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Windows 10 is Now Active on 200 Million Devices Worldwide — Share Tweet Pin it Reddit Share Share — Microsoft announced this morning that Windows 10 is now “active” on over 200 million devices worldwide. This figure presumably includes PCs, phones, Xbox Ones, and other devices …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Net Applications: Windows 10 growth slows, holds 9.96% share of desktop operating systems — Windows 10 ends 2015 under 10% market share — Check out all of our GamesBeat Rewind 2015 end of the year coverage here. — 9.96 percent. Close, but no cigar.
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| Johana Bhuiyan / BuzzFeed: |
GM invests $500M in Lyft as part of a $1B round at a $5.5B valuation, will work with Lyft on a fleet of on-demand autonomous vehicles within next 10 years — Lyft And General Motors Are Partnering To Bring You On-Demand Driverless Cars — Silicon Valley companies have given …
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| Brittany A. Roston / SlashGear: |
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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| 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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| Chris Ziegler / The Verge: |
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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| Wall Street Journal: |
VR still faces unknown long-term psychological effects and unsettling physical effects — What Does Virtual Reality Do to Your Body and Mind? — As technology comes of Age, headset makers, media companies grapple with potential side effects — PALO ALTO, Calif.—Software worker Erin Bell inched across …
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| 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| 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.| Alex Heath / Tech Insider: |
Dennis Crowley on Foursquare's Pilgrim location technology and how the company will focus more on how its data can be used by other appmakers in 2016 — Foursquare's location data is way more powerful than people realize — One of the top-rated pizza places in Brooklyn on Foursquare is called Lucali.Sponsor Posts
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