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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
New Apple TV in development, could arrive as soon as next month — Apple is working on a new version of the Apple TV, and according to MG Siegler, it could arrive as soon as next month. We have independently heard that a new version of the Apple TV is in development, but our sources …
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| Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
Apple TV Software Refresh Coming September 18 — Nope, Apple didn't show off new Apple TV hardware yesterday. — And Apple didn't talk about new software for its Web video box, either. But it's still coming. — People familiar with the company's plans say Apple TV is scheduled …
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iMore, Evolver.fm, Apple Gazette, Washington Post, HotHardware.com News, Cult of Mac, PC Magazine, TechSpot, Yahoo! News, TechnoBuffalo, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, App Advice, Mashable, Gizmodo UK, WebProNews, VentureBeat, MacRumors, I4U News and Gotta Be Mobile. Tweets: @markgurman. See also Mediagazer
| Danny Yadron / Digits: |
Apple: New iPhone Not Storing Fingerprints, Doesn't Like Sweat — Apple's new iPhone 5S, which comes with a fingerprint scanner, won't store actual images of users' fingerprints on the device, a company spokesman confirmed Wednesday, a decision that could ease concerns from privacy hawks.| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
With 64-bit A7, Apple avoids future memory constraints, paves way for ARM-based Macs — The real reasons Apple's 64-bit A7 chip makes sense — Don't swallow Apple's marketing lines that 64-bit chips magically run software faster than 32-bit relics. What the A7 in the iPhone 5S does do …
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| John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Mark Zuckerberg on NSA spying: ‘The government blew it’ — Facebook CEO calls for more transparency in interview at TechCrunch Disrupt — The federal government has done a bad job recently in balancing its job protecting US citizens from terrorism with its role in defending civil liberties …
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| Steven Russolillo / MoneyBeat: |
| Guardian: |
NSA shares raw intelligence including Americans' data with Israel — The National Security Agency routinely shares raw intelligence data with Israel without first sifting it to remove information about US citizens, a top-secret document provided to the Guardian by whistleblower Edward Snowden reveals.
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Mashable: |
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| Zach Epstein / BGR: |
Exclusive photos of Amazon's completely redesigned next-gen Kindle Fire HD — There really isn't much mystery remaining as Amazon prepares to unveil its second-generation Kindle Fire HD tablets and its third-generation Kindle Fire slate in the coming weeks.
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| Caesar Sengupta / Google Chrome Blog: |
New Haswell Chromebooks from Acer, HP, ASUS, and Toshiba arriving in coming months — A fresh mix of Intel-based Chromebooks — something for everyone — Chromebooks were designed to make computers faster, simpler, safer and much more affordable for everyone.
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| Adam Satariano / Bloomberg: |
The IPhone's Secret Flights From China to Your Local Apple Store — As Apple CEO Tim Cook unveiled new iPhones yesterday, a complex operation had already kicked into gear behind the scenes to send millions of the handsets to store shelves worldwide. — The process starts in China …
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TUAW, Cult of Mac, iPhone Hacks, GigaOM, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Ubergizmo and App Advice
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| Hari Gottipati / GigaOM: |
With iBeacon, Apple is going to dump on NFC and embrace the internet of things — At WWDC in June, Apple quietly announced iBeacon, one of the more prominent features of iOS 7. Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of Software Engineering, mentioned nothing about about it in the keynote … | Leslie Patton / Bloomberg: |
McDonald's Testing Mobile Order App for U.S. Stores — Americans will soon be able to order and pay for Big Macs from their mobile phones. — McDonald's Corp. (MCD) is currently testing a mobile payment application in Salt Lake City and in Austin, Texas, Lisa McComb, a spokeswoman, said today in an e-mail.
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| Chris Velazco / TechCrunch: |
And The Winner Of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2013 Is... Layer! — After three days and some truly incredible pitches from each of our 30 Battlefield competitors, the time has finally come to crown a Disrupt Battlefield champion. Competition among this year's pack of six finalists — Dryft …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
iCloud Keychain Removed in iOS 7 GM — Apple appears to have removed iCloud Keychain support from the iOS 7 Golden Master (GM), which was seeded to developers yesterday. While iCloud preferences previously listed iCloud Keychain, the option has now been removed, suggesting … | Don Reisinger / CNET: |
TiVo eyes the cloud with premiere of network PVR — The company says that its technology is only in prototype phase, and will be offered to television providers. — TiVo has announced a new, cloud-based television offering that could make its relationships with cable and satellite providers a bit stronger.
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Engadget, MarketWatch, Broadcast, multichannel.com/rss and Electronista
| Billy Gallagher / TechCrunch: |
Yahoo Monthly Active Users Are Up 20% To 800M, Including 350M On Mobile, Says Marissa Mayer — Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer announced today at TechCrunch Disrupt that Yahoo monthly active users are up 20% to 800 million globally, including 350 million monthly active users on mobile.
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NEWS.com.au, The Verge, The Technology Chronicles, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Search Engine Land, ReadWrite, Digits, GeekWire, SiliconBeat, AllThingsD, Guardian, GigaOM, VentureBeat and TechCrunch
Tweets: @owenthomas, @jguynn, @om and @om
| Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
Vinod Khosla: 70-80% Of VCs Add Negative Value To Startups — Vinod Khosla, one of the co-founders of Sun Microsystems who later went on to create Khosla Ventures, says that the vast majority of VCs aren't in a position to offer decent advice to startups. — In fact, most of them probably hurt startups, he argued.| AnandTech: |
The Baytrail Preview: Intel Atom Z3770 Tested — Earlier this year Intel unveiled Silvermont, its first true architectural update to Atom since its introduction in 2008. I won't rehash Silvermont's architecture here, but it's designed to be a true test of Intel's performance in the ultra mobile space.
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