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September 12, 2013, 11:15 AM
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Apple Increases iPhone 5C and 5S Battery Sizes relative to iPhone 5 — While poking through the FCC documents and piecing together a story on the network band situation for the iPhone 5S and 5C, I remembered that part of a normal disclosure is in fact battery size.
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iPhone 5c Pre-Orders to Begin at 12:01 AM Pacific Time on Friday, September 13 — While Apple announced at yesterday's media event that pre-orders for the iPhone 5c will begin on Friday, September 13, the company has not yet specified at what time it will begin taking orders.
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| Danny Yadron / Digits: |
Apple: New iPhone Not Storing Fingerprints, Doesn't Like Sweat — Apple's new iPhone 5S, which comes with a fingerprint scanner, won't store actual images of users' fingerprints on the device, a company spokesman confirmed Wednesday, a decision that could ease concerns from privacy hawks.
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| Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD: |
Dell Shareholders Approve $25 Billion Buyout to Go Private — Michael Dell and the private equity firm Silver Lake have prevailed in their 14-month-long effort to convince shareholders in the computing company Dell to take the company private in a leveraged buyout.| Shira Ovide / Wall Street Journal: |
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| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Exclusive: Hugo Barra Talks About His Future at Xiaomi and Why He Really Left Google — Lauren Goode/ATD Hugo Barra shows me Xiaomi. — “First, let's begin with the name,” said Hugo Barra to me, in his first extended interview since he was named new head of global for Xiaomi a little over two weeks ago.| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Mark Zuckerberg on NSA spying: ‘The government blew it’ — Facebook CEO calls for more transparency in interview at TechCrunch Disrupt — The federal government has done a bad job recently in balancing its job protecting US citizens from terrorism with its role in defending civil liberties …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
‘Cortana’: More on Microsoft's next-generation personal assistant — Summary: Microsoft is working on its ‘Cortana’ rival to Apple's Siri and Google Now, which will be integrated into all flavors of Windows in the future. — Back in June, screen shots of an early Windows Phone operating …
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| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft's Concept Videos From 2000 Were Spot-On. So Why Didn't Ballmer Build Any of It? — Epic Fail: Microsoft's Internet Vision From 2000 — On June 22, 2000, a few months after Steve Ballmer took over as CEO of Microsoft, the company summoned several hundred reporters and analysts … | Chris Velazco / TechCrunch: |
And The Winner Of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2013 Is... Layer! — After three days and some truly incredible pitches from each of our 30 Battlefield competitors, the time has finally come to crown a Disrupt Battlefield champion. Competition among this year's pack of six finalists — Dryft … | Ellis Hamburger / The Verge: |
Reeder 2 for iOS leaps back into the RSS battle — When Google announced that it was killing off Google Reader, it essentially issued a death notice to apps that relied on its RSS backend. In the absence of a contingency plan, top RSS app Reeder quickly updated its iPhone app to include support …
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Gigabyte's tiny new gaming PC is smaller than an Xbox controller — It used to be difficult to find a computer that could play games and still fit underneath your TV. Now, devices like the Alienware X51, Falcon Northwest Tiki, and Digital Storm Bolt can handily fill that role.
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| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Google Alerts regains RSS delivery option it lost after Google Reader's demise — Google has quietly added back a Feed delivery option to its Google Alerts service. The return of the feature means you can once again receive alerts for Web search results via RSS, rather than just email.| Kevin Poulsen / Wired: |
Lavabit's Owner Appeals Secret Surveillance Order That Led Him to Shutter Site — The owner of the encrypted email company Lavabit has formally appealed the secret surveillance order that led him to defiantly shutter the site last month. But the details of the case were immediately placed under seal … | Ian Delaney / Nokia Conversations: |
Interim CEO on Nokia's future: network business, location anywhere, and advanced technologies — Nokia reinvented — Risto Siilasmaa has been the chairman of Nokia's board since his appointment in May 2012. A Finnish entrepreneur, the founder and chairman of the board of F-Secure …
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| Richard Lawler / Engadget: |
Google+ brings Snapseed-powered photo editing tools to desktop Chrome (video) — Google added Snapseed photo editing to its Google+ apps on Android and iOS back in March, and now it's bringing them to the desktop. The new tools include Auto Enhance, selective adjust editing, and filters … | Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
An Apple ID Is Now Required For Online Genius Bar Appointments — Apple is now requiring that all users booking a Genius Bar appointment online sign in with an Apple ID. Previously, users could instead fill out a form with name, address and email in order to book an appointment.
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| DJ Pangburn / Motherboard: |
Inside the Effort to Crowdfund NSA-Proof Email and Chat Services — Back in 1999, Seattle-based activists formed the communication collective Riseup.net. The site's email and chat services, among other tools, soon offered dissidents a means of encrypted communication essential to their work.
Tweets: @arrington
| Dan Primack / Fortune: |
Exclusive: Jawbone raises more than $100 million — Electronics maker Jawbone raises new capital to handle excess demand. — FORTUNE — Electronics startup Jawbone seems to have everything going for it. More than $200 million in venture capital funding.
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| Don Clark / Digits: |
Cisco Unveils Mega Chip for New Network Demands — Semiconductors continue to advance, as a slew of announcements by Intel and Apple's new A7 processor showed this week. But don't forget about Cisco Systems. — The biggest provider of routing and switching systems has long retained …
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| Matt Brian / Engadget: |
Vodafone hacker accesses banking data of two million customers in Germany — Vodafone has confirmed that hackers have accessed its servers in Germany, gaining access to personal information and bank details of approximately two million customers. The operator says the breach was a …
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Bloomberg, ZDNet, GigaOM, The Next Web and SecurityWeek
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Sina Weibo Censors: Team of 150 college graduates filtering 3 million posts per day — At Sina Weibo's censorship hub, China's Little Brothers cleanse online chatter — (Reuters) - In a modern office building on the outskirts of the Chinese city of Tianjin, rows of censors stare at computer screens.| Adam Satariano / Bloomberg: |
Tablets Shipments to Exceed Personal Computers Amid Mobile Shift — Tablet-computer shipments will top personal computers for the first time in the fourth quarter, according to a new report by researcher IDC, as consumers continue to favor mobile devices over laptops and desktops.
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Mark Zuckerberg to meet with top four House Republicans — Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg will meet with the top four House Republicans next week in Washington. — The high tech CEO's visit comes as Facebook is facing ongoing scrutiny over privacy concerns and Internet safety.
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