Apple cuts MacBook Pro prices up to 13%

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Products of the week 10.21.13 10 reasons to take a Chromebook on the road Network World Daily News AM October 27, 2013 Share this email Apple cuts MacBook Pro prices up to 13% Apple earlier this week cut the prices of its Retina MacBook Pro laptops by as much as 13%, a move one retail analyst said was driven in part by increased competition from higher-end Windows systems. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Products of the week 10.21.13 2. INSIDER 10 reasons to take a Chromebook on the road 3. Tech logo quiz 4. Cryptolocker: How to avoid getting infected and what to do if you are 5. End of an era: Banner ads coming to Google search results 6. Raising awareness quickly: Avoiding problems in the cloud 7. Salesforce.com to hold mobile app 'hackathon' with $1 million prize 8. Apple Safari catches up with rivals on Flash security 9. WebEx vs. GoToMeeting vs. MyTrueCloud 10. Avast, me hearties! Antigua to legally pirate US copyrighted works 11. 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