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Apple Tests Larger Screens for iPhones, iPads — Tests Suggest Apple Exploring More Ways to Draw Consumers — TAIPEI—Apple Inc. and its Asian suppliers are testing larger screens for iPhones and tablets, officials at the company's suppliers say. — In recent months …
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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Netflix's Q2 Misses Due To Lower-Than-Expected Subscriber Adds, Earns 49 Cents Per Share On $1.07B In Revenue — Netflix just released its second-quarter earnings report, missing analyst expectations with lower-than-expected subscriber numbers. For the second quarter … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Netflix says it will produce original documentaries, stand-up comedy specials — With 14 Emmy nominations in hand, few are doubting Netflix's ability to produce quality scripted content. But as its latest letter to shareholders reveals, Netflix has ambitions that extend far beyond House of Cards and Arrested Development.
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Samsung to cut out Google middleman with own developers' conference — Samsung's own devcon will put the hardware manufacturer first. — Samsung plans to hold its first developers' conference this October in San Francisco, the company announced Monday morning.| Chris Ziegler / The Verge: |
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| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Exclusive: Yahoo Loses Its Media Head, as Mickie Rosen Ankles From Company — According to sources, Yahoo's media head Mickie Rosen is leaving the Silicon Valley Internet giant. — Rosen, who reported to COO Henrique De Castro, is one of the highest-ranking execs to depart the company in recent months.| Joel Spolsky / Joel on Software: |
Victory Lap for Ask Patents — There are a lot of people complaining about lousy software patents these days. I say, stop complaining, and start killing them. It took me about fifteen minutes to stop a crappy Microsoft patent from being approved. Got fifteen minutes? You can do it too.| John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
HopStop for Windows Phone Scrapped Following Apple Deal — HopStop, the transit-navigation app that Apple recently acquired for an undisclosed sum, appears to have had its platform availability narrowed a bit since the deal closed. — Though it was available for Windows Phone as recently as last week …
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| Robert McMillan / Wired: |
Google Now Serves 25 Percent of North American Internet Traffic — Everyone knows Google is big. But the truth is that it's huge. On an average day, Google accounts for about 25 percent of all consumer internet traffic running through North American ISPs.| Michael Gorman / Engadget: |
Leap Motion controller review — When the Leap Motion controller was revealed to the world, it brought with it the promise of a new and unique computer user experience. And, ever since we first got to see what the Leap Motion controller could do — grant folks the ability to interact …
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Cameron cracks down on ‘corroding influence’ of online pornography — Every household in Britain connected to the internet will be obliged to declare whether they want to maintain access to online pornography, David Cameron will announce on Monday. In the most dramatic step by the government …
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Yahoo Buys 40M Shares From Third Point ($1.2B In Value) As Loeb, Wilson And Wolf Resign From Board — Looks like Yahoo is trying to take control of its own destiny once again. The company today announced that it would repurchase 40 million shares owned by Third Point LLC at a price of $29.11 per share … | David Meyer / GigaOM: |
Game on! Canonical wants to crowdfund $32M in a month to make Ubuntu Edge — The Ubuntu firm must now find 40,000 people who are willing to pony up at least $600 up-front for a handset running an as-yet-unproven mobile operating system. Then again, the specs are outrageous...
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
eBay Brings Same-Day Delivery Service eBay Now To Desktop, Prepares Regional Expansions — eBay Now, the same-day shipping service that first debuted for San Francisco residents nearly a year ago before further expansions into San Jose and New York, is preparing to broaden its service yet again …
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Researcher Reported iAd Workbench Hole Before Apple's Dev Center Went Dark, Here's What He Found — Apple's developer site went dark unexpectedly last Thursday and remained dark straight through the weekend. The company revealed yesterday that it was because an “intruder” … | Noel Randewich / Reuters: |
Intel to launch low-power version of powerful server chips — (Reuters) - Chipmaker Intel Corp said it is planning to launch a low-power version of its brawny server processors, potentially heading off competitors hoping to expand into the data center with energy efficient-chips based on smartphone technology.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Google Takes 6.3% Stake In Google Glass Tech Supplier Himax Display As It Preps To Ramp Up Production — Shares of semiconductor maker Himax Technologies are jumping in pre-market trading with the news that Google has taken a 6.3% stake in Himax Display (HDI).
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| David Carr / New York Times: |
TV Foresees Its Future. Netflix Is There. — Apple and Google were back making waves in the television world last week, with reports suggesting they were renewing efforts to use technology to transform the box in your living room. — But Netflix already has. — Netflix knows a little about transformation.
| Ran Makavy / Facebook Newsroom: |
Feature Phone Milestone: Facebook for Every Phone Reaches 100 Million — We are excited to announce that there are now more than 100 million people using Facebook For Every Phone each month. — This is an important milestone for us. Facebook's mission is to make the world more open and connected …
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
SanDisk's new flash drive wirelessly beams files to your tablet or phone — When you run out of room on your Apple iPad, your HTC One, or other mobile device without an SD card slot, where do you turn? Do you painstakingly delete one batch of vacation photos to make room for the next one?
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| Nicole Lee / Engadget: |
Nokia Lumia 625 leaked, suggests 4.7-inch display, 1.2GHz dual-core CPU, 5-megapixel cam and LTE — It looks like that “Something Big” that Nokia was hinting about earlier this morning might turn out to be the Nokia Lumia 625, if this leak by Finnish publication Puhelinvertailu is to be believed.
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