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Top Stories of the Day // November 26, 2012

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Today's Top Stories // Nov 26, 2012

Google Reportedly Preparing To Sell Self-Branded Chromebooks

Google is committed to the Chromebook and a report out of China indicates a Google-branded model is on its way. If true, this is a smart move and would help the... read more

Google Acquires U.S. National High-Traffic Broadband Wi-Fi Provider ICOA Inc. For $400M [Update: Nope]

Update: It turns out that a PR agency or some other individual gone rogue was dead wrong on this. The announcement that crossed the wire is said to be not true... read more

Former Apple Retail Chief Details Apple Store Planning And Philosophy In Unaired Video

Apple's retail stores are famous, taking on almost the status of local landmarks with their flagship locations in cities like New York. But how exactly did the... read more

Windows Phone 7.8: After Months Of Silence On WP7's Last Ever Update, Microsoft Says "We Hope To Share More Details In Near Future"

Microsoft has been strangely silent about Windows Phone 7.8 -- the last ever update for WP7, the older version of the OS built on an entirely different kernel... read more

Chinterest Is Pinterest For Chins

The lawyers revved up their sand rovers, the heavy engines rising to a whine. It was near midnight plateau was lit but huge kliegs, the light spreading across... read more

Samsung Galaxy Note II 'Phablet' Passes Five Million Channel Sales In ~Two Months

At the start of this month Samsung announced that channel sales of its mini-tablet-sized smartphone, the Galaxy Note II, had passed three million unit sales in... read more

After 20M Downloads On Android, Japan's Bitcellar Brings FxCamera To iOS

Bitcellar, one of the rare Japanese app developers that faces outward from the country and reaches a global audience, is finally making a debut on iOS after a... read more

Pushing Fire Sales Outside The U.S. Amazon Says UK Black Friday Kindle Device Sales Tripled Previous Record, Stays Mum On Hard Numbers

Black Friday is not just for Thanksgiving-celebrating Americans. Amazon today announced that in the UK, where it has also been running Black Friday sales, it... read more

Apple Adds Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III Mini And Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 To California Patent Lawsuit

In ongoing legal proceedings in California, Apple has added six new devices to its patent infringement claims against rival Samsung, getting them in late Friday... read more

The Facebook Button Is Back On Phones: Nokia Puts Social Networking Knobs On ~$62 Series 40 Asha 205, 205 Dual-SIM Qwerty Handsets

Nokia has added another two models to its Asha range of Series 40 phones: the Asha 205, and a dual-SIM variant, both due to launch in Q4 with a price-tag in the... read more

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