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| T.C. Sottek / The Verge: |
Nokia Lumia 920 announced with Windows Phone 8, 4.5-inch display, wireless charging, and ‘PureView’ camera — Nokia has officially unveiled its new flagship smartphone, the Lumia 920. As expected, Nokia's new Lumia has received a bump in specs over the previous iteration …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Nokia: 7M Lumia Devices Sold To Date In 54 Markets — D-Day (that is, device day) for Nokia and Microsoft has kicked off with their press conference in New York. But speaking to analysts in Helsinki beforehand, Nokia revealed a sales number: it said that it sold 7 million devices so far in its Windows Phone Lumia line.| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Nokia brings wireless charging to Virgin Atlantic lounges, The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf — Nokia thinks you'll like the wireless phone charging on your Lumia 920 enough to want to take it on the road, and to that end it's striking a deal to bring the cable-free experience beyond the home.
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| Aaron Souppouris / The Verge: |
Nokia announces mid-range Lumia 820 with Windows Phone 8, with 4.3-inch display, 8GB storage, exchangeable covers, and optional wireless charging — As expected, Nokia has just announced the Lumia 820, a mid-range Windows Phone 8 smartphone. — The 820 is powered by the same 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 …
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| Mat Smith / Engadget: |
Windows Phone 8 introduces new Lens apps: Bing Vision, Photosynth and CNN iReport launching from the camera button — The first new Windows Phone 8 feature to appear alongside Nokia's Lumia 920 launch is the camera-augmenting Lens apps. Offering both in-house and third-party programs … | Joseph Volpe / Engadget: |
Nokia Lumia 920 hands-on: the dual-core, HD Windows Phone 8 flagship to take on the beasts — It's official. Nokia's just taken the wraps off its worst-kept Windows Phone 8 secret: the Lumia 920. The device, announced at the manufacturer's event in New York City today …
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| Paul Sawers / The Next Web: |
AOL's ‘Entrance’ brings music, news and augmented reality to Nokia Lumia smartphones — Timed to coincide with the new Nokia handsets being unveiled in New York today, AOL has announced the release of a new digital entertainment hub going by the name of Entrance by AOL … | Robin Wauters / The Next Web: |
| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
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| Matt Burns / TechCrunch: |
| Steven Musil / CNET: |
Bitcoin exchange BitFloor shuttered after virtual heist — Nearly a quarter million dollars worth of the peer-to-peer currency was stolen by accessing unencrypted backup wallet keys. — Bitcoin exchange Bitfloor is offline and has shut down operations while it investigates the theft …
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| Michael Grothaus / TUAW: |
With iOS 6, your address book may be invaded by @facebook.com email addresses — I'm generally a fan of Facebook. I only use it to keep in contact with people I actually know and hang out with in real life. And for my friends that live in other countries, it's the easiest way to share photos, videos, and other life events.
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| Rene Ritchie / iMore: |
Leaks accurate, this is what the new iPhone will look like — iMore has learned that recent parts leaks and dummy phones are accurate representations of what the new iPhone (iPhone 5,1) will look like when Apple announces it on September 12, 2012. Almost identical in design to the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S … | Christina Bonnington / Wired: |
Chinese Knockoff Maker Reportedly Copies, Patents iPhone 5 Design — The Goophone I5 takes the upcoming iPhone's purported new look to the Android platform. Image: Goophone — A Chinese iPhone lookalike manufacturer has reportedly patented the next iPhone's design before Apple has even released the handset.
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| Rachel King / ZDNet: |
Judge orders Oracle to pay Google $1M for court expert fees — Summary: Google wins some and loses some while the federal judge in the case gives up on trying to track down any more paid commentators in the case. — Rachel King — The federal judge in Oracle v. Google has given …
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Cancels Secondary Offering, Zuck And Board Members Won't Sell To Keep Shares Off The Market — With its share price ailing, Facebook doesn't want to flood the market with any more stock, so it has cancelled its secondary offering and will instead pay for taxes on its RSUs with cash … | Jay Yarow / Business Insider: |
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| Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD: |
FBI Says AntiSec Hackers Lied About List of iPhone ID Numbers — The FBI has shot down today's claim by the AntiSec hacking group that it breached an agency-owned computer and stole a database said to contain some 12 million unique ID numbers for iPhones and iPads around the world.
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| Zachary Lutz / Engadget: |
FCC to begin testing and reporting mobile broadband performance — Just like the FCC is looking to the public to help define modern broadband, it's similarly planning to arm citizens with more accurate information of mobile broadband speeds. The initiative is promoted as a natural extension …
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VentureBeat, CNET, DSLreports, The Verge, Gizmodo and Phone Scoop
| Jon Russell / The Next Web: |
Samsung files injunction against LG over display technology leaks — Samsung has reportedly taken the first step to bring legal charges against fellow display maker LG, after it filed an injunction request against its rival, accusing it of engineering leaks to grab details of its display technology.
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9to5Google, Sammy Hub, Yonhap News Agency, Softpedia News and ZDNet
| Martin Bryant / The Next Web: |
Everything Everywhere, Telefonica and Vodafone win EU approval for joint UK mobile commerce platform — Mobile operators, Everything Everywhere, Telefonica and Vodafone, have won approval from the European Commission to move ahead with a planned mobile commerce joint venture in the UK.
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Inquirer, The Register, ZDNet, Engadget and TechCrunch
| Erica Ogg / GigaOM: |
Routehappy gets $1.5M to rank best flights, airports for travelers — There are almost 3 billion passengers that will take a seat on a commercial airplane flight this year, some seasoned veterans, but plenty of newbies. A new service aims to bring the two groups, and everyone in between …
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TechCrunch, BetaKit, VentureBeat and Skift
| Sarah Lacy / PandoDaily: |
Will Twitter's Uncanny Luck Ever Run Out? — This past week I heard two rational arguments on the fate of Twitter from two smart investors. — One was an argument that it'll likely fail in its bid to become a public company. The logic went like this: Facebook, Groupon … | Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's Newest Hire: Jacqueline Reses, EVP Of HR And Talent Acquisition — After appointing former Lockerz CEO Kathy Savitt as Yahoo's CMO, the company's new chief Marissa Mayer is staffing another key role—executive vice president of people and development.
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| Derrick Harris / GigaOM: |
Accel pumps $50M into Tenable Network Security — Ten years into its existence and already profitable, Tenable Network Security has accepted its first outside investment — a $50 million infusion from venture capital firm Accel Partners. That's a large investment any way you slice it …
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| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
Nebula Raises $25M From Comcast, Kleiner Perkins To Help Companies Deploy On-Premise, Private Clouds — Nebula, a company that allows businesses to deploy large private cloud computing infrastructures has raised $25 million in Series B funding led by Comcast Ventures and Highland Capital Partners …
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GigaOM and VentureBeat
| Perry Chen / Kickstarter Blog: |
Accountability on Kickstarter — Yesterday, NPR's “All Things Considered” asked, “When a Kickstarter campaign fails, does anyone get their money back?” The story questioned what would happen if a Kickstarter project failed to follow through on its promises.
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