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| Kellen Barranger / Droid Life: |
Renders leak of “Google Home Mini” in Chalk, Charcoal, and Coral colors; source says it will cost $49 — When Google takes the stage on October 4 at a phone-related event in San Francisco, most of us expect there to be non-phone related product announcements too.
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Tweets: @hallstephenj, @tapbot_paul, and @caseynewton
| Kellen / Droid Life: |
Renders of back of LG-made Google Pixel 2 XL in “Black & White” and “Just Black” leak; source says it will cost $849 for 64GB and $949 for 128GB — Alright fine, no more playing around. Here is the Pixel 2 XL (official name) in two colorways.
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| Kellen / Droid Life: |
Renders leak of Google Pixelbook, a Chromebook that folds into a tablet and supports pressure-sensitive Pixelbook Pen; source: starts at $1.2K for 128GB w/o pen — As we noted in our earlier Google Home Mini reveal, a report from a couple of weeks back had actually suggested that Google would soon release a smaller Home unit.| Kellen / Droid Life: |
Renders of back of HTC-made Google Pixel 2 in “Kinda Blue”, White, and Black leak; source: 64GB and 128GB models cost $649 and $749 — Wrapping up here, because we don't want anyone feeling left out, here is the HTC-made Pixel 2. From what we can tell, it'll arrive in three colorways …
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
iPhone 8 and 8 Plus review: wireless charging is good but slow, Portrait Lighting is fun, but design is getting dated and it's not worth upgrading from iPhone 7 — It's an iPhone — I was at a party the other night with several people who knew I'd just been to Apple's annual iPhone launch event.
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| Chris Velazco / Engadget: |
iPhone 8 and 8 Plus review: wireless charging works well, great cameras and performance in a familiar design, good for those not ready to forgo home button — It's no secret that smartphones have tended to get sleeker and less obtrusive over time. Screens are growing, but bezels are shrinking.
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Tweets: @jordankahn, @pierce, and @joannastern
| Nicole Nguyen / BuzzFeed: |
iPhone 8 review: should be called iPhone 7s as many of the upgrades, like camera sensor and True Tone display, are subtle; Qi charging only works when centered — Dat glasss. — There's a lot that's still the same as last year's 7: — * The screen size and resolution — * Its water- and dust- resistance| David Faber / CNBC: |
Sources: T-Mobile and Sprint are in active talks about a stock-for-stock merger in which T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom would emerge as the majority owner — - T-Mobile and Sprint are in active talks about a merger, according to people close to the situation.
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Tweets: @mattyglesias, @dinvesting, @cnbc, and @bdsams
| Julia Fioretti / Reuters: |
Twitter removed 300K accounts in first half of '17 for promoting terrorism, a 20% decline from previous six months with 75% suspended before posting first tweet — BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) said that its internal controls were allowing it to weed out accounts being used for the …
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| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
iOS 11 review: a major stepping-stone towards a full-fledged productivity OS, benefits iPad the most, has a more versatile and useful Control Center — Wide-ranging update is full of changes, but iPad benefits the most. — The iPad is having a great year.
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| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Google announces it is rolling out new Natural Language API features: automatic classification of content and sentiment analysis of places or things — Google is launching new features within its free Cloud Natural Languages API (shared software technology) that will help newsrooms …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube discontinues paid channels initiative and makes $4.99 sponsorship model available to all YouTube Gaming creators and some others via main YouTube app — YouTube today is taking on Twitch with the launch of a new program that will allow gamers to make money from their channels through the use of sponsorships.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft adds gaming chief Phil Spencer to Senior Leadership Team and says it's moving its Enterprise Mobility and Security team to Windows and Devices Group — Microsoft's Phil Spencer, now an Executive Vice President, is becoming part of the company's inner circle of advisers … | Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
The National Venture Capital Association sues the Trump administration for delaying immigration program meant to help foreign-born startup founders stay in US — Association claims DHS illegally delayed program meant to help foreign-born founders of startups stay in U.S.| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Twitter launches Popular Articles feature, which shows articles shared by your network like Nuzzel, located in Twitter's Explore tab on iOS and Android — Click a link inside Twitter's Popular Articles feature and the article will open in a browser inside the Twitter app.
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Tweets: @daveyalba, @anildash, and @caseynewton
| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Twitter adds a second former Google executive to its board, Patrick Pichette, who served as Google's CFO from 2008 until summer of 2015 — Hugh Johnston, Pepsi's CFO, is leaving Twitter's board. — Twitter has added another longtime Google executive to its board of directors: Patrick Pichette …
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Tweets: @jack, @omidkordestani, @elatable, and @kantrowitz
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Patreon confirms it's raised a $60M Series C led by Thrive Capital; sources say the valuation was $450M — Patreon upgrades content creation from a passion to a profession by paying artists 95% of subscription payments from fans instead of 55% of skimpy ad revenue like Facebook and YouTube.
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patreon, Recode, Tubefilter, RAIN News, VideoInk, and Axios. Tweets: @joshconstine. Thanks:@joshconstine
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