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Circle Sept. 10 on Your Calendar for Apple's Big iPhone Event — Apple is expected to unveil its next iPhone at a special event on Sept. 10, sources told AllThingsD. — D: All Things Digital — The launch comes at an important time for Apple, which continues to make a lot of money …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
‘iPhone 5S’ (plus gold model), ‘iPhone 5C’ will actually be names of next iPhones? — Apple's next two iPhone models will be named iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C, according to a report from Japan-based Macotakara. With repeated reports and rumors of the next-generation iPhone retaining the same design … | Richard Lai / Engadget: |
Hold This Cat: HTC and Robert Downey Jr. kick off $1 billion ‘Change’ campaign (video) — “Big things ahead?” Well, it looks like HTC's earlier tweet wasn't a cheeky hint at the upcoming 5.9-inch One Max; but rather, it was a tribute to the sheer scale of the new “Here's To Change” global ad campaign.
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| Ken Segall / Observatory: |
Apple's evolving view of “pro” — In recent years, many pros have started feeling like Apple's jilted girlfriend. Through no fault of their own, the love just seemed to fade. — Apple might claim otherwise when confronted, but the telltale signs have been hard to ignore: — • Mac Pro.
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| Peter Wallsten / Washington Post: |
Lawmakers say obstacles limited oversight of NSA's telephone surveillance program — The Obama administration points to checks and balances from Congress as a key rationale for supporting bulk collection of Americans' telephone communications data, but several lawmakers responsible for overseeing … | Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine: |
NSA by the numbers — Fear not, says the NSA, we “touch” only 1.6% of daily internet traffic. If, as they say, the net carries 1,826 petabytes of information per day, then the NSA “touches” about 29 petabytes a day. They don't say what “touch” means. Ingest? Store? Analyze?
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| Siraj Datoo / Quartz: |
This recycling bin is following you — Recycling bins in the City of London are monitoring the phones of passers-by, so advertisers can target messages at people whom the bins recognize. — Renew, the startup behind the scheme, installed 100 recycling bins with digital screens around London before the 2012 Olympics.
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| Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post: |
For Bezos, The Post represents new frontier — One summer day as a kid riding in the back seat of his grandparents' car, the young Jeff Bezos, a natural at math, made a morbid calculation. How much was his grandmother's life expectancy diminished by her cigarette smoking?
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| Jim Edwards / Business Insider: |
Photos, Texts, And Emails Show The Alleged Betrayal At The Heart Of Snapchat — It was becoming unbearable inside the house on Toyopa Drive, just blocks from the beach near Santa Monica. — Frank “Reggie” Brown IV was staying there with his two college buddies, Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy.
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ITC Ban Deals Blow to Samsung in U.S. — U.S. Restriction Could Hurt the South Korean Firm's Market Share in Near Term — By - MIN-JEONG LEE and - YUN-HEE KIM - — Samsung is the world's biggest smartphone maker. Shown, Samsung's Galaxy S4 and Apple's iPhone 5| Ellis Hamburger / The Verge: |
Bitcoin developers say critical Android flaw leaves digital wallets vulnerable to theft — In a blog post the developers of Bitcoin have announced the discovery of a critical weakness in Android that leaves Bitcoin wallet apps subject to theft. The vulnerability affects every Bitcoin wallet app … | Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft to field a Cloud OS for government: Sources — Summary: Microsoft may be readying one or more versions of its Cloud OS tailored specifically for government customers. — Microsoft may be readying one or more versions of its cloud operating system that would be customized for government users, according to my sources.
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