OMFG TECH
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Jony Ive's new look for iOS 7: black, white, and flat all over With iOS 7, Apple will drop the shiny, transparent time bar on the top of the Lock screen in exchange for a shine-free, black interface. Additionally, the square-grid for entering a pin code has been replaced with round, black buttons with white text and white borders. Additionally, sources say that notifications on the Lock screen may see improved manipulability with gestures.
Sounds nice.
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This could be big Twitter unveiled the Lead Generation Card today, a new expandable tweet format which allows users to show their interest in a particular discount or offer.
Doing everything Facebook does, but doing it right and doing it better.
I am betting Twitter will monetise better than Facebook. I am also betting that Twitter may well prove to be more valuable than Facebook.
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Tax investigations are not Apple's biggest worry But Apple’s alleged scheme to avoid paying taxes on billions of dollars of profits has deflected attention from a more fundamental issue facing the company: what’s next?Quite. It seems ridiculous that now they are being chased for doing what every company does – maximising value for shareholders. Is this not an American principle?
And does anyone really think this money is better spent in government hands?
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Xbox One: Microsoft unveils its next-generation console
After months of rumors and speculation, Microsoft’s next-generation console is finally here. During a special event at the company’s Redmond headquarters today, Microsoft is unveiling Xbox Now.
How to actually launch a console. Take note, Sony, Nintendo. Software looks good, games look promising. Microsoft officially king of the console market before the next-gen war has even started.
Shame it’s butt ugly.
(via thisistheverge)
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Advice
The best thing Yahoo can do for itself is stop being purple.
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Tumblr Staff: News! Everyone, I’m elated to tell you that Tumblr will be joining Yahoo.
Before touching on how awesome this is, let me try to allay any concerns: We’re not turning purple.
Well, I guess it’s happening. Doesn’t change anything right now, but let’s see. I’m sure the pressure will quickly be on to generate more than $10m(!) revenue for such a large user base.
As long as we don’t turn purple or adopt a Facebook ad strategy.
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EA Has No Games in Development For Nintendo's Wii U Nintendud.
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Will Yahoo Try to Get Its “Cool Again” by Doing a Deal for Tumblr? Could an investment in or purchase of the hipster blogging service take years off the Silicon Valley Internet giant?
Please, no.
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Continuations: Google IO: Google Is the New Microsoft Two years ago I wrote a blog post titled “Is Google the New Microsoft?” hedging it with a question mark. I think after the announcements at Google IO there can be very little doubt that Google is the new Microsoft.
Here is a short check list. Dominant position in one market that generates huge…
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Just over a year since the last major redesign to Google+, Senior Vice President Vic Gundotra has revealed at I/O 2013 that the search company is completely reworking the layout of its social network.
Polishing a turd.
