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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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| Evelyn M. Rusli / Wall Street Journal: |
How Mark Zuckerberg turned around Facebook by prioritizing mobile ad revenues — Profitable Learning Curve for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg — In Taking Facebook Public, Reshaping It Around Mobile Phones, Chief Gained Focus on Bottom Line … MENLO PARK, Calif.— Mark Zuckerberg needed help.
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| Rich McCormick / The Verge: |
T-Mobile to buy unused Verizon spectrum in deal worth over $3 billion — T-Mobile has agreed to buy 700 MHz A-block spectrum from Verizon Wireless for $2.365 billion. The sale will also see T-Mobile transfer certain AWS and PCS spectrum licenses with a value of around $950 million to Verizon …
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| Ashlee Vance / Businessweek: |
Google Teams With GM, Honda, and Audi to Bring Android to Cars — That kid—the one in the back of the SUV with the iPad—is the automotive industry's worst enemy. He's also the reason some of the world's biggest automakers are working with Google to bring its Android software into vehicle infotainment systems.
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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Roku Moves Beyond The Box, Partnering With Hisense And TCL To Introduce Roku TVs — Who would have thought that streaming set-top box manufacturer Roku would actually introduce a TV before Apple? Well, it looks likely that's going to happen, thanks to partnerships with Hisense and TCL …
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Nvidia debuts 192-core Tegra K1 processor — Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang, after nearly a year of promising outsized computing power for so-called future “superphones,” took the stage at CES today to unveil the company's latest mobile processor for Android. The 192 CUDA-core Tegra K1 …
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| Kevin Fitchard / Gigaom: |
Asus rides the 2nd Wave of 802.11ac atop its new Wi-Fi router — Asus unveiled a new 802.11ac router at CES in Las Vegas on Sunday. I know, big whoop right? The newest and fastest Wi-Fi technology has been on the market for over a year — 802.11ac has already taken off in the enterprise …
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| Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
How The Pirate Bay Plans to Beat Censorship For Good — Over the past few years The Pirate Bay has had to deal with its fair share of censorship, mostly through court-ordered blockades. — In response to these efforts the site launched the PirateBrowser last summer, and not without success.
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| Fred Ehrsam / Re/code: |
Bitcoin will hold value if it remains the most efficient mechanism for transferring ownership — Bitcoin Is Good — We read with interest Paul Krugman's recent article in the New York Times, humorously titled “Bitcoin Is Evil.” Perhaps the most important part of the article is where Dr. Krugman remarks:| Andy / TorrentFreak: |
Ubuntu's desktop interface to include torrent search with license filtering by default — Ubuntu Will Add Torrent Search to Embed Free Culture Into User Experience — In early December 2013 there was a nice announcement for Ubuntu users. Software developer David Callé revealed …
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| Serge Wroclawski / emacsen.net: |
Why the world needs OpenStreetMap: no one company should have a monopoly on place — Why the World Needs OpenStreetMap — Every time I tell someone about OpenStreetMap, they inevitably ask “Why not use Google Maps?”. From a practical standpoint, it's a reasonable question …
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| Sean Cooper / Engadget: |
Chevrolet and OnStar announce in-car 4G LTE connectivity and curated AppShop — Chevrolet, AT&T and OnStar banded together yesterday at CES 2014 to offer us a glimpse of the heart of the Connected by OnStar 4G LTE infotainment offering: AppShop. The new service will feature a curated collection …
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