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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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| 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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| 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?| 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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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.| New York Times: |
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 …
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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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| Kim Zetter / Wired: |
Researchers detail how to use drones, phones, and apps to intercept documents sent to WiFi printers in secure offices — Hacking Wireless Printers With Phones on Drones — You might think that working on a secured floor in a 30-story office tower puts you out of reach of Wi-Fi hackers out to steal your confidential documents.
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| Jacob Demmitt / GeekWire: |
Microsoft's new Display Dock connects a Windows 10 mobile to a monitor, creating a PC-like experience that runs universal apps, price & availability undisclosed — Microsoft's Continuum doesn't make a smartphone a full PC quite yet, but it shows promise
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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 … | 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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| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Sony to spin off image sensor business into its own company, Sony Semiconductor Solutions — Sony to spin off successful image sensor business — Sony has announced a restructuring of its devices division that underlines the success and importance of the company's image sensor operations.| 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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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
IBM announces 2K-employee Cognitive Business Solutions unit that provides big data analysis — IBM, Rometty launch cognitive business unit — If enterprises are going to revolve around their algorithms, IBM CEO Ginny Rometty wants to make sure Watson is in the mix. IBM launches cognitive business consulting unit.
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