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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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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Thank you, Tim Cook — Why we're not “moving on” from the Apple CEO's big statement today — In a way, what Tim Cook said today felt inevitable. At least since 2008, when Owen Thomas asked the question in Gawker, a steady accretion of reporting has suggested Apple's chief executive is gay.
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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 … | 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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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple No Longer Rejecting Calculator Widgets From The App Store — The maker of a popular iOS app and widget, PCalc, which took advantage of iOS 8's support for Notification Center Widgets, was recently told by Apple that his handy app would be pulled from the App Store due to the fact that …
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| 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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| 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.| 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.| 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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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
IDC: Tablet shipments grew 11.5% in Q3 2014, but leaders Apple, Samsung, and Asus all lost market share — The tablet market continues to grow, albeit not as quickly as before. Q4 2013 saw 53.8 million units ship worldwide, up 11.5 percent from 47.6 million the same quarter last year.
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| Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch: |
About.me launches Intro, an app to replace business cards, which lets you email or text your contact info — About.Me Launches App That Aims To Replace The Business Card — Tony Conrad, the founder of about.me, says it's time to disrupt the business card. He's released a new app today called Intro to do just that.
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| Graham Cluley: |
Drupal 7 sites attacked hours after vulnerability disclosure, unpatched sites assumed hacked — “Assume every unpatched website running Drupal 7 was compromised” — Content management system Drupal has issued a chilling public service announcement to website admins and internet users … | 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 … | 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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| Shandra Martinez / MLive.com: |
Regional grocery chain Meijer will continue to provide both Apple Pay and CurrentC services — Why Meijer isn't ditching Apple Pay like other retailers — With the wave of an iPhone 6 or the yet-to-be-released Apple Watch, you can buy groceries or fill up your gas tank at Meijer using Apple Pay.| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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.| 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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| 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 … | 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.
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| 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| 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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