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• PC Sales Declined _ Again _ in First Quarter

  09-04-2015 23:28
  Report shows another grim quarter for the PC industry, as desktop sales plunge
  
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• French Network's Broadcasts Hacked by Group Claiming IS Ties

  09-04-2015 23:03
  
  French network's 11 channels blacked out by group claiming Islamic State ties
  
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• Zynga Founder's Return as CEO Drags Down Game Maker's Stock

  09-04-2015 23:01
  
  Zynga's stock suffers biggest 1-day drop in nearly 3 years after founder returns as CEO
  
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• Apple Watch Isn't the Only Gadget out This Week

  09-04-2015 22:38
  
  The week in tech: Apple Watch isn't the only gadget this week, Samsung & HTC phones in stores
  
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• Boost iPhone 6 Battery, Storage With Mophie Space Pack - PC Magazine

  09-04-2015 21:42 via pcmag.com
  
  USA TODAY
  Boost iPhone 6 Battery, Storage With Mophie Space Pack
  PC Magazine
  If you're a bit concerned that your brand-new Apple smartphone or tablet is quickly filling up—or, worse, running out of battery life at the most inopportune times—then Mophie has you covered. The company today debuted its new Space Packs for the iPhone ...
  Mophie's Space lineup provides battery boost and external storage for iPhones ...TechSpot
  Mophie is all spaced out with new Space Packs, Spacestati
  
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• Apple iOS 8.3 Admits To Massive Problem - Forbes

  09-04-2015 21:35 via forbes.com
  
  Forbes
  Apple iOS 8.3 Admits To Massive Problem
  Forbes
  Nearly 7 months. That's how long it has taken Apple to not only address the biggest issue in iOS 8, but even admit its existence. Launched yesterday, iOS 8.3 lacks headline grabbing features (Apple's streaming music service is now clearly pushed to iOS 8.4) ...
  ​Unlock the secret Spock emoji in iOS 8.3CNET
  Apple iOS 8.3 released! What's new?Herald Recorder
  iOS 8.3 brings major changes to the iPhoneChristian Science Monitor
  
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• LinkedIn Is Set To Train The World, With Its $1.5 Billion Lynda Deal - Forbes

  09-04-2015 21:34 via forbes.com
  
  Forbes
  LinkedIn Is Set To Train The World, With Its $1.5 Billion Lynda Deal
  Forbes
  LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner is an ambitious guy. He's been talking for years about building out the world's “economic graph,” a shorthand way of saying that he wants to make it easier for the planet's population to define its skills, get connected with the right work ...
  LinkedIn buys training site Lynda.com, enters professional development marketComputerworld
  LinkedIn wants to digitally map the
  
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• How to Use the Apple MacBook's Force Touch Trackpad - PC Magazine

  09-04-2015 21:32 via pcmag.com
  
  Macworld
  How to Use the Apple MacBook's Force Touch Trackpad
  PC Magazine
  Contents. How to Use the Apple MacBook's Force Touch Trackpad; QuickTime · Calendar. Aside from the USB-C connector, the big standout feature in the 12-inch Apple MacBook is the new Force Touch trackpad. Instead of the traditional mechanical clicking ...
  2015 MacBook ReviewTechCrunch
  MacBook review: Apple reinvents the laptop againEngadget
  Review: The new MacBook is the future of laptopsMashable
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• Fin24.com | India transport ministry bats for Uber, Ola

  09-04-2015 21:30
  
  India's transport ministry will ask states to allow US-based taxi-hailing firm Uber and its local rival Ola to operate, a senior official has said.
  
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• Apple's Ahrendts sells $8.7M in stock as Watch launch nears - Computerworld

  09-04-2015 21:28 via computerworld.com
  
  Computerworld
  Apple's Ahrendts sells $8.7M in stock as Watch launch nears
  Computerworld
  Apple's head of retail and online sales, Angela Ahrendts, has sold almost 70,000 shares of company stock worth approximately $8.7 million since the first of the month, according to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). bitcoinage.
  How to preorder the Apple WatchMashable
  Apple Watch: Your Questions AnsweredWall Street Journal (blog)
  Apple Watch pre-orders kick off FridayUSA T
  
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• Three Reasons the Apple Watch Might Still Flop

  09-04-2015 21:19 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Don't get too excited about all the positive Apple Watch reviews just yet. The device still has some big challenges ahead, industry experts say.
  
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• 'Call of Duty: Black Ops 3' gets a reveal date — but that's all we know - Mashable

  09-04-2015 21:17 via mashable.com
  
  'Call of Duty: Black Ops 3' gets a reveal date — but that's all we know
  Mashable
  The next Call of Duty — which we can all safely assume is Call of Duty: Black Ops III — is set for an April 26 reveal. Activision confirmed as much in a brief teaser that features a virtual camera panning around what appears to be the iconic Black Ops soldier's ...and more »
  
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• Microsoft, Dropbox Team for Easier Online Document Editing - PC Magazine

  09-04-2015 21:13 via pcmag.com
  
  VentureBeat
  Microsoft, Dropbox Team for Easier Online Document Editing
  PC Magazine
  Microsoft and Dropbox have teamed up to make it easier to edit your Office documents online. The companies on Thursday announced that you can now edit Word, PowerPoint, and Excel documents in Dropbox using Microsoft Office Online on the Web.
  Dropbox, Microsoft Office Online partnership extends to the WebPCWorld
  Microsoft And Dropbox Further Cement Their RelationshipForbes
  Microsoft, Dropbox integrate Dropbox with
  
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• Photos: Baby Mouflons Hop Around

  09-04-2015 20:51
  
  Absolutely adorable baby animals!
  
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• Facebook: Yeah, kids still think it's cool - Fortune

  09-04-2015 20:08 via fortune.com
  
  Fortune
  Facebook: Yeah, kids still think it's cool
  Fortune
  Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook. Photograph by David Paul Morris — Bloomberg via Getty Images. Despite fears of a teen exodus to rival services such as Snapchat, the social networking giant remains popular with school ...
  Facebook still cool among teens, says surveyCNET
  Surprise: Many Teens Are Online 'Almost Constantly'PC Magazine
  Teens Still Love Facebook, But Rich Kids Flock to Snap
  
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• DOE to Spend $200 Million on New Supercomputer

  09-04-2015 20:01 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The next-generation supercomputer will be five to seven times faster than current top supercomputers.
  
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• Fin24.com | Apple rolls out gay emojis

  09-04-2015 20:00
  
  Users of the Apple iPhone and iPad have received a new palate of emoji, including a group of alternative or gay family illustrations.
  
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• A Netflix Watch is the only wearable you really want - CNET

  09-04-2015 19:25 via cnet.com
  
  CNET
  A Netflix Watch is the only wearable you really want
  CNET
  Apple Watch, Schmapple Watch. Netflix's parody ad for a Netflix Watch knows that the only thing you want to do is watch movies and TV all day anyway, so why not put the screen on your wrist? by Anthony Domanico · @ajdomanico; 9 April 2015 5:52 pm BST.
  'Netflix Watch' Video Pokes Fun at Apple WatchPC Magazine
  Netflix Shares Smartwatch Spoof Video, Mocks Apple WatchValueWalk
  Total Freedom With the Fake Netflix Watch
  
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• Teams Vie for Money to Make Salt Water Drinkable

  09-04-2015 19:04 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The contest's purpose is to give a boost to the developing world—and maybe to drought-stricken California.
  
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• Isotopic Evidence Confirms Interconnected Past of the Earth and Moon

  09-04-2015 19:03 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A newly published study brings scientists one step closer to understanding the close familial relationship between Earth and the moon. College Park, Maryland – Scientists at the University of Maryland are the first to confirm the accepted model of the moon’s formation using the “fingerprints” of the moon and Earth. The results suggest that the […]
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• Apple: Smartwatch Demand Will Outstrip Supply at Launch

  09-04-2015 18:47 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Apple said it expects the 'tremendous interest' in its new smartwatch to result in demand outstripping supply when the gadget hits stores.
  
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• Review: New MacBook Brings iPad's Minimalism to Laptop

  09-04-2015 18:41
  
  Review: New MacBook brings iPad minimalism to laptop, along with redesigned keyboard, touchpad
  
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• First Data from Ultra-Cold Neutrino Experiment

  09-04-2015 18:33 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Physicists have announced the first scientific results from the Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events experiment, which is designed to confirm the existence of the Majorana neutrino. Today an international team of nuclear physicists announced the first scientific results from the Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) experiment. CUORE, located at the INFN Gran […]
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• NASA Study Shows ICMEs Can Have Profound Effects On Unprotected Planets

  09-04-2015 18:06 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Using data from Venus Express, researchers show how the impact of a slow Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejection (ICME) can have profound effects on planets without protective magnetospheres. While no one yet knows what’s needed to build a habitable planet, it’s clear that the interplay between the sun and Earth is crucial for making our planet […]
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• Fin24.com | Smartphones boost teens on social media

  09-04-2015 18:00
  
  It's not just your imagination: Most teenagers are online or on their smartphones every day, and many are almost continually connected.
  
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• NASA’s MAVEN Spacecraft Completes 1,000th Orbit around Mars

  09-04-2015 17:46 via scitechdaily.com
  
  NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft completed 1,000 orbits around the Red Planet on April 6, four-and-a-half months into its one-year primary mission. MAVEN is in its science mapping orbit and has been taking data since the start of its primary mission on Nov. 16, 2014. The furthest point in the spacecraft’s elliptical […]
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• New Research Helps Reveal the Evolution of Milky Way-Like Galaxies

  09-04-2015 17:35 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New research provides the most complete picture yet of how galaxies like the Milky Way grew over the past 10 billion years into today’s majestic spiral galaxies. In one of the most comprehensive multi-observatory galaxy surveys yet, astronomers find that galaxies like our Milky Way underwent a stellar “baby boom,” churning out stars at a […]
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• Sling TV Gets HBO Ahead of 'Game of Thrones' Premiere

  09-04-2015 16:53 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  It's getting easier and easier to watch "Game of Thrones" without a cable subscription or BitTorrent.
  
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• Fin24.com | HTC refocuses its smartphone efforts in SA

  09-04-2015 16:26
  
  Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC is rebuilding its presence in South Africa following years of inconsistency in the country.
  
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• Puzzle of Moon's origin resolved - Nature.com

  09-04-2015 16:24 via nature.com
  
  Nature.com
  Puzzle of Moon's origin resolved
  Nature.com
  Simulations show that Earth probably collided with an unnervingly similar sister planet to form our lunar neighbour. Adam Levy. 08 April 2015. Article tools. Rights & Permissions. Hagai Perets. It now seems more probable that a collision between two planets ...and more »
  
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• Fin24.com | MTN ‘buying’ Nigerian wireless operator Visafone

  09-04-2015 16:20
  
  Africa’s biggest mobile phone company has been exploring acquisitions as it seeks to boost revenue from data outside of South Africa.
  
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• Report to U.N.: 'Killer Robots' Should Be Banned

  09-04-2015 16:14 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  'Killer robots' should be banned by international law before the machines see the battlefield, a new report warns the United Nations.
  
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• How Other Smartwatches Stack Up to Apple Watch

  09-04-2015 15:32 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  History shows that when Apple jumps into a category, it spurs competitors to step up their games.
  
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• Fin24.com | Cell C to build R8bn LTE network

  09-04-2015 13:34
  
  Mobile network Cell C is set to enter the LTE race in South Africa after announcing a plan to invest R8bn in a next generation broadband network.
  
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• Fin24.com | Opening of local Orange store delayed

  09-04-2015 13:07
  
  A subsidiary of French telecoms company Orange has pushed back a deadline for the opening of its first brick and mortar store in South Africa.
  
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• Fin24.com | SA Post Office rates increase frustrates clients

  09-04-2015 13:03
  
  The Post Office’s annual rates increase has occurred without any publicity both through the media and at Post Offices around South Africa.
  
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• Fin24.com | FNB to sell LG G3 smartphones

  09-04-2015 12:19
  
  The bank is expanding the range of devices it sells after announcing that it plans to sell the latest LG handsets.
  
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• 'Islamist' Hackers Knock TV Network Off the Air

  09-04-2015 11:58 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  An "Islamist group" hacked French television network TV5Monde on Wednesday night, leaving the station unable to broadcast.
  
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• Fin24.com | Facebook Messenger app comes to web browsers

  09-04-2015 11:21
  
  Following on from the launch of WhatsApp for the web, Facebook’s Messenger app is now also available as a stand-alone service on desktop and laptop computers.
  
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• Fin24.com | Chris Rock in Twitter storm over 'driving while black'

  09-04-2015 09:51
  
  Comedian Chris Rock has caused controversy on social media by posting pictures of police stopping him while driving.
  
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• Facebook Remains Top Social Network for Teens: Pew

  09-04-2015 09:10 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  A study of teenagers' online habits shows that while just about all teens go online daily, what they do and what apps they use vary widely.
  
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• Natural Selection May Help Account for Dutch Height Advantage

  09-04-2015 06:00 via nytimes.com
  A new study from the Netherlands suggests evolution favors taller people.
  
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• Binge Watch? Netflix Spoofs Apple Watch in Parody Video

  09-04-2015 01:02 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Sure, you can start ordering the Apple Watch come Friday, but Netflix wants to remind you that you can't watch streaming video on it.
  
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