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Top 13 YouTube stars earned $54.5M collectively according to Forbes “World's highest-paid YouTube Stars 2015”, with PewDiePie topping the list at $12M — The World's Highest-Paid YouTube Stars 2015 — Ask just about any stranger on the street who Felix Kjellberg is and you'll likely get a blank stare.| Kif Leswing / Fortune: |
BlackBerry Priv Android smartphone, featuring a curved 5.4" 2560x1440 touchscreen and a slide-out keyboard, is now available for pre-order in UK for £579.99 — BlackBerry Priv finally available for pre-order, specs confirmed — If you've ever wanted a smartphone that combines …
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US government to announce a plan requiring anyone buying a drone to register it with the Department of Transportation — U.S. Will Require Drones to Be Registered — The federal government will announce a new plan requiring anyone buying a drone to register the device with the U.S. Department …
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Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7" review: extremely light, phenomenal display, but performance lags behind Nexus 9 and iPad Air 2 — The Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 Review — The first Android tablet I ever used was the original Galaxy Tab. It was a 7" Android tablet running Android Froyo …
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Intel, Microsoft, Dell, HP, and Lenovo launch “PC Does What?” ad campaign in US and China — Intel, Microsoft, Dell, HP and Lenovo Make the Case for the PC — How sluggish are PC sales? — Well, it's bad enough that Intel and Microsoft are banding together with three …
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Sources: YouTube readying programming that will be exclusive to its upcoming subscription service, will announce some of it at an event in Los Angeles Oct. 21 — YouTube Will Make You Pay to See Some of Its New Videos — Coming to YouTube: Videos you'll need to pay to see.| Kellex / Droid Life: |
New Google Play UI with separate tabs for apps and entertainment content starts rolling out — New Google Play UI is Rolling Out! — The big new Google Play UI update that was teased yesterday has begun rolling out to select users. It seems to be a server-side switch …
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Leaked documents show Pinterest projecting $169M in revenue this year, $1.44 per active user, $2.8B in annual revenue by 2018 — Leaked Pinterest Documents Show Revenue, Growth Forecasts — TechCrunch has obtained documents that show Pinterest has been forecasting $169 million in revenue …
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| Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: |
Testing SteamOS, Alienware's Steam Machine, Steam Link, and Steam Controller: Valve's new living room ecosystem still feels beta — Steam's living room hardware blitz gets off to a muddy start — We put Valve's new OS, controller, streaming box, and TV console to the test.
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| Andrew Chung / Reuters: |
Jury orders Apple to pay University of Wisconsin-Madison $234M+ for infringing microchip patent — Apple ordered to pay $234 million to university for infringing patent — A U.S. jury on Friday ordered Apple Inc (AAPL.O) to pay the University of Wisconsin-Madison's patent licensing arm … | Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
Intel announces the new, low-cost Arduino 101 will be the first product to use its button-sized Curie system-on-chip module made for low-power wearables — This new Arduino board is the first product to use Intel's Curie module — This year at CES, Intel introduced Curie …
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| Cam Bunton / 9to5Mac: |
Apple's web-based iWork for iCloud finally out of beta, adds new features — Yesterday, Apple updated its iWork apps for iOS and OS X with added features including Split View for iPad, 3D Touch for iPhone 6s, and bonuses for El Capitan. Missed at the time was the fact that Apple also deemed … Sponsor Posts
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