Google To Acquire Nest For $3.2 Billion In Cash
Google on Monday announced that it has reached a deal to acquire Nest Labs, the smart thermostat maker founded by former Apple executive Tony Fadell. The…
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Surprise! You Won't Be Able To Email Larry Page Through His Google+ Page
Google's most recent tactic for pushing Google+ on its user base has drawn plenty of criticism and apparently even Google realizes how potentially annoying it…
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T-Mobile's Biggest Problem
I live in Bergen County, New Jersey. Just a stone's throw from my previous home on the upper east side of Manhattan, my neighbors and…
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Netflix Has Nothing To Fear From Hulu's Sad Little Content Expansion
Netflix is cruising into a hugely ambitious 2014 regarding original content. The glossy political thriller "House of Cards" is getting a new season shot in HD and featuring top…
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FCC Is Ready To Stomp On AT&T's Sponsored Data Dreams
As we noted in an earlier analysis, AT&T's new Sponsored Data program is a bold move that could end up being an absolute nightmare. With…
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No End In Sight To The Microsoft CEO Search
According to a report from Re/code, Microsoft is still searching for its next CEO and it could keep searching for a while. Right now, unnamed…
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LaCie Fuels 1TB Storage Dream For iPads And iPhones
LaCie at CES 2014 unveiled a 1TB portable hard drive specifically crafted for iPhone, iPad and Mac users who require more storage on the go.…
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Apple Reports Record-Smashing $10 Billion In 2013 App Store Sales
Mobile apps have become a very big business indeed. Apple on Tuesday reported that its App Store generated a record $10 billion in sales in…
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Samsung Misses Big As Q4 Profit Falls 18%
Samsung on Tuesday morning reported its unaudited earnings results for the fourth quarter of 2013, missing analysts' estimates and raising concerns about the coming year…
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HTC's Latest Earnings Miss Is A Dark Omen For Samsung And Even Apple
HTC reported another dismal Christmas quarter, posting a razor-thin $10 million unaudited net profit that missed analysts' expectations by $12 million. And that profit was only…
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Twitter Is Now Literally A Life-Saving Technology
If Twitter had been around in the 1970s, would Jaws have even been a threat? NPR reports that government researchers in Australia have started equipping…
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Facebook Sued For Invading Users' Privacy
Two Facebook users this week filed a class action complaint against the social network, Ars Technica reports, alleging that the messaging system inside Facebook is…
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Amazon's Delivery Drone Dream May Come True After All
The U.S. government this week approved unmanned aircraft tests for six states of the 24 that wanted to be in the program, Reuters reports, with…
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Apple And Samsung Reportedly Resume Talks To End Painful Patent War
The patent war that recently consumed the mobile industry and the media went from a boil to a simmer in 2013, but a new trial…
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HTC's 2013 Ends On Yet Another Down Note
A German patent ruling put a final negative note on HTC's incredibly bad year and could have wide-reaching consequences for all of Android. As FOSS…
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Tim Cook Gets 10% Pay Cut... But Still Takes Home Over $40 Million
Apple's CEO has docked himself a hefty $4 million in pay, as a direct result from Apple's underperforming stock price earlier this year, according to…
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5 Things The Tech Industry Absolutely Needs In 2014
Given that it's New Year's Eve, I thought that I'd make a quick list of New Year's resolutions that I'd like to see the tech…
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BlackBerry CEO's Open Letter Is Just A Sad Attempt To Spin The Company's Downward Spiral
Brand new BlackBerry CEO John Chen has written a letter detailing BlackBerry's strength and strategy for CNBC, and it was was published earlier Monday morning.…
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BlackBerry's Big Jam: Foxconn Manufactured Phone Won't Have A Keyboard
This might be hard to believe... if it wasn't BlackBerry. BGR is able to confirm that the company's upcoming handset code-named Jakarta — the one…
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Google Asked To Remove 235M Links To Copyright Infringing Content In 2013
Google received more than 235 million takedown requests this year from copyright holders that wanted links to copyright infringing content to be removed from Google…
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Dog-To-English Translator Becomes A Reality Thanks To Crowdfunding Campaign
An Indiegogo project that aims to deliver the first gadget capable of translating a dog's thoughts into the English language has reached its funding goal with…
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HTC's Miserable Year Continues As Exec Is Indicted For Leaking Secrets
We thought HTC's rough year ended earlier this week with Nokia's patent win against HTC, but the bad news just keeps coming. Now The Wall…
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Amazon Sold 426 Items Per Second During Its 'Best Ever' Holiday Season
As if it could have ended any other way, Amazon managed to once again set sales records this holiday season. Amazon announced on Thursday that…
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Samsung Named No. 1 In Enterprise On Same Day Huge Knox Security Hole Was Uncovered
On the same day a potentially huge security hole was uncovered in Samsung's mobile enterprise security solution Knox, the South Korean technology giant was ranked…
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Apple Slapped With $670,000 Fine In Taiwan For Interfering With Carrier Prices
Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission has hit Apple with a small fine and warned the company that it may face a more substantial penalty if it doesn't…
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Number Of Photos Taken In 2014 Will Approach 1 Trillion Thanks To Selfie Explosion
2013 was the year of the selfie, according to the Oxford English Dictionary — but self-snaps aren't going anywhere anytime soon. Everybody is taking selfies,…
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Apple, Microsoft And Others Now Regret Spending $4.5 Billion On Patents
Rockstar — a consortium of companies including Apple, Microsoft, BlackBerry and Sony that purchased 4,000 patents from Nortel in 2011 — is looking to sell…
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