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Alcatel’s ‘smartbook’ concept: a laptop powered by a smartphone over the air (video)

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As reported on Engadget. BY RICHARD LAI At MWC, Alcatel was kind enough to give us a preview of its working “smartbook” prototypes. The idea isn’t too far off from Motorola’s doomed Lapdock or the first-gen ASUS PadFone, where an Android phone powers an otherwise brainless laptop. What’s different with Alcatel’s implementation is that instead of having to physically dock the phone somewhere, you hook it up to the laptop wirelessly: video signal over WiFi, and keyboard plus trackpad input over…

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Apple Patents iPad Smart Magnets For Attaching Controllers, Cameras, Other iPads And More

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Darrell Etherington A new Apple patent application published by the USPTO today describes a magnetic connector not unlike the one used to attach Smart Covers to the current iPad, but designed to be far more flexible with a variety of possible accessory combinations. It’s a smart connector system that could recognize the attached peripheral and change functionality accordingly. The types of peripherals described in the patent are many and varied, and include things…

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Here Are The Tech Companies Goldman Sachs Wants You To Meet

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Jonathan Shieber The Crunchies isn’t the only star-studded tech event in town this week. On Tuesday Goldman Sachs kicks off its “Technology and Internet Conference” and the attendees read like a who’s who of the industry biggest and brightest public and private companies. Goldman’s tech version of hot-or-not includes presentations from Marissa Mayer atYahoo; Sheryl Sandberg and David Ebersman fromFacebook; a venture capital perspective from Marc Andreessen and Joe Lonsdale from Formation 8; and a send-off with John Chambers…

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Sony sells its VAIO PC business, is splitting TV arm into a separate company

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As reported on Engadget. BY MAT SMITH Sony said it was “addressing various options” as recently as yesterday when it came to its VAIO PC and laptop arm, and while announcing its financial results for Q3 2013, it’s apparently come to a decision. Amid reforming its TV arm (and splitting it into a standalone entity by June 2014), it’s going to sell its PC business and VAIO brand to Japan Industrial Partners (JIP), with the final…

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RadioShack will reportedly close up to 500 stores in coming months

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As reported on The Verge. By Chris Welch RadioShack will reportedly close up to 500 stores in its latest attempt to overhaul a slumping business. The Wall Street Journal says the closures will come in the coming months, though it’s not clear which locations are in the crosshairs. RadioShack currently operates over 4,500 stores, so the retailer will still have a sizable US presence even after the cuts. The company has thus far struggled to reinvent itself and attract…

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Inside Satya Nadella’s CEO Comp Package From Microsoft

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Alex Wilhelm Through a filing, Microsoft has revealed the compensation package for its new CEO. In short, Satya Nadella is buying all the beers for the next few years. In numerical terms, Nadella will pick up a $1.2 million yearly cash salary, with installments doled out twice monthly. Nadella is also eligible for a cash bonus of up to 300 percent of his salary each year, or $3.6 million. The new chief is…

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FDA approves swallowable ‘PillCam’ after almost a decade (video)

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As reported on Engadget. BY TIMOTHY J. SEPPALA It’s been about nine years since we last heard from from Given Imaging, but the FDA has finally granted a version of the firm’s minuscule snapshooter its blessing. Not everyone has an easy time undergoing traditional colonoscopy procedures (due to drug allergies, for example), which is where the outfit’s PillCam Colon comes in. The camera takes a series of high-speed photos along its eight-hour tour through your digestive system, and transmits the snapshots to a device you mount…

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The Next Big Thing You Missed: Online Grocery Shopping Is Back, and This Time It’ll Work

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As reported on Wired. BY MARCUS WOHLSEN Instacart shopper Laura Barnum delivers groceries to a business in downtown San Francisco. Photo: Ariel Zambelich/WIRED   Webvan is a name synonymous with dotcom failure. At the turn of the millennium, the heavily funded startup and its many investors bet that the time was right to sell groceries online. They were wrong. Very wrong. But more than a decade later, tech-savvy retailers and retail-savvy tech companies are ready to try…

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Wisembly Raises $2 Million To Make Meetings Suck Less

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Romain Dillet French startup Wisembly just raised $2 million (€1.5 million) from Alven Capital. It’s the company’s first round of funding after three years of existence. Wisembly wants to be the only tool you ever need to keep track and streamline your meetings in your company. “Wisembly is a collaborative solution for corporate meetings,” co-founder Romain David told me in a phone interview. “It allows you to prepare, facilitate and monitor your meetings.” In…

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Good Deal: $499 Microsoft Surface Pro tablet, $400 off original price

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As reported on The Verge. By Tom Warren Microsoft’s original Surface Pro isn’t even a year old yet, but it has been superseded by the Surface Pro 2. It appears that Best Buy still has some stock of the original model that it wants to move this weekend. We’ve seen some price reductions on the Surface Pro before — including cuts following the Surface Pro 2 release — but Best Buy is offering a massive $400 discount on the original retail price, bringing the Surface…

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