Spotify May Actually Be Reigniting Music Sales Growth
In some ways, Sweden is the chilly laboratory of the global music industry. The local hero, Spotify, took over the country already at the end…
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Microsoft's Surface Is Officially A Flop
Microsoft positioned its Surface as a competitor to Apple's iPad and if that is indeed the case, Microsoft has failed miserably. In documents filed with…
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Does Nokia Have A Backup Plan If Its Bet On Camera Quality Falls Through?
Nokia's bets on camera quality haven't paid off much in the past but the company has never tried anything nearly as ambitious as the 41-megapixel…
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Early Signs Don't Bode Well For Nokia's Lumia 1020
The Lumia 1020 was a very bold move from Nokia. "Bold," as in "astonishingly reckless." After its previous flagship Lumia phone struggled in America at $100, Nokia and…
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Intel's TV Game-Changer: DVR That Records Everything, All The Time
What if TV aired on your schedule, all day, every day? This is the reality Intel will reportedly try to create with its upcoming pay…
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From Kindling To Inferno: Full Specs For Next-Gen Amazon Kindle Fire HD Tablets
Amazon's first-generation Kindle Fire was absolutely not an iPad killer, and that's exactly why it was so successful. The online retail giant sought not to…
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HTC's Q2 Profit Tumbles As Company Forecasts First-Ever Loss For Q3
They say the darkest hour is just before dawn, and HTC certainly hopes "they" are right. The company on Tuesday posted second-quarter financial results that…
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How To Get iOS 7's Control Center On Any Android Phone [Updated]
iOS 7 might not be packed full of innovation like some had hoped, but it definitely lays the groundwork for some big developments in the…
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Sprint Posts Massive $1.6 Billion Q2 Loss
With SoftBank undoubtedly eager to get this first Sprint report since its acquisition out of the way, Sprint on Tuesday night posted its results for…
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Despite Critical Acclaim, Lumia 1020 Said To Be Off To Slow Start
Nokia's Lumia 1020 has been the most impressive Windows Phone released yet with a camera that sets the bar for smartphone picture quality. Just because…
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How ISPs Are Making Video Streaming Slower Than It Should Be
If your favorite video streaming service is experiencing slow buffering, then your ISP is unsurprisingly partly to blame — and not just because it's delivering a…
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iOS 7 Beta 4: Full Change Log Now Available
Apple released iOS 7 beta 4 for the iPhone, iPad, iPad mini and iPod touch to developers on Monday and as is always the case,…
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Apple Partner Pegatron Accused Of Violating Workers' Rights, Called Worse Than Foxconn [Updated]
Manufacturing Apple products is now an instant ticket to increased scrutiny following the years-long investigation into Apple partner Foxconn's treatment of workers in its various…
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Apple Awarded 'Brand Of The Year' For iPhone, iPad And MacBook
Apple for the second consecutive year won the Harris Interactive's "Brand of the Year" award in three categories. The company beat out rivals including Google,…
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Nokia Exec Wants Microsoft To Step Up Its Game With Windows Phone Apps
When Nokia unveiled the Lumia 1020 and its 41-megapixel camera earlier this month, it was a clear sign that the company was committed to giving…
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Why Amazon Is Still Smiling Despite Q2 Loss
Amazon has never given granular detail about its business, preferring to keep investors, analysts and the media as far away as possible from knowing the…
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Chromecast May Just Be The Beginning Of Google's Assault On The Living Room
A new report suggests that Chromecast may just be phase one of Google's plan to take over the living room. According to The Wall Street Journal,…
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More Than A Quarter Of Facebook Users Hate Its New Ads
Shares of Facebook have surged more than 25% since the company reported second-quarter earnings ahead of Wall Street's expectations. Facebook's growing ad business helped the…
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Google May Upset TV Execs With Chromecast
Google's new Chromecast device lets iOS and Android smartphone and tablet owners wirelessly stream content to their TVs. It it also compatible with Chrome browsers…
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Acer's Iconia W3 Shows Why Microsoft Was Right To Make Its Own Hardware
I've been critical of the ways that Microsoft has both sold and marketed its Surface RT tablet but I've never second-guessed the company's decision to…
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Apple Looks To Make Smartphones Smarter In Effort To Extend Battery Life
Motorola's 2013 Droid smartphone lineup offers plenty of new features compared to previous-generation models, but one area of improvement is particularly exciting. The company's new…
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The Most Deadly Hacking Target Yet: Your Car
Here's something that should sober enthusiasts of self-driving cars. Forbes reporter Andy Greenberg has been hanging out with hackers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek, who have…
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Who Is Actually Using Android Tablets?
Google has now activated 70 million Android tablets, but how many of those devices are getting regular use? Benedict Evans, a strategy consultant for Enders Analysis,…
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Symantec Spots First Two Apps That Exploit Biggest-Ever Android Security Hole
Less than a month after researchers at Bluebox Security uncovered the biggest Android security hole to date, Symantec has spotted two malicious apps that are taking…
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Nokia May Have Found A Great New Niche
All Western brands are struggling to get traction in what is shaping up to be an epic battle against the Asian Android vendors that have…
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Google Unveils Its Next-Gen Nexus 7 Tablet
Try to act surprised: Google on Wednesday took the wraps off of its brand new next-generation Nexus 7 tablet. After a string of leaks and…
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How To Stop Google From Spamming Your Gmail Inbox With Ads
Earlier this week, Google adopted a new strategy and is now placing targeted advertisements in the inboxes of Gmail users. The company is rolling out a redesign…
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Killing BBM: Rival Messaging Apps Are On A Rampage Right Now
BlackBerry Messenger is likely going to become available for Android and iOS by the end of September. While the world waits, download rates among cross-platform…
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SSR Sees Signs That Apple's Business Model Is 'Beginning To Come Apart'
Apple scored a small but much-needed victory on Tuesday when it posted fiscal third-quarter results that beat analysts' consensus, sending the stock soaring as much…
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Apple Is Still The Most Profitable Consumer Electronics Company In The World [Updated]
In the second calendar quarter this year, Apple retained its long-standing title of most profitable consumer electronics company in the world. Earlier this month, Samsung posted…
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Why Nokia's Budget Smartphone Strategy Looks Like A Winner
It's been a rough past few years for Nokia but the company seems to be ahead of the curve when it comes to selling ultra-cheap…
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Apple Posts Q3 Results: Earnings Beat Estimates At $7.47 Per Share On $35B In Sales
Apple shares closed above $600 on July 23rd last year and then fell sharply on the 24th when Apple posted a huge earnings miss for…
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Hands-On With Verizon's Droid Ultra, Droid Maxx And Droid Mini
Motorola and Verizon teamed up and introduced three new Droid smartphones at a press conference on Tuesday. The Droid Mini, Droid Ultra and Droid Maxx…
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Small Utah-Based ISP Forced To Install Black Box That Allowed Feds To Spy
Pete Ashdown, the CEO of small Utah ISP XMission, says that in 2010 he received a Foreign Intelligence Service Act (FISA) warrant that allowed the…
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Major SIM Card Security Flaw Puts Hundreds Of Millions Of Devices At Risk
A security researcher in Germany claims to have discovered an encryption flaw in SIM cards that allow a user's cell phone to be hacked in…
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The Smartphone Price Crash Is About To Wreck Two Major Vendors
The latest IDC estimates of smartphone price decline give us a pretty good explanation to why most phone vendors had such lousy spring quarters. The global…
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Apple Reports Major Security Breach; Researcher Says He Issued Warning
Apple on Sunday said in an email to developers that a recent days-long developer portal outage was the result of a security breach in which…
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Daily Android Activations Grow To 1.5 Million, Google Play Surpasses 50 Billion Downloads
Google CEO Larry Page this week revealed that more than 1.5 million Android devices are being activated each day, up from 1.3 million last September.…
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How Did Microsoft Screw Up The Surface RT This Badly?
Microsoft's mistakes during the launch of its first tablet were obvious to many people, but it was still shocking to hear on Thursday that the…
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Every Major PC Vendor Except Lenovo Is In Free Fall
Throughout this year of gloomy PC sales, one constant has remained: Lenovo has been the only vendor whose shipments have either held steady or have…
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Nvidia Undeterred By Gloomy Projections, Pledges Loyalty To Windows RT
Even though manufacturers keep running away from Windows RT, chipmaker Nvidia is sticking by its commitment to make GPUs for devices based on Microsoft's tablet…
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Motorola Is Turning Into A Rotting Albatross Around Google's Neck
The albatross was a sacred animal to old mariners. The punishment for killing the big bird on a sailing ship was having to carry it around your…
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Google Posts Big Miss With Q2 EPS Of $9.56
Google on Thursday reported earnings of $9.56 per share on revenues of $14.11 billion, thus missing Wall Street's second-quarter EPS consensus of $10.78 on $14.4…
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Microsoft Reports Q4 Miss: $0.59 EPS On Revenues Of $19.89 Billion
With PC sales tumbling and Microsoft continuing to struggle to find its place in the mobile market, all eyes turn to the company's fiscal fourth-quarter earnings…
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Elop Finally Admits Why Nokia Didn't Switch To Android: Samsung Scared Him Away
Every single time Nokia unveils a new smartphone or reports numbers of any kind, a familiar question is raised: What if Nokia had switched to…
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Nokia's Smartphone Prices Are Dropping Like A Rock
Overall, Nokia's second-quarter sales and earnings came in above expectations thanks to the strong network unit performance. But the smartphone unit volume was light at 7.4…
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Yahoo Ups Its Efforts To Compete With Google's Mobile Ad Powerhouse
Yahoo has been acquiring companies left and right since former Google executive Marissa Mayer became the company's chief executive. Mayer has emphasized the importance of…
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Nearly 600,000 People Buy Smartphones For The First Time Each Week In The U.S.
Some analysts have claimed that because everyone already owns a smartphone, growth is slowing in the industry. While this may be the case, it's still…
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Why The NSA Will Have A Tougher Time Spying Through The Xbox One Kinect Sensor
Given all the allegations surrounding Microsoft's supposed cooperation with the United States government on implementing the PRISM surveillance program, it's not too far-fetched to worry that the National…
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Moment Of Truth For Nokia
Nokia reports its spring quarter on Thursday — and the stakes are very high, indeed. The substantial spring revenue weakness from BlackBerry and HTC implies that many second-tier…
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The Boy Genius Report: iPhone 5S To Feature Indestructible LiquidMetal Case
Apple's iPhone 5S is most certainly being mass manufactured at this exact second, which is normal lead time of two to three months before launch.…
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2014 Projected As A Breakthrough Year For Smartwatches
Although smartwatches aren't likely to be the "next big thing" along the lines of smartphones or tablets, they are likely to have a big breakthrough…
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Sony To Challenge Nokia With A 20-Megapixel Xperia i1 Smartphone
Sony needs a device that will allow the company to stand out from the sea of Android smartphones currently flooding the market. Earlier reports had…
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T-Mobile Exec Blasts AT&T Over Next Plan, Claims Consumers Pay Double
In response to T-Mobile's recent Jump intuitive, AT&T on Tuesday announced a similar program called AT&T Next that allows subscribers to upgrade their phones once every 12 months.…
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Apple Has Alienated Two Of The Largest Mobile Carriers In The World
MTS, Russia's largest mobile operator, made a splash last week by announcing it will stop offering iPhones due to the high subsidies and marketing support demanded…
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How Do Wireless Carriers Plan To Milk Subscribers As Growth Slows? New Fees, New Tricks
How do you put your company in the best possible position to grow when you've seemingly squeezed customers as much as they can possibly be…
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Instagram CEO Thinks Instagram Could Actually Outgrow Facebook
Instagram's ambitious chief executive has big plans for the photo-sharing app. CEO Kevin Systrom has helped Instagram grow from a small startup to one of…
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Kinect Costs Almost As Much As The Xbox One To Build
An anonymous Microsoft employee claims that manufacturing the Kinect sensor costs "almost as much" as manufacturing the Xbox One. The information was revealed in an…
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Messaging Apps Escalate Their Global War
The triumph LINE has had with translating expensive TV campaigns into breakthrough success in three key markets — Japan, Spain and now India — has…
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LG's G2 To Finally Compete With Apple And Samsung
LG thinks it has a winner on its hands with the upcoming G2 smartphone. The handset is shaping up to be one of the most…
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Video: Sense And Stock Android Will Soon Be Able To Run On The Same HTC One
HTC's Sense user interface offers more functionality and features than stock Android, but some people love the simplicity and customization options that define Google's stock…
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Hulu's Dithering Is Rocket Fuel For Netflix
Netflix's share price almost hit a giddy $26o on Friday as it became clear that Hulu was not going to be acquired by DirectTV or Time…
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Microsoft Exec Admits Xbox One Debut Was Horribly Mishandled
Xbox One fans are petitioning Microsoft to return the console to its original state. The company had removed controversial game-sharing restrictions after backlash from the…
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iPhone 5S Mass Production Said To Start This Month Ahead Of Sept-Oct Launch
Apple's manufacturing and supply chain partners are reportedly gearing up to begin mass production of the iPhone 5S later this month. The news comes from…
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Hulu Owners No Longer Looking To Sell, Plan Additional $750 Million Investment
Hulu announced on Friday that 21st Century Fox, NBCUniversal and The Walt Disney Company will maintain ownership of the company. The video streaming service was…
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Nokia Exec Talks About The Advantage Of Carrier Exclusives
Nokia announced the 41-megapixel-equipped Lumia 1020 at a press conference in New York City on Thursday. Unlike the iPhone 5, Galaxy S4 and HTC One,…
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Sprint Announces New 'Unlimited Guarantee And 'My Way Plan' Plans
Sprint on Thursday announced it will be launching a new plan that will offer unlimited talk, text and data to customers for "the life of…
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Poll: Do You Plan To Buy A Nokia Lumia 1020?
Nokia on Thursday unveiled its latest effort to put a dent in the U.S. smartphone market, the Lumia 1020. At first glance, the vendor's new…
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Never Mind The Lumia 1020 - Nokia's Future Rides On The Asha 501
Nokia on Thursday announced the $300 Lumia 1020, yet another U.S. flagship phone that is likely doomed to top out at around 300,00 to 500,000 units…
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Full Nokia Lumia 1020 Specs Leak; Will Reportedly Launch With Insane $300 Price Tag
Nokia's Lumia 1020 will be unveiled during a press conference on Thursday and it is shaping up to be the most impressive camera phone you'll…
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Lenovo Is Now The World's Top PC Vendor
It may not be as big of an honor as it was five years ago, but Lenovo can now proudly say that it's the world's…
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Nokia's Lumia 1020 Still Bets The Bank On Cameras In Battle With iPhone, Android
Some things never change: Death, taxes and Nokia's insistence that camera quality will help it take on the iPhone and Android smartphones. Even though this…
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Nook Tablet Sales Set To Take Off Despite Uncertain Future
Following Barnes & Noble's announcement that it was going to abandon its tablet hardware business, the company slashed the prices of its Nook HD and…
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Judge Rules Apple Violated Antitrust Law In eBook Price-Fixing Case [Updated]
A judge has found that Apple violated federal antitrust laws in an eBooks price-fixing case where the company was accused of leading a conspiracy to…
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Samsung Apes Microsoft's Strategy, Throws Money At Developers For Tizen Apps
The market hasn't exactly been kind to operating systems that aren't iOS or Android, which is why Microsoft has been smartly offering app developers large…
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Sprint Completes Purchase Of Clearwire
Sprint on Tuesday announced that it has completed its acquisition of wireless wholesaler Clearwire. The FCC approved the merger last week and Clearwire shareholders voted…
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How Netflix Saved 'The Killing'
Netflix has evolved from a basic TV and movie streaming service to a full-fledged media network. The company previously outbid HBO, Showtime and AMC for…
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Strong T-Mobile iPhone Sales Help iOS Market Share Gain On Android
According to a report from market research firm Kantar Worldpanel, smartphone sales in the U.S. have remained stable over the three-month period ending in May.…
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Top-Selling Apps, Games Now Free In Apple's App Store To Mark 5th Anniversary
Apple on Monday began offering a number of top-selling iOS apps and games for free to celebrate the 5th anniversary of its iOS App Store.…
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Samsung Beat Out Apple On Fortune's Global 500 List
Fortune on Monday released its most recent rankings of worldwide companies based on revenue in their fiscal years ended on or before March 31st, 2013.…
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iOS 7 Beta 3: Full Change Log Released
Apple released iOS 7 beta 3 right on cue Monday morning, and the new software is now available for developers around the world using the…
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BlackBerry Faces Critical Questions Going Into Shareholders Meeting
BlackBerry's stock took a huge 30% hit after the company posted worse than expected earnings last Friday, and executives will likely face difficult and critical…
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Google Ordered To Change Privacy Policy In U.K.
The U.K. Information Commissioners Office on Thursday ordered Google to change its privacy policy to comply with U.K. data laws. The company updated its privacy…
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Motorola Reportedly Planning Moto X Events Next Week [Updated]
Motorola is reportedly planning to brief tech reporters and bloggers on its upcoming Moto X smartphone on July 10th and 11th. Leo Laporte revealed on his…
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Google Again Comes Under Fire For Advertising Illegal Prescription Drugs
The attorney generals of Nebraska and Oklahoma on Tuesday blasted Google for selling Internet advertisements for illegal pharmacies that sell counterfeit drugs. Nebraska Attorney General…
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Apple's Latest Move Worries PC Vendor Rivals
Apple recently filed an application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a new type of computer port that combines a memory card…
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Welcome To Apple's World: Samsung Tumbles Despite Record $8.3 Billion Q2 Profit
Samsung shares tumbled almost 4% on Friday as the company pre-announced record second-quarter earnings that still missed analysts' sky-high consensus. The South Korean consumer electronics…
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HTC's Q2 Profit Plummets 83% Despite HTC One Debut
The flagship HTC One is easily one of the most impressive smartphones the world has ever seen, but it wasn't enough to help HTC start…
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Gartner Cuts Global IT Spending Growth Forecast In Half As PC Sales Slump
Slowing PC sales forced market research firm Gartner to cut its forecast for 2013 global IT spending growth in half. The company announced this week…
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Huge Security Vulnerability May Affect Nearly Every Android Device On The Planet
Security researchers claim to have recently discovered a vulnerability in Android that could potentially affect 99% of devices. Bluebox Security revealed that the exploit, which…
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HTC Software Vulnerability Settlement With FTC Approved
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday approved a settlement with HTC for not adequately securing its mobile devices. It was discovered that the company's…
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Sony's PlayStation Boss Takes Post-E3 Victory Lap
Winning at E3 isn't the same as actually winning in the market, but Sony nonetheless has to be pleased with the public relations coup it…
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What Will It Take For Windows Phone To Finally Take Off?
Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 operating system has gotten off to a decidedly slow start since it debuted last year but we may be reaching the…
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Wall Street Is Now Convinced That Nokia Will Sell Its Handset Business
Here is a puzzle: Nokia's cash position has suddenly shrunk from 4 billion euros to 2-2.5 billion euros... but the company's share price is higher…
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Huawei Hires Nokia's Former Sales Boss
Huawei on Tuesday announced the hiring of Colin Giles as the company's new executive vice president for its consumer business group. Giles was formerly with…
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Google Reportedly Using 'Coercive Sales Tactics' Against Google TV Holdouts [Updated]
A new report claims that Google is delaying manufacturers from releasing HTML5-based Smart TVs due to a drawn out process to earn YouTube certification. According…
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Facebook's Advertising Strategy Could Be Its Downfall
In an effort to increase revenue and keep investors happy, Facebook has begun rolling out more advertisements across its popular social networking site. The company…
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As BlackBerry Fights For Its Life, BB10 Called 'Irrelevant'
Things are not looking very good for BlackBerry right now. After the Street built up investor confidence over the past few months, BlackBerry posted a…
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Low Power Wi-Fi Signals Might Give Future Smartphones X-Ray Vision
Researchers at MIT have created a new system that can be used in future electronics to potentially give people X-ray vision. Dina Katabi, a professor…
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Facebook Found To Have Leaked Millions Of Android Phone Numbers
It was discovered that the world's largest and most popular social networking site was inadvertently obtaining phone numbers from its users without their consent. Symantec…
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BlackBerry: 'Nowhere To Go But Down'
When a company is fighting for its life, the last thing it wants to hear from market watchers is that it's doomed. A new report…
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German Rage, French Glee Over New NSA Spying Allegations
Fury was building in Europe on Sunday as new leaks about NSA spying were published by various newspapers and magazines. Perhaps most notably, Der Spiegel…
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Nokia Buys Siemens Stake In NSN Joint Venture - Will An Exit From The Phone Business Follow?
For the past three years, markets have been trying to guess whether or not Nokia would dump its stake in the Nokia Siemens Networks, a mobile…
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