Ex-Facebook employee says Zuckerberg used to brandish a samurai sword to intimidate people

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Here’s one Mark Zuckerberg anecdote that would have made for a great scene in The Social Network. Business Insider has been leafing through a new ebook written by Noah Kagan, who is now the CEO of daily deals website AppSumo and who worked at Facebook for nine months back in 2005, and it’s found that Kagan makes some pretty startling allegations against his former boss that involve a samurai sword.

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Fantastic video tells you everything you need to know about Android L’s beautiful new design

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One of the main features of Google’s upcoming Android L operating system update is its design – called Material Design – a new set of design rules that’s supposed to govern the future of Android, but also Google’s web services across platforms, and future apps. In fact, Google is pushing Material Design, encouraging app developers to use this new design “language” in their creations, hoping that its latest design endeavor will further improve the overall users experience when using such services or apps.

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Google finally adds the killer Gmail feature you’ve been waiting for

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Earlier this year we heard rumblings that Google was planning to add a killer new feature to Gmail: An “unsubscribe” button at the top of every promotional email that would make it vastly easier for you to get rid of annoying promotions once and for all. Months later, it looks like Google is finally ready to take the wraps off the feature, which it touted on Wednesday in a new post on Gmail’s Google+ page.

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Apple has a brand-new reason to hate the NSA

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Because of security concerns, the Chinese government has banned Apple tablets and laptops from the list of devices its departments can purchase for their employees with public money. According to Bloomberg, government officials familiar with the matter say that ten Apple products, from the iPad and iPad mini to the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, were not included in a government procurement list sent out in July.

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HOLY COW: Russian hackers have stolen an astonishing 1.2 BILLION login credentials

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Less than a dozen young Russian hackers have “audited the Internet,” as one security researcher told The New York Times, and have stolen a massive amount of usernames and password combinations that are used for login purposes on hundreds of thousands of websites. Instead of selling them on the black market, the hackers are apparently using them to sell spamming services to interested parties.

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GREAT NEWS, iPHONE FANS: The iPhone 6’s battery may be much better than you were expecting

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One of the many unknown iPhone 6 details is battery size, with a new reports suggesting that Apple’s 4.7-inch handset might ship with a battery that’s even bigger than initially anticipated. G for Games cites Sung Chang Xu, news chief analyst at ESM-China, who said on Weibo that the phone may have a 2,100mAh battery, which is significantly larger than the previously rumored 1,810mAh battery for this particular iPhone 6 version.

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Now you have another reason to buy your smartphone from T-Mobile

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T-Mobile is always coming up with new ways to lure in smartphone buyers, including its pioneering JUMP early upgrade program and its Music Freedom program that lets users listen to unlimited music on their favorite music apps without having it count against their data caps. And now it turns out there’s another good reason for you to consider getting your next smartphone from T-Mobile: Smartphones on its network seem to have better battery life than smartphones on rivals’ networks.

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These stunning iPhone 6 3D renders are the most accurate depiction of Apple’s next smartphone we’ve ever seen

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According to the latest reports, we’re just over a month out from the official unveiling of the iPhone 6 on September 9th. Although we’ve seen a few leaked hardware components from Apple’s next flagship phone, the actual device is still a mystery, but the latest 3D concept images from designer Martin Hajek might be the closest we get to laying our eyes on the iPhone 6 before next month.

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WOOF: Amazon’s Fire Phone looks like 2014’s most epic flop

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Even though there was a lot of hype around the Amazon Fire Phone, customers just aren’t buying it, at least not yet. In a survey, R.W. Baird analyst Colin Sebastian notes “muted demand” among potential smartphone buyers, especially ahead of the next iPhone launch that is reported to take place in the middle of next month. Of the 1,000 people who participated in the survey, only 5% of respondents said they would buy a Fire Phone, compared to 43.8% for an iPhone, 32.6% for Android phones (including Samsung, HTC, Nexus and others), 6.8% for a BlackBerry, and 5.3% for a Windows Phone.

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