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Leaked Apple Watch iPhone “Companion” app reveals activity reminders, monograms on clock faces, watch passcode, and ability to unlock watch from phone — Apple Watch iPhone ‘Companion’ app revealed w/ new Watch features, monograms — Yesterday, we reported …
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Apple, Google reach new deal to end U.S. lawsuit over poaching — (Reuters) - Four Silicon Valley companies including Apple Inc and Google Inc have agreed to a new settlement that would resolve an antitrust class action lawsuit by tech workers, who accused the firms of conspiring to avoid poaching each other's employees.
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Google Translate mobile app auto-detects language in spoken conversations, adds instant translate in camera view — Hallo, hola, olá to the new, more powerful Google Translate app — Often the hardest part of traveling is navigating the local language.| Reuters: |
Apple sues Ericsson over LTE wireless telecom patents — (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) sued Ericsson (ERICb.ST) alleging that the Swedish company's LTE wireless technology patents are not essential to industry cellular standards and that it is demanding excessive royalties for these patents.
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Obama calls for an end to 19 state laws that restrict the rights of cities and towns to build their own broadband networks — Obama calls for end to 19 state laws that harm community broadband — President Obama today called for an end to state laws that restrict the rights of cities and towns to build their own broadband networks.
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Samsung Launches Its First Tizen-Powered Phone, The Z1, In India For $92 — After plenty of speculation and aborted launches last year, Samsung has finally outed its first phone powered by the Tizen operating system. The Samsung Z1 is coming to India initially, where it is available to buy for 5,700 INR …
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Etsy planning IPO as soon as this quarter, looking to raise $300M — Etsy Said to Target U.S. IPO of Craft Marketplace — Etsy Inc., the global marketplace for handmade and vintage goods — from knitted sweaters to soaps — is planning an initial public offering that could take place …
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Sony said to be open to a joint venture or sale of its TV and mobile phone operations, though no deals are currently on the table — Sony CEO eyes options as pressure mounts on weak TV, mobile — (Reuters) - Sony Corp CEO Kazuo Hirai has weathered a crisis over a cyberattack …
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Firefox 35 launches with simplified Hello video chat, Android download manager support, and MP4 playback on Mac — Firefox 35 arrives with room-based conversations, MP4 playback on Mac, and Android download manager support — Mozilla today launched Firefox 35 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.
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| Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: |
Revamped “New Nintendo 3DS XL” to launch in US on February 13 — Sources inside Gamestop have confirmed to Ars Technica that the revamped “new Nintendo 3DS” hardware will be available in US stores on February 13 and that the retailer will begin taking pre-orders for the unit tomorrow.
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LinkedIn has plans for an app to connect co-workers and for another product to help companies share content with employees — Upcoming LinkedIn Products Connect Coworkers — LinkedIn, long the place to hunt for a new job, plans to make it easier to connect with the colleagues you already have.
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How Bitcoin's Blockchain Could Power an Alternate Internet — The code that secures Bitcoin could also power an alternate Internet. First, though, it has to work. … That is exactly how the Web looked back in 1994—right before it exploded. Two decades later, it's beginning to feel like we might be at a similar liminal moment.
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Clinkle Ditches Its Soured App Name For “Treats,” Refocuses On P2P Discounts — Not since Color has a startup been as widely laughed at as the troubled Stanford payments startup Clinkle. So it's little surprise that the company has changed the name of its app to “Treats”, as well as its direction.
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