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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Office for iOS and Android reportedly confirmed by Microsoft product manager, due March 2013 — Microsoft product manager Petr Bobek has confirmed that the software maker is planning to release native iOS and Android versions of Office 2013 next year. Speaking at a press event …
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| Amar Toor / The Verge: |
Samsung to unveil 4-inch ‘mini’ Galaxy S III on October 11th — JK Shin, head of Samsung Mobile Communications, confirmed today that his company will be releasing a four-inch version of the Galaxy S III on October 11th in Germany. Shin announced the news during a meeting with Korean press on Wednesday.
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| Sharif Sakr / Engadget: |
Samsung Galaxy S III Mini photo, specs and price leak in Germany — German site MobileGeeks has just leaked full specs of the new, Mini version of the Galaxy S III that Samsung confirmed this morning. As expected, we're looking at a 4-inch Super AMOLED display, with a shrunken resolution of 800 x 480 pixels.| Josh Lowensohn / CNET: |
Developers: We warned Apple about iOS maps quality — Developers say they gave Apple plenty of warning about issues with its iOS maps app revamp. — To the casual observer it might appear that Apple was caught off guard by just how bad its its in-house maps app was. But the company had plenty of warning.
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| Bloomberg: |
Apple Choice of IPhone Aluminum Said to Slow Down Output — This Expert Has Five Big Problems With the iPhone 5 — Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s iPhone 5 supply shortfall is being exacerbated by a quality-control crackdown at Foxconn Technology Group that's designed to cut the number of devices shipped … | Richard Barley / The TweetDeck Blog: |
A new look for TweetDeck — Today we updated the TweetDeck app on all our supported platforms - web, Chrome, Mac and Windows. The update is live now on web.tweetdeck.com. If you use the Windows app, just restart to trigger an auto-update. Chrome app users should restart Chrome to update …
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| Jeremy Olshan / MarketWatch: |
On deck for 2013: The end of the baseball ticket … Major League Baseball wants to stop selling tickets. That is, the kind printed on card stock with perforated edges and a U.S. Constitution's worth of disclaimers crammed onto the back in three-point type.
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| Bloomberg: |
Facebook Fought SEC to Keep Mobile Risks Hidden Before IPO Crash — When Facebook Inc. (FB) filed its proposal Feb. 1 to go public, it touted the effectiveness of ads linked to customers' friends, citing research from Nielsen, the audience-counting company.| Dave Copeland / ReadWriteWeb: |
Chrome Extension Protects Privacy Against Google, Facebook & 1,000 Other Sites — If you're tired of logging into Facebook to reset your privacy options every time the company updates its user agreement, a new Chrome extension may be the fix you're looking for.
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| Randall Palmer / Reuters: |
Huawei faces exclusion from planned Canada government network — (Reuters) - Canada indicated strongly on Tuesday it would exclude Chinese telecom equipment giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd from helping to build a secure Canadian government communications network because of possible security risks.
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| Troy Wolverton / Mercury News: |
Exclusive: Assets of Palo Alto gaming company OnLive were sold off for just $4.8 million — Venture capitalist Gary Lauder paid just $4.8 million for the remnants of OnLive when the company went through its insolvency process this summer, a letter obtained by this newspaper reveals.
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| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Apple iPod touch review (2012) — Part MP3 player, part tablet — part point-and-shoot? — It all started with an iPod touch, a gift from my parents years ago. I've since bought a half-dozen more iPods, two iPhones, an iPad, and a MacBook Air. Somehow I'm sure Apple planned it that way.
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| Steve Lohr / New York Times: |
Widening Scrutiny of Google's Smartphone Patents — For more than a year, the Federal Trade Commission has been conducting a broad antitrust investigation into the way Google runs its Internet search and search advertising businesses. But in recent months it has added another investigation into Google's competitive behavior.
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Patently Apple, Guardian, iDownloadBlog.com, FOSS Patents and Digits
| Harrison Weber / The Next Web: |
eBay announces site redesign, Pinterest-like discovery feed and the debut of eBay Now in NY and SF — Today in New York at its “Future of Shopping” event, eBay has redesigned its site to be much neater and more consistent, featuring a cleaner search page, product page and a streamlined, 1 page checkout experience.
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| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
The Sparrow team was in talks with Facebook for acquisition before it was scooped up by Google — In July of this year, those of us who loved the Mac and iOS mail client Sparrow were shocked when we got the news that the team had been acquired by Google to work on Gmail.| Dan Primack / Fortune: |
IO Data raises $90 million, eyes IPO — A big vote of confidence for the modular model. — FORTUNE — IO Data Centers has raised $90 million in new venture capital funding, just one month after landing a major client win with Goldman Sachs. This brings the Scottsdale …
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| Charles Arthur / Guardian: |
‘iPad mini’ likely to be Wi-Fi-only — Industry sources increasingly confident that Apple will move into 7in tablet market, but will also launch revised iPads — Apple's expected “iPad mini” will only come in a Wi-Fi version - but there will also be a revised version of the iPad … | Business Insider: |
New Video Breaks Down How An Apple Patent Stomps All Over The 1st Amendment — A patent granted to Apple in late-August allows governments to disable iPhones and other smartphones, targeting specific apps even, when they enter what is deemed a “sensitive” area.
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| Bill Rigby / Reuters: |
Microsoft CEO sees company becoming more like Apple — (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has signaled a new direction for the world's largest software company, pointing to hardware and online services as its future, taking a page from long-time rival Apple Inc.
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Tech Trader Daily, TechEye, Neowin and memeburn
| Brier Dudley / The Seattle Times: |
Q&A: Nintendo boss on Wii U vs. AppleTV, Google, Xbox 720 ... Here are edited excerpts of my interview with Reggie Fils-Aime, president of Nintendo of America. (photo by Mark Harrison, Times staff photographer) — The conversation in his Redmond aerie led to today's column on the upcoming Wii U …
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GamesIndustry International, The Verge, Pocket-lint and Forbes
| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
LendUp Raises Cash From Kleiner Perkins, Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures And Others To Disrupt Payday Loans — A new Y Combinator-incubated startup is entering the fintech scene today, aiming to disrupt payday loans and consumer finance. LendUp, is leveraging technology to redefine …
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VentureBeat, Venture Capital Dispatch, AllThingsD and Betabeat
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Confirmed: Apple-owned fingerprint software exposes Windows passwords — Security consultants have independently confirmed a serious security weakness that makes it trivial for hackers with physical control of many computers sold by Dell, Acer, and at least 14 other manufacturers to quickly recover Windows account passwords.
| Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
Stripe's New Payments Product Could Be A Boon For Collaborative Consumption, E-Commerce Startups — Stripe, the YC-backed payments startup funded by Sequoia and PayPal's original founders, is launching a new way for marketplaces and collaborative consumption startups to let their users directly accept payments.
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