Modular phone concepts aren't new so why is Motorola attempting Project Ara: A new effort to let people create phones with little building blocks of hardware? It's about Google trying to connect 6 billion people to the internet -- and Google's services.
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Neighborhood-focused social media company Nextdoor has raised $60 million, including an investment from Comcast.
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The pen is noisy, smelly and sometimes difficult to control. But it is simple and addicting to use.
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The experience design conference for the tech industry is just a week away. Come join us for Gigaom's Roadmap conference in San Francisco.
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Ever wanted to share a short video of the thing you just saw on TV? ConnecTV's new app lets you do just than in a Vine-like fashion.
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Gigaom Research is launching a research channel for tech decision makers. Whether they work in functional or line of business management, or in IT departments, tech buyers need to understand the impact of cloud, big data, mobile, and social business technologies on their business.
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Big data isn’t just about storing large amounts of data. It’s about the time to value of data. With the right software, it’s now possible to get up and running in hours and to get new business questions answered as quickly as they arise.
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A new report provides the first hard evidence of Aereo's subscriber numbers. The figures are good news for Aereo's popularity -- but could prove difficulties for the company's costs and legal strategy.
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An MIT professor has created an algorithm he says can work in conjunction with rangefinders and adaptive cruise control systems to keep cars moving at the ideal speeds to limit traffic jams.
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In an op-ed piece in the New York Times, an author complained about repeatedly being asked to write for free, but what he finds so insulting is something many others see as an opportunity -- and it is not going away any time soon
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An October IDTechEx report states that by 2015, the market for 3D printing material like plastics and metals could be worth $244 to $615 million. The spread comes from a big question: whether or not the industry will become competitive. Right now, companies can get away with […]
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Over the next few weeks, owners of Google Glass can invite up to three others to the Explorer program. Google also has some slightly different Glass hardware coming that will accept lenses; current owners can swap out their device if they want.
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Apple on Monday reported another solid quarter, driven in part by record-setting iPhone sales in September.
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As Samsung built up a global audience for its Android phones and tablets, it pushed internal development on its own Galaxy features and functions. Now that third-party developers can code for them, Samsung is gaining more control over its flavor of Android.
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Patent trolls are plundering the economy like never before -- even though a 2011 law was supposed to stop this. Now, Congress is trying again, and it might actually work.
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Showtime hit Dexter, which recently wrapped its eighth and final season, is coming to Netflix Watch Instantly. The first four seasons of the show will be available October 1; seasons five through eight will start streaming January 1, 2014.
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Rackspace is now doing Hadoop, Cloudera just announced a handful of partners -- Hadoop is everywhere in the cloud these days. Here's a quick breakdown of what cloud providers are offering which distributions of Hadoop as managed services.
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Apple is hiring luxury fashion executives in part because it wants to become a high-end lifestyle brand.
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When Google execs can't sleep, presumably because of excitement, and then share that info, it's a good sign that news is imminent. It looks like Android 4.4, the Nexus 5 phone, Nexus 10 tablet and maybe one other timely device are near.
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Boston is where Lewis Latimer helped Alexander Graham Bell design the first phone. So you'd think the city would have better connectivity now. You'd be wrong.
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