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Apple’s Tim Cook Sees “Huge Opportunity” For iPad In Mac Cannibalization

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DARRELL ETHERINGTON Apple CEO Tim Cook responded to questions about the issue of potential cannibalization of Mac sales by iPad devices on today’s earnings call, a question made more timely by the fact that Mac sales were down considerably on the quarter. He reiterated that supply constraints are leading to fewer sales, but also tackled cannibalization as a broad topic, noting that there is opportunity there for the iPad in a couple…

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With Apple, What A Difference A Week Makes

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As reported on TechCrunch. by MG SIEGLER You know the drill, Apple posts a record $54.5 billion in revenue… …and the stock tanks 10 percent in after-hours trading. I mean. Fifty four and a half billion dollars. I went ahead and did the math: that’s an annual run-rate of $218 billion dollars (yes, I know Q1 is the holiday quarter, so it tends to be much larger than the others — but don’t underestimate the possibility of a new iPhone earlier…

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New Google Image Search Is Faster, Gets Rid Of Obnoxious Landing Page For Metadata

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As reported on TechCrunch. by CATHERINE SHU Google announced that it has revamped its image search to be faster and more effective. The changes, which will be rolled out over the next few days, include image results displayed in an inline panel, allowing users to flip through a set of images by using their keyboard and view metadata without being redirected to a separate landing page. Here is more information from Google’s announcement on what the upgraded image…

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Apple Now Has $137.1 Billion In Cash, More Than HP’s Annual Revenue And Vietnam’s GDP

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As reported on TechCrunch. by ROMAIN DILLET Let’s put Apple’s amazing cash on hand numbers into perspective once again. The company now has $137.1 billion in cash — a 12.9 percent increase from the last reported number, $121.3 billion. With such a big figure, it’s hard to realize how big it actually is. In 2012, HP had $120.4 billion of annual revenue. Apple slightly edges HP’s revenue with its cash. Even more impressive, Apple has slightly more cash…

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Reportedly Caught On Camera, Inherits Design Language Of Galaxy Note II

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DARRELL ETHERINGTON Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8 is rumored for an official unveiling at Mobile World Congress next week in Barcelona, but this week it’s been the subject of a lot of rumors and speculation ahead of release. Today, there’s a new leak from Italy’s DDAY.it that purports to show the Galaxy Note 8 in action in the hands of an actual user. The pics are a lot more convincing than the SamMobile leak of a…

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Canonical outs project to help Ubuntu smartphones launch with over 10 core apps Mobile

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As re[ported on Engadget. By Edgar Alvarez  Canonical’s Ubuntu handsets are expected to be upon us very, very soon, and given that some say a phone is only as good as its apps, the firm wants to make sure the experience is indeed a great one right out of the box. To help accomplish that,Canonical has announced the CoreApps project, setting its sights on about a dozen default applications which should give Ubuntu devices ample functionality from day one; this, of course,…

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Google applies for license to build experimental wireless network at Mountain View

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As reported on Engadget. By Jamie Rigg Google’s learned quite a lot about internet provision through its wired Fiber service, and now it appears to be preparing a localized wireless network. El Goog has solicited the FCC for a license to built an “experimental radio service” at its Mountain View lair, which uses bands that current consumer devices don’t. As the WSJ notes, Google’s old buddy Clearwire holds the keys to the 2524-2625MHz range it’ll occupy, and wireless networks using these…

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8,000 Miles, 96 Hours, 3 Dead Pirates: Inside a Navy SEAL Rescue

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As reported on Wired. BY DAVID AXE The guided-missile destroyer USS Bainbridge tows the lifeboat from the Maersk Alabama to the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer on April 13, 2009. Photo: U.S. Navy   On April 8, 2009, four pirates armed with AK-47s clambered up the side of the U.S.-flagged container ship Maersk Alabama, sailing off the coast of Somalia. But after a brief scuffle with some of the 20 crewmembers, the pirates opted to abandon the 508-foot…

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New Test Could Be NFL’s Breakthrough in Battle Against Concussions

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As reported on Wired. BY SEAN CONBOY A test developed at UCLA uses a PET scan to screen for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative neurological disease that has been linked to repeated head trauma and until now could only be diagnosed posthumously. Several NFL players, including Junior Seau, who committed suicide in May and is shown here in 2007, have been diagnosed with CTE. Photo: Elise Amendola/Associated Press   It’s an old NFL maxim that a player’s…

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The no-hire paper trail Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt didn’t want you to see

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As reported on The Verge. By Jeff Blagdon Steve Jobs threatened patent litigation if Palm wouldn’t agree to stop hiring Apple employees, says former Palm CEO Edward Colligan in a statement dated August 7th, 2012. The allegation is backed up by a trove of recently-released evidence that shows just how deeply Silicon Valley’s no-hire agreements pervaded in the mid-2000s. Apple, Google, Intel, and others are the focus of a civil lawsuit into the “gentleman’s agreements,” in which…

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