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Motorola Wi-Fi-only Droid Xyboard is now available

BY: Mark Raby CATEGORIE: SlashGear Topics

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The cheaper, Wi-Fi-only version of Motorola’s latest and greatest Xyboard tablet has begun shipping. Pre-orders for the units are now being fulfilled, and the product pages on Verizon’s website now show them as being available to purchase. The new products, which were originally scheduled for a January 18 launch, are geared at...

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Tech Crunch

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Ron Paul, Mitt Romney Leading On Facebook Ahead Of Florida Primary

BY: Eric Eldon CATEGORIE: Tech Crunch Topics

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The Republican presidential candidacy is still far from decided, based on the split primaries and mixed polls so far. So here’s another source for trying to figure who’s really pulling ahead — the number of new Facebook fans that each candidate is getting, according to the Inside Facebook Election Tracker.

Mitt Romney is finally...

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Breaking Down Apple’s Billions [INFOGRAPHIC]

BY: Alissa Skelton CATEGORIE: Mashable Topics

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It’s no secret Apple, one of the most valuable public companies in the world, is making major cash off today’s tech gadgets — but how much?

This week, the company reported a record net profit of more than $13.6 billion for its quarterly report lasting 14 weeks and ending Dec. 31, 2011. Apple’s income is 207 times the average...

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LG’s Optimus 3D successor reported to be called the 3D Max

BY: Mark Raby CATEGORIE: SlashGear Topics

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The Optimus 3D phone didn’t gain a huge amount of traction but it did set an important milestone as a flagship glasses-free 3D handset. And LG is poised to push that legacy forward with a phone we knew now only by its code-name, the CX2. Now, according to a new report, it looks like the shelf name might be the 3D Max.

LG’s Optimus 3D successor reported to be called the 3D Max

This would make it the...

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Stickman games that shine on iOS

BY: Jason Parker CATEGORIE: Downloads Topics

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Sometimes the bare essentials is all it takes to make a great videogame In this collection, our hero is the stickman.

Everyone knows that with today's hottest games (for any platform), high quality graphics are at a premium. Whether it's a first person shooter, a MMORPG, or even a console golf game, realism and fancy graphics seem to...

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Mashable

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7 Big Privacy Concerns for New Facebook and the Open Graph

BY: Lauren Hockenson CATEGORIE: Mashable Topics

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7 Big Privacy Concerns for New Facebook and the Open Graph

It’s not always clear how Facebook apps interact with the data you share on the social network. Are they allowed to broadcast it? Sell it? Compile it in a way that you never intended?

“When you turn all Platform applications off, your User ID is no longer given to applications, even when your friends use those applications,” says a portion of ...

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Asus Transformer Prime Ice Cream Sandwich problems will be fixed next month

BY: Mark Raby CATEGORIE: SlashGear Topics

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Despite its delicious name, Ice Cream Sandwich has left some users feeling sour. The latest example is Asus’s ambitious Transformer Prime tablet, which recently upgraded to the latest and greatest version of Android. The only problem is handfuls of users started complaining that after the update, the device started locking up and requiring a...

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Google’s new privacy policy and of “don’t be don’t be evil”

BY: Rene Ritchie CATEGORIE: iPhone iPad iPod Topics

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Google’s new privacy policy and of “don’t be don’t be evil”

Probably like many of you, I received my new Google Privacy Policy via email this week, and while couched in language about creating a more “beautiful” experience for us, the users — read: products — it’s also clearly about Google leveraging their popular services like Search and Gmail to help their new services, like...

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Netflix video game rental idea is axed

BY: Mark Raby CATEGORIE: SlashGear Topics

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If you were waiting for the day when you could watch Family Guy on your iPad, pop Indiana Jones into your DVD player, and wait for the latest Call of Duty game to appear in your mailbox, all while only logging into one online account, your dreams have been quashed. Specifically, the Call of Duty part. Video streaming giant Netflix has dismissed...

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Car Tech

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Take a tour of BMW's new MOG online music system

BY: KING CATEGORIE: Car Tech Topics

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BMW MOG interface

BMW is the first automaker to integrate an online music selection service into a production car.

(Credit: James Martin/CNET)

My iPhone, with 8GB of memory, can hold about 1,700 tracks. A BMW's internal hard drive has room for almost 3,000 tracks. Now, BMW's new Mog integration puts 14 million tracks at a driver's fingertips.

I sat in the driver's...

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Blackberry

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RIM's New CEO Addresses CrackBerry Nation Give us feedback; help us always get better!

BY: Kevin Michaluk CATEGORIE: Blackberry Topics

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CrackBerry talks to Thorsten Heins

Part V and Conclusion of CrackBerry's Interview with RIM's New CEO

As we concluded our first Q&A with RIM's new CEO, I quit with the questions and opened things up for Thorsten Heins to address CrackBerry Nation directly. For all our longtime members, readers and BlackBerry fans around the world, this is for you... an address to CrackBerry...

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Get ready for Super Bowl XLVI with BlackBerry apps, games, wallpaper and themes

BY: Ryan Blundell CATEGORIE: Blackberry Topics

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Super Bowl 46

Football fanatics! You know what’s on next weekend- Super Bowl XLVI (that’s 46 for you non-roman numeral reading folk)! By now, you should have made your plans already. Hopefully you’ve made friends with the guy at work with the 65 inch TV at home. Or maybe you’re the one with a big TV who is suddenly popular. It’s a day jam-packed with tailgate p...

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PS Vita game prices fluctuate before launch

BY: KING CATEGORIE: Gadgets Topics

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PS Vita game prices fluctuate before launch

Hanging out with Nathan Drake sure is expensive.

(Credit: Sony Computer Entertainment)

Several PlayStation Vita games are seeing preorder price cuts (and one disappointing price increase) before the launch of the next-generation handheld gaming device planned of February 22.

Little Deviants, Wipeout 2048, Modnation Racers: Road Trip, Reality...

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D-Link HD Media 2000 DIR-827 router review: So many firsts

BY: KING CATEGORIE: Gadgets Topics

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The Amplifi HD Media Router 2000 DIR-827 from D-Link.

The Amplifi HD Media Router 2000 DIR-827 from D-Link.

(Credit: Dong Ngo/CNET)

The $145 D-Link Amplifi HD Media Router 2000 DIR-827 is the third I've reviewed in D-Link's Amplifi family of wireless routers, but it comes with lot of firsts.

This is the first true dual-band router from D-Link that I'm aware of that comes with internal antennas, making...

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Yahoo mobile apps taken down, no one notices

BY: Mark Raby CATEGORIE: SlashGear Topics

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Yahoo! Meme, Yahoo! Mim, Yahoo! AppSpot, Yahoo! Deals, Yahoo! Shopping, and Yahoo! Sketch-a-Search have all been removed from Apple’s App Store. And if you’re like most people, you never even looked at these apps in the first place. That’s exactly the point. It’s part of Yahoo’s strategy to rebuild its mobile presence...

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Car Tech

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Audi debuts Super Bowl ad on Facebook

BY: KING CATEGORIE: Car Tech Topics

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Audi debuts Super Bowl ad on Facebook(Credit: Audi)

Audi of America's new advertising campaign is sinking its teeth into the popularity of vampires with a new 60-second TV spot that will air in the first break after kickoff in Super Bowl XLVI.

The commercial, featuring the new 2013 Audi S7, was part of a contest called Race the Light. Audi fans on Facebook guessed which trend would be...

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Harvard wants the next Zuckerberg to stay at Harvard

BY: Mark Raby CATEGORIE: SlashGear Topics

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Harvard University has teamed up with an organization called the New Enterprise Associates to create an initiative that hopes to keep great innovators in college before they run out and make millions. This, of course, is exactly what happened with Mark Zuckerberg and fellow software architect Bill Gates. The problem is all the good schools are in...

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Mashable

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Twitter Users Rally to Boycott Country-by-Country Censorship [VIDEO]

BY: Mashable Video CATEGORIE: Mashable Topics

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Twitter‘s new approach to censoring tweets has users rallying around the hashtag #TwitterBlackout — a call to boycott the microblogging service Saturday.

The change lets Twitter withhold content on a country-by-country basis, when a government deems the tweets inappropriate. Rather than wholly removing the content from the site, it will...

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Apple eyeing move to 'programmable magnets'?

BY: KING CATEGORIE: Gadgets Topics

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Apple eyeing move to 'programmable magnets'?(Credit: Patently Apple)

Apple's MagSafe magnetic connector system is one of those nifty little design touches that's cool but not necessarily earth-shaking. Or is it?

According to an Apple patent application discovered by Patently Apple, the company could have big plans to expand its use of magnets in its future products. The relatively complex...

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SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: January 27, 2012

BY: Mark Raby CATEGORIE: SlashGear Topics

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As we wrap up the last full work week of January, we saw a big chunk of mobile news today. For example, watch your back if you have an Android device because the Android Market is having its largest malware infection ever. If the iPhone is more your style, but you’re stuck on T-Mobile, you might be pleased to know that the magenta-colored...

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