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Renowned industrial designer Marc Newson to join Apple's design team, will remain based in UK — Marc Newson to Join Apple's Design Team (Exclusive) — Designer Marc Newson is joining Apple as part of senior vice president of design Jonathan Ive's team, the company told VF Daily on Friday.
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| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Apple iPhone's Mobile Payments Expected to Include CVS and Walgreens — Apple's upcoming mobile payment system will get a big head start with the country's two largest pharmacy chains coming on board. — CVS and Walgreens are expected to accept purchases made with the new iPhone payment system … | Telis Demos / Wall Street Journal: |
Alibaba to set IPO price range at $60-$66 per share, valuing the company between $150B and $165B — Alibaba to Set IPO Price Range at $60-$66 A Share — Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is expected to price its initial public offering at $60 to $66 a share, according to a person familiar with the matter …
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FBI says Silk Road's server was located through a login page flaw that revealed its IP address — The FBI Finally Says How It ‘Legally’ Pinpointed Silk Road's Server — As the trial of alleged Silk Road drug market creator Ross Ulbricht approaches, the defense has highlighted the mystery … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Yahoo Acquires, Shuts Down Luminate, An Interactive Image Platform — Another acquisition today from Yahoo to beef up its advertising and media business. It is buying Luminate, a startup founded by LiveOps, Netscape and Yahoo alums that has created a platform for interactive, tagged images … | Ina Fried / Re/code: |
Moto 360 Watch Sells Out Online, Due in Best Buy Stores September 14 — Motorola said Friday that it had sold out of the initial supply of Moto 360 watches offered online. — “Moto 360 is currently sold out online, but we are working hard to replenish stock,” the company said in a statement to Re/code.
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Apple employees ‘have set low expectations’ for ‘iWatch’ battery life - report — One of the biggest issues associated with color touchscreen smartwatches has been battery life, and the same problems may persist with Apple's first foray into the wrist-borne wearable devices market, according to a new report.| Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
Dell Previews 27-inch ‘5K’ UltraSharp Monitor: 5120x2880 — UHD is dead. Not really, but it would seem that displays bigger than UHD/4K will soon be coming to market. The ability of being able to stitch two regular sized outputs into the same panel via MST is now being exploited …
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Google refines its 1Password-like password generator in Chrome Canary build — Google tests password generator in Chrome browser — Watch out, LastPass and 1Password. Google is experimenting with its own password maker for the Chrome browser, though it's not clear if it will become a permanent fixture.| Liam Spradlin / Android Police: |
Google Glass Explorer Edition Now Live In The US Play Store With All Accessories — You may remember Google's launch of the Glass explorer program in the UK, which saw the device listed in the Play Store just before I/O. This seemed a little odd at the time, given that the Glass shopping experience …
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The Fancy seeking a buyer for around $1 billion, after struggling to raise more funding — The Fancy Said to Weigh Possible Sale for About $1 Billion — The Fancy, a customer-curated Web retailer, has been holding discussions to sell itself for about $1 billion after struggling to raise financing …
| Christopher Williams / Telegraph: |
HP alleges Autonomy email warning of falling revenues and ‘imaginary deals’ shows fraud — Chief financial officer wrote to founder Mike Lynch demanding ‘radical action’ prior to disastrous takeover by Silicon Valley giant — Hewlett-Packard has made public an internal email …
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| Rami Grunbaum / The Seattle Times: |
T-Mobile USA sues Huawei, claiming theft of trade secrets behind phone testing robot “Tappy” — T-Mobile sues Chinese telecom giant Huawei — T-Mobile USA has sued Huawei Technologies, claiming the Chinese telecommunications giant stole its software, specifications and other secrets …
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| Chris Chavez / Phandroid: |
Motorola's Turbo Charger adds 8 hours of battery life to your Moto X (2nd Gen) in 15 minutes — It was back in February we told you guys about Qualcomm's Quick Charge 2.0 technology, a new feature that was said to be soon arriving on Snapdragon powered devices allowing them to charge up to 75% faster than the other guys.| Nicole Lee / Engadget: |
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Google settles with photographers over book scanning lawsuit — Google has announced a settlement with a coalition of photographers over use of their work in its Google Books scanning project. — The photographers first filed suit against Google in 2010.
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