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Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Advertisement Articles for 11/17/2012 Apple and Google Talk Arbitration in Smartphone Spat Sorry, Netflix Subscribers, Amazon's No Longer Testing Prime for $7.99 a Month Amazon's Bezos Knocking on Wood for a Record Holiday Season T-Mobile Names Former Microsoft Executive Mike Sievert as Marketing Chief Yahoo CEO Mayer Cuts End-of-Year "Week of Rest" for Employees, While Prepping Plans to Identify Bottom 20 Percent of Staff AMD Prepares for January Reorganization, Including More Job Cuts Interview: RIM Chief Thorsten Heins on Saying No to Android and Other Lessons Learned Netflix CEO: Amazon Losing Up to $1 Billion a Year on Streaming Video Conde Nast Creative Director Scott Dadich Named Wired Editor in Chief Wayfair Appoints Its First Female Board Member, Julie M.B. Bradley Apple, Samsung Can Escalate Patent War, but Android OS Is Off-Limits Strange Tweets: What Happened to the Ahmed Jabari Assassination Video? Dell Shares Crash on Earnings Miss, So It Makes an Acquisition Activision's Call of Duty Sales Hit $500 Million on Day One Read Kara Follow Kara Subscribe to Kara Read Walt Follow Walt Subscribe to Walt Read Katie Follow Katie Subscribe to Katie Read John Follow John Subscribe to John Read Peter Follow Peter Subscribe to Peter Read Liz Follow Liz Subscribe to Liz Read Ina Follow Ina Subscribe to Ina Read Tricia Follow Tricia Subscribe to Tricia Read Arik Follow Arik Subscribe to Arik Read Lauren Follow Lauren Subscribe to Lauren Read Bonnie Follow Bonnie Subscribe to Bonnie Read Mike Follow Mike Subscribe to Mike Follow us on: iPhone app E-Readers Facebook Twitter RSS Apple and Google Talk Arbitration in Smartphone Spat John Paczkowski Nov 17, 2012 03:00 am Don't get your hopes up. read more » Sorry, Netflix Subscribers, Amazon's No Longer Testing Prime for $7.99 a Month Tricia Duryee Nov 16, 2012 04:44 pm Amazon is no longer giving consumers the option of paying $7.99 a month for Amazon Prime, the loyalty program that includes free two-day shipping and video streaming. An Amazon spokesperson confirmed: "We regularly test new options for our customers. At this time, we've completed our test and are no longer signing up new customers for Amazon Prime monthly memberships." The regular cost is $79 a year, so the annual subscription was cheaper anyway, but many suspected the monthly was aimed at Netflix and Hulu consumers, who were paying $7.99 a month for video only. read more » Amazon's Bezos Knocking on Wood for a Record Holiday Season Tricia Duryee Nov 16, 2012 03:45 pm This year, physical retailers have lined up a fairly broad defensive strategy against the online behemoth, but Amazon's Jeff Bezos says they are ready. read more » T-Mobile Names Former Microsoft Executive Mike Sievert as Marketing Chief Ina Fried Nov 16, 2012 03:14 pm Sievert, a tech industry veteran, has also had posts at Clearwire and Procter & Gamble, and most recently ran a Seattle-area mobile gaming company. read more » Yahoo CEO Mayer Cuts End-of-Year "Week of Rest" for Employees, While Prepping Plans to Identify Bottom 20 Percent of Staff Kara Swisher Nov 16, 2012 01:57 pm No rest for the weary. Also: There will be a test. read more » AMD Prepares for January Reorganization, Including More Job Cuts Arik Hesseldahl Nov 16, 2012 01:34 pm Weeks after a significant round of layoffs, sources say another corporate reorganization -- and more job cuts -- are coming. read more » Interview: RIM Chief Thorsten Heins on Saying No to Android and Other Lessons Learned Ina Fried Nov 16, 2012 01:30 pm Less than a year into the job, CEO Thorsten Heins talks about the changes he has made to the products and company culture. read more » Netflix CEO: Amazon Losing Up to $1 Billion a Year on Streaming Video Peter Kafka Nov 16, 2012 12:27 pm "Amazon is the best competitor we've ever faced," says the Netflix CEO. But that title doesn't come cheap. read more » Conde Nast Creative Director Scott Dadich Named Wired Editor in Chief Mike Isaac Nov 16, 2012 11:24 am Conde's digital "golden boy" returns to the company's flagship tech publication. read more » Wayfair Appoints Its First Female Board Member, Julie M.B. Bradley Tricia Duryee Nov 16, 2012 10:28 am Wayfair.com, an online retailer of home furnishings, has appointed Julie M.B. Bradley to the company's board. Bradley, who is SVP and CFO of TripAdvisor, is Wayfair's first female director. Prior to TripAdvisor, she worked at Art Technology Group, which was acquired by Oracle in 2010. read more » Apple, Samsung Can Escalate Patent War, but Android OS Is Off-Limits John Paczkowski Nov 16, 2012 09:43 am Nice try, Apple. read more » Strange Tweets: What Happened to the Ahmed Jabari Assassination Video? Mike Isaac Nov 16, 2012 08:51 am While Israel and Hamas trade missiles and tweets in rapid-fire succession, strange changes in a high-profile tweet raise questions about the nature of the microblogging service. read more » Dell Shares Crash on Earnings Miss, So It Makes an Acquisition Arik Hesseldahl Nov 16, 2012 08:28 am As shares fall, Dell makes a small deal that brings with it big capabilities. read more » Activision's Call of Duty Sales Hit $500 Million on Day One Tricia Duryee Nov 16, 2012 08:15 am That's more than double the $220 million in sales that Halo 4 achieved last week. read more » Get the latest news & reviews on AllThingsD.com: News | Reviews | Mobile | Media | Social | Enterprise | Commerce | Conferences | Voices | Video | Jobs About Us | Contact Us | FAQ | Privacy Policy | Advertise | Send a Tip You are receiving this email because you are an All Things Digital Newsletter subscriber. Unsubscribe sojo.blo@gmail.com from this list. 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