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Intel plans a CES coup: Android and Windows in the same computer — Dual OS could dilute Windows dominance, if Microsoft doesn't kill it first — The PC industry isn't doing so well. Sales have dramatically slumped, despite the industry's efforts to tempt consumers with Windows 8 tablets and transforming touchscreen laptops.
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| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Yahoo Sports Gets iOS 7 Redesign, Awesome Gif Creation Tool For Sharing 'Big 4′ Sports Moments — Yahoo Sports gets a fantastic looking redesign today for iOS 7, and gains a slick new feature called ‘Loops’. Loops allows you to skim through a game, pick a short segment and create …
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| Sam Biddle / Valleywag: |
Snapchat CEO Won't Say Sorry for Hack — The $3 billion boy, Evan Spiegel, had a very good New Year's Eve. He allegedly partied at a lavish L.A. company fete with Taylor Swift and coworkers, looking back on a meteoric 2013. His millions of users, however, had their phone numbers stolen …
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| Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Andreessen: Bubble Believers 'Don't Know What They're Talking About' — Venture Capitalist Discusses the Current State of Tech Investing — In a 2011 essay in The Wall Street Journal, venture capitalist and Internet pioneer Marc Andreessen predicted that software companies are …
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| Ryan J. Reilly / The Huffington Post: |
FISA Court Reauthorizes NSA Phone Metadata Collection — Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Friday reauthorized the National Security Agency's phone surveillance program, the Director of National Intelligence said in a statement. The reauthorization order was not immediately available …
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DreamWorks partners with Fuhu, makers of children's tablet Nabi, to create DreamTab — A Tablet for Children That Comes With Its Own Penguins — GLENDALE, Calif. — DreamWorks Animation first captivated children in movie theaters. Then it branched into TV, piping cartoons based on hits like …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
BlackBerry Sues Ryan Seacrest's Smartphone Keyboard Startup — BlackBerry, the struggling mobile device maker, filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Typo Products, the startup co-founded by Ryan Seacrest that has developed a smartphone keyboard attachment.
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Marketwired, Wall Street Journal, The Verge, Engadget, The Next Web, TechnoBuffalo, 9to5Mac, SlashGear, VentureBeat, MobileBurn.com and MobileSyrup.com. Tweets: @joshconstine
| Ed Christman / Billboard: |
As streaming grows, digital music sales decreased in 2013, the first time since iTunes launch — Digital Music Sales Decrease For First Time in 2013 — For the first time since the iTunes store opened its doors, the U.S. music industry finished the year with a decrease in digital music sales.| Gautham Nagesh / Wall Street Journal: |
Obama Administration may ease hiring rules for tech specialists after HealthCare.gov fiasco — U.S. Weighs Tech Fixes After Health-Site Woes — Administration Considers Looser Hiring Rules, New Federal Unit … The Obama administration, stung by the failures of the HealthCare.gov rollout …
Tweets: @digiphile and @hettinger_tech
| Sarah Lacy / PandoDaily: |
Inside “the richest niche there is” — StockTwits announces new CEO, funding — Not everyone agrees that founders make the best entrepreneurs. Exhibit A: Howard Lindzon has confirmed reports that he has “fired” himself as CEO of StockTwits and hired John Melloy, formerly of CNBC, as his replacement.
Tweets: @semil and @howardlindzon
| Matthew Lynch / Capital New York: |
Viral content phenom Neetzan Zimmerman leaving Gawker for secret-sharing app maker Whisper — Neetzan Zimmerman to leave Gawker — Gawker viral content mastermind Neetzan Zimmerman is leaving the company, according to editor John Cook who tweeted the news on Friday afternoon.
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The New York Observer, New York Magazine, Business Insider and Mashable
Tweets: @jyarow, @craigsilverman and @tmcgev
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Acer unveils two new sub-$200 Android tablets, a $1099 desktop, and an updated C720 Chromebook — Acer has unveiled several new Android-based devices that will be on display at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. — In particular, the company announced the debut of two new tablets.
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