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Google Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 Performance Preview — Earlier this week Google announced two new flagship Nexus devices: the Nexus 4 smartphone and the Nexus 10 tablet. We received review samples of both earlier this week, and while we're hard at work at full reviews of the devices we couldn't help …
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Google Nexus 10 review — The Nexus 7 proved Google can design good hardware, but can it take on the iPad? — Tablets are in a funny phase. For years, Google and Microsoft were content to sit back while hardware partners used their software to make tablets.| Brad Molen / Engadget: |
Nexus 4 review — Movie sequels often don't live up to the hype of the original blockbuster, but the same isn't always true of smartphones — on the contrary, they typically get even better. The Nexus lineup, initially thought of as a “playground” for Android developers to test their apps on … | Brian X. Chen / NYT Bits: |
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Twitter to Add Photo Filters to Compete With Instagram — Twitter is finally learning a lesson from Facebook: If you can't buy it, build it. — In the coming months, Twitter plans to update its mobile applications to introduce filters for photos that will allow people to share altered images …
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Near record turnout for iPad mini in the Big Apple — Reports of disappointing crowds may have been premature — FORTUNE — I'm seeing headlines to the effect that the iPad mini is drawing smaller crowds than previous Apple (AAPL) product launches. — I've only been to the flagship store …
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Apple loses right to iPhone brand name in Mexico — Mexican iFone registered trade name four years before Apple — Apple has lost an injunction bid that would have allowed it to continue selling iPhone-branded products in Mexico. A court in Mexico City handed down a ruling …
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iPad 4 GPU Performance Analyzed: PowerVR SGX 554MP4 Under the Hood — As always, our good friends over at Kishonti managed to have the first GPU performance results for the new 4th generation iPad. Although the new iPad retains its 2048 x 1536 “retina” display, Apple claims a 2x improvement in GPU performance through the A6X SoC.| Michael Carney / PandoDaily: |
Sacca: Betrayals at Twitter cut deeper than junior high — “It's all fun and games until you raise a series B.” So reads the title of an unpublished blog post written by super angel investor Chris Sacca. The title applies to Twitter, a company Sacca is very familiar with.| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Emoji Apps No Longer Welcome in App Store Following Native iOS 6 Support — Apple's iOS devices have long carried at least partial support for emoji, picture characters popular for text messaging in Japan but also gaining interest in countries around the world.
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Facebook tests ‘Pages Feed’ so fans can see all updates in separate stream — Some Facebook users are seeing a separate “Pages Feed” where they can view all the updates from pages they Like in a single stream. — This seems to be another move by Facebook to help users see more posts from pages they're interested in.
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Apple Removes “Incorrect” Legal Statement From U.K. Website Following Court Order In iPad Vs Galaxy Tab Case — Apple has pulled down a legal statement on its U.K. website, posted after it lost an appeal in a U.K. court against a ruling that Samsung's Galaxy Tab tablets do not infringe the design of the iPad.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Execs Start Selling Stock: Sandberg Cashes Just ~2% Of Her Stake For $7.4M But CAO Dumps Half — Facebook's executives gained the right to sell stock this week and three are now starting to cash out. SEC docs show COO Sheryl Sandberg is selling 352,904 shares to pull in $7,440,696.93.
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Wired Editor-In-Chief Leaves To Become Full-Time Entrepreneur — Chris Anderson is leaving the top of Wired masthead to become CEO of 3D Robotics, a company he cofounded years ago. — Source: joi — Wired Editor-in-Chief Chris Anderson is leaving the magazine he's run since 2001 …
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iPad Mini Display Under The Microscope: Not As Good As iPad 4th Gen, But Much Better Than iPad 2 — The iPad mini may have a display that's being singled out in most reviews as being below Apple's recent standards, but a look under the microscope by Repair Labs affirms what I've been noticing in person … | Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
The other smartphone rumor that just won't die: The HTC Opera UL is the Facebook phone — Last night, the rumor of Microsoft building its own smartphone came back to life. Today, the Facebook phone rumor is back, and yes, once again HTC is the expected manufacturer.
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Windows 8, the post-PC world, and Linux: Microsoft will prevail — The heir to Windows' desktop dominion? Uh, no. — Since the very first reveal of Windows 8, some critics have called the operating system a fatal move for Microsoft. They call it a blunder so large in its abandonment … | Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
After Declaring It the Future of Yahoo, CEO Marissa Mayer Appoints IntoNow's Adam Cahan as Mobile Kingpin (Internal Memo, Natch!) — A very important management shift at Yahoo got a bit lost in the news of the first acquisition — a small mobile start-up called Stamped — of new CEO Marissa Mayer last week.| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
SideCar expands community-based ride-sharing platform to Seattle, offers $10 credit — There's a new taxi-service in town, but the cars aren't yellow and the drivers could very well be your next door neighbor. — Introducing SideCar, a community-based ride-share marketplace that connects drivers …
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