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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Oculus Reveals Its New “Crescent Bay” Developer Kit With 360-Degree Head Tracking And Headphones — Oculus gave the world the first look at its new developer kit Crescent Bay today at Oculus' Connect conference, which you can watch live here. Crescent Bay has a faster frame rate …
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Photographer extensively tests new iPhone cameras in Iceland, praises low light improvements — iPhone 6 Plus Camera Review: Iceland — v — This year I had the opportunity to be at Apple's Keynote where they announced the iPhone 6, 6 Plus and the Watch.
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| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Using The iPhone 6 And 6 Plus On A Real Disneyland Trip — Last week I decided to test the most secretive, hotly anticipated smartphones on earth in a place where there was no danger of them being recognized or damaged or both: Disneyland. — Both my wife and I are Disneyphiles of sorts, and visit a dozen times a year or more.
Tweets: @joannastern, @panzer, @chrispirillo, @drbarnard and @monkbent
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Ex-employees: Home Depot slow to react to security concerns, despite warnings as early as 2008 — Ex-Employees Say Home Depot Left Data Vulnerable — The risks were clear to computer experts inside Home Depot: The home improvement chain, they warned for years, might be easy prey for hackers.
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The Verge, Ars Technica, HotHardware.com News, Gizmodo, Engadget and Electronista
Tweets: @anonyops and @dangillmor
| David Streitfeld / New York Times: |
Amazon has held a secret retreat for authors called “Campfire” for four years, but this weekend some Hachette supporters weren't invited — A Writerly Chill at Bezos' Fire — When Jeff Bezos tells writers to keep quiet, they obey. — Every fall, Mr. Bezos, the founder of Amazon …
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The Verge and GeekWire. Tweets: @jimaley, @neil_irwin, @amachinist and @ivanthek. See also Mediagazer
| Joshua Brustein / Businessweek: |
Getty launches Stream, an iOS app targeted at consumers for browsing and sharing images — Getty Wants to Turn Free Photos Into Profit, and It Needs Your Help — The story of the photography business over the past 20 years has been marked by two shifts: The number of photographs … | Kevin Roose / New York Magazine: |
Legal challenges could threaten the business models of the on-demand startups relying on independent contractors — Does Silicon Valley Have a Contract-Worker Problem? — An examination of tech's favorite labor model. — Shares … Earlier this year, I hired a house cleaner.
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Tweets: @joshmedia, @stevesilberman, @dkthomp, @kevinroose, @mims, @jessmisener, @pkafka and @fazz
| Timothy B. Lee / Vox: |
How Betaworks revived Digg, growing it from 1.5M to 8M monthly visitors over the last 2 years — Inside the company that rebuilt Digg — Before there was Reddit, there was Digg. Digg used to be one of Silicon Valley's hottest startups. Founded in late 2004, it became a sensation … | Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Developer uses App Runtime for Chrome to run Android apps on Windows, Mac, and Linux computers — Hack runs Android apps on Windows, Mac, and Linux computers — The official Android Twitter app running on Mac OS. — If you remember, about a week ago, Google gave Chrome OS the ability …
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Gigaom, HotHardware.com News, OMG!, Gigaom, SlashGear, Liliputing, AndroidHeadlines.com, Inquirer, The Mukt, Redmond Pie, Phandroid and Techie Buzz
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Microsoft delays Xbox One launch in China from September 23 to sometime later this year — Microsoft delays Xbox One launch in China — Gamers in China hoping to get their hands on the Xbox One will have to wait a little longer than expected. Microsoft announced late Friday that … | Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Instapaper goes freemium, updates iOS app with single tap article saving and user profiles — Instapaper Goes Freemium With Big iOS Redesign — Instapaper, bringing bookmarks into the future, has just launched a big redesign of the iOS version of the app with loads of new features and a brand new business model.
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Instapaper, Lifehacker, MacRumors, MacStories, Lifehacker, iMore, App Advice, iClarified and Good E-Reader
| Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: |
Behind the precarious rise of Zenefits, maker of software to simplify HR and worker benefits — Zenefits' Leader Is Rattling an Industry, So Why Is He Stressed Out? — Parker Conrad's start-up, Zenefits, is thought to be one of the fastest-growing companies in recent Silicon Valley history … Sponsor Posts
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Zoho:
Beyond productivity: Why live captions belong in every meeting — You join a meeting, someone starts talking, and within a minute, there are names, numbers, ideas, and unfamiliar terms flying around. You could ask them to repeat it.
Beyond productivity: Why live captions belong in every meeting — You join a meeting, someone starts talking, and within a minute, there are names, numbers, ideas, and unfamiliar terms flying around. You could ask them to repeat it.
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