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Google Translate Is Getting Upgraded To Take on Skype

According to The New York Times , Google isn’t going to let Skype runaway with all the high-tech, language barrier-smashing fun . An upcoming update will allow the app to auto-recognize popular languages and translate them into text in real time. Read more…

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Google Translate Is Getting Upgraded To Take on Skype

Bloomberg: Sony Is Making a Watch Entirely Out of E-Paper

Keen not to be outdone by Apple, perhaps, Sony is said to be making a new watch whose surfaces are entirely made from e-paper. It will, according to Bloomberg , “emphasize style, rather than trying to outdo more technological offerings.” Read more…

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Bloomberg: Sony Is Making a Watch Entirely Out of E-Paper

Report: Facebook’s Working on a New "Facebook at Work" Site

Fancy creating a little more distance between your social and professional facades on Facebook? Well, the Financial Times is reporting that Zuckerberg & Co. are working on a new site, called “Facebook at Work, ” that will do just that. Read more…

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Leak: Next-Gen 4K Blu-Ray Discs Pack 100GB of Data

While the Blu-ray Disc Association may not have made any official noises about the existence of 4K Blu-ray discs, a leak from a disc manufacturer reveals that they’re on the way—and they pack 100GB of delicious data. Read more…        

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Rumor Alert: Yahoo Is Buying Tumblr for a Billion?

Yahoo has a problem: it has no idea what it’s doing, or how it’s going to do it ( outside of teenage dream hires ). Some people who claim intimate knowledge say the company is going to do it by throwing a serious Hail Mary: buying Tumblr for $1,000,000,000. That’s one billion. Read more…        

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Rumor Alert: Yahoo Is Buying Tumblr for a Billion?