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| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
The Case for a New Lower-Cost iPhone — Lost amid much of the rampant speculation that Apple is on the cusp of unveiling a new plastic-bodied lower-priced iPhone “5C” is the simple fact that Apple has offered lower-priced iPhones for several years now — year-old and two-year-old models.
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| Steve Cheney: |
On The Future of iOS and Android — We've entered the age of iOS and Android penetrating beyond mobile, and there's a lot happening with respect to how the entire ecosystem is developing. Mobile advancements / investments are now driving the progression of all converged hardware / software.
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| Benedict Evans: |
Defending iOS with cheap iPhones — Over the last 12 months, Google Android devices have outsold iOS by about 3 to 1. There are now perhaps 775m-800m ‘official’ Android devices in use, versus perhaps 415m iOS devices. This is without counting sales of the Amazon Kindle Fire or the (very) …
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| Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat: |
Apple acquires second screen TV startup Matcha.tv (scoop) — Updated at 6:01 p.m. (PST) with a response from Matcha.tv CEO Guy Piekarz. Update #2 at 7:35 p.m. with clarification on the acquisition price. — Apple's latest acquisition is the recently shut down second-screen TV/video app Matcha.tv …
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Thanks:@tched. See also Mediagazer| David E. Sanger / New York Times: |
N.S.A. Leaks Make Plan for Cyberdefense Unlikely — WASHINGTON — Even while rapidly expanding its electronic surveillance around the world, the National Security Agency has lobbied inside the government to deploy the equivalent of a “Star Wars” defense for America's computer networks … | Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
NSA “touches” more of Internet than Google — Equinix's co-location facility in San Jose, California, one of the network exchange sites likely tapped by the NSA's “one-side foreign” surveillance. — Photo: Peter McCollough/Wired.com — In a memo issued last Friday, the National Security Agency … | Brendan Sasso / Hillicon Valley: |
White House denies intel chief will lead NSA surveillance review — The Obama administration is denying that James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, will control a review of the government's surveillance programs. — Privacy advocates expressed dismay on Monday …
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| Mike Isaac / AllThingsD: |
Here's Zynga's New Executive Org Chart — As AllThingsD previously reported, Zynga announced a complete overhaul of its executive ranks on Tuesday, effectively flattening out its top management levels and reorganizing the chain of command for its existing leadership.
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| Tomio Geron / Forbes: |
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Message unread: Silicon Valley's secret, failed bid to save BlackBerry — Could switching to Android and focusing on business have turned the company around? — In the summer of 2012, just a few months into the job, RIM (now BlackBerry) CEO Thorsten Heins was trying to guide the company through an ongoing crisis.
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| Mike Isaac / AllThingsD: |
Facebook Testing VIP App With Some Celebs — The VIP app, which sources say Facebook is currently testing with a small group of famous people, essentially lets celebs (or their handlers) easily monitor Facebook fan chatter about themselves from a mobile device.
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| Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD: |
Carl Icahn Makes a Large Investment in Apple — Shares of Apple are rising by more than four percent on word that Carl Icahn, the billionaire activist investor trying to take over Dell, has made a large investment in the company behind the iPhone and the Mac.
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| Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily: |
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| Sam Biddle / Valleywag: |
AOL CEO Apologizes for Public Shame-Firing — It turns out, even Tim Armstrong finds Tim Armstrong obnoxious—the trouble chief of AOL just sent an apology email to his company for firing a subordinate on a conference call. — The email is carefully pasted here in its entirety:| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft's YouTube Windows Phone app returns following Google complaints — Microsoft's YouTube app for Windows Phone is returning to the Store today. After Google forced Microsoft to remove the app, the pair have been working together to create the updated application.
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Windows Phone, ZDNet, Engadget, The Next Web, Windows Phone Central, TechCrunch, MobileSyrup.com, SlashGear, Ubergizmo, GeekWire and WMPoweruser. Tweets: @tomwarren
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Starts Sharing Mobile User Counts For Each Country: 78% Of US Users Are Mobile — A new level of transparency from Facebook will help the world see whether its mobile growth is entirely propped up by international users that don't earn the company as much money.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
To Square Up To Foursquare, Yelp Now Lets Users Post Reviews Directly From Its Mobile App — It's been a long time coming, but user-generated local reviews site Yelp is finally getting with the program: today it is rolling out the ability for users to write reviews directly in its mobile app …
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Yelp Official Blog, The Verge, TUAW, iDownloadBlog.com, Local Media Watch, Engadget, MobileSyrup.com, App Advice, WebProNews and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @joshconstine and @chris_ciaccia
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Millennial Media To Acquire Mobile Ad Company Jumptap For $200M+ In Millennial Stock — Millennial Media just announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Jumptap, a deal that brings together two well-known mobile ad companies. — The acquisition press release describes the deal as …
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Business Wire, Business Insider, GigaOM, Overview, Business Insider, AdExchanger and VentureBeat
| Jamie Rigg / Engadget: |
Some 2013 Nexus 7 users report buggy multitouch, Google is investigating — A muddled sense of direction isn't the only problem affecting the new generation of Nexus 7 slates, it seems, as some users are also reporting issues with multitouch on the 1,920 x 1,200 display.| Sam Oliver / AppleInsider: |
Strong sales of Apple's iPhone boost Foxconn profits by 41% — Net profits at Apple manufacturing partner Foxconn were up by 41 percent in the company's second quarter, boosted by stronger than expected sales of the existing iPhone lineup. — Net profit for the quarter was 16.98 billion … | Dan Primack / Fortune: |
Fitbit raises $43 million in new funding — Health tracker bulks up ahead of possible competition from Apple. — FORTUNE — Fitbit, maker of a wearable device that measures health and physical activity, has raised $43 million in new venture capital funding.
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