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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Note 3's benchmarking “adjustments” inflate scores by up to 20% — We noticed an odd thing while testing the Samsung Galaxy Note 3: it scores really, really well in benchmark tests—puzzlingly well, in fact. A quick comparison of its scores to the similarly specced LG G2 makes it clear …
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| Raymond M. Soneira / DisplayMate: |
Galaxy Note 3 Display Technology Shoot-Out — The Samsung Galaxy Note and Galaxy S Smartphones are flagship products for Samsung to show off its latest and greatest OLED display technology. The Galaxy Note 3 has the newest generation of OLED display technology.
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft Surface chief: ‘Multiple aspect ratios and sizes’ are in the works — Panos Panay was literally on the floor when I walked into Microsoft's Seattle store last night. — The vice president responsible for the company's Surface tablets was on his back, with a crowd of people around him …
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| Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
Kevin Rose tops AngelList Syndicates leaderboard with over $1M per deal — Kevin Rose Is AngelList's Million-Dollar Man — Next time Kevin Rose makes an angel investment, he has more than $1.1 million at his beck and call to do it. — Rose is the current leading man on AngelList … | Brad Feld / Foundry Group: |
| Gregory Ferenstein / TechCrunch: |
My Government Is A Complete Mess: Obamacare Websites Failing Amid Government Shutdown — The U.S. government is a complete mess. Congress could not even perform its basic constitutional duty to fund the government and had to shut down most of the public system.
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy Gear review: poor software and design overshadow decent camera and speakerphone — Samsung Galaxy Gear review — The perfect companion for your life companion? — If you've ever seen a cycling race, you'll know that leading from the front isn't always a great idea.| Rip Empson / TechCrunch: |
With 37M Users And Revenues At $34M, DIY Website Creation Platform Wix Files For $100M IPO On The NYSE — Once upon a time, there were few places that the not-so-technically-inclined could go to secure their own slice of web real estate and build themselves a professional-looking websites.| High-Tech Bridge: |
What's your email security worth? 12 dollars and 50 cents according to Yahoo — Today more and more companies are offering Bug Bounty Programs, or in other words, remunerating security researchers for reporting vulnerabilities and weaknesses in their applications and software.
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| Mike Snider / USA Today: |
Ford's Mulally dispels Microsoft CEO rumors — With resurfacing rumors about the possibility of Ford CEO Alan Mulally moving to Microsoft to run the software giant, Mulally himself downplays the speculation. He spoke exclusively with USA TODAY. — CONNECT
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Google Said to Avoid U.S. Antitrust Challenge Over Waze — Google Inc. (GOOG), owner of the world's largest search engine, won't be challenged by U.S. antitrust regulators over its purchase of mapping application Waze, people familiar with the matter said. — Federal Trade Commission …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Image of Logitech iPhone Game Controller Leaked — An image of what might be Logitech's upcoming MFi (Made for iPhone) controller for the iPhone has been leaked on Twitter by @evleaks, who has been known to provide reliable images in the past. — The enclosure controller wraps around the iPhone …
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9to5Mac, CNET, AppleInsider, The Verge, TechnoBuffalo, GigaOM, PhoneDog.com, TechCrunch, Touch Arcade, Polygon, App Advice, iDownloadBlog.com, iClarified, Cult of Mac and Gotta Be Mobile. Tweets: @evleaks
| Bloomberg: |
Icahn Pushes Apple CEO for $150 Billion Share Buyback — Carl Icahn, who disclosed a $1 billion stake in Apple Inc. (AAPL) in August, said he had dinner with Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook and “pushed hard” for a $150-billion share buyback. — Talks will continue in about three weeks …
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See also Mediagazer| Laura Hazard Owen / GigaOM: |
Scribd moves beyond document sharing with $8.99/month ebook subscription service — There must be something in the water: Just under a month after startup Oyster launched a Netflix-like subscription service for ebooks, the six-year-old document sharing site Scribd officially rolled out its own ebook subscription service on Tuesday.| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Windows 8 now up to 8.02% market share but Windows 7 sees bigger gains for the first time — With back-to-school sales now over, Windows 8 has returned to its slow but steady growth in market share. Meanwhile, Windows 7′s hold not only remains strong, but it has outgrown its successor …
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
New Calls To Action In Facebook's Mobile App Ads Can Help Publishers Reconnect With Users — The purpose of Facebook's Mobile App Ads seems pretty clear. They're supposed to drive installations, right? Well, in a new blog post, the company says its ads can now help with what comes afterward …
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| Guardian: |
Google's new concessions on European search will put rivals' logos into results — Joaquin Almunia says that new commitments on search could avoid legal action by giving rivals greater visibility via auction — Europe's antitrust commissioner signalled on Tuesday that he will seek …
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| Claire Davenport / Reuters: |
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| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Former Twitter Platform Chief Sarver Joins Redpoint as Partner — Ryan Sarver, Twitter's former director of platform, who left the company in May, is joining Redpoint Ventures as a partner. — Sarver joined Twitter in 2009, after working at Skyhook Wireless and, previous to that, having founded real estate startup Blue Trim.
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Tweets: @rsarver, @hunterwalk, @rsarver, @rsarver, @redpointvc and @kevinweil
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