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| Terry Myerson / Windows Blog: |
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.
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| 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 … | Napier Lopez / The Next Web: |
Surface Pro 4 hands-on: brighter and crisper display, 40% larger glass-surface trackpad, improved Pen with nibs of different textures for sale — Hands-on with the Surface Pro 4: Everything you liked about the Pro 3, but better — The new Surface Book may have stolen the show at Microsoft's event today …
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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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| 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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| 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.| 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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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| Amir Mizroch / Wall Street Journal: |
Silicon Valley companies make side agreements with EU to continue transferring data to US, build data centers in Europe to enable long-term compliance — U.S. Tech Firms Look To Data Centers on European Soil — Silicon Valley companies say they've been preparing for today's European Court …
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| Mark Scott / New York Times: |
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Tweets: @swiftonsecurity, @nicfildes and @andrewyng
| New York Times: |
New York Attorney General opens inquiry into fantasy sports sites, asks DraftKings and FanDuel for internal data and details on how they prevent fraud — New York Attorney General Opens Inquiry Into Fantasy Sports Sites — The New York attorney general began an inquiry Tuesday into the prospect … | Peter Schulz / The Information: |
Study: among 71 top VC firms, 92% of individuals on senior investment teams are male, 78% are white, 1.3% are Hispanic, and less than 1% are black — Introducing The Information's Future List — Less than one percent of senior VCs involved in investment decision are Black—four of 551 people.
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Tweets: @johndurant, @rabbieburns and @evelynrusli
| 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 … | Geoffrey A. Fowler / Wall Street Journal: |
Office 2016's marquee collaboration features are buggy and more limited than those of Google Docs and others, making the $150 price tough to justify — It's Time for Microsoft to Reboot Office — Office 2016 arrives with enough issues to raise the question: Why do we need it at all?| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Adobe CIO Gerri Martin-Flickinger leaves to become Starbucks' first CTO — Starbucks hires its first CTO: Former Adobe exec will shape coffee giant's tech initiatives … Starbucks has found a new leader for its global technology team, with an unexpected twist.| 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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