iPhone 7 and 7 Plus review: great camera, display, and improved battery life but lack of new design is a let down and transition to wireless audio will be rough
In-depth with the new phones, the AirPods, A10 Fusion, the cameras, and more. — Up until now, every one of Apple's iPhone hardware updates has been additive.
Filings from Chinese regulator TENAA show iPhone 7 has 1,960mAh, iPhone 7+ has 2,900 mAh battery; iPhone 6s had 1,715 mAh, iPhone 6s+ had 2,750 mAh battery
If you're familiar with Apple's iPhone events, and practically everyone is, then you know Apple will never mention certain things on stage like how much RAM an iPhone has.
Sources: next year's iPhone will replace the home button with a virtual one as the screen will take up the whole front face of the phone
Apple's iPhone, just short of 10 years old, has hit puberty. — Like adolescents coping with awkward changes to their bodies, the iPhone 7 …
Sony releases software update for PS4 in preparation for new models, adds folders, HDR support for all PS4 consoles, streaming in 1080p, and more
The 4.00 update adds folders, HDR, and a new UI — Sony's biggest PlayStation 4 software update yet is now available, refreshing the console's interface …
Apple launches iMessage App Store with various iMessage apps, games, and sticker packs
Let the deluge begin... Not long after the Super Mario Run iMessage sticker pack was made available to iOS 10 users, Apple has unleashed the entire iMessage App Store.
The iPhone 7 and 7 Plus are more rugged than previous versions, thanks to waterproofing, making them a must-have for loyal iOS users ready for an upgrade
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Source: Twitter won't count media attachments such as polls, gifs, photos, quoted tweets, and videos toward the 140 character tweet limit beginning September 19
Images, videos, and other attachments will no longer count — Twitter is about to make a big change to the way that tweets work, The Verge can report.
Netflix asked FCC to declare broadband data caps unreasonable in filing last week, saying a 300GB cap would not meet the internet TV needs of average Americans
FCC should use broadband deployment power to discourage data caps, Netflix says. — Netflix has asked the US Federal Communications Commission …
Apple AirPods review: intelligent pairing, impressive sensors, but mediocre sound, audio controls are convoluted, and they look awkward when in use
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iOS 10 review: a solid update to iOS 9, with many improvements including to the messages app, richer notifications, better maps, and more
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Eyeo, the company behind Adblock Plus, launches an ad exchange to help marketers display “acceptable ads” to users; Google and AppNexus are partners
Eyeo, the company behind the popular online ad blocking software Adblock Plus, said Tuesday it's launching an online advertising service …
GitHub competitor GitLab raises $20M Series B led by August Capital with participation from YC, Khosla Ventures, now has 100+ remote employees
GitLab, the code collaboration platform for developers based on the open source Git tool, announced a $20 million Series B round today led by August Capital.
Japan's Renesas Electronics Corp. to buy US chipmaker Intersil for $3.2B, as it accelerates efforts to sell more automotive components
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US tech firms including Facebook, Google, and Twitter urge Congress to support US govt.'s plan to give control of the Domain Naming System to ICANN on Oct. 1
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At Google's self driving project, ambitious full autonomy goal means slow progress, frustration, as rivals like Uber, Tesla debut autonomous services, features
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Facebook announces Messenger now allows payments natively in its 30K chat bots, adds support for webviews in bot conversations
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HP announces it is moving from Salesforce and Oracle products to Microsoft CRM to manage its sales and post-sales processes
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HP Inc. to acquire Samsung's printer business and some printer-related patents for $1.05B; Samsung will invest $100-$300M in HP when the deal closes
6,000 new employees when Samsung deal is expected to close in 2017. Read more via @Fortune: http://fortune.com/...
An inside look at Rothenberg Ventures, a seed-stage firm with stakes in companies like SpaceX, as it loses staff, changes name, and faces an SEC investigation
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Google's Cardboard Camera app for creating 360-degree VR images launches on iOS
iTunes — Open iTunes to buy and download apps. Xiomara Blanco / CNET : Google VR camera app lands for iOS, adds sharing features Vamien McKalin / Tech Times : Google Unleashes Cardboard Camera App O...
About 200 pages of unredacted Stingray user manuals show how accessible mass surveillance is, show features like degrading connections for uninterrupted spying
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Razer launches zVentures, a new $30M fund for IoT, robotics, VR and gaming startups
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LinkedIn courts users in India with LinkedIn Lite for slow connections, LinkedIn Placements job placement tests, and LinkedIn Starter Pack business tools
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eBay launches Quick Sale, a smartphone trade-in site that guarantees sellers a minimum price, powered by eBay Valet to make the service more convenient
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Sources: Ford paid more than $65M for Chariot, a Bay Area shuttle startup that had raised $3M in funding previously
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