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Ballmer dismisses Dropbox as a ‘little startup’ with 100 million users

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As reported on The Verge. By Tom Warren Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has dismissed Dropbox as a “fine little startup” in an interview with Bloomberg this week. Discussing the recent launch of Office 2013 and Microsoft’s late entry into the cloud with its SkyDrive service, Ballmer says that 100 million Dropbox users is a “pretty small number” in comparison to the number of Office users. “We’ve got a lot more Office users,” he says, while discussing Hotmail and SkyDrive users too.…

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Apple trademarks its retail store design

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As reported on The Verge. By T.C. Sottek The US Patent and Trademark Office has approved Apple’s request to trademark the design and layout of its iconic retail stores — stores that other US companies have tried in recent years to imitate. Apple had to fight to get its store trademark, with the patent office rejecting Apple’s request twice. In the second rejection, the USPTO said that Apple’s design wasn’t “inherently distinctive,” prompting Apple to file…

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Rave ‘Reviews’ For North Korean Gulags On Google Maps

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As reported on TechCrunch. by GREGORY FERENSTEIN It’s no secret that the Internet has a hard time taking things seriously. “Best. Gulag. Ever.’, raved Google user, C. Quinn, about Yodok North Korean prison. Google Chairman Eric Schmidt probably expected his recent high-profile visit to the isolated dictatorship to have a more sobering impact on online discourse. But, after Google asked users to help identify important roads and landmarks for the newly mapped country, it should have…

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Music And Videos Go Live On BlackBerry World Web Store Ahead Of Today’s BB10 Launch

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As reported on TechCrunch. by NATASHA LOMAS Today is D-Day for BlackBerry-maker RIM. Or rather BB10 day — as the company will finally do the big reveal of its rebooted mobile OS platform. With hours to go until the launch event kicks off, RIM has flicked the multimedia switch for its revamped BlackBerry World web store — putting the new music and video categories live. The arrival of the content was spotted earlier by CrackBerry.com. While both the…

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Nexus 4 trots out in white, sets unicorn fans aflutter Mobile

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As reported on Engadget. By Myriam Joire We’re pretty fond of unicorns white phones here at Engadget, especially rare ones like the white Nokia N9. So you can imagine our excitement when we came across this photo of a white Nexus 4 over at Phone Arena. While rumors of a white Nexus 4have been swirling around the intertubes for some time, a picture speaks a thousand words, right? We took a long, eagle-eyed look at this image and didn’t see any…

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Three mystery Samsung Galaxy Tab profiles spotted: GT-P8200 model houses 2,560 x 1,600 display?

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As reported on Engadget. By Mat Smith  While we know Samsung’s planning plenty for us to see in Barcelona in a few weeks, we’re still not certain on the specifics. Perhaps, then, it’s got a handful of tablets for us. That’s what these handful of User Agent profiles purport to show us. The model numbers GT-P3200, GT-P5200 and the GT-P8200 suggest that they’ll join theGalaxy Tab family, although these profiles only give us a little detail to work on.…

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What we know about BlackBerry 10

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As reported on Engadget. By Sarah Silbert Despite — or rather thanks to — major delays in releasing BlackBerry 10, RIM has let quite a bit slip about its upcoming operating system and related BB10 devices. We’ve had more than a year to absorb leaks, rumors and official information, after all, so it’s no surprise that we have a very good idea of what to expect when Waterloo pulls back the curtain on January 30th. That doesn’t mean…

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Nissan drops Leaf price by 2,500 pounds in the UK

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As reported on Engadget. By Nicole Lee Just a few weeks after Nissan dropped the price of the Leaf in the US, eco-minded car buyers across the pond will be able to snag theirs for a little less as well. Indeed, the popular Japanese EV is now £23,490 ($37,115), which is £2,500 less than the initial sticker price. As with the stateside version, some of the cost reduction stems from local manufacturing — Nissan hopes to start churning out…

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YouTube reportedly will launch paid channel subscriptions this spring

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As reported on The Verge. By T.C. Sottek AdAge reports that YouTube is preparing to launch paid subscriptions for individual channels, citing sources familiar with the matter. YouTube is said to have reached out to a “small group” of channel producers, asking them to create paid channels that will cost between $1 and $5 a month. The report also states that YouTube is considering charging access to live events and libraries of content. AdAge says that it’s not certain which…

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Experimental Android hotspot app lets you bank credit for sharing your signal

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As reported on The Verge. By Jeff Blagdon The Viral Spaces research group at MIT’s Media Lab has developed an Android app that could let you make the most of your mobile data plan. Airmobs is a community-based P2P Wi-Fi tethering market; you let other users tether to your phone when they need network access, and you get credit to leech off someone else the next time you’re stuck with no connectivity. The system optimizes for a number…

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