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Samsung Galaxy Tab S: 8.4-inch for $399, 10.5-inch for $499, available in July, still following Apple's lead — Samsung's razor-thin Galaxy Tab S takes another run at the iPad — The 8.4-inch and 10.5-inch Galaxy Tab S tablets arrive next month — For a long time, Samsung's been trying to take down the iPad.
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| Samuel Gibbs / Guardian: |
Samsung bets big on fingerprint scanning in its war with Apples iPad — New Galaxy Tab S is thinner, lighter and first to use a high-resolution OLED screen, but is it enough to beat the iPad Air? — Samsung has beaten Apple to a fingerprint-reading tablet with the launch … | Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
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| Parmy Olson / Forbes: |
Exclusive: Google Wants To Collect Your Health Data With ‘Google Fit’ — Google is planning to launch a new health service called Google Fit to collect and aggregate data from popular fitness trackers and health-related apps, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the company's plans.
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Digital Trends, Engadget, I4U News, Electronista, Ubergizmo, The Register, VentureBeat, SlashGear, CNET News, Connectedly, Droid Life, Business Insider, The Verge, Gizmodo and 9to5Google
Tweets: @ghideas and @halletecco
| Jay Yarow / Business Insider: |
Sources: Ali Rowghani lacked product instincts, had little success with messaging and curation — What Happened Inside Twitter That Led To The COO Leaving The Company — Twitter COO Ali Rowghani is out of the company in something of a surprise. — Although Kara Swisher …
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Tweets: @jonrussell and @firstadopter
| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
| Liam Spradlin / Android Police: |
Google's Quantum Paper framework to unify Android and web app UIs, will be available to third-party developers — Exclusive: Quantum Paper And Google's Upcoming Effort To Make Consistent UI Simple — There have been a lot of leaks and rumors leading up to Google I/O this year.
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says some European iPhone USB adapters ‘may pose a safety risk’, announces free replacement program — Apple has today announced a replacement program for some European iPhone USB adapters. The company says that it has identified that some USB adapters bundled with iPhones …
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| Joe Mullin / Ars Technica: |
New study suggests patent trolls really are killing startups — New study estimates $22 billion in VC funding was lost due to troll lawsuits. — Patent reform advocates have long argued that “patent trolls”—companies that do nothing but sue over patents—are harmful to innovation, not just a plague on big companies.
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Tweets: @richardgordon5 and @kevinmarks
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 8 builds in the technologies Apple needs for an iWatch — iOS 8 adds several important enhancements to the iPhone and iPad, such as improved notifications, health-tracking, and a more advanced camera application, but the new operating system's most significant feature may be the groundwork technologies … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Messenger Adds Tap-And-Hold Video Sharing, Another Snapchat Feature — Why tell with text when you can show with video? Facebook Messenger is diving deeper into visual communication with a new option to instantly record and send short videos, similar to Snapchat.
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| Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom: |
US will auction bitcoins seized from Silk Road, bidders must deposit $200,000 — The United States government announced Thursday that it will sell the nearly 30,000 bitcoins it seized last year from Silk Road, a notorious online marketplace for drugs and hitmen, in a 12-hour auction on June 27.
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| Daniel Cawrey / CoinDesk: |
How Bitcoin Empowers Global Peer-to-Peer Lender BTCJam — San Francisco-based startup BTCJam is taking peer-to-peer lending to a global audience, and is using bitcoin to achieve its vision. — Bypassing the restrictions of fiat currencies, the company says, allows any individual in the world to receive a loan via its platform.
Tweets: @coindesk
| Mike Lennon / SecurityWeek: |
P.F. Chang's Confirms Payment Card Breach: Reverts to Imprinting Devices — After saying earlier this week that it was investigating reports of a data breach related to payment cards used at its locations, P.F. Chang's China Bistro confirmed on Thursday that credit and debit card data has been stolen from some of its restaurants.
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P.F. Chang's Restaurant …, Krebs on Security, Inquirer, Computerworld, CNET News, The Register and Softpedia News. Thanks:@securityweek
| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Firefox 31 beta arrives with search on new tab page, revamped developer tools, and Android runtime improvements — Following the release of Firefox 30 just two days ago, Mozilla today updated its Firefox Beta channel to version 31 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
PayPal Launches PassPort To Lure More International Sales From Merchants — PayPal and its owner eBay have been through a few tough rounds in the ring these last few months, facing calls from Carl Ichan to split the company (finished for now), a Twitter encounter with a departing …
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PayPal Forward, Bloomberg, CNET News and ITworld.com
| Chris P. / PhoneArena: |
Metal Samsung Galaxy F gets snapped next to the Galaxy S5, boasts LG G3-like slim bezels — Somebody, somewhere, appears to have somehow gotten his hands on the yet-unreleased Samsung Galaxy F (previously referred to as Galaxy S5 Prime), and, so far, he's had a fun time teasing us.
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