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Top Stories of the Day // November 19, 2012

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Today's Top Stories // Nov 19, 2012

Elon Musk: With Jobs Gone, Google Will Win Mobile (And Look Out For The Hyperloop)

World-renowned entrepreneur Elon Musk held a roundtable session at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office last Thursday in London. It was the kind of event the UK... read more

Apple's OS X 10.9 Reportedly Bringing Siri, Maps Integration To The Mac

A new report from 9t05Mac this morning claims that Apple will be delivering a couple of very interesting features to the desktop, in a move that continues its... read more

Windows Phone 8 Users Reporting Random Reboots, Freezing; Nokia, HTC Handsets Affected

Some Windows Phone 8 users are reporting problems with random reboots and freezes. It is unclear exactly what is triggering the problems -- and whether they are... read more

iPad To Dominate Tablet Downloads For Next 5 Years, Owning 56% In 2017: Analyst

Despite Apple's lead in the tablet market taking its first serious dent in Q3, the iPad's dominance of the tablet market will continue for the next five years,... read more

Viggle Acquires GetGlue For $25M Plus 48.3M In Shares To Expand Social TV Presence

GetGlue, social TV app maker with 3 million+ users under its belt, has just entered into an agreement to be acquired by Viggle, a TV loyalty service. The cash... read more

Freelancer.com Buys Another IT Job Site, vWorker (aka RentACoder.com), For A Price In The Millions

Freelancer.com, the job outsourcing and freelance IT worker marketplace, has made another acquisition: it has bought vWorker, a job site for freelance coders... read more

iPhone Connected Home Smart Dock Lumawake Regroups After Kickstarter Rejection, Begins Pre-Orders Today

Lumawake, an innovative iPhone dock designed to work with both 30-pin and lightning dock connectors, today kicks off its own pre-orders in a self-run... read more

Facebook Turns On Carrier Billing Mobile Payments In France With Orange France And Bango

Another step in Facebook's plans to make more money out of its mobile business: the company is now accepting mobile payments in France, covering services like... read more

Amazon Confirms It's Ended $7.99 Monthly Prime Trial Weeks After Kicking Off Testing

Earlier this month Amazon quietly kicked off a monthly billing option for its Amazon Prime service, which offers free two-day shipping on purchases, plus access... read more

TextMaster Raises €1.64M To Bring The Crowd To Translation, Copywriting & Proofreading

A year on from launch, TextMaster, the crowdsourced platform for content translation, copywriting, and proofreading, has raised its first funding round: €1.64... read more

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