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| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
iPhone 7 and 7 Plus review: great camera, display, and improved battery life but lack of new design is a let down and transition to wireless audio will be rough — In-depth with the new phones, the AirPods, A10 Fusion, the cameras, and more. — Up until now, every one of Apple's iPhone hardware updates has been additive.
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| Nicole Nguyen / BuzzFeed: |
The iPhone 7 and 7 Plus are more rugged than previous versions, thanks to waterproofing, making them a must-have for loyal iOS users ready for an upgrade — Okay, everyone, calm down. — BuzzFeed News / Apple — Last week, the internet exploded in enraged disbelief when Apple unveiled …
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| Cho Mu-Hyun / ZDNet: |
Samsung says it will cap Note7 charging at 60% in OTA update, starting Sept. 20 in S. Korea, is in talks with telcos from 9 other countries for similar rollouts — Samsung will limit the battery charging cap for Galaxy Note 7 users to 60 percent through a Over-the-Air (OTA) software upgrade on September 20 following more explosions.| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says there was an issue with iOS 10 software updates impacting some devices during first hour of availability, and affected users can update via iTunes — Update: Apple has released a statement saying that the following iOS 10 update issues should now be resolved:
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| Brian X. Chen / New York Times: |
Sources: next year's iPhone will have a full-screen front face with the virtual button built directly into the screen — Apple's iPhone, just short of 10 years old, has hit puberty. — Like adolescents coping with awkward changes to their bodies, the iPhone 7, due for release on Friday, introduces some uncomfortable transitions.
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| Lauren Smiley / Backchannel: |
An inside look at Rothenberg Ventures, a seed-stage firm with stakes in companies like SpaceX, as it loses staff, changes name, and faces an SEC investigation — the last Monday in August, Mike Rothenberg—millennial venture capitalist, virtual reality check-writer, unhappy title-holder of …
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| Matt Rosoff / Business Insider: |
In letter this morning, Rothenberg asks limited partner investors to contribute working capital to keep the firm going — Rothenberg Ventures has been the talk of Silicon Valley over the last two weeks, as the small venture capital firm led by charismatic 32-year-old Mike Rothenberg has essentially imploded.
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| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
YouTube launches beta of Community, which lets creators share photos, text, more into Subscriptions feed; subs can opt-in to new post notifications — Text, still images, and GIFs are now part of the mix that the service gives creators to keep their fans engaged.
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| Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal: |
Eyeo, the company behind Adblock Plus, launches an ad exchange to help marketers display “acceptable ads” to users; Google and AppNexus are partners — Eyeo, the company behind the popular online ad blocking software Adblock Plus, said Tuesday it's launching an online advertising service …
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See also Mediagazer| Mike Wuerthele / AppleInsider: |
Apple releases iOS 10, tvOS 10, and watchOS 3 to the public — Apple on Tuesday made available iOS 10 for iPads, iPhones, and the iPod touch bringing mass enhancements to messages, Maps, Siri, Photos, Apple Music, News, and more. — The first version of iOS 10, version 10.0.1 …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft's Azure Service Fabric for running and managing microservices is coming to Linux — Microsoft's CTO for Azure (and occasional novelist) Mark Russinovich is extremely bullish about microservices. In his view, the vast majority of apps — including enterprise apps — will soon be built using microservices.
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| Federico Viticci / MacStories: |
iOS 10 review: Apple moves apps past isolated silos with iMessage App Store, SiriKit, CallKit, Maps extensions, rich notifications; iPad changes seem uninspired — Sometimes, change is unexpected. More often than not, change sneaks in until it feels grand and inevitable.| Wall Street Journal: |
Jay-Z's music streaing service Tidal posted a loss of $28M in 2015, compared to $10M in 2014 — Cash burn shows the challenge the music-streaming service faces in competing with rivals Spotify and Apple Music — STOCKHOLM—In the year rap mogul Jay-Z took control of Tidal … | Steve Kovach / Business Insider: |
Apple AirPods review: intelligent pairing, impressive sensors, but mediocre sound, audio controls are convoluted, and they look awkward when in use — Nothing pairs better with a controversial move like killing the headphone jack from the most popular consumer product in history than releasing …
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| Rich McCormick / The Verge: |
Sony releases software update for PS4 in preparation for new models, adds folders, HDR support for all PS4 consoles, streaming in 1080p, and more — The 4.00 update adds folders, HDR, and a new UI — Sony's biggest PlayStation 4 software update yet is now available, refreshing the console's interface … | Chris Duckett / ZDNet: |
Nvidia debuts new AI-focused processors for data centers based on its Pascal design, says the new chips have 4x speed, 3x efficiency of previous models — Nvidia has launched a pair of GPUs that the chip giant claims are four times faster than last year's offering.
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