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• Smart Ped scooter powers the urban commute

  14-10-2015 23:56 via cnet.com
  
  FlyKly's Smart Ped scooter needs a kick to get it going, then its rear wheel, powered by an electric motor, takes over.
  
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• LG 65EF9500: The best high-end TV gets flat-out better

  14-10-2015 23:47 via cnet.com
  
  LG's OLED TVs produce the best image quality you can buy today, and among all the OLEDs we've tested, we like the non-curved EF9500 best. The catch, of course, is its crazy-high price.
  
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• The best high-end TV gets flat-out better

  14-10-2015 23:43 via cnet.com
  
  LG's OLED TVs produce the best image quality you can buy today, and among all the OLEDs we've tested, we like non-curved EF9500 best. The catch, of course, is its crazy-high price.
  
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• Square Inc files for IPO with Dorsey dual role in focus

  14-10-2015 23:41
  
  Mobile payments company Square Inc filed for its long-expected initial public offering on Wednesday in a test of CEO Jack Dorsey's ability to take the company public even as grapples with a turnaround at Twitter Inc, which he also runs. Square's filing comes little more than a week after Twitter appointed Dorsey to head the microblogging site operator, which raised concerns about how he will balance his two jobs, a fact Square mentions in its IPO paperwork.
  
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• Tesla's autopilot lets cars drive, change lanes themselves

  14-10-2015 23:32
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Electric car maker Tesla Motors is leapfrogging competitors with a new autopilot system that lets cars change lanes by themselves.
  
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• Nielsen says 15.3 million watched Democratic debate

  14-10-2015 23:30
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — They aren't quite Trump numbers, but the 15.3 million people who watched the Democratic presidential debate on CNN was still the biggest TV audience ever for a Democratic debate.
  
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• Cheap and portable, but still not worth the buy

  14-10-2015 23:30 via cnet.com
  
  While the 4.5-inch LG Leon is inexpensive, its middling camera and performance make it safe to skip for something better.
  
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• Samsung brings black stainless-steel finish to kitchen appliances

  14-10-2015 23:20 via cnet.com
  
  Samsung is the latest manufacturer to add darker finishes to kitchen appliances. The company also announced an update to one of its popular Flex Duo ranges.
  
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• Netflix keeps winning fans around the world. In the US, not so much

  14-10-2015 23:05 via cnet.com
  
  The streaming-video service says new credit and debit cards with built-in chips made it harder for US consumers to re-up their subscriptions.
  
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• Samsung's smartphone shipments to see first-ever annual decline

  14-10-2015 23:02 via cnet.com
  
  Chinese up-and-comers are taking a big bite out of the global smartphone market, much to the discomfort of market leader Samsung.
  
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• Netflix adds 3.62M subscribers in 3Q, but US growth lags

  14-10-2015 22:36
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Bingeing on Netflix appears to be losing some of its appeal in the U.S., even as the addiction rapidly spreads to other parts of the world.
  
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• Netflix adds fewer U.S. subscribers than forecast; shares fall

  14-10-2015 22:22
  
  (Reuters) - Video-streaming service provider Netflix Inc reported U.S. subscriber additions below its own forecast, which the company attributed to the ongoing transition to chip-based credit and debit cards. Shares of Netflix, known for its original shows such as "House of Cards" and "Orange is the New Black", plunged about 15 percent to $93.55 after the bell. The company said on Wednesday it added 0.88 million U.S. subscribers in the third quarter ended Sept. 30, compared with its forecast of
  
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• Call or text any number from your Apple Watch with Watch Keypad

  14-10-2015 22:18 via cnet.com
  
  This app puts a number pad on your Apple Watch so you can make calls or send texts from your wrist to numbers that aren't already saved in your contacts.
  
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• Betty the tweeting chicken going for Guinness World Record

  14-10-2015 22:13 via cnet.com
  
  Why did the chicken tweet? No it's not a joke, it's a clever Twitter campaign being run by a fast-food chain.
  
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• Apple faces $400 million in damages in university patent case: sources

  14-10-2015 22:10
  
  By Andrew Chung NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple's potential damages in a patent fight with the University of Wisconsin's licensing body could reach $400 million as a trial on the amount Apple owes for infringing a processor patent got under way on Wednesday, two people familiar with the case said. The figure is less than half the amount that U.S. District Judge William Conley cited last month as the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation's maximum claim for damages. In a pre-trial ruling on Sept. 29, C
  
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• Verizon to unveil next Droid smartphones on October 27

  14-10-2015 22:08 via cnet.com
  
  "Everything you expect from a phone will change," the carrier teases in an invitation to its media event.
  
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• Sony's RX1R II, a full-frame for the pockets of power photographers (pictures)

  14-10-2015 22:05 via cnet.com
  
  The company adds important features to its two-year-old full-frame compact without increasing the size.
  
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• Sony packs even more power into its full-frame compact

  14-10-2015 22:05 via cnet.com
  
  Useful new technology and features make this update to Sony's full-frame compacts look mighty tempting.
  
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• Apple loses to WARF in patent battle, faces $862M fine

  14-10-2015 22:05 via cnet.com
  
  The iPhone maker faces a hefty fine after losing a patent lawsuit to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Meanwhile, Facebook wages its own battle against YouTube and tests floating videos that follow as you scroll.
  
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• NASA's Enceladus flyby: Cassini to dive through icy spray of Saturn's moon

  14-10-2015 22:02 via cnet.com
  
  The warm interior ocean of this moon of Saturn is bursting through its surface and the spacecraft plans to dive-bomb the satellite for a sip.
  
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• Rear wheel drives Smart Ped electric scooter

  14-10-2015 22:00 via cnet.com
  
  With a cleverly designed rear-wheel hub motor, the Smart Ped electric scooter gives you a boost on the urban commute.
  
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• More VW trouble: 2016 diesels have new suspect software

  14-10-2015 21:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators say they have a lot more questions for Volkswagen, triggered by the company's recent disclosure of additional suspect software in 2016 diesel models that potentially would help exhaust systems run cleaner during government tests.
  
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• LG's petite Leon goes easy on the wallet (pictures)

  14-10-2015 21:54 via cnet.com
  
  Featuring a 5-megapixel camera and a 4.5-inch display, the LG Leon is a mid-range handset with a low prepaid price.
  
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• Sleep next to real skeletons this Halloween via Airbnb

  14-10-2015 21:49 via cnet.com
  
  The winner of an Airbnb contest will spend the night in the Catacombs of Paris. Just explain why you're brave enough to hang out with 6 million of your new dead BFFs on Halloween.
  
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• Battle the undead from a zombie-proof cabin through Kickstarter

  14-10-2015 21:46 via cnet.com
  
  A shed-building company plans to build its zombie-proof cabin on the site of a Zombie Infection attraction, with help from backers willing to settle for temporary security from the undead hordes.
  
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• On the road: 2016 Honda Accord

  14-10-2015 21:44 via cnet.com
  
  Brian Cooley tells you what's changed in the newest Honda Accord.
  
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• Twitter poaches Google executive Kordestani for chairman post

  14-10-2015 21:40
  
  By Abhirup Roy and Yasmeen Abutaleb BENGALURU/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc lured Google Inc executive Omid Kordestani to become the social media company's executive chairman, the latest step in the company's turnaround efforts under Jack Dorsey, who last week was named permanent CEO. Kordestani's extensive sales experience could prove a good counterpoint to Twitter co-founder Dorsey's product knowledge and vision, analysts said. "I've had good fortune to be at three: Netscape, @google,
  
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• Microsoft pushes back its Ignite 2016 show from May to September

  14-10-2015 21:33 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Microsoft's main conference for IT professionals, Ignite, will be held in Atlanta in September in 2016, rather than May in Chicago, as previously planned.
  
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• Hackers siphon off $31 million from British bank accounts

  14-10-2015 21:31 via cnet.com
  
  Crime agencies from across Europe have partnered with the FBI to investigate and shut down the spread of Dridex banking malware.
  
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• Toshiba likely to bless a SanDisk-Western Digital deal: analysts

  14-10-2015 21:23
  
  Toshiba, SanDisk's partner in making memory chips, is more likely to sign off on a potential takeover of SanDisk by hard drive maker Western Digital than by rival memory chip maker Micron, analysts said. Micron Technology Inc and Western Digital Corp are in talks with SanDisk Corp about a possible acquisition, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.
  
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• Kids tricked when 'realistic game' turns out to be actual forest

  14-10-2015 21:12 via cnet.com
  
  It used to be that kids loved to get out in the woods and play. Do we have to resort to tricking them now? One advertising campaign thinks it might not be a bad idea.
  
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• Microsoft reports rise in law enforcement demands for data

  14-10-2015 21:06 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The software giant said about one-third of all law enforcement requests were submitted by the US and UK governments alone.
  
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• BMW's M2 is the 1 Series M successor we deserve

  14-10-2015 21:06 via cnet.com
  
  BMW's latest performance coupe is a salute to the celebrated 1 Series M.
  
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• Internet gap hinders small firms in poor countries, study shows

  14-10-2015 20:49
  
  By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - A study of small and medium-sized businesses around the world has found that one of the main reasons they underperform - especially in poorer countries - is that they make too little use of the Internet. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Brazil are three times less productive than big firms there while those in India are 10 times less productive. The report published on Wednesday by the International Trade Center, a joint venture of the World Trade Orga
  
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• Amazon shutters Destinations site after six months

  14-10-2015 20:33 via cnet.com
  
  Online retailer pulls the plug on a weekend getaways site that faced heavy competition from established players like Airbnb and TripAdvisor.
  
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• AT&T now lets you share your phone number with tablets, watches, more

  14-10-2015 20:26 via cnet.com
  
  One number to rule them all: AT&T's latest service uses your digits across multiple connected devices.
  
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• Twitter names ex-Google executive Kordestani chairman

  14-10-2015 20:16
  
  By Abhirup Roy and Yasmeen Abutaleb BENGALURU/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc appointed former Google Inc executive Omid Kordestani as its executive chairman, the latest step in the company's turnaround efforts under Jack Dorsey, who last week was named permanent CEO. Kordestani's extensive sales experience could prove a good counterpoint to Twitter co-founder Dorsey's product knowledge and vision, analysts said. "It's rare you get to be at a company with an amazing business that's also tr
  
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