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Our test finds new iPad hits 116 degrees while running games — The new iPad can run significantly hotter than the earlier iPad2 model when running an action game, Consumer Reports testers have found. — Using a thermal imaging camera, Consumer Reports engineers recorded temperatures … | Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
Apple's Chilly Response to iPad Heat Complaints — It's not uncommon for Apple enthusiasts to start finding fault with their new gadget within a couple days of buying the latest and greatest. — In some rare cases — most famously, with the iPhone 4 antenna — Apple may end up acknowledging some validity to the griping.| Zach Honig / Engadget: |
Visualized: new iPad burns 10 degrees hotter than its predecessor — We wouldn't exactly be going out on a limb by suggesting that the new iPad is Apple's hottest tablet to date — even before Tim Cook confirmed as much earlier today. But while Apple has plenty of reason to brag … | Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD: |
Exclusive: In a Major Restructuring, Hewlett-Packard to Combine Printer and PC Groups — Hewlett-Packard will announce a sweeping reorganization today that will move its Imaging and Printing Group, once the jewel in the IT giant's crown, under its PC-making Personal Systems Group, sources familiar with the matter tell AllThingsD.| Dr. Raymond M. Soneira / DisplayMate: |
new iPad Display Technology Shoot-Out iPad 2 - new iPad - iPhone 4 — Introduction The iPad has been a phenomenal runaway success - to a degree that may have even surprised Steve Jobs. At the new iPad launch Tim Cook remarked that people have been wondering who would improve upon the iPad.| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
CEO dares Microsoft to sue him over virtual desktops that flout licensing — We recently told you about a virtual desktop service for iPads and other devices that seems to exist only because it breaks Microsoft's Windows licensing rules in order to provide an unbeatable price: free … | Wall Street Journal: |
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Mobile Devs Interested in Google Over Facebook for Social Mobile Apps — Google and Facebook are in a war for user attention on the Web. This is not just about how many eyeballs are on Google+ versus Facebook but also from an end-to-end platform perspective.| Andrew Harris / Bloomberg: |
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Beats Is Buying MOG Music Subscription Service — Headphone-maker Beats is purchasing music subscription service MOG, according to multiple sources familiar with the deal. But the deal hasn't closed yet. — Beats' majority owner is HTC, the Taiwanese cellphone maker, which put $300 million into the company last year.| Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
New York Times Cuts Back on Free Web Access — A year after launching a controversial paywall, the New York Times says it has nearly half a million paying subscribers for its flagship paper. It also says it will make it harder for people to read on the Web without paying up.| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
Samsung and RIM sued for infringing lol-worthy emoticon patent — In an apparent quest to make the patent system look even more ridiculous, a firm on Thursday sued Samsung and Research in Motion for allegedly infringing a patent titled “emoticon input method and apparatus.”| Sebastian Anthony / ExtremeTech: |
Seagate hits 1 terabit per square inch, 60TB hard drives on their way — Seagate has demonstrated the first terabit-per-square-inch hard drive, almost doubling the areal density found in modern hard drives. Initially this will result in 6TB 3.5-inch desktop drives and 2TB 2.5-inch laptop drives … | Rob Mee / Rob's blog: |
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The Real Reason Google Bought Kevin Rose And Milk: It Needs Designers — Google acquired the Milk team last week — but only about half of it. — Business Insider has learned the other half, which included Milk engineers Amber Reyngoudt and David Peck, were not offered positions at Google.| Bloomberg: |
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How Coldcalling Deadmau5 On Twitter Earned One Artist His Big Break — When I hear anyone talking about “the power of social media”, my brain immediately flips to thoughts of self-appointed gurus with uber-douche titles like “Twitter Ninja” or “Friendster Rockstar”. I can't help it.| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
FutureAdvisor Raises Funding From Sequoia To Bring Financial And Investment Advice To The Masses — Y Combinator startup FutureAdvisor has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Sequoia Capital and angel investors Keith Rabois and Jeremy Stoppelman. — FutureAdvisor, which debuted in 2010 … | Quentin Hardy / New York Times: |
Facing Fees, Some Sites Are Bypassing Google Maps — SAN FRANCISCO — When it comes to offering online maps to their users, some companies have been leaving Google Maps and setting out for less familiar territory. — In the seven years since it was introduced, Google's offering of street maps … | Nick Bilton / Bits: |
Wantful, Gift-Giving Start-Up, Announces Funding — When it comes to sending people birthday and Christmas gifts, I would likely win the award for: “Worst. Gift-giver. Ever.” Not only do I pick terrible presents for people, but worse, I have half-written birthday cards stuffed around … | Matt Brian / The Next Web: |
New Wi-Fi roaming initiative could soon allow your smart device to connect to hotspots automatically — A new initiative between the GSMA and Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) announced today could see billions of smartphone and tablet owners effortlessly switch between mobile and Wi-Fi networks … | T.C. Sottek / The Verge: |
Obama administration enters aggressive stance towards Iran on internet policy, provides guidance to subvert its ‘electronic curtain’ — Today the Obama administration released a blog post condemning Iran for denying its citizens “a universal right to access information, and to freely assemble online … | Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD: |
Exclusive: Square Snags PayPal VP Alyssa Cutright for International Expansion — A Square spokesperson has confirmed to All Things D that the payments company has hired Alyssa Cutright, a 12-year veteran of PayPal, to head up its international expansion. — Most recently, Cutright … | Darrell Etherington / BetaKit: |
Tripbirds Launches with Backing from Path, SoundCloud Founders — Stockholm-based social travel startup Tripbirds launches out of private beta today, entering an increasingly crowded online travel market. But while others like Wanderfly intend to be the “Pinterest for travel,” … | Neal Ungerleider / Fast Company: |
Pakistan Torches National Firewall Plans — The most ambitious net censorship project since China's Great Firewall is no more: Pakistan's Ministry of Information Technology has indicated that they are canceling plans for a 50 million+ URL net filtering regime.
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