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Aereo’s quasilegal TV streaming is just what we need to slap big media awake

Networks may be pissed at Aereo, but the legal checkmate they currently face could be the hardship that finally forces them to embrace online distribution.

PayPal founder blames movies for slowing tech investment

One of the co-founders of Paypal cites movies as the lack of growth in the technology industry.
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Kickstarter’s Hollywood crush is great for independent film

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WTF Internet? Instagram inspired Nikes … ‘Just DON’T Do It’

WTF, Internet? This week's Web indiscretion comes courtesy of a Nike-Instagram partnership gone wrong.
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Like it or hate it, Free-To-Play gaming is here to stay

The free-to-play model is is changing the face of the gaming industry, and it is very much here to stay.

Why Free-to-Play is a fad

The free-to-play model is just another model, and one that will fade away sooner or later.
What the laptop can learn from the tablet

What the laptop can learn from the tablet (and why it better do it soon)

Tablets have grown into a fierce competitor for traditional PCs. Laptops must learn the lessons taught by tablets to fight back their cheaper tablet rivals.
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WTF, Internet? We don’t need an instruction manual for selfies

WTF, Internet? This week's Web indiscretion comes courtesy of the selfie, which if you use any social network, you know all too well.
3 Moves for Microsoft

3 moves Microsoft needs to pull an Apple-style turnaround

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WTF, Internet? What makes you think we need more Facebook?

WTF, Internet? This week's Web indiscretion comes courtesy of Facebook Home, the social network's latest way to monopolize our time.
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So call me, maybe? Facebook Home cares about your present, not your past

Facebook Home sets up shop on your smartphone - every piece and part of it. Will this finally give Facebook the deep social access and engagement it wants?
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WTF, Internet? Facebook thinks it knows me … and it’s so, so wrong

WTF, Internet? This week's Web indiscretion comes courtesy of Facebook's horrible, terrible, no good targeted ads.

Brain control will someday upend tech as we know it, but first: throwing virtual trucks!

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What does the future of Facebook look like?

While the secret network keeps its roadmap cards close to the chest, recent actions and insiders help us get an idea where Facebook is heading.
How life-like CGI will revolutionize more than movies

What happens when we can whip up movie-grade CGI in real time?

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Explain Yourself! Snapchat

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Samsung’s Galaxy still isn’t big enough to conquer Times Square

Digital Self: Google Glass will magnify privacy debates – and that’s a good thing

Google Glass, the Internet giant's forthcoming augmented reality glasses, has sparked unprecedented privacy concerns – and that's a good thing.
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If BlackBerry can’t convince Netflix to make an app, does it really stand a chance?

We take a look at why there is no native BlackBerry 10 Netflix app and ask whether the omission has wider, potentially disastrous, implications for the platform.

Could the new Oz movie do for 3D cinema what the original did for color?

Cell phone unlocking will soon be legal again – count on it

Congress is clamoring for the chance to make cell phone unlocking legal again. But will what they come up with count as a win for consumers?
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The Digital Self: How tech can solve our gun problem (and why we won’t let it)

Smart guns technology seems like the perfect solution to America's gun problem of gun violence. But it's one we aren't willing to swallow.
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How technology helps a sick boy (while secretly plotting to destroy us all)

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Speed isn’t everything: Convenient new features coming to your next smartphone

HTC Mini

The race to outgrow your pocket is over: Phones have finally stopped getting bigger

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Mismatched motors: Tesla and Fisker both built the wrong cars for their tech

Hex introduces Cabana collection, stylish bags that guard your gadgets

Designer Hex offers bags that are not only affordable, but also completely stylish, and don't appear to actually be laptop cases.

Will Tesla’s media war make the Model S the next Corvair?

Explain Yourself! Sony Vaio F Series

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2014 Chevrolet Corvette C7 Stingray: The ‘Vette Chevy should have built a decade ago

Beloved by both the elderly and the senile alike, the Corvette has always been America’s most iconic sports car for 50 years.

Can the Nook keep Barnes & Noble alive in a post-paperback world?

Barnes & Noble late 2012 reports look grim, and the Nook's performance continues to flounder. Can the company do anything to save itself?
Technology is watching my every step, and I love it

Technology is watching my every step, and I love it

Mo investors, mo problems: Why Wall Street strangles innovation at tech companies

How the stock market sucks the innovation out of our brightest tech stars
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Spotify, you’re wonderful, but I have to quit

I've been using Spotify for more than a year now and it's great, but the more I use it, the more I realize just how much I need to leave. Spotify is a trap.