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BlackBerry’s John Sims discusses the future of BBM
BlackBerry’s new head of Enterprise and BBM, John Sims, has only been on the job for a few months but he already seems to be detailing his plans. He laid out to CNET some of…
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Half of all in-app purchases in mobile games are made by 0.15% of gamers
Do you play a lot of Candy Crush Saga or Clash of Clans but almost never spend any money on in-app purchases? If so then you’re free riding on the backs of a tiny number of users…
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Texas court rules that police cannot search your phone after you’re jailed
Expanding the notion of privacy rights in the digital age, Texas’ highest criminal court ruled Wednesday that police improperly searched a Huntsville student’s cell phone without…
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Amazon Prime members may soon have access to free music streaming
Online retail giant Amazon is reportedly speaking to major music labels about launching its own streaming music service, according to a Re/code report that cites unnamed industry…
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NASA reveals insane mission that could have saved space shuttle Columbia
In 2003, the space shuttle Columbia was lost when an accident at launch conspired to destroy it upon re-entry. It was a great tragedy, and one that spurred NASA to develop…
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Carl Icahn throws another punch at eBay’s board
Call it the rebuttal to the rebuttal. Carl Icahn on Wednesday fired off his second open letter to eBay shareholders this week, reiterating a call for the ouster of board members…
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100,000 simultaneous Pokémon players might actually end up beating the game
Two weeks ago, viewers of game streaming site Twitch.tv started playing a massively multiplayer session of Pokémon where each comment in the chat window translates to a button…
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Chinese search giant Baidu reports flat profit growth but large growth in revenue
China’s leading search engine, Baidu, reported flat profit growth for the fourth quarter as the company continued its spending spree on research and product promotion. For…
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LG announces that its Knock Code feature is coming to low-mid range devices
About a week ago, LG announced Knock Code which was an evolution of the company’s Knock On feature. Basically what it does is that it allows users to “knock” a pattern on their…
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Boeing files plans with the FCC for a smartphone that can self-destruct
Boeing’s mysterious smartphone, the one that was supposed to have come out by the end of 2012, is now out of the bag. Boeing today posted a full breakdown of Black, a device aimed…
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Sony is closing down 20 of its stores across the U.S.
Sony is planning to close 20 of the 31 extant Sony Store locations in the U.S. by the end of the year, the company announced today. This restructuring of Sony’s U.S. retail…
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Smart car device Automatic gets support for IFTTT
If there was any device we could stand to be a little smarter for us, it’s our cars. They cost thousands of dollars upfront, are financially draining to maintain and we put…