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iPhone 6 better in every way: display, performance, photos, videos, battery life, and network speed — The iPhones 6 — The Big Picture — A few days into testing the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, I accidentally left my personal iPhone 5S on a desk next to the iPhone 6 Plus.
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iPhone 6 Plus Review: The First Truly Well-Designed Big Smartphone — Apple is launching not one, but two premium smartphones today, and the iPhone 6 Plus is the one many probably were skeptical even existed just a few short months ago. With a screen size measuring 5.5-inches across the diagonal …
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iPhone 6: a great upgrade for iPhone owners, and the best smartphone you can buy — iPhone 6 Review: It's a Winner — After stubbornly resisting for years, Apple has finally joined the big-screen smartphone movement with its two latest models, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, which go on sale Friday.
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iOS 8 review: Apple empowers developers with Continuity, iCloud Drive, HealthKit, HomeKit, Pay — iOS 8, thoroughly reviewed — A big, developer-centric update completes the overhaul started in iOS 7. — “Huge for developers. Massive for everyone else.”
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Apple seemingly removing HealthKit compatible iOS 8 apps from App Store due to issues — Several apps began rolling out on the App Store this morning with HealthKit support for Apple's new Health app, but it seems issues on Apple's side have forced HealthKit-compatible apps to be completely removed …
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Foxconn struggles with iPhone 6 demand despite 200K workers making 540K phones/day — Foxconn Struggles to Meet New iPhone Demand — Apple fans may have to wait for weeks to get the new iPhones as Apple's major assembler Foxconn appears to be struggling to boost its production to meet strong demand.
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Amazon leaks smaller, lighter, 300 DPI high-res Voyage Kindle, launching Nov 4th — Kindle Voyage leaks on Amazon with a new way to turn pages — Amazon appears to be preparing to launch new Kindles. Several listings spotted on the German version of Amazon show a new “Kindle Voyage” … | John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
Initial Apple Watch thoughts: gold version could start at $5K, stainless $1K; unclear how Apple and the market will deal with its technology growing old fast — Apple Watch: Initial Thoughts and Observations — Consider Vertu, the company that sells $6,000 Android phones (and which, back in the day, sold $6,000 Symbian phones).
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Peter Thiel: Twitter execs probably smoke pot, Uber most ethically challenged company — Peter Thiel on Twitter and pot, Google, Uber and gay CEOs — Peter Thiel, PayPal co-founder, provides his play on social media company Twitter. — Silicon Valley venture capitalist Peter Thiel … | Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
Former Qualcomm executive Dennis Kish replaces Milo Medin as head of Google Fiber — Former Qualcomm Exec Named Head of Google Fiber — Google Fiber has a new boss, the latest sign that the search giant is serious about delivering high-speed Internet service.
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Material design screenshots leaked for Google Play Store 5.0 update — An Exclusive Early Look At The Google Play Store's 5.0 Update — A couple of months ago, we shared an early look at an impending Play Store update that saw more “materialized” content listings, but the rest of the interface remained largely unchanged.
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Sony's inability to sell smartphones is costing it $1.7 billion — Sony has just revised its annual earnings forecast with the addition of a major 180 billion yen (roughly $1.7 billion) “goodwill impairment charge.” This relates to Sony's Mobile Communications (MC) business … | Ravi Grover / Facebook Developers: |
Facebook adds label cohorts and retention charts to app analytics for developers — Introducing improved analytics tools for app developers — Today we're excited to announce that we're launching new tools within App Insights to let you better measure the performance of your app among specific groups …
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Logitech Targets Home Automation Play with Harmony Living Home Lineup — Home Automation and Control - Setting the Stage — The increasing popularity of home automation (HA) equipment has fueled the Internet of Things (IoT) revolution. However, the low barrier to entry …
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Dropbox suspends auto-upload feature in its iOS apps due to an iOS 8 ‘compatibility’ issue — Dropbox has “temporarily suspended” the auto-upload feature that syncs photos and videos in its primary iOS app, and the iOS version of its Carousel photo sharing app, following an issue with iOS 8.
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Google's rumored Android Silver program put on hold after departure of senior VP Nikesh Arora — Google Might Postpone Its Radical Plan To Change The Way Android Phones Are Sold — Google might delaying its rumored Android Silver program, a re-branding effort that would give high-end Android smartphones … Sponsor Posts
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