SLIDESHOW: iWatch Release Date, PS4 Dominates And More From The Second Week Of December - Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN)

Some techies might expect the major news stories to disappear in the days leading up to Christmas. That might happen, but it hasn't happened yet. This week proved to very fruitful, with rumors (and leaks!) surrounding the

China MobileCHL

iPhone deal.

AppleAAPL

got the industry's attention when a report claimed that the company's first smart watch would launch in October 2014.

SonySNE

made headlines after it was revealed that the company did, in fact, sell more units domestically than Xbox One in November.

Google PlayGOOG

revenue finally caught up to Apple's App Store -- but only in Japan.

CBSCBS

paid a small fortune for episodes of

Under the Dome

AmazonAMZN

seems to be making more from Kindle owners than everyone else.

YahooYHOO

acquired three more startups. And

GrouponGRPN

bought another startup as well. Disclosure:

At the time of this writing, Louis Bedigian had no position in the equities mentioned in this slideshow.

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