American Drivers' Naked Ambition Exposed In New Survey
Would you ride around in the nude if you knew no one was watching? A recent survey by Scout GPS gives new meaning to the…
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The Post-PC Era Looks Set To Hit Its Stride In 2014
It's not all doom and gloom for devices other than smartphones. Canalys predicts that tablets will split the computer market with notebooks and desktops in 2014,…
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iPhone 5s Supply Is Finally Starting To Catch Up With Demand
It has been almost two months since Apple launched its new iPhone 5c and flagship iPhone 5s handsets. Where the former is concerned, sales have…
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Apple Heats Up, Closes At 2013 High Heading Into Holidays
Apple's weak Black Friday deals didn't scare investors on Friday as shares climbed as much as 2% before closing up 1.85% at $556.07, the highest…
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Samsung's Marketing Death Star Spent $14 Billion This Year
Why are Samsung's smartphones so dominant in the market when companies such as HTC, Nokia and LG have all released smartphones in the last year…
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Dutch Regulator: 'Google Spins An Invisible Web Of Our Personal Data'
A Dutch regulator on Thursday said that Google's privacy policy update in March 2012 that covers all the online services offered by the search giant…
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Google Wants Employees Using Macs, Not Windows Or Its Own Chromebooks
In a presentation at the LISA '13 conference earlier this month, Google explained that it's managing a fleet of over 43,000 Macs its employees use,…
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Display Expert Slams Retina iPad Mini, Says Apple Is 'Lagging' Behind
Apple's decision to give the iPad mini a Retina display is certainly an improvement from the original device's display but at least one display expert…
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iPhone 5s Sales Climbing Faster Than Last Year's iPhone 5
By all accounts, the iPhone 5s is selling better than any previous iPhone, and Apple has been able to keep up with demand. According to…
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Zuckerberg's Big Headache: Messaging App Fans Don't Use Facebook
A new report by On Device Research hammers in the challenge Facebook is facing right now. Confirming other reports on the topic, ODR finds that Facebook usage is heaviest…
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Samsung Execs To Discuss 'Crisis Awareness' At Huge Company Meeting
Samsung's management team is meeting from December 17th through the 20th to discuss its plans for the next year, and one of the main topics…
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Retina iPad Mini Might Finally Be Easier To Find For Holiday Shoppers
Despite reports of supply constraints, the Retina iPad mini appears to be ramping up faster than the original iPad mini. According to a report from…
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How To Search Google On Your Computer Without Lifting A Finger
Whether you're on Team Good or Team Evil, it's hard to argue that Google isn't one of the smartest technology companies on the planet right…
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U.K. PM Cameron Wants To Block 'Extremist' Websites
David Cameron, the British prime minister, has recently said in parliament that the U.K. government wants to block Internet access to certain "extremist" Islamist sites, Business…
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Coming To Mobile Devices In December
Rockstar Games on Tuesday announced that its popular "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" console game will be available on mobile devices this December. The game…
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The iPhone 5s Will Be Easy To Find For Black Friday Shoppers
It should be easier to find an iPhone 5s during the holiday shopping season. According to a report from AppleInsider that includes data from Piper Jaffray,…
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The iPhone 5c's Price Is Finally Right In India
Despite initial reports that have claimed the iPhone 5c is not a selling that well and reports about Apple cutting iPhone 5c production in favor of…
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Hollywood Looks To Raid Switzerland's Piracy Safe Haven
In Switzerland, it is completely legal for Internet users to download copyrighted content from illegal sources. As a result, file-sharing portals are very popular there,…
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Here's What Nokia Is Planning For Its Next Incarnation
Nokia is turning over its handset business to Microsoft, but that doesn't necessarily mean the company is giving up on building new devices all together.…
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The Seedy World Of Twitter Bots: Dealers, Buyers And Suppliers
Twitter has had a major spam problem ever since it started to gain popularity. Without any tangible restrictions on account creation, spambots run rampant by…
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Future iPhones May Take Cues From... Old BlackBerrys?
When BGR reviewed the iPhone 5s last month, we found the Touch ID to be a bit lacking. It had plenty of potential, but failed…
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Apple's 12.9-Inch iPad Reportedly Won't Launch Until Late 2014
It looks like you won't be able to get Apple's rumored 12.9-inch iPad until the second half of 2014. Digitimes' supply chain sources claim that…
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One Huge Hit: Microsoft Sells 1 Million Xbox Ones In 24 Hours
Launched on November 22nd in 13 markets, the Xbox One has sold in more than one million consoles in less than 24 hours, setting a…
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Google Play Starts Taking Tablet Apps Seriously
The Google Play Store is starting to take tablet apps seriously. Announced last month on the Android Developers Blog and spotted on Friday by Android…
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BBM Mystery: Why Is It So Much More Popular On iOS Than Android?
It's been more than a month after BlackBerry Messenger debuted for the iOS and Android platforms and it is still doing remarkably well on the…
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Why The Gaming World Still Needs Consoles
With both the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4 now out in the United States, there's been some chatter about whether they'll lead to a…
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Jury Explains Why It Clobbered Samsung With A $290 Million Verdict
After awarding Apple a $290 million win in a damages retrial part of the first Apple vs Samsung U.S. trial, jurors told Bloomberg that one…
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Apple May Not Be Behind The World Patent War Against Google After All
Apparently, Apple isn't try to sue the heart of Google's business. You see, last month, Rockstar — a consortium of companies including Apple, Microsoft, BlackBerry,…
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Jury Tells Samsung To Pay Up, Awards Apple $290 Million In Damages [Updated]
Samsung's judgement day is here and it looks like the company will be paying an additional $290 million in damages. A jury in California on…
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LG Vows To Fix Smart TVs That Spy On Users
After an LG Smart TV owner discovered that his unit was sending personal data including channel history and even name files from external storage devices…
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Netflix Is Crushing HBO In Europe
The Netflix-HBO rivalry has recently gone global as both of the content giants have targeted some northern European countries for international expansion. New numbers out…
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Why The iPhone Looks Poised To Start 2014 Off With A Bang
It appears the iPhone may finally be coming to China Mobile, the world's largest mobile phone operator. It is launching a "new brand for mobile…
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Apple Reportedly Testing iPhone 6 With 4.9-Inch Display
We're getting a clearer picture about Apple's plans for building larger iPhones in the future thanks to a new report out of China. According to…
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Microsoft, IBM Lobbying Seen Killing Key Anti-Patent Troll Proposal
Remember how excited many in the tech world were when a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers unveiled new legislation that would curb the power of patent…
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Microsoft Exec Vows To End Windows Phone App Gap By 'End Of 2014'
When should you expect to see every major app released on iOS and Android to also get released on Windows Phone? According to Microsoft's Windows…
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New Qualcomm Processor Paves The Way For 4K Video On Smartphones
Qualcomm's latest processor was built with Ultra HD 4K video in mind. The new Snapdragon 805 processor that the company announced on Wednesday will be the…
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Here Are The Coolest Xbox One Skype Features
Microsoft has been hyping the media capabilities of the Xbox One for months, and Skype is one of the many entertainment apps featured on the…
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The Sad, Dead State Of The Windows Phone App Market
Instagram took years to finally launch a Windows Phone app... and then launched a version without video support. Apps like Super Mario Kart keep popping up…
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Nintendo Seems To Be Toying Around With Making An Android Tablet
Could Nintendo finally be breaking down and branching out to other platforms? Nintendo Everything has picked out a series of tweets by a Nintendo software engineer…
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How Tablet Vendors Are Ripping Users Off For Extra Storage
Does it seem a little ridiculous to you that it costs a full $100 more to buy a 32GB tablet than it does to buy…
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Internet Co-Creator: 'Privacy May Be An Anomaly'
While having a right to privacy sounds nice, the Internet's co-creator thinks that it's also unrealistic to expect your behavior to stay private if you…
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Video: Google Gives Sneak Peek At The Glass Development Kit
Developers have been hard at work creating Google Glass apps, or Glassware, for months, but without a more robust first-party development platform, many have been…
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Why Snapchat Looks Poised For A Huge Valuation
Snapchat users now send more "snaps" per day than Facebook users are uploading photos, according to a Business Insider report. Snapchat users send 400 million snaps every…
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Microsoft Reportedly Wants Mulally As 'Caretaker' CEO, May Pass Baton To Elop
It looks like Microsoft is a little bit closer to choosing its next CEO. According to Kara Swisher at AllThingsD, the leading candidate to replace…
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Don't Expect The Surface To Rescue The PC Industry
Analysts aren't impressed with Microsoft and its Surface tablets, and they expect the company to only sell less than 10 million units by the end…
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Samsung: 'Apple Doesn't Own Beautiful And Sexy'
During the closing arguments at the latest hearing of the Apple-Samsung patent squabble, Samsung's counsel said that "Apple doesn't own beautiful and sexy," and told the…
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Ballmer Fights Back Against Bing, Xbox Doomsaying
Outgoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer knows that a lot of investors have their knives out for Bing and Xbox, but he's not having any of…
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Nokia Shareholders Rip Elop As A 'triple-A Flop' On His Way Out
Microsoft probably shouldn't appoint Stephen Elop as its next CEO if it wants to keep a good business relationship with the people of Finland. Finnish…
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Apple's 12.9-Inch iPad Set For Early Release Date In 2014 According To Sources
Apple will release a 12.9-inch iPad with a Retina display at some point in early 2014 to take on bigger rival tablets, The Korea Times…
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Yahoo To Barricade Its Services Against NSA Snooping Next Year
In addition to Yahoo Mail, Yahoo will add extra layers of personal data protection to all its services in the coming months in an effort…
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Samsung Aims To More Than Double 2014 Tablet Shipments To 100 Million
Samsung doesn't just want to beat Apple in the tablet market, the company wants to obliterate Apple. Samsung practically came out of nowhere a few…
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Google To Pay $17 Million For Putting Its Hand In Apple's Cookie Jar
Remember last year when Google had to pay $22.5 million to the Federal Trade Commission after bypassing security settings on the Safari browser in order…
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Samsung Exec Compares The Galaxy Gear To An Unripened Tomato
Samsung seems to have developed a knack for comparing its devices to fruits. Fresh off an ad that compared its Galaxy Round smartphone to a…
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Retina iPad Mini Display Can't Match iPad Air
After months of rumors and heavy anticipation culminated with a curious unveiling that lacked a firm release date, Apple finally launched its second-generation iPad mini…
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Kim Jong-Un Stole Angry Birds
Rovio has confirmed to Washington Post that it did not license Angry Birds to North Korea's new Android tablet called Samjiyon. The tablet comes preloaded with a pirated…
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Apple Releases iOS 7.1 Beta
iOS device users are still getting used to the new look and feel of the redesigned operating system and Apple is already preparing its next…
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Jobs Reportedly Couldn't Wait To Dump AT&T As Sole iPhone Carrier
Early iPhone users weren't the only ones who wanted Apple to expand the iPhone's reach beyond AT&T. Per Reuters, author Fred Vogelstein claims in his…
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Android Dominates Tablet Market As The iPad Stumbles In Q3
It's not exactly news that Android has taken over the bulk of the smart device market, but in Q3 2013, Android appears to have claimed yet…
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Google Play Music Invades iTunes' Home Turf
Yet another music streaming service has arrived on iOS devices, primed to duke it out for the top spot against Pandora and iTunes Radio. That…
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Here's Why Apple's Retina iPad Mini Launch Was So Surprisingly Quiet
Apple surprised anxious fans around the world earlier this week when it quietly launched its new second-generation iPad mini tablet in the middle of the…
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What Might Finally Take Siri To The Next Level? You.
Siri is a competent personal assistant as it stands, but not much more. Although Siri is capable of finding a great deal of information very…
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UBS Says iPad Is A Disappointment
Apple's new iPad Air and Retina iPad mini have widely been called the best tablets ever to have debuted in their respective categories. In the…
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IBM's Watson Will Soon Do Much More Than Beat People In Jeopardy
The days of IBM's Watson supercomputer being satisfied with being a Jeopardy champion are over. IBM announced on Thursday that it is creating a cloud-based open…
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Retina iPad Mini Stock Checker Back Online - Until Apple Tears It Down
The Retina iPad mini is expected to be in short supply through the holiday season and into 2014, so those looking to purchase Apple's tiny…
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iPhone 5s Sales Far Better Than Expected, 5c Sales Far Worse
Apple investors who were worried about the iPhone 5c eating into the company's margins now have yet another report from the East that should help…
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Windows Phone Leaves BlackBerry In The Dust, Android Still Dominates In Q3
Fresh evidence emerged Thursday that Windows Phone has steamed past BlackBerry to establish itself as the world's No. 3 smartphone OS. New data from Gartner…
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Nokia Unleashes New App To Make Lumia Cameras Even Better
New hardware is playing a big part in Nokia's plans over the next several months, but one compelling piece of first-party software that the company…
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Dropbox Out To Make Ballmer Regret Dismissing It As A 'Little Startup'
Earlier this year, we predicted that cloud storage company Dropbox would be guaranteed massive success after receiving the reverse-kiss-of-death from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who…
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Bad News, Apple Fans: Retina iPad Mini Will Be Scarce Through Entire Holiday Season
Apple quietly launched its second-generation iPad mini tablet earlier this week and even in the accompanying press release, the company said supply could be tight.…
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PS4 Vs. Xbox One: A Call For Peace
Before there was Apple vs. Samsung... before there was iOS vs. Android... before there was BlackBerry vs. the world... there was Xbox vs. PlayStation. The…
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Motorola Announces The Moto G At Dirt-Cheap $179 Off-Contract Price
This is what many people were expecting the iPhone 5c would be like. Motorola on Wednesday announced its new Moto G smartphone, a budget alternative…
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Nexus 5 Stock Update: Kiss The 16GB Black Version Goodbye, Other Models Scarce
Bad news, Nexus fans: if you haven't already ordered a new Nexus 5 smartphone, you're not getting one anytime soon. Google released the Nexus 5…
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The First iPhone Ever That I Won't Buy
My main phone is an iPhone 5s and I also bought an iPhone 5c to review. Before that my go-to handset was an iPhone 5, and…
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Motorola's Desperation
According to Strategy Analytics, Motorola sold 500,000 Moto X handsets in the third quarter. If true, this would be nothing short of a disaster. Just a few…
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Retina iPad Mini Kicks Apple's Holiday Assault On Rivals Into High Gear
Well, it's finally here. The iPad mini with Retina Display finally went on sale Tuesday, just 11 days after the iPad Air became available to consumers.…
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Exploding iPad Air Apparently Wasn't An iPad Air At All
Late last week, several news organizations reported that a new iPad Air on display in an Australian Vodafone shop exploded and continued to spew smoke…
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Making The Case For Keeping Bing
There's been a lot of chatter lately from former Microsoft insiders and even reportedly from prospective Microsoft CEO candidates about killing off both Xbox and Bing,…
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Bloomberg: Apple Will Launch 4.7-Inch And 5.5-Inch iPhones Next Year
Apple has said on several occasions that it doesn't offer an iPhone with a larger display because such devices require too many user experience compromises.…
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Lenovo's Smartphone Plan: Do What Apple Failed To Do With iPhone 5c
One of the biggest surprises in the tech world this year came when Apple decided that it wouldn't try to attract consumers in emerging markets…
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Elop Reportedly On Board With Killing Bing, Xbox As Next Microsoft CEO
Members of Microsoft's Bing team should get their résumés updated if Stephen Elop becomes the company's new CEO. Unnamed sources tell Bloomberg that if Elop replaces…
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The World's First 20-Inch 4K Tablet Will Cost $6,000
Panasonic unveiled its Toughpad line of tablets back in 2011, which originally consisted of two Android devices with adequate specs. Two years later, the company…
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iPad Air Explodes, Erupting With Smoke And Flames In Retail Shop
The appeal of Apple's sleek and slender new iPad Air is significantly diminished when it explodes and pours out flames along with so much smoke…
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Retina iPad Mini Delay Reportedly Due To Big Problems With LCD Burn-In
We still don't have an official Retina iPad mini release date, though we do have a growing number of reports that look to explain the…
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Lenovo Solidifies Status As The PC Industry's MVP
2013 has not been a good year for the PC market but Chinese manufacturer Lenovo has somehow managed to thrive despite facing the same set…
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Spotify Is Devastating To Small Artists
The impact of Spotify on artists has been a hot topic in the past year. Another grim new data point comes from Finland, where one of the…
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iPhone 5s Pitted Against The Competition In Expert Camera Phone Review
Megapixel counts and optical zoom capabilities are constantly thrown around by smartphone makers, but when four of the most popular camera phones are put to…
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Google Engineers Rip NSA, Compare Themselves To Heroic Hobbits
Google employees' anger at the National Security Agency has officially grown to Tolkien-sized epic proportions. GigaOM has rounded up some choice quotes from Google engineers…
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How BlackBerry's Recent Failures Could Help Save The Company
The BlackBerry saga took an interesting turn on Monday when BlackBerry announced that it had a change of heart. The company took itself off the…
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Twitter's Triumphant IPO Means Party Time For Mobile Messaging Apps
Twitter stock opened trading at $45.10, instantly soaring 80% above its initial public offering price. This means that having a lot of users is much more important…
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Nokia Lumia 1520 Phablet, Lumia 2520 Tablet To Launch On November 22nd
It appears that the wait is nearly over the Nokia's expansive fall lineup. In a press release last month, Nokia stated that it was expecting…
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Another One-Time Microsoft Insider Urges Company To Ditch Bing, Xbox
Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen isn't the only longtime Microsoft associate who wants the company to dump Bing and the Xbox. Barron's has flagged some more…
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Samsung Aims To Stomp Apple In Tablets Like It Did In Smartphones
In the third quarter this year, Samsung shipped more smartphones than all of its top rivals combined. That includes Apple, which was at one time…
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Samsung's Big Ambitions: Smartphones With 560 Ppi In 2014, 4K Displays In 2015
Samsung phones already have some of the best displays out there and they're going to get a lot better next year. AndroidBeat notes that Samsung…
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Apple Is Quietly Taking Over Yet Another Industry
Apple flipped the smartphone industry on its head when it launched the iPhone back in 2007. The company struck gold again in 2010 when it…
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Apple Shuts Down Convenient iPhone 5s, iPad Air Inventory Checker
Apple has a history of selling out its initial supply during product launches. Only the truly dedicated consumers are able to purchase a new Apple…
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Android's Adoption Rate Is Unprecedented In Tech History
The first Android phone came out more than a year after Apple launched the first iPhone but Google's mobile platform has arguably had an even…
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Pandora Market Share Grows In The Wake Of The iTunes Radio Launch
In a strange, but not entirely unexpected turn of events, Pandora has actually seen significant growth since the launch of iTunes Radio in September. Bloomberg…
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$50 Android Tablets Look To Take Over The Holidays
This holiday season is expected to be another big one for tablets, led by Apple's new redesigned iPad Air and the upcoming refreshed iPad mini…
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Declining Q4 Tablet Shipments Turn Up The Heat On Apple, Others
Have you been wondering why there has been so much talk about smartwatches lately despite the fact that we really haven't seen anything of interest…
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How Microsoft's Brute Financial Force Will Bring Apps To Windows Phone
Microsoft has always had one big advantage over BlackBerry in its quest to establish Windows Phone as the world's No. 3 mobile operating system: Giant…
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Why The iPad Air Could Be A Major Cash Cow For Apple
Apple's margins could get a welcome boost from the iPad Air. AllThingsD reports that research firm IHS has done a bill-of-materials analysis for the iPad…
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Apple's 13-Inch iPad Will Reportedly Debut In March
Rumors of Apple's products seeing a growth spurt in 2014 continue to pop up. The latest rumor from PadNews suggests that a 12.9-inch iPad is…
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New Book Says Steve Jobs Saw The iPad As Android Repellant
Apple's iPhone may have forever changed the world of mobile communications but by 2009 Apple was starting to face some serious competition in the smartphone…
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Microsoft Cofounder Paul Allen May Be Pushing Firm To Ditch Bing, Xbox
As we've observed recently, Microsoft has really become a tale of two companies: An unstoppable juggernaut in the enterprise cloud and software market and a…
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iPad Air Adoption Blows Away Previous Launches
The iPad Air's opening weekend has finally come to a close, and if you guessed it would look something like the first weekend of the…
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The Boy Genius Report: The Past Four Years Of BlackBerry Warning Signs
It's been incredibly clear to me for years that BlackBerry as a company was on its way to becoming a complete failure. It's not just…
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Apple's iPad Air Is The World's First Global Mobile Device
The brand new iPad Air isn't just the companies fastest, thinnest, lightest, best-performing tablet; it's the world's first truly global mass-market mobile device. Apple has…
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Google, Microsoft Give Thumbs-Up To Proposed NSA Restrictions
You get the feeling that major tech companies want the National Security Agency reined in almost as much as digital rights activists do, if only…
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Your iPhone 5s Is A Hands-Free 360-Degree Panoramic Camera And You Didn't Even Know It
There are plenty of iOS and Android developers out there who get creative with their apps, but Egos Ventures have taken things to a whole new…
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Video: Apple Fans Around The World Line Up For The iPad Air
Lines extend as far as the eye can see each time Apple debuts a new smartphone model, and the recent iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c…
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