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| Stefan Constantinescu / Android Beat: |
Samsung's Analyst Day: Custom ARM core, 560 PPI displays in 2014, and 4K phones in 2015 — Samsung just finished hosting their second ever analyst event in South Korea. Admittedly I didn't listen to all seven of the presentations given due to time constraints, but I did download …
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The Verge, Sammy Hub, Engadget, Digital Trends, BGR, Tech in Asia, Gizmodo, Gigaom, Sammy Hub, Geek.com, TechnoBuffalo, TechCrunch, The Tech Report, iClarified, MobileSyrup.com, AndroidGuys, Gotta Be Mobile, MobileBurn.com, The Register, MobileSyrup.com, Android Central and Tech in Asia. Thanks:@gautamp777
| Nadia Damouni / Reuters: |
Exclusive: Microsoft narrows CEO shortlist; Mulally, Elop make the cut — (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has narrowed its list of external candidates to replace Chief Executive Steve Ballmer to about five people, including Ford Motor Co chief Alan Mulally and former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, according to sources familiar with the matter.
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| Ellis Hamburger / The Verge: |
Facebook redesigns the Like button for the first time — When you're redesigning the Like button, which appears on over 7.5 million websites, the details count. Every pixel you change, color you swap, and drop-shadow you alter will get seen 22 billion times per day, Facebook says.
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| @andrewchen: |
When a great product hits the funding crunch — Today I read a well-done article by The Verge on the shutdown of Everpix, a photo startup that's gained a small but loyal following. It's a great read, and I'd encourage you to check it out. There's a lot of things to comment on …
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| MarketWatch: |
Blockbuster to End Domestic Retail, DVD By Mail Services — Blockbuster to close remaining U.S. company-owned stores, DVD By Mail services by early-January 2014 — ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Nov 06, 2013 (BUSINESS WIRE) —Franchised and licensed stores in the U.S. and abroad to remain open for business
| David Kravets / Wired: |
AOL Smacks Startup for Using CrunchBase Content It Gave Away — Can you release content under a free Creative Commons license, then change your mind and take that material back? — That's the question posed in a simmering battle between media giant AOL and a three-person startup called Pro Populi …
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| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Yahoo Refreshes Its Finance Service With Updated iOS Apps And A New Website — Today Yahoo refreshed the iOS application and website of its Finance service. The updates are worthy, and will help Yahoo remain relevant in the financial space, and perhaps support the continued growth of its mobile userbase.
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| Ben Woods / The Next Web: |
Google tech duo thank Snowden for revealing snooping, issue the NSA ‘a giant f*** you’ — The revelations that the NSA has seemingly managed to infiltrate and spy upon individuals are bad enough for most of us, but some members of the Google tech team that work specifically on how to keep hackers …
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| Shreyas Gandhe / Neowin: |
Google Apps dropping support for IE9 — Google has announced through its Google Apps blog that it will be dropping support for Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 browser in the coming weeks. — The blog post highlights Google's policy for browser support which includes the latest …
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Backed By Sequoia, Zomato Closes $37M Series D To Expand Its Restaurant Discovery Service Internationally — Zomato wants to eat Yelp's lunch. The Indian restaurant discovery service has been chipping away at the space since 2008, mostly in its home market.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Nipping At Spotify, Deezer Passes 5M Paying Subs, Adds ‘Hear This’ And ‘Explore’ For Music Discovery, Unveils New Mac App — Spotify may be the world's biggest music streaming company, but rival Deezer is inching closer to its terrain: today the company revealed that it now has 5 million paying users globally …
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The Next Web, Guardian, Engadget, Rude Baguette, Softpedia News, hypebot and TUAW
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Nokia's 6-inch Lumia 1520 coming to AT&T on November 15th for $199 — Nokia's Lumia 1520 looks set for a release on AT&T next week. The Microsoft Store is now accepting pre-orders with a release date of November 15th for $199 on contract. Following similar deals for the Lumia 900, 920 … | Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Bigger than Google Fiber: LA plans citywide gigabit for homes and businesses — Free broadband for all, and gigabit for those who can afford it. Los Angeles is about to unleash one of the most ambitious city-led broadband projects to date, with the goal of bringing fiber to all of its 3.5 million residents and all businesses.| Jon Russell / The Next Web: |
KitKat shows caller IDs from Google Places, Apps customers; adding personal accounts in early 2014 — Google formally introduced KitKat, the newest flavor of Android, last week, but the company is still revealing new features of the platform: today it confirmed that the phone app is undergoing … | Juro Osawa / Digits: |
Samsung Overpowers Smartphone Rivals in China — Just as Samsung is opening up to investors on its first “Analyst Day” in eight years, the company got some other piece of good news. — In China's enormous smartphone market, Samsung appears to be winning the battle against low-cost Chinese competitors, according to one study.
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Canalys Newsroom, LAPTOP Magazine, Bloomberg, Tech in Asia, iDownloadBlog.com, memeburn, WMPoweruser, G 4 Games and CNET. Tweets: @juroosawa
| Sruthi Ramakrishnan / Reuters: |
Cyber security company Barracuda's shares soar in debut — (Reuters) - Shares of Barracuda Networks Inc (CUDA.N), a data storage and internet security company, jumped as much as 32 percent in their debut, underscoring a growing interest in the red-hot cyber security market.
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| Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
Instagram Competitor Mobli Gets $60M From Carlos Slim To Build A Visual Search Engine — Mobile picture and video sharing platform Mobli, a competitor to other image-sharing services like Instagram, is today announcing a strategic investment that it hopes will help it catapult itself into the big leagues of mobile apps.| Emily Spaven / CoinDesk: |
Bitcoin price soars over $266 and hits a new all-time high — UPDATE (6th October, 12:35 GMT): The price of bitcoin crept up to $269 at 05:30 and then fluctuated mildly until it reached a new high of $270 at 10:30. — The total number of bitcoins in circulation is currently 11,955,775 and the market cap … | Brian Klug / AnandTech: |
Pebble Releases Update - Better iOS 7 Integration, New APIs, Enables Bluetooth LE — Today Pebble has released a major update for its popular smartwatch, enabling better integration and notification delivery from attached iOS 7 devices, a new version of the SDK (2.0) with additional APIs …
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Engadget, Pebble, The Next Web, Ars Technica, Gigaom, ReadWrite, MacRumors, AllThingsD, TechCrunch and The Verge
| Lorraine Luk / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple adds suppliers to boost smartphone, tablet production to keep up with consumer demand — Apple is adding new contract manufacturing partners in Asia to boost production of its smartphones and tablets, people familiar with the supply chain said, as the technology company tries to ensure adequate supply to meet consumer demand.
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CNET, AllThingsD, MacRumors, Gigaom, App Advice, The Verge, AppleInsider, IntoMobile, ValueWalk, Ubergizmo, BGR, Electronista, Softpedia News, iLounge, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, bizjournals and iClarified. Tweets: @monkbent
| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Apple Addresses iWork For Mac Criticism By Pre-Announcing The Return Of Many Features — Apple has posted a new page on its site, detailing features of iWork that it says it will be restoring over the next 6 months. This is likely in response to the outcry by power users of its products …
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Apple, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, MacRumors and The Verge
| Andy Greenberg / Forbes: |
‘Silk Road 2.0’ Launches, Promising A Resurrected Black Market For The Dark Web — The Silk Road is dead. But the dark web dream lives on. — On Wednesday morning, Silk Road 2. came online, promising a new and slightly improved version of the anonymous black market for drugs …
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