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MetroPCS Broadens 4G Smartphone Lineup with Addition of New Nokia, LG ...
MarketWatch
BELLEVUE, Wash. - July 25, 2013 - In conjunction with the expansion of its MetroPCS brand into 15 new markets, T-Mobile US, Inc. (NYSE:TMUS) is tomorrow introducing two new smartphones to the brand's 4G portfolio: the LG Optimus F3(TM) and the Nokia ...
MetroPCS adds Lumia 521 and Optimus F3, covers 19 new citiesEngadget
T-Mobile US expands MetroPCS brand to 15 new marketsTeleGeography
MetroPCS includes Birmingham in 15-city service expansionBirmingham Business Journal
PC Magazine -Dallas Business Journal -CNET (blog)
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KOMO News
Amazon Reports a Small Loss
New York Times (blog)
Amazon's razor-thin profits turned to razor-thin losses, as the Internet commerce giant continued to plow money into warehouses, digital content and other big investments. Bits · More Tech Coverage. News from the technology industry, including start-ups, the ...
Amazon posts quarterly loss, shares downUSA TODAY
Amazon sales up 22% in Q2 but surprise ...CNET
Amazon's profit-eating machine revs into overdriveRegister
Wall Street Journal -Bloomberg -CNNMoney
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ZDNet
Why Chromecast is such a big deal for Google
USA TODAY
SHARE 124 CONNECT 110 TWEET 5 COMMENTEMAILMORE. Google officially launched its next big idea for the living room Wednesday, and the cast of people presenting the new product dubbed Chromecast at the company's breakfast event in San ...
Google shows off new Chromecast video streaming device, Nexus 7Washington Post (blog)
Why Chromecast could be Google's first media gadget hitVentureBeat
All of These Google Chromecast Ads are AwesomeMarketWatch
Wall Street Journal -BBC News -Tom's Guide
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Cinema Blend
Call of Duty: Ghosts , At Least, Is Coming to Wii U
Wired
Activision is giving the Wii U a little bit of love with a version of Call of Duty: Ghosts this November. Image: Activision. Call of Duty: Ghosts will be released for the Wii U on November 5, the game's Twitter account has confirmed. A press release accompanying ...
Activision confirms Call of Duty: Ghosts for Wii U and 5 others gamesVentureBeat
Activision backs Wii UComputerandvideogames.com
Activision bringing Call of Duty: Ghosts, five more to Wii UGamasutra
Cinema Blend -StickSkills -GameSided
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Examiner.com
Feds tell Web firms to turn over user account passwords
CNET (blog)
Secret demands mark escalation in Internet surveillance by the federal government through gaining access to user passwords, which are typically stored in encrypted form. Declan McCullagh. by Declan McCullagh. July 25, 2013 11:26 AM PDT. Follow @ ...
Government reportedly knocks on web firms' doors, asks for your secret passwordsTechRadar UK
Feds want web companies master encryption keys, user account passwordsExaminer.com
Feds Now Demanding Internet Companies Hand Over User Passwords TooTechdirt
Boing Boing -Daily Caller -Opposing Views
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Hot Hardware
TCL Is Launching A 50-Inch 4K Television For $999, But Should You Buy It?
Forbes
Ultra-HD (4K) televisions may be the holy grail of living room entertainment, but obtaining one at anything resembling a reasonable price is nearly impossible. At this rate it may take years for it to reach widespread consumer adoption. That is, unless a ...
TCL Announces 50-Inch 4K HDTV for $999PC Magazine
TCL to bring 50-inch 4K Ultra HDTV to the US for less than a grandTechSpot
TCL's fall lineup of HDTVs includes a 50-inch 4K model for $999Engadget
RTT News -TechRadar UK -SlashGear
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TechSpot
Geeksphone announces Peak+ Firefox OS smartphone
TechSpot
Spanish smartphone startup Geeksphone became the first company to start selling Firefox OS devices earlier this year when it launched two developer handsets, Keon and Peak. Since then Mozilla's smartphone platform has already seen a commercial rollout ...
Geeksphone Peak+ up for preorder at €149 with Firefox OS 1.1, 1GB RAMEngadget
Geeksphone adds new Firefox OS model Peak+, with extra RAMZDNet (blog)
Geeksphone Peak+ Pre-Orders Kick OffUbergizmo
TechCrunch -GigaOM -PhoneDog
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Society and Religion
Microsoft readies IE 11 for Windows 7, too
CNET
Internet Explorer 11 ships by default in Windows 8.1, and a developer preview of the browser for Windows 7 confirms that the older OS won't be left behind -- for now. Seth Rosenblatt. by Seth Rosenblatt. July 25, 2013 8:00 AM PDT. Follow @sethr. The Lite ...
Microsoft Launches IE11 Developer Preview For Windows 7, Updates Modern.IE ...TechCrunch
Windows Phone Users Wait Impatiently For UpdatesIntelligent Enterprise
Microsoft releases developer edition of IE11 for Windows 7PCWorld
ZDNet (blog) -WinBeta
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Irish Independent
European companies should stop sending data to the US, German privacy ...
PCWorld
The European Commission should suspend agreements that allow European companies to transfer personal data of European citizens to the U.S., the German Conference of Data Protection Commissioners has urged. The Commission, meanwhile, is ...
Irish watchdog won't probe US firms over PrismReuters
Global Protection Through Mutual RecognitionMondaq News Alerts (registration)
Kill US web firms' license to operate in Europe, German privacy officials urgeGigaOM
Siliconrepublic.com -Irish Times
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Popular Photography Magazine
Lomography's Kickstarter-Backed Petzval DSLR Lens Is A Portrait Hero
TechCrunch
Some companies have taken to using Kickstarter as almost a default step in their product pipeline, and New York's Lomography is one of them. The photography focused company has successfully Kickstarted its film scanner for iPhone, and now it's looking to ...
Forget Instagram Filters: Snap A 1940s Lens Onto Your Digital Camera InsteadFast Company
Lomography Announces Petzval Portrait Lens for DSLRsPopular Photography Magazine
Lomography reinvents Petzval lens for analog and digital SLRsEngadget
The Phoblographer (blog) -imaging resource -Gizmodo
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[UPDATE] Gran Turismo movie in the works
PlayStation Universe
Sony confirmed to Joystiq that the movie is officially in the works, though didn't offer any further information on the project. ORIGINAL ARTICLE: The Wrap reports that a movie adaptation of PlayStation's flagship racing series, Gran Turismo, is currently in ...

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New York Daily News
Sony says Android 4.3 Jelly Bean is coming to Xperia Z lineup
Inquirer
JAPANESE PHONE MAKER Sony has been quick to reveal that Android 4.3 Jelly Bean will be coming to its Xperia Z smartphone lineup, with a rollout set for 'early August'. Google unveiled Android 4.3 alongside its latest Nexus 7 tablet on Wednesday as an ...
Android 4.3 speeds up first-gen Nexus 7Fudzilla
Android 4.3 to hit Sony Xperia smartphones, ...CNET Asia
Nexus 10 2 Release Date Rumors: Google To Launch Samsung-Built 2nd Gen ...KpopStarz
The Droid Guy -Engadget -Stabley Times
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Times of India
EU Accepts Penguin Offer in E-Books Price-Collusion Probe
Wall Street Journal
BRUSSELS--U.K. publisher Penguin, owned by Pearson PLC (PSON.LN), has made a satisfactory offer to the European Union's antitrust watchdog after its investigation into distorted pricing of electronic books in Europe, the European Commission said ...
Penguin promises EU regulator to scrap Apple ebook dealsReuters
Penguin Settlement in E-Books Antitrust Probe Approved by EUBloomberg
Penguin settles with EU in eBook price fixing probeThe Hindu
Engadget -InSerbia News -Business Times (subscription)
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ZDNet (blog)
My favorite iPad app gets better: djay 2 is a party rocker
ZDNet (blog)
Summary: Algoriddim has released a major update to its revolutionary DJing app for iOS with HD waveforms, a built-in sampler and an all-new music browser that has more features than Apple's native music app. Jason D. O'Grady. By Jason D. O'Grady for ...
The redesign risk: how Algoriddim navigated Djay's first major upgrade in 3 yearsGigaOM
Djay 2 remixes music-making on iPhone and iPadThe Verge
Algoriddim Launches Djay 2 for iPhone and iPadMac Rumors
9 to 5 Mac -GeekDad (blog)
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ZDNet (blog)
My favorite iPad app gets better: djay 2 is a party rocker
ZDNet (blog)
Summary: Algoriddim has released a major update to its revolutionary DJing app for iOS with HD waveforms, a built-in sampler and an all-new music browser that has more features than Apple's native music app. Jason D. O'Grady. By Jason D. O'Grady for ...
The redesign risk: how Algoriddim navigated Djay's first major upgrade in 3 yearsGigaOM
Djay 2 remixes music-making on iPhone and iPadThe Verge
Apps for Arts and Crafts Projects for FamiliesNew York Times (blog)
Macworld -Wired -Forbes
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New York Daily News
Skip the bar line and buy your drink with this mobile app coming to New York
New York Daily News
So, say you're a guy in your early 20s and you want a certain girl to meet you at a bar. Instead of sending her a text, you send her a voucher for a free drink with your iPhone and she agrees to hang out. No waiting on a long line at a bar, pulling out your credit ...
NFL's Jonathan Vilma tackles the bar scene with startupUSA TODAY
BarEye, a Better Way to Buy Drinks, Now Available in Top US CitiesMarketwire (press release)

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Chevy Impala Awarded Consumer Reports' Top Sedan Rating
Businessweek
General Motors Co. (GM:US)'s redesigned Chevrolet Impala has received the highest rating from Consumer Reports among all sedans, the first time in at least 20 years that a U.S. automaker has outscored a Japanese or European competitor in that segment.
Consumer Reports: A Chevy bests foreign luxury carsUSA TODAY
Chevy Impala ends foreign dominance in sedans: Consumer ReportsReuters
Consumer Reports gives Chevy Impala rave reviewsCNNMoney
Detroit Free Press -Daily Journal -Automotive News
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The Guardian
A cheaper iPhone: what it would cost, and what it would leave out (and in)
The Guardian
Analysts are increasingly certain that Apple will offer a cheaper iPhone this autumn, despite the unexpected 20% rise in its sales during the past quarter. What would it look like? The best guesses are that the screen would be the same 4in as the existing ...
Android vs. iPhone: Which Should You Buy?Mashable
Forget Android, Samsung's new developer conference is Boxee's chance to shineDigital Trends

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BBC News
Google launches Chromecast low-cost TV dongle
BBC News
Google has announced a low-cost competitor to Apple TV - a "dongle" device called Chromecast. The dongle is plugged into a television's HDMI port, and allows users to stream media from smartphones, tablets and computers. Launching immediately in the ...
Live From Google's Mystery Announcement With Android Head Sundar PichaiTechCrunch
Chromecast gives Google a seat in America's living roomsLos Angeles Times
Chromecast: Google's best weapon to breach the ...CNET
X-bit Labs -San Jose Mercury News -VentureBeat
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Amazon Web Services files complaint in court over CIA contract
PCWorld
Amazon Web Services has filed a complaint in a U.S. court after the Government Accountability Office sustained in part a protest by IBM against the award of a contract by the CIA for a cloud computing project. IBM had challenged the evaluation of proposals ...
Amazon Files Petition to Move Forward with CIA ContractWall Street Journal
Amazon legal filing torpedoes Big Blue's spook cloud dreamsRegister
Amazon goes to court to keep CIA contractWashington Technology

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