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Intel's Iris graphics boost 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro GPU performance by more than 50% — Benchmarks: Upgraded graphics boost new 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro — The first of the new MacBook Pros unveiled on Tuesday are in the Macworld Lab, and the results show that the internal updates …
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| Daniel Terdiman / CNET: |
Is Google building a hulking floating data center in SF Bay? — This large structure, which is likely being built by Google, could be a floating data center. It is located on a barge just off Treasure Island, between San Francisco and Oakland. — (Credit: James Martin/CNET)
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| Brooke Crothers / CNET: |
Qualcomm marketing exec Chandrasekher reassigned after calling Apple's 64-bit A7 a “gimmick” — After Apple 64-bit A7 criticism, Qualcomm exec reassigned — The 64-bit Apple A7 chip is now being used in all of Apple's marquee iOS products, including the newest iPhone and iPad.
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| Thomas Gryta / Digits: |
AT&T's Plan Revamp Signals the End of Voice Minutes — The days of worrying about minutes ticking away on your cell phone plan are nearly gone. — As of today, AT&T is dropping the availability of its old plans for new smartphone subscribers, and all of the remaining plans include unlimited calling … | Evelyn M. Rusli / Digits: |
Snapchat looking to raise up to $200M, declined more than $1B bid by Facebook — Snapchat Mulls Raising Money at $3 to $4 Billion Valuation — Just months after raising $60 million at a $800 million valuation, mobile messaging service Snapchat is mulling an even bigger fundraising round.
| Bloomberg: |
DirecTV, Time Warner Cable Said to Consider Aereo-Type Services — DirecTV (DTV), Time Warner Cable (TWC) Inc. and Charter Communications Inc. (CHTR), taking a page from Aereo Inc., are considering capturing free broadcast signals from TV networks to avoid paying billions of dollars …
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| Laura Hazard Owen / Gigaom: |
Amazon Publishing reportedly retreating in NYC. Thank (or blame) Barnes & Noble — When Amazon Publishing launched its general trade imprint in New York in 2011, the goal was to go head-to-head with the big traditional publishers here. The company announced in May of that year … | Sanjay Bhatt / The Seattle Times: |
Amazon's plans for spherical building in downtown Seattle approved by city design panel — Amazon's bubble building gets OK from design panel — A city panel on Tuesday signed off on Amazon.com's design for a five-story office building formed by three intersecting spheres … | Evelyn M. Rusli / Wall Street Journal: |
How Rizvi, Sacca purchased shares from Williams, other Twitter employees to claim major stake — Friendship Formed Foundation of 15.6% Stake in Social-Media Company — Evelyn M. Rusli … The largest stake in Twitter Inc. first came together seven years ago at a posh Caribbean resort.
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| Jason Del Rey / AllThingsD: |
Facebook Won't Launch Auto-Play Video Ads This Year — If you're an advertiser waiting to hand Facebook a bag of cash to start running video ads on the social network in time for the holidays, it sounds like you're out of luck. — Sources tell AllThingsD that Facebook has been advising … | Bloomberg: |
Apple, Google Must Face Group Antitrust Hiring Lawsuit — Apple Inc. (AAPL), Google Inc. (GOOG) and two other Silicon Valley companies must face a group lawsuit representing more than 64,000 technical employees claiming their incomes were held down by the companies' agreements not to recruit one another's workers.
| Russell Holly / Geek.com: |
Galaxy Gear support coming to Samsung phones amid concern over 30% return rate — Samsung is planning a staged rollout of support for their Galaxy Gear watch to four of the most popular devices in the Galaxy family, as they promised earlier this month. — If you've been waiting …
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| Peter Cohen / iMore: |
Apple's new Mac iWork apps: A big step back in workflow automation — On Tuesday evening Apple posted updates to its iWork apps for Mac - Pages, Keynote and Numbers. Featured during Apple's iPad and Mac event in San Francisco, the new versions of iWork apps sport new features … | Jordan Golson / MacRumors: |
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