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The Inside Story of the Moto X: The Reason Google Bought Motorola — THE PHONE THAT REVEALS WHY GOOGLE BOUGHT MOTOROLA — lmost exactly two years ago, Google announced its purchase of Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. It was the company's biggest deal ever, far exceeding previous big buys …
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| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
Moto X: The first true anti-iPhone — analysis Google and Motorola Mobility's experiment will determine if choice and customization trump a tightly controlled experience and high-end specifications in the minds of consumers. — Motorola's Moto X. — The iPhone 5 may have found its polar opposite in Moto X.
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Google Leans on Motorola With Moto X, Hardware Push — As Google Inc. GOOG +1.86% pushes deeper into hardware, the Internet search giant is pulling Motorola Mobility closer even as it tries to assure device partners that the phone maker won't have an unfair advantage.| Marguerite Reardon / CNET: |
Motorola CEO: Don't worry, cheaper Moto X in the works — Motorola will have a less expensive Moto X for the U.S. prepaid market and developing markets within a few months, the company said Thursday after the Moto X launch event in New York. — A cheaper version of the Moto X will be introduced … | Dante D'Orazio / The Verge: |
A ‘Google Play’ version of the Moto X is coming soon — Five major US carriers will sell the Moto X when it comes out later this year, but those who want a truly pure and unlocked version of Motorola's latest will be glad to hear that Google will be selling the device as well.| Zach Honig / Engadget: |
Moto X finally official: Motorola X8, 4.7-inch 720p AMOLED, custom finishes, assembled in the USA from $199 — Well, you've gotta hand it to Motorola — the company has managed to build an unprecedented amount of buzz surrounding what's turned out to be a relatively mundane mainstream smartphone launch.
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Exclusive: Apple Recently Acquired Low-Energy Chipmaker Passif — As the smartphone wars heat up, Apple has acquired a key technology in the arms race. — The company in recent months purchased Silicon Valley-based wireless chip developer, Passif Semiconductor, according to people briefed on the deal.
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| Jonny Evans / Computerworld: |
Wearables and payments: What Apple might get from its Passif Semi purchase — Apple [AAPL] has acquired small semiconductor company, Passif Semiconductor — reading that company's published patents suggests Cupertino may be looking to use Passif's technologies in future wearable and contactless payment solutions.
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| Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch: |
Employer Tipped Off Police To Pressure Cooker And Backpack Searches, Not Google — In what might be Medium's first widespread Twitter moment, music writer Michele Catalano used the platform to blog details of an unexpected visit to her home yesterday, from six men she identifies as members of the “joint terrorism task force.”
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Is Tumblr Shrinking? — Yahoo bought Tumblr because Tumblr has millions of young users. But are they sticking around? — David Karp, founder and CEO of Tumblr, photographs the Nasdaq screen in Times Square after ringing the opening bell, Thursday, July 11, 2013, in New York. — Via: Mark Lennihan / AP| Wall Street Journal: |
FBI Taps Hacker Tactics to Spy on Suspects — Law-Enforcement Officials Expand Use of Tools Such as Spyware as People Under Investigation ‘Go Dark,’ Evading Wiretaps — Law-enforcement officials in the U.S. are expanding the use of tools routinely used by computer hackers to gather information …
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| Heather Kelly / CNN: |
SIM card hack inspires quick fix by carriers — Las Vegas (CNN) — Major wireless carriers have fixed a bug that could have allowed criminals to hack into hundreds of millions of cell phones, says a security expert who exposed the flaw. — Cryptographer Karsten Nohl of Security Research Labs …
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| Jordan Golson / MacRumors: |
Apple Notifying Former MobileMe Customers of Impending iCloud Storage Downgrade — In 2011, when iCloud replaced MobileMe, Apple gave paying MobileMe customers an additional 20GB of iCloud storage as a thank you for their purchase. That storage was to be discontinued in September of 2012 …
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| Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
As YouTube Stars Invent Their Own Ways to Get Paid, Patreon Raises $2.1M — “There was this weird hundred-year period where content was distributable but not digitized, from the 1900s, when the phonograph was invented and sound recording was first released. It was the age of physical media with artificial scarcity.
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| Mike Isaac / AllThingsD: |
LinkedIn Beats Again as Revenue Jumps to $364 Million — Another earnings season, another beat from the Internet company that can seemingly do no financial wrong. — LinkedIn reported second-quarter earnings results on Thursday, with earnings per share of 38 cents on revenue of $364 million.
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