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Top Stories of the Day // November 15, 2012

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Today's Top Stories // Nov 15, 2012

Steve Ballmer: Android Ecosystem Is Wild And Uncontrolled, Apple Is High Priced And Highly Controlled

Tonight during Reid Hoffman's interview with Steve Ballmer, the two talked about everything Microsoft. Now that Ballmer is talking about his competitors he let... read more

Texas Instruments Cuts 1,700 Jobs As It's Driven Away From Mobile Chip Market By The Rise Of Custom Chipmaking

Chipmaker Texas Instruments has announced it's cutting 1,700 jobs as part of a business restructuring move. The company says it's shifting its historical focus... read more

Thieves Grab 3,600 iPad Minis Worth $1.5M In JFK Airport Heist

Apple's iPad mini seems to be a success, and that has attracted the criminal element's attention. According to the New York Post, a shipment of Apple's iPad... read more

Steve Ballmer During Reid Hoffman Interview: People Are Having Their "Oh" Moment With Surface

At the Churchill Club in Santa Clara, two tech titans sat down to have a conversation. LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman interviewed Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer... read more

LinkedIn's Core Mission: Making Its Profiles The Next-Generation Résumé

I spent a few hours on the LinkedIn campus a few weeks ago, with the sole mission of learning more about the new LinkedIn profile redesign. It was quite a shift... read more

Apple Working On Auto-Zooming Content, iPhone Vibration Noise Suppression

Apple has a couple new patent applications this morning, spotted by AppleInsider and detailing two very useful features for mobile devices. The first is a... read more

As Flickr Co-Founder Butterfield Shuts Down Glitch, Is He Planning A New Photo Service? 'You Will Know It Well,' He Says

Glitch, the online, multiplayer gaming world created by Tiny Speck, is closing down December 9 after failing to get enough user traction, and then failing to... read more

Backed By Google & Eric Schmidt, HomeLight Launches A New Way To Find The Best Real Estate Agents

You've heard this story before: Person sets out to find an apartment or buy their first home. Person struggles to navigate the noise of Craigslist, manage... read more

Vodafone U.K. Launches Tariff For Perpetual Early Adopters: Rent The Latest Smartphone For A Year Then Switch To The Next Big Thing

Another bit of news to add to the 'tech is now mainstream' pile: U.K. carrier Vodafone has launched a mobile tariff for perpetual early adopters -- which... read more

Kindle Fire HD 8.9" Shipping Today, On Best Buy Store Shelves Tomorrow

Amazon has just announced that the Kindle Fire HD 8.9-inch ships today, ahead of its previously planned schedule of a November 20 ship date. The larger-screened... read more

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