Dan's Best of the Web: Nationwide Internet Blackout Underway in Syria

Which companies have been shaking things up in the world of tech? Let's see.

In our first little group, let's have a look at the websites discussing Google and Federal Trade Commission:
- Microsoft Claims Google 'Scroogled' Shoppers, But Uses Similar Pay-To-Play Tactics from www.huffingtonpost.com
- Google Webmaster Tools Security [Status Update] from www.searchenginejournal.com
- Google Loves This Third Party Instant Street View Search App, Will They Buy It? from techcrunch.com

From: www.huffingtonpost.com

From: techcrunch.com

Syria has been receiving a lot of press as well:
- Nationwide Internet Blackout Underway in Syria from techland.time.com
- Syria Shuts Down Internet In Midst Of Uprising, Mobile Services And Land Lines Partially Down from techcrunch.com

The next topics I'll be covering are IOS and Apple Inc..
- Decisions, Decisions Android (operating system) iOS, Windows 8 or HTML5? - "The last month has introduced much new food for thought if you are trying to decide which mobile platform to build on first:Thirty days ago, you were probably thinking to start with iOS, not just because of the launch of the IPad Mini but also the preponderance of Apps in iTunesThen Microsoft launched Windows 8 (and the Surface), driving a full-court press to get developers to build apps for the Windows StoreA few days later, IDC came out with the latest numbers, showing Android was crushing everyone, with a 75% market share of new phones sold in Q3.As a result, some declared that iOS was going the way of the Dodo-until last week, when iOS (especially the iPad) crushed the competition in online purposes purchases on Black Friday. It has definitely been an eventful pre-Holiday Season in mobile.Which Platform To Build On First?" - said technorati.com
- Millennial: Apple Still Leads Samsung In Overall Impressions, But Android Dominates iOS With 52% Share - techcrunch.com
- Google Updates Chrome For Android And iOS - www.webpronews.com

To end we should take a quick look at Windows 8 and Microsoft Corporation.
- NPD: U.S. Windows Device Sales Down 21% On Last Year; Windows 8 Tablet Sales "Almost Non-Existent" - "Microsoft earlier this week made a point of noting that there have been 40 million downloads of Windows 8 since it launched a month ago, putting it ahead of where Windows 7 was at the same point in its sales cycle" - said techcrunch.com