us-hotdailynews: 2015-04-29 U.S. Technology

TIME

Samsung's Profit Hit by Bigger iPhones, Sinks 39 Percent
New York Times
SEOUL, South Korea — Samsung Electronics Co. said its first quarter net profit plunged 39 percent as consumers switched to bigger iPhones, squeezing earnings from its mobile business to less than half from a year earlier. The company reported ...

UPDATE 2-Samsung Elec tips higher Q2 profit on Galaxy S6 sales   Reuters
Samsung Profit Falls on Slowing Smartphone Sales   Wall Street Journal (blog)
Samsung profit sinks on smartphone woes   Financial Times
BusinessKorea
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IBNLive

The Apple iPad is fading but Mac sales up
IBNLive
San Francisco: Apple's iPhone was again the company's star in the first three months of the year. The tech giant sold 61 million iPhones, or 40 per cent more than in the same period a year ago. That represented about two-thirds of its $58 billion in revenue.
Insight - Chinese demand for Apple's big-screen phones fuel sales growth   Reuters
Tim Cook said this word 5 times on Apple's earnings call last night - here's why ...   Business Insider
Apple doesn't want you making Watch apps that only tell the time   Engadget
MarketWatch (blog)
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Video: Apple Watch Destroyed By Blender
SFist
The people at Blendtec, the blender manufacturer, have been doing this "Will it blend?" thing for a while now, via YouTube, to market their blenders. Now, overly smarmy "scientist" Tom Dickson (he's actually the founder of Blendtec), after doing the same thing ...

New Apple Watch in Blender is #trendingUP   The Denver Channel
Apple Watch vs. blender. Guess which wins?   Cult of Mac

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CNET

Cree unveils futuristic LED office fixtures
CNET
With "WaveMax" technology and innovative new designs, the North Carolina manufacturer plans on bringing office lighting into the 21st century. by Ry Crist · @rycrist; April 28, 2015 11:37 AM PDT. comments. 0. facebook. twitter. linkedin. googleplus. more.
Cree Wants to Make Your Office Lighting Less Ugly   Wired
Cree's WaveMax Technology boosts efficiency, quality of LED lights   News & Observer
Having reinvented the light bulb, Cree now takes aim at the office   WRAL Tech Wire
Semiconductor Today
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'Mighty No. 9' Gets Sept. Release Date
PC Magazine
Fans of classic Japanese-side-scrolling-action video games should mark their calendars: Mighty No. 9 is set to launch in North America on Sept. 15. Following a successful Kickstarter run in the fall of 2012, the Comcept-created title will be available for $30 ...

Mega Man Creator's Mighty No. 9 Release Date Revealed   GameSpot
The successor to Mega Man has been delayed until September   The Verge
Mighty No. 9 delayed, will now release in September   SlashGear
WorthPlaying.com
IGN
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Facebook Messenger, Dark Sky the top downloads
Toronto Sun
A little bit of movement on the iTunes charts this week. As of Tuesday, April 28, Facebook Messenger and Dark Sky are the most downloaded free and paid apps at the Apple App Store. The top free app this week is once again Facebook Messenger.
Facebook Messenger App Adds Video Calling To Compete With Rivals ...   KDramaStars
Daily Briefing, April 29   SFGate
Please Don't Call Me On Facebook Messenger   Gizmodo Australia
CNET
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This might be the best smartphone camera on the planet
CNNMoney
If the No. 1 thing you care about in a smartphone is the camera, you'll probably want to buy an LG G4. The new smartphone, which LG showed off for the first time on Tuesday, has the makings of a revolutionary camera. Warning: It's nerd stat time. The G4's ...

LG's New G4 May Be Its Best Flagship Phone Yet   Wired
LG unveils G4 flagship smartphone — and it's eerily similar to the G3   Financial Post
Live From the LG G4 Event   PC Magazine
What Mobile
Engadget
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