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Over 1B people used Facebook on Monday for the first time in the company's history — We just passed an important milestone. For the first time ever, one billion people used Facebook in a single day. — On Monday, 1 in 7 people on Earth used Facebook to connect with their friends and family.
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Sources: iPhone 6S gets 12 megapixel camera with 4K video recording and a flash-like white screen feature when front shutter is engaged for photos — iPhone 6S camera: 12 megapixel photos, 4K video recording, flash for selfies — One of the marquee upgrades to the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
iPhone 6S will come in Apple Watch-like Rose Gold rather than Pink, lack sapphire, and have renamed Force Touch — Earlier this year, reports began to suggest that Apple would launch the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus in an additional color beyond the Space Gray, Silver, and Gold options …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
No 4-inch ‘iPhone 6c’ at Sept. 9 event, iPhone 5c to be discontinued, 5s/6/6 Plus staying — While Apple will unveil a pair of next-generation iPhones at its September 9th event, the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus, don't expect a new 4-inch “iPhone 6c” to show up on stage.
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
iPhone 6S will animate UI with Apple Watch-like Motion wallpapers — Apple is preparing to bring some motion from the Apple Watch to the iPhone 6S. One of the new device's differentiators over its predecessor will likely be a spiced up set of animated wallpapers, according to three sources … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft releases Snip, a free screen capture app for Windows that lets users annotate with digital ink and voice — Microsoft Snip brings Windows screenshots to life with voice and ink — Microsoft has a new Office tool that's really useful if you regularly take screenshots.| Sam Grobart / Bloomberg Business: |
How price-insensitive customers and lack of options allowed Gogo to thrive as a business despite deteriorating data speeds and increasing fees — Why Gogo's Infuriatingly Expensive, Slow Internet Still Owns the Skies — In the fall of 2008, Louis C.K. was a guest on Late Night … | Brian X. Chen / New York Times: |
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
European payments processor iZettle raises $67M and launches a cash advance service for SMBs — European mobile payments processor iZettle has announced a fresh €60 million ($67 million) raise. The round was led by Intel Capital and Zouk Capital, both existing investors …
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Geronimo, a free email app built by ex-Apple, Google, and Path developers, released for iOS; uses gestures like flicks, swipes to make organizing inbox easier — Three ways Geronimo will change how you deal with your email — This new email app uses swipes, taps and flicks of the wrist to turn clearing your inbox into a game.| CNBC: |
Apple Pay now works with PayAnywhere, a credit card reader serving 300K US locations, and the next version of the reader to be sold exclusively in Apple Stores — Apple, and the war over your wallet — CNBC's Josh Lipton speaks with Jennifer Bailey, Apple Pay Vice President, about the latest developments of Apple Pay.
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| Ariha Setalvad / The Verge: |
You can now post full-size landscape and portrait photos on Instagram — Visit the Eiffel Tower in Paris, as I did last year, and you'll see tourists contorting themselves to try and fit the length of the monument into Instagram's iconic square frame. Even after Instagram began letting … | Josh Gordon / Android Developers Blog: |
Google releases Desktop Head Unit emulator for Android Auto developers to test apps without being connected to a car — Announcing the Android Auto Desktop Head Unit — Today we're releasing the Desktop Head Unit (DHU), a new testing tool for Android Auto developers.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Workflow app integrates with iOS Notification Center allowing users to create shortcuts to frequent tasks, adds syncing between devices — Workflow Lets You Put Shortcuts To Frequent Actions Right In iOS' Notification Center — Workflow, the clever if somewhat geeky app aimed at iOS power users …
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