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9 Features In Amazon's Fire Phone That Business Users Will Love

Jun 19, 2014 – 12:22 AM
By Julie Bort Amazon Fire phone While Amazon has introduced a lot of cool gadgetry for consumers with its new Fire smartphone, it certainly didn't ignore business users. Amazon has a surprisingly robust list of features for work, including some things that will make enterprise IT professionals...
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The 5 Awesome New Features of the Latest Google Maps Update

May 8, 2014 – 12:06 AM
By Alyssa Bereznak , Tech Columnist Getting lost just got a little bit harder. Google Maps is rolling out new features to its mobile Android and iOS apps that are meant to improve commuting by automobile, train, and even the Uber car service. The company announced the slew of updates meant...
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In Florida, Nik Wallenda readies for Grand Canyon high-wire act

Jun 16, 2013 – 4:52 PM
By Saundra Amrhein SARASOTA, Florida (Reuters) - Dressed casually in a T-shirt, calf-length cargo pants and flip-flops, Nik Wallenda looks no different from many of the hundreds of spectators who have turned out in recent days to watch him practice for his next high-wire act. There are no pretentious...
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U.S. agency: Apple infringes Samsung patent on older iPhones, iPads

Jun 5, 2013 – 1:29 AM
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics scored a point on Tuesday over global rival Apple Inc in their long-running battle over mobile device patents. A U.S. trade body found the Silicon Valley giant had infringed on a patent owned by the Korean company and slapped a ban on...
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Ireland readies diplomatic corps to rebuff tax haven claims

May 28, 2013 – 11:52 PM
By Padraic Halpin and Conor Humphries DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland is preparing to officially reject accusations by U.S. Senators this week that it acts as a tax haven for large multinationals and launch a diplomatic offensive to repair the damage done to its reputation abroad. Ireland has been...
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Unhappy with how your fave series is faring? Amazon gives you a say

May 24, 2013 – 9:01 PM
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon is once again shaking up traditional publishing models. This time, it's giving fans a chance to add their own personal touches to their favorite fiction - and get paid in the process. This week, Amazon.com Inc announced "Kindle Worlds," which offers aspiring writers...
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Apple enjoyed Irish tax holiday from the start

May 23, 2013 – 10:35 PM
By Poornima Gupta and Padraic Halpin SAN FRANCISCO/DUBLIN (Reuters) - Apple has operated almost tax-free in Ireland since 1980, welcomed by a government keen to bring jobs to what was then one of Europe's poorest countries, former company executives and Irish officials have said. Chief Executive...
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A stretched Samsung chases rival Apple's suppliers

May 22, 2013 – 2:22 AM
By Miyoung Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - Overtaking Apple Inc as the world's leading maker of smartphones has stretched Samsung Electronics Co's in-house supply lines, and the South Korean firm is now courting some of its rival's main parts suppliers. After costly courtroom battles over technology patents,...
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Apple CEO makes no apology for company's tax strategy

12:41 AM
By Patrick Temple-West and Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook made no apology on Tuesday for the iPad maker saving billions of dollars in U.S. taxes through Irish subsidiaries and told lawmakers that his company backs corporate tax reform, even though it...
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Google's wearable Glass gadget: cool or creepy?

May 20, 2013 – 12:39 AM
By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google staged four discussions expounding on the finer points of its "Glass" wearable computer during this week's developer conference. Missing from the agenda, however, was a session on etiquette when using the recording-capable gadget, which some...
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Penitent Romanian hacker aims to protect world's ATMs

May 17, 2013 – 9:32 PM
By Radu Marinas VASLUI, Romania (Reuters) - Valentin Boanta, sitting in his jail cell, proudly explains the device he has invented which, he says, could make the world's ATMs impregnable even to tech-savvy criminals like himself. Boanta, 33, is six months into a five-year sentence for supplying...
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Google boosts photo offerings to rival Facebook

May 16, 2013 – 6:27 AM
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Google is digging deeper into its technology toolkit to turn its social networking service into a more formidable threat to Facebook, sprucing up its photo features at a time when sharing snapshots online and on mobile gadgets is growing more popular. Many of the 41 new features...
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TSX up on energy and industrials; BlackBerry falls

May 15, 2013 – 10:30 AM
By Cameron French TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index rose on Tuesday, as energy and industrial stocks rose in tandem with gains in U.S. stocks, more than offsetting pullbacks in key stocks such as BlackBerry and Bombardier Inc . Energy stocks, which suffered steep losses in April,...
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RIM unveils cheaper BlackBerry

May 14, 2013 – 10:04 PM
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Research In Motion unveiled a lower-cost BlackBerry aimed at consumers in emerging markets on Tuesday, stepping up its efforts to regain market share lost to Apple's iPhone and Android devices powered by Google's software. The lower-cost gadget, called the Q5, is the company's...
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Hon Hai's Apple pie under threat from Pegatron

May 13, 2013 – 9:44 PM
By Clare Jim TAIPEI (Reuters) - Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd , the world's largest electronics contract manufacturer, faces growing competition from cross-town rival Pegatron Corp , a company that is just a quarter of its size by revenue. Hon Hai, better known by its trading name Foxconn,...
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Project aims to track big city carbon footprints

May 12, 2013 – 2:00 PM
LOS ANGELES (AP) Every time Los Angeles exhales, odd-looking gadgets anchored in the mountains above the city trace the invisible puffs of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases that waft skyward. Halfway around the globe, similar contraptions atop the Eiffel Tower and elsewhere around...
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Panasonic sees profit rising 55 percent in shift from consumer gadgets

May 10, 2013 – 8:11 AM
TOKYO (Reuters) - Panasonic Corp forecast its operating profit will rise 55 percent in the year to March 31 as it steps back from struggling operations in TVs and other consumer gadgets in favor of selling machinery, components and electronic equipment to other businesses. The company expects...
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