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Obama to meet with tech execs to talk about the NSA and Obamacare

President Obama is set to meet with several tech executives on Tuesday to discuss the administration's efforts to address problems with the federal online health care exchange as well as...

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Twitter working on feature to show nearby tweets

Twitter is reportedly working on an addition to its service that will show users tweets from other Twitter users near them. The "Nearby" feature will allow Twitter to more accurately...

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Dell establishes $300 million venture fund to invest in emerging tech

Dell has established a $300 million venture fund that will promote the development of technologies important to the company’s product portfolio. The fund will invest in early-growth companies in storage, cloud...

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Not just drones, Amazon plans on amassing a robot army to do all of its work

Amazon drew a lot of attention to itself when it announced that it would be using drones to deliver packages sometime in the new future, but that's not the half...

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ZTE’s first smartwatch will only work with its own phones when it launches next year

Though smartwatches may or may not be selling well, such market conditions aren't stopping newcomers like Qualcomm and others from entering the game. Now, China's ZTE has twill be launching its own model in the second quarter of 2014...

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Limited talk minute plans are (nearly) dead

AT&T eliminated all but one of their limited minutes plans for talk and text. They are the final holdout. The days of worrying about minutes ticking away on your cell...

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Russian 4G won’t work on new iPhones

Until recently, Russia didn't have a strong 4G network. Now that they do, you won't be able to use it if you have a new iPhone. Russian carriers began official...

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LinkedIn already having to defend ‘Intro’

Earlier this week, LinkedIn announced their plans for Intro. Now, they're already having to defend the security of the service. LinkedIn on Thursday faced criticism from security experts and confusion...

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Samsung to tackle Google Glass

While it's true that patents are never a clear indication that a new technology is on the horizon, this particular patent from Samsung is something we will likely see in...

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Tech surge coming to fix government site

You've heard of the war surge. Now we're going to get a tech surge that is intended to make getting insurance as easy as 1-2-4. The Department of Health and...

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Google tracking gets a legal nod

Google got a boost from a judge today who said that their tracking isn't harmful. Is this a license to track? It just got even tougher to stop a company...

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Facebook TV partnerships go international

Facebook is a global company, though the majority of their revenue is in North America. They hope to make an impact on the foreign income by getting in bed with...

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