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Apple's new iPad: 264PPI Retina display, A5X with quad-core graphics, iSight, 5MP camera, 4G LTE, March 16th from $499 — Apple has today announced its new iPad 3, which comes packing a new high-resolution Retina display. “Until you see it you can't understand how amazing it is”, said CEO Tim Cook.
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| Chris Ziegler / The Verge: |
New iPad is Apple's first LTE product, coming to Verizon and AT&T — The just-announced iPad will be offered in an LTE version, marking the first time that Apple has offered a true 4G-enabled product. Of course, LTE support requires carrier partners with LTE networks …
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Apple Launches iPhoto for iPad with Photo Editing and Organization Features — With the introduction of a Retina display on the new iPad, Apple has updated all of its stock applications to support the higher resolution, also adding updates to several of its applications including GarageBand and iMovie.
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| Thomas Houston / The Verge: |
iPad 2 price drops to $399 (Wi-Fi) and $529 (Wi-Fi + 3G) — A new tablet isn't the only news today; Apple just dropped the price of the iPad 2. Much like how the iPhone 4 got a discount with the release of the 4S, the iPad 2 is now available for ... IN THE ARTICLE ADD YOUR COMMENT.
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| Darren Murph / Engadget: |
Apple new iPad hands-on! (update: video!) — Here she is — the iPad HD! Er, new iPad. Breaking away from the numerical tracking system used before (and still used in the iPhone range), Apple has decided to highlight the most major change in its newest slate by simply dubbing it “new.”
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| Michael Gorman / Engadget: |
Siri sort-of comes to the new iPad, does voice dictation only — Ever since Siri showed up on the iPhone 4S, she's been put to work in a variety of non-Apple approved ways and unofficially ported to other iDevices, including the iPad. Now Apple's next-gen iPad has made its auspicious debut … | William Savona / The Verge: |
New iPad vs. the competition: by the numbers — Now that the 3rd generation iPad is out, we thought it was time to see how it stacks up against the competition. Luckily our product database is perfect for that, and we've put together a comparison for you including the iPad 2 …
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| Mat Smith / Engadget: |
Apple reveals new 1080p Apple TV: $99, arrives March 16th — It looks like we were blind-sided a little by that decidedly iPad-esque invite, because Apple has something more for us — it's just announced the latest iteration of Apple TV and it can do 1080p video.
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| Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
HBO Deals Keep Fox, Universal Out of New iCloud Movie Service — As widely predicted, Apple has updated its Apple TV accessory. This isn't an overhaul but an update: The new box offers better resolution and software upgrades. — The new device will support video in 1080p … | Ben Drawbaugh / Engadget: |
Apple TV vs. the new Apple TV (2012): what's changed? — The Apple TV might still be a hobby, and thus not the main event at Tim Cook's Apple presentation today, but Apple's participation in the living room has had its fair share of rumors, speculation and dreams.| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
iOS 5.1 Now Available with Japanese Siri, Camera Enhancements, and More — Following Apple's announcement that iOS 5.1 would debut today, the software update is now available for existing iOS devices. Among the notable additions are Japanese language support for Siri, camera enhancements …
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| Nate Anderson / Ars Technica: |
Stakeout: how the FBI tracked and busted a Chicago Anon — “Script kiddie”—no hacker worth his salt wants to hear the term used to describe him. Anyone with modest computer skills can cause modest havoc using other people's code fragments, scanners, and infiltration tools …
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| JP Mangalindan / Fortune: |
Is Amazon getting into original TV? — Netflix, Hulu, and YouTube are pouring resources into original content. Now, Amazon may be, too. — FORTUNE — Netflix, Hulu, and YouTube are all betting big on original content. Now, Amazon may be doing the very same.
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| Claire Atkinson / New York Post: |
Google looking to unload Motorola's TV set-top box business — This just in: The TV set-top box is on its deathbed. — Google is looking to unload the set-top box business it will inherit from Motorola Mobility even before it closes on the $12.5 billion acquisition, The Post has learned.
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| TSA Out of Our Pants!: |
$1B of TSA Nude Body Scanners Made Worthless By Blog — How Anyone Can Get Anything Past The Scanners — This video is here to demonstrate that the TSA's insistence that the nude body scanner program is effective and necessary is nothing but a fraud, just like their claims that the program is safe …
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Acer: $799 ultrabooks make no profit, aiming for $499 price nonetheless — Acer Global President Jianren Weng has been quoted at CeBIT today reiterating something he said at the beginning of December: ultrabooks will drop to the crazy-low price of $499 in 2013 and compete directly against Apple's iPad.
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| Stuart Dredge / Guardian: |
Spotify: ‘We have to turn ourselves into the OS of music’ — Streaming music service provides stats for the first apps to launch on its desktop apps platform — Spotify users have spent 1,500 years inside apps within its desktop application since the start of December, the company has announced.
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| Jackie Dove / Macworld: |
Adobe previews Shadow, a free Web development utility, on Adobe Labs — Web program works with development tools to preview site designs simultaneously on multiple mobile devices — Adobe has unveiled Shadow, a lightweight Web development utility that helps designers and developers preview designs …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Google promises a unified social and mobile game platform — Within the year, Google will turn its different game platforms into a single, unified platform that developers can more easily target. That's the promise made today by Punit Soni (pictured second from right), group product manager for the company's Google+ social layer.| Emil Protalinski / Friending Facebook Blog: |
Facebook brings status update features to apps — Summary: Facebook today announced an update to the Facebook Platform that allows users to do all of the things they can do in a status update (add friends, location, and share photos) directly from the apps they're using.
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