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Apple's Next iPad Mini Will Likely Have ‘Retina’ Display From Samsung — TAIPEI—Apple Inc.'s suppliers are gearing up for mass production of a new iPad mini in the fourth quarter that will likely feature a high-resolution screen from Samsung, people familiar with the matter say …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple's upcoming A7 iPhone chip will have Samsung components, code inside iOS 7 reveals — While Apple is using an A6 processor for this new iPad mini, developer Nick Frey has shared with us that Apple is also developing a new A7 processor. A reference to an s5l8960x (likely A7) processor … | Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
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| Jim Finkle / Reuters: |
Apple fixing bug that allows fake charging stations to hack iPhones — (Reuters) - Apple Inc's next software update for its iPhones and iPads will fix a security flaw that allows hackers to engage in spying and cyber crimes when the victim connects the device to a fake charging station, the company said on Wednesday.| Richard Lawler / Engadget: |
Netflix individual profile rollout brings up to five unique experiences per account — Netflix is finally ready to deliver individual profiles for its streaming service, meant to satisfy households with shared accounts by providing everyone their own settings, viewing history and (where available) queue.
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| John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
Senators Caution White House Over ITC's Looming iPhone Ban — On Aug. 5 — Monday of next week — an International Trade Commission import ban on older iPhones and iPads found to infringe one of Samsung's standards-essential patents will go into effect — unless the White House overturns it.
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NSA Director Heckled At Conference As He Asks For Security Community's Understanding — When NSA Director Keith Alexander appeared at the Las Vegas security conference Black Hat Wednesday morning, he hoped to mend the NSA's reputation in the eyes of thousands of the conference's hackers and security professionals.| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Yahoo Paid Between $35M and $40M for Lexity E-Commerce App Platform — According to sources close to the situation, Yahoo forked over between $35 million and $40 million in cash to buy Lexity, the e-commerce app platform startup. (The companies had declined to outline terms of the deal, so I decided I would.)
| Brooke Crothers / CNET: |
HP launches Android-based SlateBook ‘PC’ — HP's Android ‘PC’ has arrived. It packs Nvidia's latest Tegra 4 processor and can be used as either a tablet or a laptop. … HP SlateBook x2. HP is branding the SlateBook as an Android ‘PC.’ — (Credit: Hewlett-Packard)| Sascha Segan / PC Magazine: |
Motorola Reveals More X8 Chip Details — What the heck is the X8? Motorola's new processing system powers the Droid Ultra, Droid Mini and Droid Maxx, and it's anticipated to be under the hood of Motorola's new Moto X, coming tomorrow. — The X8 isn't a processor, and it isn't a system-on-a-chip.| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Google extends Windows Phone calendar and contacts syncing until December 31st — Google has granted new Windows Phone users another extension to access its Sync service until December 31st. The company had originally planned to drop support for the Exchange ActiveSync protocol on January 30th … | Matt Brian / The Verge: |
Dialogue controls your smartphone from your Mac, lets you make and record phone calls — As Apple continues to refine its mobile and desktop operating systems, the company has slowly integrated messaging and other mobile-centric features into Mac OS. With an Apple ID, Mac and iOS owners …
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| Christopher Mims / Quartz: |
Google is testing a local news product for Google Now — Google has hatched a plan to boost the visibility of its existing local news product, and in the process is testing a whole new way to get people to pay attention to the news that is geographically most relevant to them.| Billy Gallagher / TechCrunch: |
Evan Spiegel And Bobby Murphy Say Alleged Snapchat Co-Founder Never Had Equity — Snapchat co-founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy have said in new court documents that alleged co-founder Reggie Brown never had equity in the company. — In February, Brown filed a suit against Snapchat claiming …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Hulu Plans to Hook Subscription Service Into Google Chromecast — Online TV joint venture says it is ‘actively working’ with Google to add Hulu Plus access to $35 streaming adapter — Google's cheap Chromecast Internet TV adapter already lets users stream free Hulu content to their televisions … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Adobe Buys Satellite For Tag Management Technology, Makes Deeper Move Into Marketing And Ad Tech — Following on from its $600 million purchase of marketing platform Neolane, which closed earlier this month, Adobe today made its fourth acquisition of 2013. To further strengthen its marketing … | John Cook / GeekWire: |
OpenTable gobbles up online reservation service Rezbook, partners with Urbanspoon — We heard a few months ago that Urbanspoon was shopping its online restaurant reservation system Rezbook. Now, we've learned where that business has landed ... in the arms of one of Rezbook's biggest rivals.Thanks:@toddbishop
| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Official ‘Imgur’ iOS app finally arrives on the App Store — After launching its first official Android app back in June, popular photo sharing service Imgur this week finally released its first app for iPhone and iPad on the App Store. The new free app provides the majority of features …
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Samsung edges past Apple in US smartphone satisfaction study, but reverse is true in Korea — What a difference a year makes. Apple topped American Customer Satisfaction Index's smartphone rankings back in 2012, but Samsung has taken the lead in 2013 by a slim margin.Sponsor Posts
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