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This Is The Motorola Nexus 6: A 5.9" QHD Display, 3200mAh+ Battery, Dual Front-Facing Speakers, And More — If you've been keeping up with any tech blogs over the past couple of weeks, you know that the next Nexus phone has been a hot topic. We saw rumored specs and rumored hardware photos …
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Apple to add gold color option to new 9.7" iPads this month, launch 12.9" model next year — Apple Said to Add Gold Option to IPad to Goose Sales — Apple Inc. (AAPL) will add a gold color option for its full-size iPads in an effort to boost a category that's posted declining shipments this year … | Ian Kar / Bank Innovation: |
PayPal was excluded from Apple Pay because PayPal partnered with Samsung on the Galaxy S5's fingerprint reader — The Real Reason PayPal Isn't an Apple Pay Preferred Partner — Earlier this month, before Apple Pay came out, Bank Innovation wrote that Apple and PayPal had been involved in talks for ... something.
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SiliconANGLE, BGR, Cult of Mac, Forbes, BBC, SamMobile, SlashGear, Ubergizmo, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, AppleInsider, Electronista, Business Insider, App Advice, MacRumors and Finextra Research news. Tweets: @amir
| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
Microsoft Says Free Windows Has Helped Woo 50 New Phone and Tablet Makers — Microsoft said it has attracted a number of new partners since offering Windows free for devices with screens smaller than nine inches. — Windows chief Terry Myerson said Tuesday that 50 new companies …
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| Kim Zetter / Wired: |
How RAM Scrapers Work: The Sneaky Tools Behind the Latest Credit Card Hacks — Today, news broke of yet more large-scale credit-card breaches at big-box stores, this time at Albertson's and Supervalu, grocery chains in the American west. — The breaches follow in the wake of other recent breaches … | Microsoft Corporation: |
Microsoft previews Windows 10, touts familiarity and consistency across devices, enterprise features, Start menu with incorporated tiles — Microsoft unveils the future of Windows — Company gives first look at Windows 10, highlighting enterprise advancements and open collaboration.
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| Robert Sullivan / Vogue: |
A Rare Look at Design Genius Jony Ive: The Man Behind the Apple Watch — How Apple's under-the-radar design genius, Jonathan Ive, has found the way to our hearts. — I first catch sight of Jony Ive across the Apple campus, in a plain Dodger-blue T-shirt and white painter's pants, in conversation, nodding.| Joshua Ho / AnandTech: |
iPhone 6 Plus: best phablet, may appeal more than the 6 if you don't mind two-handed usage — The iPhone 6 Plus Mini-Review: Apple's First Phablet — While we've also written about the iPhone 6, the iPhone 6 Plus needs its own review in order to really understand the various features …
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| Karin Matussek / Bloomberg: |
German regulator orders Google to limit how it combines user data from multiple services — Google Ordered to Change Handling of User Data in Germany — Google Inc. (GOOG) was ordered by a German regulator to limit how it combines user data that could be used to find out customers' personal preferences …
| Nicky Woolf / Guardian: |
Hackers charged with stealing over $100m in US army and Xbox technology — Indictment unsealed on Tuesday reveals Department of Justice charged four people in international computer hacking ring — Four men have been charged with breaking into the computer systems of Microsoft …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft adds new Sway presentation application to the Office family — Summary: Microsoft's Sway presentation application, available starting today in preview form, is the newest member of the Office product family. — Microsoft is rolling out on October 1 a preview of a new Office content aggregation …
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Office Blogs, VentureBeat, The Next Web, Engadget, Gizmodo, Mashable and Neowin. Tweets: @sway
| Daniel Cooper / Engadget: |
Uber for Business now automatically expenses taxis in 45 countries — The nice thing about traveling for work is that you can hop in a taxi without worrying about the cost since, after all, you're not picking up the tab. The downside of that privilege is that, about a week or two after that …
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Popcorn Time app for streaming video torrents arrives in Cydia for jailbroken iOS devices — Popcorn Time Finally Comes To iOS — Popcorn Time, the so-called Netflix for pirates, is now on iOS. It's never been easier to watch pirated movies and TV shows on the iPhone or Android device.
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| Craig Timberg / Washington Post: |
Holder urges tech companies to leave device backdoors open for police — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said on Tuesday that new forms of encryption capable of locking law enforcement officials out of popular electronic devices imperil investigations of kidnappers and sexual predators, putting children at increased risk.
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Reddit raises $50M round led by Y Combinator president Sam Altman, investors plan to allocate 10% of the round's equity to Reddit users — Reddit Raises $50 Million, Plans to Share Stock With Community Members — Reddit, the Internet's favorite place to share links, has raised about $50 million in funding.| TechCrunch: |
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