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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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| 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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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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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 …
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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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| 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.
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| Ben Gilbert / Engadget: |
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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| 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.| 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.| 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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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
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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| 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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Logitech K480 Bluetooth keyboard enables simple switching between three devices, costs $50 — Logitech K480 keyboard switches between phones, tablets, computers — Switch toggles between Bluetooth-connected devices — Logitech has announced a new keyboard peripheral, the K480.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Delivery Hero, Hungry For Growth, Orders Up Another $350M In Funding — Just two weeks after reaching a $1 billion valuation on the back of a major acquisition, Berlin-based online food ordering and delivery site Delivery Hero has yet more news: the company has raised another $350 million in finanacing.
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| Kevin Fitchard / Gigaom: |
Broadcom releases a 650Mbps chip to link smartphones to gigabit Wi-Fi networks — Broadcom's newest mobile device Wi-Fi chip boasts 650 Mbps in speeds. While that's not exactly gigabit speeds, it's a lot closer to getting our smartphones to match our network speeds.
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Broadcom, Tom's Hardware Guide, RCR Wireless News and Android Central
| 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:| IDC: |
Projection: phablet shipments to hit 175M in 2014, surpassing portable PCs, and 318M in 2015, surpassing tablets — A Future Fueled by Phablets - Worldwide Phablet Shipments to Surpass Portable PCs in 2014 and Tablets by 2015, According to IDC — According to a new forecast …
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