Day: April 29, 2014

Entertainment Film

Watch the trailer for Aaron Swartz documentary ‘The Internet’s Own Boy’

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As reported on The Verge. By Jacob Kastrenakes  Those advocating for the reform of hacking laws have rallied around Aaron Swartz’s cause from the beginnings of his prosecution through his suicide last year while facing with the possibility of 35 years in prison. In the short time since, filmmaker Brian Knappenberger has created The Internet’s Own Boy, a documentary that traces Swartz’s early impact on the web and details his struggle with the government after being caught…

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Microsoft

Microsoft Boosts OneDrive Storage For Corporate Clients From 25GB To 1TB Per User

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As reported on TechCrunch.  by Alex Wilhelm Facebook Plans To Break Ground On A Second Iowa Data Center Soon In the cloud storage wars, capacity is a weapon, and one that is rapidly losing its dollar value. Put simply: Companies that offer cloud storage are scrambling to add value on top of stored gigabytes, as the marginal dollar price that can be charged for that storage is rapidly dropping to zero. Microsoft, making that point even more…

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Mobile

Samsung blurs the line between phone and camera (again) with the Galaxy K zoom

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As reported on Engadget. BY CHRIS VELAZCO Last year, Samsung tried something a little kooky: it made a mash-up of a middling smartphone and a solid point-and-shoot camera (you know, the kind smartphones have nearly driven to extinction). The resulting chimaera was called the Galaxy S4 Zoom, and it was… not great. To absolutely no one’s surprise, though, Samsung’s fixation on fusion is still going strong and the company’s trying to crack the code again with a new camera/phone combo called…

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Business Microsoft

Good luck, Microsoft: Nokia’s phone sales are down 30 percent

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As reported on Engadget. BY DANIEL COOPER Nokia, at least in the form that we once knew it, is no more. The handset business has been cleaved off and sold to Microsoft, but that union isn’t beginning on a happy note. In Nokia’s final earnings report as an independent phone manufacturer, the outfit revealed that it isn’t just feature phone sales that are dwindling, but that people are spending less on Asha andLumia handsets too. In fact, the company’s overall…

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Apple Business Retail Sales

Apple’s MacBook Air is now $100 cheaper and has a slightly faster processor

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As reported on Engadget. BY SEAN BUCKLEY Been waiting for a MacBook Air refresh? Breathe easy, friend, because one has arrived — well, sort of. Cupertino has quietly updated its online store with a familiar looking ultraportable, matching last year’s model almost spec for spec: 4GB of RAM, 128 or 256GB of flash storage, a 1,440 x 900 resolution display, Intel HD 5000 graphics and a slim wedge frame with all the trimmings — Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 ports…

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