The computing industry has just begun taking the VP8 codec seriously, but Google wants people to adopt its brand-new successor. [Read more]
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Samsung grabs 95 percent of Android smartphone profits
The Korean handset maker earned $5.1 billion of the $5.3 billion in global profits last quarter, says research firm Strategy Analytics. [Read more]
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Samsung grabs 95 percent of Android smartphone profits
Video streaming is on the rise with Netflix dominating
With 32.3 percent of the market share, Netflix reigns the entertainment streaming world, but Amazon, Hulu, and YouTube still maintain their piece of the pie. [Read more]
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Video streaming is on the rise with Netflix dominating
Lawsuit claims Apple sold iPhone 4 with bad on-off button
The tech giant is slapped with a class action suit, which alleges it knowingly sold users iPhone 4 smartphones with power buttons that broke shortly after the 1-year warranty expired. [Read more]
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Lawsuit claims Apple sold iPhone 4 with bad on-off button
Microsoft sells more than 100M Windows 8 licenses in 6 months
The sales milestone is on par with the number of Windows 7 licenses sold in its first six months on the market. [Read more]
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Microsoft sells more than 100M Windows 8 licenses in 6 months
Adobe kills Creative Suite, goes subscription-only
Just a year after launching its $50-per-month plan, Adobe has made its Creative Cloud the only way to get the new versions of its full software suite. Customers “overwhelmingly” prefer it. [Read more]
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Barnes & Noble adds Google Play store to its tablets
The Nook HD and HD+ may not be fully ‘open’ Android tablets, but they’re now much more open [Read more]
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Barnes & Noble adds Google Play store to its tablets
Budweiser’s intimate, dangerous way to make Facebook friends
The brewing company’s Brazilian arm creates cups, which, if you clink them together to say cheers, turn both parties into Facebook friends. Oh, how difficult. [Read more]
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Undercover cops’ devious new method to stop iPhone theft
Police in San Francisco decide on a new tactic to stop iPhone theft. Undercover officers are walking down streets offering to sell iPhones they claim are stolen. The idea is to kill the market for stolen phones. [Read more]
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New ‘smart skin’ so sensitive it rivals the real thing
Researchers say their experimental arrays sense pressure in the same range as the human fingertip, which could result in better bots and prosthetics. [Read more]
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New ‘smart skin’ so sensitive it rivals the real thing