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| Samsung Tomorrow: |
Samsung announces Galaxy Note5, Galaxy S6 edge+, and launch dates for Samsung Pay — Samsung Stays Ahead of the Curve with Bold, Big Screen Smartphones — Samsung Electronics announced the global launch of the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ and Galaxy Note5. Both devices represent Samsung's commitment … | Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Samsung announces Galaxy Note5 available August 21 with 5.7" quad HD display, 4GB RAM, 16MP camera, refined design and materials — Samsung's Galaxy Note 5 is official and will be available on August 21st — Samsung is officially taking the wraps off of the Galaxy Note 5 today, the latest in its flagship line of Note phablets.
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Samsung announces hardware keyboard that snaps onto the screen of Galaxy Note5 or S6 edge+ — Samsung resurrects the dream of a hardware keyboard — If there's one thing that's missed more than anything else in today's smartphones, it might be the hardware keyboard.
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| Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
Samsung announces slightly larger variant of the Galaxy S6 edge, the edge+, with 5.7" display — Samsung's new Galaxy S6 Edge+ is bigger and smarter — Samsung released two phones in March that featured some radical shifts in design philosophy: the Galaxy S6, and the Galaxy S6 Edge.
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The Next Web, The Verge, Android Central, Android Authority, CNET, Ars Technica, NEWS.com.au, PCWorld, VentureBeat, Engadget and RCR Wireless News. Tweets: @alexjamesfitz
| Joshua Ho / AnandTech: |
Hands On With the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ — Today, Samsung is announcing the next generation of their Galaxy-brand phablets, the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 edge+. Samsung's phablets have been one of their greatest smartphone success stories …
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| Mark Sullivan / VentureBeat: |
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| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Samsung teases Gear S2 circular smartwatch to be unveiled on September 3 — Here is the first look at Samsung's new Gear smartwatch, coming next month — Samsung's big news today was two big phones, but it has even more tech to come shortly: a new smartwatch that's going to be unveiled next month.
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| Husain Sumra / MacRumors: |
Apple Updates Boot Camp With Windows 10 Support — Apple today released an update to Boot Camp with support for Microsoft Windows 10, according to a new support document. The update, Boot Camp 6, is still propagating and is not yet available for OS X. However, several MacRumors forum members …
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| Ed Bott / ZDNet: |
Windows 10 activation status for each device is now stored online; future reinstalls on that device don't require product key — Microsoft quietly rewrites its activation rules for Windows 10 — Windows activation is alive and well in Windows 10. Microsoft doesn't like to talk …
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Neowin, VentureBeat, Digital Trends, Geek.com, WinBeta, Tech News Today, WinBuzzer and PCWorld
| Allison Pohle / Boston.com: |
Facebook rescinded Harvard student's internship after he revealed privacy flaw, created Chrome extension to map people's locations when they used Messenger — Harvard student loses Facebook internship after pointing out privacy flaws — Three months ago, Harvard student Aran Khanna …
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Technology Science, Gizmodo, SiliconBeat, Fox News, Business Insider, Medium, Guardian, The Next Web, Daily Mail, Refinery29, The Register, InvestorPlace, ZDNet, tech.co, Geek.com, Engadget, ValueWalk, Newser, Social Media Today, The Week, Forbes, Tech2, CBS Boston, broadstuff and BetaBoston. Tweets: @rungomez
| Cam Bunton / 9to5Google: |
Xiaomi announces new flagship Redmi Note 2: Octa-core and full HD for $124 — Just days after releasing its last new phone, Xiaomi has announced yet another device with competitive specs at a very disruptive price point. Xiaomi calls it ‘the new monster’ and for good reason.| Mark Harris / Guardian: |
Google's NASA relationship lets it test 100-mph, 55-lb Project Wing drones in US as high as 400 feet over private land — Google is testing drones in US airspace by piggybacking on Nasa exemption — Documents show the tech company has skirted regulations for private firms for a year …
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9to5Google, Tech Times and Gizmodo
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Group commerce website Massdrop raises $40M Series B led by August Capital — Group Commerce Startup Massdrop Raises $40M — Massdrop is announcing that it has raised $40 million in Series B funding. — The company focuses on what it calls “community-driven commerce.”| Politico: |
European Commission extends deadline for Google to respond to antitrust charges to Aug. 31 — Google gets more time in EU antitrust case — Tech giant Google has until August 31 to respond to the Commission. — Google has got a second extension — until August 31 … | Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
Tinder Founder Sean Rad Returns as CEO, Replacing Chris Payne — Sean Rad, the co-founder of Tinder, who was replaced as CEO in March, is returning to the job. — As part of the move, Chris Payne — the former eBay and Microsoft exec who was hired in March to give the company more experienced management — is leaving.| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
LG to launch Hi-Fi music service for its premium phones with two free song downloads per month — LG's premium phones to get a Hi-Fi music service — LG is launching a new Hi-Fi music service later this month, but the company's not touting it as an Apple Music or a Spotify rival.
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LG Newsroom, AndroidGuys, Digital Trends, RAIN News, Tech Times, SlashGear, Pocketnow, Android Central and Ubergizmo
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