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A Watch Guy's Thoughts On The Apple Watch After Seeing It In The Metal (Tons Of Live Photos) — I'm not even sure we can call it a watch. Okay, it goes on the wrist, and it happens to tell the time, but that's about where the similarities between Apple's just announced watch and the hand-assembled …
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| John Paczkowski / Re/code: |
Source: Apple Watch battery life is “about a day right now”, Apple trying to improve ahead of launch — Code/Red: Apple Watch Battery Life — “Charge Nightly” — // HAPPENING TODAY — Internet Slowdown Day. — Silicon Valley vanity searches of Vanity Fair's New Establishment list — congrats, bosses.| Leander Kahney / Cult of Mac: |
Apple Watch locks when skin contact is broken as security precaution for mobile payments — Clever trick will safeguard Apple Watch from thieves … CUPERTINO, Calif. — One of the big questions about the Apple Watch is how Apple will prevent thieves from ripping it off your wrist and using it to clear your bank account.
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| Christina Farr / Reuters: |
Fashion world divided on first look at Apple Watch — (Reuters) - Apple Inc's newly unveiled smartwatch on Tuesday split fashion arbiters who may prove pivotal to its broad acceptance. — Many praised the “Apple Watch”, priced from $349 when it debuts next year, for its clean aesthetic … | Ben Thompson / stratechery: |
Apple seems unclear whether Watch is an iPhone accessory or valuable in its own — Apple Watch: Asking Why and Saying No — Dan Frommer wrote in Quartz about The Hidden Structure of the Apple Keynote. His analysis covered 27 events since 2007, and included things like average length … | New York Times: |
Release of iPhone 6 Delayed in China — BEIJING — Apple is facing a potential setback in China, one of its biggest and fastest-growing markets, after the much-anticipated introductions here of the new iPhone models were delayed. — On Wednesday, Apple told China's three big state-owned …
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| Benedict Evans: |
Apple's new iPhones eliminate most of the reasons for buying high-end Android phones — iPhone 6 and Android value — The new iPhones were much the most predictable part of Apple's event - widely leaked and impelled by an irresistible logic - the customer is always right.
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| Killian Bell / Cult of Mac: |
iPhone 6 vs. iPhone 6 Plus: notable differences include the display, camera, battery life — Big vs. bigger: Which iPhone 6 deserves a place in your pocket? … For the second consecutive year, Apple has delivered not one but two new iPhones. Unlike the iPhone 5c, however …
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| Dan DeSilva / 9to5Mac: |
Apple revamps purchasing process at retail stores with digital queueing system Reservation Pass, that syncs inventory and sends texts — Apple aims to make buying an iPhone 6 easier at its stores with new digital queue system — Apple has its product launches down to a science.
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| Ali Al-Qudsi / Geek on Gadgets: |
Exclusive: Nokia, Windows Phone Brands to be Replaced By Microsoft, Windows — A confidential internal document we received has shed some light on the future of devices produced by Microsoft Mobile, formerly Nokia's devices and services division. It's no secret that Microsoft are trying … | Emerging Technology From the arXiv: |
How the SuperVision algorithm, developed in 2012, marked the turning point in image recognition when machines surpassed humans — The Revolutionary Technique That Quietly Changed Machine Vision Forever — Machines are now almost as good as humans at object recognition … | Paul Sawers / The Next Web: |
Facebook is testing a feature that lets you schedule the deletion of your posts in advance — Facebook is trialing a new feature that lets you schedule the deletion of your posts in advance. — A handful of users noticed the feature in the Facebook iOS app earlier this week, and we reached out to Facebook to seek clarification.
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| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
4.93 million Gmail usernames and passwords published, Google says ‘no evidence’ its systems were compromised — Approximately 4.93 million Gmail usernames and passwords were published to a Russian Bitcoin forum on Tuesday, as first reported by Russian website CNews. That's the bad news.
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| Richard Lai / Engadget: |
With Qualcomm's Snapdragon 210, even the cheapest smartphones will get LTE — While Qualcomm's dominating the premium and mid-range smartphone space, MediaTek's been taking care of the other end of the spectrum until it launched its premium LTE octa-core chipset recently.
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| David Meyer / Gigaom: |
CartoDB takes $8M in funding to build platform for “thousands” of niche mapping apps — The Spanish firm is also relocating its headquarters to New York, nearer to most of its client base — though it insists it will still be a European company. — Interactive map maker CartoDB … | Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Microsoft previews Azure's Live Streaming and Content Protection, makes Media Indexer generally available — Microsoft today released the public previews of Live Streaming and Content Protection offerings as part of its Azure Media Services suite. At the same time, the company announced …
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| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
2-Hour Refund Window For Paid Apps And Games On The Play Store Is Officially Official — Around a month ago, we reported that Google had seemingly changed the refund window for paid apps and games on the Play Store to two hours. We tested our theory extensively, and 2 hours was the figure we landed on repeatedly.
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| Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom: |
California law says companies can't punish customers who post negative reviews — Some businesses use contracts that say customers have to pay large penalties if they say something negative online. A new California law turns the tables on that. — A swanky hotel in New York caught flak … | Brad Sams / Neowin: |
Microsoft is testing playing Xbox games in your browser — Mockup of Xbox 360 dashboard in your browser — Microsoft is a technology company and when they see a problem that they think they can solve, they put their best and brightest minds to a solution.
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| Seth Weintraub / 9to5Mac: |
IDG closing Macworld magazine; Macworld.com website to continue; most editorial staff let go; IDG editorial director Jason Snell resigns — IDG shutters Macworld Magazine, much of the editorial staff let go … International Data Group (IDG) is shutting down Macworld Magazine …
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