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Oculus Reveals Its New “Crescent Bay” Developer Kit With 360-Degree Head Tracking And Headphones — Oculus gave the world the first look at its new developer kit Crescent Bay today at Oculus' Connect conference, which you can watch live here. Crescent Bay has a faster frame rate …
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The “Oculus Platform” Marketplace For Virtual Reality App Launches This Fall — Oculus announced the “Oculus Platform” store for developers to distribute their virtual reality apps and experiences today at the Oculus Connect conference. Starting this fall on the Samsung Gear VR made by Oculus … | Hayden Dingman / PC World: |
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Photographer extensively tests new iPhone cameras in Iceland, praises low light improvements — iPhone 6 Plus Camera Review: Iceland — v — This year I had the opportunity to be at Apple's Keynote where they announced the iPhone 6, 6 Plus and the Watch.
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Using The iPhone 6 And 6 Plus On A Real Disneyland Trip — Last week I decided to test the most secretive, hotly anticipated smartphones on earth in a place where there was no danger of them being recognized or damaged or both: Disneyland. — Both my wife and I are Disneyphiles of sorts, and visit a dozen times a year or more.
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Ex-employees: Home Depot slow to react to security concerns, despite warnings as early as 2008 — Ex-Employees Say Home Depot Left Data Vulnerable — The risks were clear to computer experts inside Home Depot: The home improvement chain, they warned for years, might be easy prey for hackers.| Kevin Roose / New York Magazine: |
Legal challenges could threaten the business models of the on-demand startups relying on independent contractors — Does Silicon Valley Have a Contract-Worker Problem? — An examination of tech's favorite labor model. — Shares … Earlier this year, I hired a house cleaner.
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How Betaworks revived Digg, growing it from 1.5M to 8M monthly visitors over the last 2 years — Inside the company that rebuilt Digg — Before there was Reddit, there was Digg. Digg used to be one of Silicon Valley's hottest startups. Founded in late 2004, it became a sensation … | Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Developer uses App Runtime for Chrome to run Android apps on Windows, Mac, and Linux computers — Hack runs Android apps on Windows, Mac, and Linux computers — The official Android Twitter app running on Mac OS. — If you remember, about a week ago, Google gave Chrome OS the ability …
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Instapaper goes freemium, updates iOS app with single tap article saving and user profiles — Instapaper Goes Freemium With Big iOS Redesign — Instapaper, bringing bookmarks into the future, has just launched a big redesign of the iOS version of the app with loads of new features and a brand new business model.
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Microsoft delays Xbox One launch in China from September 23 to sometime later this year — Microsoft delays Xbox One launch in China — Gamers in China hoping to get their hands on the Xbox One will have to wait a little longer than expected. Microsoft announced late Friday that …
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Creating a Google+ profile is no longer mandatory when signing up for Gmail — Mandatory Google+ Gmail Integration Quietly Shelved — Google has gone to valiant lengths to convince us that rumors of Google+'s demise have been greatly exaggerated, but Google is no longer forcing new Gmail users … | Jonathan Zdziarski / Jonathan Zdziarski's Domain: |
With iOS 8, forensics tools can still obtain your camera reel, third-party app data, iTunes media, and more — Your iOS 8 Data is Not Beyond Law Enforcement's Reach... Yet. — In a recent announcement, Apple stated that they no longer unlock iOS (8) devices for law enforcement.
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Verizon's VoLTE, enabling simultaneous voice/data and HD voice, now working on iPhone 6/6 Plus, LG G2, Samsung Galaxy S5 — Simultaneous Voice/Data, HD Voice Now Available to Verizon iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Users — Verizon began rolling out its Advanced Calling service earlier this week … | Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Yahoo's Core Business Value Cut in Half to $6.8 Billion After Alibaba IPO — As Alibaba shares soared in their first day of trading on Friday, the value that investors are placing on Yahoo 's core business was sliced in half to about $6.8 billion. — That's because Yahoo still owns …
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