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iPhone 6 Teardown — Double the iPhone, double the teardown! With the iPhone 6 Plus laid out for inspection, we turn our attention to the smaller iPhone 6—though at 4.7", it's still a giant among iPhones. What was so big that Apple couldn't fit it into the familiar form factor?| iFixit: |
iPhone 6 Plus teardown: 1GB RAM confirmed, has nearly double the battery capacity of the 5s — iPhone 6 Plus Teardown — Over the years, we've seen the iPhone evolve—and grow. It began as just the iPhone. Soon it learned how to 3G, it gained an S (it would lose and gain this every other year) …
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iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Use 20-Nanometer A8 Processor From TSMC — Apple's 20-nanometer A8 processor in the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus was fabricated by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), according to Chipworks (via iFixit). Chipworks has been analyzing the various parts in the iPhone 6 … | Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily: |
Alibaba closes first day of trading on NYSE at $93.89 per share, up 38% from IPO price of $68 — Alibaba Closes Up 38% at $93.89, Volume Falls Off — Alibab Group Holdings (BABA), after opening at $92.70, up 36% from its offer price of $68, slipped in afternoon trading then steadily worked … | Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Alibaba hits $228.5B market cap, passing Facebook, and trailing only Apple, Google, and Microsoft among public US tech companies — Alibaba Passes Facebook in Market Value on First Trade — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. surpassed Facebook Inc. (FB) by market capitalization on its first trade … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Apple's iPhone 6 And 6 Plus Go On Sale To Long Lines Of Fans — Apple started selling its iPhone 6 and 6 Plus today, with sales in-store kicking off at Apple Store retail locations beginning at 8 AM local time. The lines this year are longer than they have been in recent memory …
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Tim Cook visits Palo Alto Apple Store for iPhone 6 launch as Angela Ahrendts welcomes Sydney — Apple's leadership is out in full force today for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus launch across the globe. — Apple CEO Tim Cook has been spotted at the company's local Apple Store in Palo Alto …
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Sony's SmartEyeglass prototype makes Google Glass look chic — As Sony's smartphone division continues to struggle, the company is working out what it needs to return to profitability. Does it concentrate on the high-end market dominated by Apple and Samsung, or does it try to appeal … | eMarketer: |
Facebook's US Ad Revenues Outpace Users' Average Daily Time Spent on the Site — Facebook bucks trend of digital ad dollars lagging time spent with digital media — US adults will spend an average of 21 minutes each day on Facebook in 2014, according to new figures from eMarketer …
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iCloud for Windows update means PCs can use iCloud Drive before Macs can — iCloud Drive is now available on Windows, but not OS X. — Apple officially released iCloud Drive yesterday as part of the iOS 8 update, but it came with a caveat: turning it on disables the “old” way of iCloud syncing …
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| Joe Mullin / Ars Technica: |
Patent troll gives up, can't defend “matchmaking” patent under new law — A patent troll called Lumen View Technology got stopped in its tracks last year after it sued Santa Barbara-based startup FindTheBest, then asked the company for a quick $50,000 settlement.
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iOS 8 on iPhone 4S: cramped screen and 50% more time to do the same tasks compared to iOS 7 — iOS 8 on the iPhone 4S: Performance isn't the (only) problem — The iPhone 4S. I remember when this was the one that made my old phone feel slow. — iPhones have about a year to be top-of-the-line.| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
U.S. judge awards $40.7 million in SEC case over bitcoin Ponzi scheme — (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge in Texas ordered Bitcoin Savings and Trust and its owner to pay a combined $40.7 million after the Securities and Exchange Commission established that the company, which sold investments using … | Dennis Fisher / Threatpost: |
Google, Dropbox, and others launch open source security organization Simply Secure — New Initiative Simply Secure Aims to Make Security Tools Easier to Use — The dramatic revelations of large-scale government surveillance and deep penetration of the Internet by intelligence services … | Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC: |
Bitcoin drops as much as 11% in the past day to below $382, lowest since April — Bitcoin tanks, is Alibaba to blame? — The price of bitcoin has plummeted in the past few days, and some are blaming the Alibaba IPO for the virtual currency's fall. — Touching as low as $381.17 earlier Friday … | Bloomberg: |
Gold IPhones at $3,600 as China Delay Fuels Black Market — Liu Min stands a few feet from an Apple Inc. (AAPL) store in Beijing hawking something that can't be bought inside: the new iPhone 6. — While the device debuted today in the U.S., Hong Kong, Japan and Australia … | Matt Hamblen / Computerworld: |
Samsung drops price of mobile security tool Knox Premium to $1/device, Knox Express now free — Samsung drops Knox prices and introduces Knox user portal — Employees using ActiveSync can install My Knox without an IT admin — Samsung on Thursday announced price reductions and updates …
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Exclusive: France's Iliad sets mid-Oct deadline for T-Mobile US bid - sources — (Reuters) - French low-cost telecom operator Iliad has set a mid-October deadline to decide whether to improve its bid for T-Mobile US or walk away as it faces resistance from seller Deutsche Telekom, several people familiar with the situation said.| Liam Boogar / Rude Baguette: |
France's new anti-Uber law gives Taxis an unfair advantage — Yesterday evening, the France's National Assembly voted definitively in favor of the pro-taxi “Thévenoud law,” which imposed a certain number of restrictions and regulations on both Taxis and VTC (licensed professional drivers … | Catherine Mayer / TIME: |
Bono says U2 and Apple working on new digital music format — Exclusive: U2 and Apple Have Another Surprise for You — The four members of the legendary Irish band tell TIME about another new album in the works—and its secret Apple project that might just save the music industry
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Some say Larry Ellison's new role is merely a title change, a point that Oracle's statement partially confirms — Larry Ellison steps down as CEO of Oracle but remains in charge — Larry Ellison, a Silicon Valley pioneer known as one of its most flamboyant and aggressive leaders …
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