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Apple Said to Be Exploring Switch From Intel Chips for the Mac — Apple Inc. (AAPL) is exploring ways to replace Intel Corp. (INTC) processors in its Mac personal computers with a version of the chip technology it uses in the iPhone and iPad, according to people familiar with the company's research.
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Will Apple's silicon be good enough for a Mac? — The company's silicon gets better every year. But will it be fast enough for a Mac, and can it muscle out Intel? — Apple is starting to release some scary-good silicon. But can it muscle out Intel? — Last decade, the question was, will Apple go Intel?
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Will Apple Switch the Mac to ARM? Why the Rumors Do, and Don't, Ring True. — You have to wonder if Apple and Intel are in some kind of negotiation phase right now. — That's at least one cynical way to interpret the story from Bloomberg News saying that Apple is exploring ways to move …
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Announcing Instagram Profiles on the Web! — You've asked for Instagram on the web and we've listened. Over the next few days, we'll be rolling out Instagram profiles on the web! Your web profile features a selection of your recently shared photographs just above your profile photo and bio …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Mary Meeker Gives Mid-Year Internet Trends Report: Android Adoption Ramping Up 6X Faster Than iPhone — KPCB partner Mary Meeker usually publishes her famed Internet Trends report once a year, but gave a small San Francisco crowd a mid-year update tonight. The biggest new facts?| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
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Email Voting Fails Some New Jersey Residents — Bouncing email addresses, personal hotmail accounts. “It's really maddening,” says Tanz. — New Jersey's last-minute offer of email voting to displaced residents was greeted by concern by security experts, who warn that email offers a fast track to voter fraud.
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Microsoft Surface RT More Profitable than iPad, Teardown Analysis Reveals — The Surface RT model with the minimum 32 gigabytes of NAND flash memory and an optional black Touch Cover carries a bill of materials (BOM) of $271.00, according to a preliminary estimate from the IHS iSuppli Teardown Analysis Service.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook For iOS Gets Photo Filters And Multi-Shot Sharing, Beating Twitter To The Punch — Don't trust the release notes. Facebook has just added photo filters to its iOS app, though the feature wasn't announced in the version 5.1 “What's New” that highlights multi-photo uploads, slide-out chat buddy list, and Gift giving.
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Foursquare Explore now has ratings powered by where people actually like to go, not just star ratings — With today's iOS update, we've made finding the best place on-the-go even easier. Now when you search for somewhere to go in Explore, you'll see a score from 1 to 10 next to the name of a place.
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft Surface tested as balloting device in Virginia — Here's an interesting milestone for Microsoft Surface: One of the tablets is being tested in Virginia this week as a balloting device for state and national elections there. — The test is being conducted by Democracy Live …
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| Robin Wauters / The Next Web: |
Imagination buys chip design firm MIPS for $60m, 498 patents sold to industry consortium for $350m — More M&A activity in the wonderful world of chips. MIPS Technologies has been for sale for quite a while, but now things are finally moving: the semiconductor design company formerly known …
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| Martyn Williams / Network World: |
Smart meters not so clever about privacy, researchers find — A University of South Carolina study found smart meters transmitting plain text information that could be used against home owners By Martyn Williams, IDG News Service November 05, 2012 12:20 PM ET Researchers at the University … | Josh Halliday / Guardian: |
Google pledge to downgrade piracy sites under review — Government raises prospect of fresh legislation as entertainment groups accuse internet giant of dragging its feet — The government is to review Google's pledge to downgrade illegal filesharing websites in its search results …
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| Dhanya Skariachan / Reuters: |
Staples to have Amazon lockers in U.S. stores: spokeswoman — (Reuters) - Staples Inc, the largest U.S. office supply retailer, has agreed to install “Amazon Lockers” in its U.S. stores, a Staples spokeswoman said on Monday. — The Amazon lockers at Staples will allow online shoppers …
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Amazon Testing a $7.99 Per Month Prime Subscription — Reader Scott noticed that Amazon is now testing a $7.99 per month Prime subscription (instead of $79 per year), a price that is very familiar to Netflix and Hulu Plus subscribers. I was able to confirm the pricing on the Amazon website and capture a screen shot:
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Xbox team's ‘consumer detector’ would dis-Kinect freeloading TV viewers — A newly surfaced patent filing from Microsoft's Xbox Incubation team details one of the new innovations they've been thinking about. This one could be very popular among major movie and television studios.
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Ev Williams on Medium: We'd rather be HBO than mass market programming — The fact that just a small percentage of Twitter users create the vast majority of content on the site is often raised as a criticism of the whole platform. But Evan Williams, the co-founder of Twitter and …
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Exclusive: EU regulators to accept Apple, publishers e-book offer — (Reuters) - EU regulators are set to accept an offer by Apple and four book publishers allowing Amazon and other retailers to sell e-books more cheaply than Apple to end an antitrust investigation and avoid fines, two sources said on Monday.
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| Robin Wauters / The Next Web: |
AOL beats expectations in Q3: Revenue flat at $531.7m, net income of $20.8m — Internet media and services company AOL this morning reported its financial results for the third quarter of this year, reporting earnings of 22 cents per share compared to a loss per share of 2 cents in Q3 2011.
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| Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
Proposal to Bolster Online Privacy Rules for Children Draws Opposition — Washington is pushing Silicon Valley on children's privacy, and Silicon Valley is pushing back. — Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter have all objected to portions of a federal effort to strengthen online privacy protections for children.
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| Jake Durasamy / Neowin: |
Rumor: radical brand makeover inbound for Samsung — According to a report from Australia's Channel News, Samsung is prepping its multi-billion dollar self for a makeover. The folks down under have caught wind stating that Samsung is looking for a completely new look that will hopefully … Sponsor Posts
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