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Let Bono be a lesson: Celeb tech endorsements are better for laughs than sales

Athos wearable sensor gear

A smartass to match your smartphone and smartwatch

iPod Classic

For music lovers, the iPod Classic’s demise is like a favorite band breaking up

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How IFA 2014 reshaped the landscape for wearable tech

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Rebirth! Here’s why new life is coming to the PC market

Multiple factors could combine over the next few months to inject new life into the PC market.
Glowbelt

7 upcoming wearables that make us laugh, cringe, and secretly covet

HTC One M8 for Windows

Now that the same phone can have Windows or Android, will anyone choose Windows?

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5 ways Amazon can make the next Fire Phone burn brighter

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The Galaxy Alpha is proof that Samsung is terrified of iPhone 6

Hewlett-Packard HP-01

6 wearable gadgets that were ahead of their time (and not long for this world)

Bondara SexFit

Enough with the numbers! Fitness tracking in bed can only wreck a good romp

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Increasing the Surface tension: What’s really going on in Microsoft’s mind?

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Dear conspiracy nuts: Apple doesn’t cripple your old iPhone, time does

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Here’s why TiVo’s founders just crashed and burned with Qplay

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Apple keeps blurring lines with OS X and iOS, but when do things get too hazy?

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Are curved TVs a gimmick? Yup, but we still love them. Here’s why

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Underage sexting isn’t ruining lives, draconian laws are (and we need to change them)

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What do you want to listen to? Algorithms still can’t tell like humans can

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Kudos to Apple for making a cheaper iMac, but they could have done it much better

Apple should have taken a different approach with the company's new $1,099 iMac, which would have been a big win for both the company and consumers.
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Amazon Music: Still far from Spotify, but a good start

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Amazing? Hardly. Why Amazon’s 3D smartphone is silly

AppleBeats

Apple gets into the Android app business with Beats

Apple acquired the Beats Music Android and Windows Phone apps and it intends to keep them. Could Beats convince Android users to convert to iOS ?
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5 real-life problems OS X Yosemite solves, and Windows 8.1 screws up

Mac OS X Yosemite solves real world problems, and that's coming from a life-long Windows user.
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Can designer frames for women wipe Glass clean of its nerdy rep? Not quite

Love it or hate it, Google Glass is here to stay. It's become more reliable and much more fashionable recently, especially with the addition of DVF frames.
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Forget Windows! Mac OS X Yosemite is the update desktop users deserve

Do you love the desktop? Forget Windows - Microsoft has abandoned you with Windows 8. Apple's OS X Yosemite now carries the torch for desktop computers.
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Spotlight in OS X Yosemite takes after the Windows 8 Search Charm, makes it even better

If you've used both Mac OS X and Windows 8, you may have recognized that the upcoming OS X Yosemite has a Windows 8-like feature that's built into it.
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If your company isn’t outraging users, you must not be keeping up

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Dear Apple: Spare us the back patting and show us something awesome at WWDC

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Why Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3 is the perfect device … for fictional consumers

Microsoft's new Surface Pro 3 is improved, but it still only fills the needs of a niche. So why does the company think that everyone should buy it?
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A $2,000 Surface Pro 3? What is Microsoft thinking? (updated)

People want cheap computing devices that are built well, and just plain work. New rumors suggest that the Surface Pro 3 won't fall into that first category.
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Convenient? Yes, but it turns out Kinect was never essential for Xbox One

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From Compton to Cupertino: Why purchasing Beats is a smart move for Apple

With iTunes sales on the decline, iTunes Radio floundering, and an opportunity to access new revenue streams through an extremely popular hardware brand, Apple's acquisition of Beats makes a lot of sense.
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Why the viral video ‘Look Up’ is sentimental nonsense

LeapFrog LeapBand

Is a fit band for kids an atrocity, or just a necessary evil in 2014?