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GarageBand for iOS 7 to Become Free with In-App Purchases as Apple Reveals Full Set of New iLife and iWork Icons — Ahead of Tuesday's media event, Apple has revised its Built-in Apps page for the iPhone 5s to reveal the full set of new iOS 7-themed icons for the six iLife and iWork apps offered for iOS.| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
OS X Mavericks may arrive this week, plus rounding up expectations for Tuesday's Apple event — Tune in Oct. 22 for new iPads, Mac Pro details, MacBook Pros, and Mavericks — Apple's next event is upon us, and it's likely to be action-packed. As Apple says: it has “a lot to cover.”
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Apple silently updates OS X Mavericks Golden Master to new version — This weekend, Apple seems to have updated the OS X Mavericks Golden Master (GM) version to a new build. The new build is 13A603 while the original GM seed was 13A598. It's not common for Apple to change the GM build for a Mac OS, but it is not without precedent.| steve cheney: |
Why Android First is a Myth — In mobile, particularly in consumer markets, there has been an ongoing debate about when or if Android will become the first platform that sophisticated startups develop for. Often times, this argument is wrongly centered around vanity metrics for Android …
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| Ellis Hamburger / The Verge: |
Selling gold: Apple debuts its first iPhone 5S TV spot — Just a few days after Apple rolled out its first print ads for the iPhone 5S on the back of several magazines, the company has debuted the first TV commercial for its flagship device during a football broadcast on FOX.
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| Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech: |
Surface Pro 2 is an improvement over its predecessor: quicker, quieter, longer battery life — Microsoft Surface Pro 2 Review — When Microsoft introduced its first Surface devices last year, it did so in a staggered fashion. Surface RT showed up first, then four months later Surface Pro went on sale.| Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech: |
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Google's iron grip on Android: Controlling open source by any means necessary — Android is open—except for all the good parts. — Six years ago, in November 2007, the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) was announced. The original iPhone came out just a few months earlier …
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NSA Hacked Email Account of Mexican President — The NSA has been systematically eavesdropping on the Mexican government for years. It hacked into the president's public email account and gained deep insight into policymaking and the political system. The news is likely to hurt ties between the US and Mexico.
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So the 5S is (allegedly) killing the 5C. Why is this bad news? — John Koetsier, writing at VetureBeat: … First, the necessary caveat: Apple supply chain rumors are notoriously unreliable. But let's assume this one is true, and see if we can figure out the bad news Koetsier is referring to.| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Experian Sold Consumer Data to ID Theft Service — An identity theft service that sold Social Security and drivers license numbers — as well as bank account and credit card data on millions of Americans — purchased much of its data from Experian, one of the three major credit bureaus …
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| Sean Buckley / Engadget: |
Nokia leaks Lumia 1520 details on Chinese online store: 20MP PureView camera, Snapdragon 800 processor — Looking for more evidence that Nokia's about to unleash an oversized Windows Phone? You've got it: the company's official Tmall store (an online marketplace in China) recently published a product page for the fabled Lumia 1520.
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| Sam Biddle / Valleywag: |
Like Everyone Else, Twitter Hides from U.S. Taxes in Ireland — If Twitter's transformation from “that micro-blogging service” to publicly traded advertising titan works out, it's going to have a painful tax bill. But there's good news! Twitter is already pulling an Apple and setting itself up with Irish money loopholes.| Rani Molla / GigaOM: |
MoneyTree graph of total VC investment since '95 shows how outsized '99-'00 were versus now — How has VC funding changed since 1995? (Charts) — Earlier today, PricewaterhouseCoopers and National Venture Capital Association released a report showing that total venture capital spending …
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