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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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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.| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Elop: Microsoft gearing up to “mass produce” Perceptive Pixel large-screen touch displays — Microsoft gears up to mass produce large-screen touch displays — Summary: Two years after buying Perceptive Pixel, Microsoft is gearing up to start mass-producing large-screen touch devices.| Andy / TorrentFreak: |
In The Fappening's Wake, 4chan Intros DMCA Policy — Every now and again a phenomenon takes the Internet by storm. They're situations that the term ‘going viral’ was made for. A couple of weeks ago it was ice buckets, and since the weekend its been leaked celebrity pictures.
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Intel reveals MICA, a smart bracelet with semi-precious stones and a 3G radio for under $1K, available end of year — Intel reveals MICA, its first luxury smart bracelet — The bracelet, with a sapphire display and semi-precious gems, was made for the high-end women's accessory market …
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Nokia to release free maps app on iOS, Android that will work without an Internet connection — Nokia Plans to Unfurl New Mobile Map App — New Android, iOS Apps Would Work Without Internet Connection — STOCKHOLM— Nokia Corp.'s mapping business is making a new push to bring … | Yoree Koh / Wall Street Journal: |
Twitter's CFO hints that the company's priorities includes improving search, and group chat — Twitter's Product Checklist: Better Search and Group Chats? — A souped-up search engine. An improved algorithm. Group chatting. — These appear to be among Twitter's priorities … | Ellis Hamburger / The Verge: |
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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 … | Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple design head Jony Ive ahead of iWatch debut: ‘Switzerland is in trouble’ — Ahead of Apple's September 9th event that will include the introduction of Apple's first wearable computer, along new, larger iPhones, The New York Times has profiled the existing wearable market. The juiciest bit from the story?| Jay Yarow / Business Insider: |
Apple stock sinks below $100, losing 4.2%, after analyst downgrade and celeb iCloud data theft — Apple Shares Tank After The Celeb Nude Scandal, And Pacific Crest Tells Everyone To Sell — Rough times for Apple — suddenly. — The stock fell ~4.22% today, dropping to $98.94.| Ben Sisario / New York Times: |
Rdio Moves to Free Music Model to Compete with Spotify and Others — In the face of growing competition in the streaming music market, Rdio, a four-year-old service that charges for online subscriptions, has moved into a new phase with abundant free music — as well as free music's ever-present companion, advertising.
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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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| Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat: |
Gracenote buys rival Baseline for $50M to enhance its movie & TV data services — Providing the meta data for movies and TV shows (cast list, plot descriptions, thumbnails, etc.) is big business, and one that Gracenote is serious about becoming a leader in.| Tricia Duryee / GeekWire: |
Groupon just launched hourly deals, a fine-tuned relative of the daily deal — One of Groupon's early goals was to help restaurants fill seats that would otherwise have gone empty, but that didn't always pan out because customers were generally able to redeem their vouchers whenever they wanted.| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Amazon launches self publishing program for kids books — Summary: Amazon's KDP Kids is modeled after its self-publishing program where authors can retain royalties of up to 70 percent on sales. — In its latest move to generate more original content for its Kindle ecosystem …
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DWNLD Gives Web Publishers A Platform For Building Affordable, Customizable Native Apps — Last week, we reported that Pinterest investor Fritz Lanman was pursuing the company builder model for creating startups and working on two different companies simultaneously.
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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.| Electronista: |
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