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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, Engadget, CNET, TechRadar.com, IGN, Variety, The Verge, Windows Central, The Next Web, 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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| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
MLB Advanced Media to spin out streaming video unit valued at over $3B, signs deal giving NHL up to 10% equity in the new company named BAM Tech — Pro Baseball's Streaming Video Unit Gets Ready for a $3 Billion Spinoff by Adding Pro Hockey — MLB Advanced Media, the company that streams video …
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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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| 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, PCWorld, salesforce.com, ZDNet, SocialTimes, App Advice, Kenshoo, Nanigans, Ampush and The Next Web. Thanks:@jenholmes
| 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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| 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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AnandTech, The Verge, Ars Technica, PCWorld, eWeek, Neowin, BetaNews, Laptop Mag, Ubergizmo, Inquirer, Microsoft News, Gizmodo, International Business Times, VentureBeat and CNET
| 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, Quartz, Gizmodo, GeekWire, Fast Company, Fusion, Lifehacker, The Next Web and VentureBeat. Tweets: @anildash
| 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, The Next Web, Associated Press, WebProNews, Gizmodo, Washington Examiner and Ubergizmo
| Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable: |
Taylor Swift claims Spotify is a startup with no cash flow, recounts the thinking behind her open letter to Apple — Taylor Swift's worst ex yet: Spotify — Like after any good break up, Taylor Swift certainly seems to have no problem dishing about her ex in public. This time, the ex is Spotify.
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