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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple Releases iOS 8 With Continuity, Third Party Access to Keyboards/Touch ID, Family Sharing, and ‘Health’ App — Apple today released iOS 8 to the public, making the download available to all users who have an iPhone 4s or later, iPad 2 or later, 5th-generation iPod touch, or iPad mini.
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| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
iOS 8 review: Apple empowers developers with Continuity, iCloud Drive, HealthKit, HomeKit, Pay — iOS 8, thoroughly reviewed — A big, developer-centric update completes the overhaul started in iOS 7. — “Huge for developers. Massive for everyone else.”
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Developers warn iOS 8 users not to upgrade to iCloud Drive before OS X Yosemite release — With the public release of iOS 8 landing today ahead of the new iPhone models shipping on September 19, developers are warning users not to upgrade to Apple's new iCloud Drive feature just yet.
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple seemingly removing HealthKit compatible iOS 8 apps from App Store due to issues — Several apps began rolling out on the App Store this morning with HealthKit support for Apple's new Health app, but it seems issues on Apple's side have forced HealthKit-compatible apps to be completely removed …
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| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
iPhone 6 better in every way: display, performance, photos, videos, battery life, and network speed — The iPhones 6 — The Big Picture — A few days into testing the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, I accidentally left my personal iPhone 5S on a desk next to the iPhone 6 Plus.
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
iPhone 6 Plus Review: The First Truly Well-Designed Big Smartphone — Apple is launching not one, but two premium smartphones today, and the iPhone 6 Plus is the one many probably were skeptical even existed just a few short months ago. With a screen size measuring 5.5-inches across the diagonal …
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| Walt Mossberg / Re/code: |
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| David Pogue / Yahoo Tech: |
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| Lorraine Luk / Wall Street Journal: |
Foxconn struggles with iPhone 6 demand despite 200K workers making 540K phones/day — Foxconn Struggles to Meet New iPhone Demand — Apple fans may have to wait for weeks to get the new iPhones as Apple's major assembler Foxconn appears to be struggling to boost its production to meet strong demand.
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9to5Mac, TUAW, SlashGear, Cult of Mac, iMore, TechnoBuffalo, CNET, MacRumors, BGR, AppleInsider, MacDailyNews, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, Business Insider and bizjournals. Tweets: @cdhowe
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Amazon leaks smaller, lighter, 300 DPI high-res Voyage Kindle, launching Nov 4th — Kindle Voyage leaks on Amazon with a new way to turn pages — Amazon appears to be preparing to launch new Kindles. Several listings spotted on the German version of Amazon show a new “Kindle Voyage” … | John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
Initial Apple Watch thoughts: gold version could start at $5K, stainless $1K; unclear how Apple and the market will deal with its technology growing old fast — Apple Watch: Initial Thoughts and Observations — Consider Vertu, the company that sells $6,000 Android phones (and which, back in the day, sold $6,000 Symbian phones).
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| Matthew J. Belvedere / CNBC: |
Peter Thiel: Twitter execs probably smoke pot, Uber most ethically challenged company — Peter Thiel on Twitter and pot, Google, Uber and gay CEOs — Peter Thiel, PayPal co-founder, provides his play on social media company Twitter. — Silicon Valley venture capitalist Peter Thiel …
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Tim Cook Interview: The iPhone 6, the Apple Watch, and Remaking a Company's Culture — Steve Jobs's office remains Steve Jobs's office. After his death in 2011, Tim Cook, his friend and successor as Apple (AAPL) chief executive officer, decided to leave the sparsely decorated room on the fourth floor of 1 Infinite Loop untouched.
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| Liam Spradlin / Android Police: |
Material design screenshots leaked for Google Play Store 5.0 update — An Exclusive Early Look At The Google Play Store's 5.0 Update — A couple of months ago, we shared an early look at an impending Play Store update that saw more “materialized” content listings, but the rest of the interface remained largely unchanged.
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PC World, 9to5Google, Engadget, AndroidOS.in, Droid Life, Pocketnow, Ubergizmo, Phandroid, Gizmodo and MobileSyrup.com
| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
Former Qualcomm executive Dennis Kish replaces Milo Medin as head of Google Fiber — Former Qualcomm Exec Named Head of Google Fiber — Google Fiber has a new boss, the latest sign that the search giant is serious about delivering high-speed Internet service.
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| Ravi Grover / Facebook Developers: |
Facebook adds label cohorts and retention charts to app analytics for developers — Introducing improved analytics tools for app developers — Today we're excited to announce that we're launching new tools within App Insights to let you better measure the performance of your app among specific groups …
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Sony revises annual earnings forecast with $1.7B charge to account for its struggling smartphone business, now expects loss of $2.1B — Sony's inability to sell smartphones is costing it $1.7 billion — Sony has just revised its annual earnings forecast with the addition of a major 180 billion yen … | Jon Russell / The Next Web: |
Dropbox suspends auto-upload feature in its iOS apps due to an iOS 8 ‘compatibility’ issue — Dropbox has “temporarily suspended” the auto-upload feature that syncs photos and videos in its primary iOS app, and the iOS version of its Carousel photo sharing app, following an issue with iOS 8.
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| Ganesh T S / AnandTech: |
Logitech Targets Home Automation Play with Harmony Living Home Lineup — Home Automation and Control - Setting the Stage — The increasing popularity of home automation (HA) equipment has fueled the Internet of Things (IoT) revolution. However, the low barrier to entry …
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Gigaom, Engadget, The Verge, SlashGear and Electronista
| Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
Cisco acquires Metacloud, boosting Intercloud, OpenStack efforts — Summary: The privately-held cloud player will be snapped up for an undisclosed sum as the networking giant aims to bolster its inter-connected cloud effort, run on open-source OpenStack. — Zack Whittaker
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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Retail Software Startup LightSpeed Raises $35 Million From iNovia — While e-commerce is huge and growing, about 90 percent of all purchases still happen offline. LightSpeed wants to provide the software and services that help brick-and-mortar retailers increase sales and improve the general customer experience.
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VatorNews, Re/code, PE Hub Blog, VentureBeat, Bloomberg, Montreal Gazette, Techvibes.com and BetaKit
| Lisa Eadicicco / Business Insider: |
Google's rumored Android Silver program put on hold after departure of senior VP Nikesh Arora — Google Might Postpone Its Radical Plan To Change The Way Android Phones Are Sold — Google might delaying its rumored Android Silver program, a re-branding effort that would give high-end Android smartphones … Sponsor Posts
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