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it's Wednesday January 2nd 2013 I'm David Pierce reminding you to please stop writing 2012 on everything this is 90 seconds on the verge popular Linux OS Ubuntu is going mobile canonical the company behind move on to today announced a new smartphone OS the user interface emphasizes swipe gestures over buttons and actually reminds us a little bit of me go which ran on nokia n9 the first real of 12 phones won't ship until early 2014 but in the meantime a download for galaxy nexus users it arrives rent by the hour car service zip car is soon to be owned in perpetuity by Avis the decades-old rental company is paying 500 million dollars for the acquisition CEO Ronald Nelson said zipcar's car share service is quote highly complementary to traditional car rental he's not indicated any intention to rebrand the company under the Avis banner the deal is expected to be finalized by spring of 2013 and comes with 28 our rentals of the Avis executive suites insurance provided and finally chapter 17 of the ongoing Eric Schmidt chronicles the one where he goes to North Korea Google's former CEO turned chairman is planning a private trip along with former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson the journey could occur as early as this month but as for what the pair will be doing that remains unclear North Korea notoriously enforces some of the harshest internet censorship in the world Schmidt meanwhile believes in a hyper-connected society that radically changes our views on life relationships and the world kind of an odd couple that's it for today's top stories tune in tomorrow for our top 9 favorites of the top 10 predictions of the top 11 trends will see in the next 12 months