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New Apple TV to feature universal search, enabling users to search movies, actors, and directors across multiple streaming video services; prices start at $149 — New Apple TV Will Feature Universal Search, Start At $149 — One of Apple TV's most-desired features finally makes its way to the diminutive set-top box.| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple TV 4 hardware revealed: A8 chip, black remote, 8/16GB storage, same ports, no 4K — The fourth-generation Apple TV, set to be unveiled at an event on September 9th and released in October, will feature a mix of new and familiar hardware, according to reliable sources.| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
iPad Pro and refreshed iPad mini may debut at Apple's September 9 event; iPad Pro expected to ship November — iPad Pro planned for Sept. 9 debut with iPad mini 4; October pre-orders, November launch — Apple's September 9th event is set to be one of the company's largest events in history …
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MacRumors, Digital Trends, SiliconANGLE, CNET, Ubergizmo, Fortune, Network World, iPhone Hacks, Pocketnow, International Business Times, ZDNet, iPhone in Canada Blog, SlashGear, Redmond Pie, App Advice, iDownloadBlog.com, TechnoBuffalo, Tech Insider, Business Insider, TIME and BGR. Tweets: @markgurman. Thanks:@apollozac
| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
Sources: Google will unveil LG and Huawei Nexus smartphones in San Francisco on September 29 — Google will hold Nexus event Sept. 29 in San Francisco — The search giant will introduce two smartphones at the event, one made by LG and the other by Huawei.
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| Bloomberg Business: |
Sources: Twitter board meets Thursday to discuss CEO search; Jack Dorsey remains a leading internal candidate, Padmasree Warrior among external candidates — Twitter CEO Search Gains Urgency as Stock Slips, Executives Exit — Pressure on Twitter Inc.'s board is mounting.
| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Twitter names developer platform lead Jeff Seibert head of consumer product in product team restructure — Twitter Restructures Product Team, Promotes Jeff Seibert — Twitter has promoted Jeff Seibert, the man who's been running the company's developer products for over a year.
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Wall Street Journal and Business Insider
| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Apple News app to include more than 50 publishers when it launches this fall — Apple Adds More Publishers for Its News App, Which Will Launch Soon — One thing you won't hear much about at Apple's media event next week: Its News app, a newsreader that will work something like Flipboard … | Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
New Moto 360s: men's 46mm and 42mm, women's 42mm with narrower strap mounts, priced at $299.99- $429.99; sport version later this year, others shipping in weeks — Motorola's new Moto 360 watches are sleeker, smarter, and more customizable than ever — Last year, Motorola released … | Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Lenovo intros 6.98" Phab, 6.8" Phab Plus, Vibe S1 with 2 front-facing cameras, Vibe P1 and P1m with switches for power saving; retailing outside North America — Lenovo's new smartphones are weird — Alongside all of its other announcements today, Lenovo is showing off a pile of random, weird smartphones.
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| Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica: |
PhantomAlert files suit against Waze, claims Waze copied its database, incorporated it into its own application before sale to Google — Rival traffic app PhantomAlert wants to shut Waze down after alleged theft — CEO says he was “crushed” by Waze, which Google bought in 2013 for over $1B.
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CNET, Los Angeles Times and Business Wire
| Scott Moritz / Bloomberg Business: |
Source: Verizon will launch its Go90 mobile video service in coming days, with free ad-supported shows from AOL, Awesomeness TV, Vice Media, and Viacom — Verizon Said to Start Pared-Down Video Service in Coming Days — Company plans low-key introduction, relying on social media
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
New iPhone 6S/6S Plus to retain same storage tiers as iPhone 6: 16GB, 64GB, and 128GB, despite 4K video, increased photo resolution, and other improvements — Apple Event: New Apple Watch bands, 16GB iPhones confirmed with 7000 series aluminum — Starting with the iPhone 3GS …
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MacRumors, AppleInsider, Ubergizmo, App Advice, TechnoBuffalo, Tech Insider, Business Insider, iDownloadBlog.com, WatchAware, iPhone Hacks and PhoneDog.com. Thanks:@jordankahn
| Aaron Souppouris / Engadget: |
Sony introduces Z5 Premium with 5.5" display, Z5 with 5.2" display, and Z5 Compact with 4.7" display, all have fingerprint sensors on side and Snapdragon 810 — Sony's Xperia Z5 family includes the world's first 4K smartphone — To say that Sony's mobile division has had a tough time lately would be an understatement.
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Sony Global, Android Authority, The Register, Xperia Blog, ZDNet, NEWS.com.au, The Next Web, BetaNews, Gizmodo, The Verge, 9to5Google, BGR and Android Police
| Emily Steel / New York Times: |
Hulu launches commercial-free option for $12 per month — Hulu Starts a Commercial-Free Option to Rival Netflix and Amazon — Hulu announced Wednesday that it was starting a commercial-free version of its streaming service, costing $12 a month, in its latest effort to enhance its offerings …
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Variety, Re/code, TechCrunch, Wired, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, VentureBeat, Ars Technica, TechSpot, BuzzFeed, Mashable, Slate, The Wrap, /Film, TechnoBuffalo, USA Today, International Business Times, CNET, PhoneDog.com, Adweek, SlashGear, New Media Rockstars, iDownloadBlog.com, iMore, TIME, The Next Web, Liliputing, Engadget, Hollywood Reporter, Business Insider, Digiday and The Verge. See also Mediagazer
| Jungah Lee / Bloomberg Business: |
Sources: Xiaomi considers launching a laptop, held talks with Samsung for memory chips, may go on sale in Q1 2016 — Xiaomi Considers Introducing Laptop to Compete With Apple — Xiaomi Corp. is considering the introduction of its first laptop early next year, people with direct knowledge …
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DigiTimes, TechNode, Tech Trader Daily, 9to5Mac, CNET and Business Insider
| Joshua Ho / AnandTech: |
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 twice as fast, power efficient as predecessor thanks to quad-core Kryo CPU; Symphony System Manager to handle heterogeneous computing — Qualcomm Announces Kryo CPU Details: Quad Core 2.2 GHz, 14nm FinFET — Today, Qualcomm announced a number of details in the Snapdragon 820 …
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AndroidHeadlines.com, Ars Technica, Forbes, PhoneArena, Engadget and ZDNet
| Steven Millward / Tech in Asia: |
Alibaba launches Netflix-like subscription video streaming service TBO, priced at about $57 per year — Alibaba launches subscription video streaming, priced at $57 per year — Alibaba today rolled out its much-anticipated Netflix-style subscription video service.
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TechCrunch, South China Morning Post, CNET, VentureBeat, StreamDaily, Seeking Alpha and ValueWalk
| Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch: |
Google Introduces Uncomplicated Pay-As-You-Go Model For Its Maps API — The Google Maps API has been a mess when it comes to pricing. The company is making moves to clean that up with a newly announced pay-as-you-go model. — Here's what the team said today about it:
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Google Geo Developers Blog and 9to5Google
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Google Docs update includes integrated search for Android, voice transcription in 40 languages, and advanced change tracking for web — Google updates Docs with integrated search on Android, dictation, and advanced change tracking — Google's productivity suite just got a big update timed to students' return to school.| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Chromebook R11, Acer's new 11-inch convertible laptop with HD display, coming October for $299 — Acer's Chromebook R 11 is a new convertible laptop priced at $299 — The latest in Acer's long lineup of Chromebooks is the company's first convertible running Google's OS.
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