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HTC One X+ official: 1.7GHz quad-core Tegra 3, 64GB, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean with Sense 4+ — Remember HTC's early 2012 Android flagship? Well, it's back and plus-sized for the tech-savvy masses. Officially announced today, the One X+ is a minor refresh of the original that debuted at MWC …
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Samsung gets Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban lifted, files infringement contentions against iPhone 5 — At close of business on Monday, Judge Lucy Koh granted Samsung's request to dissolve the preliminary injunction against the Galaxy Tab 10.1, following a limited remand by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
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Deutsche Telekom Said to Near Deal With MetroPCS in U.S. — Deutsche Telekom AG (DTE) is nearing a deal with MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) to bolster its T-Mobile USA division, according to people with knowledge of the matter. — Deutsche Telekom's board is scheduled to meet …
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| Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
“Like Eating Glass”: Sean Parker on Airtime's Bumpy Launch, Exec Departures and More — This is how Sean Parker — the famous and sometimes infamous entrepreneur whose legendary credits include Napster, Facebook and Spotify — described how his newest high-profile venture, Airtime, is going so far:| Gregg Keizer / Computerworld: |
Poor pre-launch showing plagues Windows 8 — Now five times less likely to be on a PC than early-adoption benchmark set by Windows 7 — With just weeks before the public launch of Windows 8, users are five times less likely to be running the new OS than they were Windows 7 at the same point … | Dana Wollman / Engadget: |
Nest Learning Thermostat gets refreshed with a slimmer design, improved scheduling features — It's been just about a year since former Apple exec Tony Fadell unveiled his newest project, the Nest Learning Thermostat. At the time, it was notable for being the sexiest thermostat in the history …
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| Hamish McKenzie / PandoDaily: |
In Attempt To Get Bums Back On Seats, MoviePass Launches An “Offline Netflix” — It might be impossible for Hollywood to reverse the grim cinema attendance numbers, which are at a 25-year low thanks to killer home entertainment systems and on-demand movie services such as Netflix.
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| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Peak Chrome? Google's browser falls as Firefox, Internet Explorer stay flat — Once again, Firefox has maintained its grip on second place, behind Internet Explorer. And as Chrome falls away, there's now a gap of more than one percentage point between the browsers.
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| Alex Chitu / Google Operating System: |
Search Inside Gmail Attachments — Gmail has constantly improved its search technology, but there's something you couldn't do until recently: search inside attachments. Sure, you could find an attachment if you knew the filename or some keywords from the message.
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| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
TripAdvisor Acquires Wanderfly To Continue Social Travel Push — TripAdvisor, a site that offers free guides and reviews for various traveling adventures, has just acquired Wanderfly. — TripAdvisor has been slowly but surely integrating more social layers to its platform … | Connie Guglielmo / Forbes: |
Untold Stories About Steve Jobs: Friends and Colleagues Share Their Memories — We know a lot about Steve Jobs, thanks to his willingess in the last years of his life to share stories with his biographer about what drove him to co-found Apple Inc. and reinvent the PC, music players, phones and tablets.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Windows Phone 8: what's the big secret? — Microsoft's SDK no-show leaves developers frustrated — Even though Windows Phone 8 is lined up for a launch event at the end of this month, many members of Microsoft's developer community still don't have access to vital tools needed to bring … | Declan McCullagh / CNET: |
Justice Dept. to defend warrantless cell phone tracking — Prosecutors say Americans have “no privacy interest” in location records revealing minute-to-minute movements of their mobile devices, even when they're not in use. — The Obama administration will tell federal judges in New Orleans today …
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| Jeff Bercovici / Forbes: |
More Mobile News Consumers Choosing Web Over Apps — Mobile apps were supposed to be the reset button for the news industry. The last fifteen years have shown how hard it is to get consumers to pay for content on websites or pay attention to ads there. In the app environment, all that was going to be different.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Announces New “Lightbox” Ad Format: Advertisers Only Pay When Users Expand The Ad — At Advertising Week, Google today introduced a new ad format called Lightbox, which is a standard ad unit that expands into a super-sized canvas takeover ad after a user hovers their mouse cursor over the ad.
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| Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
Under Its Original Owners, Webshots Reincarnates as Smile — There are two very different ways to look at this story. First, it's an incredible tale of entrepreneurs founding, selling, buying, selling, and now buying again the very same company: Webshots.
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| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak gives jailbreaking the thumbs up, wishes iTunes supported Android — Slashdot turned 15-years-old today and to celebrate, the website invited Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak to answer a few questions from its community members. We encourage you to read …
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| Mike Shields / Adweek: |
The Long Goodbye? Despite the missteps, Microsoft insists it's still serious about advertising. The ad world has doubts — There was a time not so long ago when Microsoft threw the biggest digital media event of the year. In 2006, at the company's once-annual but now-defunct Strategic Account Summit …
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| Robin Wauters / The Next Web: |
Good Technology acquires enterprise app store solutions company AppCentral — Enterprise mobility solutions firm Good Technology today announced that it has agreed to acquire San Francisco-based AppCentral, a company that enables enterprise customers to distribute, manage and secure mobile applications.| Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal: |
Web Rivals Want What Google Got — To entice Google Inc. to build its ultra-high-speed fiber network there, Kansas City, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo., offered the Internet company sweeteners including several free or discounted city services. Now, Time Warner Cable Inc. and AT&T Inc. …
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| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
Judge decries “excessive” copyright and software patent protections — Richard Posner, the federal judge who threw out the entire Apple v. Motorola patent battle in June, has penned a new blog post complaining about the proliferation of patents. “I am concerned that both patent and copyright protection …
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| Ken Yeung / The Next Web: |
Facebook revamps its Help Center to actually give you the answers you want — Facebook has just undergone a drastic redesign of one of the most important parts of its site that you probably never have been to. Its Help Center has just been redone to make it easier to find the information you need.
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| Liam Tung / ZDNet: |
Jolla nabs €200m funding, preps MeeGo OS for licensing in mid-2013 — Summary: Jolla's OS, codenamed ‘Sailfish,’ will be the centre of a new Hong Kong-based ecosystem alliance, according to the company, which has picked a datacentre in the region to support its plans. — Liam Tung
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| Robert Beckhusen / Wired: |
3-D Printer Company Seizes Machine From Desktop Gunsmith — Cody Wilson planned in the coming weeks to make and test a 3-D printed pistol. Now those plans have been put on hold as desktop-manufacturing company Stratasys pulled the lease on a printer rented out for Wiki Weapon …
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