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Apple Introduces iPad mini — Apple® today introduced iPad® mini, a completely new iPad design that is 23 percent thinner and 53 percent lighter than the third generation iPad. The new iPad mini features a stunning 7.9-inch Multi-Touch™ display, FaceTime® HD and iSight® cameras … | Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Apple announces the 7.9-inch iPad for $329, shipping November 2nd — The iPad mini has just been revealed by Apple at its special event in San Jose. Up on stage, Phil Schiller explains that this “isn't just a shrunken-down iPad, it's an entirely new design.”
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| Joshua Topolsky / The Verge: |
Apple iPad mini hands-on — Here it is, Apple's new iPad mini. As you can see, it's certainly smaller than the regular iPad, although at 7.9 inches it's not as small as you'd expect — compared to the Nexus 7, it's noticeably larger. That said, it's still an incredibly thin and light design.| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Apple announces its 4th generation full-size iPad with A6X chip, LTE, HD FaceTime and Lightning connector — Apple today announced an updated version of its iPad to include its Lighting connector and an A6X chip. It features 10 hours of battery life and an HD version of its front facing camera.
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The iPad mini vs. the competition: fight! — The traditional trail of inventory listings, leaked casings and internal components have teased us enough: it's finally time to get down to the nitty gritty specs, and see how Apple's latest (and daintiest) iPad shapes up to the competition.| Dante D'Orazio / The Verge: |
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Facebook Reports Third Quarter 2012 Results — Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) today reported financial results for the third quarter, which ended September 30, 2012. — “As proud as I am that a billion people use Facebook each month, I'm also really happy that over 600 million people now share …
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Facebook's reports strong Q3 revenue of $1.26B and non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.12 — Today Facebook reported its third quarter financial performance, including revenue of $1.26 billion and earnings per share of $0.12 on a non-GAAP basis. — Analysts had expected the firm …
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Liveblogging Facebook's Q3 Call: MizUnderstood on Mobile? — Facebook turned in a third quarter that met worried investor expectations and also showed a nice start to its mobile monetization efforts. — Time to reconsider dumping on the social networking behemoth by Wall Street?
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All-New iMac Features Stunning Design, Brilliant Display & Faster Performance — Apple® today unveiled a completely new iMac® with a stunning design, brilliant display with reduced reflection, and faster processors. * With third generation Intel quad-core processors …
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Zynga Just Shut Down Boston Office, Laid Off 100+ Employees From The Ville And Bingo Teams In Austin — Possibly trying to hide the grim news by announcing it during Apple's event, we've just independently confirmed that Zynga has shut down its Boston office and laid off 2/3s of the employees …
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| Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
Zynga's Boston, Austin Layoffs Today: “Almost Everyone Was In The Dark” — We have more on the backstory behind Zynga's layoffs today. None of the rank and file employees knew until this morning, although senior management had planned cuts ahead of time (just as Zynga indicated this month …
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Apple Introduces 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display — Apple® today introduced an all-new version of its popular 13-inch MacBook® Pro featuring a stunning Retina™ display and all flash storage in a new compact design. At a mere 0.75 inches and 3.57 pounds … | Dante D'Orazio / The Verge: |
| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Netflix Subscriber Additions Disappoint, Reports Q3 Revenue Of $905M And Earnings Of $0.13 — Netflix's third-quarter 2012 earnings report just came out, with revenue reaching $905 million for the quarter, up from $822 million last year. It's also in line with Wall Street's consensus forecast of $904 million.| Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
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Paid Blogger — Hey. — My name is Michael Arrington. For newer readers who don't know, I founded TechCrunch back in 2005. — Last year I was fired and began writing on Uncrunched. — Today AOL unfired me. — I am a venture capitalist and have all sorts of conflicts of interest.| Yusuf Mehdi / The Official Microsoft Blog: |
Introducing the New Entertainment Experience from Xbox — Steve Ballmer recently stated that 2012 will be “the most epic year in Microsoft's history.” — Not only do we have major releases coming to the PC, tablet and phone, but we have worked extremely hard to ensure those screens work together …
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| Brandon LeBlanc / The Windows Blog: |
Windows 8 Advertising Campaign Goes Global — As we enter the final countdown to the global launch of Windows 8, today marks the global unveiling of the Windows 8 advertising campaign going live in 42 countries. With the reimagining of the Windows product experience—marketing is breaking from the past as well.
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