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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.
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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 … | 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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| 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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| The Verge: |
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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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Neil Young's high-quality Pono music player goes on sale Monday for $399 — Neil Young's high-quality music player, the Pono, is finally going on sale. After completing a successful Kickstarter campaign last year, the Pono is heading into retail stores on Monday.
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The Next Web, Engadget, Stereogum, Tech Times, Pitchfork and Fusion
| Eugene Kim / Business Insider: |
WhatsApp adds 100M new users in 4 months, now has 700 MAUs sending 30B messages per day — WhatsApp's Insane Growth Continues: 100 Million New Users in 4 Months — WhatsApp cofounder and CEO Jan Koum said on Monday that the messaging app has topped 700 million monthly active users.
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| 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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Dell, Engadget, 9to5Google, Wall Street Journal, Gotta Be Mobile, Gigaom and Wall Street Journal
| 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.| Ben Fischer / bizjournals: |
New York City suspends five of six Uber bases for failing to submit trip records; company will contine to operate through remaining base — NYC suspends Uber bases until they hand over trip records — A New York City administrative tribunal has suspended five Uber-owned car service bases until …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Google: |
Motorola returning to China in February w/ Moto X, Moto G, and the new Moto X Pro, which is essentially the Nexus 6 but with no Nexus branding — 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.| 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.| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
TCL, the Chinese company behind Alcatel Onetouch, confirms it bought rights to Palm name, will create Silicon Valley based company to resurrect the brand — Palm makes a comeback! TCL to ‘re-create’ the brand — The Chinese consumer-electronics company wants to resurrect a once-beloved smartphone brand.| 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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Gizmodo, Reuters, The Verge, The Technology Chronicles and bizjournals
| Jessica Guynn / USA Today: |
Intel pledges diversity by 2020, invests $300 million — SAN FRANCISCO — Intel Corp. has set an aggressive goal of dramatically increasing the diversity of its U.S. workforce by 2020. — It's also pledging $300 million to fund the hiring and retention of women and underrepresented minorities …
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New York Times, Ars Technica, The Next Web, The Verge, Engadget and Reuters
| Katie Collins / Wired.co.uk: |
Intel unveils button-sized Curie module to power future wearables — Intel has today unveiled Curie, a low-powered module no bigger than a button, as part of its vision to lead in the wearables field. Company CEO Brian Krzanich announced the module, which will be built on a tiny new chip called …
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TechCrunch, The Next Web, The Verge, Gizmodo, Engadget and Bloomberg
| 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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CNET, Gizmodo, PC World, Gotta Be Mobile, 3DPrint.com and Gigaom
| Sean Hollister / Gizmodo: |
YouTube Will Soon Support 360-Degree Video Uploads — Look out YouTube fans: soon, you'll be able to immerse yourself in videos that go all the way around. Google has just confirmed to Gizmodo that it will be adding native support for 360-degree videos to its streaming video service.
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Engadget, Tubefilter, 9to5Google, The Next Web, Neowin, Wired.co.uk, TechSpot and TIME
| 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 … | 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 … | 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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