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That was quick. It’s been barely a day since Apple announced two new smartphones and its first smartwatch at a media event, and Samsung is taking aim with a series of new videos promoting its new Galaxy Note 4. The ad spots (ordered in a playlist below) take aim the decision to adopt a bigger screen, multi-tasking, the lack of stylus, battery life, and even Apple’s glitchy livestream broadcast. Earlier this week, the Korean company used a quote from Steve Jobs criticizing large phones to question Apple’s new 5.5-inch iPhone Plus. There’s nothing quite like a fierce rivalry in the smartphone industry. ➤ Samsung…
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Apple’s partnership with U2 is having an immediate effect, although perhaps not as might be hoped, after customers began noticing that the band’s latest album had been uploaded to their accounts automatically. Some of the younger Apple folks don’t even appear to know who the Irish band is — sigh. The two heavyweights believe that their coming together can “transform the way music is listened to and viewed” — but the initial response seems to be confusion, judging on the reactions of many who have tweeted, and a post over at TechCrunch too. so there’s some glitch that automatically downloads U2’s…
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Well Apple has gone and done what the world seems to have wanted it to do: make a big ‘ol iPhone — or two. But I’m sort of bummed. I highly doubt that I’m the only person on the planet who was not clamoring for a larger iPhone, though I’m sure that’s a minority viewpoint. When the iPhone 5 came out two years ago — just in time for me to upgrade from my aging but beloved 3Gs — I was psyched. The iPhone 5, at four inches, was a tad bigger than the 3.5-inch 3Gs, and the whole package sounded…
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