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January 29, 2013, 4:00 PM
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Apple Increases iPad with Retina Display to 128GB — Offers Twice the Storage Capacity to Create & Enjoy Even More Incredible Content — CUPERTINO, CaliforniaJanuary 29, 2013Apple® today announced a 128GB* version of the fourth generation iPad® with Retina® display.
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Microsoft Releases Office 365 Home Premium — New consumer cloud service works across devices to help busy people simplify their lives and get more done. — Microsoft Corp. today announced worldwide availability of Office 365 Home Premium, a reinvention of the company's flagship Office product line for consumers.| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft's Office 365 Home Premium: What happens when subscriptions expire? — Summary: Microsoft is encouraging users to subscribe to its new Office, rather than buy it outright. But what happens once users' subscriptions expire? — Ever since Microsoft first outlined its plans …
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| Jason Del Rey / AdAge: |
YouTube Set to Introduce Paid Subscriptions This Spring — A New Revenue Model For TV Networks and Video Producers — A new chapter in online video is about to begin. YouTube is prepping to launch paid subscriptions for individual channels on its video platform in its latest attempt …
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PC Magazine, digitaltrends.com, Betabeat, VentureBeat, CNET, The Next Web, ABCNEWS, paidContent, 9to5Google, Marketing Pilgrim, Neowin, Softpedia News, Daily Dot, SocialTimes, Gizmodo, PandoDaily and TechSpot. Tweets: @delrey. Thanks:@delrey. See also Mediagazer
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft's 64GB Surface Pro will only have 23GB usable storage — Microsoft's Surface Pro tablet, due on February 9th, will have a smaller amount of storage space than expected. A company spokesperson has confirmed to The Verge that the 64GB edition of Surface Pro will have 23GB of free storage out of the box.
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| Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD: |
OpenTable Devours FoodSpotting for $10 Million in Cash — OpenTable has acquired Foodspotting, the popular photo-sharing application for restaurants. — The online reservations company said it paid about $10 million in cash for the company, making it a pretty good deal for the startup … | Robert Van den Oever / The Source: |
Philips Exits Consumer Electronics … Philips Electronics has drawn a line under its long history as a consumer-electronics company after failing to compete successfully with the likes of Apple Inc. Samsung Electronics Co. and Sony Corp. in the fast-moving industry.
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500px photography app returns to App Store with 17+ rating after ‘pornography’ removal — One week after it was unceremoniously booted from Apple's iOS App Store, 500px has returned. The app is once again available for both iPhone and iPad after it was pulled down last Monday.| 9to5Mac: |
Is this the back of Apple's redesigned fifth-generation iPad? — Over the past few months, multiple rumors have pointed to Apple's fifth-generation iPad being in development with a design akin to the recently launched iPad mini. That design would likely feature the black & slate/white …
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Los Angeles Times, BestTechie, I4U News, TechCrunch, SlashGear, PadGadget, GSMArena Blog, iLounge, Gotta Be Mobile and TMTI Group. Thanks:@mikebeas
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Google once again selling the Nexus 4 in the US, Germany, more locations to come soon (update) — Though the Nexus 4 has been missing from the Google Play Store for weeks now, Google has confirmed to us today that it is now offering it for sale in Germany, with plans to sell it in other countries in the near future.
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| Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
As Obama Speaks, Tech Industry Praises Immigration Reform Proposal — Amid wide-ranging discussion of U.S. immigration reform — including a set of bipartisan principles introduced this week and a speech by President Barack Obama on the issue today — tech companies are particularly optimistic …
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Foursquare launches dedicated iPhone app for US businesses, with analytics, local updates and more — Foursquare has just launched Foursquare for Business, its second app ever, specifically targeted towards business managers. The new app allows managers to post local updates …
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| Kevin Fitchard / GigaOM: |
Justice Department asks FCC to put Sprint-Softbank on hold — The Justice Department is raising security concerns over the Sprint-Softbank deal, and has asked the FCC to defer any action on the deal until it and other government agencies complete their review.
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| Nitasha Tiku / Betabeat: |
She Speaks! Silicon Swindler Shirley Hornstein Comes Clean — Last August, TechCrunch broke the story of Shirley Hornstein, a Photoshopping fabricator who ingratiated herself into Silicon Valley circles by name-dropping non-existent connections. Her behavior eventually prompted Founders Fund … | Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Google Giving Grant Worth $1M To Fund Free Raspberry Pi For 15,000 U.K. Schoolkids (Updated) — Google's philanthropic arm, Google Giving, has awarded a grant to the U.K.'s Raspberry Pi Foundation to fund 15,000 U.K. schoolchildren to get their very own Raspberry Pi micro computer to learn to code.
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Raspberry Pi, The Next Web, Engadget, VatorNews, PC Magazine, CNET, 9to5Google, ZDNet, digitaltrends.com, The H Open Source, Raspberry Pi, Inquirer, BetaNews, PandoDaily, Softpedia News and SlashGear. Thanks:@chris_beaumont
| Mitch Stoltz / Electronic Frontier Foundation: |
Is It Illegal To Unlock a Phone? The Situation is Better - and Worse - Than You Think — Legal protection for people who unlock their mobile phones to use them on other networks expired last weekend. According to the claims of major U.S. wireless carriers, unlocking a phone bought …
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Insight: Apple's grip on carriers, suppliers loosens — (Reuters) - Apple Inc's shareholders have been hit by one of the bloodiest weeks in the history of the stock, but wider fallout from such weakness might more important to the long-term value of their investments.| Charlie Osborne / CNET: |
UPnP networking flaw puts millions of PCs at risk — Security researchers say that the danger stems from widely used technology found in routers and other standard networking equipment. — Common bugs in networking systems are placing PCs, printers and storage devices at risk, according to security researchers.
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Information Security, Reuters, Computerworld, Neowin, SecurityWeek, InfoWorld and The Hacker News
| Dante D'Orazio / The Verge: |
BlackBerry Z10 available on January 30th in the UK? — RIM let us know months ago that BlackBerry 10's coming out party would be this Wednesday in New York City, but we haven't known when the heavily-leaked BlackBerry Z10, the first device to run the company's new operating system, would be going on sale.| Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM: |
AWS launches transcoding service a week after Microsoft goes after media biz — Amazon Web Services now offers transcoding services in the cloud, a product launch for the cloud computing giant that follows a week after Microsoft announced a similar (but more expansive) service in its Windows Azure cloud.
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Engadget, VentureBeat, ZDNet, TechCrunch, Dan Rayburn and Amazon.com
| Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
Antigua's Legal “Pirate Site” Authorized by the World Trade Organization — Last week we broke the news that the island nation Antigua and Barbuda wants to start a Government run “pirate” site. — Today, this plan came a step closer to reality when the Caribbean country received authorization …
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