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Apple Denies Tax ‘Gimmicks’ Ahead of Hearing
Ahead of Tim Cook’s scheduled appearance before a Senate tax panel tomorrow, Apple today released its prepared testimony, which denies any wrongdoing and argues that Apple is, in fact, the U.S.’s...
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AT&T Brings Home Automation Digital Life Service to More Cities
AT&T is rolling out its new Digital Life home automation service to seven more markets across the country. Beginning Friday, customers in Baltimore, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Sacramento, and Washington,...
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Yahoo Overhauls Flickr, Provides All Users With 1TB Free Storage
Yahoo on Monday unveiled a revamped version of its Flickr photo-sharing site, a new Android app, and announced that it will provide every Flickr user with 1 terabyte of free storage....
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Samsung Offering $800K for Galaxy S 4 Apps Challenge
Calling all Android developers — if you have a great idea for an app, then you could win cold hard cash from Samsung. The electronics giant on Monday announced its Smart...
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Apple Stores Set New Revenue-Per-Visitor Record
Perhaps if Truman Capote had made his living in modern times, he’d have written a novella titled Breakfast at the Apple Store. Cupertino’s chain of retail stores continues to outperform the...
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Reports: 3 More Foxconn Employees Commit Suicide
Suicide continues to plague Foxconn, the Taiwanese electronics manufacturing giant best known for making Apple products. At least two Foxconn workers, and one prospective employee, have fallen to their deaths in...
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Calif. Teen Invents 20-Second Cell Phone Charger
What had you accomplished by the time you were 18? California native Eesha Khare won a $50,000 scholarship for inventing a supercapacitor that can charge a cell phone in about 20...
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Why Apple’s iWatch Might Work
Rumors that Apple will release an iWatch in 2013 are escalating. We’ve even heard Apple is buying small displays. There has been much discussion about the idea and a lot of...
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Google Voice Support Coming to Hangouts ‘Soon’
Google today confirmed that it is working to allow outbound Google Voice calls within its new Hangouts experience on Gmail and Chrome, but at this point, the service only supports inbound...
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Pinterest Teams With Brands for ‘More Useful’ Pins
Pinterest is about more than photos of your favorite hairstyles and new exercise regimes. The social corkboard today launched a new branding function for products, recipes, and movies. Pinterest partnered with...
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Tumblr Users Reportedly Flock to WordPress Over Yahoo Buy
After several days of rumors, Yahoo on Monday morning confirmed that it will purchase Tumblr for $1.1 billion. But while the deal is a shot in the arm for the viability...
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Sony Unveils PS4 Teaser Video Ahead of Xbox Launch
Ahead of tomorrow’s Xbox event, Sony has unveiled a new teaser trailer for its own next-gen console, the PS4. The 30-second spot features what appears to be a blurry, zoomed-out shot...
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Jolla Taking Pre-Orders for First Sailfish OS-Powered Smartphone
Jolla, which has been working on the MeeGo-based Sailfish operating system, today unveiled its first smartphone, which is expected to hit the market by year’s end. The unnamed phone is currently...
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Online Food Delivery Services Seamless, GrubHub Merge
It’s a match made in deliciousness. Seamless and GrubHub, two of the top online food delivery services in the U.S., are joining forces. The former rivals on Monday announced plans to...
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Expect Yahoo Ads on Tumblr Feeds, Memes on Yahoo.com
With its $1.1 billion Tumblr acquisition, Yahoo has pledged to keep the blogging site alive, though Tumblr users might eventually see Yahoo ads in their blog feeds, and Yahoo users could...
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Mobelisk Introduces “Chimera” Customizable Tablet
LAS VEGAS – Business-class tablets are insanely expensive. That’s one reason so many small businesses are adopting off-the-shelf iPad minis and putting them in off-the-shelf cases: with Motorola’s ET1 and Panasonic’s...
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YouTube Celebrates 8th Birthday
YouTube is growing up fast — the Google-owned video site today commemorates eight years of sneezing pandas and 8-bit flying cats. The website, acquired by Google in 2006 for $1.65 billion,...
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Syrian Hackers Hit FT; Military Allows iOS Devices; Xbox 360 Update Coming?
Didn’t have time to check out the tech headlines over the weekend? Here’s what you missed. The Financial Times was the latest publication to fall victim to hackers aligned with the...
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Yahoo Buys Tumblr for $1.1B, Promises ‘Not to Screw It Up’
After a weekend of rumors, Yahoo this morning confirmed its purchase of blogging site Tumblr for $1.1 billion. Tumblr will continue to operate as a separate business with David Karp remaining...
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Yahoo Board, Unfazed by Tumblr Porn, Approves $1.1B Acquisition
In a bit of news from the, “we expected that” department, Yahoo’s board of directors has approved a deal to purchase the micro-blogging service Tumblr for a cool $1.1 billion in...