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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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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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Q&A with Lenovo product engineer Ashton Kutcher on the creation of the Yoga Tablet 2 Pro — Q&A: Ashton Kutcher, Lenovo ‘Product Engineer,’ Doesn't Fear the iPad … Ashton Kutcher plays the role of Lenovo product engineer well. Really well, almost like Michael Kelso well.
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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 …
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| Selena Larson / ReadWrite: |
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to Women: Don't Ask For A Raise, Trust Karma — Proffering career advice more analogous to The Secret than Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In: Women Work, and the Will to Lead, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told women in the tech industry that asking for what you're worth isn't the best way to get ahead.
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Women Pay Gaffe: “I Answered That Question Completely Wrong.” — After making an unfortunate gender-related gaffe onstage at a women's tech event today, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella issued a memo to employees apologizing for comparing pay issues for women to “karma.”| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Jony Ive: companies that copy Apple's style are stealing — It's not flattery — it's theft, Apple's head of design says — When Jony Ive sees designs from other companies that closely mimic Apple's, he isn't flattered. Apple's head of design told the audience at the Vanity Fair …
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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's Eddy Cue says U2's free “Songs of Innocence” had 26M complete downloads since September 9 — The Download Heard 'Round the World: iTunes Numbers Show 81 Million ‘Experienced’ U2 Album
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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 … Thanks:@bengrubb
| Dawn Chmielewski / Re/code: |
Apple Sapphire Supplier GT Seeks Court Permission to Close Plant — Sapphire crystal maker GT Advanced Technologies, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this week, has asked the court's permission to “wind down” operations at its manufacturing plant …
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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 … | Wall Street Journal: |
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 … | John Anon / Android Headlines: |
Sony SmartWatch 3 Lands With Verizon This Month At $249.99 — Another day and another smartwatch to report on. Today Sony held a special event in New York entitled “Demand Great”. The main purpose of the event was to launch the new Sony Xperia Z3 variant, the Sony Xperia Z3v.
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Uber and Lyft both get an “F” from the Better Business Bureau; so does Yellow Cab — Uber Technologies has received an “F” — the lowest possible grade — from the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern Coastal California Better Business Bureau as a result of a pattern of complaints …
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The White House Joins Medium — Hello, Medium! It's the White House. — We're really excited to be here. We'll use this account to share ideas and stories from President Obama and his administration—from a look at what's happening inside the White House to information about policies …
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| Sarah / The Imgur Blog: |
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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| 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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Report: Tesla's New Model D Obeys Speed Signs and Changes Lanes — Tesla's unveiling the third part in its electric-vehicle triolgy tonight in LA, but before the event's actually kicked off, a leaked USA Today article seems to have blown the lid off the car's shiny new features.
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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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| Vivian Schiller / The Twitter Blog: |
MSN's new web design features breaking news Tweets — MSN sees over 425 million visitors each month, many of whom come to get the news from some of the world's most authoritative news organizations. And as the go-to platform for breaking news, legions of journalists and eyewitnesses turn … | Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code: |
Google and Snapchat Veteran Magnusson to Lead Oracle Cloud — Business software giant Oracle is getting serious about cloud computing and has made its first hire demonstrating exactly how serious. — Sources familiar with the move tell Re/code that two weeks ago it hired Peter S. Magnusson …
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Facebook updates mobile layout, implements collage design to highlight most-liked photos; adds new “uploads” tab to display all photos in one place — Facebook Mobile's New Collage Design Highlights Your Best Photos — Not every photo is worth exactly 1,000 words.
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