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Monster sues Beats; CEO Noel Lee claims he and Monster invented the technology behind Beats By 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 …
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
AT&T will let Mobile Share Value customers rollover unused data to the next month starting January 25 — AT&T will let 50 million customers carry over unused data to the next month — AT&T's data plan just got a lot more forgiving. Today, the company announced that starting January 25th …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Neil Young's high-quality Pono music player goes on sale Monday for $399 — Neil Young's high-quality music player, the Pono, is finally going on sale. After completing a successful Kickstarter campaign last year, the Pono is heading into retail stores on Monday.
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David Cross' new movie will be the first distributed in a pay-what-you-want BitTorrent Bundle — David Cross' new movie will be the first feature film distributed in a BitTorrent Bundle — A Kickstarter hopes to bring the movie to theaters with pay-what-you-want tickets
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| Simon Khalaf / Flurry Insights: |
Mobile app usage grew 76% in 2014, with most growth in lifestyle and shopping category at 174%; utilities and productivity growth also strong at 121% — Shopping, Productivity and Messaging Give Mobile Another Stunning Growth Year — In the six years that Flurry has been reporting …
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| Eric Johnson / Re/code: |
Avegant Glyph: a VR headset that looks like headphones, launching in autumn 2015 for $599 with preorders available now for $499 — Would You Wear These Virtual Reality Glasses on a Plane? (Exclusive) — One of the lingering (and somewhat compelling) arguments against the latest wave …
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| Brian Stelter / CNNMoney.com: |
The Interview ranks as Sony's top online film after streaming revenues reach $31M — ‘The Interview’ rakes in $31 million — NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Weeks after canceling and then un-canceling “The Interview,” Sony Pictures is taking a victory lap. — The controversial Seth Rogen comedy …
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New York City suspends five of six Uber bases for failing to submit trip records; company will continue 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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| Sean Portnoy / ZDNet: |
Intel Compute Stick plugs into any HDMI monitor, runs Windows, costs $149; stripped down Linux version costs $89; available March — CES 2015: Intel introduces Compute Stick with Atom quad-core CPU — Summary:The PC-on-a-stick will come pre-loaded with Windows 8.1 for $149, or Linux for just $89, when it starts shipping in March.
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| Kate Taylor / New York Times: |
Ban on Cellphones in New York City Schools to Be Lifted — New York City's Department of Education plans to announce on Wednesday that it will lift the ban on cellphones in schools, a person familiar with the decision said Tuesday. — The ban, which was put in place by former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg …
| Sean Hollister / Gizmodo: |
YouTube Will Soon Support 360-Degree Video Uploads — Look out YouTube fans: soon, you'll be able to immerse yourself in videos that go all the way around. Google has just confirmed to Gizmodo that it will be adding native support for 360-degree videos to its streaming video service.
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Tubefilter, Engadget, TechnoBuffalo, Wired.co.uk, 9to5Google, Neowin, The Next Web, TIME and TechSpot
| 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.| 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.
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| Billy Steele / Engadget: |
After buying MapMyFitness, Under Armour launches a fitness tracking app for iOS and Android, partners with HTC to develop products for the platform — Under Armour launches new fitness app, partners with HTC — Under Armour nabbed MapMyFitness in late 2013, and at this year's CES …
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