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Google's Android unit reportedly building a smartwatch — According to a recent report from The Financial Times, Google might also be getting into the smartwatch game. And unlike Glass, which was developed in the company's experimental X Lab, the watch (not pictured above) …
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| Bogdan Petrovan / Android Authority: |
LG joins the fray, making a smartwatch and a Glass-like device — LG is joining the wearable computing race with a smartwatch of its own, and even a device that is similar to Google's Project Glass. — Coincidence or not, we've been hearing a lot of buzz lately about various companies …
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IPhone Contracts With Carriers Under Scrutiny in Europe — European Union regulators are examining the contracts Apple strikes with cellphone carriers that sell its iPhone for possible antitrust violations after several carriers complained that the deals throttled competition.
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| Jessica E. Lessin / Digits: |
Apple Design Teams Get Cozier — Last October Apple Inc. announced a management shake-up designed to increase collaboration across its different divisions. Sure enough, some walls have come down, though many others remain. — One of the biggest areas of change has been design.| Quentin Hardy / New York Times: |
Lockheed Martin Harnesses Quantum Technology — VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Our digital age is all about bits, those precise ones and zeros that are the stuff of modern computer code. — But a powerful new type of computer that is about to be commercially deployed by a major American military contractor …
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| Matt Rosoff / CITEworld: |
Box and Evernote execs: Don't ignore Microsoft's platforms — Evernote CTO Dave Engberg has noticed something funny: Just because a lot of people own a particular type of smartphone, that doesn't mean they actually download apps for it. — Speaking today at Business Insider's IGNITION Mobile conference … | Edward Wyatt / New York Times: |
F.C.C. Chairman Announces Resignation — Julius Genachowski, the Federal Communications Commission chairman since June 2009, who set out ambitious plans to expand broadband Internet service throughout the country and to free up additional airwaves for sale to mobile phone companies …
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| Charles Arthur / Guardian: |
Surprise! Google chairman Eric Schmidt uses.. a BlackBerry — He likes the keyboard - even though Android alternatives are available. Schmidt also spoke on whether Android and ChromeOS will merge: ‘not for a long time’ — Who's the person you'd least expect to discover is a BlackBerry user?
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
HTC One Landing In U.K., Germany & Taiwan Next Week, Heading To North America, Asia-Pac & Across Europe Before End Of April — HTC's new flagship smartphone, the HTC One, will go on sale in the U.K., Germany and the company's home market of Taiwan next week, HTC has confirmed today.
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| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
BlackBerry Hoping Long-Awaited U.S. Launch Pays Off — BlackBerry officials say they are pleased with the early response in the two dozen or so countries where the company's all-new phones have launched. — However, the Canadian company's comeback effort will face a key test Friday …
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HBO CEO mulls teaming with broadband partners for HBO GO — (Reuters) - HBO could widen access to its HBO GO online streaming service by teaming up with broadband Internet providers for customers who do not subscribe to a cable TV service, according to HBO's Chief Executive Richard Plepler.
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| Jack Clark / The Register: |
Ubuntu tapped by China for national operating system — Canonical to help government add “Chinese specific” features to OS — Ubuntu is going to become the reference architecture for a Linux distribution, backed and developed by the Chinese government. — The news means Ubuntu-stewards Canonical …
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| Jon Russell / The Next Web: |
500 Startups is now using AngelList to raise investment for its latest fund — 500 Startups is a big fan of AngelList, the social network-like platform for young businesses. Back in January, the US incubator and VC adopted AngelList as the sole platform for applications to its Spring 2013 batch …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Ad-Tech Specialist Marin Software Raises $105M In IPO As Shares Pop 40%, But Now Under $18 — The first ad tech IPO of 2013 hit the NYSE today: Marin Software priced its 7.5 million shares at $14 each, raising $105 million at a valuation of $425 million. Trading under the symbol MRIN …
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| Paul Sawers / The Next Web: |
OpenSignal data suggests T-Mobile is testing LTE on the SGS3 & SGS4 in NYC, Vegas and 6 other US cities — T-Mobile is the last of the four major mobile networks in the USA to flip the switch on high-speed LTE. While we've known for a while it had big plans on this front …
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| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Andrew ‘weev’ Auernheimer Obtains New Lawyer, Files Appeal — According to his brand new lawyer, Andrew “weev” Auernheimer, otherwise known as the AT&T hacker, will appeal his sentence of 41 months in prison, three years probation, and restitution of $73,000 owed to AT&T. Orin Kerr … | Mat Smith / Engadget: |
Google applies for another Glass patent, thinks about controlling your garage door and fridge — In case you hadn't noticed, the people over at Mountain View continue to work pretty hard on bringing yet more functionality to its Google Glass. During our patent application trawling this week …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Decide.com Raises $8M Series C For Its Price Predictions Engine; Will Expand To More Categories, Improve Data Mining & Mobile Apps — Shopping and comparison engine Decide.com, which offers suggestions as to not just what to buy but also when, is announcing today that it has raised $8 million …
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| Joanna Stern / ABC News: |
BlackBerry Testing Phone-Powered Tablets, Laptops — BlackBerry finally launches today its first BlackBerry 10 phone in the United States, the BlackBerry Z10. After sitting on the sidelines during Apple, Google and Microsoft's smartphone war, the new software platform has the features …
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| Robin Wauters / The Next Web: |
“An historic moment”: 888 first online gambling company to win US license — 888, a London, UK-listed operator of online casino, bingo and poker games, today announced that it has gained a license to operate in the United States. — The online gaming giant, which is headquartered … | Wall Street Journal: |
Samsung Covets Low-End Of Smartphone Market, Too — Samsung Electronics Co.'s quest for dominance in the cellphone market is expanding beyond its high-profile, high-end devices: It now wants to own the bottom of the market too. — Despite the buzz surrounding its Galaxy smartphones …
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| Asher Moses / Sydney Morning Herald: |
Apple blames rights holders for 70% mark-ups in Australia — Apple Australia boss Tony King has blamed “old-fashioned notions” of record labels, movie studios and TV networks for inflated prices of digital media paid by Australians on the iTunes store. While claiming prices of Apple's products …
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