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| Kellen / Droid Life: |
Renders of back of HTC-made Google Pixel 2 in “Kinda Blue”, White, and Black leak; source: 64GB and 128GB models cost $649 and $749 — Wrapping up here, because we don't want anyone feeling left out, here is the HTC-made Pixel 2. From what we can tell, it'll arrive in three colorways …
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Fone Arena, Ubergizmo, Mashable, PhoneDog.com, The Verge, 9to5Google, The Next Web, and Android Police
Tweets: @dcseifert and @averyhartmans
| Kellen / Droid Life: |
Renders of back of LG-made Google Pixel 2 XL in “Black & White” and “Just Black” leak; source says it will cost $849 for 64GB and $949 for 128GB — Alright fine, no more playing around. Here is the Pixel 2 XL (official name) in two colorways.
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| Kellen Barranger / Droid Life: |
Renders leak of “Google Home Mini” in Chalk, Charcoal, and Coral colors; source says it will cost $49 — When Google takes the stage on October 4 at a phone-related event in San Francisco, most of us expect there to be non-phone related product announcements too.
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| Kellen / Droid Life: |
Renders leak of Google Pixelbook, a Chromebook that folds into a tablet and supports pressure-sensitive Pixelbook Pen; source: starts at $1.2K for 128GB w/o pen — As we noted in our earlier Google Home Mini reveal, a report from a couple of weeks back had actually suggested that Google would soon release a smaller Home unit.| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
iPhone 8 and 8 Plus review: wireless charging is good but slow, Portrait Lighting is fun, but design is getting dated and it's not worth upgrading from iPhone 7 — It's an iPhone — I was at a party the other night with several people who knew I'd just been to Apple's annual iPhone launch event.
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| Nicole Nguyen / BuzzFeed: |
iPhone 8 review: should be called iPhone 7s as many of the upgrades, like camera sensor and True Tone display, are subtle; Qi charging only works when centered — Dat glasss. — There's a lot that's still the same as last year's 7: — * The screen size and resolution — * Its water- and dust- resistance
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| Chris Velazco / Engadget: |
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Amazon working on Alexa-powered smartglasses with bone-conduction audio and a new home security camera system that would tie into its Echo products — Amazon is working on its first wearable device: a pair of “smart glasses” that would allow its virtual assistant Alexa to be summoned any time …
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Tweets: @tim, @tim, @lukew, @daveleebbc, @jezcorden, @benfoxrubin, and @tim
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple launches redesigned App Store as part of iOS 11 launch, with Today section including daily features, tips, and dev interviews — Apple today is releasing its completely redesigned iOS App Store to the wider public as part of the launch of the new iOS 11 operating system.| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
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Macworld, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Macworld, The Next Web, MacStories, Gotta Be Mobile, iMore, Tom's Guide, Engadget, Digital Trends, The Verge, NDTV Gadgets 360, Six Colors, Laptop Mag, The Register, Engadget, Gaddgict, Pixel Envy, GSMArena.com, TechCrunch, HighTechDad, CBS News, and MacDailyNews. Tweets: @joannastern
| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
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| David Faber / CNBC: |
Sources: T-Mobile and Sprint are in active talks about a stock-for-stock merger in which T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom would emerge as the majority owner — - T-Mobile and Sprint are in active talks about a merger, according to people close to the situation.
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Reuters, TheStreet, PhoneDog.com, Android Central, SlashGear, Digital Trends, Phandroid, International Business Times, CNET, The Register, Neowin, Patently Apple, TechSpot, DSLreports, ZDNet, Droid Life, Android Police, AppAdvice.com, TmoNews, Engadget, FierceWireless, BGR, and Deadline
Tweets: @mattyglesias, @dinvesting, @cnbc, and @bdsams
| Julia Fioretti / Reuters: |
Twitter removed 300K terror-related accounts in first half of 2017, a 20% decline from previous six months, with 75% suspended before posting first tweet — BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) said that its internal controls were allowing it to weed out accounts being used for the …
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Tweets: @marklittlenews, @fabiochiusi, and @jack
| Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Uber, facing federal probe into possible overseas bribery, reviews operations in Indonesia, Malaysia, India, South Korea, and China — An Uber employee is said to have paid Jakarta police — Law firm investigating possible quid pro quo in Malaysia| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Google announces it is rolling out new Natural Language API features: automatic classification of content and sentiment analysis of places or things — Google is launching new features within its free Cloud Natural Languages API (shared software technology) that will help newsrooms …
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| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Twitter launches Popular Articles feature, which shows articles shared by your network like Nuzzel, located in Twitter's Explore tab on iOS and Android — Click a link inside Twitter's Popular Articles feature and the article will open in a browser inside the Twitter app.
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The Next Web, The Verge, Engadget, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @cwarzel, @caseynewton, @anildash, and @daveyalba
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft adds gaming chief Phil Spencer to Senior Leadership Team and says it's moving its Enterprise Mobility and Security team to Windows and Devices Group — Microsoft's Phil Spencer, now an Executive Vice President, is becoming part of the company's inner circle of advisers … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube discontinues paid channels initiative and makes $4.99 sponsorship model available to all YouTube Gaming creators and some others via main YouTube app — YouTube today is taking on Twitch with the launch of a new program that will allow gamers to make money from their channels through the use of sponsorships.
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YouTube Creator Blog, The Verge, SlashGear, SiliconANGLE, Tubefilter, CNET, Engadget, Variety, and VentureBeat
| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Twitter adds a second former Google executive to its board, Patrick Pichette, who served as Google's CFO from 2008 until summer of 2015 — Hugh Johnston, Pepsi's CFO, is leaving Twitter's board. — Twitter has added another longtime Google executive to its board of directors: Patrick Pichette …
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GeekWire, Microsoft, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @jack, @omidkordestani, @elatable, and @kantrowitz
| Connie Zheng / The Engine: |
MIT's The Engine incubator announces first investments in seven startups in aerospace, advanced materials, biotech, more, updates first fund from $150M to $200M — - First-ever investments by The Engine in seven Boston-based startups across a range of tough tech areas including aerospace …
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| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Adobe reports Q3 revenue of $1.84B, up 26% YoY, versus $1.82B expected, and net income of $420M, up from $271M YoY, and says it expects $1.95B revenue in Q4 — Once again, the Photoshop maker broke a corporate record for quarterly revenue. — Adobe released third quarter financial results …
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SiliconANGLE, Yahoo! News, Reuters, and Adobe
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