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Official Instagram Windows Phone app arriving in the ‘coming weeks’ — Windows Phone is finally getting an official Instagram client. After months of pressure from Nokia, Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom confirmed today that an official client will be made available to Windows Phone users shortly.
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Nokia Lumia 1520: Windows Phone with 6-inch 1080p display and 20MP camera for $750 — Is this the Windows Phone you've been waiting for? If you've been holding out for a flagship with a 6-inch 1080p display, high-resolution PureView camera and the top-of-the-line processor, we'd suspect the answer is probably yes.
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Nokia Lumia 2520: a closer look at Nokia's first Windows tablet — The moment has finally come, Nokia's first Windows tablet. While its been rumored for what feels like years, Nokia's Lumia 2520 is the Finnish smartphone maker's answer to a Lumia-style tablet.
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| Lorraine Luk / Wall Street Journal: |
Microsoft Tests Eyewear to Rival Google Glass — Software Giant Taps Asian Suppliers for Prototype Components — Microsoft Corp. is testing prototypes for Web-connected eyewear similar to Google Glass, people familiar with the matter said, potentially pushing the company into the much hyped …
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| Ki Mae Heussner / GigaOM: |
eBay acquires Shutl, plans to expand same-day delivery to 25 cities — In an effort to expand its same-day delivery service to cities across the country (and across the pond), e-commerce giant eBay has snapped up London-based startup Shutl. — At a New York press conference on Tuesday …
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| Tim Culpan / Bloomberg: |
HTC Said to Plan Android Smartwatch With Camera for Next Year — HTC Corp. (2498) is developing a smartwatch that uses Google Inc. (GOOG)'s Android software and can take pictures, according to a person familiar with the matter. — The watch's price, full functions and sales strategy still must … | Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
How Apple's Address Book app could allow the NSA to harvest your contacts — Overlooked in last week's revelation that the National Security Agency is harvesting hundreds of millions of e-mail address books around the world was this surprising factoid: Apple makes this mass collection easier …
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Websites Begin Supporting Safari Push Notifications Ahead of Mavericks Launch — Ahead of the final unveiling of OS X Mavericks at tomorrow's media event and an expected public launch soon after, several high-profile websites including The New York Times and NBA.com have begun supporting …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft WebApps: Mobile Web sites in Windows Phone app's clothing — Summary: Microsoft is packaging up some popular mobile Web sites and making them available as downloadable Windows Phone apps. — There are some interesting new “apps” published by Microsoft showing up in the Windows Phone store, as of late.| Scott Buscemi / 9to5Mac: |
Owl City's Adam Young reveals himself as creator of iOS 7′s sounds (Update:removed) — According to his discography page, Owl City founder and singer Adam Young is the creator of iOS 7′s sounds. While the visual design changes are most evident in the new operating system … | MIT Technology Review: |
Million-Year Data Storage Disk Unveiled — Magnetic hard discs can store data for little more than a decade. But nanotechnologists have now designed and built a disk that can store data for a million years or more — Back in 1956, IBM introduced the world's first commercial computer capable … | Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Amazon increases free shipping minimum to $35 — Amazon has offered free shipping to US customers for over a decade now on all eligible orders above $25, but that's changing today as the online retailer bumps up its minimum order requirement to $35. Amazon notes that this is the first time it's increased …
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| Henry Blodget / Business Insider: |
In Case You Don't Realize How Fast Apple's iPad Business Has Gone Down The Tubes ... On October 22nd, Apple is finally launching new iPads. — This launch can't come soon enough. — It wasn't long ago that Apple fans were slapping each other on the back and crowing about how, one day, Apple would be known as “the iPad company.”
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Google shells out $23 Million to buy FlexyCore, the French startup behind DroidBooster — Google has acquired the Rennes-based startup Flexycore for $23 Million (€16.9 Million), according to L'Expansion[fr]. The startup provides optimization solutions applications … | Ruletheworld / BTC Geek: |
Dawn of Autonomous Corporations, Powered by Bitcoin — Still waiting for Bitcoin to be accepted at Amazon and eBay? Forget it. Bitcoin will power the next generation of corporations and the only way to deal with those corporations will be through Bitcoin (that's right, they won't, or rather can't, accept fiat like US Dollar).| Jeff Atwood / Coding Horror: |
Why Does Windows Have Terrible Battery Life? — I've become a huge fan of touch computing. I believe that most things we think of as “computers” will be de-facto tablets, either in our pocket, in our hands, possibly even mounted on our wrists or forearms.| James Trew / Engadget: |
Nokia introduces the Lumia 1320, a mid-range 6-inch handset coming to Europe and Asia — Nokia came to Abu Dhabi prepared to put on a full show. At its annual Nokia World conference, the company just pulled the wraps off Batman — its code name for the Lumia 1320.
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Microsoft fixes Windows RT 8.1, update is back in Windows Store — Summary: Microsoft has fixed its Windows RT 8.1 update, which was causing installation users for some Surface RT users, and made it available again for download from the Windows Store. — On October 22, Microsoft returned …
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HHS brings in Verizon to help HealthCare.gov — WASHINGTON — The international telecommunications company Verizon has been tasked with helping the government fix the federal health exchange, USA TODAY has learned. — An informed source in the telecommunications industry …
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| Richard Nieva / CNET: |
Watch Apple's slick video that helped convince Cupertino to approve its new HQ — Lead architect Norman Foster and Apple design chief Jonathan Ive look over a model of Apple's new headquarters. — (Credit: City of Cupertino video/Screenshot by CNET) Last week, Apple all but got the green light … Sponsor Posts
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