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| Lance Ulanoff / Mashable: |
iPhone X review after one week: fast and powerful, both front and back cameras are great, Face ID works effectively but can't distinguish between some twins — The iPhone X changes everything. But the future is in good hands. — Apple's iPhone X is the beginning of something new.
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Tweets: @ericnewcomer and @dannysullivan
| Nicole Nguyen / BuzzFeed: |
iPhone X one week review: great all-screen experience, decent battery life, Face ID is fast, new gestures easy to learn, but software has some weird UX choices — The iPhone X has the 8 Plus's killer cameras, in a size that's much better for small hands. — iPhones have had the same thick borders …
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
iPhone X review after 24 hours: gorgeous design and display, notch is ugly but tends to fade away, but it's expensive and Face ID can be spotty in some lighting — Works in progress can still be great — After months of hype, endless speculation, and a wave of last-minute rumors about production delays …
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| Tripp Mickle / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple changed its standard iPhone review PR strategy for the iPhone X, prioritizing YouTubers and celebrities over established names in tech journalism — ‘Unusual’ change in strategy means latest phone got less testing than most of its predecessors before reviews could be published
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| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Senate hearing: Google explains delay in removing RT from ad program; Twitter says ~5% accounts are spam; Facebook says it's disclosed all known Russian ads — A live look at the Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on Russian election interference. — Facebook, Google and Twitter are in Washington …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Senators raise issue to Facebook, Twitter, Google of shell firms obscuring identities of advertisers, a fundamental obstacle to efforts to increase transparency — How can internet giants know that innocent-seeming U.S. companies aren't actually shell vehicles for malicious foreign actors to buy ads to interfere with elections?| Tony Romm / Recode: |
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases watchOS 4.1 with LTE Apple Music streaming, new Radio app, GymKit support, security fixes, and new WiFi toggle in Control Center — The watchOS 4.1 software update for Apple Watch is now available for all customers after a short beta period for developers.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases iOS 11.1 with new emoji, 3D Touch app switcher, UI and security bug fixes — Apple today released iOS 11.1, the first major update to the iOS 11 operating system available on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. iOS 11.1 comes more than a month after iOS 11 was first released …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google announces Fast Pair, for Android 6 and higher, that will make Bluetooth pairing easier for devices that support the feature — But the convenience depends on accessory makers adopting it — Apple users are quickly growing accustomed to effortless wireless pairing between the iPhone …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
G Suite debuts $1,999 Hangouts Meet hardware kit with touchscreen controller, speaker and microphone, 4K camera, and ASUS Chromebox — Hangouts Meet, Google's service for running video and audio meetings, is getting a few new hardware companions. The company today announced …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft executive Julie Larson-Green leaves Microsoft after 25 years, having played key roles in development of Office and Windows — Twenty-five-year Microsoft veteran and former Windows and Office exec Julie Larson-Green is leaving the company ‘to pursue new adventures.’| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft rolls out LinkedIn integrations in Outlook.com, for richer contact info in inboxes — Microsoft's $26.2 billion acquisition of business networking site LinkedIn is starting to pay off - at least in terms of product integrations that make sense. The company today announced …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft says it will launch business-focused Surface Pro with built-in LTE Advanced in December for $1,149+ — Microsoft today announced that in December it will launch a Surface Pro with built-in LTE Advanced support to its business customers. Panos Panay, Microsoft's corporate VP for Windows devices …
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| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Samsung Electronics' Q3 profits, driven by memory chip demand, nearly tripled YoY to $12.92B on $55.18B revenue, up 30% YoY, mobile sales rose 23% YoY to $2B — The Korean company is making a lot of money from its components business. — Samsung may be known for its phones …
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