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| Terry Myerson / Windows Blog: |
Microsoft unveils Surface Book, Surface Pro 4, Lumia 950, Lumia 950 XL, Band 2, and HoloLens Development Edition — A new era of Windows 10 devices from Microsoft — We've been talking about Windows 10 for over a year now and today we started our next chapter, with new devices designed for Windows 10.
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Microsoft Surface Pro 4 announced with 12.3" display, Skylake processor, new Surface Pen, fingerprint reader; pre-orders start today from $899, ships Oct. 26 — Microsoft Surface Pro 4 announced with new Surface Pen, starts at $899 — This year, Microsoft's Surface Pro has been flattered … | Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
New Microsoft Band to debut Oct. 30 at $249 with curved screen and Cortana integration … At its press event in New York City today, Microsoft unveiled the newest version of its wearable activity tracker, the Microsoft Band. — The new Band, available for pre-order today …
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| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft HoloLens Development Edition: Coming Q1 2016 for $3,000 — First public HoloLens version won't be for consumers; it'll be for developers. — NEW YORK—Microsoft has announced the initial price and approximate availability of its HoloLens augmented reality headset.
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| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft unveils Surface Book, its first-ever laptop, with 13.5" removable touchscreen, 12-hour battery, pre-orders start today from $1499, shipping Oct. 26 — Microsoft introduces Surface Book, a convertible for Surface fans — Laptop companion to the Surface Pro 4 starts at $1499, launches October 26.
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Wired, The Verge, TechCrunch, BetaNews, ZDNet, GeekWire, Engadget, VentureBeat, The Next Web and CNET
| Natt Garun / The Next Web: |
Microsoft unveils the 5.2″ Lumia 950 and 5.7″ 950 XL with 20MP camera including OIS, 3 GB of RAM, and USB-C, starting at $549 — Microsoft unveils the 5.2″ Lumia 950 and 5.7″ 950 XL — At its press event today, Microsoft has unveiled its latest Lumia flagship phones, the Lumia 950.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Surface Book hands-on: terrific trackpad, lightweight as a tablet; the solid hinge makes this feel like a laptop despite detachable screen — A closer look at Microsoft's new Surface Book laptop — When I reviewed Microsoft's Surface 3 tablet earlier this year I simply concluded that Microsoft should make a laptop.
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Laptop Mag and CNET
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
| Mark Scott / New York Times: |
EU strikes down agreement that allowed companies to move people's data between EU and US; soon it could be harder for tech firms to mine data of EU users — Data Transfer Pact Between U.S. and Europe Is Ruled Invalid — Europe's highest court ruled on Tuesday that a widely used international agreement …
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Tweets: @andrewyng, @swiftonsecurity and @nicfildes
| Business Insider: |
Europe's highest court rejects the “safe harbor” agreement used by American tech companies — Europe's highest court just rejected the ‘safe harbor’ agreement used by American tech companies — The European Court of Justice has just ruled that the transatlantic Safe Harbour agreement …
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The Next Web, FierceCIO News, VentureBeat, TechSpot, US News, DW.COM, Telegraph and Silicon Republic
| Julia Greenberg / Wired: |
Reddit launches Upvoted, a standalone news site free of comments and voting; editorial team will curate and elaborate on content from Reddit — No Comments Allowed on Reddit's New News Site ‘Upvoted’ — Reddit's got problems. It can be a hotbed of hostility and harassment—even for loyal users.
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VentureBeat, Nieman Lab, Upvoted, Techdirt, The Verge, Mashable, The Verge, Wired.co.uk, Business Insider, InvestorPlace, Poynter, Guardian, BBC, SlashGear, The Next Web, Gizmodo, Geek News Central, Ubergizmo, MCV: Home Stream, The Mary Sue and Techweez. Tweets: @pierce. See also Mediagazer
| Jessi Hempel / Wired: |
Behind Steve Huffman's return to Reddit as CEO following the moderator revolt and Ellen Pao's departure — Inside Reddit's Plan to Recover From Its Epic Meltdown — It began on the Thursday night that much of Reddit—the eleventh biggest site on the American Internet …
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TechCrunch, Fortune, reddit, VentureBeat and New York Magazine
Tweets: @hunterwalk and @suryasays
See also Mediagazer| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Twitter launches Moments, formerly Project Lightning, its event-based curation of tweets, videos, and images, on iOS, Android, and desktop web — Twitter launches Moments, its dead-simple tab for browsing the best tweets — A big week for Twitter just got bigger.
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The Twitter Blog, Nieman Lab, New York Times, GeekWire, The Daily Dot, TechCrunch, Bloomberg Business, Re/code, NEWS.com.au, Gizmodo, Variety, The Next Web, iMore, 9to5Mac, SiliconBeat, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, USA Today, VentureBeat, Forbes, Wired, CNET, PhoneDog.com, MediaNama and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @benedictevans, @dannysullivan, @joshconstine and @dannysullivan
See also Mediagazer| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple planning to launch new 4K 21.5-inch iMac next week, iPad Pro in early November — With September's iPhone release in the rearview and the iPad Pro set for an early November launch, Apple is ready to add some new Mac hardware into its fall product line.
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The Next Web, AppleInsider and iPhone Hacks
| Lauren Goode / The Verge: |
Roku 4 with faster quad-core processor supports 4K video, lets you follow favorite shows, available for pre-order now, will ship in October for $129 — Roku 4 supports 4K video and a new way to ‘follow’ favorite shows — Roku, one of the earliest players in the over-the-top video streaming market … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Atlassian Splits Its JIRA Project Tracking Service Into 3 Standalone Offerings To Better Serve Non-Technical Teams — Atlassian, which according to recent reports secretly filed for an IPO last month, today announced a major update to its flagship JIRA project and issue tracking service.| New York Times: |
DraftKings and FanDuel temporarily ban employees from playing on rival sites after accusations about betting on other sites using inside information — Fantasy Sports Employees Bet at Rival Sites Using Inside Information — A major scandal is erupting in the multibillion dollar industry …
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GeekWire, Forbes, International Business Times, Fortune, FSTA, DraftKings Playbook, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, NPR, Wall Street Journal, flushdraw.net, Legal Sports Report, Engadget, Washington Times, TIME, Tech Times and Forbes
Tweets: @startupljackson and @natesilver538
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