Month: February 2013

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Cloud-Music Player AudioBox Lands On iPhone

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As reported on TechCrunch. by STEVE O’HEAR Following a significant reboot late last year, cloud-music playerAudioBox has released a new app for iPhone that lets users stream their cloud-stored music collections on Apple’s device. It supports most of the features found in the startup’s desktop HTML5-based offering, including the ability to access music stored on a home PC or via an array of 3rd party cloud storage services, such as DropBox, Google Drive, SkyDrive, and Box.com, in addition to support for…

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BlackBerry Super Bowl ad shows the few things a Z10 can’t do (video) Mobile

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As reported on Engadget. By Jon Fingas BlackBerry vowed to pull out all the stops to get BlackBerry 10 noticed — and the company certainly isn’t holding back with its promised Super Bowl spot. The ad claims that it’s easier to show what the Z10 can’t do in 30 seconds than what it can, and goes to extremes that include setting a man on fire and giving him elephant legs. We do still get a glance (or rather, Peek) at the…

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Wine coming to Android, will run Windows apps on Google’s mobile OS

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As reported on Engadget. By Alexis Santos Android apps on Windows? Been there, done that. Try running Windows programs on Android for size. Alexandre Julliard, the developer behind the Wine compatibility layer, gave an update about an ARM-friendly flavor of the software and showed off a version that runs on Android at the 2013 Free and Open source Software Developers’ European Meeting. According to Phoronix, the demo of a Windows app running on Android was “horrendously slow,” but Julliard…

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HP intros the Pavilion 14 Chromebook, its first Chrome OS device: available now for $330

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As reported on Engadget. By Dana Wollman Remember last week when HP leaked a 14-inch Chromebook on its own site? That was a big surprise, to say the least — the company has never put out a Chrome OS system before, and we weren’t aware this was even that popular a category. Well, HP just officially announced the Pavilion 14 Chromebook, and pretty much the only surprise is the availability date: we had heard it would go on sale February…

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Surface Pro appears in some retail stores, now’s your chance to see it in person

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As reported on Engadget. by By Dana Wollman Those of us lucky enough to work for gadget sites got to check out the Surface Pro last month. Now you can too, dear reader — if you happen to live near a store that got one early. Although shoppers in the US and Canada can’t actually purchase it until February 9th, the device is already on display at some retail locations. Sadly, there’s no way for us to confirm which stores…

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Business

AMD offering Never Settle: Reloaded games bundle with Radeon HD 7000 series GPUs

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As reported on Engadget. By Jamie Rigg If you’re the fidgety type that’s also in the market for a new GPU, AMD’s ready to tempt you into springing for a Radeon HD 7000 series card with the promise of free gaming swag. The imaginatively named “Never Settle: Reloaded” bundle reuses several titles from last year’s promotion — Farcry 3, Sleeping Dogs and Hitman: Absolution — and adds a few more it hopes will grab your attention: BioShock Infinite,Crysis 3, DmC Devil May Cry and Tomb Raider. AMD’s 7770…

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Google Glass headset with bone-conduction speakers revealed in FCC filing

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As reported on The Verge. By Nathan Ingraham Google has been pretty up front about its plans for Google Glass — the company said the first “Explorer Edition” of its virtual reality headset would arrive early in 2013, and now the glasses themselves have shown up at the FCC. That said, it’s not clear yet that these will be the glasses that end up shipping to developers who ordered a pair back at Google I/O last summer.…

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Business

Time Inc. To Lay Off About 500

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As reported on TechCrunch. by JOHN BIGGS Another publisher, Time Inc., is laying off 6% or about 500 employees in an effort to streamline operations at the 21-title publishing house. The lay-offs came after a thorough examination byBain & Co and, according to a memo by CEO Laura Lang. “With the significant and ongoing changes in our industry, we must continue to transform our company into one that is leaner, more nimble and more innately multi-platform,” she…

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Intel Will Showcase Dual Core Android Smartphones At The Mobile World Congress

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As reported on TechCrunch. by CATHERINE SHU Intel has announced that it will showcase Android devices running a new dual core, dual graphics platform at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from February 25 to 28.  “Specifically, Intel will showcase its latest smartphone technologies and devices running the Android* platform, including a new dual core, dual graphics platform, as well as OEM- and service provider-supported devices based on the company’s new Intel® AtomTM Z2420 platform targeted at emerging markets,”…

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Microsoft Launches Bing Apps For Office 365 Home Premium

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As reported on TechCrunch. by CATHERINE SHU In an effort to create more synergy between its products, Microsoft’s search platform Bing hasannounced that Office 365 Premium is now available to users. The five apps included in the add-on for the newly launched Office 365 and Office 2013 make it easier for users to insert information and images directly from Bing searches into their documents. They are: Bing Finance for Excel, Bing Maps for Excel, Bing Image Search…

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