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Daily Headlines TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2014

Everything you need to know about Best Buy’s huge Cyber Week sale When it comes to deals on HDTVs, tablets and other gadgets, there’s no question that Best Buy has been one of the top retailers this holiday shopping season. The nationwide retailer had a killer Black Friday sale and it followed it up with a big Cyber Monday sale, but the deals aren’t over just yet. The two biggest shopping days of the holiday season might be behind us, but Best Buy on Tuesday kicked off five days of deals for Cyber Week 2014, and we have everything you need to know right here.  MORE → Steve Jobs will be a crucial witness against Apple in an iPod antitrust suit Apple in December will have to defend against decade-old iPod antitrust allegations in the third major antitrust case since Steve Jobs died, The New York Times reports, with Apple’s co-founder and iconic leader expected to play a major role in the lawsuit. Interestingly, however, he will be used as a witness against Apple.  MORE → The deals aren’t done just yet: Overstock’s huge Cyber Week sale includes HDTVs and more Black Friday and Cyber Monday might be behind us, but there are still plenty of opportunities left to enjoy huge savings on HDTVs, other electronics, clothing, jewelry and just about anything else you can think of, thanks to ongoing Cyber Week sales. Online retailers do everything they can to show consumers that they can offer bigger savings than their brick and mortar-only rivals, and the week-long sales shoppers can take advantage of during Cyber Week 2014 are yet another example of that push.  MORE → Video gives us our first look at what Apple’s 12-inch iPad Pro might be like After a report late last week revealed more details about Apple’s upcoming 12.2-inch “iPad Air Plus,” including schematics for the rumored tablet, YouTube channel Canoopsy posted a comparison video showing Apple’s current iOS devices, including iPhones and iPad models, and MacBooks next to a mockup of a 12.2-inch iPad Air Plus, also referred to as the “iPad Pro,” based on last week’s schematics.  MORE → Project Ara won’t be the only modular smartphone next year Google’s Project Ara modular smartphone is already a hotly anticipated device for next year — at least by those smartphone users who’d like to be able to take smartphone customization to a whole new level — but the device won’t be the only handset with such abilities.  MORE → This could be the most advanced phishing scheme yet… and you might not even be the target A new advanced phishing scheme going after a specific type of target has been discovered by security firm FireEye, which detailed the cyber attack in a new report. Specifically, a highly educated group going by the name of FIN4 has been discovered to target certain Wall Street companies, looking to obtain sensitive information about certain companies, transactions, and special deals, in order to later make use of it for financial gain.  MORE → Carriers have a sneaky new way to add more bloatware to your Android phone Leave it to wireless carriers to come up with new ways to give you something that you never asked for. Forbes contributor Matt Hickey reports that a company called Digital Turbine has pioneered a new service called Ignite that will let mobile carriers install additional software onto your Android phone “for more advertising revenue” whenever they want and without your permission. This means that in addition to the bloatware you already get from your carrier on your Android phone, you could get even more installed at your carrier’s whims.  MORE → This Ikea desk takes working from home to a whole new level Swedish furniture company Ikea has come up with an interesting desk design called Bekant, which might make working from home, or at the office, even more fun and possibly more productive. Aware that sitting at a desk for hours at a time without proper breaks for standing up isn’t exactly healthy, Ikea has decided to offer buyers the best from both worlds with a single desk, the Bekant, which comes with a handy height adjusting mechanism.  MORE → This Ikea desk takes working from home to a whole new level Swedish furniture company Ikea has come up with an interesting desk design called Bekant, which might make working from home, or at the office, even more fun and possibly more productive. Aware that sitting at a desk for hours at a time without proper breaks for standing up isn’t exactly healthy, I...  MORE → Xbox One wins Black Friday thanks to huge discounts and great bundles Microsoft knew that it would have to be aggressive this holiday season in order to give the Xbox One a fighting chance to take the top spot. Pulling no punches, Microsoft unbundled the Kinect, began indiscriminately slashing prices and released enough bundles to attract just about any gamer with even a passing interest in the new generation of consoles. Now that one of the busiest shopping days of the year has come and gone, did Microsoft’s gamble pay off? MORE →