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NSA security chief Keith Alexander and his deputy John Inglis expected to depart within the next few months — U.S. eavesdropping agency chief, top deputy expected to depart soon — (Reuters) - The director of the U.S. National Security Agency and his deputy are expected to depart in the coming months …
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Cupertino council clears huge Apple ‘spaceship’ campus for liftoff — CUPERTINO — Apple's (AAPL) proposed new spaceship-shaped headquarters got a super-charged blast-off Tuesday night when the Cupertino City Council voted unanimously to approve the 2.8-million-square-foot behemoth beside Interstate 280 …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
What comes next after Windows 8.1? — Summary: Microsoft's Windows 8.1 will be commercially available starting this week. What will Microsoft do for an encore on the Windows front? — Microsoft is making Windows 8.1 commercially available over the next day-plus (depending on your time zone).
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| Lorraine Luk / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple Cuts iPhone 5C Orders — Move Raises Concerns About Demand, Pricing Strategy for Low-Cost Device — A customer looks at an Apple iPhone 5c at a store in Palo Alto, Calif., on Sept. 20. Bloomberg News — HONG KONG— Apple Inc. has notified its two assemblers for the low-cost iPhone 5C …
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| Tad Hirsch / Public Practice Studio: |
Early status-sharing service TXTmob inspired Twitter; Jack Dorsey's contribution overstated — TXTmob and Twitter: A Reply to Nick Bilton — 2004 Ruckus Society SMS Summit, Oakland California. That's me on the couch in the black T-shirt with white lettering. Evan is in the foreground, with pony tail.| Mario Aguilar / Gizmodo: |
iPhone 5s accelerometer issues may be linked to change in supplier — Here's Why the iPhone 5S Accelerometer Is So Screwed Up — A few weeks ago we confirmed reports that the iPhone 5S motion sensors were embarrassingly off. Some enterprising devs have investigated the problem …
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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
IBM's Q3 mixed, hardware business thumped — Summary: IBM's earnings were better than expected for the third quarter, but sales fell short. The systems and technology division saw sales fall 19 percent from a year ago. — IBM delivered mixed third quarter results with earnings …
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Facebook Aims to Court Teens With More Public Posting Options — The adage should be familiar by now: Teens may have a Facebook profile, but they sure don't think it's cool anymore. — In a move on Wednesday afternoon, however, Facebook is starting to become a bit like its younger, hipper competitors.
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My Next Adventure in Journalism — As many of you know, I've had an interest in journalism for some time now. I've been working on Civil Beat for three years and through my philanthropic work at Omidyar Network and Democracy Fund, we've supported many efforts around the world related to media …
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| Laura Hazard Owen / GigaOM: |
Ebook subscription startup Oyster expands to iPad and opens to all; some stats from Scribd — Oyster, the Peter Thiel-backed startup that aims to be a Netflix for ebooks, was iPhone-only and invite-only for its first six weeks. On Wednesday, though, Oyster launched its iPad app and opened up to everyone.| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Usermind raises $7.6M from Andreessen Horowitz to build software for enterprise business operations — Andreessen Horowitz Partner Scott Weiss was recently quoted in a Wall Street Journal article talking about his firm's interest in enterprise software-related companies.
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Watch out, Nike: Adidas announces smartwatch for runners, starting at $399 — SAN FRANCISCO - Another big shoe brand just joined Nike in the wearable technology race: Adidas. — At today's GigaOM Mobilize conference in San Francisco, Paul Gaudio, the Vice President in charge … | Josh Lowensohn / CNET: |
Judge appoints monitor to keep an eye on Apple's e-books biz — A US judge on Wednesday appointed an external monitor to keep Apple in compliance with antitrust laws, following the tech giant's loss in court earlier this year. — Judge Denise Cote named former Assistant US Attorney …
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eBay Barely Beats Investor Expectations With Revenue Of $3.9B, Stock Falls 5% In After-Hours Trading — eBay reported its third-quarter financial performance today, including revenue of $3.9 billion and non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.64. The company's revenue was up 14 percent … | Austin Carr / Fast Company: |
Anki Drive Is Racing Google, Not Other Toy Makers — TODAY, ANKI, THE PROMISING ROBOTICS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COMPANY, RELEASES ITS FIRST PRODUCT, ANKI DRIVE. BUT CEO BORIS SOFMAN SAYS THE TOY CAR IS JUST A STEPPING STONE FOR LARGER INNOVATIONS. — Anki made its debut in June …
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| Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat: |
Slick mobile e-mail app Boxer closes $3M — Nov. 12 - 13, 2013 — Boxer, a mobile e-mail client for iOS, just finalized a $3 million round of funding, the startup revealed to VentureBeat today. — Boxer's app is built for people who have high volume inboxes.
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Search Engine Giant Yandex Launches Cocaine, A Cloud Service To Compete With Google App Engine — Russian search giant Yandex has launched an — open-source platform as a service (PaaS) called Cocaine that — the company says allows developers to build out their own — app engines.| Dana Wollman / Engadget: |
Lenovo intros the Miix2, its first 8-inch Windows 8.1 tablet; coming soon for $299 — Remember when we reviewed Acer's (sorta crappy) W3 tablet, and assured you it wouldn't be long before we saw more 8-inch Windows 8.1 tablets? Well, with that latest Windows update due out tomorrow …
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