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LG will reveal “G Watch R” circular smartwatch at IFA next week to compete with the Moto 360 — LG will reveal a circular smartwatch next week to compete with the Moto 360 — Of the three Android Wear smartwatches introduced at Google's developer conference in June …
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Intel's NUC 2.0 expected in 2015 with Broadwell and Braswell processors, support for 4K output — Intel's NUC 2.0 leaks: The next unit of Steam Machines and home theater PCs — Thanks in large part to the Raspberry Pi, mini PCs are all the rage these days.
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Xiaomi Mi4 review: China's iPhone killer is unoriginal but amazing — A big iPhone that runs Android ends up being the best of both worlds. — Xiaomi (pronounced SHAO-mee) is a complete mystery in the West. We often hear stories about the “Apple of China” and how existing OEMs should be worried … | Brad Sams / Neowin: |
Windows 9 preview updates can be installed with one click, no reinstallation required — Windows Threshold: Rapid release is getting really interesting — Microsoft is working feverishly towards a release of Windows Threshold that is expected to be released late next month.
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White House recruits techies like Mikey Dickerson by dropping suit requirement; still issues BlackBerries — The White House Gives Up on Making Coders Dress Like Adults — The U.S. Government wants to hire more people like Mikey Dickerson. He's the former Google engineer …
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| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Aim of Amazon's in-store payment system may be to allow brick and mortar shops to sell on Amazon's online store — Predicting Amazon's Secret Plans in Physical Retail — The recent launch of Amazon's in-store credit card reader and checkout software was one of Jeff Bezos' most deliberate acts … | Blair Hanley Frank / GeekWire: |
OnBeep raises $6.25 million to create a Star Trek-style communicator device — OnBeep, a San Francisco startup founded by Chef co-founder and former Amazon Availability Program Manager Jesse Robbins, has raised a series A funding round worth $6.25 million. The money will be used to fund … | Adam Jourdan / Reuters: |
China's homegrown OS with app store support may be ready for desktops in October, will extend to mobile devices later — China targets own operating system to take on likes of Microsoft, Google — (Reuters) - China could have a new homegrown operating system by October to take on imported rivals …
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| Stacey Higginbotham / Gigaom: |
Ralph Lauren partners with OMsignal to test connected shirts with ball boys at the US Open — Ralph Lauren taps OMsignal for sleek, connected shirts at the U.S. Open — Technology and fashion don't often come together in elegant ways, but a collaboration between Ralph Lauren …
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| Dan Frommer / Quartz: |
Top 25 most used apps in US: Facebook on top, followed by YouTube; Google is top publisher — These are the 25 most popular mobile apps in America — In its latest mobile app report, comScore tracks the 25 most popular apps in the US. This is an interesting slice of the App Store …
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| Nellie Bowles / Re/code: |
YC's Jessica Livingston Was Hit On by a VC on the Way to This Interview — When Jessica Livingston, a co-founder of the influential startup accelerator Y Combinator, arrived at The Wine Room in Palo Alto, Calif., a little early for our meeting, a man who was also waiting outside the wine bar started to chat her up.
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Valleywag, TechCrunch and Business Insider
Tweets: @loyalelectron, @tqbf, @johnolilly and @davidcowan
| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Kreyos smartwatch ships to some Indiegogo backers 9 months late, and containing numerous flaws — Utter Failure Of Kreyos Smartwatch With $1.5 Million In Backing Shows The Continued Perils Of Hardware Crowdfunding — Crowdfunding complex hardware is risky business, and it seems that risk …
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Gizmodo, docs.google.com, Betabeat, Gizmodo, Betabeat, Crowdfund Insider, TechHive, The Guardian, and Crowdfund Insider. Tweets: @richardlai
| Dan Peltier / Skift: |
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