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Barnes & Noble Reports $118.6M Loss On Revenue Of $1.3B In Q4, Plans To Open Nook Brand To Tablet OEMs — Barnes & Noble reported its fiscal fourth quarter earnings this morning, and the financials make it clear that the company is still struggling to figure out how it fits into the larger digital reading ecosystem.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
iOS 7 Disables Screenshot Interruptions, Allows Users to Secretly Take Snapchat Screenshots — While we detailed a number of new features of iOS 7 beta 2 earlier today, a MacRumors reader sent us a tip on a small change that has gone unnoticed since the first beta was released on June 10.
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Exclusive: Samsung in talks to settle EU antitrust case - sources — (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics is in early talks with the EU antitrust regulator to settle charges that it abused its market position by barring Apple from using an essential mobile phone patent, two people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
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| Jeff Blagdon / The Verge: |
Microsoft licenses ‘Age of Empires’ for iOS and Android, but downplays further releases — Microsoft is bringing its games to iOS and Android, beginning with Age of Empires sometime in 2013, reports Japan's Nikkei business daily. The ports are coming courtesy of mobile developer KLab …
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| Jenna Wortham / NYT Bits: |
Instagram Video and the Death of Fantasy — Over the weekend, I went to a sunset picnic on a rooftop in Brooklyn. The evening couldn't have been more picturesque — a group of stylish women chatting and lounging on blankets, framed against a lavender and glittering cityscape.| Euan Rocha / Reuters: |
BlackBerry launches service to manage Android, Apple devices — (Reuters) - BlackBerry launched a service on Tuesday allowing government agencies and corporate clients to secure and manage devices powered by Google Inc's Android platform and Apple Inc's iOS operating system.
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| Timothy B. Lee / Wonkblog: |
One of the worst patents ever just got upheld in court — Forget patenting an invention. These days, companies patent conceptual categories for future inventions. — During the first dot-com boom, Amazon famously patented the concept of buying things online with one click.| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
OUYA hits retailers for $100, promptly sells out at Amazon — OUYA has unlocked a major achievement today: the teensy crowdfunded gaming console is now available at retail, after a slight delay from the June 4th date it promised earlier. That's good news for everybody …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple investigating new MacBook Air WiFi issues, some customers receiving replacements — Over the past few days, a notable amount of users have complained about WiFi issues plaguing the new 11-inch and 13-inch MacBook Air models released during the week of WWDC.
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AnandTech, Macgasm, Digital Trends, iMore, T3 News, CNET, Engadget, MacRumors and Insanely Great Mac
| Mat Smith / Engadget: |
Sony Xperia Z Ultra official with 6.4-inch 1080p screen and 2.2GHz Snapdragon 800 chip, global launch in Q3 2013 — Sony's unveiled its latest addition to its Xperia Z series, a new smartphone that blurs the line between smartphone and tablet once more — the appropriately-named Xperia Z Ultra.
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| Terrence O'Brien / Engadget: |
Google Cloud Playground lets you dip your toes in the Cloud Platform waters — Google's Cloud Platform holds a certain amount of appeal for developers looking to quickly build robust web apps. Of course, getting started is a bit involved. You'll first need to download and install several tools and an SDK on your local machine.
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Cloud Platform Blog, TechCrunch and VentureBeat
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Pink Floyd: Pandora's Internet radio royalty ripoff — Internet radio companies are trying to trick artists into supporting their own pay cut. — Great music can inspire deep emotions, and businesses have long sought to harness this power in order to make money.
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Sony's ‘Music Unlimited’ iOS app adds offline playback & high-quality 320kbps AAC streams — A nice update is landing any minute now for Sony's Music Unlimited iOS app, which is continuing to improve thanks to some nice improvements coming with PS4 and PlayStation Plus.
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CNET, Sony Entertainment Network, PC Magazine, Macgasm, Engadget, I4U News and iDownloadBlog.com
| Kaylene Hong / The Next Web: |
Samsung denies ‘groundless’ rumor that it is shutting down its PC business — UPDATE: Samsung has denied a report that says it is shutting down its PC business and provided the following statement: The rumor that Samsung is withdrawing from the PC desktop business is groundless.
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Engadget, BGR, PC World, TechnoBuffalo, Neowin, SlashGear and Electronista. Thanks:@kaylenehong
| Associated Press: |
SKorea says several gov't, private websites hacked — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said multiple government and private sector websites were hacked on Tuesday's anniversary of the start of the Korean War, and Seoul issued a cyberattack alert warning officials and citizens to take security measures.
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| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
New Google Groups now available to all with revamped management features, moderation tools, and mobile site — Google today announced it is retiring the previous release of Google Groups and launching a revamped version in its place, available immediately for all users.
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gmailblog.blogspot.ca, Engadget, WebProNews, VentureBeat, 9to5Google and Softpedia News
| Dan Primack / Fortune: |
What is behind Snapchat's massive valuation? — Venture capitalists have valued Snapchat at more than $800 million. Why? — FORTUNE — Snapchat is one of the world's fastest-growing mobile apps, with users sharing more than 200 million “snaps” per day.
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