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| Jacob Demmitt / GeekWire: |
Microsoft unveils Xbox One DVR features, enabling recording and playback of free over-the-air TV … Xbox One owners will soon be able to use their game console to record and play back live television from free, over-the-air broadcasts, Microsoft announced this morning.
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Xbox Wire, Engadget, Ars Technica, TechHive, PCWorld, CNET, The Verge, The Next Web, TechRadar.com, IGN, Variety, Windows Central, Wired.co.uk, Polygon and GameInfomer
| Eddie Makuch / GameSpot: |
Xbox One will get Windows 10 and backwards compatibility with Xbox 360 games in November — Xbox One Backwards Compatibility Coming November — The Xbox One's backwards compatibility feature will launch for everyone in November, Microsoft announced today during its Gamescom briefing in Cologne, Germany.| Eric Auchard / Reuters: |
Apple denies that it has discussed or plans to launch an MVNO cellular service — Apple denies it plans to sell mobile services directly to consumers — Apple, the world's most profitable mobile phone maker, has denied a media report that it is working on a plan to market communications services directly …
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| Nathan Donato-Weinstein / bizjournals: |
Apple buys a 43-acre development site in North San Jose for just over $138M — Exclusive: Apple buys huge San Jose development site — Apple Inc. has purchased a roughly 43-acre development site in North San Jose in a blockbuster real estate transaction that comes just weeks …
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Mercury News, MacRumors, The Mac Observer, MacNN, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, BGR, AppleInsider, MacDailyNews, 9to5Mac, iMore, Business Insider and Fortune. Thanks:@svbiznate
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Zero-day vulnerability in Apple's latest, fully patched OS X allows hackers to surreptitiously infect Macs with malware — 0-day bug in fully patched OS X comes under active exploit to hijack Macs — Privilege-escalation bug lets attackers infect Macs sans password. — Malwarebytes
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Acer Aspire One Cloudbook gives you a full Windows laptop for $169 — Hey, HP: you're far from the only one who can play the ridiculously low-cost Windows laptop game. Acer has unveiled the Aspire One Cloudbook 11 and 14, a pair of thin-and-light Windows 10 portables that promise …
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| Kwame Opam / The Verge: |
Anil Dash and Gina Trapani launch Makerbase, a directory of tech projects and their creators, at White House's first-ever Demo Day — Makerbase wants to connect you to the creators of the internet stuff you love — For many, the apps and programs we use everyday might feel like they were created …
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Slate, Gizmodo, Quartz, GeekWire, Fast Company, Lifehacker, The Next Web and VentureBeat. Tweets: @anildash
| Dennis Fisher / Threatpost: |
EFF, AdBlock and Others Launch New Do Not Track Standard — After years of discussions, disagreements, and digressions, the Do Not Track header is supported by all of the major browsers. But because there's no real requirement for sites or advertisers to respect it, DNT is not as effective as it could be.| Mike Murphy / Quartz: |
The FDA has approved the first drug made by a 3D printer — 3D printing, a technology still in search of a market, may have just found a home in the world of medicine. The US Food and Drug Administration approved an epilepsy medicine called Spritam that is made by 3D printers …
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Reuters, Engadget, 3DPrint.com, Gizmodo, The Next Web, WebProNews, Washington Examiner, Ubergizmo and Associated Press
| Kellex / Droid Life: |
Samsung Galaxy Note 5 leak reveals no removable battery or microSD slot for the flagship — Here is the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 in Hand — Samsung will show us the brand new Galaxy Note 5 at a press event in New York City, next week. As we inch closer to that unveiling …
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The Verge, Sammy Hub, TechnoBuffalo, TmoNews and PhoneDog.com
| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Instagram launches its ads API, with Hootsuite, Brand Networks, Salesforce, SocialCode, Unified, and Ampush among first partners — Salesforce, Brand Networks, Hootsuite among the first to support Instagram's Ads API — Instagram is growing in popularity, with 300 million monthly active …
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Business Insider, SocialTimes, salesforce.com, Nanigans, Ampush, Kenshoo, Entrepreneur and The Next Web. Thanks:@jenholmes
| Daniel Tyson / Ausdroid: |
Parrot drops plans to sell RNB6 Android Auto head unit in the aftermarket, says it is too complicated, will now sell only to car makers — Parrot scraps plans to sell their Android Auto head unit to after-market customers, will now sell to car makers — In the flurry of Android Auto announcements …
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Macworld, SlashGear, Ubergizmo, Android Police, iMore, 9to5Google, 9to5Mac and Android Central
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