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Samsung announces 5.7" Galaxy Note 4 and 5.6" Galaxy Note Edge with curved display on one edge — Samsung Introduces the Latest in its Iconic Note Series - The Galaxy Note 4, and Showcases Next Generation Display with Galaxy Note Edge — Offering a new dimension to Samsung's unique Note culture …
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Galaxy Note Edge's sloped right side serves as a secondary, always-on display for use as a quick app launcher, toolbar, and more — The Galaxy Note Edge is a flagship phone with an entirely new kind of curved display — Twenty months ago, it was a nameless prototype at CES 2013.| Brad Molen / Engadget: |
Galaxy Note 4: 2560 x 1440 display, 16MP camera, 2.7GHz quad-core processor, aluminum frame, fingerprint scanner, more sensitive S Pen — The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 looks and feels like a premium device (hands-on) — When Samsung launched the very first Galaxy Note at IFA 2011, the device … | Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Sony announces new flagship smartphone Xperia Z3 with 5.2" 1080p display, 20.7MP camera, and waterproofing, coming this fall — Sony announces its latest flagship smartphone, the Xperia Z3 — We hope you weren't getting too comfy with the months-old Xperia Z2 — Sony …
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| David Meyer / Gigaom: |
Sony reveals Android Wear-based SmartWatch 3, along with e-ink-equipped SmartBand Talk — The company has decided to go with Google smartwatch software efforts rather than its own. — Sony revealed two new wearables at IFA on Wednesday: the SmartBand Talk and the SmartWatch 3, the firm's first Android Wear device.| Nick Summers / The Next Web: |
Sony's Xperia Z3 Compact is a smaller Android smartphone with top-tier specs — Sony today unveiled the Xperia Z3 Compact, a smaller version its latest flagship smartphone. Unlike most Android OEMs, which position “mini” handsets as mid-range alternatives, Sony's aim is to make the Xperia Z3 Compact a no-compromise device.
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Celebrity photo theft a targeted attack on names, passwords, and security questions, and didn't result from breaches of Find my iPhone or iCloud — Update to Celebrity Photo Investigation — We wanted to provide an update to our investigation into the theft of photos of certain celebrities.
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| Nik Cubrilovic / New Web Order: |
A look inside the hacker networks dealing in stolen celebrity data — Notes on the Celebrity Data Theft — An interesting aspect of information security is how periodically it collides with other industries and subcultures. With more information than ever being stored and shared online …
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Samsung partners with Oculus on “Gear VR” virtual reality headset that uses the Note 4, says it will ship to consumers this year for unknown price — Samsung and Oculus partner to create Gear VR, a virtual reality headset that uses the Note 4 (hands-on) — Facebook's Oculus VR is creating the Rift.
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Tweets: @mims, @benjamincousins and @lessien
| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Toshiba's Chromebook 2 will give you a 13" 1080p IPS display for $330 — Toshiba's Chromebook 2 will get you a very nice screen, provided you spring for the more expensive model. — Toshiba — Most Chromebook hardware can be described as “only OK.” The need to compete with others requires OEMs …
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| Rachel King / ZDNet: |
Box looks to revamp business processes with Workflow; Office 365 tie-in going live — Summary: More than 240,000 businesses, 27 million users, and 99 percent of the Fortune 500 are now actively using the Box platform. — SAN FRANCISCO—After years of striving to revise how employees store …
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| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Hands-On With The Samsung Gear S Smartwatch — Samsung announced its new curved-display smartwatch last week, but today we were able to get up-close and personal with the new wearable. Unlike most smartwatches, the Gear S has two very special features. The first is a curved 2-inch … | Liam Spradlin / Android Police: |
Google HTC 9-inch tablet may get official magnetic, foldable, keyboard case — Exclusive: Here's The Official Keyboard Case Google And HTC Are Planning For The Next Nexus Tablet [Updated] — Earlier last month, we posted an exclusive story about Google's explorations into a product called …
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| Richard Lai / Engadget: |
ASUS' stylish ZenWatch is all about security, remote control and wellness — After its routine pre-show teasers, ASUS' first smartwatch has finally been unveiled at IFA in Berlin. It's no secret that this Android Wear-powered ZenWatch isn't joining the party of circular watchfaces …
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| Sven Grundberg / Wall Street Journal: |
Nokia Plans to Unfurl New Mobile Map App — Nokia's mapping business is making a new push to bring its maps directly to consumers as it tries to play catch up with rival mobile mapping services provided by Google and Apple.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Isis Mobile Wallet Rebrands To Softcard To Distance From Militant Terror Group — Isis, the U.S. mobile wallet platform backed by AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, is rebranding. “In a few weeks, Isis Wallet will become Softcard. It's a different name for the same great way to pay,” the company notes on its homepage.
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Isis News, Gigaom, Phone Scoop, PC World, ZDNet, Engadget, Domain Name Wire, The Verge, BetaBoston, Mashable and Android Central. Tweets: @bradcolbow
| David Kushner / New Yorker: |
How Anonymous incited online vigilantism from Tunisia to Ferguson — The Masked Avengers — In the mid-nineteen-seventies, when Christopher Doyon was a child in rural Maine, he spent hours chatting with strangers on CB radio. His handle was Big Red, for his hair.
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| Gautham Nagesh / Wall Street Journal: |
Verizon to Pay $7.4 Million Fine for Using Customer Data for Marketing — FCC Announces Settlement with Telecom Giant — Verizon Communications Inc. has agreed to pay $7.4 million to resolve a Federal Communications Commission investigation into how the telecom giant used customers' personal information for marketing purposes.
| Ellis Hamburger / The Verge: |
Dick Costolo: Twitter shows favorites in timeline when two refreshes don't reveal new tweets — Twitter CEO finally explains why random favorites are inserted into your timeline — Seeing random tweets in your timeline, like tweets favorited by people you follow? Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has offered up one reason why:| Joi Ito's Web: |
Shenzhen trip report - visiting the world's manufacturing ecosystem — Last year, a group of Media Lab students visited Shenzhen with, bunnie, an old friend and my hardware guru. He's probably best known for hacking the Xbox, the chumby, an open source networked hardware appliance …
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