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Live stream of Microsoft's Windows 10 event in New York City — Tune in to see what's next for Windows 10. Wednesday, October 26 10 am EDT #MicrosoftEvent
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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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Microsoft debuts all-in-one Surface Studio PC with 28-inch 3:2 touchscreen, aimed at creative professionals; pre-order now, starting at $3K for 8GB RAM model — 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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| 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, @windows, @reckless, @rossrubin, @maryjofoley, @verge and @yusuf_i_mehdi
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft announces high-end Surface Book i7 with 16-hour battery life, for $2,399; pre-orders open today, ships in November — At its Windows 10 event in New York City today, Microsoft unveiled the Surface Book i7, succeeding the 13.5-inch Surface Book laptop released last year.
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Paint 3D, coming with “Creators Update” next year, features tools for creating and sharing 3D content — Microsoft has just announced Paint 3D, an update to its long-standing art creation program for Windows that makes it easy to create 3D art for everyone, according to the company.
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| 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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| 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”:
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
The latest version of macOS Sierra contains images of a new MacBook Pro with a Touch ID sensor and an OLED touch panel in place of function keys — macOS Sierra 10.12.1, released yesterday, includes hidden Apple Pay images that depict the brand new MacBook Pro with an OLED touch panel that's set …
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Tweets: @jpmens, @lane, @evacide and @geerlingguy
| 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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| 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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The Verge, Business Insider, ABC News, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal and Fortune. Tweets: @brianroemmele
| Brian Reigh / Android Authority: |
Samsung Pay upcoming changes to include location based coupons, select in-app purchases, online purchases with MasterPass, and expansion to three new markets — I absolutely love Samsung Pay - I have my credit card stored there and use it not only here in the US but also when I travel.
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Ecommerce personalization company BloomReach acquires Amsterdam-based web content management vendor Hippo for an undisclosed sum — BloomReach, which helps ecommerce companies personalize buying experiences using data and algorithms, announced today that it was acquiring Amsterdam-based web …
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Intel launches Atom E3900 processors targeting powerful Internet of Things devices in automotive, industrial, and video markets — Kicking off a busy day for the Internet of Things market, Intel this morning is announcing the Atom E3900 series. Based upon the company's latest generation …
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