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Tech we're looking forward to in 2014: a realist's guide to CES — The annual Consumer Electronics Show is all about showing off what's in the future of hardware and gadgetry. But although there are thousands of announcements and prototypes to sort through, most of what's announced at CES … | Sarah Silbert / Engadget: |
Presenting our Best of CES 2014 Awards winners — Curating the Best of CES Awards as an official CEA partner is not a responsibility we take lightly. Finding plenty of worthy finalists was easy, but narrowing down each category to just one winner? Not so much.| Washington Post: |
Obama administration to end contract with CGI Federal, company behind HealthCare.gov — The Obama administration has decided to jettison CGI Federal, the main IT contractor that was responsible for building the defect-ridden online health insurance marketplace and has been immersed in the work …
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Exclusive: Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Lite/Neo Pictures, Specifications and Benchmark results (Update) — You guys may have heard about Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Note 3 Lite and if you really have, then you probably know about its specifications too, courtesy of GSMArena.
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FOBO Launches In San Francisco To Become The Fastest, Easiest Way To Sell Your Consumer Electronics — By now you probably know that Craigslist sucks as a way to sell stuff. You have to contend with spam emails, buyers who promise to purchase your goods but flake, and people who show … | Paul Graham: |
Female Founders — I was accused recently of believing things I don't believe about women as programmers and startup founders. So I thought I'd explain what I actually do believe. Some accused me of being sexist—of being biased against female founders. To anyone who knows Y Combinator that would seem a pretty implausible claim.
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Supreme Court to Hear Aereo Case — The Supreme Court has granted review to broadcasters' challenge to the legality of startup Aereo, in a case that may not only determine the future of digital streaming of station signals but of network television itself. — Without comment …
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Exclusive: LivingSocial CEO Tim O'Shaughnessy to step down — LivingSocial Inc. CEO Tim O'Shaughnessy told staff Friday he plans to step down as chief executive of the D.C.-based deals company. — O'Shaughnessy will remain CEO until his replacement can be found, which is expected … | Rebecca Grant / VentureBeat: |
Overstock makes $124K from 780 Bitcoin orders a day after giving the cypto-currency a thumbs up — Overstock.com is helping Bitcoin makes its rise. — Overstock.com took a gamble on Bitcoin that quickly seems to be paying off. — The company made $124,000 through 780 Bitcoin orders within less … | Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
Path receives additional $25M in funding led by Indonesia's Bakrie Global Group, an “up round” according to CEO — Exclusive: Path Closes $25 Million Funding, Led by Indonesia's Bakrie Global Group — Path, the private social network, said it had finally closed a $25 million Series C round … | Seth Weintraub / 9to5Google: |
HP to launch inexpensive Android smartphone for emerging markets as soon as next week — HP, the world's biggest PC manufacturer, is set to launch its smartphone as soon as next week — We've gotten word from inside HP that the company is set to release an inexpensive Android smartphone aimed … | Don Reisinger / CNET: |
Yikes! Target's data breach now could affect 110M people — Target's data breach is a bit broader than once believed. — The major retailer on Friday announced that up to 70 million customers have had their personal information stolen as part of the company's payment card data breach.
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Facebook hit with lawsuit over “Like” ads - user says he never “Liked” USA Today — A Colorado man who claims Facebook falsely told his friends that he “Liked” USA Today has filed a lawsuit seeking at least $750 for himself and every other user who appeared in ads for products they never endorsed.
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