Record iPhone 5 Sales Could Be Short-Lived As RBC Slashes Q4 Estimates
Selling 5 million smartphones in three days is no easy feat, and with so many people rushing to buy Apple's (AAPL) new iPhone 5, the…
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Roku And 3M's Portable 'Streaming Projector' Can Output A 120-Inch Projection For $299
Roku and 3M have a new streaming media device that has something the Apple TV and older Roku boxes don't: a built-in projector. Touted as…
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Angry Birds Star Wars And The Evolution Of The App Market
Rovio has picked up the pace of its game launches — Angry Birds Star Wars is the third major Rovio title to debut in seven months.…
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Steve Jobs Vowed To Patent Everything And Anything After Losing A $100 Million iPod Lawsuit
Believe it or not, Steve Jobs and Apple (AAPL) weren't always the schoolyard bullies of patents. In fact, the Cupertino-based company rarely patented any of…
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Microsoft Mistakenly Asks Google To Block CNN, Wikipedia And U.S. Govt Sites, Among Others
Microsoft (MSFT) routinely asks Google (GOOG) to remove links from its search engine for webpages that display or distribute copyrighted material. While a majority of…
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32GB Google Nexus 7 Accidentally Shipped To Japanese Customer Who Bought 16GB Model
Even with stiff competition from Amazon (AMZN) and Barnes & Noble (BKS), Google's (GOOG) Nexus 7 is arguably the best 7-inch tablet on the market right…
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Android: I Love You, But Fragmentation Is Bringing Me Down
I've been a pretty big fan of Android for a long time now. Having an open-source mobile operating system that different OEMs can experiment with…
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Newly Released Documents Suggest Samsung Might Not Be An Apple Copycat After All
A nine person jury in August found Samsung guilty of infringing Apple's (AAPL) design and software patents this past summer, and awarded the Cupertino-based company…
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4,000 Foxconn Workers On Strike Over iPhone 5 Quality Control Measures, Inadequate Training [Updated]
China Labor Watch is reporting that another Foxconn strike broke out on Friday at the Zhengzhou factory in China. The report says 3,000 to 4,000…
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MIT Researchers Create Computerized Jacket That 'Hugs' You After Facebook 'Likes'
The engineering minds at MIT have concocted a new invention that will bring warm feelings to lonely Internet nerds. The Atlantic has discovered a new computerized…
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Apple's iOS 6 Maps App Already Showing Signs Of Improvements
When Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook said his team was working non-stop to to improve the decidedly subpar iOS 6 Maps app, he wasn't kidding.…
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Zynga Plans To Write Off Up To $95 Million Over OMGPOP Merger Flop
Zynga's (ZNGA) $210 million purchase of Draw Something OMGPOP is officially a dud. In Zynga's latest preliminary financial report, the company revealed that its third quarter…
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Consumer Reports Gushes Over The iPhone 5, Calls It 'The Best iPhone Yet'
The general verdict on the iPhone 5 seems to be, Maps application aside, that it's an absolutely killer product. And now Consumer Reports has added…
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Apple's Colorful New iPod Touch Expected To Launch In Three Weeks
Apple (AAPL) announced the fifth-generation iPod touch alongside the iPhone 5 last month, but it only vaguely said it would ship sometime in October. Although the U.S.…
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AT&T Announces Samsung, ASUS Windows 8 Tablets To Be Available For The Holidays
AT&T (T) on Thursday announced the future availability of two Windows 8 tablets from ASUS (2357) and Samsung (005930). The nation's second largest wireless carrier…
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Microsoft's $300 Million Investment In Barnes & Noble Is Now Called NOOK Media
Microsoft (MSFT) and Barnes & Noble (BKS) announced on Thursday that their joint venture partnership announced back in April will be called NOOK Media LLC.…
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HP CEO Confirms No New Smartphones Coming In 2013
Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) CEO Meg Whitman on Wednesday revealed that the struggling PC company will not be releasing a new smartphone in the coming year. The…
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Logitech Announces New Harmony Touch Universal Remote With 2.4-Inch Touchscreen [Video]
Universal remotes are finally getting touchscreens. Logitech (LOGI) said on Wednesday its new Harmony Touch remote will come complete with a built-in 2.4-inch touchscreen. The Harmony…
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Apple Tapping Its Retail Store Employees To Help Quickly Improve Botched Maps App
By now, everyone and their mother has heard about how Apple (AAPL) really messed up with its Maps app in iOS 6. And most users…
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Study Shows The iPhone 5 Is One Of The Least Likely To Burn You With Toxic Chemicals
iFixit and HealthyStuff on Tuesday released an in-depth study that analyzed the chemical contents of 36 different smartphone models. As smartphone adoption surpasses all time…
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Sorry, Microsoft: Android And iOS Are Still The Only Operating Systems That Matter
To little surprise, Android has not only remained the most popular smartphone operating system in the United States by a wide margin, but Google's (GOOG)…
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With Windows Phone Still Failing To Gain Traction, Microsoft Plans To Launch Its Own Smartphone
When Microsoft (MSFT) announced earlier this year that it will launch an own-brand tablet to compete directly with its various vendor partners working on Windows 8-based…
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Apple's Maps Uses Up To 80% Less Data Than Google Maps On iOS
Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook might have issued a heartfelt apology for the subpar new Maps app, but look on the bright side: Apple's vector…
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Nest Refreshes Its Learning Thermostat, Makes It Slimmer And Smarter
Nest Labs on Tuesday announced the next generation of its Learning Thermostat, a new device that is 20% slimmer than its predecessor and now compatible…
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How 'Liking' A Facebook Post In The Philippines Could Get You Tossed In Jail
Complain about American Internet legislation like SOPA all you want, but realize that things could always be much worse. Case in point: The Philippines, which CBS…
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Apple Starting iPad Mini Production In Brazil With Rumored October 10th Announcement
There's too much smoke for the iPad mini to be vaporware with Apple (AAPL) rumored to be sending media invites for the iPad mini announcement as…
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Apple Working On Wireless Solution To The Annoying 30-Pin Adapter Problem
A quick survey of BGR readers last month showed that many people aren't very happy about having to pay Apple (AAPL) $29 for an adapter…
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