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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.
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| Brian X. Chen / New York Times: |
Sources: next year's iPhone will replace the home button with a virtual one as the screen will take up the whole front face of the phone — Apple's iPhone, just short of 10 years old, has hit puberty. — Like adolescents coping with awkward changes to their bodies, the iPhone 7 …
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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.| 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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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 … | 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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| 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 … | 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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| Jeff Benjamin / 9to5Mac: |
Apple launches iMessage App Store with various iMessage apps, games, and sticker packs — Let the deluge begin... Not long after the Super Mario Run iMessage sticker pack was made available to iOS 10 users, Apple has unleashed the entire iMessage App Store.
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| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
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