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Facebook launches Instant Articles on the iPhone, offering super-fast news to mobile users

Facebook has launched its Instant Articles platform on the iPhone today, providing millions of mobile users with super-fast news.
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Xiaomi revives the Segway with Ninebot mini, costing a twentieth of the original price

Xiaomi and Ninebot are launching a new Segway, the Ninebot mini. The scooter looks smaller than the original and will cost one twentieth the price.
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Waze announces largest update since Google’s acquisition two years ago

Mobile mapping app Waze has announced its biggest update since Google acquired the company in 2013.
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Apple purges hundreds of apps that collected personal data from the App Store

Apple has purged the App Store of 256 apps earlier this week, which were using a faulty API to steal personal data from users.
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The future of vacuums and beyond? Dyson acquires experimental solid-state battery startup

Dyson has acquired Sakti3, an experimental solid-state battery Michigan startup for $90 million.
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Intel making a huge push for the iPhone chipmaker position

Intel really wants to make a break into the mobile market, and is throwing 1,000 engineers on the iPhone 7 LTE modem job.
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Amazon files smart glasses patent for watching movies and augmenting real life

Amazon has filed a new patent to the U.S. Trademark and Patent Office, revealing internal work on smart glasses with augmented-reality features.
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Uber begins Scottish taxi invasion, starting in Glasgow

Uber is expanding into Scotland, starting in Glasgow before the end of 2016. It has Aberdeen and Edinburgh on its radar for 2016.
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Take a virtual ride on a real paper airplane with the PowerUp FPV

PowerUp Toys has announced a new paper airplane drone, offering live POV from the drone through Google Cardboard or your smartphone.
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Uber wins UK High Court battle against London black cabs

Uber won in court earlier today against a few black cab organizations working inside of London, with the app deemed legal and not a taximeter.
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Apple sets ResearchKit to work on cures for autism, epilepsy, and melanoma

Apple has announced three new studies coming to ResearchKit, focused on autism, epilepsy, and melanoma.
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Nowhere is safe: Microsoft begins advertising on the Start Menu in Windows 10

Microsoft is testing a new advert slotted inside the Start Menu, in a new move to bring advertising outside of the Web.
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Apple’s App Store revenue surges 80 percent higher than Google Play store

Even with the huge growth of Android in the past year, Google Play store revenue still pales in comparison to Apple's own app store.
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Microsoft reportedly tests an Android dialer app, may launch in December

Microsoft is apparently working on a new dialer app for Android. The app is currently being tested in India and worked on by the Skype team.
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ZTE introduces ‘lease-to-own’ plan in the U.S. for customers who want to buy direct

ZTE has announced a lease-to-own plan in the United States, letting customers pay monthly for devices directly from the company.
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Your next pizza might be delivered by Uber’s courier service, launching today

Uber is expanding into the courier market, launching Uber Rush in San Francisco, New York, and Chicago earlier today.

OnePlus X ‘Powerfully Beautiful’ event scheduled for October 29

OnePlus has announced an event on October 29 in London, with the tagline Powerfully Beautiful. The event will be focused on the OnePlus X.
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Elon Musk ‘has a design in mind’ for a vertical-takeoff, fully electric aircraft

Elon Musk is a busy guy, but if he weren't working at Tesla and SpaceX, the serial entrepreneur would be working on an all-electric aircraft.
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Samsung announces early app partners for Gear S2

Samsung has released an early preview of apps available on the Gear S2, its newest wearable. They include Line, Nike+ Running, and Volkswagen.
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Google-commissioned security report paints a bleak picture of Android

In a new security report co-funded by Google, 87 percent of Android devices are potentially vulnerable to one of the 12 known critical vulnerabilities.
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Twitter plans to layoff 8 percent of its workforce

Twitter has announced plans to layoffs 336 employees, or eight percent of the workforce, one week after Jack Dorsey reclaimed his position as CEO.
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Shop ’til you drop: Facebook shows off shopping feed and new ads for brands

Facebook wants you to shop with the brands you like right in its app. The social network developed new ads and a shopping feed for users to browse through.
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Apple snaps up a startup with facial recognition that doesn’t invade user privacy

Apple acquired Palo Alto-based company Perceptio. The startup was developing facial recognition and other photo tech with a focus on privacy.
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OnePlus promises 60-minute delivery in Bengaluru, India or you get the phone for free

OnePlus is so confident in its Indian delivery service that it will give the phone away for free if it takes more than an hour to deliver.
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Apple throws selected apps out of the App Store, all in the name of privacy and security

Apple has removed "a few" apps from the App Store for installing root certificates, which allowed traffic from other apps to be moved to a different server.
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You can now back up all your WhatsApp messages onto Google Drive

WhatsApp and Google have announced a new partnership that allows Android users to backup all their messaging data through Google Drive.
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Drone postal deliveries could mean the mailman’s days are numbered in Singapore

The national postal service in Singapore has successfully completed a drone delivery mission, sending a package and a letter over two kilometers in just five minutes.
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Sony once again considers leaving the mobile market if new Xperia phones fail to sell

Sony is very hesitant on selling its mobile unit, but if it continues to stay in the red after 2016 it might consider flogging the unit.
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Apple approves Facebook and Apple News ad blocker on iOS 9

Apple has gone one step further in its privacy battle, approving an ad blocker capable of intercepting and removing native ads from apps like Facebook.
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This 3D Touch-style tech could mean Android phones will get pressure-sensitive screens

Android fans looking enviously at the iPhone 6S's pressure sensitive screen may not have long to wait before they can buy a phone with similar features, thanks to Synaptics new ClearForce technology.
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Everything Microsoft revealed at its Windows 10 Devices event in one helpful list

Microsoft has a lot planned for its October 6 event. Two flagship Lumia phones with Windows 10, the Surface Pro 4, and more devices are expected.
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The new Microsoft Band offers Cortana integration, VO2 monitoring and Golf cards

Microsoft has announced the second generation of its wearable Band earlier today, with new VO2 monitoring and Cortana integration.
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Google forced to unbundle Android apps in Russia

Russia's federal anti-monopoly service has told Google it has one month to amend the way it preloads apps on manufacturer smartphones.
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Mi Note 2 could be Xiaomi’s first all-metal smartphone

Xiaomi might be planning its first all-metal smartphone, the Mi Note 2, to launch early next year. A new leaked image shows the all-metal design.