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iPhone 6s will feature next-gen “3D Touch” display which can differentiate between three levels of pressure: a tap, a press, and a deeper press — iPhone 6s to have ‘3D Touch’ three-level, next-gen Force Touch interface — One of the cornerstone features of the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus …
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Apple ramps up hiring of artificial intelligence experts specializing in machine learning — Exclusive: Apple ups hiring, but faces obstacles to making phones smarter — Apple has ramped up its hiring of artificial intelligence experts, recruiting from PhD programs …
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Twitter's core product is fine for current users, but company is overvalued and has to show investors it can grow with projects like Vine, Periscope — Twitter's Product is F**king Fine — It seems all the range to write thought pieces on Twitter's product problems.
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Twitter should remove arbitrary 140 character limit and other legacy restrictions to appeal to mainstream users, recognize its true strength is its network — The network's the thing — Last week Instagram announced it was supporting more than just square aspect ratios for photos and videos.
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High-end Android OEMs like Samsung, LG struggle in Q2 as cheaper phones take Chinese business, appetite for upgrades in the west wanes — Premium Android hits the wall: the Q2 2015 smartphone scorecard — Premium Android phones went off track in the second quarter. Photo by -Jeffrey- on Flickr.
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Why Facebook chose Haskell, a functional programming language that ranks 23rd in overall popularity on Github, to build its complex anti-spam system — Facebook's New Spam-Killer Hints at the Future of Coding — Louis Brandy pauses before answering, needing some extra time to choose his words.| Steve Lohr / New York Times: |
FDA-approved Eko Core stethoscope attachment records and sends heart audio wave images to an iPhone app; abnormality-detecting algorithm is in clinical trials — Take a Deep Breath, Then Check Your Smartphone — The stethoscope, that iconic tool of doctors, has been upgraded several times since it was invented two centuries ago.| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Zomato raises $60M and launches a white-label service to help restaurants go online — Restaurant search service Zomato has raised a fresh $60 million in funding in a round led by new entrant Temasek Holdings and existing investor Vy Capital. — Founded in 2008, Zomato offers an online …
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Pagefair's estimate that publishers will lose $21.8B due to ad blocking ignores law of supply and demand, so is likely overstated — Widely Cited Ad Blocking Study Finding $21.8 Billion Loss Is Incorrect — Supply and demand were purposefully overlooked, leading to larger number.| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Comcast tests letting Florida customers pay an extra $30 per month to avoid 300GB data cap — New Comcast innovation: A $30 charge to eliminate your data cap — Florida data cap trial limits users to 300GB unless they pay extra each month. — Comcast has unveiled a new $30 charge …
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Hachette, HarperCollins Publishers, and Simon & Schuster report declining revenues on ebooks after winning the right to set prices in deal with Amazon — E-Book Sales Fall After New Amazon Contracts — E-book revenue is falling, and some people in the publishing industry say it is partly … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Uber Confirms It's Raised $1.2B More In China Led By Baidu As Rival Didi Kuaidi Gets $3B — Uber — the app-based, on-demand transportation service — has been on has been on a fundraising tear as it expands globally in the face of major competition. China is the company's latest battleground.
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