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Apple Said to Prepare New 12.9-Inch IPad for Early 2015 — Apple Inc.'s suppliers are preparing to manufacture the company's largest-ever iPad, with production scheduled to commence by the first quarter of next year, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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| Walt Mossberg / Re/code: |
Tim Cook says the recent slump in iPad sales is just a “speed bump” — In Defense of Tablets — The tablet is doomed. It was a fad. Who needs one, anyway? — At least that's the conventional wisdom forming around the iPad and other tablets in the wake of some recent negative sales news.| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Documents and interviews reveal Uber's sophisticated, nationwide scheme to poach Lyft drivers — This is Uber's playbook for sabotaging Lyft — ‘Brand ambassadors’ with burner phones and credit cards attempt to #shavethestache — Uber is arming teams of independent contractors …
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Thanks:@mattlynley| Cliff Kuang / Wired: |
Instagram releases Hyperlapse iOS app for creating fast, smooth time-lapse videos — Hyperlapse, Instagram's New App, Is Like a $15,000 Video Setup in Your Hand — Today, Instagram is lifting the veil on Hyperlapse, the company's first-ever app outside of Instagram itself.
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Kleiner Perkins investing up to $20M in Snapchat at a valuation of nearly $10B — Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Agrees to Invest in Snapchat — Ephemeral Messaging Service Gets a Venture-Capital Shot in the Arm — Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has agreed to invest in Snapchat Inc. … | Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
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| Charles Arthur / Guardian: |
Chitika and comScore data suggests Amazon unlikely to have sold more than 35,000 Fire phones — Amazon has sold no more than 35,000 Fire phones, data suggests — Amazon doesn't give sales data for its devices, but figures from comScore and Chitika suggest only modest sales so far
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| Sue Marek / FierceWireless: |
Lurie named CEO of AT&T Mobility, de la Vega to oversee mobile and enterprise — AT&T (NYSE: T) promoted Glenn Lurie to president and CEO of AT&T Mobility. Lurie was previously the president of AT&T Mobility's Emerging Enterprises and Partnerships business.
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Re/code, The Verge, Engadget, CNET, Gigaom, iMore, Bloomberg and Droid Life. Thanks:@fiercewireless
| Howard Blume / Los Angeles Times: |
LA suspends iPad program for schools amid accusations that officials had close ties with Apple — L.A. Unified halts contract for iPads — L.A. schools Supt. John Deasy suspended future use of a contract with Apple on Monday that was to provide iPads to all students … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Uber Begins Testing Lunch Delivery With UberFRESH — Uber isn't done producing variations on the theme of on-demand wheels - the startup has now begun testing uberFRESH, a service that provides lunch between 11:30 AM and 2:30 PM to customers in the Santa Monica trial area first …
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Square Cash 2.0 Adds Free Money Transfer By Text Message, Payment Notes And More — Square has a new update out for its Cash app that lets users send cash by text, greatly improving the versatility of the mobile payment app. The update also improves the user interface for sending …
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| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
T-Mobile expands family plan, bulks up tablet data offer — The wireless war between Sprint and T-Mobile heats up as T-Mobile fires yet another salvo for a second consecutive day. — T-Mobile CEO John Legere at CES 2014. Legere has been eager to fire back at Sprint after its new round of promotions.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Windows Threshold moving to regular incremental updates; ARM-based preview due next year — Windows ‘Threshold’ and cadence: How fast is too fast? — Summary: With an enterprise technical preview coming in a few weeks, and an ARM-based test version due early next year, the next version of Windows is approaching rapidly.
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WinBeta, PC World, DailyTech, Ubergizmo, Softpedia News, eWeek, Seeking Alpha, Neowin and Windows Phone Central. Tweets: @maryjofoley
| Rachel King / ZDNet: |
Google getting into cloud-based visual effects with Zync buy — Summary: Previously a proud Amazon EC2 customer, the visual effects provider is also moving over to Google Cloud Platform. — Google is acquiring Zync Inc., bolstering the Internet giant's cloud-based offerings for creative professionals.| Faryaab S. / SamMobile: |
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