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Microsoft launches $433 Lumia 830 mid-range phone with 10MP PureView camera, will ship with Lumia Denim — Microsoft's Lumia 830 offers PureView imaging at a lower cost — Microsoft Devices, formerly known as Nokia's phone division, is no slouch when it comes to its device lineup.
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Microsoft announces Lumia Denim update, Cortana enhanced and 4K video added — Microsoft has announced a software update for its Windows Phone 8.1 software for its devices called Lumia Denim. Announced on stage at IFA 2014, Microsoft dropped in an importantly line when introducing the new Lumia 830 …
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Microsoft launches $262 dual-SIM Lumia 730, $288 LTE Lumia 735 selfie phones with 5MP wide-angle front camera — Nokia Lumia 735/730 is your selfie's best friend — For a long time it looked like Microsoft had forgotten that it owned Skype, but the VoIP and video call service is finally …
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Sony announces new flagship smartphone Xperia Z3 with 5.2" 1080p display, 20.7MP camera, and waterproofing, coming this fall — Sony announces its latest flagship smartphone, the Xperia Z3 — We hope you weren't getting too comfy with the months-old Xperia Z2 — Sony …
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Intel reveals MICA, a smart bracelet with semi-precious stones and a 3G radio for under $1K, available end of year — Intel reveals MICA, its first luxury smart bracelet — The bracelet, with a sapphire display and semi-precious gems, was made for the high-end women's accessory market … | Kim Zetter / Wired: |
Phone Firewall Identifies Rogue Cell Towers Trying to Intercept Your Calls — Rogue cell phone towers can track your phone and intercept your calls, and it's only a matter of time before they're as ubiquitous as GPS trackers. But at least now there's a way to spot them.| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Elop: Microsoft gearing up to “mass produce” Perceptive Pixel large-screen touch displays — Microsoft gears up to mass produce large-screen touch displays — Summary: Two years after buying Perceptive Pixel, Microsoft is gearing up to start mass-producing large-screen touch devices.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Rocket Internet Consolidates 5 Emerging Market Fashion Brands Into One: $3.5B GFG — More news this morning from Rocket Internet as the Berlin-based startup incubator continues to clean house ahead of a planned public listing. Today the company, alongside one of its biggest co-investors … | Samsung: |
Samsung announces 5.7" Galaxy Note 4 and 5.6" Galaxy Note Edge with curved display on one edge — Samsung Introduces the Latest in its Iconic Note Series - The Galaxy Note 4, and Showcases Next Generation Display with Galaxy Note Edge — Offering a new dimension to Samsung's unique Note culture …
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Rdio Moves to Free Music Model to Compete with Spotify and Others — In the face of growing competition in the streaming music market, Rdio, a four-year-old service that charges for online subscriptions, has moved into a new phase with abundant free music — as well as free music's ever-present companion, advertising.
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In The Fappening's Wake, 4chan Intros DMCA Policy — Every now and again a phenomenon takes the Internet by storm. They're situations that the term ‘going viral’ was made for. A couple of weeks ago it was ice buckets, and since the weekend its been leaked celebrity pictures.
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HTC launches Desire 820 with 64 bit support for Android L, 5.5" 720p display, 13MP camera — HTC's colorful Desire 820 is full of camera pixels and processor bits — 8-megapixel camera on the front, 13 megapixels on the back, and one of the first 64-bit chips for Android
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Apple design head Jony Ive ahead of iWatch debut: ‘Switzerland is in trouble’ — Ahead of Apple's September 9th event that will include the introduction of Apple's first wearable computer, along new, larger iPhones, The New York Times has profiled the existing wearable market. The juiciest bit from the story?| Yoree Koh / Wall Street Journal: |
Twitter's CFO hints that the company's priorities includes improving search, and group chat — Twitter's Product Checklist: Better Search and Group Chats? — A souped-up search engine. An improved algorithm. Group chatting. — These appear to be among Twitter's priorities …
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Nokia to release free maps app on iOS, Android that will work without an Internet connection — Nokia Plans to Unfurl New Mobile Map App — New Android, iOS Apps Would Work Without Internet Connection — STOCKHOLM— Nokia Corp.'s mapping business is making a new push to bring … | Rachel King / ZDNet: |
Box looks to revamp business processes with Workflow; Office 365 tie-in going live — Summary: More than 240,000 businesses, 27 million users, and 99 percent of the Fortune 500 are now actively using the Box platform. — SAN FRANCISCO—After years of striving to revise how employees store … Sponsor Posts
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