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New Apple TV to feature universal search, enabling users to search movies, actors, and directors across multiple streaming video services; prices start at $149 — New Apple TV Will Feature Universal Search, Start At $149 — One of Apple TV's most-desired features finally makes its way to the diminutive set-top box.| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple TV 4 hardware revealed: A8 chip, black remote, 8/16GB storage, same ports, no 4K — The fourth-generation Apple TV, set to be unveiled at an event on September 9th and released in October, will feature a mix of new and familiar hardware, according to reliable sources.| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
iPad Pro and refreshed iPad mini may debut at Apple's September 9 event; iPad Pro expected to ship November — iPad Pro planned for Sept. 9 debut with iPad mini 4; October pre-orders, November launch — Apple's September 9th event is set to be one of the company's largest events in history …
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AppleInsider, MacRumors, CNET, Pocketnow, iPhone in Canada Blog, Ubergizmo, Redmond Pie, SiliconANGLE, TechnoBuffalo, Digital Trends, Network World, International Business Times, TIME, App Advice, Fortune, iDownloadBlog.com, Tech Insider, iPhone Hacks, SlashGear, ZDNet and Business Insider. Thanks:@apollozac
| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
Sources: Google will unveil LG and Huawei Nexus smartphones in San Francisco on September 29 — Google will hold Nexus event Sept. 29 in San Francisco — The search giant will introduce two smartphones at the event, one made by LG and the other by Huawei.
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Droid Life, Pocketnow, Fone Arena, AppleInsider, Ubergizmo, Digital Trends, AndroidGuys, 9to5Google, Seeking Alpha, The Next Web, MobileSyrup.com, Business Insider, Android Authority, TechnoBuffalo, PhoneDog.com, Pocket-lint, Android Beat, Android Police, BGR, The Verge, Neowin, SlashGear, Liliputing and Android Central
| Bloomberg Business: |
Sources: Twitter board meets Thursday to discuss CEO search; Jack Dorsey remains a leading internal candidate, Padmasree Warrior among external candidates — Twitter CEO Search Gains Urgency as Stock Slips, Executives Exit — Pressure on Twitter Inc.'s board is mounting.
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SiliconANGLE, Business Insider, Social Media Today and Seeking Alpha
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| Alyssa Bereznak / Yahoo! News: |
Men's rights activists are using a 1950s California law to file lawsuits against women-only tech events — These men's rights activists are using a 1950s law to shut down women in tech — Stephanie Burns came up with the idea for Chic CEO, a free online platform for female entrepreneurs, in 2008, when she was getting her MBA.| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Twitter names developer platform lead Jeff Seibert head of consumer product in product team restructure — Twitter Restructures Product Team, Promotes Jeff Seibert — Twitter has promoted Jeff Seibert, the man who's been running the company's developer products for over a year.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Lenovo intros 6.98" Phab, 6.8" Phab Plus, Vibe S1 with 2 front-facing cameras, Vibe P1 and P1m with switches for power saving; retailing outside North America — Lenovo's new smartphones are weird — Alongside all of its other announcements today, Lenovo is showing off a pile of random, weird smartphones.| Dan Ackerman / CNET: |
Asus announces GX700 water-cooled laptop with 17-inch 4K display and overclocked Skylake chip; ROG gaming laptops updated to G752 series, starting at $1,500 — Asus updates ROG gaming laptops, and teases liquid cooling — Asus is known for its powerful gaming PCs, such as the ROG G751 …
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ASUS Press Room, PCWorld, The Verge, AnandTech, InformationWeek, ExtremeTech, The Register, SlashGear, BGR, Ubergizmo, Digital Trends, Engadget and PC Magazine
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
New Moto 360s: men's 46mm and 42mm, women's 42mm with narrower strap mounts, priced at $299.99- $429.99; sport version later this year, others shipping in weeks — Motorola's new Moto 360 watches are sleeker, smarter, and more customizable than ever — Last year, Motorola released … | Biz Carson / Business Insider: |
On-demand valet service Zirx announces strategic multi-million investment from BMW's iVentures — BMW invests millions in a startup that will park your car for you — The worst thing about driving in a city is not the traffic. It's finding a place to park your car that's safe and doesn't empty your wallet.
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TechCrunch, bizjournals, The Auto Channel …, BMW BLOG, VentureBeat, silicontap.com, socalTECH.com and FinSMEs
| Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica: |
PhantomAlert files suit against Waze, claims Waze copied its database, incorporated it into its own application before sale to Google — Rival traffic app PhantomAlert wants to shut Waze down after alleged theft — CEO says he was “crushed” by Waze, which Google bought in 2013 for over $1B.
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Business Wire, CNET and Los Angeles Times
| Joshua Ho / AnandTech: |
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 twice as fast, power efficient as predecessor thanks to quad-core Kryo CPU; Symphony System Manager to handle heterogeneous computing — Qualcomm Announces Kryo CPU Details: Quad Core 2.2 GHz, 14nm FinFET — Today, Qualcomm announced a number of details in the Snapdragon 820 …
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Qualcomm, The Next Web, Android Authority, PhoneArena, AndroidHeadlines.com, Engadget, Forbes, ZDNet and Ars Technica
| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Apple News app to include more than 50 publishers when it launches this fall — Apple Adds More Publishers for Its News App, Which Will Launch Soon — One thing you won't hear much about at Apple's media event next week: Its News app, a newsreader that will work something like Flipboard … | Jungah Lee / Bloomberg Business: |
Sources: Xiaomi considers launching a laptop, held talks with Samsung for memory chips, may go on sale in Q1 2016 — Xiaomi Considers Introducing Laptop to Compete With Apple — Xiaomi Corp. is considering the introduction of its first laptop early next year, people with direct knowledge …
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SiliconANGLE, DigiTimes, TechNode, Tech Trader Daily, 9to5Mac, CNET and Business Insider
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
New iPhone 6S/6S Plus to retain same storage tiers as iPhone 6: 16GB, 64GB, and 128GB, despite 4K video, increased photo resolution, and other improvements — Apple Event: New Apple Watch bands, 16GB iPhones confirmed with 7000 series aluminum — Starting with the iPhone 3GS …
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MacRumors, AppleInsider, Ubergizmo, TechnoBuffalo, Business Insider, Tech Insider, App Advice, WatchAware, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks and PhoneDog.com. Tweets: @mgsiegler. Thanks:@jordankahn
| Scott Moritz / Bloomberg Business: |
Source: Verizon will launch its Go90 mobile video service in coming days, with free ad-supported shows from AOL, Awesomeness TV, Vice Media, and Viacom — Verizon Said to Start Pared-Down Video Service in Coming Days — Company plans low-key introduction, relying on social media
| Steven Millward / Tech in Asia: |
Alibaba launches Netflix-like subscription video streaming service TBO, priced at about $57 per year — Alibaba launches subscription video streaming, priced at $57 per year — Alibaba today rolled out its much-anticipated Netflix-style subscription video service.
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TechCrunch, South China Morning Post, CNET, VentureBeat, StreamDaily and Seeking Alpha
| Emily Steel / New York Times: |
Hulu launches commercial-free option for $12 per month — Hulu Starts a Commercial-Free Option to Rival Netflix and Amazon — Hulu announced Wednesday that it was starting a commercial-free version of its streaming service, costing $12 a month, in its latest effort to enhance its offerings …
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Variety, Re/code, Wired, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, VentureBeat, TechSpot, Ars Technica, BuzzFeed, Mashable, Slate, The Wrap, /Film, TechnoBuffalo, USA Today, International Business Times, CNET, PhoneDog.com, Adweek, SlashGear, New Media Rockstars, iDownloadBlog.com, iMore, TIME, The Next Web, Liliputing, Engadget, Hollywood Reporter, Business Insider, Digiday and The Verge. See also Mediagazer
| Dominic Patten / Deadline: |
Sony Pictures and former employees reach agreement in principle to settle lawsuit stemming from data breach last year — Sony Hacking Class Action Lawsuit Reaches Settlement — EXCLUSIVE: Ten months after the studio was ripped apart by a massive hack attack and thousands … | Aaron Souppouris / Engadget: |
Sony introduces Z5 Premium with 5.5" display, Z5 with 5.2" display, and Z5 Compact with 4.7" display, all have fingerprint sensors on side and Snapdragon 810 — Sony's Xperia Z5 family includes the world's first 4K smartphone — To say that Sony's mobile division has had a tough time lately would be an understatement.
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Sony Global, Xperia Blog, The Register, Android Authority, ZDNet, NEWS.com.au, The Next Web, Gizmodo, The Verge, BetaNews and 9to5Google
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