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| Kellen / 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 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.| 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.
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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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The Next Web, 9to5Google, Android Police, The Verge, PhoneDog.com, and Mashable
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| 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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| Chris Velazco / Engadget: |
iPhone 8 and 8 Plus review: wireless charging works well, great cameras and performance in a familiar design, good for those not ready to forgo home button — It's no secret that smartphones have tended to get sleeker and less obtrusive over time. Screens are growing, but bezels are shrinking.
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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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Tweets: @mattyglesias, @dinvesting, @cnbc, and @bdsams
| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
iOS 11 review: a major stepping-stone towards a full-fledged productivity OS, benefits iPad the most, has a more versatile and useful Control Center — Wide-ranging update is full of changes, but iPad benefits the most. — The iPad is having a great year.
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| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
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| Julia Fioretti / Reuters: |
Twitter removed 300K accounts in first half of '17 for promoting terrorism, 20% less YoY; of those accounts, 75% were suspended before posting their 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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| 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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| Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
The National Venture Capital Association sues the Trump administration for delaying immigration program meant to help foreign-born startup founders stay in US — Association claims DHS illegally delayed program meant to help foreign-born founders of startups stay in U.S.| 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 …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Patreon confirms it's raised a $60M Series C led by Thrive Capital; sources say the valuation was $450M — Patreon upgrades content creation from a passion to a profession by paying artists 95% of subscription payments from fans instead of 55% of skimpy ad revenue like Facebook and YouTube.| 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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| 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.| Neil Hughes / AppleInsider: |
Apple releases watchOS 4 with improved Activity & Workout tracking, revamped Music app, Siri watch face, gym equipment integration, and more — The Apple Watch interface has been refined and improved with Tuesday's launch of watchOS 4, including a new vertically scrolling app dock …
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MacRumors, iMore, 9to5Mac, BirchTree, The Mac Observer, iLounge, and The Mac Observer
| Bloomberg: |
Equifax discovered major breach in March but says it's unrelated to recently disclosed hack affecting 143M people; source says both involve the same intruders — New timeline could have implications for executive stock sales — The company is the subject of multiple investigations
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Amazon updates the Fire HD 10 tablet with a quad-core processor, 1080p display, hands-free Alexa, and cuts the entry-level price of $230 to $150 — To date, Amazon's devices with hands-free voice control have been decidedly static. At last, though, they can go where you do.| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Stack Overflow launches Salary Calculator, which estimates typical pay for devs based on 5 factors: location, education, experience, dev type, technologies used — Stack Overflow today launched Salary Calculator, a tool that lets developers check out typical salaries across the industry.
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| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Real-time data analytics startup Incorta raises $15M Series B led by Kleiner Perkins — Incorta, the startup that wants to speed up big data analytics by eliminating the need for data warehouses, has raised a $15 million Series B led by new investor Kleiner Perkins.
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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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| Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
Uber files lawsuit against Fetch Media, owned by Japanese ad firm Dentsu, for click fraud; sources say Uber plans to seek $40M in damages — Uber is said to seek at least $40 million from ad agency — The ride-hailing company says Fetch sold Uber ‘fake’ clicks — Uber Technologies Inc. is accustomed to getting sued.
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Wall Street Journal, Ars Technica, Quartz, CNBC, Business Insider, and Seeking Alpha. Tweets: @wsj
| Harper Neidig / The Hill: |
Sex-trafficking bill SESTA, which many tech firms say is too broad and greatly increases liability for hosting user created content, gets Congressional hearing — The Senate Commerce Committee on Tuesday took up a controversial online sex-trafficking bill, hearing testimony from victims' families who urged lawmakers to act.Sponsor Posts
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