Microsoft loyalist Steve Ballmer wants the Clippers to ditch their iPads
Steve Ballmer may no longer be the CEO of Microsoft or even have a seat on the board of directors but that doesn’t mean he isn’t loyal to the company that made him a billionaire. Shortly after purchasing the Los Angeles Clippers for a record $2 billion this past spring,...
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RIAA's mid-year music report reveals paid streaming subscriptions on the rise
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has released its mid-year report on the music industry. Music sales as a whole were down nearly five percent in the US to $3.2 billion but it’s the digital music revenue that most are looking at today.
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Weekend Open Forum: Star Wars or Star Trek?
This is a tough question that I was debating with a few people earlier this week: which do you prefer, Star Wars or Star Trek? Both are iconic science-fiction sagas that have entertained countless people over the past 40 years, myself included, so it's tough to say which one is better. ...
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Samsung's employee count absolutely dwarfs the competition
“Go big or go home.” It’s a phrase often used to encourage or motivate but it could also effectively describe Samsung’s business philosophy. The company’s smartphone and tablet strategy is to flood the market with all sorts of devices and see what sticks (they’ve put out roughly 46 smartphones and...
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Apple shows off its iPhone 6 stress test facilities
Many have questioned how well Apple tested its new iPhone 6 Plus after reports surfaced about the new device getting bent and staying that way. To answer those questions, Apple invited a number of media outlets to its testing facility to get more details and an up close look at...
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Yahoo to shut down another batch of products as activist investor pushes for AOL acquisition
Today spells the beginning of the end for another batch of Yahoo products as investors put more pressure on the company to merge with AOL. Jay Rossiter, SVP of Yahoo’s cloud platform group, revealed in a Tumblr post that the Internet pioneer will be closing down Yahoo Education, Qwiki and...
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BlackBerry posts better-than-expected Q2 results, says restructuring now complete
BlackBerry has announced its second quarter financial results, reporting a loss of $207 million, or $0.39 per share. That's a big improvement over the $965 million, or $1.84 per share loss it reported in the same quarter last year.
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Seek is the budget thermal camera add-on for Android and iOS
FLIR’s ONE thermal camera for the iPhone was a pretty nifty gadget when it launched this past summer. But because it arrived in the form of a case for the iPhone 5 and iPhone 5s, it became obsolete almost immediately as the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus arrived last week. ...
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iOS 8.0.2 fixes issues with keyboard, HealthKit and more
Somewhat unlike Apple, but here we go again. iOS 8.0.2 is now out fixing the bugs below, but without bricking any phones. If you don't feel like updating right away or are not having any problems right now, why not wait a day or two until the air is clear. ...
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Instagram adds front-facing camera support to Hyperlapse, calls it #Selfielapse
Instagram has updated its Hyperlapse app, adding a new Selfielapse feature that lets you shoot time-lapsed videos from your smartphone's front facing camera. The app was previously restricted to the rear camera.
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Samsung's Galaxy Note Edge to be a limited-edition concept
Samsung’s Galaxy Note Edge arguably stole some of the Galaxy Note 4’s thunder during its reveal at IFA 2014 earlier this year. That’s a bit unfortunate in hindsight as Samsung has since confirmed the device was never intended to be sold to the masses.
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Facebook, Google, Twitter must comply with Russia's data storage law or face sanctions
In the wake of Snowden's revelations, Russia enacted a new law in July requiring all Internet companies conducting business in the country to store Russian citizens’ personal data in local data centers.
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Apple says 'vast majority' of Mac users safe from Bash bug, patch coming soon
Apple has finally responded to concerns over the Bash software bug, acknowledging that it is aware of the vulnerability. The company downplayed the risk saying that a vast majority of OS X users are safe from the exploits.
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The FBI slams smartphone encryption because there's no backdoor
FBI Director James Comey has, unsurprisingly, come out and slammed Apple, Google and other tech companies for offering encryption on devices such as smartphones. Comey said he was "very concerned" about strengthened encryption in mobile OSes, saying it could work against his organization in the event of a terror attack. ...
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Apple iPhone 6 Plus: The TechSpot Review
While virtually every other manufacturer began pumping out phones with increasingly larger screens in the wake of the Galaxy Note's success, Apple held off as long as it could while still selling millions of iPhone 5 and 5s handsets. Apple's response finally came in the form of the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 and...
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Comcast earns an estimated $300 million per quarter from cable modem rental fees
Broadband modem rental fees are usually around $8 per month regardless of provider. Although it is cheaper in the long run to buy your own modem, most people would rather simply pay the fee each month to not have to fool with it which is exactly what ISPs like Comcast...
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President of Microsoft France accidentally confirms 'Windows 9' debut
Not much is officially known about this month’s upcoming Microsoft event. While the company has teased us by saying it will cover "what's next for Windows and the enterprise,” Microsoft has generally been tight lipped about details. While information leaks for events of this nature come from all sorts of...
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Apple responds to bent iPhone 6 Plus phenomenon, says only nine people have contacted them
First there was “Antennagate” and now Apple is apparently dealing with a whole new issue the Internet has dubbed “Bendgate,” the unintentional bending of the iPhone 6 Plus while performing ordinary tasks like carrying the phone in your pocket.
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PC retail sales saw 3% growth during Back-to-School period led by Mac and Chrome OS
PC sales numbers for the 10 week back-to-school period (July 4th through Labor Day weekend) are now in, showing nearly 3% growth after a decline of around 2.5% last year. According to NDP, the growth was attributed to mainly Apple and Chrome OS products. Notebooks saw unit growth of about...
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Developer reported iCloud brute-force password hack to Apple nearly six month ago
The iCloud security incident that made headlines early this month could possibly have been prevented. That’s because London-based software developer Ibrahim Balic claims to have reported a brute-force iCloud password attack to the Cupertino-based company nearly six months ago.
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You can now add products to your Amazon Wish List from Twitter
Back in May, Amazon and Twitter introduced the hashtag #AmazonCart, allowing users to add items to their Amazon shopping cart via Twitter. Now, both companies have come together once again to introduce the #AmazonWishList hashtag, which as the name suggests, allows people to add items to their wish lists with a...
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Google's Nexus 6 to feature 5.92-inch, 2,560 x 1,440 display with 498 PPI, report claims
We’ve been hearing for some time now that Google and Motorola are working together on the next Nexus device, codenamed “Shamu.” The latest scuttlebutt on the matter reiterates the rumored 5.92-inch display and reveals a few other design delements.
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Subprime lenders can remotely disable vehicles when payments aren't made
We’ve all been there a time or two. You hop in your vehicle to start your morning commute to work or to drop the kids off at school and low and behold, the car won’t start and you’re all of the sudden facing a mechanical issue. Well, maybe that’s the...
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New Bash software bug may be even worse than Heartbleed
A security flaw in the GNU Bourne Again Shell (Bash) could leave systems running the software vulnerable to breaches and attacks. Dubbed Shellshock, the vulnerability is posing a bigger threat than the infamous Heartbleed bug, as it allows hackers to take complete control of a targeted system.
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Apple apologizes for iOS 8.0.1 debacle, recommends downgrade until iOS 8.0.2 arrives
A day after it released and then pulled back the iOS 8.0.1 update, Apple has issued an official statement on the fiasco. "We apologize for the great inconvenience experienced by users", the Cupertino-based company said, adding that they are working "around the clock" to prepare iOS 8.0.2 with a fix...
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