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Twitter files for “confidential” IPO, suggesting its annual revenue is less than $1 billion — Twitter will become a public company, files for IPO — The company is using a “secret” IPO process, meaning it has less than $1 billion in annual revenue| GigaOM: |
Twitter makes IPO plans official: files confidential S-1, but expected value is about $14B — Twitter has finally announced that it will go public via a tweet that went out after markets closed on Thursday. — Twitter has announced its long-awaited IPO in, what else, a tweet that came after market closed on Thursday:| Kim Yoo-chul / The Korea Times: |
Like iPhone 5S, next Galaxy smartphone will be 64-bit, Samsung's mobile chief tells partners — Samsung to expand China business — A Samsung Electronics executive said Wednesday the firm will expand its smartphone business in China to better compete with Apple in the world's largest smartphone market.
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Microsoft testing virtual personal assistant “Cortana”, likely to ship with Windows Phone 8.1 — ‘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.
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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.| Danny Yadron / Digits: |
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Outlook.com now has IMAP — As we shared on Reddit, we're happy to announce the immediate availability of IMAP (and OAuth) for Outlook.com. Outlook.com already supports the industry's best email connectivity with Exchange ActiveSync (EAS), which is available on the majority of smartphones and tablets …
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iPhone's M7 motion processor to integrate with Maps as Apple develops indoor mapping, public transit — Besides the main 64-bit A7 processor in the new iPhone 5s, Apple has included a dedicated motion co-processor called the M7. The chip powers many of the sensor technologies in the iPhone … | 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.
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Walmart to sell iPhone 5C for $79, iPhone 5S for $189 — The retail chain will also offer a trade-in deal for existing smartphone owners. — Consumers looking to pick up either of the two new iPhones can save a bit of cash via Walmart. — The company announced today that it will sell …
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iMore, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, Cult of Mac, GigaOM, Digital Trends, ValueWalk, everythingiCafe, IntoMobile, App Advice, PC Magazine and Redmond Pie. Thanks:@hsumra
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Preview: Fall 2013 Windows Tablets from Acer, Asus, Dell, Lenovo, Nokia, Microsoft, & Toshiba — Fall 2013 Windows Tablet Preview — Microsoft and its hardware partners will unleash a new generation of Windows tablets for the 2013 holiday season, in a variety of price points, sizes, and form factors.| 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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Security of Java takes a dangerous turn for the worse, experts say — The security of Oracle's Java software framework, installed on some three billion devices worldwide, is taking a turn for the worse, thanks to an uptick in attacks targeting vulnerabilities that will never be patched …
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CloudFlare CEO: ‘Insane’ NSA gag order is costing U.S. tech firms customers — We've now moved beyond mere talk about how the National Security Agency's surveillance programs may hurt U.S. cloud providers, says Matthew Prince, the chief executive of CloudFlare. The companies are already feeling the pain.
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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 … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Tests Silent Auto-Play For User Videos In Mobile Feed, Foreshadowing Video Ads — In a test that could make News Feed more engaging and pave the way for video ads, Facebook's mobile feed will start auto-playing user-uploaded videos in-line when they're scrolled over for a small subset of US iOS and Android users.
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Calendars 5 for iOS review: Combine your calendars and tasks into one beautiful, easy to use app — Calendars 5 has just become available for both iPhone and iPad and is a complete redesign of Readdle's popular Calendars+ app. With a great new design, support for natural language input …
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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.
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Microsoft launches iPad trade-in promotion — Summary: Microsoft is launching a limited-time iPad trade-in offer in its brick-and-mortar Microsoft Stores. — Microsoft is kicking up a notch its competition with Apple's iPad with a new, limited time trade-in offer.
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Another Big-Money Bet on YouTube, as Maker Raises $26 Million More — Can you build a really big business on the world's biggest video site? — That's a subject of much debate this year, as many of YouTube's biggest partners have complained that they're getting lots of views on the site, but not enough money.| 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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Twitter for Android getting major redesign, beta available now — Twitter's first-party Android app has been steadily getting better over the years, but it has generally maintained the same look and feel, with four navigation tabs located at the bottom of the app.Sponsor Posts
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