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AT&T will let Mobile Share Value customers rollover unused data to the next month starting January 25 — AT&T will let 50 million customers carry over unused data to the next month — AT&T's data plan just got a lot more forgiving. Today, the company announced that starting January 25th …
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
FBI Director: Sony's ‘Sloppy’ North Korean Hackers Revealed Their IP Addresses — The Obama administration has been tightlipped about its controversial naming of the North Korean government as the definitive source of the hack that eviscerated Sony Pictures Entertainment late last year.| Sean Portnoy / ZDNet: |
Intel Compute Stick plugs into any HDMI monitor, runs Windows, costs $149; stripped down Linux version costs $89; available March — CES 2015: Intel introduces Compute Stick with Atom quad-core CPU — Summary:The PC-on-a-stick will come pre-loaded with Windows 8.1 for $149, or Linux for just $89, when it starts shipping in March.
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| Kate Taylor / New York Times: |
Ban on Cellphones in New York City Schools to Be Lifted — New York City's Department of Education plans to announce on Wednesday that it will lift the ban on cellphones in schools, a person familiar with the decision said Tuesday. — The ban, which was put in place by former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg …
| 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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| Brian Stelter / CNNMoney.com: |
The Interview ranks as Sony's top online film after streaming revenues reach $31M — ‘The Interview’ rakes in $31 million — NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Weeks after canceling and then un-canceling “The Interview,” Sony Pictures is taking a victory lap. — The controversial Seth Rogen comedy …
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| Mike Snider / USA Today: |
Monster sues Beats; CEO Noel Lee claims he and Monster invented the technology behind Beats By 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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| Eric Johnson / Re/code: |
Avegant Glyph: a VR headset that looks like headphones, launching in autumn 2015 for $599 with preorders available now for $499 — Would You Wear These Virtual Reality Glasses on a Plane? (Exclusive) — One of the lingering (and somewhat compelling) arguments against the latest wave …
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| Simon Khalaf / Flurry Insights: |
Mobile app usage grew 76% in 2014, with most growth in lifestyle and shopping category at 174%; utilities and productivity growth also strong at 121% — Shopping, Productivity and Messaging Give Mobile Another Stunning Growth Year — In the six years that Flurry has been reporting …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
BlackBerry announces redesigned Passport for AT&T and BBM support for Android Wear — BlackBerry inexplicably redesigns the Passport for AT&T — BlackBerry ran a small press conference here at CES 2015 to announce a that it's releasing the BlackBerry Passport and BlackBerry Classic on AT&T. Oddly …
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
LG's webOS smartwatch is scheduled for early 2016, says WSJ — LG's smartwatch plans may be only a year away, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. The report says LG's much-rumored WebOS smartwatch is set for release in early 2016, citing “a person familiar with the plans.”| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
David Cross' new movie will be the first distributed in a pay-what-you-want BitTorrent Bundle — David Cross' new movie will be the first feature film distributed in a BitTorrent Bundle — A Kickstarter hopes to bring the movie to theaters with pay-what-you-want tickets
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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
August announces Connect, a $50 WiFi bridge that adds internet connectivity to its smart lock, available mid-February — August Launches A $50 WiFi Bridge Called August Connect To Open Its Smart Lock To Other Developers — Home automation startup August first came to market with a smart lock …
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