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Apple's pricing of iWork, Microsoft's hesitation with Office for iOS seen as strategic plays — Apple Exploits Microsoft Hesitation on Office — Microsoft may want to rethink its hesitation about bringing its Office applications to the iPad. — On Tuesday, Apple made its own rival suite …
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All Of The Ways Apple's New Free Mac OS Hurts Microsoft Windows — Apple announced today that Mavericks, its latest version of Mac OS X, will be free for all Mac users to download. Windows 8.1 is still $119.99. — Apple products are usually seen as expensive if not out of reach for average consumers … | Serenity Caldwell / Macworld: |
What you need to know about Apple's free apps policy — Apple made waves during Tuesday's media event when the company announced that its iLife and iWork suite would be free for customers who buy a new Mac or iOS device. But the apps are also free for users who already have the apps installed, and one app is free, period.
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LG's curved-screen G Flex smartphone revealed in photos and video — We've seen rendered images of LG's G Flex and its curved OLED display, but the device itself has proven elusive — until now. Argentinian broadcaster Telefe Noticias managed to obtain the phone for an in-studio hands-on video …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn Hits 38% Of Unique Visits From Mobile, Up From 8% In Q1 2011 — LinkedIn is making the shift to mobile. It now sees 38 percent of unique visits from mobile, which is up from 8 percent in the first quarter of 2011, and users who access via mobile are 2.5x as active as desktop-only users.
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| Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
LinkedIn announces Intro, a new service that brings LinkedIn profiles into the iOS Mail app — LinkedIn's made mobile a major focus over the last year, and today the company is announcing a number of new mobile initiatives. At an event in San Francisco, CEO Jeff Weiner and the rest …
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Air or Mini? A hard choice - nearly identical internals, both comfortable one-handed devices — Two iPads To Tango — I walked into today's Apple event positive that the iPad mini with a retina display, if unveiled, would be the one iPad to rule them all.
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| Dale Peterson / Digital Bond's SCADA Security Portal: |
Call Yourself A Hacker, Lose Your 4th Amendment Rights — The US District Court for the State of Idaho ruled that an ICS product developer's computer could be seized without him being notified or even heard from in court primarily because he states on his web site “we like hacking things and don't want to stop”.
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
LG unveils the Fireweb, its first Firefox OS smartphone (video) — So far, Firefox OS has been limited to ultra-basic smartphones like the ZTE Open. LG is expanding the platform's reach today by releasing its inaugural Mozilla-powered handset, the Fireweb.| Mike Isaac / AllThingsD: |
Facebook Reverses Stance — Again — On Violent Viral Video — Sometimes figuring out the fine line between free expression and overly objectionable content is harder than you'd think. — Just ask Facebook, which on Tuesday reversed a stance it took just 24 hours previously and removed … | Patrick Hoge / bizjournals: |
Facebook's Zuckerberg highest-paid CEO at $2.28 billion — Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg was the highest paid CEO of a North American public company last year, with total compensation of $2.28 billion — almost all of it coming from share options exercised when Facebook went public … | Clare Jim / Reuters: |
Exclusive: HTC scales back production lines as cash flow worsens-sources — (Reuters) - Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp has halted at least one of its four main manufacturing lines, accounting for at least a fifth of total capacity, and is outsourcing production as a sales slump puts pressure … | David Meyer / Gigaom: |
Snowden revelations hit war on terror as EU MPs call for suspension of data-sharing deal — The European Parliament has voted to suspend a data-sharing agreement with the U.S., which gave the Americans access to certain details of financial transactions in order to track terrorist financing.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
SEC Votes To Propose Equity Crowdfunding By Unaccredited Investors, Now Up For Public Comment — Hundreds of days past the deadline, an SEC panel today unanimously voted to propose a rule allowing equity crowdfunding of startups by anyone, not just rich accredited investors.| Mat Smith / Engadget: |
Galaxy Gear compatibility comes to the Samsung Galaxy S 4, S3, Note 2 and more — If you wanted live out your Inspector Gadget fantasies, but lacked the Galaxy Note 3 needed to take full advantage of the possibilities, we've got good news. Samsung's bringing compatibility for its Galaxy Gear …
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| Alexis Santos / Engadget: |
Aereo app finally arrives on Android — It's taken a while for Aereo's Android app to see the light of day, but it's finally hit Google Play today as promised. Subscribers to the service will now be able to watch live TV streamed to handsets and tablets running Android 4.2 or higher …
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| David Meyer / Gigaom: |
Why in-contract price hike controls will likely mean the end of UK handset subsidies — Britain's telecommunications regulator, Ofcom, has told the country's fixed-line and mobile carriers that they will no longer be allowed to keep customers tied to their monthly contracts if they raise prices before the contract is up.
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| Alex Williams / TechCrunch: |
SkySQL Raises $20M To Support Open-Source Relational Database MariaDB — SkySQL has raised $20 million to deepen its support for MariaDB, the fast growing open-source relational database and the emerging database of choice for Wikipedia. The round was led by Intel Capital with participation …
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Upcoming USB Power Delivery standard brings variable voltage, up to 100W to device charging — Edison's revenge — The humble USB cable is part of an electrical revolution. It will make power supplies greener and cheaper — From the print edition — FIDDLY cables … | Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
BlackBerry 10.2 starts rolling out with instant previews, smarter keyboard, lock screen notifications, and more — BlackBerry today announced that version 10.2 of its operating system has started rolling out across the globe, adding a slew of features to the company's BlackBerry 10 devices.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft drops ‘RT’ moniker from original Surface, hides desktop mode on new RT tablets — Microsoft is altering its Surface RT name to just Surface today. After dropping the RT moniker for its Surface 2 tablet, the software maker is removing the RT branding on the Surface entirely.
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| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Samsung acquires 7.4 percent of Gorilla Glass maker Corning, signs long-term supply deal — In a move that could raise eyebrows in the LCD business, Corning has taken full control of Samsung Corning Precision Materials Co. Ltd., a joint venture 43 percent owned by Samsung.Sponsor Posts
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