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Apple plans to discontinue Beats Music streaming service, sources say — Apple Plans To Shut Down Beats Music — Apple will discontinue the streaming music service Beats Music it acquired in May, according to five sources, including several prominent employees at Apple and Beats.
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Apple won't shut down the Beats Music streaming service, but the Beats Music brand may change — Apple's Beats Music Brand May Go Away. Apple's Beats Music Service is Sticking Around. — Earlier this year, Apple bought Beats Music and Beats Electronics for $3 billion.| Joshua Ho / AnandTech: |
iPhone 6/6 Plus beat competition in browser and GPU benchmarks, web browsing battery life test — iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus: Preliminary Results — While we're still working on the full review, I want to get out some preliminary results for the iPhone 6.
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| Raymond M. Soneira / DisplayMate: |
iPhone 6 Plus display is “best performing smartphone LCD we ever tested”, iPhone 6 “very good” — iPhone 6 Display Technology Shoot-Out — Introduction A key element for a great Smartphone has always been a truly innovative and top performing display …
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Apple sells over 10M iPhone 6 and 6 Plus units in three days after launch, beating 9M iPhones sold in the same period last year — First Weekend iPhone Sales Top 10 Million, Set New Record — Apple® today announced it has sold over 10 million new iPhone® 6 and iPhone 6 Plus models …
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| Eva Dou / Wall Street Journal: |
Google selects HTC to make its upcoming 9-inch Nexus tablet — HTC Returns to Tablets with Google Nexus Partnership — After disappointing sales of the Flyer tablet in 2011, HTC's executives said they'd swear off making tablets until they found a compelling reason to try again. — They have one now.
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The Verge, BGR, Droid Life, Android Central, DailyTech, GeekWire, AndroidGuys, GadgeTell, PC Magazine, Gizmodo, TechHive, Tech2, Pocketnow, Phandroid, Phones Review, TechSpot, ZDNet, 9to5Google, Electronista, Gotta Be Mobile, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Gigaom, SlashGear, CNET, HotHardware.com News, Ubergizmo, Inquirer, TechnoBuffalo, PC World, Pocket-lint, Business Insider, Financial Post, Neowin, Engadget, MobileSyrup.com and Seeking Alpha. Tweets: @wsjd
| Jackgmarch Com / Jack March: |
Source: 12″ Macbook Air has thinner fanless design, reversible USB Type C, no MagSafe — Exclusive: 12″ Macbook Air Design Details — You may remember a report from last week claiming that the MacBook Air was going to arrive in Space Grey, Gold, & Silver colours and launch in Mid 2015 …
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| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
AT&T, Chernin buy majority stake in Fullscreen YouTube network, valuing it between $200-300M — AT&T & Chernin Buy Fullscreen, the Big YouTube Video Network — Otter Media, the Web video joint venture between AT&T and the Chernin Group, is confirming its deal to buy a controlling stake in Fullscreen … | New York Times: |
China's stricter restrictions on foreign internet services make it difficult for Google's business — China Clamps Down on Web, Pinching Companies Like Google — Credit: Illustration by Sam Manchester/The New York Times — HONG KONG — Google's problems in China just got worse.| Steven Millward / Tech in Asia: |
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The Next Web, CNET, GadgeTell, Gigaom, 9to5Google, GeekTime, VentureBeat, SlashGear, Electronista, PC Tech Magazine, Search Engine Land, theEword, PandoDaily, Search Engine Roundtable and Engadget. Tweets: @yegg
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Merger talks between EMC and Hewlett-Packard recently broke down; EMC also talked with Dell — EMC Weighs Merger, Other Options — Pressed by Activist and With CEO Expected to Retire, Data-Storage Giant Reaches Crossroad — Data-storage giant EMC Corp. , under pressure from a shareholder activist … | Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Adobe Acquires Photo-Editing Platform Aviary — Aviary just announced that it has been acquired by Adobe. — Aviary offers a software development kit to developers who want to add photo-editing capabilities to their apps. Aviary has also created apps of its own, which it says have been … | Newley Purnell / Wall Street Journal: |
BlackBerry Passport to go on sale Wednesday in the US, will cost $599 without contract — BlackBerry CEO: New Smartphone Will Cost $599 — Passport Smartphone Is Company's First Device Launch Since BlackBerry 10 — SINGAPORE— BlackBerry Ltd. plans to sell its new square-screen smartphone …
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| Carla Marinucci / San Francisco Chronicle: |
Rand Paul opening an office in SF, a sign he may court Silicon Valley for a presidential run — Eye on presidency? Sen. Rand Paul to open office in Bay Area — Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks at the state GOP convention in Los Angeles. His plan to set up an office in the Bay Area may indicate a run for president.
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