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iPad Air Delivers 24 Hours of Battery Life as LTE Hotspot — A year ago during my review of the LTE iPad 3 I decided to find out how long the iPad would last as a personal hotspot. With the display off and a single notebook tethered wirelessly to the iPad downloading at a constant 50KB/s … | Janko Roettgers / Gigaom: |
Netflix starts testing 4K videos, wants to launch Ultra HD next year — Netflix quietly added a handful of 4K HD videos to its catalog this week to prepare itself for a wider launch of ultra high-definition video content in the coming months. So far, the titles added to the catalog … | Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech: |
Microsoft Surface Pro 2 Firmware Update Improves Battery Life — Shortly after general availability of the Surface Pro 2, Microsoft pushed out a firmware update that allowed the Marvell WiFi solution to drive down to even lower power states. I spoke with Microsoft after the update went live … | Scott Shane / New York Times: |
No Morsel Too Minuscule for All-Consuming N.S.A. — The N.S.A.'s Evolution: The National Security Agency was founded in 1952, and its surveillance capabilities were limited by legislation in 1978. But with the attacks of September 2001 came a new sense of urgency.| Julian Borger / Guardian: |
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Why Amazon Fights State Sales Tax, But Supports It Nationally — Amazon will begin charging sales tax on goods purchased by customers in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin today, after fighting such regulation for years. That brings the total number of states which require sales tax …
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Machinima, the YouTube Giant Looking for New Money, Is Also Looking for a New CEO — Machinima, the giant YouTube network that caters to gamers, is looking for a new chief executive — at the same time it is trying to close a big funding round. — Allen DeBevoise, the company's co-founder …
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VEVO Relaunches Its Web And Mobile Sites To Streamline Music Video Search And Discovery — Music video powerhouse VEVO is launching a major redesign this week, after rebuilding its back end from the ground up. The online music video site has undergone a complete overhaul, which you can see here …
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RIP iGoogle: Google's personalized Web portal service has now closed down — RIP another Google service: iGoogle, the company's personalized Web portal product, finally bit the dust today, some eight months after its shutdown was announced. — iGoogle has slipped into the darkness quietly … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft to spend $405 million on Windows marketing, aims for 16 million tablet sales — Microsoft started a huge advertising campaign for Windows 8 and Surface during its launch last year, but the company is reportedly planning to spend even more this year for Windows 8.1.| Jared Newman / TechHive: |
Sprint takes Nexus 5 pre-orders, offering $50 phone to new subscribers — Getting over your fear of commitment can save you a couple hundred bucks. Sprint is offering Google's new Nexus 5 smartphone for just $50—provided you don't mind locking yourself into the carrier for the next two years.
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JetBlue and Delta Now Let Passengers Use Gadgets During Takeoff and Landing … Starting today, passengers on JetBlue and Delta flights will no longer be told to turn off their electronic devices before takeoff and landing. — Following the FAA's announcement on Thursday that it wouldn't be long …
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Boost Mobile to offer iPhone 5s & 5c for $100 off starting at $549/$449 — Boost Mobile, a prepaid subsidiary of Sprint, today announced pricing for its upcoming iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c launch next week. While the carrier previously announced that the device would arrive on Nov. 8 …
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