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Source: Apple disables Apple News in China, likely to avoid requirement to censor content — Apple Is Said to Deactivate Its News App in China — HONG KONG — Apple has disabled its news app in China, according to a person with direct knowledge of the situation, the most recent sign … | Nicholas Lemann / New Yorker: |
An extensive profile of Reid Hoffman, who believes Internet-enabled networks will change how the economic world works — The Network Man — Early on a Monday evening in June, Reid Hoffman, the founder and executive chairman of the business-oriented networking site LinkedIn, met Mark Pincus …
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Surface's creative director Ralf Groene and Windows devices head Panos Panay on the evolution of the Surface Book's design — Inside the creation of the Microsoft Surface Book — No one saw it coming: The Surface Book, history's first Microsoft laptop (or notebook, if you prefer).
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Panos Panay says Microsoft is going after premium and aiming to reinvent categories with Surface devices to inspire OEMs — Microsoft's Surface chief wants a consistent design across devices — Microsoft's Panos Panay had a big week. Ever the entertainer, Panay appeared … | Nick Wingfield / New York Times: |
How Seattle is trying to avoid the issues plaguing San Francisco, like surging home prices and less diversity, as its tech scene expands — Seattle, in Midst of Tech Boom, Tries to Keep Its Soul — SEATTLE — For years, business leaders here have closely studied the San Francisco region … | Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
The history of audio interface design, and how Microsoft is reworking Skype's iconic sounds — Inside the world of audio branding with Skype's new pings, bounces, and pops — The year that Skype launched its calling service, the world was in the midst of a sonic crisis: the ringtone.| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
With Moments, Twitter reinvented the newspaper and has the potential to be the best newspaper in the world — Twitter's Moment — I try to save the most over-used of clichés for special moments, and that's exactly what this week feels like for Twitter.
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Robert Scoble, Medium, New York Times and AVC
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
BlackBerry CEO says company needs to sell 5M phones a year to make business profitable, hints it may exit handset business if it doesn't meet that goal — BlackBerry CEO wants to sell 5 million phones a year — It's been a long time since BlackBerry was on top of the smartphone world …
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Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, Digital Trends, Re/code, NDTV Gadgets360.com, TechRadar.com, Android Community, The Drum, Tech2, Ubergizmo, ZDNet, Android Authority, PhoneDog.com, Inquirer, ExtremeTech, FierceWireless, VentureBeat, Ars Technica, Inside BlackBerry, MobileSyrup.com, PCWorld, PC Magazine, BGR, CrackBerry.com, Patently Apple and Pocketnow. Tweets: @howardlindzon
| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
The 33-year history of the Bloomberg Terminal, and how its current incarnation, the Bloomberg Professional service, processes 60B pieces of information daily — How the Bloomberg Terminal Made History—And Stays Ever Relevant — By definition, any computing platform invented in the first half …
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| Stephen Galloway / Hollywood Reporter: |
Interview with the creative team on the making of the new Steve Jobs movie, the lack of support from Apple, pressure from Laurene Powell Jobs, Sony hack, more — A Widow's Threats, High-Powered Spats and the Sony Hack: The Strange Saga of ‘Steve Jobs’ — Laurene Powell Jobs pressured … | Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: |
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Wall Street Journal, BuzzFeed, New Republic, NPR.org, Breakingviews, /Film, Tech Insider, Macworld and The Verge. Tweets: @fmanjoo
| Amar Toor / The Verge: |
Eight-year-old video-on-demand service MUBI has survived in spite of Netflix by curating a selection of classic films and art house releases for $4.99 per month — How a small streaming site became the Netflix for indie film — In February 2007, about a month after Netflix began streaming movies online … | Sarah Jeong / Motherboard: |
Inside the Matthew Keys case and why the government charged him under hacking laws — Why the Government Went After Matthew Keys — On October 4, 2012, two FBI agents visited the home of Matthew Keys, aged 25, in Secaucus, New Jersey. At the time, he was the deputy social media editor for Reuters.Sponsor Posts
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