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Dropbox Buys Mailbox, an App With Some Buzz — Dropbox is buying the owner of the buzzy Mailbox mobile app, making its first move into products outside its core file-sharing service. — Under the deal, the 13 employees of Mailbox owner Orchestra Inc.-including alums of Apple, Stanford University and Ideo-will join Dropbox.
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Welcome Mailbox — Today we're really excited to welcome the Mailbox team to Dropbox. — Like many of you, when we discovered Mailbox we fell in love—it was simple, delightful, and beautifully engineered. Many have promised to help us with our overflowing inboxes, but the Mailbox team actually delivered.
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Samsung: Galaxy S4's Improvements Will Come to Galaxy S3 — The Samsung Galaxy S4 is officially upon us. The Korean phone giant took the wraps off its new 5-inch smartphone at a high-profile event in New York City tonight, and will release the Galaxy S4 in the second quarter on all four major U.S. carriers.| Daniel P. Howley / LAPTOP Magazine: |
Samsung Galaxy S 4 Benchmarked: Serious Power, Dim Display — After months of waiting, Samsung has officially unveiled the Galaxy S 4 to the world, and its latest super phone is packing some serious power. There will be two versions of the Galaxy S 4, an international model powered … Thanks:@geekinchief
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Apple's ‘budget’ iPhone expected to have same 4-inch display as iPhone 5 — Contrary to some rumors suggesting Apple's low-cost iPhone will have a larger 4.5-inch display, the company's new entry-level handset will have a 4-inch display, matching the size of the iPhone 5.
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It's Not Just Reader - Google Kills Its RSS Subscription Browser Extension, Too — Oh Google. Thought we wouldn't notice that you're trying to kill off not just Google Reader, but also your support and endorsement for the RSS format itself? People have just started noticing …
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New Samsung CEO says there is ‘lackluster demand’ for Windows tablets and phones — JK Shin, the Samsung Mobile Communications president who just received a promotion to co-CEO of Samsung Electronics, had some harsh words for Microsoft tonight as his company launched the Galaxy S4.| 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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Apple TV 2013 (A1469) Short Review: Analysis of a New A5 — The Apple TV is an incredibly relevant device today. It's Apple's attempt to augment the Netflixes and Hulu Pluses of the world with an on-demand cable TV alternative. Other companies are working on the same problem, with different solutions.
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Retina MacBook Pro customer launches class action lawsuit against Apple over alleged LG display flaw — Since Apple unveiled its first Retina MacBook Pro with the 15.4-inch model in June, there have been a growing number of complaints from customers experiencing issues with the product.| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Glassdoor: Employees rank Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg as CEO of the year; Apple's Tim Cook loses top spot — Career website Glassdoor on Friday released its latest report highlighting this year's top 50 highest-rated Chief Executive Officers (CEOs), and it seems like the tech world played a big role in the list.
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Matthew Keys Suspended By Reuters After Being Charged In Connection With Anonymous Hack — Matthew Keys, a 26-year-old social media editor who has been charged with helping Anonymous attack the website of his former employer, has been suspended with pay, a Thomson Reuters spokesman told The Huffington Post.
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Exclusive: EMC, IBM eye web hosting company SoftLayer- sources — (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp and EMC Corp are among parties in talks to buy privately held database web hosting company SoftLayer Technologies Inc, in a deal that could fetch over $2 billion, three sources close to the matter said.| Erin Bury / BetaKit: |
Recommendation Engine Noodle Acquires Lore to Make Education More Social — The explosion of massive open online courses (MOOCs) and the rise of e-learning platforms like Coursera and Udemy has changed the way both students and lifelong learners learn online.
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Facebook pushes Android update to enable silent updates (bypassing the Play Store) — Facebook appears to be doing an end run around the Google by pushing an update to the social network's open app to Android users today... and the update isn't coming from the Google Play Store.| Greg Roumeliotis / Reuters: |
Exclusive: Silver Lake close to raising $10 billion fund - source — (Reuters) - Silver Lake Partners, the technology-focused private equity firm backing a $24.4 billion bid to take Dell Inc private, is close to raising $10 billion for its latest fund, exceeding its initial fundraising target …
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University makes major investment in big data development — As news of the benefits provided by big data platforms such as Apache Hadoop spreads, more organizations are investing in the burgeoning technology.
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