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The Senate may be interested in how Tim Cook likes his coffee

Posted May 24, 2013 - 6:00 am

The Apple CEO insists that his company doesn’t dodge taxes, but instructions to his personal assistant may suggest otherwise
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Music labels promise to split iRadio royalties equally with artists; what could go wrong?

Posted May 21, 2013 - 12:00 am

Directly licensing music from labels could let Apple and others offer music services which may be better for the listener, but potentially less profitable for recording artists
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One useful thing actually coming to your phone from Google I/O 2013

Posted May 17, 2013 - 4:08 pm

A lot of Google's announcements at its I/O conference were developer-related, and long-term. This one thing is neat and needed.
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Mark Zuckerberg’s birthday party hits a snag

Posted May 17, 2013 - 6:00 am

Facebook’s founder turned 29 on Tuesday and the party may still be going on
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Google Glass to get Windex treatment at I/O

Posted May 14, 2013 - 1:51 pm

The Google Glass fist pumping will be kept to a minimum this week at I/O as Google plays down Glass hype and repairs its image.
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Google kills off SMS Search: What you can't do now that it's gone

Posted May 13, 2013 - 4:30 pm

Why should anyone mourn the loss of a service that most people didn't know existed? I would offer a few reasons.
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Donald Trump gets into the crowdfunding business

Posted May 10, 2013 - 6:00 am

The Donald wants FundAnything to be like Kickstarter, only gaudier
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How Netflix is revolutionizing cloud computing just so you can watch 'Teen Mom' on your phone

Posted May 10, 2013 - 5:52 am

You should know what it's like to be the Big Red Movie Firm. Since you don't have time to read 3,700 words right now, I will provide some highlights.
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Five things you probably don't know about Bluetooth

Posted May 6, 2013 - 4:12 pm

Danish runes, tricky terminology, and Polish marketing firms that try to pair you up in malls. Bluetooth is a hoot.
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The Weekly Hash - May 3, 2013

Posted May 3, 2013 - 11:28 am

Tip-toeing through the tulips of topical tech tales
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Turn your dust-catching Wii Fit board into a smart scale with an Android app

Posted May 2, 2013 - 2:23 pm

Someone made an Android app that turns your Wii Fit board into a new-fangled, web-connected "smart scale." Awesome.
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Like a fine wine, programmers get better with age

Posted April 30, 2013 - 11:17 am

A new study finds that older developers know more about programming than younger ones, including new technologies
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A brief history of the White House on social media

Posted April 29, 2013 - 11:48 am

By joining Tumblr, the Obama White House is continuing its own tradition of participating in social media networks
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Google Now arrives on iPhone/iPad. So how do you make it useful?

Posted April 29, 2013 - 11:26 am

Google Now promises "just the right information at just the right time." But how do you "use" it?
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Your weekend homework: review the apps you love, fight the jerky types

Posted April 26, 2013 - 5:27 pm

Fight the system that listens to hair-trigger angry reviewers but allows quietly happy users to be unheard. Write a good review for an app you use, unprompted.
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The Weekly Hash - April 26, 2013

Posted April 26, 2013 - 11:19 am

Having a few laughs at the expense of this week’s top tech newsmakers, this week including Apple, Facebook and Pizza Hut
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Google Keep is just a notepad, so use it that way

Posted April 25, 2013 - 4:00 pm

Google Keep is the equivalent of Notes on the iPhone: a space in which to write quickly, with online backup and access as the only real feature.
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Transfer music, photos, and other files from Android to your computer

Posted April 22, 2013 - 3:43 pm

Here are the best tools, in a short list, that I recommend for transferring music, photos, and files between Android and systems.
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Get phone notifications about actually cool things with IFTTT and Pushover

Posted April 19, 2013 - 4:57 pm

Your phone dings all the freaking time. Why not have it tell you cool stuff? WIth these two tools, that's very possible.
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Facebook Home is creepy

Posted April 17, 2013 - 11:44 am

Disembodied heads of friends and family staring at me from my phone? No thanks
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Install Facebook Home on (nearly) any Android phone

Posted April 15, 2013 - 4:45 pm

Facebook Home is only officially on five phones right now. But Android is an OS full of unofficial possibilities.
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The Weekly Hash - April 12, 2013

Posted April 12, 2013 - 10:56 am

Reviewing the week’s top tech stories, today featuring Austin getting hipper, NASA getting Armageddony and T-Mobile getting more desperate
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How to turn off Android's screen lock for yourself (but keep it for everyone else)

Posted April 9, 2013 - 5:49 pm

Here's how to keep your Android phone easily unlocked whenever it's near familiar Wi-Fi networks and Bluetooth devices.
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The Weekly Hash - April 5, 2013

Posted April 5, 2013 - 10:53 am

A goofy romp through this week’s top tech stories and, also, the only time today (or probably ever) that Justin Bieber and Harvard University will be mentioned in the same article
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Live tweeting the Facebook Home event

Posted April 4, 2013 - 9:22 am

I was tweeting during the Facebook Home announcement event. Here's what happened
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