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HMV goes bankrupt after 91 years in the disc-selling business

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As reported on Engadget. By Sharif Sakr  The first time we mentioned HMV on Engadget was back in 2009, when the British retailer discounted the PSP Go — ironically, one of the earliest devices to do away with disc-shaped media. As the picture above shows though, HMV’s history goes back much further than that. Its first store opened in 1921 under an elaborate neon sign featuring the company’s emblem of a dog listening to a gramophone beneath the words…

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The Apple economy dominates CES 2013, but Samsung isn’t far behind

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As reported on The Verge. By Ellis Hamburger Apple hasn’t made an appearance at CES since 1992, but its products are everywhere. At CES 2013, iPhones and iPads adorn the sides of booths for everything from Bluetooth speaker manufacturers to car audio companies. Booth after booth is named iFrogz, iSkins, and iLounge. Row after row of companies like Otterbox and Speck have made fortunes building cases for Apple products. Just Mobile’s booth is something like an aluminum…

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Iterations: Traction Capital

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As reported on TechCrunch. by SEMIL SHAH   There are many misconceptions about technology-focused venture capital out there. One timeless misconception is that venture capital is monolithic. By now, given the attention driving the tech scene and the age of celebrity investors, we all have a better understanding of how an investor’s tastes can range between sectors and stages. And, when it comes to consumer-facing products and services seeking institutional investment, there’s one dimension that nearly every funding…

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Meet Mike Rothenberg, The 28-Year-Old Whose Seed Fund Could Be The Best Bang For Your Cap Table Buck

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As reported on TechCrunch. by JOSH CONSTINE When you’re a rookie, you’ve got to hustle, andMike Rothenberg is ready to bring some sweat to venture. Today he unveils his seed fund Rothenberg Ventures. With up to $5 million to invest, it’s already backed eight startups just led Chat Sports’ $1 million seed round. Rothenberg’s lean firm hopes to offer big value through intros and advice for a chance to make small investments. The 28-year-old Rothenberg explains that the…

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Business Mobile

HTC made just $34 million last quarter, its lowest profit since 2004 Mobile

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As reported on Engadget. By Sharif Sakr  Think back to the days of Windows Mobile, to when PDAs were a thing, to when HTC barely had enough clout to put its name on its own hardware. That was the last time the Taiwanese manufacturer reported a profit as measly as today’s. Despite Peter Chou’s recent bout of hopefulness, the Taiwanese manufacture says it took home just NT$1 billion ($34 million) in net income in Q4 of 2012…

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It Took Wired Magazine 20 Years To Get 50% Of Its Ad Sales From The Web

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As reported on Businessinsider.com by Jim Edwards Wired Wired magazine was first published in 1993. Built to cover new technology and, especially, the web as it developed in the frenzied late 1990s tech bubble, the magazine has always been a leader in the discussion of how best to monetize new media.  Except when it came to itself, apparently. The magazine only gets half its ad sales revenue from online ads.And that was just this year. Usually, the…

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Business TV

DirecTV ‘price adjustment’ will raise rates about 4.5 percent in February HD

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As reported on Engadget. By Richard Lawler DirecTV announced today that it will raise its prices effected February 7, 2013, with the average customer’s bill going up about 4.5 percent. The card shown above displays the new rates (hit the source link to see them all) which it claims are up less than cable competitor’s price hikes, and are pushed by programming costs that have gone up eight percent. The last time we noted an increase…

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Business Cloud

How to Use Multiple Dropbox Accounts on One Computer

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As reported on LifeHacker. by Thorin Klosowski Dropbox is one of out favorite ways to backup and store files, but unfortunately it doesn’t allow you to sign into multiple accounts at once. To solve this, blogger Daniel Mann figured out a way to run two different instances of Dropbox on a Mac using an automator script. Get Multiple Account Support on Windows On Windows, you have a couple different options for getting multiple instances of Dropbox…

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Aviary’s Developer Of Peacock Takes Popular Photo Manipulation Tool Independent, Calls It Nodewerk

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As reported on TechCrunch. by ERIC ELDON Aviary isn’t done with the news this year. In a nod to power users, it’s sending its advanced flash suite off as an independent product. The suite’s original developer, Mario Klingemann, is leading the effort and today has relaunched a core part of it, node-based photo manipulator Peacock, as a new AIR download called Nodewerk. You can get it here and take a look at some of the visual creations from Peacock/Nodewerk by scrolling down here.…

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Better For Companies: Slow And Steady Or Fast And Furious?

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DREW OLANOFF This year was a pretty amazing one in technology: Many startups were funded and acquired, and there were some real advancements made in the way that we communicate on a daily basis. I’d definitely call 2012 a major win, but it’s been interesting to watch how companies operate to reach their goals and hit moving targets. Sure, it’s not new that companies have to completely shift directions when something…

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