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July 22, 2014, 4:00 PM

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Richard Lai / Engadget:

Xiaomi's latest phone gets a steel frame, IR blaster and top specs for just $320 — Having sold 26.11 million phones in the first half of this year, the beast from the East that is Xiaomi is back again with a new flagship Android phone: the MI4. For the first time ever …

Kaylene Hong / The Next Web:

Xiaomi announces its first wearable device, a $13 fitness band — Popular Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has joined the wearables fray as it unveiled today its very first wearable device, a fitness band for only CNY79 ($13). — The Mi Band features sensors for tracking various health metrics …

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Vlad Savov / The Verge:

‘One more thing’: ex-Google exec says his Chinese employer is no Apple ripoff — “We're not copying Apple's products. End of story.” — A man wearing a black top and denim jeans stands on stage promising to unveil “one more thing.” As much as that might sound like the familiar finale …

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Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider:

Apple granted comprehensive ‘iTime’ smartwatch patent with in-strap circuitry, arm gesture support — In one of the clearest signs that Apple is — and has been — working on a smartwatch device, the Cupertino company was on Tuesday granted a patent for a wrist-worn wearable …

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Amazon Quietly Launches Its Consumer-Facing Mobile Wallet App, Amazon Wallet — Amazon's first attempt at its own mobile wallet application, designed for use at the point-of-sale, has made a quiet debut on the Amazon Appstore and on Google Play. However, the current implementation of the new …

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Ben Thompson / stratechery:

To focus on services, Microsoft should split in two and make the Windows business a separate company — It's Time to Split Up Microsoft — To understand why so many serious Microsoft observers were encouraged by Satya Nadella's week-ago memo Bold Ambition and Our Core,1 it's useful …

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Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch:

Timehop, The App That Works As A Digital Time Capsule, Raises $10M Led By Shasta Ventures — Timehop, the app that serves as a personal “today in history” memo by surfacing your social networking photos and posts from a year ago or more, has raised $10 million in new funding.

More: Re/code and VentureBeat

Hillary Reinsberg / BuzzFeed:

One of the most-viewed YouTube channels worldwide is a woman unboxing toys for toddlers — YouTube's Biggest Star Is An Unknown Toy-Reviewing Toddler Whisperer — Is it possible an unknown, one-woman toy-reviewing YouTuber called “Disney Collector” is making more money than most CEOs?

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Wall Street Journal:

Apple asks manufacturers to supply between 70M-80M 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch iPhones by December 30 — Next iPhone Will Offer Bigger Screens — Apple Tells Suppliers to Gear Up for 4.7-inch and 5.5-Inch Screen Sizes — Apple Inc. is preparing for its largest initial production run of iPhones …

TechCrunch:

Nvidia's Shield Tablet And Shield Controller Look To Offer No-Compromise Mobile Gaming — The Nvidia Shield was a first attempt by graphics chip- and card-maker Nvidia, but it gave the company a taste for building gadgets that wouldn't go away, so now they're back with the Shield Tablet …

More: NVIDIA, The Register, Digital Trends, The Verge, Engadget, Gigaom, VentureBeat, CNET, SlashGear, AnandTech, Re/code, LAPTOP Magazine, PC World, The Next Web, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, Forbes and ZDNet

Tweets: @nvidia, @benbajarin and @nchan

Deborah Gage / Wall Street Journal:

Application performance management company AppDynamics raises $120M at $1B valuation, plans eventual IPO — AppDynamics Raises $120M, Valued at $1 Billion for Corporate Software — AppDynamics Inc., whose software monitors how applications are performing in order to help companies avoid bottlenecks …

More: VatorNews, PE Hub Blog, StrictlyVC, SiliconANGLE, bizjournals, Bloomberg, MarketWatch, Reuters, Forbes and VentureBeat. Tweets: @jeremysliew

Rene Ritchie / iMore:

Apple reaffirms it has never worked with any government agency to create a backdoor in any product or service — On July 18, Jonathan Zdziarski, a former iOS jailbreaker and current iOS forensic scientist and law enforcement consultant, gave a talk at the HOPE X conference in New York City.

More: Macworld, CNET, The Loop, Inquirer, MacDailyNews, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, TUAW, BGR, SecurityWeek, Nextgov, iPhone Hacks, Electronista, AppleInsider, Jonathan Zdziarski's Domain, The Register, ScienceDirect, Fox News and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @tim. Thanks:@srikardr

Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:

Analysts' estimates for Apple's Q3: revenues up 8.5% year over year, earnings up 18% — Spreadsheet of the day: Final estimates for Apple's fiscal Q3 — With the world's most valuable company — and the hedge funds' favorite — set to report earnings after the markets close today, the eyes of Wall Street are once again on Apple.

More: Wall Street Journal, Computerworld, SiliconBeat, TechCrunch, App Advice, Quartz, TUAW, iMore, 9to5Mac, MacDailyNews, TodaysiPhone.com, Reuters and MarketWatch

Tom Brewster / Guardian:

Researchers: Lawyers blocked our Black hat demo on de-anonymising Tor — Shelved Black Hat presentation would have explained why you don't have to be the NSA to break Tor — The Tor network promises online privacy by routing users' internet traffic through a number of servers - or layers - while encrypting data.

More: lists.torproject.org …, Black Hat, Ars Technica, Reuters, PC Magazine, The Tor Blog blogs, ZDNet, PandoDaily, Softpedia News, SecurityWeek and Network World

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

Intel Launches New Core i5, i7 Haswell Processors Possibly Slated for Retina MacBook Pro Refresh — Intel yesterday launched new Haswell processors designed for high-end notebooks, which could be slated for use in an upcoming refresh of the 13 and 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro models.

More: CPU-World, Softpedia News, Redmond Pie, Electronista, 9to5Mac and AppleInsider

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft appoints former Best Buy exec to head its Consumer Channels Group — Summary: Microsoft has brought in a former Best Buy exec to head its Consumer Channels Group, which handles sales and marketing relationships with OEMs, operators and retail partners.

More: WinBeta and Neowin

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