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Jun 17, 2013

Magna Carta Holy Grail: Jay-Z offers free album to 1 million Samsung users (Video)

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“Magna Carta Holy Grail,” Jay-Z‘s new album, will be free to the first 1 million users of Samsung devices. This is after Samsung and the famous rapper released an ad during the 5th game between the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs this Sunday, June 16, 2013, as shown in the video below. “We don’t [...]


Jun 14, 2013

Facebook hashtags introduced, intended for “public conversation” use

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Facebook hashtags is now live, with the same hashtag principle that Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, and Pinterest have been implementing. This means Facebook is now allowing a public conversation or forum within their pages. Facebook users can now share their views on a hot topic around the world and can be seen publicly. Facebook hashtags sample [...]


Jun 11, 2013

iOS 7 features, OS X Mavericks, new MacBook Air announced by Apple via WWDC 2013

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Apple announced this Monday, June 10, 2013, its new MacBook Air devices, the OS X Mavericks, and iOS 7 and its features, which amazed the attendees. However, there were new iPhone or iPad announced this time, contrary to earlier rumors. As featured at Apple.com this Monday afternoon, Apple CEO Tim Cook started the event by [...]


May 26, 2013

Vintage Apple $668,000 auction value sets record in Germany

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Vintage Apple $668,000 Credit: Wikimedia Commons A vintage Apple computer was sold for $668,000 at an auction in Berlin, Germany, according Breker auction house on Saturday, May 25, 2013. The Apple 1, sold to an Asian client, reportedly set a record auction value. Apple co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak reportedly built the 1976 computer [...]


May 20, 2013

Yahoo buys Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash, reports say

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Yahoo buys Tumblr for a whooping $1.1 billion in cold cash, according to reports from Wall Street Journal and technology news site AllThingsD this Sunday, May 19, 2013. Tumblr, a popular microblogging platform and social networking website, was launched in February 2007. Yahoo and Tumblr logo Credit: Yahoo/Tumblr According to earlier reports, Yahoo plans to [...]


May 13, 2013

Vin Diesel: ‘Facebook owes me billions of dollars,’ jokes about his more than 41m followers

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Vin Diesel claims, “Facebook owes me billions of dollars.” Well, of course, the “Fast & Furious” star is only joking. And yes, Vin Diesel has the right to crack a joke about Facebook because he has now more than 41 million followers on the famous social site and is one of the most popular celebrities [...]


May 12, 2013

Jeep Recall 2013: Chrysler recalls 469,000 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Commander worldwide to fix transmission

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Chrysler recently announced a Jeep recall, involving about 469,000 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Jeep Commander vehicles worldwide, including approximately 295,000 vehicles in the United States, to fix the transmission that could shift by itself from park into neutral. 2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee Image Credit: Chrysler via Edmunds.com According to pdf file document posted at the [...]


May 11, 2013

Sharp 5,000 jobs cut in a 3-year plan seen, to fully recover from financial crisis

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Sharp Corporation is set to cut 5,000 jobs over the next three years, as part of its effort to fully recover from the 2008 global financial crisis. This Sharp 5,000 jobs cut was first reported at The Asahi Shimbun, and the electronics giant is expected to formally release their plan this Tuesday, May 14, 2013. [...]


May 10, 2013

AT&T no contract service via Aio Wireless launched

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AT&T launched this Thursday, May 9, 2013 its new wireless service, called Aio Wireless (pronounced Ay-Oh), which will provide no-contract talk, text, and data to its customers. As mentioned at the FAQ page of Aio Wireless website, this AT&T no contract service will start in Houston, Orlando, and Tampa. Aio Wireless screenshot Credit: AioWireless.com “Aio [...]


May 3, 2013

Hotmail officially dead, Microsoft finished migrating 400 million Hotmail users to Outlook

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Hotmail is now officially dead. Microsoft began to automatically change Hotmail email addresses to Outlook.com last February. Microsoft‘s Outlook announced on their official blog this Thursday, May 2, 2013 that they have already finished migrating 400 million Hotmail users to Outlook. Outlook screenhot Image Credit: Blogs.office.com “Today, we’re excited to announce that we’ve completed upgrading [...]