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Tablet shipments in the West are expected to be disappointing this year

There are likely to be fewer tablets shipped this year than previously expected, according to latest estimates. Research firm IDC lowered its tablet projections on Friday for the full year...

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Wanda, Tencent, and Baidu are teaming up to take on Alibaba

Three billionaires from China’s property and Internet industries are forming an online shopping venture to challenge Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. as it heads toward what may be the biggest initial...

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Cloud note-taking app Notability has made its way to the desktop

Popular iOS note taking app Notability is today making its way to the Mac, allowing users to seamlessly switch between platforms with notes synced via iCloud. The Mac app has...

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Asia’s leading music streaming service has raised $104 million

Singapore sovereign fund GIC said on Thursday it has invested $104 million in Taiwanese music streaming service provider KKBOX. The investment proceeds will be used to fund the company's overseas...

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Twitter’s analytics dashboard is now available to everyone

Back in July, Twitter launched a really nifty analytics dashboard. A bit like Google Analytics for tweets, it allows you to gauge the performance of each and every tweet you...

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Facebook has introduced “bandwidth targeting” to help advertisers

Facebook has introduced a new feature for advertisers that allows them to target ads to users on a specific type of mobile network (2G/3G/4G), thereby ensuring that creative campaigns are...

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Instagram is making timelapses easy with its new mobile app

Continuing Facebook's multi-app strategy, Instagram on Tuesday debuted a standalone app that turns video recordings into sped-up timelapses. "From documenting your whole commute in seconds or the preparation of your...

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TiVo has unveiled its first TV box for cord-cutters

For the past eight years, a CableCARD and a TiVo DVR have gone hand in hand. No more! Within the next few weeks, the limited edition TiVo Roamio OTA DVR...

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Fantasy sports startup DraftKings has raised another $41 million

DraftKings, a fantasy sports site that offers cash prizes to winners of its daily fantasy competitions, has raised $41 million in a funding round led by The Raine Group. The...

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LG has announced the circular G Watch R smartwatch

Of the three Android Wear smartwatches introduced at Google's developer conference in June, the Moto 360 was by far the crowd favorite; its circular watchface gives it a classic, elegant...

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Microsoft has announced a major breakthrough in cloud gaming

Even with Steam sales and low-end PC builds, gaming isn’t a cheap hobby. For the last five years or so, different companies have been trying to lower the barrier to...

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The Windows 9 preview will reportedly feature rapid build updates

Recent leaks have unveiled Microsoft's plan to give Windows a serious improvement over predecessors. Currently, Windows can update itself to fix bugs or security holes, but maybe in the future...

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