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Apple Watch allows for left-handed UI, but Digital Crown will be at bottom left of watch — Where's our left-handed Apple Watch? [Update] — One striking feature of the Apple Watch you may have missed during today's Apple presentation is its single-handed orientation.| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Hands on an Apple Watch (running a demo loop): attractive and solid, yet light — Apple Watch hands-on: a rounded, square wonder — Is your wrist ready? — After nearly two years of rumors, the Apple Watch has finally been unveiled. Designed to work in tandem with an iPhone …
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| Elizabeth Dexheimer / Bloomberg: |
Apple collects fees from banks, not developers or merchants, when consumers use Apple Pay for credit or debit card purchases — Apple Said to Reap Fees From Banks in New Payment System — Apple Inc. (AAPL) will collect fees from banks when consumers use an iPhone in place of credit …
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Tweets: @mikeisaac, @cdixon, @caseynewton and @stripe
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Microsoft in “serious discussions” to buy Minecraft maker Mojang AB in deal worth more than $2B — Microsoft Near Deal to Buy Minecraft Maker Mojang — Deal May Come This Week, Value Swedish Company at More Than $2 Billion — Microsoft Corp. is in serious discussions to buy Mojang AB …
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Tweets: @codinghorror and @nikcub
| Bloomberg: |
Microsoft and Mojang have been in talks for months; Notch would likely leave after transition — Microsoft Said Near $2 Billion Deal for Minecraft Maker — Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), maker of the Xbox video-game console, is in discussions to acquire Mojang AB, the software company behind …
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| Walt Mossberg / Re/code: |
Tim Cook era emerges as Apple enters two new categories (wearables and mobile payments) in one day — It's Tim Cook's Apple Now — The Tim Cook era at Apple emerged onto the public stage today in full force, and it bears subtle differences from Steve Jobs's Apple.| Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac: |
Tim Cook's memo to employees: I am ‘excited’ about 'this new chapter in Apple's story' — Tim Cook sent a memo to Apple employees praising them for the work that was put into the new products announced during today's media event and expressing his excitement for what he calls “this new chapter in Apple's story.”
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Apple invites developers to submit Swift apps as language reaches GM status for iOS — Swift Has Reached 1.0 — On June 2, 2014 at WWDC, the Swift team finally showed you what we had been working on for years. That was a big day with lots of excitement, for us and for developers around the world.
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
iPhone 6 Plus hands-on: large enough to potentially rival iPad mini, thin enough to feel manageable in-hand — The iPhone 6 Plus hands-on: yeah, it's big — I just had the chance to play with the larger 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus, and while it's nothing surprising after all the leaks, it's still a fascinating phone.
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Tweets: @benbajarin, @stevecheney, @inafried and @sal19
| Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
Intel's Edison development platform for wearables and Internet of Things now shipping — IDF 2014: Intel Edison Development Platform Now Shipping — As part of today's IDF 2014 keynote, Intel has announced that their Edison development platform is now shipping.| Liam Spradlin / Android Police: |
Amazon's Android app gets Prime Instant video, can also shop for apps from Amazon App store — Amazon Updates Its App To 5.0 With Instant Video Streaming App, Access To Entire Digital Catalog, Including The Appstore [APK Download] — Amazon has finally (finally!) brought …
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| Robin Wauters / Tech.eu: |
German startup incubator Rocket Internet finally confirms that it will pursue $1 billion IPO in 2014 — And we're off to the races. After Zalando last week, German startup incubator Rocket Internet this morning confirmed its intention to float its shares on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange before the end of this year.
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| John Jurgensen / Wall Street Journal: |
U2, Apple and the Deal Behind Getting ‘Songs of Innocence’ Free of Charge — A decade after releasing “How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb,” U2 was front and center in a presentation that could have been called “how to hype a new tech product.” — Along with Apple's announcement …
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Carrier trade-ins announced; Verizon: 16GB iPhone 6 for select iPhones; Sprint: will match competitors; T-Mobile will match, plus $50 off — US Carriers Are Already Cutting Deals On The New iPhones … By Thomas Gryta and Ryan Knutson — Big U.S. telecom companies are already cutting deals …
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Twitter supports Internet Slowdown campaign along with Netflix, Reddit, Mozilla, Digg, more — Twitter, Netflix and Reddit hold net neutrality protest — Protesters rally in support of ‘net neutrality’ in May this year — Twitter, Netflix and Reddit will take part in an “internet slowdown” …
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| Patrick McGuire / Motherboard: |
Motherboard contacts two people in control of Bitcoin founder's email, and one claims the other is Satoshi — The Satoshi Nakamoto Email Hacker Says He's Negotiating with the Bitcoin Founder — Last night, an anonymous poster published a ransom note on Pastebin, saying he or she would release …
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