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Samsung Galaxy S IV Hands On: Everything New Is Old Again — After a lot of teasing, and a lot of leaking, the Galaxy S IV is finally here. Last year's version, the S III, remains the world's most popular Android phone, having sold over 40 million units. Can the S IV live up to that kind of hype?
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| Sascha Segan / PC Magazine: |
Samsung: Galaxy S4's Improvements Will Come to Galaxy S3 — The Samsung Galaxy S4 is officially upon us. The Korean phone giant took the wraps off its new 5-inch smartphone at a high-profile event in New York City tonight, and will release the Galaxy S4 in the second quarter on all four major U.S. carriers.| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
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Rather than Just Watch Samsung's Show, HTC Gets In On The Act — As reporters and others waited to get into Radio City Music Hall on Thursday, they had a chance to play with one of the latest high-end Android devices. But it wasn't the Galaxy S 4. — It was the HTC One.
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Microsoft's Surface Tablet Is Said to Fall Short of Predictions — Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) has sold about 1.5 million Surface devices, people with knowledge of the company's sales said, a slow start in its bid to crack the fast-growing tablet market to make up for slumping personal-computer demand.| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
New Samsung CEO says there is ‘lackluster demand’ for Windows tablets and phones — JK Shin, the Samsung Mobile Communications president who just received a promotion to co-CEO of Samsung Electronics, had some harsh words for Microsoft tonight as his company launched the Galaxy S4.| Neil Hughes / AppleInsider: |
Apple's ‘budget’ iPhone expected to have same 4-inch display as iPhone 5 — Contrary to some rumors suggesting Apple's low-cost iPhone will have a larger 4.5-inch display, the company's new entry-level handset will have a 4-inch display, matching the size of the iPhone 5.
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Google Reader Still Drives Far More Traffic Than Google+ — The beloved but doomed Google Reader is still a healthy source of traffic. Google+, on the other hand... According to data from the BuzzFeed Network, a set of tracked partner sites that collectively have over 300 million users … | Zite's blog: |
Google Reader is dead, so we rebuilt it for you in Zite (in six hours) — We at Zite were sad to hear about Google Reader's impending demise. Google Reader and Zite have always been complementary products: GR providing news from sources you've subscribed to manually and Zite giving … | Farhad Manjoo / Slate: |
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Retina MacBook Pro customer launches class action lawsuit against Apple over alleged LG display flaw — Since Apple unveiled its first Retina MacBook Pro with the 15.4-inch model in June, there has been a growing number of complaints from customers experiencing issues with the product.
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Reuters Social Media Editor Indicted For Allegedly Conspiring With Anonymous — If convicted, Reuters' deputy social media editor Matthew Keys faces up to 25 years in prison and $750,000 in fines. — Federal prosecutors announced Thursday that Matthew Keys, the deputy social media editor for Reuters … | Dylan Byers / Politico: |
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North Korean News Agency Accuses US and Allies of Cyberattacks — North Korea's official news agency KCNA has accused the US and its allies of conducting cyberattacks. Described as “intensive and persistent virus attacks”, it's otherwise not clear what information the alleged hackers were after or if any data was stolen.
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Facebook pushes Android update to enable silent updates (bypassing the Play Store) — Facebook appears to be doing an end run around the Google by pushing an update to the social network's open app to Android users today... and the update isn't coming from the Google Play Store.
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Glassdoor: Employees rank Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg as CEO of the year; Apple's Tim Cook loses top spot — Career website Glassdoor on Friday released its latest report highlighting this year's top 50 highest-rated Chief Executive Officers (CEOs), and it seems like the tech world played a big role in the list.
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Exclusive: Silver Lake close to raising $10 billion fund - source — (Reuters) - Silver Lake Partners, the technology-focused private equity firm backing a $24.4 billion bid to take Dell Inc private, is close to raising $10 billion for its latest fund, exceeding its initial fundraising target …
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BlackBerry, Windows Phone Still Lack Popular Apps — BlackBerry 10 and Windows Phone 8 are still struggling to match the most popular apps on the dominant Android and iOS platforms, which could continue to slow sales of the smaller mobile platforms. — After looking at a list of 102 popular apps … | Wall Street Journal: |
Facebook Working on Incorporating the Hashtag — Facebook Inc. is getting ready to take on a symbol of rival Twitter: the hashtag. — Facebook is working on incorporating the hashtag, one of Twitter Inc.'s most iconic markers, into its service, said people familiar with the matter.
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