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Apple TV 2015 review: fast and easy to navigate, but the on-screen keyboard is worse than on older Apple TV, Siri functionality is somewhat limited — Mossberg: The Apple TV gets smart — It seems like we've been waiting for years for Apple to reinvent the TV.| David Katzmaier / CNET: |
What you can watch on the new Apple TV — and how it compares to Roku, Fire TV and Chromecast — The new Apple TV is finally available. Here's everything you can watch on it so far, from Netflix to HBO Now to everything in between — and how it compares to what's available on other leading video streamers.| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Apple TV 2015 review: drastically stripped down Siri, most apps just larger iPhone apps, as good as any other device on the market but needs more work — Apple TV review — App attack — “The future of TV is here.” — It is not the world's most understated tagline for a new product, especially one from Apple.| Brendan Klinkenberg / BuzzFeed: |
Apple says Siri is coming to Apple Music on Apple TV by early next year — Apple TV's Siri Search Will Soon Include Apple Music — One of the most useful features of Apple's new Apple TV is its Siri-enabled universal search. It's something Apple TV owners have been asking about for years …
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Nintendo to release its first smartphone game, Miitomo, in April 2016, will be available as a free download with add-ons available as in-app purchases — Nintendo's first smartphone release is a free-to-play game called Miitomo — At an investors meeting in Tokyo today … | Ina Fried / Re/code: |
Samsung reports Q3 earnings of $6.4B on $45.2B revenue, plans to buy back up to $10B in stock in one year — Samsung Aims to Improve Phone Sales While Maintaining Profits in Holiday Quarter — As part of its earnings release on Thursday, Korean electronics giant Samsung said it hopes …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Google to Symantec: account fully for misissued google.com certificates or else Chrome will flag your TLS certificates as unsafe — Still fuming over HTTPS mishap, Google gives Symantec an offer it can't refuse — Google: Fix ailing certificate business or risk having Chrome flag your credentials.
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| Biz Carson / Business Insider: |
Homejoy customer data found on now offline Fly Maids, a new site from Homejoy co-founder Aaron Cheung that looked identical to Homejoy's competitor, Handy — Customers of dead house-cleaning startup Homejoy are being funneled to a copycat site — Homejoy, the dead cleaning startup … | Lance Ulanoff / Mashable: |
Interview with Apple's Phil Schiller and John Ternus on new MacBooks, in-house collaboration, partnerships, and creating new products — Inside Apple's perfectionism machine — Across the board, our goal is to make the best in the categories we choose to compete in.
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Gizmodo, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Digital Trends, Patently Apple, BGR, iMore, Daring Fireball and Business Insider
| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
Microsoft tweaks design of Outlook for iOS and Android, plans to merge Outlook and Sunrise apps — Microsoft's Outlook Mobile Apps Get More Polish—And Just A Dash Of Sunrise — When Microsoft introduced the first version of Outlook for iOS and Android last January, it was a very … | Cam Bunton / 9to5Google: |
OnePlus X is official: 5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 801, 13MP camera and premium glass back for $249 — At an event in London this morning, OnePlus finally took the wraps off its latest smartphone. It's not a the company's flagship device, but at its price-range it certainly seems competitive.
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TechCrunch, VentureBeat, The Verge, Gizmodo, Engadget, Android Authority, PCWorld and 9to5Google
| Adam Satariano / Bloomberg Business: |
Flipboard struggles as executives leave, competition heats up, ad rates fall, and sales talks go nowhere with Twitter, Yahoo, and Apple — Flipboard's Fanfare Fades as Executives Exit, Sale Talks Stall — Mobile app's innovative reader debuted with iPad hype in 2010
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