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How Apple Built 3D Touch — Apple has made many things over the years, but its process has remained essentially the same: Find something ugly and complicated and make it prettier and easier. Prettiness, in brushed aluminum, is more or less a permanent state.| Husain Sumra / MacRumors: |
Apple promo video confirms iPhone 6s has a 1715mAh battery, smaller than 1810mAh battery in iPhone 6 — Apple's 3D Touch Video Confirms 1715 mAh iPhone 6s Battery — Last month, rumors and photos of a battery that looked very similar to an iPhone battery suggested that the iPhone 6s' battery capacity …
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Thoughts about Apple's event: iPad Pro should compare favorably to recent MacBooks, Apple TV might be the most disruptive Apple product since iPhone, more — Brief Thoughts and Observations Regarding Today's ‘Hey Siri’ Apple Event — All for One, One for All
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Hands-on with 3D Touch and new cameras on the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus — iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus: hands-on with 3D Touch and the new cameras — Every other year, Apple releases an iPhone that many people write off as a spec bump. Sure, it has a better camera, faster processor … | Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Hands-on with the new Apple TV — As expected, Apple announced an updated version of the Apple TV today, and I just spent a little time playing with it. Physically, the unit itself isn't much different than the older model — it's just a little bit taller — but the remote and interface are entirely new.
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| Sam Oliver / AppleInsider: |
Siri on Apple TV will be restricted to just 8 of 80 launch countries, apps limited to 200MB — When Apple announced its fourth-generation set-top box on Wednesday, the company put Siri front and center while proudly proclaiming that the new Apple TV would launch in 80 countries …
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
New Apple TV has 2 GB RAM, included 802.11ac WiFi is faster than its Ethernet port — On Apple's public specs page, it says that the new Apple TV includes an A8 chip and that's about it in terms of the bundled SoC. However, Apple's developer documentation goes into more detail specifically listing …
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Here's why Apple made the stylus that Steve Jobs hated — When Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller announced that the company's stylus for new iPad Pro would be called Pencil, the crowd audibly laughed in unison. On the surface, it was because it played into the stereotype that Apple lays claim to everyday inspirations.| Office Blogs: |
Microsoft plans to update Office for iPad Pro with support for Apple Pencil, Slide Over and Split View multitasking, more — Office updates for the iPad Pro, iOS 9 and WatchOS 2 — Today Apple announced the iPad Pro, iOS 9 and WatchOS 2. We've developed a number of new features for Word …
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| Robin Wauters / Tech.eu: |
Spanish location data visualisation startup CartoDB scores $23m in growth funding from Accel, Salesforce and others — CartoDB, the Madrid/New York-based startup that specialises in location data analysis and visualisation software, has secured $23 million in Series B funding to support its international growth.
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| Lee Hutchinson / Ars Technica: |
Apple announces next version of OS X, El Capitan, will be released to public Sept. 30 — Apple announces September 30 release date for OS X 10.11 — “El Capitan” will become generally available at the end of the month. — While Apple's senior executives were busy announcing new iPads …
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| Mike Lennon / SecurityWeek: |
Kaspersky: Turla cyber-espionage group hijacking satellite-based Internet links to hide wherabouts — Russian-Speaking Turla Attackers Hijacking Satellite Internet Links — Russian Speaking “Turla” Cyber-espionage Group Exploits Satellites to Reach the Ultimate Level of Anonymity: Kaspersky Lab
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International Business Times, CSO and Errata Security
| Mark Walton / Ars Technica UK: |
Samsung begins mass production of 12Gb LPDDR4 DRAM modules, opens possibility of 6GB RAM inside a mobile device — Samsung's new 12Gb DRAM modules allow for smartphones with 6GB of RAM — Samsung has begun mass production of the industry's first 12Gb LPDDR4 DRAM dies for mobile devices, fabricated on its 20nm manufacturing process.
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Samsung Tomorrow, PCWorld, GSMArena.com, AnandTech, The Korea Heald and BGR
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
IronSource Merges With Supersonic In Mobile Ad Consolidation Play — On the heels of AOL snapping up Millennial Media last week comes another mobile advertising consolidation play. IronSource, a specialist in mobile app distribution and promotion services, has merged with SupersonicAds …
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