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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Windows 10 “Creators Update” coming early 2017 for free, featuring 3D and mixed reality, 4K gaming, more — At its Windows 10 event in New York City today, Microsoft announced the Creators Update for Windows 10. The company detailed a slew of new features coming to its latest and greatest operating system, for free.
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Tweets: @windows, @willoremus, @benbajarin, @thurrott, @windows, @shiraovide, @rossrubin, @reckless, @maryjofoley, @verge and @yusuf_i_mehdi
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, and Lenovo to make tethered VR headsets for Windows 10 PCs, starting at $299 — Microsoft is currently holding a press conference in New York. The company is focusing a lot on 3D and all sorts of realities, from augmented reality to virtual reality.
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
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Tweets: @harrisonweber and @jandawson
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft debuts all-in-one Surface Studio PC aimed at creatives, with 28", 192 PPI, 3:2 touchscreen that goes flat on a hinge; starts at $2999, preorders open — Microsoft unveiled the Surface Studio today, an all-in-one PC with a 28-inch PixelSense display, with the thinnest display ever built according …
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| Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: |
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
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| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Apple says it needs “a little more time” to get AirPods ready, delaying the launch — If you've been waiting for Apple's AirPod wireless headphones to go on sale, you're going to have to wait a little longer. Apple says that they are not ready and will need “a little more time.”
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Tweets: @markgurman, @jeffrey903, @martinsfp, @joshpetri, @cwarzel, @alexjamesfitz, @katie_roof, @passantino and @caseynewton
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Snap Inc. will seek to raise as much as $4B in its planned IPO, valuing the company at between $25B and $35B — Snapchat will seek to raise as much as $4 billion in its planned initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg News reports.
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Tweets: @joshconstine, @alexbarinka, @chris_ciaccia and @danprimack
See also Mediagazer| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
iMessage may stop some users from switching to Android, but an Android version should not be ruled out as sources say UI mockups have circulated at Apple — Lauren Goode, writing for The Verge a few weeks ago, “iMessage Is the Glue That Keeps Me Stuck to the iPhone”:
| Micah Singleton / The Verge: |
Microsoft debuts high-end Surface Book with 16-hour battery life, i7, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M GPU, starting at $2.4K; preorder today, ships on Nov. 10 — Microsoft just showed off an updated version of its Surface Book laptop that comes with 30 percent more battery life and double the graphics performance.
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Tweets: @benthompson, @benthompson, @zee and @dcurtis
| Ryan Whitwam / Android Police: |
Google acknowledges Pixel lens flare issue and is working on an OTA software fix for HDR+ — The Google Pixel is a great phone—even David likes it, and David does not like things as a rule. It has the best smartphone camera Google has ever sold, but it's not without its problems.
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| John Callaham / Android Authority: |
BlackBerry launches 5.5-inch DTEK60 Android smartphone for $499 unlocked, compatible only with GSM networks like AT&T and T-Mobile — The BlackBerry DTEK60 is now official. The company's third Android-based smartphone is available for the price of $499.| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
Google Access halts Fiber rollout and plans layoffs as its CEO Craig Barratt steps down — CEO Craig Barratt departs as the company halts rollouts to new cities with layoffs coming. — Executive changes are coming to Google Access, including the departure of CEO Craig Barratt, according to sources.
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Tweets: @alistairmbarr, @willoremus, @jaycuthrell and @pinboard
| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
Amazon brings Alexa to Fire tablets, activated by holding down the Home button, not by voice — With the Echo and Echo Dot, Amazon proved that its Alexa assistant — and voice commands in general — could actually be pretty helpful. But how will it fair on a device that isn't listening to you all the time?
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Digital Trends, Laptop Mag, The Verge, SlashGear, Liliputing, Business Insider, Wall Street Journal, Fortune and TechCrunch. Tweets: @brianroemmele
| Jared Newman / Fast Company: |
Pocket will start recommending popular stories saved by other users and will list them in categories like technology, food, and fitness — While Facebook and Twitter offer an endless parade of links, Pocket wants to promote only the good stuff. — Gathering good reading material from around the internet is hard.
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Pocket Blog, VentureBeat, Lifehacker and MacStories. Thanks:@annelisemcgough. See also Mediagazer
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Lifestage, Facebook's teens-only app, launches on Android, as the iOS app drops to a ranking of #1289 in the Social Networking category, according to App Annie — Lifestage, Facebook's newer “teens-only” appdesigned to counteract the Snapchat threat by giving younger users a place …
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| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Apple reports Q4 2016 results with $46.9B revenue, down from $51.5B YoY, as iPhone sales drop to 45.5M from 48M; 4.9M Macs and 9.3M iPads sold, both down YoY — All eyes are officially on the holiday season for Apple. — Ahead of the Christmas retail season, Apple reported …
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Tweets: @asymco, @jyarow, @shiraovide, @benthompson and @neiltwitz
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