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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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Tweets: @dannysullivan, @markgurman, @harrymccracken and @augiedb
| 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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Tweets: @longzheng, @chrisconnolly, @mollywood, @ryan and @m67smith
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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. …
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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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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.| Howard Blume / Los Angeles Times: |
LA suspends iPad program for schools amid accusations that officials had close ties with Apple and Pearson — 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: |
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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| Agam Shah / PC World: |
HP recalls 6 million laptop power cords over fire, burn risk — Hewlett-Packard has recalled more than 6 million laptop power cords that could pose fire and burn hazards. — HP is recalling LS-15 AC power cords used with HP and Compaq branded laptops. The company is recalling … | 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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The Next Web, Electronista, GeekWire, The Verge, VatorNews and Engadget
Tweets: @andrewmason and @ryanlawler
| 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 and Neowin. Tweets: @maryjofoley
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Netflix says 99 percent of its links with ISPs are unpaid — Netflix hates writing checks to Internet service providers—and luckily enough, it usually doesn't have to.Though the streaming video company has complained bitterly about having to pay Comcast, AT&T, Verizon …
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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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| Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat: |
Facebook hires team behind WaveGroup for in-house sound design — Facebook didn't actually acquire a sound studio, but it did hire audio engineers — Part of Facebook's overall strategy appears to include creating original audio content, as evident by a handful of recent hires who previously worked at sound studio WaveGroup Sound.
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Automattic acquires security plugin BruteProtect, will build its functionality into Jetpack, retire standalone product — Automattic Acquires BruteProtect — I'm excited to announce that Automattic has acquired BruteProtect, a plugin and service that protects your sites from malicious logins …
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