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Tim Cook publicly acknowledges he's gay, says giving up his personal privacy is worthwhile if he can help someone who is struggling — Tim Cook: “I'm Proud to be Gay” — Throughout my professional life, I've tried to maintain a basic level of privacy. I come from humble roots, and I don't seek to draw attention to myself.
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| Todd Holmdahl / The Official Microsoft Blog: |
Microsoft Health announced: a platform that works with Jawbone UP, RunKeeper, and more; app available for Windows Phone, Android, iOS — Introducing Microsoft Health — Today we're announcing a new platform called Microsoft Health. Within health and fitness, there is rapid innovation …
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| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Microsoft Band announced: wearable tracks health, shows emails and tweets; available for $199 in US today — Microsoft's health revolution is here, starting with a $199 fitness tracker — Microsoft Health, the Microsoft Band, and a plan to unite the world — Microsoft's fitness tracking ambitions are not small.
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| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
Lenovo Completes $2.9 Billion Motorola Purchase From Google — When Motorola Mobility President Rick Osterloh said Tuesday that the Lenovo deal was nearly done, he wasn't kidding. — Lenovo officially completed its $2.9 billion deal with Google early Thursday.| Jason Schreier / Kotaku: |
YouTube Finally Supports 60FPS, And It Looks Awesome — Earlier this year, YouTube announced plans to support videos running at 60 frames-per-second—plans that would make a huge difference for footage of video games. Today, the video network has finally started rolling out the new service …
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| Joe Rossignol / 9to5Google: |
Xiaomi overtakes LG to become world's third-largest smartphone maker — The latest numbers from Strategy Analytics reveal that Chinese handset maker Xiaomi has surpassed Huawei and LG to become the third-largest smartphone maker in the world. Xiaomi has been making impressive strides since …
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| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Samsung's Q3 profit drops 60% YoY to $3.9 billion, mobile division profit down 74% YoY — Samsung's Q3 financials show ongoing struggles in mobile — The Korean electronics giant posts a 74 percent drop in its mobile business operating profits during the September period.
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| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
LG slims smartphone bezels to a virtually non-existent 0.7mm — You might talk about how much you hate large bezels, but LG is actually doing something about it. It just unveiled a 5.3-inch, 1080p LCD display with 0.7mm bezels, less than the width of a credit card.| Garett Sloane / Adweek: |
Instagram's Video Ads Are Finally Live, and Here Are 4 From Major Brands — Disney, Activision and Banana Republic among early buyers — After six months of testing, Instagram's video ads are officially here. — Instagram, owned by Facebook has deals to show 15-second autoplay spots from Disney …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Windows Phone Shrinks In Android-Dominated Europe, As New iPhones Boost iOS' Share — Spare a thought for Microsoft, a relative newcomer to the mobile making business, after Redmond completed its $7.2BN+ acquisition of former European mobile making powerhouse Nokia earlier this year.
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Homejoy Officially Moves Beyond Cleaning With Launch Of Handyman Services In The Bay Area — In its first big move beyond home cleaning, Homejoy is adding carpet cleaning and general handyman services to its offerings in the Bay Area. — Co-founder and CEO Adora Cheung … | Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Flipboard's New App Gets Personal By Making Topics The Center Of Attention — Flipboard has been working hard over the last few years to build an app that makes reading stories on mobile and tablet devices as engaging as flipping through a magazine. With the latest version of its app … | Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Lenovo announces 13" Yoga Tablet 2 with Windows, available November, prices start at $699.99 — Lenovo adds a 13-inch Windows tablet to the Yoga mix — Not content with launching five Yoga-branded tablets earlier this month, Lenovo has added a sixth device to its range.
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| Chris Ziegler / The Verge: |
Taiwanese smart energy startup Gogoro, led by former HTC exec, is close to raising $150M, promises product unveil at CES — Mysterious smart energy company raises $150 million, led by ex-HTC executive — Horace Luke, Gogoro's CEO. — Taiwanese firm Gogoro came out of stealth mode this morning …
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| Alex Wagner / PhoneDog: |
Samsung Gear S 3G smartwatch launches Nov. 7 in US, $0 down on T-Mobile and Sprint on 2 year contract — Samsung Gear S launching in the US on November 7, carriers begin to reveal pricing — Following its international debut at the end of August, the Samsung Gear S will soon be making its way stateside.| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Skype for iPhone now lets you save and delete photos; gets avatar, people, and chat improvements — Skype today updated its iPhone app with a slew of new features and improvements based on user suggestions. You can download the new version now directly from Apple's App Store.
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Google: |
Google Play Movies & TV app gets redesign, second-screen experience w/ actor & soundtrack info — Google today announced that it's rolling out an updated Google Play Movies & TV app for Android that introduces a second-screen experience when streaming TV shows and movies to a Chromecast or Nexus Player-connected TV.| Sophie Knight / Reuters: |
Nintendo and ResMed are developing non-wearable bedside sleep and fatigue tracker, plan to release it before end of March 2016 — Nintendo to develop device to track sleep, fatigue: CEO — Nintendo signage is displayed at the company's booth at the 2014 Electronic Entertainment Expo …
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| Takashi Mochizuki / Wall Street Journal: |
Sony replaces head of mobile division as its smartphone business continues to struggle — Sony Replaces Mobile Division Head — Hiroki Totoki Has Been Widely Viewed as Instrumental in Sony's Structural Reforms — TOKYO— Sony Corp. on Thursday named Senior Vice President Hiroki Totoki …
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| Deborah Gage / Wall Street Journal: |
Capriza, which enables anyone to convert desktop business applications for use on mobile, raises $27M Series C — Capriza Raises $27 Million to Bring Unwieldy Business Apps to Mobile — Taking old and unwieldy business applications and making them usable on mobile devices has been pursued …
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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Crowdsourced Design Marketplace Minted Raises $38M More, Adds Fabrics And Home Decor — E-commerce design startup Minted has big ambitions for its crowdsourced marketplace of designs, with plans to launch in a whole new product category as well as give its artists a platform for creating new storefronts.| Samuel Gibbs / Guardian: |
Vodafone and EE begin LTE-A rollout in the UK — UK joins world's fastest mobile internet club with next generation 4G+ rollout — EE joins Vodafone with mobile data speeds five times faster than average UK broadband in London, with Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool added in 2015| David Kravets / Ars Technica: |
MPAA, movie theaters announce “zero tolerance” policy against wearables — A movie theater industry group and the Motion Picture Association of America updated their anti-piracy policies and said that “wearable devices” must be powered off at show time. — “Individuals who fail or refuse …
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