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Lenovo's latest Miix 2 tablets use magnets to convert into a laptop — Lenovo has used the Consumer Electronics Show to showcase its latest Windows 8-inspired designs previously, and this year is no different. The top PC maker is refining its Yoga range, but it's also taking a slightly different approach to detachable laptops.
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Lenovo announces new consumer desktop PCs at CES, including an Android all-in-one — Lenovo announces new consumer desktop PCs at CES, including an Android all-in-one — LAS VEGAS—Lenovo announced several new desktop PCs at CES. And in a move that's sure to give Microsoft heartburn …
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Lenovo's mobile CES portfolio: A new ThinkPad X1 Carbon, fresh convertibles, and tablets — LAS VEGAS—If you're a computer junkie craving PC and tablet news at CES, Lenovo has you covered this year. The company is taking the wraps off not only its revamped ThinkPad X1 Carbon …
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| Phil Libin / Evernote Blog: |
Evernote CEO promises improved software quality, stability, and simplicity in 2014 — On Software Quality and Building a Better Evernote in 2014 — I got the wrong sort of birthday present yesterday: a sincerely-written post by Jason Kincaid lamenting a perceived decline in the quality of Evernote software over the past few months.
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| Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
A family's three generations show a tradition of reinvention in Silicon Valley — Silicon Valley Lost, And Found — Silicon Valley is a place that is just as much about people reinventing themselves as it is about people reinventing industries. — As a new year turns …
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| Owen Thomas / ReadWrite: |
CBS Tests Twitter Rules By Placing Film Critic's Tweet In An Ad — On Saturday, the print edition of the New York Times carried a full-page ad for the movie Inside Llewyn Davis with a single tweet by A.O. Scott, a film critic for the newspaper. — While he tweeted the words of praise …
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Square And Griffin Debut An Integrated Merchant Case And Holder For iPhones And Readers, Will Create More Accessories For Sellers — Last year, Square debuted Stand, a piece of hardware that turns a merchant's iPad into a card-swiping register. The idea was to provide a simple and elegant …
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| Tim Culpan / Bloomberg: |
HTC Posts Second Operating Loss as Sales Continue to Slump — HTC Corp. (2498) posted its second consecutive quarterly operating loss as a continued decline in sales dragged down earnings at the Taiwanese smartphone maker. — Fourth-quarter operating loss was NT$1.56 billion ($52 million) …
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| Liz Alderman / New York Times: |
Unemployed in Europe Stymied by Lack of Technology Skills — DUBLIN — Week after week, newspapers issue a stream of hopeful headlines: Microsoft, PayPal, Fujitsu and scores of other companies are expanding their investments in Ireland, creating thousands of jobs as unemployment hovers near record highs.| Mat Smith / Engadget: |
Samsung's new Smart Home service outlined, wants to connect to third-party services and products — We heard whispers that Samsung was planning big for CES, and we're not just talking TV panels. It's now revealed Smart Home, which attempts to tie together Smart TVs, home appliances and handheld smart devices into one single platform.| Rebecca Grant / VentureBeat: |
Venture-backed companies generated $56.5B in exits in 2013 (thanks to IPOs) — A mystique of massive wins and epic mistakes surrounds venture capital. — Amid the jaw-dropping nine figure deals, breathless IPOs, quiet failures, and headline-grabbing acquisitions, the research firm Pitchbook came …
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| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
Connected Cars Driving 2014 CES to Become More of an Auto Show — CES has always been the place to find the latest in TVs, but each year, some other category seems to dominate the show. — A few years ago, it was PCs and netbooks. E-readers also had a brief moment in the sun …
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