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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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| Reuters: |
Three investors holding at least 5% of Microsoft want Bill Gates to step down as chairman — Exclusive: Time for Gates to go, some top Microsoft investors tell board — (Reuters) - Three of the top 20 investors in Microsoft Corp are lobbying the board to press for Bill Gates to step …
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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: |
| 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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| Mike Snider / USA Today: |
Ford's Mulally speaks with USA Today, ducks question on whether he may replace Ballmer — 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.| 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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| Julianne Pepitone / CNNMoney.com: |
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| 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.| Walter S. Mossberg / AllThingsD: |
New Spin on Video Chats Brings More to the Party — Holding video chats on your mobile devices can be a great thing. But many of the common video chat apps only allow two-party calls, at least for free, or require you to have an account with a large service or social network.
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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, Touch Arcade, Polygon, TechCrunch, App Advice, The Verge, iDownloadBlog.com, GigaOM, iClarified, PhoneDog.com, Cult of Mac, AppleInsider, TechnoBuffalo and Gotta Be Mobile. Tweets: @evleaks
| Bloomberg: |
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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| Daniel Terdiman / CNET: |
Smule launches huge Web-based music social network — For years, songs created through apps like Ocarina and Sing Karaoke were accessible only through those apps. Now, Smule is connecting all its users and their content through a new Web-based system. — Every day, users …
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| Marcus Wohlsen / Wired: |
RelayRides abandons hourly rentals, blames cost of hardware that allowed phones to unlock cars — When Sharing Doesn't Make Sense in the Sharing Economy — In the ideal vision of the “sharing economy,” people own less stuff, while the stuff they do own gets used far more …
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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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| 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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| 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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| Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
Yahoo To Acquire Sports-Centric Mobile Developer Hitpost — Yahoo is set to acquire Hitpost, the maker of a handful of sports-centric mobile apps, to beef up its own sports offerings on iOS and Android, say sources familiar with the deal. The company's team of seven or so is heading over to join Yahoo.| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
iMessage issues? Apple says fix available in upcoming software update — Over the past few days, several iOS 7 users have been reporting issues with sending and receiving iMessages. A quick (partially successful) fix has been to Reset Network Settings inside of the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch Settings app.| 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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