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Amazon Takes on the High-End—Introducing the New Kindle Fire HD Family — $199 now gets you the world's most-advanced 7" tablet, with a stunning custom HD display, the fastest Wi-Fi, exclusive Dolby audio, powerful processor and graphics engine, and 16 GB of storage—all backed …
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See also Mediagazer| Salvador Rodriguez / Los Angeles Times: |
A guide to the new Kindles that Amazon introduced Thursday — Amazon introduced several new Kindle devices Thursday. (Amazon) — Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos served as his company's pitchman Thursday, introducing seven new or upgraded Kindle devices.
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| Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD: |
Making Money While Keeping Prices Low: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Explains It All (Mostly) — Amazon rolled out a new family of Kindle devices today at a press conference in Santa Monica, Calif., including a high-end tablet for only $499. — Asa Mathat / AllThingsD.com — So, how does Amazon do it?
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| Reuters: |
Nokia to start selling make-or-break smartphone in November — (Reuters) - Nokia will start selling its new smartphone, potentially its last chance to break into the most profitable part of mobile phone market and secure its future, in November, sources at European telecoms operators said on Friday.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Nokia aiming to launch the Lumia 920 on November 2nd for AT&T — Nokia is aiming for a November 2nd launch of its flagship Windows Phone 8 handset in the US. Multiple sources familiar with Nokia's plans have revealed that the company is currently working with Microsoft and AT&T to complete …
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Apple Seeks to Create Pandora Rival — Apple Inc. is in talks to license music for a custom-radio service similar to the popular one operated by Pandora Media Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, in what would be a bid by the hardware maker to expand its dominance in online music.
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See also Mediagazer| Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
Apple Wants to Build Its Own Pandora. Why? — Apple is talking to the music labels about a streaming music service along the lines of Pandora, says the Wall Street Journal. Industry sources I've talked to say that's correct. — And unlike Apple's long-running but unsuccessful negotiations …
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| Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic Online: |
How Google Builds Its Maps—and What It Means for the Future of Everything — An exclusive look inside Ground Truth, the secretive program to build the world's best accurate maps. — Behind every Google Map, there is a much more complex map that's the key to your queries but hidden from your view.
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Meet Apple's Favorite Blogger — On a cold day in February, John Gruber traveled from his home in Philadelphia to New York City for a meeting. At a posh hotel near Central Park, the 39-year-old tech blogger was greeted by Phil Schiller, Apple's (AAPL) senior vice president for worldwide marketing.| Miyoung Kim / Reuters: |
Apple cuts memory chip order to Samsung for new iPhone: source — (Reuters) - Apple Inc has reduced its orders for memory chips for its new iPhone from key supplier and competitor Samsung Electronics Co, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday.
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| Robin Wauters / The Next Web: |
Intel cuts its Q3 revenue outlook down to $13.2 billion, could be even worse — Chipmaker Intel today announced that its revenue for the third quarter of 2012 is expected to come in (quite far) below the company's previous outlook as “a result of weaker than expected demand in a challenging macroeconomic environment”.| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Where oh where is Windows Phone 8? — The Nokia Lumia 920 is amazingly yellow. — Microsoft — Two companies have now announced their Windows Phone 8 hardware. Samsung was first out of the blocks, showing off its ATIV S at IFA last month. With much fanfare, Nokia revealed its first pair … | Amazon.com: |
Introducing the New Kindle Paperwhite, the Most Advanced E-Reader Ever Constructed — Higher resolution, 62% more pixels, 25% higher-contrast, patented built-in front light, 8 weeks of battery life and an even slimmer and sleeker design — only $119 — New Kindle Paperwhite Wi-Fi + 3G …
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Alexis Ohanian, Reddit co-founder and Web advocate — Tina Wells of Buzz Marketing Group, Alexis Ohanian of Reddit and Breadpig (center), and Nick Friedman of College Hunks Hauling Junk speak at a Young Entrepreneur Council summit on Nov. 28, 2011. Photo courtesy of YEC.| Julia Angwin / Wall Street Journal: |
FBI vs. Google: The Legal Fight to Unlock Phones — A legal battle is brewing between technology companies and the U.S. government over whether law-enforcement agents have the right to obtain passwords to crack into smartphones of suspects. — Google Inc. earlier this year refused to unlock …
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Apple to unveil new lineup of desktop iMacs — Get ready, because the iMacs are coming. — I've been hoping for an iMac update and it looks like my wish is about to come true! Multiple sources tell me that a new lineup of desktop machines from Apple is imminent.| Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
Apple Lifts Ban on BitTorrent Apps, Or So It Seems — Over the past years dozens of apps have been rejected from the App Store because they mention the word BitTorrent. — Apple defended this policy and told developers that their apps were not allowed “because this category of applications … | Jake Smith / 9to5Mac: |
Twitter makes the decision to stop development and future updates for Twitter for Mac? — For the Twitter fanatics out in the crowd the following news may make you weep a little. According to TechCrunch columnist MG Siegler, Twitter has made the decision that it will no longer be developing updates for Twitter for Mac.
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