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Is Yahoo Buying Tumblr For A Billion?
Yahoo has a problem: it has no idea what it’s doing, or how it’s going to do it (outside of teenage dream hires). Some people who claim intimate knowledge say the company is going to do it by throwing a serious Hail Mary: buying Tumblr for $US1,000,000,000. That’s one billion.
Is This What The Samsung Galaxy S IV Looks Like?
The Samsung Galaxy S IV is going to be announced in 10 days and we’re pretty excited for it even if we don’t know what it’s going to look like. We might now. A few leaked images of what’s supposed to be the Galaxy S IV have come out and if they’re real, the phone looks pretty good. And it won’t have a home button.
New YouTube App Code Shows Pay-To-View Is On The Way
Remember those rumours that YouTube was working on rolling out some paid subscription channels? According to Android Police, code in the recently updated YouTube app shows that Pay-To-View is in the works. It’s just a matter of when.
That Six-Strikes Anti-Piracy Plan Could Hit The US Soon
A tougher stance on piracy from all the friendly neighbourhood ISPs in the US has been a long time coming. Wisps and shadows of a policy involving throttled internet speed and blocked pages have been around for over a year, and have gradually solidified into a six-strikes plan aimed to make a pirate’s life a hassle. And mounting evidence says it all starts tomorrow.
Apple Is Probably Messing Around With A Curved Display, iOS-Powered Watch
The tablet revolution has arrived and stabilised and now everybody’s scrambling for the next big thing. Google’s quite publicly doing its whole glasses thing, but Apple’s been characteristically quite about any fancy new digs. Now, the New York Times is reporting that Apple’s got an iOS watch in development, but deep, deep, deeeeep under cover.
Is This A Patent For The ‘Budget’ iPhone?
It’s a rumour that never dies: Apple is working on a cheaper, “budget” iPhone that will push for market-share in developing markets where the companies typically premium are especially expensive. But in the absence of hard evidence, we have soft evidence. Like this patent for a plastic iPhone. Maybe this is that rumoured budget iPhone? Maybe?
Report: Apple Testing iPhone 6 Right Now
HERE WE GO AGAIN, GUYS. It’s barely 2013 and we can officially kick off the hysterical iPhone 6 rumoring: The Next Web talked to iOS devs who are seeing The Next New iPhone testing their apps. Now.
