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| Sam Grobart / Businessweek: |
How Samsung Became the World's No. 1 Smartphone Maker — I'm in a black Mercedes-Benz (DAI) van with three Samsung Electronics PR people heading toward Yongin, a city about 45 minutes south of Seoul. Yongin is South Korea's Orlando: a nondescript, fast-growing city known for its tourist attractions … | Reuters: |
Exclusive: Wal-Mart may get customers to deliver packages to online buyers — (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc is considering a radical plan to have store customers deliver packages to online buyers, a new twist on speedier delivery services that the company hopes will enable it to better compete with Amazon.com Inc.
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Google Starts Testing Google Shopping Express In SF, With Free Delivery From Target, Walgreens, Staples And More — Google is finally opening up its Google Shopping Express service to the public today, with the same day delivery service being made available as a test to select users … | Chris Velazco / TechCrunch: |
BlackBerry Posts Promising Q4 Results After BB10 Launch: EPS Of $0.22, Revenue Of $2.7B, ~1M Z10s Shipped — For the past year BlackBerry has been trying to prove to the world that it's not a mobile has-been just yet, and that all came to a head earlier this year when the company finally released …
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Google donates patents to protect cloud software from lawsuits — Google unveiled a “patent pledge” that it hopes will shield cloud software and big data developers from the type of litigation that has engulfed the mobile phone industry. The pledge, which is like a non-aggression pact … | Chris O'Brien / Los Angeles Times: |
Apple aims to win over video editors — The redesign of Final Cut Pro editing software was met with derision in 2011. Now, after seven updates to the product, Apple is launching a marketing effort for its Final Cut Pro X. — A breakthrough for Final Cut Pro came in 2003 …
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DOJ Emails Show Feds Were Less Than “Explicit” With Judges On Cell Phone Tracking Tool — A Justice Department document obtained by the ACLU of Northern California shows that federal investigators were routinely using a sophisticated cell phone tracking tool known as a “stingray,” …
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy S4 preorders start at AT&T on April 16th for $249.99 — AT&T has announced availability and pricing for the new Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone. Customers will be able to preorder the Galaxy S4 starting on April 16th for $249.99 with a new two-year agreement.
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| Alex Williams / TechCrunch: |
Judge Says Mathematical Algorithms Can't Be Patented, Dismisses Uniloc Claim Against Rackspace — A federal judge has thrown out a patent claim against Rackspace, ruling that mathematical algorithms can't be patented. The ruling in the Eastern Disrict stemmed from a 2012 complaint filed …
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| Liam Tung / ZDNet: |
Windows Phone outsells iPhone in seven markets, BlackBerry in 26 — Summary: Windows Phone has reached a milestone in seven markets - but is topping the Ukrainian charts really a big deal? — Liam Tung — Windows Phone handsets have outsold the iPhone in seven markets including India … | Nick Wingfield / NYT Bits: |
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| Vivek Gowri / AnandTech: |
The Razer Edge Review — This story starts in a dark meeting room in the back of Razer's booth at CES 2012. I'm sitting with CEO Min-Liang Tan, who is walking me through the intriguing Project Fiona concept gaming tablet. A number of major manufacturers announced Tegra 3 …
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| Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: |
Sony dives deep into the PS4's hardware power, controller features at GDC — At a presentation at the Game Developers Conference today, Sony Senior Staff Engineer Chris Norden went into greater technical detail on some of the PlayStation 4's underlying hardware, including the PS4 Eye depth sensing camera.
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| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Google Analytics' real-time reports get events, shortcuts, comparisons, and filter by desktop/tablet/mobile — Google has updated the real-time reports in its Analytics service with four improvements. As a Google Analytics user, you can now analyze events in real-time …
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| Russell Holly / Geek.com: |
Best Buy adding Samsung Stores in time for Galaxy S4 launch … - Home - Apple - Gadgets - Mobile - Games - Chips - - Forums - Shop
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| Evelyn M. Rusli / Wall Street Journal: |
The Messaging Apps Taking on Facebook, Phone Giants — On a recent Saturday, Johan Dijkland, a 23-year-old student in Emmen, Netherlands, opened a free messaging app called Line on his iPhone. Then he tapped on a virtual sticker of a sleepy panda with a “good night” speech bubble and pressed send to a friend.| Brent Simmons / inessential.com: |
Why Developers Shouldn't Use iCloud Syncing, Even If It Worked — Yesterday the Verge posted Apple's broken promise: why doesn't iCloud ‘just work’? — It's not the first article on the topic — bits and pieces of this issue have come up before. But The Verge did an excellent job putting it all together.
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| Ken Yeung / The Next Web: |
Storify starts to monetize with VIP, a premium plan for live-blogging, custom sources and more — Storify is moving forward with plans to realize its business model. Today, the social media curator is announcing the launch of Storify VIP, its premium service designed for media organizations … | Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Despite Google patent efforts, VP8 no shoo-in for Web video — Nokia refuses to license patents it says are needed to use Google's video technology, sullying Google's earlier patent deal. But WebRTC could still spread VP8 widely, lowering Web video costs for startups and schools.| James Trew / Engadget: |
Nexus 4 gets subtle design tweaks, nubbin to write home about — If the one thing you wanted from your Nexus 4 was LTE (we mean proper support), then still no joy. That said, some recent modifications suggest that LG and Google are still working to improve it in other — albeit utilitarian — ways.| Amy Chozick / Media Decoder: |
A Driving Force Behind Wikipedia Will Step Down — Sue Gardner, who oversaw a period of rapid growth and evolution at Wikipedia, said Wednesday that she would step down as executive director of the nonprofit organization that runs the free encyclopedia. — In an interview with The Times on Wednesday …
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