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New 21.5-inch Apple iMac announced with 4K display for $1,499 — Apple's smaller iMac is finally going 4K. The 21.5-inch iMac is being updated today with a faster processor, faster RAM, and improved graphics. But the most compelling update is the new option of a 4K display.| Steven Levy / Backchannel: |
The Inside Story of Apple's New iMacs — Retina displays, rechargeable input devices, a force touch trackpad, and more power. Not bad for a truck. — Early this year, the top-secret laboratory where Apple designs its Macintosh accessories was bedeviled by a crisis on tiny feet.
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Apple launches larger Magic Trackpad 2 with Force Touch for $129, Magic Mouse 2 for $79, and Magic Keyboard for $99 — Apple's standalone keyboard, trackpad, and mouse just got a lot better — Apple is updating its standalone keyboard, trackpad, and mouse today in ways that make them much better than they used to be.
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| Dana Wollman / Engadget: |
The smaller iMac gets a 4K display, all the 27-inch models have 5K — Apple's big fall keynote happened more than a month ago, so it's a bit late for Tim Cook to be saying “one more thing.” Sure enough, though, the company just unveiled a refreshed line of iMacs, including a 21.5-inch model with an optional 4K (4,096 x 2,304) screen.
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| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Same design, new insides, better screen: 21.5-inch 4K Retina iMac reviewed — Fusion Drives desperately need to be standard, but otherwise this is a nice Mac. — The new 4K iMac hooked up to an external 4K display. … It's been over three years since the very first Mac went Retina …
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| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Twitter is laying off 336 employees, or about 8% of its global workforce — Twitter Will Cut More Than 300 Employees, 8 Percent of Staff — Justin Sullivan / Getty Images — Twitter plans to lay off as much as 336 people, or 8 percent of its staff, as part of an internal restructuring plan …
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Snapchat ends production of original content for Snap Channel, will rely solely on Discover content partners, 15-member team laid off or reassigned — Snapchat To Shut Down Snap Channel, Laying Off Team, Changing Content Plans — Underscoring the complicated relationship between …
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In-house chip design, integration are Apple's key platform advantages that auto makers won't be able to match, just as iPhone's smartphone competitors couldn't — On Apple's Insurmountable Platform Advantage — Since the iPhone 6s was released last month anyone who has used the device says it feels like magic.
| Subrat Patnaik / Reuters: |
Pepsi has licensed its brand to market a line of mobile phones and accessories in China — PepsiCo says to launch mobile phones in China — PepsiCo Inc said it is working with a licensing partner to market a line of mobile phones and accessories in China in the next few months.
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| Daniel Csaki / MobiPicker: |
Sources: Pepsi P1 smartphone to have 5.5-inch screen, 1.7 GHZ CPU, 16GB storage, will be released Oct. 20 for about $200 in China — Pepsi P1 Smartphone Leaked - Specs, Price, Release Date — Looks like our guesses on PepsiCo China's upcoming smartphone were right.| Katherine Noyes / Computerworld: |
By going private, Dell-EMC gains long-term operating advantages against publicly traded rivals, who have to worry about stock market and quarterly results — As a private firm, Dell-EMC will have freedom HP can only dream of — Dell's $67 billion acquisition of EMC will give it access … | Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code: |
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Deadspin suspended from Twitter briefly after receiving takedown notices for GIFs from NFL; @SBNationGIF remains suspended for posting college football GIFs — Twitter Suspends Deadspin, SBNation Accounts for Violating Copyrights — Twitter is cracking down on digital media properties …
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