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After 199 Checkins, 41 Photos, And 18 Badges I Quit Foursquare – Here's Why
Nat Salvione, who works in business development for a startup called Tango Card, wrote us an email explaining why he quit using an app called Foursquare after "loving it" for almost a year.Nat's...
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10 Mind-Blowing Projects Made With A Tiny $35 Computer
Raspberry Pi, the $35 Linux computer that's just a tad bigger than a business card, has been phenomenally well-accepted in its first year on the planet.First released in February, 2012, it's makers say...
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Insurgent Startups Are Attacking eBay From All Sides (EBAY, AMZN, GOOG)
What keeps eBay's top executives awake at night?CEO John Donahoe hasn't shared his dream diary with us. But we have a pretty good read nonetheless, based on eBay's actions: The company is terrified...
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Despite Their Best Efforts, No One Has Fixed TV Yet
As expected, television was the biggest story out of the Consumer Electronics Show this year. Every major tech company from Samsung to Panasonic to Sony had its own take on what the future of...
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WSJ: Demand For The iPhone Is Weak And Apple's Cutting Orders (AAPL)
The Wall Street Journal is reporting tonight what just about every analyst has already said: Apple is cutting iPhone parts orders.The Journal's explanation for the cuts is pretty simple: "Apple has cut...
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Car Smashes Through A Downtown Chicago Apple Store
A Lincoln Town Car careened through the plate glass doors of Apple's Lincoln Park, Chicago store last night, injuring at least one, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.The accident occurred at approximately...
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10 Things You Need To Know This Morning (AAPL, SSNLF, MSFT, EA, ZNGA, MSFT)
News:The WSJ says demand for the iPhone is weak, and that's why Apple is cutting orders from its supply chain.And now AAPL is headed south.No one at CES showed off a credible fix for TV.LinkedIn rival...
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China's Biggest Threat To Facebook Just Blew It
WeChat was supposed to be the first Chinese internet service to become a global phenomenon—the Facebook of China, and just as internationally successful. But now it appears that WeChat is censoring...
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Windows Suffers As Holiday PC Sales Shrink
Holiday season shoppers shunned Windows 8 desktops and notebooks in favour of tablets and smartphones, resulting in a 4.3 percent fall in PC sales in the fourth quarter, research firm Gartner said on...
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This Little Gadget Makes Checking Bags When You Fly Less Of A Nightmare
Wirecutter's Brian Lam went to CES and came back with a list of just 8 gadgets that he might someday buy.One of them is particularly cool: a little gizmo called the Trackdot.Lam explains:Trakdot’s a...
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How To Turn A $50,000 Investment Into A $250 Million Company
More than four years ago, 500 Startups partner Dave McClure invested about $50,000 in a newborn company called Wildfire Interactive.Eventually, Wildfire would build a business around helping other...
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Ex-Microsoft Execs Explain Why They're Using iPhones Now (AAPL, MSFT)
In light of the news that former Windows head Steven Sinofsky uses an iPhone, Spark Capital partner Bijan Sabet wrote a post asking why former Microsoft employees end up using products from other...
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Samsung Has Sold 100 Million Galaxy Phones (GOOG)
Samsungannounced this weekend that it has sold 40 million Galaxy S III phones, its flagship Android device, since it launched in May 2012.The tally brings the total number of Galaxy S phones sold to...
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Nikkei: Apple Cut Its iPhone Supply Orders In Half (AAPL)
Here are some more details on Apple's iPhone parts cuts.The Nikkei is reporting (via Reuters) Apple asked its LCD panel partners to cut orders for iPhone screens in half from 65 million in the March...
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Nearly Half Of Mobile Apps Contain Pop-Up Ad Malware
SEATTLE -- Remember when pop-up advertisements inundated your PC browser? It's beginning to happen again, this time on smartphones and touch tablets.Adware for mobile devices -- referred to as madware...
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Ex-Windows Boss Sinofsky: These Are The Technologies You'll Be Using Next...
Two of the most successful consumer technology products of all time are Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows.So, when the former head of both divisions, Steven Sinofsky, has something to say about...
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UPDATE: Apple Falls Below $500 After Reports Of Weak iPhone Demand
UPDATE:The market has opened, and Apple has briefly fallen below $500Earlier: After a quiet start to German trading, shares of Apple are down nearly 4%.Remember, this is the German trading of...
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Microsoft Only Sold 1 Million Surfaces Last Quarter, Says UBS (MSFT)
Microsoft's Surface is off to a very slow start, in UBS analyst Brent Thrill's opinion.He estimates Microsoft sold just 1 million Surface RT tablets, down from his previous estimate of 2 million.For...
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This Is Samsung's Wild Curved Display That Could Prevent Your Phone From...
Samsung demoed a smartphone prototype with an unusual curved display at the Consumer Electronics Show last week, giving a hint at what's on tap for future devices.These new bent panels are capable of...
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How Apple Inspired The Design Of America's First Bookless Public Library (AAPL)
Apple's simplistic design scheme for its Apple Stores has inspired the look of several other retail stores, most notably, Microsoft's.But come this fall, people in Bexar County, Texas will soon have an...
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