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Samsung refines winning formula with Galaxy S5, maintains distinct Galaxy software, plans April 11 launch alongside new Gear models — Samsung's Galaxy S5 is here with more power, more pixels, and a refined design — This year's flagship doesn't mess with a winning formula
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Samsung's Dust- And Water Resistant Galaxy S5 Gets Official With Heart Rate Monitor, Fingerprint Scanner — The Samsung Galaxy S5 is here, and now we know everything about the 2014 flagship from the Korean smartphone maker. It's pushing into phablet territory with a 5.1-inch …
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Samsung unveils Galaxy S5 to focus on what matters most to consumers — The company's 5th generation Galaxy S redefines how technology innovation enhances our lives — Barcelona, Spain, February 24, 2014 - Samsung Electronics today announced the fifth generation of the Galaxy S series … | Bonnie Cha / Re/code: |
Samsung Tries On Another Wearable With Fitness-Focused Gear Fit — Perhaps you thought Samsung was done with its wearable news when it announced the Tizen-based Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo smartwatches over the weekend. But turns out the company had one last trick up its sleeve (no pun intended).| Brian X. Chen / NYT Bits: |
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Messaging Giant WhatsApp, With 465M Users, Will Add Voice Services In Q2 Of This Year — Today Jan Koum, the CEO of WhatsApp — acquired by Facebook last week for $19 billion — announced that the messaging giant is finally moving into voice — a move announced at MWC, the conference …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
WhatsApp Is Actually Worth More Than $19B, Says Facebook's Zuckerberg, And It Was Internet.org That Sealed The Deal — More than a few people were surprised when Facebook said it would pay $19 billion for messaging app startup WhatsApp, but today Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that he believed it was actually worth more.
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This is Nokia X: Android and Windows Phone collide — It's official, the Nokia X Android phone is here. Microsoft might be buying Nokia's phone business shortly, but the Finnish smartphone maker is still pushing ahead with the a launch of three Android-powered handsets today.| Alex Colon / Gigaom: |
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Dropbox raises $350 million — Dropbox has another $350 million in the bank, and more may be on the way. — FORTUNE — Last month, reports surfaced that Dropbox had raised $250 million from Blackrock (BLK) in its final round of private funding before embarking on its highly-anticipated IPO.
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| Ellis Hamburger / The Verge: |
Facebook retires its troubled @facebook.com email service — Facebook is retiring its email service, and has begun notifying users that all email sent to their @facebook.com address will soon be forwarded to their primary email address on file. Facebook users can turn off the forwarding feature, which is on by default.
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| Brad Molen / Engadget: |
HTC's ‘flagship mid-range’ Desire 816 packs a large display, decent cameras and LTE — That HTC “Desire 8” you've been seeing lately? It's finally unveiled as the Desire 816, a “flagship mid-range” phone that promises to be competitively priced, while also offering LTE (for EMEA and Asia) and HSPA+ (up to 42 Mbps).
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eBay Inc. Responds to Carl Icahn's Feb. 24 Open Letter to Stockholders — New eBay shareholder Carl Icahn has cherry-picked old news clips and anecdotes out of context to attack the integrity of two of the most respected, accomplished and value-driven technology leaders in Silicon Valley.| Brooks Barnes / New York Times: |
Moviefone Is Hanging Up, but Its App Will Go On — LOS ANGELES — Mr. Moviefone's lines are going dead. — For 25 years, residents of America's biggest cities have been able to call 777-FILM to receive movie listing information and buy tickets. The service's goofily booming greeting became … | Jeff Morganteen / CNBC: |
Verizon CEO: We expect a deal with Netflix — Verizon CEO: I would expect deal with Netflix — Netflix has agreed to pay Comcast for faster broadband service. Lowell McAdam, Verizon Communications President & CEO, weighs in on the deal and discusses Google's fiber plans.
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Oracle To Buy BlueKai For Estimated $350M to $400M, Deal Presents Big Challenges — Oracle will acquire data services and technology company BlueKai for an estimated $350 to $400 million, bringing together one of the largest enterprise software companies with a market leading data management platform (DMP).
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| Andrew Wallenstein / Variety: |
Facebook Hires Ryan Seacrest's Digital Chief as Head of Entertainment Partnerships (Exclusive) — Sibyl Goldman tapped to lead Hollywood outreach efforts — Facebook has recruited Ryan Seacrest's digital guru for a new role leading an expanded effort to court Hollywood.| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Broadcom packs high-speed 5G Wi-Fi into a single chip for smartphones — Broadcom, the multibillion-dollar communications chip maker, wants to elbow its way into smartphones. And it is planning to do so by announcing the first advanced 5G Wi-Fi combination chips for smartphones.| Avram Piltch / LAPTOP Mag: |
Intel Announces Next-Gen, 64-Bit Merrifield / Moorefield CPUs for Smartphones — Intel has long been the leader in desktop and laptop processors, but the company hasn't made much headway in the smartphone market as only a handful of handsets, none of which currently ship in America …
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Xbox One price cut doesn't mean the system is struggling, Microsoft says — “For us, this is about giving UK gamers the best value that we can,” marketing executive Harvey Eagle says. — Shares — +1 — Microsoft's announcement today of a £30/$50 price cut for the Xbox … Sponsor Posts
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