Pearson Invests $89.5 Million In Barnes & Noble's NOOK Media Business
Barnes & Nobles (BKS) announced on Friday that Pearson (PSO) will invest $89.5 million in cash in its NOOK Media business, giving the company a 5%…
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iPad Mini Met With 'Insatiable' Demand In China
Despite a "soft" launch with few lines and seemingly abundant availability, China is going crazy for the iPad mini according Topeka Capital Markets analyst Brian…
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Five-Year-Old Finds Porn On Refurbished Nintendo 3DS From GameStop
Five-year-old Brandon Giles must have been excited to receive a Nintendo 3DS for Christmas — at least, he was until he turned it on. According to…
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750,000 Android Apps Invade OS X Thanks To BlueStacks App Player
Earlier this year, BlueStacks App Player made headlines by allowing Android apps run on Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows 8 platform. The company announced on Thursday its App Player…
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Phablet Wars Heat Up With ZTE's Quad-Core Nubia Z5
2013 is shaping up to be the year of the "phablet" with virtually ever major handset maker preparing to challenge Samsung's (005930) impressive Galaxy Note lineup. While…
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Google Enterprise Boss Says Company Is 'Doubling Down' On Business Services, Targeting Microsoft
In an interview with AllThingsD, Amit Singh, Google's (GOOG) VP of Enterprise, said the company is embracing the consumerization of the enterprise in 2013 based…
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New Alleged Details Of Microsoft's Windows 8 Successor Emerge
Microsoft (MSFT) is rumored to be switching to an annual release for its operating system starting with "Windows Blue" in mid-2013. According to a PCBeta forum user who…
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Google Extends Free Gmail Voice Calling Through 2013
Google (GOOG) announced on Monday on the Official Gmail Blog that its free Gmail voice calling service will be extended through 2013 in the U.S. and Canada.…
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Apple Device Theft Drives NYC Crime Rate Up For First Time In 20 Years
Apple's (AAPL) stock might be taking a beating, but that doesn't mean the products dreamed up by Jonathan Ive and company aren't still hot commodities.…
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Purported Photo Of New BlackBerry Phone With QWERTY Keyboard Leaks
Research In Motion (RIMM) CEO Thorsten Heins recently said during the company's Q3 earnings call that BlackBerry 7 is still a "strong success" in the Asian-Pacific markets.…
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Online Holiday Shopping In 2012 Grows 16% From Last Year
Shopping online is becoming more popular than ever according to market research firm comScore. The company's latest report shows consumers spent $38.7 million online during…
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Online Retailers Caught Using 'Discriminatory' Practices To Target Shopping Discounts
With online shopping on the rise every year, it's no surprise retailers are resorting to sketchy tactics to decide how to dole out discounts. According…
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Instagram Diverts Attention From Botched Policy Change With Another New Filter
Instagram messed up big time this week when it freaked everyone out with changes to its privacy policy related to licensing user photos for advertisements. After…
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RIM Pays Off Nokia To End Patent Litigation
Nokia (NOK) announced on Friday Research In Motion (RIMM) has agreed to pay it a "one-time payment and on-going payments" that will end the patent litigation…
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Acer Will Beat Google To Market With Its Own $99 Tablet
The Nexus 7 is still an amazing value at $249. But word around the block is that Google (GOOG) and ASUS (2357) are working on a $99 Nexus tablet. But now,…
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Steve Jobs Originally Wanted To Call Safari Web Browser 'Freedom'
Just as Steve Jobs originally (and dubiously) thought "Bicycle" was a good name for the original Macintosh or "MacMan" for the first iMac, the late Apple…
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BlackBerry 10 Browser Smokes iOS 6 And Windows Phone 8 In Comparison Test [Video]
Research In Motion's (RIMM) BlackBerry 10 is shaping up to be quite the contender, but does it have what it takes to knock iOS 6 off…
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Facebook Prepares To Bombard News Feeds With Video Ads By April 2013
Your Facebook (FB) News Feed is about to get more annoying. The social network is getting ready to populate feeds with video ads according to AdAge. Why…
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Google Music Adds Free iTunes-Like Song-Matching Feature
Google (GOOG) updated its Google Music service on Tuesday with a "music matching feature" that is sure to make streaming music from the cloud more convenient.…
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Over 200 Million Monthly Active Users Now Tweeting On Twitter
It was only nine months ago that Twitter announced it had reached 140 million monthly active users serving a total of 340 million tweets per…
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Amazon Smartphone Reportedly Set For 2013 Launch
Amazon (AMZN) has reportedly contracted Foxconn to build its long-rumored "Kindle smartphone" according to the Taiwan Economic News. The news corroborates Digitimes' report late last…
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Samsung Smart TVs: The Next Frontier For Data Theft And Hacking [Video]
Smart TVs, particularly Samsung's (005930) last few generations of flat screens, can be hacked to give attackers remote access according to a security startup called ReVuln.…
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Samsung Galaxy Note III With 6.3-Inch Display Rumored For 2013 Launch
Ridiculous sizes aside, oversized smartphones ("phablets") that border on tablet territory are here to stay. By next year, the crop of smartphones with 5-inch displays will…
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New Flickr iPhone App To Compete With Instagram And Twitter With 16 Filters
Hot on the heels of its email redesign, Yahoo (YHOO) announced on Wednesday that it has completely redesigned the Flickr iPhone app. The new app borrows heavily…
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Google Says It Won't Build Apps For Windows 8 And Windows Phone Until People Start Using Them
In what can be considered a major dig at Microsoft (MSFT), Clay Bavor, product management director at Google (GOOG) Apps told V3 that the company is not bringing native…
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Facebook Could Ruin Instagram's Appeal By Placing Ads Next To Photos One Day
The beauty of Instagram is its simplicity and lack of advertisements. But if comments made by Carolyn Everson, Facebook's (FB) vice president of global marketing…
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Analyst Claims iPad Mini Cannibalizing iPad 4 Sales, Raises iPhone 5 Sales Forecast
Apple (AAPL) is finally catching up to the overwhelming demand for its latest iPhone 5 according to analyst Shaw Wu from Sterne Agee. Wu says production…
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