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Today in Tech: Why Spotify is worth "just" $3 billion

Also: Why Apple and HTC settled their patent fight; YouTube readies another round of convent investment. 

Why Apple and HTC settled their patent litigation [THE VERGE]

Apple's victory over Samsung is much less a predictor of future succes than you might think. Apple had essentially a perfect storm of facts in the Samsung case: the large number of Samsung devices that look exactly like Apple devices, the internal Samsung evidence showing the MORE

Today in Tech: Why Eddy Cue may be Apple Maps' best hope

Also: Carl Icahn nabs a 10% stake in Netflix; Path comes to the iPad. 

How hurricane Sandy slapped the sarcasm out of Twitter [THE NEW YORK TIMES]

At my home in suburban New Jersey, a 30-foot limb dropped down at 4 p.m., so the illusion that this was an event happening to someone else quickly dissipated. And at 8 p.m., just when we hunkered down in front of the big screen, the MORE

Today in Tech: How fizzling tech stocks are affecting Silicon Valley

Also: Google poised to plunge hundreds of millions more in original content. Did Amazon once offer to buy Netflix for $12 million?

Silicon Valley's Stock Funk [THE WALL STREET JOURNAL]

Home prices in the region are still rising, but with wealth ebbing, some agents sense a slowdown.

Nicholas Tarantola, a Realtor with Zephyr Real Estate in San Francisco, said activity has slowed over the past month, with homes that might have received 10 offers MORE

Today in Tech: HBO announces standalone streaming service abroad

HR cloud software company Workday files for IPO; Google and Apple CEOs talk patent issues.

Exclusive: Google, Apple CEOs in talks on patent issues [REUTERS]

One possible scenario under consideration could be a truce involving disputes over basic features and functions in Google's Android mobile software, one source said. But it was unclear whether Page and Cook were discussing a broad settlement of the various disputes between the two companies, most of MORE

Today in Tech: YouTube investing $200 million more in original content

Hulu finally comes to Apple TV; is the social web IPO window closed?

YouTube to double down on its 'channel' experiment [THE WALL STREET JOURNAL]

The company says it will put in another $200 million to market the channels as it attempts to upgrade its content from simple user-generated videos and to lure more viewers and advertising. The site has launched nearly 100 new channels so far this year, attracting talent such as MORE

Today in Tech: Ex-Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson on life post-Yahoo

Why companies are offering employees unlimited vacation; Scott Thompson opens up on life post-Yahoo. 

The story of Steve Jobs: An inspiration or a cautionary tale? [WIRED]

Join or get out of the way—it's a phrase that sums up what Jobs' life has taught his admirers today. Andrew Hargadon, a professor at UC Davis and author of How Breakthroughs Happen: The Surprising Truth About How Companies Innovate, points out that Jobs' brashness has helped inspire MORE

Today in Tech: Meet Netflix's biggest user

The introduction of "Expanded Tweets"; the turf war in mobile gaming. 

The day Netflix met its heaviest user [GIGAOM]

Earlier this year, Mark Malkoff embarked on his Netflix challengein an attempt to figure out how much value he could get out of his $8 subscription within a single month. 30 days later, Malkoff had watched 252 movies, beginning to end, including the credits.

The high-school blogger who's been cracking Apple's secrets [FORTUNE]

In the walk-up MORE

Today in Tech: Can Netflix save itself?

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* Apple (AAPL) bested many analyst predictions with quarterly profits of $11.6 billion on sales of $39.2 billion. That represents a 95% spike in profits compared with the same time a year before. Much of the increase had to do with stronger-than-expected iPhone sales of 35.1 million units.(CNNMoney)

* Google (GOOG) finally MORE

Today in Tech: Are Facebook's perks counterproductive?

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"I don't think you understand. We can't treat newspapers or magazines any differently than we treat FarmVille." -- Apple (AAPL) senior vice president Eddy Cue on the company's 30% revenue cut via iTunes (The Wall Street Journal)

* Zynga's (ZNGA) contributions to Facebook's overall revenues declined from 19% last year to MORE

Today in Tech: Yahoo restructures

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* Yahoo (YHOO) is indeed restructuring into three distinct areas: Consumer, Regions, and Technology. (All Things D)

* In light of Instagram's $1 billion buyout by Facebook, a look at 30 of the most notable tech acquisitions from the last decade. (Wired)

* Amazon (AMZN) finally rolled out its in-app purchasing service, which MORE