| Hands On With the Microsoft Surface Pro | | LAS VEGAS — Looking back, it was a little odd that Microsoft chose the Surface RT tablet as its showcase for Windows 8. After all, the device was created to run a version of Windows that runs on ARM-based processors instead of the usual x86 chips that had powered all Windows machines before it. That inherently limited the Surface RT by preventing it from running legacy Windows apps.
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| Facebook Is Top Social Network in 127 Countries | | ] Facebook's reach just keeps getting wider. According to social media analyst Vincenzo Cosenza's biannual World Map of Social Networks, Facebook is the leader in 127 of the 137 countries observed, the Los Angeles Times reports. Armenia, Latvia, Kyrgyzstan and Vietnam are among the 10 countries where Facebook now reigns supreme.
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| Apple Locks in iOS App Screenshots to Prevent Scams | | Apple's recent change to its App Store policy will lock in screenshots of iOS app submissions after they've been approved, preventing scammers from replacing them with ones from more popular apps. Before the update, app developers were able to change screenshots of their apps after they've been published in the App Store.
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| iPotty Aims To Entertain Toddlers During Toilet Training | | Perhaps a tablet will convince your fidgety tot to sit on the potty for longer. A new product for parents of children being potty trained features a mini toilet and an adjustable iPad docking station: the iPotty. Debuted at the 2013 International CES, the colorful plastic training toilet raised questions about whether or not it would actually assist parents with the task of potty training their little ones.
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| Cheaper iPhone Would Cost $99 to $149, Report Says | | Apple's rumored cheaper iPhone would cost anywhere from $99 to $149, according to a new report. The device, which would debut in late 2013 "at the earliest," is part of an effort to attract more customers from developing markets, Bloomberg reported, citing an unnamed source. Among them, Apple is particularly eyeing China.
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| Dad Hires Hit Men to Kill Son — in Video Games | | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 8:55 PM | Sam Laird |
| A father in China perturbed by the amount of time his adult son spent playing online video games hired other gamers to kill all the young man's characters.
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| How Apple Sold the iPhone, 6 Years Ago Today | | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 6:22 PM | Chris Taylor |
| It's a widescreen iPod! No, wait, it's a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email! Best of all, it comes with Cingular phone service and Google’s groundbreaking maps! It was six years ago Wednesday that Steve Jobs strode on stage at the Moscone Center in San Francisco to deliver the Macworld keynote that introduced us to Apple's latest product: something called the iPhone.
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| Celebrities Read Mean Tweets About Themselves (Round 3) | | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 6:07 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Nothing is a bigger middle finger to the haters than ... reading their mean comments on national television. Looks like Jimmy Kimmel is offering some sort of digital catharsis to mistreated celebs everywhere by letting some of them read, out loud, the terrible things that are said about them on Twitter. And then laugh it off (or if you are the all-mighty Anderson Cooper, just tell them to f—- off).
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| 'Arrested Development' Returns in May | | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 5:35 PM | Sam Laird |
| Arrested Development fans, your wait is nearly over. The Bluths are set to return for their feverishly anticipated fourth season this May.
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| Report: Digital Advertising Broke $100 Billion in 2012 | | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 4:58 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Global digital advertising spending broke $100 billion for the first time, according to eMarketer, which predicts the business will grow another 15.1% this year. That figure compares to a market increase of 17.8% in 2012. The slowing growth rate appears to be a natural consequence of the maturation of the industry — the larger it gets, the harder it is to grow.
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| Google: The Flu Is Coming! | | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 2:41 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Did you get your influenza shots this season? If not, you might want to consider rushing to your local pharmacy as soon as possible after you see this disturbing chart from Google.org. The non-profit arm of the search giant's empire has run an experiment every year since 2006 that has been remarkably accurate in predicting cases of flu in the U.S.
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| Bill Clinton at CES 2013: Don't Take Tech for Granted | | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 1:40 PM | Samantha Murphy |
| LAS VEGAS — Former U.S. President Bill Clinton joined Samsung on stage at 2013 International CES in Las Vegas to discuss the power of the Internet and the need to grow its infrastructure in the U.S.
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| This $47,000 D.C. Hotel Stay Comes With a Social Media Butler | | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 1:12 PM | The Daily Dot |
| Don't you hate it when you're planning to spend $47,000 for a four-night hotel stay in Washington, D.C., but you're afraid you'll be so busy with luxury that you'll forget to live-tweet the experience? Finally, the Madison Hotel has you covered.
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| Student Refusing to Wear RFID Chip Loses in Court | | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 11:49 AM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| A federal court has ruled that a Texas student who refuses to wear a school-mandated RFID tracking badge must at least wear an identification badge without a tracking chip or else change to a school without such a system. John Jay High School in San Antonio, Texas began requiring students to wear badges with RFID tags to track students' on-campus movements at the beginning of the fall semester.
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| Samsung: 4K Ultra HD Content Will Come | | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 11:42 AM | Lance Ulanoff |
| Samsung's 4K UHD may be ahead of the curve, but the company believes content will catch up to the stunning pictures,
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| LinkedIn Tops 200 Million Users | | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 9:30 AM | Todd Wasserman |
| LinkedIn on Wednesday announced it had passed an important milestone: 200 million members. The business-oriented social network had reported in its last earnings call on Nov. 1 that it topped 187 million members and had been growing at a rate of 10 million to 15 million users per quarter last year. Launched in 2003, LinkedIn passed 100 million members in 2011.
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