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Samsung announces 5G data breakthrough

Sydney Morning Herald - ‎54 minutes ago‎
Samsung's 5G will complement NBN, not replace it. Samsung says it has successfully tested super-fast 5G wireless technology that would eventually allow users to download an entire movie in a matter of seconds.
Samsung Advances Toward 5G Networks
5G mobile technology 'not yet realistic' - Financial Review
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No Chrome-Android merger, at least in the next year or two

Computerworld
10 hours ago
Written by
Matt Hamblen
Computerworld - Android's new boss hinted of an eventual merger of Chrome and Android but said the two will remain separate "for the short term," in an interview posted prior to Google I/O's opening keynote on Wednesday.
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No Home for Facebook at AT&T: HTC First to be discontinued

BGR
13 hours ago
Written by
Zach Epstein
The HTC First, or “Facebook phone” as many prefer to call it, is officially a flop. It certainly wasn't a good sign when AT&T dropped the price of HTC's First to $0.99 just one month after its debut, and now BGR has confirmed that HTC and Facebook's little ...
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ItsOn's New Zact Service Is Rewriting The Book On Wireless Plans

TechCrunch - ‎9 hours ago‎
It seems like every other day an upstart wireless service provider inks a wholesale deal with someone like Sprint or T-Mobile and effectively sells access to those big carrier networks under a different banner.
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Hobbits, Habits & Hobgoblins: Why iOS 7 Must Change

The Mac Observer - ‎8 hours ago‎
Personal assessments of what technology to adopt and what to ignore is what we do these days. Developers develop, technical columnists experiment and report, and individuals decide "yea or nay.
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Why Newt Gingrich Won't Call a Smartphone a Smartphone - Mashable

Mashable
9 hours ago
Written by
Alex Fitzpatrick
You know that shiny new iPhone 5 or Samsung Galaxy S4 in your pocket? You probably call it a cellphone, right? Well, Newt Gingrich says you're wrong.
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Lamborghini Unveils Egoista Single-Seat Sports Car

Wall Street Journal - ‎14 hours ago‎
Italian sports-car maker Automobili Lamborghini SpA unveiled a new vehicle called the Egoista, which is meant to mark its 50th anniversary.
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Google Easter egg lets you play Breakout with pictures of Breakout

VentureBeat - ‎4 hours ago‎
Well, we can once again thank Google for ruining our productivity. This time, the famous search engine celebrates the 37-year-old classic Breakout, which tasked players to destroy a bunch of blocks by bouncing a small ball around the screen.
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Amazon Acquires Display Maker Liquavista

PC Magazine
4 hours ago
Written by
Damon Poeter
Amazon has reached a deal with Samsung to acquire "electrowetting" display maker Liquavista, the online retail giant said Monday.
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Google Glass hits the racetrack

Fox News - ‎13 hours ago‎
With the popularity of action cameras from GoPro and Contour in motorsports, it was only a matter of time before the video camera-equipped Google Glass found its way onto a racetrack.
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Amazon Cloud Player Launches PC App - Mashable

Mashable
8 hours ago
Written by
Lauren Indvik
As part of its mission to bring its music service "everywhere," Amazon announced the release of a dedicated Cloud Player app for desktop PCs Monday.
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Sony's new Xperia ZR smartphone can record HD video underwater

Los Angeles Times
9 hours ago
Written by
Salvador Rodriguez
Knowing there's a lot of interest in waterproof smartphones, Sony has been coming out with devices that not only can survive an accidental drop in the toilet but actually be used underwater.
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NY Attorney General wants tech firms to help head off violent theft of devices

TabTimes - ‎3 hours ago‎
Eric T. Schneiderman, the Attorney General of New York, has sent letters to the CEOs of Apple, Google/Motorola, Microsoft and Samsung pressing them to detail what efforts they making to head off the growing problem of device theft.
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Google Preps Update to Android Gaming: 'Google Play Games'

PC Magazine
May 12, 2013
Written by
David Murphy
If you're a Google Gamer - as in, Android gamer - then there's a bit of good news in store for you. A new leak in advance of next week's big Google I/O conference has revealed a host of gaming-friendly features set to arrive to the Android platform in the form ...
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Nokia to unveil new Lumia smartphone today - IBNLive

IBNLive - ‎36 minutes ago‎
New Delhi: May has been a month of launches for the struggling Finnish mobile phone giant. In the first 10 days of the month Nokia announced the Nokia Asha 210, Nokia Asha 501 and the Nokia Lumia 928.
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STUDY: Texting & driving now leading cause of teen deaths

FOX19 - ‎1 hour ago‎
Tri-State drivers are reminded to not text and drive thanks to a new campaign unveiled on Monday.AAA installed the first billboard in their 'Don't Text and Drive' campaign.
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A number of factors have led to surge in gas prices - The Hutchinson News

Hutchinson News - ‎2 hours ago‎
Gas prices across the nation surged recently, due to several factors including the coming summer season. In Hutchinson, the price for a gallon of unleaded fuel was $3.69 Monday, up about 16 cents from the weekend.
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BioShock Infinite Sells 3.7 Million Units - The Escapist

The Escapist - ‎4 hours ago‎
Take-Two Interactive doubled its fourth-quarter revenues thanks to strong BioShock Infinite sales, but it still didn't manage to turn a profit.
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Poll: Can the Q10 and its keyboard win back users for BlackBerry?

ZDNet
7 hours ago
Written by
Jason Hiner
Summary: We'd like to know if the new BlackBerry Q10 is going to be enough to win back former BlackBerry users from Android and iPhone and retain BlackBerry's long-suffering loyalists.

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