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December 30, 2012, 1:45 PM

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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Intel's Cable TV Service And Set Top Box Will Soon Roll Out City By City — Intel is preparing to launch its rumored virtual cable TV service and set top box and has a plan to overcome licensing hurdles. Rather than roll out nationwide, the launch will happen on a city-by-city basis so Intel …

More: I, Cringely, Electronista and The Verge. Tweets: @joshconstine

Josh Miller / Medium:

Tenth Grade Tech Trends — A few months ago, my fifteen-year-old sister told me that Snapchat was going to be the next Instagram. Many months before that she told me that Instagram was being used by her peers as much as Facebook. Both times I snickered.

More: The Verge and Elapsed Time. Tweets: @hunterwalk, @joshconstine, @mathewi, @grobertson and @joshm

Nick Bilton / NYT Bits:

Disruptions: Devices on Planes Are Dangerous Because of F.A.A. Rules — A pilot uses the FlySmart with Airbus app on an Apple iPad. The F.A.A. has no proof that electronic devices can harm a plane's avionics, but it still perpetuates such claims. — Over the last year …

More: The Verge. Tweets: @brianstelter

Jenna Wortham / NYT Bits:

Facebook Poke and the Tedium of Success Theater — There's a big problem in social media right now. — It's boring. — A crucial and indispensable source of news and information, absolutely. But more often than not, it's also tedious and predictable.

More: GigaOM. Tweets: @pkafka

Dave McClure:

Why Menus Suck + Other Deep Thoughts on the Food Tech Revolution. — abstract: menus suck. … everyone eats, everyone is online; what the hell we waiting for? — disclosure: 500 Startups is an investor in E la Carte, and other food-tech startups like Blissmo, Chewse, ClubW, CraftCoffee …

More: Business Insider. Thanks:@davemcclure

Sharif Sakr / Engadget:

Samsung expands Silicon Valley crib with 1.1 million square foot R&D center — Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the most extravagant flashy lifestyle, the deluxe villa, the fly palace of Samsung Semiconductor Inc. It only exists as a pile of architects' drawings right now …

More: TechCrunch, IntoMobile, SiliconANGLE, AllThingsD, Business Wire, Android News, Rumours …, SlashGear and Android Community

Martin Bryant / The Next Web:

Foursquare updates privacy policy to show users' full names publicly and share more data with venues — Foursquare has sent an email to its users detailing changes to its privacy policy that are due to come into effect late next month. — The company says that the changes are aimed at making …

More: CNET, The Verge, Foursquare, AllThingsD, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Foursquare, TweakTown News and About Foursquare

Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch:

Looks Like PBS Made A ‘Silicon Valley’ TV Show That Could Really Be Worth Watching — Those who dreaded the ‘Silicon Valley’ reality TV series that aired this past year on Bravo did not have much to worry about after all. The show received mostly negative reviews and had a lackluster performance …

More: VentureBeat, PBS Pressroom and SlashGear

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

To Mitigate Any Surge Pricing Surprises, Uber Debuts Sobriety Tests And Fare Estimates For New Year's Eve — After the communication breakdown over surge pricing last New Year's Eve, Uber is taking precautions to make sure users are aware of fare increases next week.

More: Uber Blog, Skift and AllThingsD

Tweets: @mulligan and @forrestkoba

Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:

ITC judge wants Samsung to post a bond of 88% of its U.S. smartphone sales due to Apple patent case — An October 24, 2012 preliminary ruling that held Samsung to infringe four Apple patents could have more drastic consequences for Samsung's U.S. business than previously known.

More: Ars Technica, CNET, Forbes, Electronista, ITworld.com, iPhone Hacks, PC Magazine, Gizmodo, Macgasm, Engadget, Mashable!, Pocketnow, TUAW, iClarified, iDownloadBlog.com, PhoneArena, AllThingsD and Patently Apple

Salman Masood / New York Times:

Pakistan Lifts YouTube Ban, for 3 Minutes — ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A ban on YouTube, which Pakistan imposed after an anti-Islam video caused riots in much of the Muslim world, was lifted Saturday, only to be reinstated — after three minutes — when it was discovered that blasphemous material was still available on the site.

More: CHINAdaily, Times of India, Examiner, Business Insider and The Lede

Jake Smith / 9to5Mac:

Google launches web ad promoting its iOS Dev team, encourages iOS developers to do work that ‘matters’ — Since the removal of YouTube, and Maps as preloaded Google apps within iOS, Google has been especially adept at developing its own set of iOS apps. We previously detailed how Google wants …

More: iPhone Hacks, Examiner, Softpedia News, GigaOM, Mashable!, IntoMobile and iDownloadBlog.com

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