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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Base iPad Pro will have 64GB of storage and “monster” 12.9-inch display that can run 2 full-sized apps side by side; top model prices close to latest MacBooks — iPad Pro: ‘Monster screen’ runs full-sized side-by-side apps, LTE models, keyboard + stylus separate
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The Verge, ZDNet, Re/code, Business Insider, TechnoBuffalo, Wired, Phones Review, Quartz, US News, TechSpot, Tech Times, Ubergizmo, iamWire, Fone Arena, SlashGear, SiliconANGLE, Redmond Pie, iDownloadBlog.com, Mashable, The Digital Reader, Daily Mail, PhoneDog.com, iPhone Hacks, Silicon Republic, Pocketnow, iPhone in Canada Blog, BGR, iMore, Gizmodo and TodaysiPhone.com. Tweets: @mims
| Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon plans to release $50 6-inch tablet and new 8-inch and 10-inch versions for holidays — Amazon to Release $50 Tablet as It Struggles to Sell Pricier Devices — Amazon plans to release a $50 tablet with a 6-inch screen, in time for the holidays.| Reuters: |
Uber to enter 100 new Chinese cities in next 12 months: CEO — Uber Technologies Inc's [UBER.UL] China unit will enter 100 new cities in the next 12 months, the U.S. ride-hailing service's Chief Executive Travis Kalanick said on Tuesday, a rapid ramp up from the previous goal of 50 new cities.| Wall Street Journal: |
Inside Uber's Fight With Its Chinese Nemesis, Didi Kuaidi — China's ride-hailing market has erupted into a brawl between Uber and a Beijing startup, Didi Kuaidi, backed by Alibaba and Tencent
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| Mark Harris / IEEE Spectrum: |
Lidar sensors in most self-driving cars vulnerable to hacking with $60 off-the-shelf Raspberry Pi and a low-powered laser kit — Researcher Hacks Self-driving Car Sensors — The multi-thousand-dollar laser ranging (lidar) systems that most self-driving cars rely on to sense obstacles …
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Telegraph, BBC, Gizmodo, Alphr, Guardian, Silicon Republic, ITProPortal and SlashGear
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
BlaBlaCar Is Raising $160 Million From Insight, Valuing Ride-Sharing Startup At $1.2 Billion — A little more than a year after announcing a $100 million mega-round, we're hearing from multiple sources that long-distance ride-sharing platform BlaBlaCar is in the process of raising another round with Insight Venture Partners.| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft confirms acquisition of cloud security firm Adallom, sources say for $250M — Microsoft Confirms Purchase Of Cloud Security Firm Adallom — Microsoft announced this morning that it purchased cloud security firm Adallom. According to sources familiar with the matter …
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The Official Microsoft Blog, ZDNet, VentureBeat, Reuters and Fortune
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Raspberry Pi's official 7″ touchscreen display goes on sale today for $60 — The Raspberry Pi Foundation has launched an all-new piece of hardware today — the official Raspberry Pi touchscreen display is now on sale for $60 (£48 GBP) online, and through a handful of brick-and-mortar retailers.
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Raspberry Pi, Engadget, CNET, BGR, Gizmodo, Inquirer, The Next Web, BetaNews, SlashGear, Wired.co.uk and Make
| Gerald Lynch / Gizmodo: |
Netflix says offline viewing would add too much complexity to the service, will not be popular despite many users asking for it — The Real Reason Netflix Won't Offer Offline Downloads — Offline downloads are perhaps the most often requested, “holy grail” feature of TV and movie streaming services …
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SlashGear, 9to5Mac, TechSpot, The Daily Dot, Business Insider, Neowin, BGR and iDownloadBlog.com. See also Mediagazer
| Eric Johnson / Re/code: |
GoPro Odyssey, the 16-camera virtual reality rig, costs $15K, launches in early November — GoPro's Virtual Reality Camera Costs $15,000, Lands in Early November — Composite image by Re/code; Originals: GoPro and Shutterstock / solarseven — At Google I/O this year …
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The Verge, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, VentureBeat and Engadget
| Alex Heath / Tech Insider: |
How Spotify is using Echo Nest algorithms and humans to create its Discovery Weekly playlist — Spotify is getting unbelievably good at picking music — here's an inside look at how — There's a playlist on Spotify I love called Discover Weekly. It's updated every Monday with a mix of songs … | Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
500 Startups Announces A $30 Million Fund For Japan — 500 Startups is continuing its quest to cover Asia after the U.S.-headquartered VC company launched a $30 million microfund for Japan. — The firm first moved into Asia in 2013 with its $10 million ‘500 Durians’ fund for Southeast Asia.
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VentureBeat, Tech.eu, 500 Startups, Philipp Moehring and Globes Online
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