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| Walter S. Mossberg / AllThingsD: |
The iPhone Takes to the Big Screen — The world's most popular smartphone becomes significantly faster, thinner and lighter this week, while gaining a larger, 4-inch screen—all without giving up battery life, comfort in the hand and high-quality construction. — [ See post to watch video ]
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Tweets: @lessien, @waltmossberg and @pkafka
| Arnold Kim / MacRumors: |
First iPhone 5 Reviews: Thinner, Lighter, LTE “Stunningly Fast” — The embargo has just lifted on the first iPhone 5 reviews. Apple has provided some publications with an early review unit of the iPhone 5. We are collecting some of the more interesting points from each review, but you can click each title to read the full writeup.
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| Andrew Rassweiler / iSuppli: |
iPhone 5 Carries $199 BOM, Virtual Teardown Reveals — This is an IHS iSuppli News Flash from information and analytics provider IHS (NYSE: IHS) covering the IHS iSuppli Teardown Analysis Service's virtual teardown of the iPhone 5. This virtual teardown information is based on an analysis … | John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
The iPhone 5 — The iPhone 5 is really nice. It feels great, looks great, has the best display I've seen at any size, runs noticeably faster, networks noticeably faster, is way thinner and lighter than any of its predecessors, takes better photos, and, in my six days of testing, gets totally decent iPhone-4S-level battery life.
| CNET: |
iPhone 5 review: Finally, the iPhone we've always wanted — The good: The iPhone 5 adds everything we wanted in the iPhone 4S: 4G LTE, a longer, larger screen, and a faster A6 processor. Plus, its top-to-bottom redesign is sharp, slim, and feather-light. The bad: Sprint and Verizon models can't use voice and data simultaneously.
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| AnandTech: |
iPhone 5/A6 SunSpider Performance: Faster than Intel's Atom Z2460 — The first iPhone 5 reviews have lifted, confirming the leaked Geekbench data we saw in our earlier post. Apple's A6 appears to feature two custom ARM cores running at up to 1GHz. A new datapoint comes courtesy … | David Pogue / New York Times: |
IPhone 5 Scores Well, With a Quibble — If you were taking a college course called iPhone 101, your professor might identify three factors that have made Apple's smartphone a mega-success. — First, design. A single company, known for its obsession over details, produces both the hardware and the software.
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| Wade Roush / Xconomy: |
Twitter's iPad App Update Provokes a Backlash — Twitter CEO Dick Costolo appeared on NBC's Today Show this morning to unveil a new look for profile pages on Twitter's website and, much more interesting to this reporter, the new “5.0″ version of Twitter's iPad app.
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| Sung Hu Kim / Twitter Blog: |
| Sachin Agarwal / Twitter Blog: |
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| Jaikumar Ramanathan / Twitter Blog: |
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| iFixit: |
Apple EarPods Teardown — After three years of research and development, Apple has released the newest version of their popular headphones, now dubbed “EarPods.” Join us as we crack these pods open and take a look at what three years of R & D can accomplish. Love all of these gadget teardowns?| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Beta Launches New Mobile Ad Network Using Your Data To Target You With Banner Ads In Other Apps — Facebook today begins testing its own mobile ad network. Advertisers can pay to target you with ads for app stores or websites based on your Facebook data that appears while you're on other apps and mobile sites.
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Engadget, Marketing Land, AllThingsD, CNET, 9.blog, ValueWalk, VatorNews, GigaOM, The Verge, Inside Facebook, Forbes, Internet2Go, Business Insider and Mashable!. Thanks:@joshconstine
| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
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| Reuters: |
German government urges public to stop using Internet Explorer — (Reuters) - The German government urged the public on Tuesday to temporarily stop using Microsoft Corp's Internet Explorer following discovery of yet-to-be repaired bug in the web browser that the software maker said makes PCs vulnerable to attack by hackers.| Simon Sharwood / The Register: |
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| Microsoft Corporation: |
Microsoft Signs Licensing Agreement With Research In Motion — exFAT file technology helps mobile industry leader provide cutting-edge capabilities to customers. — Microsoft Corp. announced today that Microsoft and Research In Motion (RIM) have signed a patent licensing agreement …
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| Dan DeSilva / 9to5Mac: |
Apple Marketing SVP Phil Schiller confirms: Apple has no iPhone 5 dock in the works — We were recently forwarded an email where a reader reached out to Philip Schiller, Apple's Senior VP of Marketing, to ask if Apple was planning to release a dock for the new iPhone 5.
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| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Developers seeing lightning fast app review times as Apple readies the App Store for iPhone 5 — Apple is getting its ducks in a row for the release of the iPhone 5. One of the ways it's doing that is ensuring that as many apps as possible are ready for the new taller screen of the new device.
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| Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac: |
| Brandon Stander / PlayStation Blog: |
PlayStation Plus on PlayStation Vita Gets Timing, Set to Launch with Instant Game Collection — We announced back at Gamescom that PlayStation Plus would be coming to PlayStation Vita (PS Vita), and today we're pleased to announce that our premium game membership will make its debut on PS Vita in November … | Nick Wingfield / NYT Bits: |
With Hollywood Hire, Microsoft Bolsters Entertainment Efforts — Microsoft has hired Nancy Tellem, a former top CBS television executive, to oversee the production of original video content to be delivered to the company's Xbox video game console, according to people with knowledge of the move …
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The Verge, CNET, Microsoft Corporation, Engadget, VentureBeat, Deadline.com, BGR, Digits, TechSpot, Gizmodo and Seattle Times. Thanks:@nickwingfield
| Ben Popper / The Verge: |
Life after Twitter: StockTwits builds out its own ecosystem — As Twitter transforms from an open web platform to a more traditional media company, startups that built on top of it are leaving in search of new ways to grow their business. StockTwits founder Howard Lindzon doesn't mince words.
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| Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider: |
Yahoo To Give Shareholders $3.65 Billion, Mayer Explains Why In Leaked Memo — Yahoo has closed a deal to sell a portion of its stake in Chinese Internet company Alibaba, netting $4.3 billion for the company. — In a memo to employees, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer says she will return $3.65 billion of that money to shareholders.
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| David Kravets / Wired: |
Feds Charge Activist with 13 Felonies for Rogue Downloading of Academic Articles — Federal prosectors added nine new felony counts against well-known coder and activist Aaron Swartz, who was charged last year for allegedly breaching hacking laws by downloading millions of academic articles … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
New departure from Zynga: Omgpop's chief revenue officer (exclusive) — Joining the exodus of executives who have left Zynga recently, Wilson Kriegel, the former chief revenue officer of Omgpop, has left the company, GamesBeat has learned. — Kriegel was part of the company that Zynga bought earlier …
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CNET, Macgasm, VatorNews, Inside Social Games, The Verge, VG247 and GamesIndustry International
| Mathew Ingram / GigaOM: |
Prismatic takes on Twitter in the race to build a better serendipity engine — Thanks to its recent forays into curated content, particularly around topics like the Olympics, it's become obvious that Twitter wants to be more than just a utility for distributing links: it wants to target users based on the … | Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Shipping Estimates for New iPhone 5 Pre-Orders Through Apple Slip to 3-4 Weeks — The iPhone 5 does not officially launch until Friday, but pre-orders are clearly continuing to roll in through Apple's online store as the company has now bumped shipping estimates for new pre-orders to 3-4 weeks.
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The Next Web and iPhone in Canada Blog
| Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD: |
Amazon Shutting Down Fashion Website Endless.com — Amazon started telling consumers today, who visit Endless.com, that it will be shutting down next week. — The site, which sells high-end clothing, shoes, handbags, jewelry and watches, will become a part of Amazon.com/Fashion … Sponsor Posts
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