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Samsung forecasts Q4 profits of $7.8B, up 50% YoY to its highest level in more than three years — Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) said on Friday its fourth-quarter profit likely leapt 50 percent from a year earlier to its highest level in more than three years … | TechCrunch: |
Sources: DJI acquires majority stake in Hasselblad, the iconic Swedish camera company — Jan 5, 2017, 10:19 amJan 5, 2017, 11:04 am — Last year DJI took a minority stake in Hasselblad, the iconic Swedish camera company. The companies also announced a partnership to work together …
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| Michael Cooney / Network World: |
FTC sues D-Link over lax security in its routers and IP cameras, says D-Link used hard-coded logins, left private software sign-in key code online for 6 months — FTC: D-Link failed to take reasonable steps to secure its routers and Internet Protocol (IP) cameras, potentially compromising sensitive consumer information
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Federal Trade Commission, ZDNet, eWeek, Threatpost, BetaNews, Ars Technica, Bloomberg, SecurityWeek, CSO, Fortune, Consumerist, and Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check. Tweets: @erratarob
| Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter: |
Techdirt founder Mike Masnick faces $15M libel suit over articles that cast doubt on Shiva Ayyadurai's claim to have invented e-mail — This is the latest case from attorney Charles Harder, who previously represented Hulk Hogan against Gawker. — Techdirt founder Mike Masnick will be going toe …
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Dell unveils Canvas, a 27-inch 2560x1440 sloped monitor to rival Microsoft's Studio; the display is compatible with PCs, ships in April with price TBD — The most exciting part of Microsoft's Surface Studio — an all-in-one PC announced back in October — was its ability to fold down from a traditional …
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TechSpot, Dell, Windows Blog, SiliconANGLE, Tech Times, It's a Gadget, Ubergizmo, SlashGear, VentureBeat, On MSFT, ZDNet, The Tech Report, 9to5Toys, Windows Central, The Next Web, Digital Trends, Gotta Be Mobile, Gizmodo, CNET, MSPoweruser, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @maryjofoley, @tomwarren, @dcseifert, and @maryjofoley
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
The excitement for Amazon's Alexa at CES shows Apple is missing out on expanding its HomeKit suite — Apple never shows up to CES, but the last couple years, it's still managed to have a quiet presence through HomeKit. That's true this year, too, but it's been really quiet …
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| Lauren Goode / The Verge: |
Misfit unveils touchscreen smartwatch Vapor, with 1.4-inch full AMOLED display, GPS, and optical heart-rate sensors, expected to ship in late 2017 for $199 — Some people want to fill the world with smartwatches — Misfit, a maker of low-power, jewelry-like wearables that was acquired … | Nancy Watzman / Internet Archive Blogs: |
Internet Archive launches Trump Archive, a searchable repository of Donald Trump TV appearances, with 520+ hours of video from 2009 until now — The Trump Archive launches today with 700+ televised speeches, interviews, debates, and other news broadcasts related to President-elect Donald Trump … | Laura Entis / Fortune: |
Adobe report: US online sales reached $91.7B between November 1 and December 31, growing 11% year-over-year; sales from mobiles and tablets rose 23% to $28.43B — Brave the pre-holiday mall crush or kick back on the couch and order your gifts online? — Americans are increasingly selecting the latter option.
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Slice Intelligence, SGB Online, and Washington Post
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google updates Calendar to integrate with Google Fit and Apple Health to help users reach fitness goals — With Goals, Google launched a new Google Calendar feature last year that allowed you to easily schedule and track certain goals you set for yourself.
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Engadget, Google, The Next Web, 9to5Mac, International Business Times, VentureBeat, AndroidGuys, Android Authority, and The Verge. Tweets: @google
| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
How the digital legacy of the Obama White House will live on via tech projects such as a Twitter bot, a Giphy page, and Internet Archive sharing — President Obama was the first US President to use Twitter, Snapchat, Facebook Live and YouTube to engage the public.
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The White House, The Hill, Digital Trends, CNET, Adweek, Nextgov, Ars Technica, and GeekWire
Tweets: @whitehouse, @internetarchive, @mikamckinnon, @cbarrows, @austinhunt, @goldman44, and @kantrowitz
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Cloud storage startup Bitcasa posts “goodbye” message on its site, implying it may have been acquired — CES seems to be making some bloggers a little trigger happy with posting. Just a little while ago VentureBeat published a story claiming that Intel had acquired Bitcasa … Sponsor Posts
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