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A very techy Christmas: 50 million new phones and tablets activated
Christmas week saw a record 50 million iOS and Android devices activated, and more than 1.7 billion apps downloaded, according to analytics firm Flurry. On Christmas Day alone 17.4 million new devices were unwrapped. 01/02/2013 04:42 pm
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FCC paves the way for better in-flight broadband
The FCC approved new rules on Friday that will make it easier for companies to offer broadband Internet on airplanes. The FCC has authorized in-flight Internet on an ad hoc basis since 2001, but the new rules will provide a framework for licensing companies to provide it. 12/28/2012 06:55 pm
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Digital reading rises, while books fade
Share of adult Americans reading an e-book jumps from 16 to 23 percent in a year, Pew survey finds, while traditional book reading falls from 72 to 67 percent. 12/27/2012 05:26 pm
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Next Mac Mini might be 'Made in USA'
Apple CEO Tim Cook said earlier in December that the company would produce some Mac computers in the US in 2013, but he didn't say which ones. A new rumor from Taiwanese tech magazine DigiTimes says the Mac Mini will be moved stateside. 12/27/2012 03:16 pm
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Netflix Christmas outage: Amazon to blame
Netflix outage affected customers in the US, Canada, and Latin America. 12/27/2012 10:00 am
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Samsung says it will ship half a billion phones in 2013
Samsung expects to sell 510 million phones in 2013, the company announced on Wednesday. Samsung says most of those devices will be smart phones, cementing the company's status as the world's biggest phone manufacturer. 12/26/2012 05:37 pm
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Google Apps makes gains on Microsoft Office
Google Apps was long seen as too lightweight to be a competitor to Microsoft Office. But Google Apps has added features and maintained a low price over the years, and now the cloud software suite is starting to tempt companies away from Microsoft Office. 12/26/2012 04:30 pm
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Apple's Siri has a rival: Google voice search
The Google Search app does some things better than Siri. 12/26/2012 12:00 am
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How to 'tether' your PC to your phone
A lawsuit now makes 'tethering' PCs and phones cheaper. 12/25/2012 12:00 am
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Will music resurrect Myspace?
As Myspace reinvents itself, the social network aims to be nexus for bands and fans. 12/24/2012 12:00 am
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Can a Motorola X Phone keep up with Apple and Samsung?
The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Motorola is hard at work on an 'X Phone,' a flagship smart phone that would stand out from handsets made by Apple and Samsung. But 'X Phone' development may be running into some early obstacles. 12/21/2012 05:45 pm
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Websites go dark: Moment of silence honors Sandy Hook victims
Websites go dark one week after the shooting in Newtown, Conn. A group of tech leaders and celebrities interested in tightening gun laws organized for the websites go to dark at 9:30 a.m. 12/21/2012 01:14 pm
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Instagram retreats following backlash (+video)
Instagram, a photo-sharing service acquired by Facebook earlier this year, reversed some of the unpopular proposed changes to its terms of service. The remaining new provisions will go into effect on January 19. 12/20/2012 11:07 pm
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Brothers Grimm saved classic fairy tales by changing them forever
Disney wasn't the first to change Grimm's Fairy Tales. Even the Brothers Grimm tinkered with their stories from one edition to another. 12/20/2012 06:55 pm
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Facebook $1 fee? New scheme aims to make money, cut spam.
New from Facebook: $1 fee to send priority messages to people outside of your social contacts. This Facebook $1 fee feature isn't available outside of the US yet, but the social network could expand it if it proves popular. 12/20/2012 04:54 pm
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Path introduces social search that's more intuitive than Facebook
Path, a small social network designed to be more intimate than Facebook, introduced a new search feature on Thursday that lets you look back on moments you've shared with friends. You can search these moments by person, location, date, or even emotion. 12/20/2012 04:32 pm
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The real Brothers Grimm were stranger than fiction
The Google homepage celebrates the 200th anniversary of the first edition of 'Grimm's Fairy Tales,' a collection of stories which transformed Western literature. Here's a quick look at the men who worked tirelessly for 50 years to assemble the tales. 12/20/2012 07:31 am
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Instagram uproar: A testing ground for Facebook? (+video)
A popular photo sharing site owned by Facebook, Instagram released new terms of service on Monday. Now Instagram users have a month to decide how much control over their data they are willing to give up. 12/18/2012 10:36 pm
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Reconstructing Adam Lanza's hard drive
Adam Lanza's hard drive is destroyed. Mr. Lanza, the 20-year-old who killed 27 people and himself in Newtown, Conn., last week, smashed his computer the morning of the attacks. Investigators are trying to put Adam Lanza's hard drive back together -- but even if they fail, there might be other ways to see what Lanza was doing before the shootings. 12/18/2012 06:40 pm
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Can Instagram really sell your photos?
Instagram changed its user agreement, allowing the website to use shared photos in any way it wants. 12/18/2012 12:47 pm
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