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| Chris Velazco / Engadget: |
Nexus 9 review: great Lollipop tablet, powerful CPU, display and speakers could be better — Google Nexus 9 review: The first taste of Lollipop is a sweet one — It's been nearly five years since Google released its very first Nexus device, and by now we all basically get what the Nexus name stands for.
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| Hollywood Reporter: |
Sources: Christian Bale withdraws from role as Steve Jobs in upcoming Aaron Sorkin film — Christian Bale Exits Steve Jobs Movie (Exclusive) — Sources say the actor came to the conclusion he was not right for the part and decided to withdraw — Christian Bale will not be Steve Jobs after all.
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| Matthew Izatt / Gmail Blog: |
Updated Gmail app with multiple e-mail provider support and Material Design available on Google Play for Android 4.0+ devices soon — A more modern Gmail app for Android — Today, the Gmail app for Android is getting updated with a more modern style, sleeker transitions, and a few other handy improvements.
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| Brier Dudley / The Seattle Times: |
Confirmed: Apple opening Seattle software office — Apple is moving into enemy territory and has started an engineering office in Seattle, its first in the Northwest. — Like other California companies setting up shop in the shadow of Microsoft, Apple is attracted by the area's software talent …
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GeekWire, VentureBeat, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, iDownloadBlog.com, App Advice, Patently Apple and bizjournals. Tweets: @brentsimmons
| Ian Leader / Gmail Blog: |
Google updates Calendar for Android 4.1+ devices with auto event creation from emails, Schedule View with photos and maps — A new day for Google Calendar — Today we're introducing a brand new Google Calendar app. It's designed to be a helpful assistant, so you can spend less time managing your day, and more time enjoying it.
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Tweets: @khoi and @timoreilly
| Robert Hannigan / Financial Times: |
UK's GCHQ chief says tech companies enable terrorism and child exploitation, wants them to better facilitate “lawful investigation” — The web is a terrorist's command-and-control network of choice — People do not want social media platforms to facilitate murder, writes Robert Hannigan| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Mozilla Will Launch A New Browser For Developers Next Week — Mozilla today announced that it will launch a new browser dedicated to developers next week. What exactly that will look like remains to be seen, as the company today only teased the launch, which is scheduled for November 10 …
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| Janko Roettgers / Gigaom: |
Disney partners with Google to bring its cloud movie locker to Android and Google Play Movies — Disney would like consumers to continue to buy its movies. That's why the company now struck an alliance with Google to add its cloud locker to Android. — Disney took the next step …
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Re/code, The Verge, AppleInsider, CNET, 9to5Mac, 9to5Google, Engadget, TechCrunch and Reuters. Tweets: @mat
| Jessica E. Lessin / The Information: |
Jawbone to launch more fitness wearables: UP3 with new sensors for $180, clip-on MOVE for $50 — Exclusive: Jawbone To Broaden Wearables Lineup — Jawbone is the latest wearable company to try to go where Apple is not going, with plans for two new activity trackers aimed at the low and mid-tiers.
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| Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post: |
How boy band fan communities on Twitter helped turn an ordinary Target cashier into a viral sensation — How ‘Alex from Target’ became an unwitting Internet superstar — In light of 60-plus serious news articles, a million tweets, and at least one piece of uncomfortable fan fiction …
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Next Wave of Apple Pay Bank Launches Begins With Navy Federal, USAA, US Bank, PNC — Apple's October 20 debut for Apple Pay included support from many of the biggest banks in the United States, including Chase, Citi, Capital One, and Bank of America, but the company has said it has over 500 …
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PR Newswire, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, BGR, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Verge, MacNN, iDownloadBlog.com, App Advice, AppleInsider and iMore
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Apple Partners With Southwest To Offer Free In-Flight Streaming Via Beats Music — Apple continues to roll out its Beats Music streaming service to new venues, despite the fact that there have been rumors of its imminent demise. Today, Beats Music announced a partnership with Southwest Airlines …
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Southwest Airlines …, New York Times, 9to5Mac, TIME, TechnoBuffalo, MacRumors, InvestorPlace, TechHive, PC Magazine, Cult of Mac, Fortune, AppleInsider, iMore, The Verge, iDownloadBlog.com, GeekWire, SlashGear, RAIN News and Electronista. Tweets: @jackmeb
| Chris Duckett / ZDNet: |
Microsoft unveils RemoteIE to test web pages in IE on most OSes — Summary: Web developers wanted to test their creations in the latest preview version of Internet Explorer are now able to do without needing to install a Windows 10 preview, thanks to Azure and a client app for Windows, OS X, iOS, and Android.
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| Ben Woods / The Next Web: |
Disqus takes its programmatic ‘Sponsored Comment’ ad platform global — Disqus has announced that it is making its programmatic ‘Sponsored Comment’ ad platform available globally from today, following the introduction of the new product back in April. — In a nutshell, the platform allows brands …
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Adweek, Disqus for Business, MediaPost and Business Insider. Tweets: @seangriffey. See also Mediagazer
| Kyle Russell / TechCrunch: |
Parse Rolls Out A/B Testing For Push Notifications — Facebook subsidiary Parse is rolling out Parse Push Experiments, a new feature aimed at marketers and developers whose apps use the Parse SDKs that let them A/B test different messages and times for push notifications that go out to mobile devices.| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
RealNetworks posts $22M loss, RealPlayer Cloud reaches 8M users … RealNetworks posted a $22.2 million loss (62 cents per share) for the third quarter, an improvement over its loss of $31.4 million (88 cents) in the same quarter a year ago, despite its revenue declining to $34.2 million, from $49 million in the same period last year.
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