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| Venu Satuluri / Twitter: |
Twitter recommends accounts and tweets in notifications based on @MagicRecs algorithms — Stay in the know — We've started rolling out a new notification that recommends interesting accounts and Tweets for you. — If you're like me, you occasionally feel like you're missing …
| jessica lessin: |
Exclusive: Next for Nest: A Smoke Detector — Smart thermostat-maker Nest Labs has been developing a smoke detector that could go on sale as soon as later this year, we have learned from people close to the startup. — Why are we telling you about a potential new smoke detector? Good question.
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| Tero Kuittinen / BGR: |
Finnish media: Nokia pleads with Elop to accept smaller bonus - Elop claims he needs full $25M for his divorce — According to the early Wednesday morning edition of Finland's biggest newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, Nokia has pleaded with former CEO Stephen Elop to accept a smaller bonus in order … | Brad Reed / BGR: |
Elop's contract reportedly gave him a big incentive to tank Nokia's stock, sell company — Wild-eyed believers in the Grand Elop Conspiracy might feel a little less crazy this morning. Frequent BGR contributor Tero Kuittinen, writing over at Forbes, points us to some reports …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple launches faster iMacs with 802.11ac WiFi, Pro graphics, improved Flash — Apple has launched an updated line of iMacs with faster processors, improved graphics, faster 802.11ac WiFi connectivity, and improved Flash storage. The new iMacs are now available from Apple's online store.
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| Marc Rogers / The Official Lookout Blog: |
Why I Hacked Apple's TouchID, And Still Think It Is Awesome. — By now, the news is out —TouchID was hacked. In truth, none of us really expected otherwise. Fingerprint biometrics use a security credential that gets left behind everywhere you go on everything you touch.
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| Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD: |
Teardown Shows iPhone 5S Costs at Least $199 to Build, $173 for the 5C — New iPhones always gladden the hearts of the analysts at the research firm IHS, because it means it's time to tear the phones apart. — This year's iPhone teardown project was twice as much fun …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Google: |
Amazon to launch revamped, higher-resolution Kindle Fire ‘HDX’ as soon as tomorrow — Amazon plans to debut all-new versions of the Kindle Fire as soon as tomorrow, according to sources familiar with the products. The new Kindles are said to be redesigned both externally and internally …
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| Kristin Burnham / InformationWeek: |
Yahoo Recycled Emails: Users Find Security Surprises — When Tom Jenkins, an IT security professional, learned in June that Yahoo planned to free up abandoned account IDs, he jumped on the opportunity to request a nickname he's had since high school. He was thrilled when Yahoo emailed him in August to say the ID was available.
| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
| Chris Kanaracus / InfoWorld: |
Oracle takes the fight to Amazon, Salesforce.com with new cloud services — Ten new cloud services plus a marketplace are being added to Oracle's arsenal — Oracle is offering a series of new services that position it as a one-stop shop for all things cloud and directly target the likes of Amazon Web Services and Salesforce.com.
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| Janko Roettgers / GigaOM: |
With its new cloud player, RealNetworks is trying the next big turnaround — “When I came back, I said: show me the iOS version of RealPlayer.” — RealNetworks founder Rob Glaser still vividly remembers talking to his team after he returned to the company as CEO last summer …
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| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
AppleCare+ Now Covers Travelers' iPhones, iPads, iPods In Any Country Where It's Offered — Apple made a change to its AppleCare+ plans recently, around the time that the new iPhones were announced. It now allows you to get your iPhone, iPad, or iPods serviced in any country that offers AppleCare+, not just your home locale.
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| Gregg Keizer / Computerworld: |
Google yanks sketchy iMessage clone for Android from app store — People who probed the app's innards suspected it was harvesting Apple ID credentials — An app that purportedly spoofed a Mac so that Android smartphone and tablet owners could send and receive text-like messages through … | Miyoung Kim / Reuters: |
Samsung Electronics to launch smartphone with curved display in October — (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said it will introduce a smartphone with a curved display in October, as the world's top handset maker seeks to set the pace of hardware innovation and maintain its supremacy in a fiercely competitive business.
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| Bernd Leger / Localytics: |
China Leads the Pack in Preference For iPhone 5s Over 5c — After some pretty extensive analysis of the iPhone 5s versus 5c within the first 48 hours after launch that we reported yesterday, we wanted to drill a bit further into the global distribution of the new iPhones looking at new data after 72 hours post launch.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
YouTube Announces A New Commenting System, Powered By Google+, With Threaded, Ranked And Private Conversations — YouTube today announced a new commenting system that will be powered by Google+. The system, which is launching on channel discussion tabs this week before rolling out to all videos … | Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
Google Removes ‘BitTorrent’ From Piracy Search Filter — For two years Google has been filtering “piracy-related” terms from its ‘Autocomplete’ and ‘Instant’ services. — Google users searching for terms like “The Pirate Bay”, “RapidShare” and “isoHunt” will notice that no suggestions … | Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
In Its First Acquisition, StumbleUpon Buys Video Recommendation Startup 5by — Content discovery service StumbleUpon is announcing that it has acquired 5by, a video startup based in Montreal. — The financial terms of the deal aren't being disclosed, but the companies say the entire six-person 5by team …
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| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Ahead of July Filing, Twitter IPO Designed as “Less Anti-Facebook Than Anti-Old-Twitter” — Did you know Twitter actually filed its IPO documents in mid-July? — Or that an investment firm run by Suhail Rizvi will be one of the bigger shareholders listed when its regulatory documents go public?
Tweets: @peterlauria3
| Kevin Fitchard / GigaOM: |
AT&T will build an LTE-Broadcast network tailor-made for video — AT&T hopes to breath new life into some old airwaves by building a broadcast network, ideal for pushing out live video to many multiple devices with out jamming up its pipes with traffic. The technology is called LTE-Broadcast …
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FierceWireless, The Verge, dailywireless.org, Engadget and Electronista
| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Lending Marketplace Prosper Locks Down $25M From Sequoia, BlackRock — Prosper, a peer-to-peer lending platform, announced today that it has raised an additional $25 million. The round was led by Sequoia, a longtime investor in the company, with participation from BlackRock.
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| Rip Empson / TechCrunch: |
Practice Fusion Lands A Whopping $70M To Bring A Big Data Cure To The Healthcare Crisis — The world of digital health startups has begun to explode over the last two years — and innovation in healthcare along with it — but nonetheless, the latest reports show a landscape that is still suffering … | Quora: |
Tech luminaries who made it big after 35 convene on Quora to refute “over the hill” claim — What do people in Silicon Valley plan to do once they hit 35 and are officially over the hill? — Since life in Silicon Valley ends at 35 unless you hit it big or move up in management …
Tweets: @djbentley, @sheigh, @willf, @stammy, @antoniogm, @calebgarling, @arrington, @katekendall and @ashleymayer
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Nvidia seeks peace with Linux, pledges help on open source driver (Updated) — Torvalds isn't yet ready to apologize for giving Nvidia the finger. — Editor's note: See the update at the end of this article for Linus Torvalds' response to Nvidia. — Few companies have been the target … Sponsor Posts
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