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Amazon opening first brick-and-mortar store in Manhattan in time for holidays, will handle pickups and returns — Amazon to Open First Store — The New York City Location to Handle Same-Day-Delivery Inventory, Product Returns — Online retail giant Amazon.com Inc. plans to open …
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Carl Icahn says Apple is “dramatically undervalued” in open letter to Tim Cook, asks for an accelerated stock repurchase program — Sale: Apple Shares at Half Price — “IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION” — As a large Apple shareholder with approximately 53 million shares …
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Apple suppliers postpone production of 12.9" iPad from December to early 2015 in order to cope with strong iPhone demand — Larger Apple iPad to Be Delayed — Apple Suppliers Concentrating on Meeting Demand for New iPhones — Apple Inc. suppliers have pushed back plans to mass produce … | Paul Sawers / The Next Web: |
Lenovo unveils Yoga Tablet 2, Yoga 3 Pro, and Yoga Tablet 2 Pro with built in projector and subwoofer — Lenovo unveils a trio of new ‘Yoga’ devices, including a 13-inch tablet with subwoofer and projector — Lenovo has announced a trio of new devices today as it looks to differentiate …
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Imgur now converts GIF uploads to more compact MP4 format, increases upload limit 10X to 50MB, plans to standardize new “GIFV” container format — Introducing GIFV — GIFs are no longer about .GIFs-the culture of the GIF now trumps the file format.
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Snapchat CEO Spiegel Says Untargeted Advertising Is Coming Soon — Snapchat, the popular mobile app for disappearing messages, is close to launching its first disappearing ads as the company sets out to prove its $10 billion valuation. — Evan Spiegel, the startup's 24-year-old co-founder …
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| Ben Grubb / Sydney Morning Herald: |
Revealed: How Google engineer Neel Mehta uncovered the Heartbleed security bug — Google engineer Neel Mehta found the Heartbleed bug — The media-shy Google engineer who found the Heartbleed computer security vulnerability has spoken out for the first time, revealing how he found the serious bug … | Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal: |
Google's plans to release its largest smartphone this month, a 5.9" Nexus code-named Shamu — Google Hopes Whale of a Phone Will Make Splash in Phablet Market — Google this month expects to release its largest smartphone, intensifying competition in the fast-growing market … | Kim Zetter / Wired: |
Google's Eric Schmidt: US spy programs may “end up breaking the internet” if not reformed — US Spy Programs May Break the Internet if Not Reformed, Google Leader Says — PALO ALTO — You own your data. And the government needs to start respecting that.
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Unity game development platform is up for sale: presentation pitching the company circulates at potential acquirers like Google — Unity, one gaming development platform to unite them all, up for sale — A presentation pitching Unity has been circulating around the games industry, sources say.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Skype's new design on Windows and Mac focuses on messaging — Mobile look and feel reaches the desktop — Microsoft's Skype client has traditionally focused on video and voice calls, but with the rise of mobile it has started to shift to target instant messaging.
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Yahoo still wants to poach YouTube stars, hopes to host their new channels on Tumblr — Marissa Mayer's Secret Plan For Tumblr Revealed: Make It YouTube — Just after Yahoo bought Tumblr for $1.1 billion in the spring of 2013, several of Marissa Mayer's top product and media executives presented … | Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft makes slew of commitments to get businesses hooked on Surface — Microsoft today made a slew of announcements as part of a new commitment to Surface for business. — The company says firms have been asking it about a longer-term commitment to Surface for businesses of all sizes.
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WeatherSignal, OpenSignal's crowdsourced weather reporting app, comes to iOS 8 — OpenSignal brings its crowdsourced weather reporting app to iPhone — In May last year, we brought you news on WeatherSignal, a new crowdsourced weather reporting tool. The Web and Android app came courtesy …
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Google asks US Supreme Court to overturn lower court in Oracle's Java API copyright case — Google asks Supreme Court to decide Oracle copyright fight — (Reuters) - Google Inc (GOOGL.O) has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to wade into contentious litigation against Oracle Corp (ORCL.N) …
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Symantec confirms split into two public companies: one focused on data, the other on security — Symantec to Split Into Storage, Security Companies — Symantec Corp. (SYMC) said it's splitting into two companies, a move that reverses a decade-old expansion effort by the biggest maker of security software.
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Google launches Hangouts app for Chrome on Windows and Chrome OS — Google today launched a new Hangouts app for Chrome on Windows as well as Chrome OS. You can download the app now directly from the Chrome Web Store. — The release brings Google's chat service to the desktop in a new way.
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Google launches Google+ polls, putting its Polar acquisition to use — Today Google announced a new feature for its oft-ignored social network: polls. — The introduction of this feature comes with little surprise, as it closely follows Google's high-profile purchase of Polar …
| Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
Apple outlines Apple Pay, NFC operation in comprehensive patent filing — For a major mobile payment platform on the verge of launch, not much is known about the nuts and bolts behind Apple Pay. A new patent application discovered on Thursday, however, offers a detailed look at how NFC …
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Business subscribers of Quip productivity suite can now integrate spreadsheets into documents — Quip: Make Numbers Dynamic, Too — Quip, a fast-moving start-up that makes collaborative software for mobile workers, has an important new addition to its product: Spreadsheets.
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Quip Blog, PC World, Fast Company, Tech Times, VentureBeat, ReadWrite, TabTimes, Wired, The Next Web, Forbes, FierceMobileIT News and Business Insider. Thanks:@ashleymcarlson
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Google Launches Mini-Marketing Lessons For Startups With New Mobile App, Google Primer — Google has rolled out a new iPhone app called Primer, aimed at teaching startups the fundamentals of marketing - with a Google spin, of course. The new app, available only on iOS for now …
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