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Apple looking at bigger iPhone screens, multiple colours - sources — * May launch cheaper iPhones in 5-6 colours - sources — * Apple has floated cheaper model price of $99 - source — Apple Inc is exploring launching iPhones with bigger screens, as well as cheaper models in a range of colours …
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| Seth Weintraub / 9to5Mac: |
Reuters: Apple building a $100 iPhone in a variety of colors, planning 5-inch iPhablets for next year — I'll admit this is a hard report to take at face value. Reuters is reporting that Apple has plans to release a $99 iPhone in a variety of colors later this year.
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| Daniel Strauss / The Hill: |
NSA revelations only ‘the tip of the iceberg,’ says Dem lawmaker — The federal surveillance programs revealed in media reports are just “the tip of the iceberg,” a House Democrat said Wednesday. — Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.) said lawmakers learned “significantly more” … | Declan McCullagh / CNET: |
NSA chief drops hint about ISP Web, e-mail surveillance — A secret interpretation of the Patriot Act led to the National Security Agency vacuuming up all of Verizon's phone logs. The NSA may be doing the same for e-mail and Web logs too. — The head of the National Security Agency hinted yesterday …
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| Michael Hickins / Wall Street Journal: |
| Microsoft: |
Microsoft and Best Buy announce the Windows Store only at Best Buy — Store-within-a-store will launch this summer at more than 600 Best Buy locations, offering Windows-based PCs, tablets, accessories and support from dedicated, Microsoft-trained staff. — Microsoft Corp. and Best Buy Co …
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| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Microsoft to open 600 Windows Stores inside Best Buy and Future Shop locations in the US and Canada this summer — Microsoft today announced a strategic partnership with Best Buy and Future Shop. The company plans to build Windows Stores in 500 Best Buy locations across the US …
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| Nick Summers / The Next Web: |
Twitter opens up its analytics platform, lets everyone review the performance of their tweets for free — Twitter has quietly opened up its various analytics tools to the public, giving everyone access to in-depth data about the people and brands who follow them, as well as the performance of their most recent tweets.
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| Greg Lindley / Facebook Newsroom: |
Public Conversations on Facebook — Every day, hundreds of millions of people use Facebook to share their thoughts on big moments happening all around them. Whether it's talking about a favorite television show, cheering on a hometown sports team or engaging with friends during a breaking news event … | Brad Molen / Engadget: |
Nokia hosting “zoom reinvented” event July 11th in NYC — We just received invites from Nokia to an event in New York City. The name of the event, curiously, is “zoom reinvented” and the imagery features a magnifying lens. Naturally, given the recent barrage of EOS leaks …
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| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Why does the design of iOS 7 look so different? — If you caught Apple's iOS 7 presentation on Monday or have followed any of the numerous bits of coverage, then you know that the home screen icons have quickly become a point of contention. They're certainly a radical departure from the deep …
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CNET, MacRumors, 9to5Google, 9to5Mac, iClarified, Ubergizmo, App Advice and Gotta Be Mobile. Thanks:@panzer
| eMarketer: |
Google Takes Home Half of Worldwide Mobile Internet Ad Revenues — Facebook to earn more than one in 10 mobile ad dollars this year — Google earned more than half of the $8.8 billion advertisers worldwide spent on mobile internet ads last year, helping propel the company to take in nearly …
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Twitter launches #FollowMe: highlight reels based on tweets, photos and Vines — It's common for Twitter regulars to get a stream of new followers, but it's not always clear why they should follow back — how do you summarize a person's post history in a few seconds?
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
New Microsoft ‘Windows Everywhere’ ad crosses product boundaries — Summary: A new Microsoft ad shows for the first time in a single commercial Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and Surface, in a nod to Microsoft's devices and services repositioning. — Microsoft is set to debut a new ad tonight …
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| Brad Molen / Engadget: |
Samsung Galaxy S4 Active coming to AT&T June 21st for $199, pre-orders begin tomorrow — It appears that we were spot-on about yesterday's teaser, as AT&T has officially unveiled the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active this morning. Available in stores or online starting June 21st … | Rip Empson / TechCrunch: |
Yahoo's Acquisition Spree Continues With Conference Calling Startup Rondee — Thought Yahoo's acquisition spree would culminate with its $1.1 billion Tumblr purchase? Well, not so much. In fact, the buy-happy company made its second acquisition of the day — in two completely different markets, no less.
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ReadWrite, CNET, iMore, GigaOM, Engadget, Pulse 2.0, AllThingsD, Softpedia News, BGR India and The Next Web. See also Mediagazer
| Xperia Blog: |
First image of Xperia Z Ultra teased - super slim phablet — What you see below is the first image of the upcoming 6.4-inch Xperia Z Ultra. It refers to a Sony Mobile press invite in France taking place on Thursday 4 July at 09.30. The invite is translated to the following: “Sony Mobile reserves a big surprise for you”.| Amar Toor / The Verge: |
Twitter must disclose authors of anti-Semitic tweets, French appeals court rules — Government says adhering to French law is “not optional” for social media site — A French court this week ordered Twitter to disclose the names of users accused of posting racist and anti-Semitic tweets …
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CNET and Marketing Land
| John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
DOJ Misfires on Jobs Email in Apple E-Book Case — It Was a Discarded Draft — Correction, June 13: An earlier version of this post stated that the Steve Jobs email entered into evidence by Apple on Wednesday was sent to Eddy Cue. It was not. It was simply another draft of the same message.| Google Research Blog: |
Improving Photo Search: A Step Across the Semantic Gap — Last month at Google I/O, we showed a major upgrade to the photos experience: you can now easily search your own photos without having to manually label each and every one of them. This is powered by computer vision and machine learning technology …
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Google Operating System, GigaOM and Beyond Search
| David Pogue / New York Times: |
A Tablet That Doubles as a Desktop, or Vice Versa — The big breakthrough was the iPad: a flat, thin, beautiful, nearly buttonless computer, all touch screen. But that was three years ago. — Ever since then, Apple's rivals have churned out iPad clones in different sizes. Ten inches diagonal?| Reuters: |
Silicon Valley intensifies lobbying on immigration bill — (Reuters) - Eager to secure more visas for skilled foreign workers, tech companies have stepped up their lobbying this week in support of a comprehensive U.S. immigration reform bill. — Human resources executives from Adobe … | Jon Russell / The Next Web: |
WhatsApp hits new record after processing 27 billion messages in one day — Mobile messaging service WhatsApp has announced record user numbers, after revealing that the service just processed 27 billion messages over a 24 hour period. That's significantly up on its previous best of 18 billion from the final day of 2012.
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SlashGear, CNET, MobileSyrup.com, BGR, TechCrunch, BGR India, Ubergizmo, FierceMobileContent News, memeburn, PhoneArena and AllThingsD. Tweets: @whatsapp. Thanks:@jonrussell
| David Meyer / GigaOM: |
Sony opens up SmartWatch platform to third-party firmware — Sony's second stab at the SmartWatch concept is either a vast improvement over the first or a crashing failure, depend on who you're listening to. Either way, the Android peripheral has hardly set the world on fire … | Gerry Smith / The Huffington Post: |
Smartphone Thefts Probed By State, City Prosecutors As Companies Fail To Act — Top state and city law enforcement officials on Thursday will announce an expansive investigation into the failure of Apple and other smartphone manufacturers to adopt measures that may limit a wave of thefts targeting … Sponsor Posts
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