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Jenna Wortham explains the power of Apple’s mobile app platform in a long article in the NYT.

The co-chair of Akin Gump’s Supreme Court practice, Tom Goldstein , has argued 21 cases in front of the high court and is the founder of the nothing-short-of-genius SCOTUSblog . That may sound more like the boastings of a mother than the plot for a sitcom, but it could be coming to a TV near you. NBC is developing the pilot, according to Variety .

Google’s Android operating system is on the way to getting huge , especially with Motorola’s Droid and HTC’s Droid Eris handsets available through Verizon this holiday season. Read the rest of this story

Stocks have jumped about 70% from the March lows.

Some of this year’s Black Friday deals — sales for the day after Thanksgiving — have started to leak. Here’s a bunch of gadget deals we’ve tracked down so far, via sites like dealnews.com . Read the rest of this story