizmodo, Pogue's Posts, FierceMobileContent, paidContent, GeekWire, TUAW, Softpedia News, Gadget Lab, IntoMobile, CNET News and AllThingsD
Eric Eldon / TechCrunch:
Sharing Scheduler App Buffer Raises $400,000, Gets Kicked Out Of US — First, the bad news for Buffer. The startup of European expats in San Francisco is being kicked out of the country due to our stupid, self-destructive immigration laws. They're temporarily relocating to Hong Kong while they try to figure things out.
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Buffer, GigaOM and alarm:clock
Amar Toor / Engadget:
PSA: Verizon users reporting data outages across the US (update: back up) — If you're having trouble getting a data connection on your Verizon-branded handset this morning, you're not alone. We've been receiving a bevy of tips from disgruntled Verizon customers, due to an apparently …
Fergal Glynn / threatpost:
Quality Coding Takes A Break For The Holidays. But Why? — I recently read a blog post by CloudFlare and Shawn Graham that asked a fantastic (and timely) question: “Do Hackers Take The Holidays Off?” CloudFlare sees traffic for hundreds of thousands of websites and was able to answer the question.
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Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD:
TripAdvisor Dips Lower on First Day of Trading — TripAdvisor, which has collected more than 50 million reviews from travelers around the world, is facing a critique of its own on its first day trading on the Nasdaq. — The company, which was officially spun out of Expedia yesterday …
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TechCrunch and GeekWire
DAVID ASCHER:
You knew the old Mozilla, meet the new Mozilla — One of the notable things about working at Mozilla over the last few years right now is that our aims have gotten much more ambitious, but perception moves slower than reality, even among people who spend every working hour working on the project.
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
1 Million Articles Auto-Shared Daily, So Yahoo! Expands Facebook Integration To 26 More Sites — Facebook's Frictionless Sharing integration has been a huge win for Yahoo! News US. After just 2 months, 1 million articles are being shared to Facebook daily leading to 500,000 daily referrals.
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VatorNews, Business Wire, CNET News, Poynter and Yodel Anecdotal
Clare Jim / Reuters:
HTC testing new models after patent case; shares jump — (Reuters) - HTC Corp has begun testing new phone models that work around technology cited in a patent lawsuit won by arch-rival Apple Inc, and HTC's chief executive voiced optimism over the company's ability to meet challenging market conditions.
Seth Weintraub / 9to5Google:
Andy Rubin announces: 700,000 Android devices activated every day — He made the announcement via Google Plus and notes: ...and for those wondering, we count each device only once (ie, we don't count re-sold devices), and “activations” means you go into a store, buy a device, put it on the network by subscribing to a wireless service.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Distimo's Year-End Report Shows Why Developers Love iOS: iPhone 4x Android Revenue, iPad 2x — There are now over a million mobile applications available across the top seven major app stores, according to mobile analytics firm Distimo in its year-end report for 2011.
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CNET News, 9to5Mac, GigaOM, Distimo, Engadget, GottaBeMobile, Electronista, Softpedia News, Inside Mobile Apps and iDownloadBlog.com
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Yahoo Intensifies Search for CEO (With Hulu's Kilar as One Dream Unicorn Candidate) — Whatever you want to call him or her — a silver bullet, the cure or, as I like to say, the last unicorn — Yahoo's ever-seeking and never-deciding board has now renewed its focus on finding a new CEO.
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The Mozilla Blog:
New Firefox for Android Experience Optimized for Tablets — Firefox for Android introduces a completely redesigned experience that is optimized for tablets and makes mobile browsing more intuitive. New tools in Firefox enable developers to create interactive mobile Web experiences.
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9to5Google, Inquirer, Android Phone Fans, Redmond Pie, MobileSyrup.com, WebProNews, Lifehacker, Phones Review, Widgets Lab and PC Magazine
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Nielsen And comScore Put An End To Their Patent War, Enter Cross-Licensing Agreement — Online audience measurement and Web analytics companies Nielsen and comScore have settled their patent disputes, according to a joint statement released this morning. — Nielsen filed suit against its rival …
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MediaPost, Business Wire, Mashable! and WebProNews, more at Mediagazer »
Donald Melanson / Engadget:
Apple fixes App Store bug on iOS 3.1.3 devices, you can hold off on that upgrade — Well, it looks like Apple hasn't completely left behind older iPhones and iPod touches stuck on iOS 3.1.3 just yet. After a few days of not being able to download or buy apps directly on the device due …
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discussions.apple.com, Redmond Pie, SlashGear, PhoneArena, Business Insider, O'Grady's PowerPage, Ubergizmo and iDownloadBlog.com
Nancy Messieh / The Next Web:
On Twitter, people want to follow personal versus official accounts of journalists — The International Journal of Communication has released a report, looking back on how Twitter was used this year to disseminate information during the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia.
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Global Voices
Kevin C. Tofel / GigaOM:
Archos fights Kindle Fire with $199 Honeycomb tablet — Archos, one of the earliest media tablet makers, continues to mature its product lineup. The company announced on Tuesday an updated 7-inch slate, called the Archos 70b (PDF); a Google Android Honeycomb tablet with a suggested price of $199.
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Chris Welch / The Verge:
SMS and social media banned in Congo, deaf residents lose critical means of contact — The latest country to prohibit social media and the use of SMS messaging within its borders is the Democratic Republic of Congo. The ban affects a population of nearly 72 million citizens and comes …
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Forbes, Engadget and Geekosystem
The Mozilla Blog:
Mozilla and Google Sign New Agreement for Default Search in Firefox — We're pleased to announce that we have negotiated a significant and mutually beneficial revenue agreement with Google. This new agreement extends our long term search relationship with Google for at least three additional years.
Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
ITC Initial Ruling: Motorola Infringes Single Microsoft Patent, but Not Six Others — Microsoft won a partial victory in its patent dispute with Motorola, as the International Trade Commission issued an initial ruling that certain Motorola products infringe on one of the software maker's patents.
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BGR, MobileBurn.com, All about Microsoft Blog, Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Techie Buzz, FOSS Patents, PC Magazine, Engadget, Inquirer, Ars Technica, Neowin.net, mocoNews and PC World
Fox News:
Chinese Computer Hackers Hit U.S. Chamber of Commerce — WASHINGTON - A group of hackers in China breached the computer defenses of America's top business-lobbying group and gained access to everything stored on its systems, including information about its three million members, according to several people familiar with the matter.
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CNET News, TechEye, Wall Street Journal, Inquirer, Mashable!, Washington Post, The Next Web, Reuters, Tech in Asia and Bloomberg
Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:
Vevo by the numbers: 3.7B views, $100M royalties — Vevo clocked 3.6 billion video views globally in October and is expected to have reached 3.7 billion views worldwide in November, the major label-owned music video platform announced today. In December 2009, that number was at 341 million views.
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Ben Sisario / Media Decoder:
Vevo, a Music Video Web Site, Wants to Get Into Television
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