CE Newswire - 09.25.13

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Today's Top 3 Stories #1 Amazon's Jeff Bezos Talks New Kindles And What He's Doing Next   For the last two years, Amazon.com has scraped and clawed its way to a relatively minor position in the exploding tablet market. Its Kindle Fire tablets, which run a heavily customized version of Google's Android operating system and plug directly into Amazon's own media and e-commerce services, have set a low threshold for tablet pricing and helped spark a wave of small, 7-inch imitators such as Apple's iPad Mini. (Businessweek) Why This Is Important: Bezos thinks Amazon and the WaPo (which he acquired over the summer) will have opportunities to "help each other," but he's quick to note that there must be mutual benefits for both. #2  Samsung Electronics To Launch Smartphone With Curved Display In October   Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said it will introduce a smartphone with a curved display in October, as the world's top handset maker seeks to set the pace of hardware innovation and maintain its supremacy in a fiercely competitive business. (Dawn) Why This Is Important: No word as to when or if the phone will be available in the U.S. #3 Roku's Cheaper Streaming Boxes Get A Refresh   Roku is putting some polish on its line of streaming TV boxes as the holiday shopping season approaches. (Time) Why This Is Important: The company reportedly plans to offer its own phone-to-TV video beaming.  4. iPhone 5s Sells For $10K On eBay (PCMag) 5. Strava Run Fitness App Taps iPhone 5s Motion Co-Processor For Longer Battery Life (Engadget) 6. Android Users Can Now Lock Their Lost Devices Remotely (CNET) 7. Soon, California Kids Will Have The Right To Delete Things They Said Online (Ars Technica) 8. Microsoft Polishes Surface, But Its Prospects Still Look Hazy (Forbes) 9. ITC Finds Select HTC Phones, Tabs Infringe Nokia Patents (Businessweek) 10. Samsung Provides Tools To Nudge Galaxy Devices Into Enterprise (PC World) "People don't want both an entertainment and a corporate work tablet. They want one tablet. So we have doubled down on that," said Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on the Kindle Fire HDX's new enterprise-friendly features. Blog Post of The Day The Second Coming of Java: Clinton-Era Relic Returns To Rule Web By Cade Metz Biz Stone called it "one of the most special days in the history of Twitter." And as it turned out, it was also a notable day for Java, a relic of the 1990s that is once again remaking the internet. More » Upcoming Events CEDIA Expo Sept. 25-28 Colorado Convention Center Denver http://expo.cedia.net/register CEA Industry Forum Oct. 20-23 Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Los Angeles www.ce.org 2014 International CES Jan. 7-10 Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas www.cesweb.org Was this copy of CE Newswire forwarded to you? Start your own subscription by clicking here. TWICE Editorial Team Stephen Smith, Editor In Chief Phone: (917) 281-4754  | Email Greg Tarr, Executive Editor Phone: (917) 281-4760  | Email John Laposky, Managing Editor Phone: (917) 281-4736  | Email Doug Olenick, Web Editor Phone: (917) 281-6719  | Email Joseph Palenchar, Senior Editor Phone: (917) 281-4746  | Email Alan Wolf, Senior Editor Phone: (917) 281-4769  | Email Lisa Johnston, Senior Editor Phone: (917) 281-4733  | Email

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