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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
12" MacBook Air to feature narrower, thinner body than 11" model, higher resolution display, edge-to-edge keyboard, single USB type-C port — Apple's next major Mac revealed: the radically new 12-inch MacBook Air — Apple is preparing an all-new MacBook Air for 2015 with a radically …
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| 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.| Austin Carr / Fast Company: |
As Fire Phone product manager, Jeff Bezos insisted Lab126 build a premium phone and include useless Dynamic Perspective feature in attempt to compete with Apple — The Real Story Behind Jeff Bezos's Fire Phone Debacle And What It Means For Amazon's Future — “What the hell happened?”
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| Mike Snider / USA Today: |
Monster sues Beats; CEO Noel Lee claims he and Monster invented the technology behind Beats By Dr. 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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Mercury News, The Verge, 9to5Mac, The Next Web, iMore, Forbes, TechnoBuffalo, Cult of Mac and iDownloadBlog.com. Tweets: @ellenhuet
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Dell updates XPS 13 with 13.3" edge-to-edge display, hi-res 3200 x 1800 touchscreen option, 15 hour battery life, improved trackpad — Dell's new XPS 13 has a stunning edge-to-edge display — Dell is back with a brand new XPS 13 this year at the Consumer Electronics Show, and it looks like the best one yet.
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Mophie juice pack for iPhone 6/6 Plus now available for pre-order; prices start at $99.95 — Mophie Juice Pack battery cases for iPhone 6/6 Plus now available for pre-order — Mobile battery case maker Mophie announced today three new versions of its popular Juice Pack charging case designed specifically …
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mophie.com, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Engadget, Gigaom, PC Advisor, GSMArena Blog, BGR, MacRumors and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @mgsiegler
| Micah Singleton / The Verge: |
Ultra-thin Dell Venue 8 7000 Android tablet featuring Intel's RealSense camera now available in US and Canada for $400, more countries coming soon — Dell's ultra-thin Venue 8 7000 tablet is now available — Dell has finally released the long-awaited the Dell Venue 8 7000 …
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Android TV sets from Philips, Sharp and Sony are coming this spring — Google's years-long effort to get a foothold in the living room is finally paying off. The search pioneer has announced that TVs from Sharp, Sony and TP Vision (aka Philips) will all run Android TV when they arrive this spring.| Chance Miller / 9to5Google: |
Motorola returning to China in February w/ Moto X, Moto X Pro, and Moto G — Motorola has just announced in a blog post that it is making a return to China. Following the company's acquisition by Lenovo, Motorola Mobility says that it is returning to China with three of its newest devices.| Matthew Herper / Forbes: |
23andMe to receive up to $60M from pharma company Genentech to provide genetic data for Parkinson's research — Surprise! With $60 Million Genentech Deal, 23andMe Has A Business Plan — This is more like it. — A deal being announced today with Genentech points the way for 23andMe …
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| Abby Ohlheiser / Washington Post: |
Internet Archive now lets you play nearly 2400 MS-DOS video games for free in your browser — You can now play nearly 2,400 MS-DOS video games in your browser — Nearly 2,400 MS-DOS games are now available to play — for free — in almost any browser on the Internet Archive.
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple now selling SIM-free unlocked iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in the US, from $649 — As we reported yesterday, Apple is now selling contract-free iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in retail stores and online. Following historic pattern, the 16 GB base model iPhone 6 costs $649 with higher tiers costing $100 extra.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Razer Unveils Its $100 Android-Powered Gaming Console, Razer Forge TV — Earlier this year, high-end gaming tech company Razer announced at Google I/O that it would be soon be making its first foray into Android-based gaming consoles. Today at CES, that device made its public debut.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Kickstarter Drops Amazon Payments For Stripe — Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter announced today that it's partnering with payments service Stripe, which will now collect and process all payments for projects hosted on Kickstarter's site. Since its founding, Kickstarter used Amazon Payments for this … | Ina Fried / Re/code: |
Verizon CEO Says Video Effort to Debut in Second Half, AOL Acquisition Report Inaccurate — Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam threw cold water on the idea his company was in talks to acquire AOL, but reiterated the company's interest in offering a video service, saying it could debut in the second half of this year.
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FierceWireless, CNBC, The Hill, Business Insider, Computerworld, Washington Post and TheStreet.com. Tweets: @mikeisaac. See also Mediagazer
| Brian Hough / Haverzine: |
HomeKit compatible switches, devices, and sensors for home automation debut at CES — Apple may not be at CES, but their HomeKit system is the a star — I've been a fan of the Smart Home concept since I first saw the American classic movie “Smart House” by the Disney Channel …
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Incipio Blog, iMore, MacRumors, 9to5Mac and 9to5Mac
| Harrison Weber / VentureBeat: |
Indiegogo launches InDemand, a feature that allows pre-orders to continue after crowdfunding ends — Indiegogo elbows its way into ecommerce with the launch of InDemand — What will be hot in consumer electronics and computing in 2015? Read VB's full coverage of International CES 2015 to find out.
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Makerbot announces new filaments that enable 3D printing in materials that mimic limestone, metal, and wood, available late 2015 — Makerbot announces new filaments that mimic limestone, metal, and wood — Makerbot has announced a new line of printing mediums as part of CES …
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PC World, Gizmodo, 3DPrint.com and Gigaom
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft opens its Office for Android tablet preview apps to anyone with a compatible tablet — Microsoft Office Preview apps for Android tablets are now open to anyone — Two months to the day after Microsoft launched a trio of all-new Office apps for Android tablets …
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Office Blogs, The Verge, GeekWire, The Register, Ars Technica, Android Authority and Android Police
| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
Chinese firm TCL buys rights to Palm name, will recreate brand, to be based in Silicon Valley — Palm makes a comeback! TCL to ‘re-create’ the brand — The Chinese consumer-electronics company wants to resurrect a once-beloved smartphone brand. — LAS VEGAS — The Palm name … | Sarah Mitroff / CNET: |
Kodak IM5 Android smartphone with 13 MP back camera, 5 MP front camera, and octa-core processor available in EU end of Q1 for €229, later in US for $249 — Kodak's phone debut is super-simple and runs Android KitKat — LAS VEGAS — If Kodak sounds like an old-fashioned brand to you, that's the point.| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Misfit Bolt, a $50 smart bulb with sleep tracker integration, now available for pre-order — Misfit introduces a smart bulb to go with its sleep tracker — There's no shortage of smart light bulbs on the market, but wearables company Misfit has decided that its influence shouldn't stop with collecting health data.
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AppleInsider, Wall Street Journal and Engadget
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Kickstarter's 2014 Score Card: $529M Pledged By 3.3M Backers, 22K Funded Projects — Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter released its 2014 breakdown yesterday, trumpeting a total of $529 million pledged by 3.3 million backers. (NB: Pledged dollars do not equal spent dollars …
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| David Kravets / Ars Technica: |
FBI says search warrants not needed to use “stingrays” in public places — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is taking the position that court warrants are not required when deploying cell-site simulators in public places. Nicknamed “stingrays,” the devices are decoy cell towers … | Alexandra Sifferlin / TIME: |
Fitbit's $150 Charge HR and $250 Surge fitness trackers with heart rate tracking are now shipping — Fitbit Launches Two New Fitness Trackers — Fitbit officially launched the sale of two new fitness and activity trackers, Charge HR and Surge, on Tuesday.
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