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Lenovo expands X1 line with new Yoga convertible, tablet, updated Carbon laptop, standalone monitor, and all-in-one — Lenovo's X1 PC line scores new Thinkpads and more — Lenovo's popular X1 product lineup is getting a big expansion in coming weeks, not the least of which is the addition of yet another ThinkPad X1 Carbon.| Brett Howse / AnandTech: |
Lenovo unveils keyboard, pico projector, and 3D imaging attachments for new modular $899 ThinkPad X1 tablet — Lenovo Launches The Modular ThinkPad X1 Tablet at CES — The convertible tablet segment has certainly gained a foothold over the last year or two, and now we are seeing a lot of great designs in this space.
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| Biz Carson / Business Insider: |
Mark Zuckerberg's challenge in 2016 is to build an AI butler like in ‘Iron Man’ — For the past year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been reading two books a month. He's spent other years learning Mandarin or only eating meat that he killed. — This year, Zuckerberg is clearly envious of Iron Man Tony Stark's futuristic life.
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All Ford 2017 cars with Sync 3 will include CarPlay and Android Auto out of the box, 2016 vehicles upgradeable later this year — Ford is finally adding CarPlay and Android Auto to its cars — Ford has long indicated that CarPlay and Android Auto were part of its long-term infotainment strategy …
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Ford Motor Company, Android Authority, Engadget, MacRumors, 9to5Google, 9to5Mac, Inquirer, TechCrunch, App Advice, CNET, AppleInsider, MobileSyrup.com, Business Insider, Fortune, The Next Web, Ubergizmo, iMore, Android Central and iDownloadBlog.com. Tweets: @edzitron
| Sean Portnoy / ZDNet: |
CES 2016: Acer launches first Chromebase with Intel Core CPU, new laptops, Iconia One 8 tablet — In addition to the Chromebase 24, the new systems include a refreshed Chromebook 11 and Aspire Switch 12 S and V Nitro Black Edition notebooks with Intel's latest RealSense 3D camera.| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
WiFi Alliance approves new 802.11ah “HaLow” WiFi standard, aimed at connected home devices — New WiFi standard offers more range for less power — The WiFi Alliance has finally approved the eagerly-anticipated 802.11ah WiFi standard and dubbed it “HaLow.”
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| Ian King / Bloomberg Business: |
Nvidia estimates that just 13M PCs in 2016 will have the graphics capabilities needed to run VR — Few Computers Are Powerful Enough to Support Virtual Reality — VR headsets are almost ready to hit stores, but less than 1 percent of PCs will be capable of running them.
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Wall Street Journal, Inquirer, ZDNet, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, CNET, Microsoft News, PC Magazine, Tech Times, TechSpot, VRFocus, PCWorld, VentureBeat, Tom's Guide, International Business Times, TweakTown News, TweakTown News, Forbes, Mashable, VentureBeat, Fortune, Blue's News and Ars Technica
Tweets: @business, @peterrojas and @notpatrick
| Johana Bhuiyan / BuzzFeed: |
GM invests $500M in Lyft as part of a $1B round at a $5.5B valuation, partners with Lyft to provide fleet of on-demand autonomous vehicles — Lyft And General Motors Are Partnering To Bring You On-Demand Driverless Cars — “I think it's fair to say [we'll see a fleet of autonomous vehicles …
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The Verge, New York Times, TechCrunch, Re/code, Business Insider and USA Today. Thanks:@jmbooyah
| Bloomberg Business: |
As private funding cools, more tech firms may IPO in 2016, but will need to show more for higher valuations — With Startup Pileup, 2016 Tech IPOs Will Face Tough Investors — Less private funding may mean more startups turn to IPOs — Better balance sheets will be needed for higher valuations| Boyd Chan / Neowin: |
Jolla announces that some of its crowdfunding backers will not receive a tablet — Jolla announces that it is unable to fulfill all Jolla Tablet crowdfunding perks — Back in November, Jolla announced that it had hit hard times after a lead investor had pulled out of its November round of financing.
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Jolla Blog, PhoneDog.com, SlashGear, Ubergizmo, PC Magazine, bit-tech.net, Android Central, AndroidHeadlines.com, Liliputing and Crowdfund Insider. Tweets: @realdavidaustin
| Vivienne Walt / Fortune: |
How Amazon aims to conquer India, the next “trillion-dollar market” — Amazon Invades India — How Jeff Bezos aims to conquer the next “trillion-dollar market.” The inside story. — In the blistering heat one recent afternoon, a crowd of people gathered down a narrow side street … | Russell Berman / The Atlantic: |
Both major US political parties will use a new vote-tallying app made by Microsoft and Interknowlogy at Iowa caucuses this year — The Iowa Caucus Gets an Upgrade — Caucus Night 2012 was not exactly a banner evening for the Republican Party of Iowa. — Reporting problems plagued … Sponsor Posts
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