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Twitter updates iPad app with responsive design as it builds a more unified Twitter for iOS — Building a more unified Twitter for iOS — Previously, Twitter for iPhone and iPad offered very different experiences. Now, Twitter apps on these devices will be more consistent regardless of which one you're using.
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| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
Verizon to start testing its 5G network, with speeds 30-50 times faster than 4G, in the next year, with limited commercial roll-out tentatively planned for 2017 — Verizon to be first to field-test crazy-fast 5G wireless — It expects “some level of commercial deployment” to begin in 2017 for next-generation wireless.
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PR Newswire, The Verge, 9to5Mac, iMore, Fortune, iDigitalTimes.com, The Register, ZDNet, Tech Insider, Digital Trends, App Advice, tech.co, TodaysiPhone.com, Android Authority, Ubergizmo, The Daily Dot, Consumerist, Light Reading, BGR, O'Grady's PowerPage, PhoneDog.com, Redmond Pie, iDownloadBlog.com, Engadget and Business Insider. Thanks:@rogerwcheng
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple event tidbits: $799 iPad Pro price, always-on ‘Hey Siri’, ‘tvOS’ details — We've already run down most of what we're expecting from the new iPad Pro, iPad mini 4, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, Apple Watch bands, and the new gold Apple Watch Sport colors expected to be announced at Apple's September 9th event.| Mario Trujillo / The Hill: |
Software pioneer McAfee files paperwork to run for president — The antivirus software pioneer John McAfee on Tuesday filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to run for president. — The paperwork was confirmed as authentic by Kyle Sandler, who is identified …
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Tweets: @howardlindzon, @paulszoldra and @davezatz
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram debuts 30 second commercials, introduces premium short ad format Marquee, and announces ads will be available globally by end of September — Instagram Ads Go Global, Including New 30-Second Commercials — Instagram is done experimenting and is ready to ramp up ad revenue.
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See also Mediagazer| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Periscope is developing an app for the new Apple TV for watching livestreams — Periscope Is Secretly Building An Apple TV App — Periscope is developing an app for the new Apple TV, according to multiple sources. It will allow users to watch livestreams on their television …
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Tech Times, TechnoBuffalo, Redmond Pie, App Advice, VentureBeat, Cult of Mac, AppleInsider, MACé" blog, iPhone Hacks, MacRumors, Daring Fireball, iDownloadBlog.com and iMore
Tweets: @semil, @jyarow, @joshconstine, @hunterwalk, @alexeheath and @jyarow
See also Mediagazer| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Sources: AOL to spin out CrunchBase, which plans to raise $5M-$7M from Emergence Capital — CrunchBase Is Spinning Out, Backed by Emergence Capital — Eight-year-old, San Francisco-based CrunchBase looks to become a standalone company in the very near future.
Tweets: @hunterwalk and @bryce
| New York Times: |
The DoJ got court order demanding Apple turn over iMessages in real time; Apple said it could not comply; iMessages backed up to iCloud not encrypted end-to-end — Apple and Other Tech Companies Tangle With U.S. Over Access to Data — WASHINGTON — In an investigation involving guns and drugs …
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Tweets: @csoghoian, @ncardozo, @ggreenwald, @csoghoian, @csoghoian and @csoghoian
| Vanity Fair: |
Mark Zuckerberg tops Vanity Fair's 2015 New Establishment Disrupters list — Mark Zuckerberg Tops the 2015 New Establishment List—and Snags the October Cover! — The magazine's annual ranking of business and media elite hits newsstands today. — Facebook chairman and C.E.O. Mark Zuckerberg … | Christian Uribe / Opera Mobile: |
Opera Mini for Android update includes new compression mode, lets users toggle between speed and experience — Choose High or Extreme savings in new Opera Mini for Android — When Opera Mini was launched in 2005, we brought the internet to your phone, giving you access to the same web …
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| Brian Womack / Bloomberg Business: |
Google says it will test grocery deliveries this year in San Francisco and another US city — Google to Start Testing Grocery Deliveries This Year — Two U.S. cities to start trial of fresh-food deliveries — Google also expanding next-day deliveries in the Midwest| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Facebook redesigns Pages for mobile, broadens options for call-to-action buttons, adds Shop and Services sections — Facebook Pages become more mobile-friendly with new action buttons and sections — MENLO PARK, CALIF. — Facebook says it's going to help small businesses become more accessible on mobile devices.
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| Steven Millward / Tech in Asia: |
Baidu unveils AI-powered digital assistant Duer for its mobile search app — Baidu revamps its ‘Siri’ so that it helps you order stuff online — Baidu's revamped voice assistant, Du Secretary, pictured in action today. — At Baidu's annual corporate conference in Beijing today … | Bloomberg Business: |
Philippines rolling out free Wi-Fi to half of its cities this year, expects nationwide coverage by end of 2016; expansion will cost government about $32M/year — Philippines to Roll Out Nationwide Free Wi-Fi Service by 2016 — Initiative comes as lawmakers probe slow Internet connection
| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Ryan Block to leave AOL Alpha for new venture, Drew Lesicko to head unit in his place — Ryan Block Leaves AOL Alpha For Something New — GDGT co-founder, Engadget founding editor and VP of Product at AOL, Ryan Block is leaving the company for parts undisclosed.| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Android Wear coming to China without Google Play and Now, with Moto 360 being first device; Chinese company Mobvoi to offer voice recognition, search — The Moto 360 and Android Wear are coming to China — Lenovo, Motorola, and Google are bringing Android Wear to China in the form of the Moto 360 smartwatch.| StreetInsider.com: |
Yahoo denied requested IRS ruling in Alibaba stake spin-off; stock slips over 3% in after-hours trading — Yahoo! (YHOO) Denied IRS Request in Alibaba (BABA) Stake Spin-Off — Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) disclosed the following on Tuesday: — On January 27, 2015, Yahoo! Inc. ("Yahoo" or the … | BBC: |
HTC removed from Taiwan's TWSE 50 Index after 66% drop in share price this year — HTC dropped from main Taiwan stock index after share price fall — Smartphone maker HTC has been dropped from the index of Taiwan's 50 largest firms, following a 66% slide in its share price this year.
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