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Google Said to Be Under U.S. Antitrust Scrutiny Over Android — New FTC inquiry comes years after it closed search-engine case — Lingering skepticism meets probe over access to phone platform — Google Inc. is back under U.S. antitrust scrutiny as officials ask whether … | Hayden Dingman / PCWorld: |
Samsung and Oculus announce $99 consumer Gear VR with support for Samsung's 2015 flagship phones and a redesigned trackpad, shipping in November — Samsung's new Gear VR virtual reality headset only costs $99 — And even better, the new Gear VR works with all of Samsung's flagship Galaxy phones released in 2015.
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| Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica: |
Minecraft Windows 10 edition will launch on Oculus Rift in 2016 — VR Minecraft announced for 2016 at Oculus Connect conference — More Oculus Touch details confirmed; “200,000” developers have registered. … The second day of this year's Oculus Connect conference …
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| Jessica Conditt / Engadget: |
Oculus partners with Alienware, Dell, and Asus to offer “Oculus Ready” PCs for less than $1K at launch — ‘Oculus Ready’ PC program offers VR-ready rigs for less than $1,000 — Oculus Ready is a new program that offers officially licensed, Oculus-branded PCs from Alienware, Dell and Asus.
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iPhone 6s teardown reveals smaller 1715 mAh battery, x-ray of Taptic Engine, 3D Touch display — iPhone 6s Teardown — Teardown — Teardowns provide a look inside a device and should not be used as disassembly instructions. — In Progress — This guide is a work in progress.
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| Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal: |
iOS ad blocker Crystal will get a flat monthly fee to let through ads that are on Adblock Plus owner Eyeo's paid whitelist — Propelled By Apple, Ad Blocking Cottage Industry Emerges — Software promises to block ads, and in some cases allow “acceptable” ones
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| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
BlackBerry Confirms Android Plans, Posts Weaker-Than-Expected Earnings — BlackBerry on Friday confirmed its plans to launch an Android-based handset even as the company reported financial results below what analysts were expecting. — The company said its latest quarterly loss … | Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
iOS 9's space-saving “app slicing” disabled for now, will return in future update — iCloud bug affects users who are restoring backups to new devices. — Back in June, we wrote a bit about App Thinning, a collection of iOS 9 features that are supposed to make iOS 9 apps take up less space on iDevices.| Martin Anderson / The Stack: |
Researchers: cookies can be used to bypass HTTPS, reveal private session information in all modern browsers — Cookies can render secure websites vulnerable in all modern browsers — Share1 — Pin1 — TOTAL SHARES 3 — CERT have issued a new directive notifying that cookies …
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| Jackie Dove / The Next Web: |
Adobe announces Photoshop and Premiere Elements 14 with 4K video editing, motion titles, tools to remove camera shake and haze, and more — Adobe updates Elements hobbyist photo and video apps with more pro-level features — As a consumer photo/video editing package … | Office Blogs: |
Microsoft launches Invite for iPhone, an app for scheduling meetings, in the US and Canada; coming soon to Android and Windows Phone — Invite—the easiest way to organize meetings on the go — We all know that organizing group meetings can be tricky—especially when you're on the move.| Alex Barinka / Bloomberg Business: |
Pure Storage seeks to raise $450M in IPO at $16-18/share, for a valuation of up to $3.33B — Pure Storage Seeks to Raise as Much as $450 Million in IPO — Flash-storage maker would be valued at up to $3.33 billion — Company to offer 25 million shares at $16 to $18 apiece
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