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Microsoft unveils Surface 2, Surface Pro 2 and new accessories — Pre-order will begin at 8 a.m. EDT Sept. 24. — Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced that the Microsoft Surface family of tablets is growing. Two new Surface models — Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 — along with an expanded portfolio …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces Surface Pro 2 with Haswell Core i5 processor, improved battery life, and two-position kickstand starting at $899 — Microsoft announces Surface Pro 2 with updated kickstand and Haswell processor — Microsoft has unveiled the Surface Pro 2, a new version of its flagship 10.6-inch Windows tablet.
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BlackBerry Enters into Letter of Intent with Consortium led by Fairfax Financial — BlackBerry entitled to go-shop during due diligence period, subject to payment of a termination fee in the event alternative offer accepted — Waterloo, ON - BlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ:BBRY; TSX:BB) …
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Moto X Update Dramatically Improves Camera Quality — In my Moto X review, I characterized camera performance and quality as very bimodal. In some scenes it could take great photos, in others it seemed to struggle and either produce images that looked somewhat washed out with weird white balance or aggressive noise reduction.
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| Bernd Leger / Localytics: |
iPhone 5s Outsells 5c by a Factor of 3.4x in the United States Opening Weekend — With Apple launching not just one but two new phones on Friday, there's been much speculation about which of the two phones would emerge as the early adopter favorite. After just a little more than 48 hours after launch … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
After botched debut, new Apple TV update is back with fixes — After releasing a buggy version of new Apple TV software last week (and subsequently removing it from download) Apple has issued a new version of the update to Apple TV users. The new version is labeled Apple TV Software 6.0, and it comes in at build number 11A502.
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| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Exclusive: Flipboard Raises $50 Million More on $800 Million Valuation — According to sources close to the situation, Flipboard has raised $50 million in new funding, in a round led by Rizvi Traverse Management and Goldman Sachs. — The new funding puts the valuation of the Silicon Valley startup …
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BBM for Android and iPhone will not launch this week following leak of unreleased version — BBM for Android and iPhone Update - Note from the head of BBM — This is Andrew Bocking, head of BBM at BlackBerry. As a follow up to our first blog post on Saturday, I want to take a moment …
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Facebook Partners With PayPal, Stripe, Braintree To Autofill Billing Info In Mobile Commerce Apps — Facebook wants to put an end to typing billing details on the small screen, help developers and payment processors earn more money, and prove that its app install ads make money for e-commerce companies.
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Valve announces SteamOS, a living room operating system for games — Valve is done teasing. Today, Valve has revealed SteamOS, its own operating system based on Linux, designed for living room gaming PCs. It's the first step towards Valve's Steam Box, its vision for an open video game console.
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Tweets: @comex, @vladsavov, @botherer, @botherer, @stroughtonsmith, @notch and @benkuchera
| Andy Fixmer / Bloomberg: |
Pandora Falls 10% as Apple ITunes Radio Draws 11 Million — Pandora Media Inc., the biggest Web radio service, fell 10 percent after Apple Inc. said it attracted more than 11 million unique listeners to its new iTunes Radio service. — Pandora, with 72 million active listeners, slid to $24.26 at the close in New York.
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| Jackie Castillo / CNN: |
Steve Jobs' childhood home may become historical site — (CNN) — The family home where a young Steve Jobs built the first Apple computer may soon become a protected historical site. — The seven-member Los Altos Historical Commission has scheduled a “historic property evaluation” for the single-story, ranch-style house on Monday.| Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land: |
Post-PRISM, Google Confirms Quietly Moving To Make All Searches Secure, Except For Ad Clicks — In the past month, Google quietly made a change aimed at encrypting all search activity — except for clicks on ads. Google says this has been done to provide “extra protection” for searchers …
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Thanks:@dannysullivan| Diane Bartz / Reuters: |
U.S. trade panel judge says HTC violates Nokia patents — (Reuters) - HTC Corporation infringed on two Nokia Corp patents in making its mobile telephones and tablets, a judge said in a preliminary ruling for the U.S. International Trade Commission. — HTC was found to have infringed …
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