IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (CNET) 11/6/2013

Dropbox buys startup Sold, shuts down easy-sales service
The cloud storage company acquired the company, which aimed to make it easier for people to sell their products online. [Read more]

Pandora: iTunes Radio? Pshaw. We're doing just fine
Pandora's CTO says the Internet radio service increased its market share even after iTunes Radio was launched. [Read more]

iPad Air topped by Kindle Fire HDX in display quality test
The iPad Air has an "excellent" display -- but not quite as excellent as the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9, DisplayMate says. [Read more]

Google Helpouts uses online video for teachable moments
The company is using Google+ Hangouts to connect customers to experts for one-on-one teaching sessions. [Read more]

Twitter a news source? Not so much
A new Pew survey shows only 16 percent of US adults use Twitter and only 8 percent use the social network for news. But these users tend to be young, educated, and wealthy. [Read more]

How to see which apps drain the battery most in Mavericks
The programs you use will drain your laptop's battery at different rates. Here is how to quickly find the greediest in OS X Mavericks. [Read more]

Apple to build made-in-the-USA manufacturing plant in Arizona
Creating more than 2,000 jobs and running on 100 percent renewable energy, the tech giant embarks on building a new US manufacturing facility. [Read more]

The 404 1,377: Where we take in the gravity of it all (podcast)
Verizon account goes radio silent about the Nexus 5, two depressing technology museum visits, a review of "Gravity," and how to keep warm just by wearing a wristband. [Read more]

NSA chief may lose US Cyber Command role
Separating the two positions could help keep abuses of power in check, as the NSA works to win back the public's trust. [Read more]

Digital health tools likely to decrease visits to the doctor
Researchers at Johns Hopkins analyze recent trends in digital health care, concluding that health-related apps and electronic health records will dramatically reduce in-person doc visits. [Read more]

Bezos' wife gives 1-star review for 'The Everything Store' book
The wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos tries to set the record straight by writing a review on Amazon.com of a recently released book depicting the history of the online retail company. [Read more]

Microsoft's new Surface 2 ad: Unlike iPad, it's for 'real work'
Plotting a rational path with a new ad featuring a teacher, Microsoft subliminally enhances the idea that the iPad is for play, not work. [Read more]

Connect with an expert on Google Helpouts
A new video chat service from Google will provide a marketplace for advice, Motorola teases a Moto G smartphone, and Nintendo brings the Wii Mini to the US for the holidays. [Read more]

Could this iPhone Air concept take flight?
Italian designer Federico Ciccarese has a notion for how Apple could unify its "Air" products. Presumably the iPhone Air would also need to be "unapologetically plastic" to keep the grams down. [Read more]

Learning to fly: Future space tourists train like fighter pilots
With commercial space flight on the horizon, a Pennsylvania training center offers would-be astronauts a chance to experience the rigors of blasting off. CNET sister site SmartPlanet investigates. [Read more]

AT&T: iPad activations more than triple last year's launch
The carrier also says there was strong demand for its AT&T Next monthly installment plan. [Read more]

Google's Finland data center draws $607M upgrade
The power-hungry tech giant is more than doubling its investment in the seawater-cooled facility, which will triple in size. [Read more]

Make-A-Wish to turn San Francisco into Gotham for Batkid
A young boy fighting leukemia will get his wish to be Batkid, and the citizens of San Francisco are being called upon to help. [Read more]

Google Helpouts to bring experts to you via video, report says
The company is said to be unveiling a service Monday night that connects people to experts via Google+ Hangouts. [Read more]

First Google, now Microsoft, taps Texas for wind energy
The deal marks Microsoft's first long-term power purchase agreement for wind energy. [Read more]

GPS Cookie tracks your trail of digital breadcrumbs
The GPS Cookie on Kickstarter logs your GPS data as you go about your business and makes it available for upload and analysis later. [Read more]

The Audi RS 6 is an example of beautiful excess
Audi RS cars are powerhouses. They're brutish, powerful, comfortable, and excessive to the fore, so why should the latest RS 6 break tradition? [Read more]

Insta-Ferrari makes any car an Italian supercar
Artist Benedetto Bufalino created an ultra-budget red supercar from humble materials like cardboard and foil. [Read more]

Nintendo to bring Wii Mini to US later this month
The company's no-frills $99 console makes its way stateside as Nintendo tries to tighten its grip on the lower-end video game hardware market. [Read more]

Glow-in-the-dark ice cream: Next food craze?
Food inventor Charles Francis uses synthesized jellyfish protein to create glowing ice cream that costs more than $200 a scoop. [Read more]

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IT News Head Lines (CNET) 11/6/2013

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