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Samsung Introduces the GALAXY S4 mini: A Powerful, Compact Smartphone — Samsung Electronics announced Samsung GALAXY S4 mini, a powerful yet compact version of Samsung's bestselling smartphone, GALAXY S4. The GALAXY S4 mini delivers the superior performance, intuitive ease-of-use … | James Trew / Engadget: |
Samsung confirms Galaxy S 4 Mini: 4.3-inch display, 1.7 GHz dual-core processor — So, it might not be a surprise that it was in the works, but it's official announce almost caught us off guard. Here it is, the Samsung Galaxy S 4 Mini. Now we can say for sure that there's a 1.7 GHz dual-core processor …
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Apple announces new $229 16GB iPod touch: 4-inch Retina display, no rear-facing camera — Apple has started listing a new 16GB iPod touch model in its online store. When the 5th generation iPod touch went on sale last year, it was only available in 32GB and 64GB models …
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| Eva Dou / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple Shifts Supply Chain Away From Foxconn to Pegatron — TAIPEI—For years, nearly all of the world's iPhones and iPads rolled off the assembly lines of a single company: Foxconn. — It was a famous partnership between two outsize personalities— Steve Jobs, Apple Inc.'s intense …
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| Antoine Leblond / The Windows Blog: |
Continuing the Windows 8 vision with Windows 8.1 — Before we launched Windows 7, we envisioned what the next version of Windows would need to deliver. We made a bet that the PC landscape and industry would undergo a significant transformation driven by an increase in mobility.
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Windows 8.1 preview: many small tweaks make for a significant update — Microsoft is also improving its onscreen keyboard. “If the next Gangnam style or the next political leader becomes popular, we will know that and be able to suggest it and be able to make it easier to type that,” explains Harris.
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The talented Mr Green: How FWD.us lost New York, Elon Musk, and the tech moral high ground — At the end of April, FWD.us president Joe Green and angel investor Ron Conway, a FWD.us supporter, convened a lunch meeting with about 40 members of New York City's tech community at the swish offices …
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Elon Musk Talks About His Falling Out With the ZuckerPAC — Tech stars may all be rooting for immigration reform, but not all are willing to go about it the same way. — That's what we saw last month when Tesla CEO Elon Musk left FWD.us, the political action group founded … | Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
Moto X Coming Out by October; It's All About Sensors and Will Be Built in Texas (Video) — Motorola's next “hero” phone, the first big product launch conceived and executed since Google bought the company, will be called the Moto X. — Speaking at D11 today, Motorola head Dennis Woodside said to expect a …
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| Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
The Best of Mary Meeker's 2013 Internet Trends Slides — Mary Meeker's annual Internet trends report is out; you can read the full 2013 edition here. Not up for 120 slides? Here's my pull of the best ones, with a focus on the data-heavy charts and graphs. — Mobile continues to be the biggest trend in the deck, by far.
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With August, Yves Behar Brings Fine Design to a “Smart” Door Lock — If the next big thing is the Internet of Things, Yves Behar wants in. And he'll get there the most obvious way: Through your door. — The industrial designer, known for the look of One Laptop Per Child, Jawbone products …
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| Matt Brian / The Verge: |
Neelie Kroes unveils Net Neutrality plan for Europe, aims to end mobile roaming fees in 2014 — While travellers in Europe are enjoying lower roaming fees across the continent, the European Commission (EC) believes that isn't enough. As part of new legislation, its vice president Neelie Kroes today unveiled …
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Coursera partners with 10 new US universities not just for online courses, but to add MOOC to their classes too — Coursera today announced it has partnered with 10 US state university systems and public university flagships to bring their faculty and course content online, plus a little more.
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Facebookers, beware: That silly update can cost you a job — Study shows that companies have rejected 1 in 10 people between ages 16 and 34 because of something the person shared on social media. — Little did Ashley Payne know that the festive photo of her holding both a pint of beer …
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Cisco tells EU: Microsoft-Skype merger is a monopoly — Last year, Cisco took its case against the Microsoft-Cisco merger to court in Europe. While it didn't oppose the merger, the networking giant wanted EU regulators to impose rules about “standards-based interoperability.”
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The unbearable lightness of what Tim Cook says — Apple's CEO exercised his ability to out-wait his interviewers at AllThingsD. — FORTUNE — In trying to cover Tim Cook's roundly criticized performance at a major technology conference Tuesday evening near Los Angeles …
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Dish Increases Its Bid for Clearwire — Dish Network Corp. has increased its bid for mobile-broadband operator Clearwire Corp., topping the offer Sprint Nextel Corp. raised last week. — Late Wednesday, Dish offered to acquire Clearwire for $4.40 a share in cash, a 29% premium over Sprint's offer of $3.40 a share.
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Windows Phone app for PCs updated with sync improvements and iTunes podcasts support — Microsoft is taking its Windows Phone App for Desktop out of preview today, while adding in some additional features. The application, that lets Windows Phone users sync media between a phone and PC …
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Tel Aviv Lays Out Plans for ‘Startup Visa’ and Public Wi-Fi to Woo Tech Startups — Tel Aviv officials recognize that the city is becoming a premier destination for technology companies. That's why the local government is working on programs to attract more foreign entrepreneurs and to reinforce …
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Wikimedia launches ‘Nearby’ to surface Wikipedia articles based on location, and it wants your photos too — Wikimedia Foundation, the charitable organization behind Wikipedia and other online collaborative projects, has introduced a new Nearby page as it looks to surface articles based on a user's location.
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Twitter CEO Dick Costolo on how fast Twitter innovates, relationships with developers and Jack Dorsey — Today at the D11 conference, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo spoke on a variety of topics including platform security, its relationship with broadcasters and how fast it's innovating.
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500 Startups Raises $10M ‘500 Durians’ Micro Fund, Hires Khailee Ng As Venture Partner To Invest In SE Asia — Dave McClure's 500 Startups is no stranger to investing in international startups, with about 20 percent of its portfolio of companies hailing from outside the U.S. But it's now looking …
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