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Microsoft Dives Deep to Surface a Hit — Nobody asked me about my Surface. I tried flashing it all over the place. But despite my best efforts, no one seemed curious. — At Victrola Coffee Roasters in Seattle, I sat in the front window, with a hot pink Touch Cover attached, intentionally conspicuous.| Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech: |
Microsoft Surface Review — A Different Perspective — A week ago, I sat in an auditorium and listened to Steve Sinofsky talk about the tablet market. He talked about how the iPad was a great device, and a logical extension of the iPhone. Give iOS a bigger screen and all of the sudden …
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Engadget, Daring Fireball, ZDNet, ABCNEWS and LAPTOP Mag
| Sam Biddle / Gizmodo: |
Microsoft Surface RT Review: This Is Technological Heartbreak — Surface was the single biggest genuine tech surprise of the year so far. Microsoft tantalized us with a tablet that made the iPad look stale. Its snap-on keyboard made all laptops look immediately old fashioned.
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| Walter S. Mossberg / AllThingsD: |
Hardworking Tablet With PC Chops — I am writing this paragraph on a tablet in a coffee shop. That's no big deal. As I look around, I see several people working on Apple iPads. But the tablet I'm using is very different—historic, actually. It's the first personal computer made by Microsoft …
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Apple's Schiller defends iPad mini's price tag — (Reuters) - Apple marketing wizard Phil Schiller defended the $329 price of the new iPad mini tablet, saying consumers will be willing to pay for quality not found in less expensive devices from rivals like Google and Amazon.| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Apple Store now has Lightning to HDMI and VGA adapters at $49 a pop, souped-up iPad charger — We noticed during the iPhone 5 launch that Apple had a big caveat with its Lightning to 30-pin adapter: no video or iPod out support. Now that the new iPads are here with that same connector …
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Dutch court says Samsung does not infringe Apple patent — (Reuters) - A Dutch court ruled on Wednesday that Samsung Electronics does not infringe an Apple patent by using certain multi-touch techniques on some Galaxy smartphones and tablet computers. — “With these products Samsung does …
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‘Letterpress’ for iOS: Tweetie creator emerges from year of silence with addictive word game — The inventor of ‘pull-to-refresh’ and Twitter for iPad takes a stab at gaming — Almost one year ago Loren Brichter left Twitter, largely leaving the public eye “to figure out what's next.”| Kim Zetter / Wired: |
How a Google Headhunter's E-Mail Unraveled a Massive Net Security Hole — It was a strange e-mail, coming from a job recruiter at Google, asking Zachary Harris if he was interested in a position as a site-reliability engineer. — “You obviously have a passion for Linux and programming,” the e-mail from the Google recruiter read.| Josh Ong / The Next Web: |
HP outs pricing on full Windows 8 PC lineup — A huge wave of Windows 8 PCs is coming, and HP is hoping to ride it to victory. Early on Wednesday, the company announced pricing and availability for its complete Windows 8 PC portfolio, which includes a broad range of notebooks …
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| Jason Cohen / A Smart Bear: |
The rise of the “successful” unsustainable company — It's appalling what passes for “successful entrepreneurship” in the press or the Valley, but it's not their fault. — Witness, for example, this terrific Fast Company article on Bill Nguyen, serial entrepreneur who's seventh startup …
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Square Takes Its First International Step: Payment Service Now Live In Canada — Square has taken its first step outside of the U.S. for its mobile payment service: it is now live in Canada. The company said today that its mobile card reader/processor is now available nationwide …
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BetaKit, Engadget, Square, CNET, VentureBeat, Fast Company, AllThingsD, Betabeat, MobileSyrup.com, The Verge, GigaOM, FierceMobileContent News, Profectio and Mashable!. Tweets: @squarecanada
| Daniel Cooper / Engadget: |
AT&T sells 4.7 million iPhones and 1.4 million smartphones to make a $3.6 billion profit in Q3 2012 (video) — AT&T's third quarter figures have shown that the network certainly has a handle on this “selling smartphones” malarkey. In the last three months, it's managed to ship 6.1 smartphones … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Yelp Pays $50M To Acquire Its Big European Rival, Qype, To Beef Up Its Recommendations And Listings Business — This just in: online recommendations and listings site Yelp is stepping up its international push and buying its biggest rival in Europe, Qype. It will pay €18.6 million … | Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Samsung Galaxy Note II for T-Mobile now available for $370 on contract — T-Mobile may be a bit late to the Samsung Galaxy Note II party, but the mega-sized 5.5-inch smartphone has now landed in its online store for $370 on contract. You'll need to commit yourself to one of several … | Brian Klug / AnandTech: |
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| Nicole Perlroth / New York Times: |
Cyberattack on Saudi Oil Firm Disquiets U.S. — The hackers picked the one day of the year they knew they could inflict the most damage on the world's most valuable company, Saudi Aramco. — On Aug. 15, more than 55,000 Saudi Aramco employees stayed home from work to prepare …
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| Matt Brian / The Next Web: |
European Commission sends formal complaint to Microsoft over browser choice commitments — Announcing that it would investigate Microsoft over whether it has offered Windows users a choice over their web browser, the European Commission has sent a formal complaint the Redmond-based company, sending it a formal state of objections.| Gavin Clarke / The Register: |
Microsoft has no plans for a second Windows 7 Service Pack — You don't like it? Hey - had you thought of Windows 8? — Exclusive Waiting for a second Windows 7 Service Pack? Keep waiting - it doesn't sound like Microsoft will be releasing one. — Sources close to Microsoft's …
| Steven Loeb / VatorNews: |
Facebook stock takes off, opens up 24% after Q3 results — Strong mobile traction driving enthusiasm for Facebook shares — After slightly beating Wall Street expectations in its third quarter results Tuesday, Facebook's stock has taken off. — The report sent the stock up 13% …
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Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry — In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
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Getting the most out of business analytics — One of the most prevalent uses of Hadoop architecture by enterprises is to create business intelligence and analytics tools that can be leveraged to identify areas …
Getting the most out of business analytics — One of the most prevalent uses of Hadoop architecture by enterprises is to create business intelligence and analytics tools that can be leveraged to identify areas …
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“Yammer sucks” — Not to be mean to Yammer, or anything — it's a very good tool for some use cases — but that's what a customer told me recently (and others feel the same way).
“Yammer sucks” — Not to be mean to Yammer, or anything — it's a very good tool for some use cases — but that's what a customer told me recently (and others feel the same way).Who's Hiring In Tech?
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