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Tim Cook Says Businesses Could Revive Slowing iPad Sales — Although iPad sales were below analyst projections for a second straight quarter, Apple CEO Tim Cook says that the tablet can continue to grow, particularly if Apple can increase sales to businesses.| Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal: |
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Amazon Fire phone review: a unique device, but you're better off waiting for the sequel — After producing a long line of e-book readers and tablets (not to mention a set-top box), Amazon has its sights set on the smartphone market. But finding success here won't be easy, even for an established tech giant like Amazon.| William Shatner: |
William Shatner reviews Facebook Mentions, calls it “ill conceived” — Facebook Mentions Versus Facebook Pages Apps — I want to talk and compare an app that most of you don't have access to: Facebook Mentions and compare it to the Pages App that anyone who has a Facebook page can download and use.| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn Will Acquire Business Marketing Company Bizo For $175M — LinkedIn just announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Bizo, a company that helps advertisers reach businesses and professionals. — LinkedIn says the deal is worth around $175 million — 90 percent cash and 10 percent stock.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Apple Faces Class-Action Lawsuit In California Over Alleged Labor Violations Affecting 20K Employees — While Apple today reported its quarterly earnings, another group seized the moment to push out another bit of Apple-related news. The company is being sued in a class-action suit … | Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
‘One more thing’: ex-Google exec says his Chinese employer is no Apple ripoff — “We're not copying Apple's products. End of story.” — A man wearing a black top and denim jeans stands on stage promising to unveil “one more thing.” As much as that might sound like the familiar finale … | Richard Lai / Engadget: |
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Apple granted comprehensive ‘iTime’ smartwatch patent with in-strap circuitry, arm gesture support — In one of the clearest signs that Apple is — and has been — working on a smartwatch device, the Cupertino company was on Tuesday granted a patent for a wrist-worn wearable … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon Quietly Launches Its Consumer-Facing Mobile Wallet App, Amazon Wallet — Amazon's first attempt at its own mobile wallet application, designed for use at the point-of-sale, has made a quiet debut on the Amazon Appstore and on Google Play. However, the current implementation of the new … | Chris Morran / Consumerist: |
Comcast Memo: Rep From “Painful” Retention Call Was Doing “What We Trained Him To Do” — A week after the posting of the neediest customer-retention call in Comcast history, the fallout continues, with the company's Chief Operating Officer telling Comcast employees in a memo leaked to Consumerist … | Ben Thompson / stratechery: |
To focus on services, Microsoft should split in two and make the Windows business a separate company — It's Time to Split Up Microsoft — To understand why so many serious Microsoft observers were encouraged by Satya Nadella's week-ago memo Bold Ambition and Our Core,1 it's useful … | BBC: |
Electronic Arts earnings surge 51% — US video game publisher Electronic Arts (EA) has reported a 51% jump in profit for the April-to-June quarter, boosted by strong sales of titles like Titanfall and FIFA 2014. — Net profit rose to $335m (£196m) for the period, up from $222m a year ago,| Pavel Alpeyev / Bloomberg: |
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