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Why Chromecast is such a big deal for Google, and a threat to Apple — Google officially launched its next big idea for the living room Wednesday, and the cast of people presenting the new product dubbed Chromecast at the company's breakfast event in San Francisco looked awfully familiar … | Sundar Pichai / The Official Google Blog: |
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Facebook Beats as Mobile Revenue Jumps to 41 Percent of Ads Business — Facebook's numbers are in, and they look good across the board — especially in mobile. — The social giant posted its second-quarter earnings on Wednesday afternoon, reporting earnings per share of 13 cents on revenue of $1.81 billion.| Facebook: |
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Meet Helpouts, Google's Secret Project That Turns Hangouts Into A Commerce Platform — While its roots lie in search, today, Google wears many hats. From self-driving cars and wearable technology to social networking and mobile operating systems, there are few industries where the search …
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Six years later, how Apple keeps the iPhone chugging along — Between March and June, Apple's iPad shipments dipped 14 percent. The Mac is dropping along with the rest of the PC industry, and the iPod has declined so much it barely merits a mention from the company anymore.| Donna Cassata / Associated Press: |
House Narrowly Rejects Effort To Halt NSA Program — WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has voted to continue the collection of hundreds of millions of Americans' phone records in the fight against terrorism. The House rejected a measure to end the program's authority. The vote was 217-205 on Wednesday.
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Geeksphone Peak+ up for preorder at €149 with FirefoxOS 1.1, 1GB RAM — Interested in jumping on the Geeksphone Firefox OS bandwagon? Its first consumer-oriented device, the Peak+, is up for pre-order and we now know a lot more about it. It doubles up the RAM to 1GB over its Peak …
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Blueprints Of NSA's Ridiculously Expensive Data Center In Utah Suggest It Holds Less Info Than Thought — The NSA data center in Utah will be up and running by the end of September — For the last two months, we've been bombarded with stories about the information-collection practices …
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Made in America 2.0: behind Google and Apple's sudden patriotism — Tech giants are making innovative electronics in the US again, but why? — The Moto X is on its way. The long-anticipated Android phone — expected to be the first truly Google-influenced product from Motorola since Google acquired … | Ben Gilbert / Engadget: |
Xbox One retail consoles double as debug units, Microsoft to allow indie self-publishing — Microsoft's Xbox One is getting decidedly more indie-friendly with today's confirmation from Microsoft that its forthcoming game console will double as a developer debug unit.
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Chipotle Faked Its Twitter Hack — Chipotle appeared to be the latest brand to have its Twitter account hacked on Sunday when its main account, @ChipotleTweets, posted a series of confusing and seemingly random tweets over the course of an hour. Now, the company has come forward and admitted …
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OpenStack's Future Depends on Embracing Amazon. Now. — An Open Letter to the OpenStack Community: — Our Future Depends on Embracing Amazon — Dear Stackers, — For three years, elements of the OpenStack community have arbitrarily and unfairly positioned OpenStack against incumbents …
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Ilya Segalovich, Co-Founder And CTO Of Russian Search Giant Yandex, Passes Away From Cancer Complications — Very sad news this morning for Yandex — “the Google of Russia” — and for the country's wider technology community: Ilya Segalovich, Yandex's co-founder and CTO, has passed away from cancer complications.| Andy Greenberg / Forbes: |
Hackers Reveal Nasty New Car Attacks—With Me Behind The Wheel (Video) — Stomping on the brakes of a 3,500-pound Ford Escape that refuses to stop-or even slow down-produces a unique feeling of anxiety. In this case it also produces a deep groaning sound, like an angry water buffalo bellowing somewhere under the SUV's chassis.| Greg Bensinger / Digits: |
Amazon Files Petition to Move Forward With CIA Contract — Amazon.com filed a complaint in federal court Wednesday seeking approval to move forward with a four-year, roughly $600 million cloud computing contract with the Central Intelligence Agency that was disputed by International Business Machines.
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Google announces thinner, lighter Nexus 7 with higher-res screen, arrives July 30th for $230 — When we reviewed the Nexus 7 last summer, we said it was the best tablet $200 could buy. A year later, that still might be true if it wasn't for the fact that there's a new Nexus 7 in town.
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