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After nearly 10 years, Adobe abandons its Creative Suite entirely to focus on Creative Cloud — Adobe first launched Creative Suite 1 back in 2003, and now, ten years and six versions later, the company is taking a left turn: Adobe is abandoning its Creative Suite entirely to focus efforts on Creative Cloud.| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
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Microsoft: Next Xbox will work even when your Internet doesn't — Should single-player games, Blu-ray playback, and live TV viewing be possible on a gaming console with no Internet connection? Most gamers would say “yes,” but they have been worried that Microsoft feels differently …
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| Kara Swisher / Vanity Fair: |
Mark Zuckerberg and Kevin Systrom on What Really Happened When Facebook Bought Instagram — The sale of Instagram to Facebook for a cool billion in the spring of 2012 was the ultimate Silicon Valley fairy tale: 18 months from launch to offer. But, for co-founder and C.E.O. Kevin Systrom …
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Meet The ‘Liberator’: Test-Firing The World's First Fully 3D-Printed Gun — “Alright. One...two...” — Before “three” arrives, a shot reverberates across the overcast central Texas landscape. A tall, sandy blond engineer named John has just pulled a twenty-foot length of yellow string tied …
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| Brooke Crothers / CNET: |
First Retina iPad Mini is on track, DisplaySearch reports — A refresh of the iPad Mini is coming in the third quarter, NPD DisplaySearch said late Sunday in an update. — Update at 11:15 p.m. PT: The iPad Mini will get a refresh in the third quarter with a Retina display, NPD DisplaySearch predicted late Sunday.| MG Siegler / ParisLemon: |
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Nintendo taps smartphone apps for console boost — OSAKA - Nintendo Co. is trying to modify its game consoles so customers can use smartphone applications on them as it searches for a way to return to profitability, company sources said. — The game console and software maker … | Eva Dou / Wall Street Journal: |
Asustek to Make Small Windows 8 Tablets — Taiwanese PC Manufacturer Expects Prices to Drop Below $300 — Asustek Computer Inc. of Taiwan plans to sell small Windows 8 tablet computers this year, giving a boost to Microsoft Corp.'s efforts to reduce the size and price of mobile devices running its operating system.
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Apple Misses IPhone Customers as Global Carriers Balk — Apple Inc. (AAPL) is missing out on a chance to court as many as 2.8 billion new smartphone customers, many of them in Asia, as wireless-service providers balk at conditions imposed by the iPhone maker and drag their heels in signing on as partners.
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Apple extends 2.25 banhammer to apps with sharing, recommendation and App Store search tools — Product: — App Store — Manufacturer: — Apple — Apple has begun clamping down on third-party tools that allow users to recommend apps to their friends, with releases equipped with an app search facility also now prohibited.
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| Jay Yarow / Business Insider: |
BILL GATES ON THE IPAD: ‘A Lot Of Those Users Are Frustrated’ — Bill Gates took a shot at the iPad while explaining Microsoft's rationale for the Surface this morning on CNBC. — He was asked about the declining PC market. He said that tablets are growing in popularity, and it's …
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Aereo files suit against CBS to head off second copyright claim from network — Aereo has filed a complaint against CBS in an effort to prevent the network from filing additional lawsuits against the fledgling service. — Aereo is a web TV service that enables users to view over-the-air broadcasts via the web.| Adam Mann / Wired: |
Google's Chief Internet Evangelist on Creating the Interplanetary Internet — When some future Mars colonist is able to open his browser and watch a cat in a shark suit chasing a duck while riding a roomba, they will have Vint Cerf to thank. — In his role as Google's chief internet evangelist …
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YouTube reportedly near launch of paid channel subscriptions — Video-sharing site could launch a paid content platform for some of its specialist video channels as early as this week, according to The Financial Times. — YouTube reportedly could launch its paid subscription service …
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