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Microsoft unveils Surface Book, Surface Pro 4, Lumia 950, Lumia 950 XL, Band 2, and HoloLens Development Edition — A new era of Windows 10 devices from Microsoft — We've been talking about Windows 10 for over a year now and today we started our next chapter, with new devices designed for Windows 10.| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Microsoft Surface Pro 4 announced with 12.3" display, Skylake processor, new Surface Pen, fingerprint reader; pre-orders start today from $899, ships Oct. 26 — Microsoft Surface Pro 4 announced with new Surface Pen, starts at $899 — This year, Microsoft's Surface Pro has been flattered …
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| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft unveils Surface Book, its first-ever laptop, with 13.5" removable touchscreen, 12-hour battery, pre-orders start today from $1499, shipping Oct. 26 — Microsoft introduces Surface Book, a convertible for Surface fans — Laptop companion to the Surface Pro 4 starts at $1499, launches October 26.
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
New Microsoft Band to debut Oct. 30 at $249 with curved screen and Cortana integration … At its press event in New York City today, Microsoft unveiled the newest version of its wearable activity tracker, the Microsoft Band. — The new Band, available for pre-order today …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Surface Book hands-on: terrific trackpad, lightweight as a tablet; the solid hinge makes this feel like a laptop despite detachable screen — A closer look at Microsoft's new Surface Book laptop — When I reviewed Microsoft's Surface 3 tablet earlier this year I simply concluded that Microsoft should make a laptop.
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| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft HoloLens Development Edition: Coming Q1 2016 for $3,000 — First public HoloLens version won't be for consumers; it'll be for developers. — NEW YORK—Microsoft has announced the initial price and approximate availability of its HoloLens augmented reality headset.
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| Natt Garun / The Next Web: |
Microsoft unveils the 5.2″ Lumia 950 and 5.7″ 950 XL with 20MP camera including OIS, 3 GB of RAM, and USB-C, starting at $549 — Microsoft unveils the 5.2″ Lumia 950 and 5.7″ 950 XL — At its press event today, Microsoft has unveiled its latest Lumia flagship phones, the Lumia 950.
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| Julia Greenberg / Wired: |
Reddit launches Upvoted, a standalone news site free of comments and voting; editorial team will curate and elaborate on content from Reddit — No Comments Allowed on Reddit's New News Site ‘Upvoted’ — Reddit's got problems. It can be a hotbed of hostility and harassment—even for loyal users.
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See also Mediagazer| Jessi Hempel / Wired: |
Behind Steve Huffman's return to Reddit as CEO following the moderator revolt and Ellen Pao's departure — Inside Reddit's Plan to Recover From Its Epic Meltdown — It began on the Thursday night that much of Reddit—the eleventh biggest site on the American Internet …
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See also Mediagazer| Mark Scott / New York Times: |
EU strikes down agreement that allowed companies to move people's data between EU and US; soon it could be harder for tech firms to mine data of EU users — Data Transfer Pact Between U.S. and Europe Is Ruled Invalid — Europe's highest court ruled on Tuesday that a widely used international agreement …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple planning to launch new 4K 21.5-inch iMac next week, iPad Pro in early November — With September's iPhone release in the rearview and the iPad Pro set for an early November launch, Apple is ready to add some new Mac hardware into its fall product line.
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Twitter launches Moments, formerly Project Lightning, its event-based curation of tweets, videos, and images, on iOS, Android, and desktop web — Twitter launches Moments, its dead-simple tab for browsing the best tweets — A big week for Twitter just got bigger.
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Tweets: @dannysullivan, @joshconstine, @benedictevans, @spencerchen, @rsarver, @dannysullivan and @om
See also Mediagazer| James Risley / GeekWire: |
Facebook's Doodle lets users draw on photos, adding new feature to built-in photo editor … A picture is worth a thousand words, but how much is a picture worth if you doodle on it? Facebook thinks it might be worth even more. — Facebook is rolling out Doodle to its main mobile app today.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple approves an app, Been Choice, that blocks ads in native apps through its VPN content-removal service, offers rewards to users that share behavioral data — Apple Approves An App That Blocks Ads In Native Apps, Including Apple News — It's unclear if Apple is setting a precedent … Sponsor Posts
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