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• Women have a 'bitch-switch,' says telecom CEO - CNET

  28-04-2016 23:53 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: José dos Santos, the CEO of Cell C, South Africa's third-largest telecom company, makes a serious gaffe. Even the company's own computer systems object.
  
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• 2017 Honda Ridgeline's fuel economy trumps all other midsize pickups - Roadshow

  28-04-2016 23:51 via cnet.com
  
  Well, all other midsize pickups equipped with V-6 engines, at least.
  
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• Best iPhone car accessories - Roadshow

  28-04-2016 23:50 via cnet.com
  
  Looking for top car accessories for your iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus or iPhone 5/5S/5C? Here are our current picks.
  
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• Snapchat video views at 10 billion a day - CNET

  28-04-2016 23:43 via cnet.com
  
  The ephemeral-photo app is quickly becoming a place where video is made.
  
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• Couple distraught after booking dream vacation from the wrong Birmingham - CNET

  28-04-2016 23:36 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: Online booking is easy, right? Not for the couple that mixed up the middle of England with Alabama.
  
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• Carl Icahn sells Apple stake, citing China worries

  28-04-2016 23:25
  
  Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has sold his stake in Apple, citing concerns about the giant tech company's prospects in China.
  
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• Amazon -- that's right, Amazon -- posts big profit - CNET

  28-04-2016 23:18 via cnet.com
  
  The largest e-retailer usually reports slim profit as it invests in its next new thing. This time was different.
  
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• U.S. high court approves rule change to expand FBI hacking power

  28-04-2016 23:16
  By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Thursday approved a rule change that would let U.S. judges issue search warrants for access to computers located in any jurisdiction despite opposition from civil liberties groups who say it will greatly expand the FBI's hacking authority. U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts transmitted the rules to Congress, which will have until Dec. 1 to reject or modify the changes to the federal rules of criminal procedure.
  
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• Make a quick lap desk using a picture frame and a pillow - CNET

  28-04-2016 23:15 via cnet.com
  
  This simple and quick lap desk is made out of a pillow, a picture frame and a t-shirt.
  
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• Excess baggage: Rolls-Royce offers $46,000 luggage set - Roadshow

  28-04-2016 23:11 via cnet.com
  
  Looking for a luggage set to complement your $300,000 Rolls-Royce Wraith? Your search ends here.
  
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• Amazon profit crushes estimates as cloud service revenue soars

  28-04-2016 23:10
  The results are a sharp contrast to the disappointing fourth quarter Amazon reported in January, which renewed worries among some shareholders about the company's comparatively thin profit margins. Amazon's performance also assuaged concerns about a broader slowdown among tech and internet companies after Apple , Microsoft and Intel all reported disappointing earnings. While Amazon displayed impressive growth for a company its size - revenues rose 28.2 percent to $29.13 billion - its Amazon Web
  
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• Huawei's P9 is a very capable phone that's just shy of greatness

  28-04-2016 23:04
  
  The smartphone landscape is changing so fast that what worked a year ago would be a disaster today. Every manufacturer deals with it in its own way: Apple is moving at its own pace, careful to add one marquee feature in each new iPhone. Samsung seems to love tossing in a dozen odd features in the hopes something will stick (although the company's toned down the gimmicks this year). The up and coming Chinese manufacturers just try to make a good looking, powerful phone and sell it cheap.&nbs
  
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• Verizon offers updated 'final' contract proposal to worker unions

  28-04-2016 22:58
  "We are putting our last, best final offer on the table," Verizon's chief administrative officer Marc Reed, said in a company statement. The strike was called by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The wireline unit, which represents Verizon's legacy business, generated about 29 percent of company revenue in 2015, down about 60 percent since 2000.
  
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• Expedia posts surprise profit as acquisitions pay off

  28-04-2016 22:53
  (Reuters) - Expedia Inc, the world's largest online travel services company by bookings, posted a surprise quarterly profit, largely helped by a string of acquisitions. "The type of activity that we did last year was unprecedented...unlikely that it would be repeated in 2016," Chief Financial Officer Mark Okerstrom told Reuters in an interview. Revenue rose about 39 percent to $1.90 billion, ahead of the average analyst estimate of $1.84 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Acquisition
  
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• Shares of Amazon jump on 1Q earnings beat

  28-04-2016 22:49
  
  Shares of Amazon.com Inc. surged Thursday after the e-commerce powerhouse reported better-than-expected first-quarter results fueled by a 28 percent jump in revenue. The Seattle-based company's net income ...
  
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• Here's an app-powered keyboard that's great for kids video - CNET

  28-04-2016 22:46 via cnet.com
  
  With LED keys and app-enabled smarts, the One Smart Piano connects with your phone or tablet to teach you how to play it.
  
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• Google taps ex-Motorola exec for new hardware group - CNET

  28-04-2016 22:42 via cnet.com
  
  From now on, everything from Google's Nexus smartphones to its not-yet-released new incarnation of Google Glass will be run by former Motorola President Rick Osterloh.
  
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• Amazon profit crushes estimates as cloud service revenue jumps

  28-04-2016 22:23
  (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's quarterly profit and revenue topped analysts' expectations by a wide margin as the Prime loyalty program helped the online retail giant attract more customers and revenue surged in its cloud services business. Amazon has seen strong growth in subscribers to its Prime loyalty program, which offers one-hour delivery, original TV programming and access to its digital entertainment products such as Prime Music and Prime Video for an annual fee of $99. Amazon has also sai
  
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• Online travel services company Expedia's revenue jumps 38.6 percent

  28-04-2016 22:17
  (Reuters) - Expedia Inc reported a 38.6 percent jump in quarterly revenue, helped largely by a string of acquisitions. Net loss attributable to the company was $121.9 million, or 81 cents per share, for the first quarter ended March 31, compared with a profit of $44.1 million, or 34 cents per share, a year earlier. Revenue rose to $1.90 billion from $1.37 billion. Expedia, the world's largest online travel services company by bookings, last year embarked on an acquisition spree, buying vacation
  
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• Professional network operator LinkedIn's revenue rises 35 percent

  28-04-2016 22:13
  (Reuters) - LinkedIn Corp , the operator of the world's biggest online network for professionals, reported a 35 percent rise in quarterly revenue as demand grew for its hiring services. However, the net loss attributable to LinkedIn widened to $45.8 million, or 35 cents per share, in the first quarter ended March 31 from $42.5 million, or 34 cents per share, a year earlier. Revenue rose to $860.7 million from $637.7 million. (Reporting by Kshitiz Goliya in Bengaluru; Editing by Kirti Pandey)
  
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• Facebook in class of its own as ad revenue soars

  28-04-2016 22:12
  Wow. After underwhelming results from Apple Inc, Google Inc and other big tech names, investors finally found a friend in Facebook Inc after the company shredded Wall Street's forecasts for revenue, profit and user growth. Facebook's shares, which touched a record high of $120.79 on Thursday, closed up 7.2 percent at $116.73, giving a $22 billion boost to the social networking company's market value.
  
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• Verizon offers improved contract proposal to worker unions

  28-04-2016 22:11
  Verizon Communications Inc said it had presented a revised contract proposal to the unions representing nearly 40,000 workers, who have been on strike after contract talks hit an impasse. "We are putting our last, best final offer on the table," Verizon's chief administrative officer Marc Reed, said in a company statement. “The ball is now in the unions’ court to do what’s right for our employees.” Workers from network technicians to customer service representatives in Ve
  
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• Online retail giant Amazon's quarterly revenue surges 28 percent

  28-04-2016 22:08
  (Reuters) - Online retail giant Amazon.com Inc's quarterly revenue surged 28.2 percent as its Prime loyalty program helped attract more customers and revenue jumped in its cloud services business. Amazon, the world's biggest online retailer, reported net income of $513 million, or $1.07 per share, for the first quarter ended March 31. The company had a loss of $57 million, or 12 cents per share, a year earlier. Net sales rose to $29.13 billion from $22.72 billion. (Reporting by Narottam Medhora
  
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• GameSpot's The Lobby: Rocket League now has basketball! video - CNET

  28-04-2016 22:07 via cnet.com
  
  Rocket League extends its empire into basketball, the crew talk how it stacks up against the classic soccer mode.
  
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• Exclusive: No wall, but more high-tech gear, fencing sought by U.S. border agents

  28-04-2016 22:04
  By Julia Harte WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal agents who patrol the U.S. border with Mexico want 23 more miles (37 km) of fences, better radios and more aerial drones to tighten the southern frontier, according to an unpublished U.S. government study that influences budget requests. The modest scope of the requirements, details of which were contained in internal emails seen by Reuters and described by Border Patrol officials in interviews, contrasts sharply with calls by Republican presidential
  
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• Twitter founder Biz Stone launches Jelly (again) as a search engine

  28-04-2016 22:02
  
  Remember Jelly, the question and answer app founded by Twitter cofounder Biz Stone? It's back.  After announcing a closed beta earlier this year, Stone has officially relaunched Jelly, which has been given a total redesign.  SEE ALSO: You're not ready for that Jelly app that Twitter's co-founder is bringing back Once again, Stone is positioning Jelly as a human-powered search engine, though he readily admits there is "a bit of AI" involved as well.  "But all this science is in ser
  
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• NBN satellite 'world leading' for speed, data, pricing: Ovum

  28-04-2016 22:00 via zdnet.com
  
  In an analysis based on data allowance, download speed, upload speed, and pricing per GB, NBN's satellite has been ranked ahead of other broadband satellite services worldwide.
  
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• Billionaire investor Carl Icahn sells off Apple shares - CNET

  28-04-2016 21:57 via cnet.com
  
  The activist investor says China is to blame.
  
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• Google predicts the future: Go big on artificial intelligence - CNET

  28-04-2016 21:54 via cnet.com
  
  In his first-ever letter to shareholders, Google CEO Sundar Pichai says the next wave of computing is all about machine learning. And a computer that can beat you at a 2,500-year-old board game.
  
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• AP Source: Fiat Chrysler, Google in partnership talks

  28-04-2016 21:53
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Fiat Chrysler and Google's self-driving car project are in advanced talks to form a technical partnership.
  
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• Comcast buying DreamWorks Animation for about $3.55B

  28-04-2016 21:44
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Comcast is buying DreamWorks Animation, the film company behind the "Shrek," ''Madagascar" and "Kung Fu Panda" franchises, for approximately $3.55 billion, strengthening its presence in the important and growing business of children's entertainment.
  
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• News Bites: Keeping Mark Zuckerberg safe video - CNET

  28-04-2016 21:43 via cnet.com
  
  How much does it cost to keep Mark Zuckerberg safe?
  
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• How Comcast will look after buying DreamWorks Animation

  28-04-2016 21:43
  
  With DreamWorks Animation, Comcast adds several movie franchises — among them, "Shrek," ''Madagascar" and "Kung Fu Panda" — to its growing entertainment empire. Though the bulk ...
  
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• Apple CareKit apps arrive, giving more data to your doctor video - CNET

  28-04-2016 21:43 via cnet.com
  
  Next time you visit the doc, you might get a prescription for an app. Bridget Carey explains what some of the first CareKit apps can track. Meanwhile, Samsung shares big virtual-reality dreams.
  
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• These tiny Samsung computers may soon fill your home video - CNET

  28-04-2016 21:42 via cnet.com
  
  With its new Artik mini computers, Samsung has built a talking home assistant and a smarter home security system.
  
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• Forza 6 PC release date, system requirements revealed - CNET

  28-04-2016 21:42 via cnet.com
  
  The first ever Forza game for PC is coming out soon in beta; won't have Vsync, wheel support, or in-game frame rate counter at launch.
  
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• Twitter's Biz Stone opens Jelly, hopes it will spread - CNET

  28-04-2016 21:40 via cnet.com
  
  The Twitter co-founder officially launches his on-again-off-again search engine project, which directs users' questions to other users who might have an answer.
  
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• HP Spectre x360 (2016) review - CNET

  28-04-2016 21:39 via cnet.com
  
  Now available in both 13- and 15-inch models, the Spectre x360 is one of our top picks for a thin-and-light Windows laptop.
  
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• Fiat Chrysler said to be in talks with Google for technical partnership

  28-04-2016 21:37
  
  Now, is it Google car helping Fiat Chrysler or the other way around? SEE ALSO: Land Rover's Discovery Sport can help you find your lost belongings Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and Alphabet's Google car are reportedly in late-stage talks on a technical partnership, according to a CNBC tweet. At first blush, it might seem that Google is seeking car production help from FCA, as Google doesn't have much experience in the car-making realm, aside from its prototype cars. Likely, however, it's FCA t
  
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• Adam Savage rubs shoulders with future scientists at the White House - CNET

  28-04-2016 21:37 via cnet.com
  
  The "MythBusters" co-host shows off his favorite projects and chats with the kids behind them at the White House Science Fair.
  
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• Porsche invokes artificial scarcity to suck away more of your money - Roadshow

  28-04-2016 21:32 via cnet.com
  
  The Cayenne Platinum Edition is only available for a limited time, and it includes nothing that you can't get in other trim levels, except for side sills. Well done, Stuttgart.
  
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• France shows off humanoid underwater exploration robot

  28-04-2016 21:30
  
  French officials have unveiled a humanoid diving robot that they hope will give a big artificial hand to the practice of underwater archaeology. Ocean One, which looks like something out of a scuba-diving ...
  
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• SpaceX undercut ULA rocket launch pricing by 40 percent: U.S. Air Force

  28-04-2016 21:29
  By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force will save 40 percent by buying a GPS satellite launch from Elon Musk’s SpaceX compared with what United Launch Alliance has been charging, the head of the Space and Missile Systems Center said on Thursday. The Air Force on Wednesday awarded SpaceX an $83 million contract to launch the satellite, breaking the monopoly that ULA partners Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co had held on military space launches for more than a dec
  
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• Is Kung Fu Panda worth $3.8 billion? (The 3:59, Ep. 36) - CNET

  28-04-2016 21:29 via cnet.com
  
  On the latest 3:59 podcast, we chat about Comcast's big purchase of DreamWorks Animation, Facebook's earnings, and hair dryers.
  
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• Drake's 'Views' to exclusively roll out on Apple Music, iTunes - CNET

  28-04-2016 21:27 via cnet.com
  
  The Canadian rapper's latest album will only be available to stream on Apple Music.
  
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• Microsoft buys DNA to store digital data - CNET

  28-04-2016 21:21 via cnet.com
  
  The software giant is experimenting with laboratory-made DNA to cope with the growing amount of data being created.
  
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• This homemade hoverbike is the future of personal aviation

  28-04-2016 21:20
  
  The Internet's favorite crazy inventor has created a rideable hoverbike, and while it doesn't go much higher than a couple feet, it's a pretty innovative creation. YouTuber Colin Furze, famous for his homemade Wolverine claws, jet-powered bicycle and recent thermite launcher, embarked on his first-ever flying project as requested by fans. He created the hoverbike, a seatless, brake-less contraption powered by two motorized propellers in place of wheels. He only shows it off in short bursts, so y
  
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• Unity CEO: Maybe 2016 isn't really the 'year of VR' - CNET

  28-04-2016 21:18 via cnet.com
  
  No one's created the killer app for virtual reality yet, says John Riccitiello at Samsung's developer conference.
  
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• Carl Icahn says he sold entire Apple stake on China woes: CNBC

  28-04-2016 21:18
  Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn said Thursday he had sold his entire stake in Apple Inc, citing the risk of China's influence on the stock. Icahn, in an interview with cable television network CNBC, also said he was "still very cautious" on the U.S. stock market and there would be a "day of reckoning" unless there was some sort of fiscal stimulus. Icahn had been a huge fan of Apple, repeatedly calling the investment a "no brainer." But Icahn, who owned 45.8 million Apple shares at the e
  
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• No Man's Sky dev talks lore and the limited edition's comic - CNET

  28-04-2016 21:17 via cnet.com
  
  Sean Murray and company discuss the game's approach to having a story.
  
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