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iPhone 5S Release Date 2013: June Launch Possible For Apple's First Solar ...
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Could Apple be planning to release their first solar-powered phone when the iPhone 5S release date arrives later this year? That's what more than a few observers think, thanks to a recently awarded patent from the U.S. Trademark and Patent Office.

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OUYA following mobile model: 'There will be a new OUYA every year'
Engadget
There will be a new OUYA next year, and the year after that, unlike the traditional game console model, where new hardware ships in five- to seven-year generational increments. "Our strategy is very much similar to the mobile strategy," OUYA CEO Julie ...

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Wall Street Journal
Chevrolet unveils first diesel car for US since 1986
USA TODAY
Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY12:25a.m. EST February 7, 2013. It's new clean diesel engine should be good for 42 miles per gallon on the highway. cruze. Chevrolet diesel Cruze is its first diesel car since 1986 (Photo: Sean Klingelhoefer/GM). Story Highlights ...
Chevy brings back the dieselFox News
Hot Wheels: Chevrolet Cruze dieselThe Associated Press
GM Returns To The Diesel Passenger Car MarketWall Street Journal (blog)
MotorTrend Magazine -Edmunds.com -Youngstown Vindicator
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Wall Street Journal
MyFord Mobile app finds open EV charging stations
CNET
A new iteration of the MyFord Mobile app for the Fusion Energi and C-Max Energi will include real-time information on charging stations. Wayne Cunningham. by Wayne Cunningham. February 6, 2013 9:01 PM PST Follow @way4ne. MyFord Mobile ...
Ford taps PlugShare for EV charging appSan Francisco Chronicle (blog)
MyFord Mobile adds PlugShare's location data, C-Max and Fusion Energi ...Engadget
Ford Readies More Dealers to Sell Plug-In VehiclesWall Street Journal (blog)
Torque News -Green Car Reports -Tire Business
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TechCrunch
Ubuntu OS smartphones hitting stores in October
CNET
The open-source operating system for PCs and TVs is making its way to mobile. Look for the first phones to arrive next fall. Dara Kerr. by Dara Kerr. February 6, 2013 6:15 PM PST Follow @darakerr. The open-source Ubuntu OS is coming to a smartphone ...
First Ubuntu smartphones coming in October, Shuttleworth promisesArs Technica
The First Ubuntu Smartphones Will Debut In OctoberTechCrunch
Ubuntu Smartphone Shipping in OctoberWall Street Journal (blog)
Android Authority -Pocket-lint.com -Co.Design
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RedOrbit
Android Still In The Lead, BlackBerry And Windows Phone May Be Hot On Their ...
RedOrbit
New research data from ABI confirms what we've already known for some time: In the global scheme of things, Google's Android is far out pacing Apple's iPhone. All told, there are some 1.4 billion smartphones in the world, 798 million of them Android-based.

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VentureBeat
Words With Friends co-creator Paul Bettner starts a studio to focus on Ouya ...
VentureBeat
Words With Friends co-creator Paul Bettner has started a new game studio after leaving Zynga last year. He said in an exclusive interview with GamesBeat that he plans to create games that run on Ouya's Android-based $99 game console coming in June.

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SlashGear
comScore: HTC still fighting strong in the USA
SlashGear
This week the folks at comScore have revealed their Top Smartphone OEM list for the 3 month period average ending in December 2012, showing HTC to be in third place behind Apple and Samsung. Apple remains the dominant force in this three month ...
Apple and Samsung pull further ahead in US smartphone market, iOS gains on ...Apple Insider
Who Might Unseat Apple And Samsung As Handset Kings?Forbes
Apple first, Samsung second in US smartphone marketZDNet
The Mac Observer -Fortune -IntoMobile
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VentureBeat
Yahoo reveals 'non-exclusive' ads deal with Google
ZDNet
Summary: Yahoo is now looking towards what might have been seen as an unlikely source (before today) for online advertising: Google. Rachel King. By Rachel King for Between the Lines | February 6, 2013 -- 22:35 GMT (14:35 PST). Follow @rachelking ...
Unholy alliance? Google display ads are coming to Yahoo sitesVentureBeat
Yahoo! Signs Global, Non-Exclusive Display Ad Deal With GoogleTechCrunch
Yahoo Signs Agreement to Use Google's Services for Display AdsBloomberg
New York Daily News -Barron's (blog) -All Things Digital
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TIME
Leaked video appears to reveal Google's touch Chromebook
CNET
The Chromebook Pixel boasts a high-resolution display and a sleek design. Is it real? Casey Newton. by Casey Newton. February 6, 2013 1:52 PM PST Follow @CaseyNewton. Is this Google's touchscreen Chromebook? Is this Google's touchscreen ...
High-res touchscreen Google Chromebook surfaces in leaked videoTechSpot
Google's Supposed Chromebook Pixel (And Its Touch Display) Stars In Leaked ...TechCrunch
Google-designed Chromebook Pixel leaks, features Retina-quality touchscreenSlashGear
Gizmodo Australia -ZDNet -The Verge
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VentureBeat
Twitter to update smartphone app to make links quicker to open
Los Angeles Times
Twitter plans to release an update for its Apple and Android apps Wednesday that will make it easier for users to open links from the apps' Timeline. The update would fix an annoying feature of the app that required users to go through two separate pages to ...
Twitter update brings big Search and Discover boostSlashGear
Twitter streamlines mobile apps, adds search button to iOSCNET
Twitter updates Android and iPhone apps to improve Discover and Search featuresMobile Burn
VatorNews -VentureBeat -Search Engine Land
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Can Microsoft Stay Relevant?
Wall St. Cheat Sheet
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) didn't have the best year in 2012 for PC sales, and didn't have the best past few months with its Surface tablets. Now, the tech giant could be depending on its newest tablet to keep the company relevant. The only problem is, not ...

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Wall Street Journal
Sandberg turned down job as LinkedIn CEO in 2006
CNET (blog)
At the time, Sheryl Sandberg was planning for a second child. A few years later, Mark Zuckerberg came knocking; the rest is history. Charles Cooper. by Charles Cooper. February 6, 2013 12:13 PM PST Follow @coopeydoop. In the summer of 2006, Sheryl ...
Sheryl Sandberg Passed on Chance to Be CEO of LinkedInMashable
Sheryl Sandberg Turned Down A Chance To Be LinkedIn CEOBusiness Insider

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Hot Hardware
Windows Phone Overtook BlackBerry in 2012
NASDAQ
Last August, Windows fan site WMPoweruser predicted that domestic sales of Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT ) Windows Phone platform would overtake BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY ) by November 2012. The publication came to this conclusion after analyzing ...
Nokia (NOK) Higher; Windows Phone US Market Share Appears In-Line with ...StreetInsider.com (subscription) (blog)
Can Microsoft Stay Relevant?Wall St. Cheat Sheet

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TechHive (blog)
Dropbox unveils new Sync API
TechHive (blog)
Lex uses a MacBook Pro, an iPhone 5, an iPad mini, a Kindle 3, a TiVo HD, and a treadmill desk, and loves them all. His latest book, a children's book parody for adults, is called "The Kid in the Crib." Lex lives in New Jersey with his wife and three young kids.

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TechHive
Dropbox Unveils Sync API For Mobile Developers, Allows Apps To Work With ...
TechCrunch
Dropbox is unveiling a brand new API for developers today that should give mobile app makers an excellent new tool to work with. The Dropbox Sync API allows apps for iOS and Android to treat files stored on a user's Dropbox account as if they were local, ...
Dropbox releases Sync API for Android and iOSAndroid Community
Dropbox unveils new Sync APITechHive (blog)

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Nissan Leaf Adds Efficient Bose Stereo
Cars.com News (blog)
Nissan's Leaf will be the second car, after the Chevrolet Volt, to get Bose's Energy Efficient audio series. The system debuted in 2010, and Bose says it's 30% smaller, 40% lighter and uses half the energy versus a comparable Bose system. With seven ...

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SlashGear
New Apple patent suggests solar-powered iPhone on the way
SlashGear
Let's face it: battery life in smartphones is pretty awful, with only a few devices that are actually worthy of a battery-life crown. However, what if smartphones were powered by solar cells? That would basically change how we use devices, and we would ...
Patent Approval Paves Way For Apple To Fire Up Solar Powered iPhoneForbes
Apple secures patent on iPhone's slide-to-unlock featureZDNet
Apple wins design patents for slide-to-unlock, original iPhoneCNET
Apple Insider -StudentNewsIE.com (blog) -Latinos Post
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VentureBeat
800 million Android smartphones, 300 million iPhones in active use by ...
VentureBeat
By the end of this current year, 1.4 billion smartphones will be in use: 798 million of them will run Android, 294 million will run Apple's iOS, and 45 million will run Windows Phone, according to a new study by ABI Research. The ABI study factors in an annual ...
Why Windows Phone Will Beat BlackBerry: Apps & MicrosoftReadWriteWeb
Android to Outnumber iPhones by Over 500 Million This Year (Report)LAPTOP Magazine (blog)
Can new launches turn the tide for BlackBerry?Business Standard
BGR -TrustedReviews -Benzinga
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iPads (Thanks To The Mini) Accounted For 1 In 6 'PCs', Tablets One-Third Of All ...
TechCrunch
The PC market is fast shifting into a touchscreen world, and Apple is leading the charge. Some new numbers from the analysts at Canalys note that in Q4 of 2012, one in every three PCs shipped was a tablet, that Apple's iPad accounted for about half of them, ...
AAPL Led PC Shipments in Q4, Including the iPad, Says CanalysBarron's (blog)
Sony announces education initiative around Xperia Tablet SZDNet (blog)
Chitika: Android tablet usage rises in January, iPad still dominatestuaw.com
Engadget -TechnologyTell (blog) -Focus Taiwan News Channel
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