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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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| Napier Lopez / The Next Web: |
Surface Pro 4 hands-on: brighter and crisper display, 40% larger glass-surface trackpad, improved Pen with nibs of different textures for sale — Hands-on with the Surface Pro 4: Everything you liked about the Pro 3, but better — The new Surface Book may have stolen the show at Microsoft's event today …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
How the Surface Book compares to the iPad Pro, MacBook Pro, and Surface Pro — Microsoft made a big deal today about going after Apple. And today more than ever, it's worth believing. There are two reasons why: first, Surface sales are on the rise. They accounted for $888 million …
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| 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.| Geoffrey A. Fowler / Wall Street Journal: |
Office 2016's marquee collaboration features are buggy and more limited than those of Google Docs and others, making the $150 price tough to justify — It's Time for Microsoft to Reboot Office — Office 2016 arrives with enough issues to raise the question: Why do we need it at all?| 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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| Postmates Blog: |
Postmates launches 15-minute-or-less food delivery service Pop at $1.99 per delivery, available only for lunch and in San Francisco's SoMa for now — PopRocks — This week we launched a new product called Postmates Pop. Pop is our fastest delivery option, bringing meals to customers in 15 minutes or less.
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| Stephen Hall / 9to5Google: |
Google Creative Lab launches Meter, a live wallpaper that shows battery, WiFi, and notification info — Google Creative Lab launches Meter, a live wallpaper that shows battery, WiFi, and notification info — Google Creative Lab, the same group responsible for a few quirky photo …
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New York Attorney General opens inquiry into fantasy sports sites, asks DraftKings and FanDuel for internal data and details on how they prevent fraud — New York Attorney General Opens Inquiry Into Fantasy Sports Sites — The New York attorney general began an inquiry Tuesday into the prospect … | Peter Schulz / The Information: |
Study: among 71 top VC firms, 92% of individuals on senior investment teams are male, 78% are white, 1.3% are Hispanic, and less than 1% are black — Introducing The Information's Future List — Less than one percent of senior VCs involved in investment decision are Black—four of 551 people.
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Sources: Pandora close to buying ticketing agency TicketFly for $450M in cash and stock — Pandora Appears Close to a $450 Million Deal for Ticketfly — Pandora appears close to a deal to buy Ticketfly, a ticketing agency that specializes in smaller venues, for around $450 million.| ProPublica: |
Verizon merges its cellphone tracking supercookies with AOL's ad network, will be able to match users' online habits with personal details — Verizon's Zombie Cookie Gets New Life — Verizon is giving a new mission to its controversial hidden identifier that tracks users of mobile devices.
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Samsung third quarter profit forecast up nearly 80% — Electronics giant Samsung has estimated its third quarter operating profit will be 7.3t won ($6.29bn; £4.13bn) - up 79.8% from a year earlier. — The guidance numbers for the three months to September beat expectations …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple approves an app, Been Choice, that blocks ads in native apps through its VPN content-removal service, offers rewards to users that share behavioral data — Apple Approves An App That Blocks Ads In Native Apps, Including Apple News — It's unclear if Apple is setting a precedent … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Synaptics announces ClearForce pressure-sensitive screen technology, expects force-enabled smartphones to ship early 2016 — Synaptics' ClearForce technology lets you press down on smartphone glass for more control — Synaptics is today unveiling its ClearForce technology for smartphones …
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