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Robocoin Brings Bitcoin ATMs To The United States
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 4:19pm | 362Bitcoin automated teller machine maker, Robocoin, plans to install its first Bitcoin ATMs in the United States this month, Reuters reported. Kiosks will be installed in Seattle, and Austin, Texas. They are similar to regular ATMs, except they can scan government-issued pieces of identification to...
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CES 2014 Preview: 5 Things To Expect
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 9:40am | 174The Consumer Electronics Show is about to begin. Are you ready? Numerous announcements are expected to be made, but it's the future world technology (such as flexible displays or glasses-free 3D televisions) that consumers are really excited about. Sony (NYSE: SNE) and Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) are...
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Amazon's Next-Gen Kindle Paperwhite Already In Development
Monday, November 25, 2013 - 5:40pm | 493Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is already working on another e-reader. According to TechCrunch (via The Verge), Amazon will release the next-generation Kindle Paperwhite early next spring. The new e-reader will come with a display resolution of 300 ppi, topping the nearest competitor (the Kobo Aura HD,...
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Google's Winter Wonderlabs Site Goes Down As Pop-Up Stores Debut (GOOG)
Monday, November 18, 2013 - 1:08pm | 520Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Winter Wonderlabs website has gone down only days after the company revealed its first pop-up store. The site, located at winterwonderlab.withgoogle.com, currently greets visitors with an error message: This outage comes at a crucial time for Google. The company...
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Hewlett-Packard's Chromebook 11 Disappears From Best Buy, Amazon
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 - 4:34pm | 795Last month, Benzinga reported Hewlett-Packard's (NYSE: HPQ) Chromebook 11 contained an innovative feature not found in Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) MacBook. But now it seems that Apple is having the last laugh. While a wide array of MacBook Pro and MacBook Air units can be found at Best Buy (NYSE:...
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Samsung Unveils Galaxy Gear, Galaxy Note 3 Ahead Of Apple's iPhone Event (SSNLF)
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 5:07pm | 553Looking to make a splash before Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) holds its long-awaited press conference next week, Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) unveiled two new products today: Galaxy Gear and Galaxy Note 3. The latter item is a somewhat predictable upgrade with a Super AMOLED 5.7-inch display (versus the 5.5-inch...
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Surface Pro Price Cut: New Marketing or Preparation for Surface 2? (MSFT, AAPL, AMZN)
Monday, August 5, 2013 - 9:27am | 483After announcing price cuts for the Surface RT tablet, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will now be taking $100 off the price of the Surface Pro, The Verge reported. The $100 discount will put the prices of Microsoft’s tablet roughly ten percent cheaper (at $899) for the 128GB version and $799 for the...
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Google to Unveil Second-Generation Nexus 7 Today
Wednesday, July 24, 2013 - 9:56am | 537In just a few short hours, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is expected to unveil the second-generation Nexus 7. According to The Wall Street Journal, the company will sell the tablet directly to consumers through Google Play, just as it did with the previous iteration. Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) and other...
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Google vs. Apple: Whose Music Service Will Arrive First?
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 8:59am | 481New evidence suggests that Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will launch a brand-new, Spotify-inspired music service, beating its chief competitor to the market. For several months, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been rumored to be working on a streaming music service of its own. Instead of allowing users to play...
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Estee Lauder Primps Chinese Customers with Osiao
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - 9:09am | 553China is receiving the royal treatment from many companies as of late, and Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL) is no exception. The make-up and fragrance brand is set to introduce a beauty line called "Osiao" in Asia beginning this October. According to The New York Times, Osiao will become the 13th brand of...
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Judge Koh Gives Samsung Christmas Gift
Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - 8:56am | 450Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have won the war, but Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) has been afforded the right to still fight the battle. Judge Lucy Koh decided on Tuesday afternoon that both companies will not be discussing the pending ban on eight Samsung devices until December 6, leaving most of the holiday...
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Sony Developing a Microsoft Surface-Inspired Tablet
Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 8:38am | 533Sony (NYSE: SNE) is developing a fresh device to compete with Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) highly anticipated tablet. Currently referred to as the Xperia Sony Tablet, the device will reportedly be thinner, lighter and more powerful than its predecessor. While these updates are common for tablet...
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Nexus 7 Shortage Ends as Google Promises to Ship All Orders Next Week
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 3:31pm | 322Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has quickly weathered the tablet shortage storm that threatened to plague its highly anticipated device. Tablet users are very familiar with the massive shortages that can occur when Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) releases a new iPad. According to Google Play support page (via The...
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Intel Committed to 140 Ultrabooks, 40 Touch-Enabled Computers, 20 Windows 8 Tablets, and a $699 MSRP
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 12:20pm | 198Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) CEO Paul Otellini is ready to take on Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) MacBook Air with a stronger onslaught of competitors in the coming months and years. According to The Verge, the company is expecting 140 different Ivy Bridge Ultrabook designs -- 30 more than the company had...
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Apple Sold 350,000+ Units of…
Monday, January 23, 2012 - 10:22am | 1367Apple broke yet another record over the weekend, selling more than $5 million worth of a hot new item. Textbooks. That's according to Global Equities Research, which reports that the Mac maker has sold more than 350,000 of the high school textbooks currently offered from the iBookstore. iBook...