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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
iOS 7 Disables Screenshot Interruptions, Allows Users to Secretly Take Snapchat Screenshots — While we detailed a number of new features of iOS 7 beta 2 earlier today, a MacRumors reader sent us a tip on a small change that has gone unnoticed since the first beta was released on June 10.
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
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| Michael Steeber / 9to5Mac: |
| Malathi Nayak / Reuters: |
Microsoft to bring Xbox and PC games to Apple, Android phones: report — (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp will offer its console and computer games for Apple Inc's iPhone and other smartphone platforms this fiscal year, through a tie-up with Japanese smartphone game maker Klab Inc, the Nikkei said on Monday.| Jeff Blagdon / The Verge: |
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| Jenna Wortham / NYT Bits: |
Instagram Video and the Death of Fantasy — Over the weekend, I went to a sunset picnic on a rooftop in Brooklyn. The evening couldn't have been more picturesque — a group of stylish women chatting and lounging on blankets, framed against a lavender and glittering cityscape.
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| Euan Rocha / Reuters: |
BlackBerry launches service to manage Android, Apple devices — (Reuters) - BlackBerry launched a service on Tuesday allowing government agencies and corporate clients to secure and manage devices powered by Google Inc's Android platform and Apple Inc's iOS operating system.
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| Chris Velazco / TechCrunch: |
Barnes & Noble Reports $118.6M Loss On Revenue Of $1.3B In Q4, Plans To Open Nook Brand To Tablet OEMs — Barnes & Noble reported its fiscal fourth quarter earnings this morning, and the financials make it clear that the company is still struggling to figure out how it fits into the larger digital reading ecosystem.
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| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
OUYA hits retailers for $100, promptly sells out at Amazon — OUYA has unlocked a major achievement today: the teensy crowdfunded gaming console is now available at retail, after a slight delay from the June 4th date it promised earlier. That's good news for everybody …
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| USA Today: |
Pink Floyd: Pandora's Internet radio royalty ripoff — Internet radio companies are trying to trick artists into supporting their own pay cut. — Great music can inspire deep emotions, and businesses have long sought to harness this power in order to make money.
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| Timothy B. Lee / Wonkblog: |
One of the worst patents ever just got upheld in court — Forget patenting an invention. These days, companies patent conceptual categories for future inventions. — During the first dot-com boom, Amazon famously patented the concept of buying things online with one click.| Terrence O'Brien / Engadget: |
Google Cloud Playground lets you dip your toes in the Cloud Platform waters — Google's Cloud Platform holds a certain amount of appeal for developers looking to quickly build robust web apps. Of course, getting started is a bit involved. You'll first need to download and install several tools and an SDK on your local machine.
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple investigating new MacBook Air WiFi issues, some customers receiving replacements — Over the past few days, a notable amount of users have complained about WiFi issues plaguing the new 11-inch and 13-inch MacBook Air models released during the week of WWDC.
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| Kaylene Hong / The Next Web: |
Samsung denies ‘groundless’ rumor that it is shutting down its PC business — UPDATE: Samsung has denied a report that says it is shutting down its PC business and provided the following statement: The rumor that Samsung is withdrawing from the PC desktop business is groundless.| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
New Google Groups now available to all with revamped management features, moderation tools, and mobile site — Google today announced it is retiring the previous release of Google Groups and launching a revamped version in its place, available immediately for all users.
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gmailblog.blogspot.ca, Engadget, WebProNews, VentureBeat, 9to5Google, Softpedia News and PandoDaily
| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Sony's ‘Music Unlimited’ iOS app adds offline playback & high-quality 320kbps AAC streams — A nice update is landing any minute now for Sony's Music Unlimited iOS app, which is continuing to improve thanks to some nice improvements coming with PS4 and PlayStation Plus.
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| Mat Smith / Engadget: |
Sony Xperia Z Ultra official with 6.4-inch 1080p screen and 2.2GHz Snapdragon 800 chip, global launch in Q3 2013 — Sony's unveiled its latest addition to its Xperia Z series, a new smartphone that blurs the line between smartphone and tablet once more — the appropriately-named Xperia Z Ultra.| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
AT&T hopes to bolster mobile life with new innovation centers — The company is opening one “foundry” in Atlanta near Georgia Tech and adding a second location to its Plano, Texas, facilities. — The site for AT&T's foundry in Atlanta. The facility is still under construction and isn't open yet.| Matt Brian / The Verge: |
EU court says Google doesn't have to delete sensitive data from search results (update) — The Advocate General at the European Court of Justice has said that Google should not have to delete sensitive information from its search results. In a statement published today …
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| Dan Primack / Fortune: |
What is behind Snapchat's massive valuation? — Venture capitalists have valued Snapchat at more than $800 million. Why? — FORTUNE — Snapchat is one of the world's fastest-growing mobile apps, with users sharing more than 200 million “snaps” per day.
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