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Samsung Galaxy S IV Hands On: Everything New Is Old Again — After a lot of teasing, and a lot of leaking, the Galaxy S IV is finally here. Last year's version, the S III, remains the world's most popular Android phone, having sold over 40 million units. Can the S IV live up to that kind of hype?| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Samsung Galaxy S 4 Beats The Best With 5-inch, 1080p Display, 1.9GHz Processor, Gesture Controls And A Q2 2013 Release — As if it could be any other way, the just-announced Samsung Galaxy S 4 is Samsung's, and perhaps even Android's, best phone yet. In fact, it very well may be the best smartphone on the market, period.
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Eye-tracking Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone unveiled — The smartphone detects when fingers are hovered over the screen — Samsung has launched a smartphone which allows users to control its 5in (12.5cm) screen using only their eyes. — The Galaxy S4 follows on from last year's S3 …
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Reuters Social Media Editor Indicted For Allegedly Conspiring With Anonymous — If convicted, Reuters' deputy social media editor Matthew Keys faces up to 25 years in prison and $750,000 in fines. — Federal prosecutors announced Thursday that Matthew Keys, the deputy social media editor for Reuters …
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See also Mediagazer| Dylan Byers / Politico: |
Reuters ‘investigating’ Matthew Keys after ‘Anonymous’ indictment — Thomson Reuters is ‘investigating’ the federal indictment against social media editor Matthew Keys, which charges him with allegedly conspiring with members of the hacker group “Anonymous” to hack into the Los Angeles Times.
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Facebook Working on Incorporating the Hashtag — Facebook Inc. is getting ready to take on a symbol of rival Twitter: the hashtag. — Facebook is working on incorporating the hashtag, one of Twitter Inc.'s most iconic markers, into its service, said people familiar with the matter.
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Facebook to Introduce Hashtags — And That's a Double-Edged Sword for Twitter — Facebook has always wanted to edge in on Twitter's Interest Graph. — The idea is, it's a boon for ad dollars, as Twitter's real-time stream taps into the immediate sentiment of the crowd.| Bloomberg: |
Microsoft's Surface Tablet Is Said to Fall Short of Predictions — Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) has sold about 1.5 million Surface devices, people with knowledge of the company's sales said, a slow start in its bid to crack the fast-growing tablet market to make up for slumping personal-computer demand.
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Google Breaks Up Mapping and Commerce Unit — Google Inc. executive Jeff Huber stepped aside as head of the Internet giant's mapping and commerce unit on Wednesday, in a two-part management shift that also saw the chief of the Android unit, Andy Rubin, leave his position, said people familiar with the matter.| John Herrman / BuzzFeed: |
Google Reader Still Drives Far More Traffic Than Google+ — The beloved but doomed Google Reader is still a healthy source of traffic. Google+, on the other hand... According to data from the BuzzFeed Network, a set of tracked partner sites that collectively have over 300 million users … | Digg Blog: |
We're Building A Reader — Like many of you, we were dismayed to learn that Google will be shutting down its much-loved, if under-appreciated, Google Reader on July 1st. Through its many incarnations, Google Reader has remained a solid and reliable tool for those who want to ensure …
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Thanks:@smalera. See also Mediagazer| The Official Google translate blog: |
Never Forget a Useful Phrase Again - Introducing Phrasebook for Google Translate — Your knowledge of a language is largely determined by how well you can say the right things at the right time. But with so many useful phrases out there, it can be hard to keep track of them all, let alone recall them when needed.
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Apple proposes ‘on-the-go’ wireless charging via iPad Smart Cover with built-in battery — An Apple patent application discovered on Thursday reveals that the company is actively investigating wireless charging for its line of portable devices, but proposes to use the technology in a slightly different way than existing solutions.
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Redbox Instant launches publicly, CEO calls original content talk premature — Surprise! Redbox Instant by Verizon officially launched to the public Thursday, just as I had predicted in an earlier story. The launch comes after a three-month-long closed beta test that Redbox Instant CEO …
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Apple Releases OS X 10.8.3 With Mac App Store Gift Card Camera Redemption and Boot Camp Enhancements — Following Tuesday's seed of the latest beta, Apple today released OS X 10.8.3 to the public. The update brings several enhancements including support for camera redemption of gift cards … | Mark Walton / GameSpot: |
PS4 not worth the cost, says Nvidia — Chip-maker Nvidia didn't want to work with Sony “at the price those guys were willing to pay.” — Nvidia passed on its hardware being used in the PlayStation 4 due to the “opportunity cost.” — “I'm sure there was a negotiation that went on,” …
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Defrag Tools: WPT - Command Line — Andrew Richards, Chad Beeder, and Larry Larsen continue walking you through the Windows Performance Toolkit (WPT).
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Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry — In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
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Love, Magic, & APIs — I will confess, I am old enough to remember my GeoCities page. Don't hate. It was amazing, it was... this transformative moment in which I took real, actual information, and transformed it into something visible and memorable.
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Getting the most out of business analytics — One of the most prevalent uses of Hadoop architecture by enterprises is to create business intelligence and analytics tools that can be leveraged to identify areas …
Getting the most out of business analytics — One of the most prevalent uses of Hadoop architecture by enterprises is to create business intelligence and analytics tools that can be leveraged to identify areas …
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“Yammer sucks” — Not to be mean to Yammer, or anything — it's a very good tool for some use cases — but that's what a customer told me recently (and others feel the same way).
“Yammer sucks” — Not to be mean to Yammer, or anything — it's a very good tool for some use cases — but that's what a customer told me recently (and others feel the same way).Who's Hiring In Tech?
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