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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
12" MacBook Air to feature narrower, thinner body than 11" model, higher resolution display, edge-to-edge keyboard, single USB type-C port — Apple's next major Mac revealed: the radically new 12-inch MacBook Air — Apple is preparing an all-new MacBook Air for 2015 with a radically …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple Watch launch expected in March, retail training set for mid-February — Apple is finishing up work on the Apple Watch's software, and sources familiar with the product's development say that the device is currently on track to ship in the United States by the end of March.| Mike Snider / USA Today: |
Monster sues Beats; CEO Noel Lee claims he and Monster invented the technology behind Beats By Dr. Dre headphones — Tech firm Monster sues Beats and founders Dre and Iovine — Monster, which co-designed the original Beats By Dr. Dre headphones, is filing suit against Beats Electronics … | Austin Carr / Fast Company: |
As Fire Phone product manager, Jeff Bezos insisted Lab126 build a premium phone and include useless Dynamic Perspective feature in attempt to compete with Apple — The Real Story Behind Jeff Bezos's Fire Phone Debacle And What It Means For Amazon's Future — “What the hell happened?”
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| The Verge: |
Dell updates XPS 13 with 13.3" edge-to-edge display, hi-res 3200 x 1800 touchscreen option, 15 hour battery life, improved trackpad — Dell's new XPS 13 has a stunning edge-to-edge display — Dell is back with a brand new XPS 13 this year at the Consumer Electronics Show, and it looks like the best one yet.| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Mophie juice pack for iPhone 6/6 Plus now available for pre-order; prices start at $99.95 — Mophie Juice Pack battery cases for iPhone 6/6 Plus now available for pre-order — Mobile battery case maker Mophie announced today three new versions of its popular Juice Pack charging case designed specifically …
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mophie.com, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Engadget, PC Advisor, GSMArena Blog, MacRumors, BGR, Gigaom, iPhone in Canada Blog and iMore. Tweets: @mgsiegler
| Eugene Kim / Business Insider: |
WhatsApp adds 100M new users in 4 months, now has 700 MAUs sending 30B messages per day — WhatsApp's Insane Growth Continues: 100 Million New Users in 4 Months — WhatsApp cofounder and CEO Jan Koum said on Monday that the messaging app has topped 700 million monthly active users.
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| Micah Singleton / The Verge: |
Ultra-thin Dell Venue 8 7000 Android tablet featuring Intel's RealSense camera now available in US and Canada for $400, more countries coming soon — Dell's ultra-thin Venue 8 7000 tablet is now available — Dell has finally released the long-awaited the Dell Venue 8 7000 …
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| Abby Ohlheiser / Washington Post: |
Internet Archive now lets you play nearly 2400 MS-DOS video games for free in your browser — You can now play nearly 2,400 MS-DOS video games in your browser — Nearly 2,400 MS-DOS games are now available to play — for free — in almost any browser on the Internet Archive.| Matthew Herper / Forbes: |
23andMe to receive up to $60M from pharma company Genentech to provide genetic data for Parkinson's research — Surprise! With $60 Million Genentech Deal, 23andMe Has A Business Plan — This is more like it. — A deal being announced today with Genentech points the way for 23andMe …
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| Katie Collins / Wired.co.uk: |
Intel unveils button-sized Curie module to power future wearables — Intel has today unveiled Curie, a low-powered module no bigger than a button, as part of its vision to lead in the wearables field. Company CEO Brian Krzanich announced the module, which will be built on a tiny new chip called …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Google: |
Motorola returning to China in February w/ Moto X, Moto X Pro, and Moto G — Motorola has just announced in a blog post that it is making a return to China. Following the company's acquisition by Lenovo, Motorola Mobility says that it is returning to China with three of its newest devices.| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Android TV sets from Philips, Sharp and Sony are coming this spring — Google's years-long effort to get a foothold in the living room is finally paying off. The search pioneer has announced that TVs from Sharp, Sony and TP Vision (aka Philips) will all run Android TV when they arrive this spring.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Kickstarter Drops Amazon Payments For Stripe — Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter announced today that it's partnering with payments service Stripe, which will now collect and process all payments for projects hosted on Kickstarter's site. Since its founding, Kickstarter used Amazon Payments for this … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Razer Unveils Its $100 Android-Powered Gaming Console, Razer Forge TV — Earlier this year, high-end gaming tech company Razer announced at Google I/O that it would be soon be making its first foray into Android-based gaming consoles. Today at CES, that device made its public debut.
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| Brian Hough / Haverzine: |
HomeKit compatible switches, devices, and sensors for home automation debut at CES — Apple may not be at CES, but their HomeKit system is the a star — I've been a fan of the Smart Home concept since I first saw the American classic movie “Smart House” by the Disney Channel …
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Incipio Blog, MacRumors, iMore, 9to5Mac and 9to5Mac
| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
Verizon CEO Says Video Effort to Debut in Second Half, AOL Acquisition Report Inaccurate — Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam threw cold water on the idea his company was in talks to acquire AOL, but reiterated the company's interest in offering a video service, saying it could debut in the second half of this year.
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FierceWireless, TechnoBuffalo, CNET, CNBC, Washington Post, The Hill and Business Insider. Tweets: @mikeisaac
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft opens its Office for Android tablet preview apps to anyone with a compatible tablet — Microsoft Office Preview apps for Android tablets are now open to anyone — Two months to the day after Microsoft launched a trio of all-new Office apps for Android tablets …
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Makerbot announces new filaments that enable 3D printing in materials that mimic limestone, metal, and wood, available late 2015 — Makerbot announces new filaments that mimic limestone, metal, and wood — Makerbot has announced a new line of printing mediums as part of CES …
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PC World, Gizmodo, 3DPrint.com and Gigaom
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple now selling SIM-free unlocked iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in the US, from $649 — As we reported yesterday, Apple is now selling contract-free iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in retail stores and online. Following historic pattern, the 16 GB base model iPhone 6 costs $649 with higher tiers costing $100 extra.
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Forbes, MacRumors, TmoNews, Ars Technica, Mashable, Consumerist, eWeek, Electronista, USA Today, TechSpot and TUAW
| Sarah Mitroff / CNET: |
Kodak IM5 Android smartphone with 13 MP back camera, 5 MP front camera, and octa-core processor available in EU end of Q1 for €229, later in US for $249 — Kodak's phone debut is super-simple and runs Android KitKat — LAS VEGAS — If Kodak sounds like an old-fashioned brand to you, that's the point.| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
TCL, the Chinese company behind Alcatel Onetouch, confirms it bought rights to Palm name, will create Silicon Valley based company to resurrect the brand — Palm makes a comeback! TCL to ‘re-create’ the brand — The Chinese consumer-electronics company wants to resurrect a once-beloved smartphone brand.| Harrison Weber / VentureBeat: |
Indiegogo launches InDemand, a feature that allows pre-orders to continue after crowdfunding ends — Indiegogo elbows its way into ecommerce with the launch of InDemand — What will be hot in consumer electronics and computing in 2015? Read VB's full coverage of International CES 2015 to find out.
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Fortune and TechCrunch
| Ben Fischer / bizjournals: |
New York City suspends five of six Uber bases for failing to submit trip records; company will contine to operate through remaining base — NYC suspends Uber bases until they hand over trip records — A New York City administrative tribunal has suspended five Uber-owned car service bases until …
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Misfit Bolt, a $50 smart bulb with sleep tracker integration, now available for pre-order — Misfit introduces a smart bulb to go with its sleep tracker — There's no shortage of smart light bulbs on the market, but wearables company Misfit has decided that its influence shouldn't stop with collecting health data.
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