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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Apple debuts thinner MacBook Pro with a Touch Bar, an OLED multi-touch screen above the keyboard, Touch ID, secure enclave, 4 Thunderbolt 3 ports, no MagSafe — The main attraction of Apple's “Hello Again” event today has just been made official with the new 2016 MacBook Pro.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple and LG partner to create LG UltraFine 5K display, with built-in camera, speakers, and USB-C that can be used for charging; display costs $1.3K, ships Dec. — During today's event, Apple announced that it has teamed up with LG to create 4K and 5K UltraFine Displays specifically designed …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
MacBook Pro hands-on: Touch Bar is well-integrated into apps like Mail and Photos, and with a matte finish it's not too bright to be distracting — I'm sold on the Touch Bar — The new MacBook Pro is here — literally available for preorder today — and I've just tried it.| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Apple debuts 13" MacBook Pro without Touch Bar aimed at MacBook Air users, with two Thunderbolt 3 ports, slightly less powerful GPU, CPU; ships today for $1.5K — Same weight, way more power, but a Pro price tag — Alongside the new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, Apple just introduced a third … | Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
13" MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, Thunderbolt 3, 2.9GHz dual-core i5 starts at $1.8K; 15" model comes with i7, Radeon Pro 450 GPU at $2.4K; both ship in 2-3 weeks — Apple just unveiled a new MacBook Pro, updating its high-end notebook computer with new features including a “Touch Bar” …
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Apple removes 11-inch MacBook Air from its Store; 13-inch model now has 8GB RAM, up from 4GB — Surprise, the MacBook Air is still alive! The new MacBook Air is Apple's new cheap laptop. While everybody thought the 12-inch Retina MacBook was going to replace the MacBook Air, it's not going to be the case just yet.
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| Apple: |
Apple Unveils Groundbreaking New MacBook Pro — Revolutionary Touch Bar, Breakthrough Performance in Apple's Thinnest & Lightest Pro Design Ever — Apple® today introduced the thinnest and lightest MacBook Pro® ever, along with a breakthrough interface that replaces the traditional row …
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Apple announces TV app for Apple TV and iOS coming in December, will act as a single place for accessing shows, movies, and live events from across apps — One app to rule them all — Apple may not be building its own TV, but it at least has its own TV guide. Sort of.
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| Brian Barrett / Wired: |
Apple's New TV App Won't Have Netflix or Amazon Video — The Apple TV has a new app, called simply TV, that promises to help make sense of the 1600 video content providers that have apps on the platform. It looks useful and great, but it's missing two key pieces toward becoming a truly useful streaming sifter: Netflix and Amazon.| Christine Monaghan / Apple: |
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| Vine: |
Twitter says it is discontinuing the Vine mobile app “in the coming months” — Since 2013, millions of people have turned to Vine to laugh at loops and see creativity unfold. Today, we are sharing the news that in the coming months we'll be discontinuing the mobile app.
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See also Mediagazer| Christine Wang / CNBC: |
Amazon reports Q3 2016 revenue of $32.71B, meeting expectations, but $0.52 EPS is below $0.78 expected; stock drops 4% after hours — Amazon posted third-quarter earnings per share of 52 cents on revenue of $32.71 billion on Thursday. — Analysts expected the online retail giant … | Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Twitter reports Q3 2016 revenue of $616M, beating expectations of $606M, as MAUs increase to 317M from 313M last quarter — With Twitter's acquisition hopes essentially dead, the company now seems it's on its own to fend for itself and needs to figure out a way to build a reasonable and profitable business.
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| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Alphabet reports Q3 2016 revenue of $22.4B, up 20% YoY, as cost-per-click declines 11% YoY — Alphabet's strategy of trying to stuff the difference between declining mobile advertising value with additional clicks appears to still be paying off as the company once again showed Wall Street …
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| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Qualcomm announces it will acquire automotive chipmaker NXP semiconductors for $47B in cash — NXP would allow Qualcomm to diversify away from smartphones — Target is largest maker of semiconductors used in cars — Qualcomm Inc., the largest maker of mobile-phone chips …
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| Mike Krahulik / Penny Arcade: |
Surface Studio review: beautiful display, adjustable screen that's sturdy in all positions, overall a dream computer — If you have not heard already, Microsoft just announced a new device called the Surface Studio. It's essentially a Surface computer for your desktop.
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