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Thursday 14 November 2013

Under Armor buys MapMyFitness in $150M deal

by Stacey Higginbotham

Nov 14 2013, 6:22am PDT
Under Armour has acquired MapMyFitness, an Austin, Texas-based company that uses a phone’s GPS to let people map their runs, bike rides and other workouts and share them among a community. It’s akin to Nike’s RunKeeper app, so I suppose the Under Armor purchase for $150 […]
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by Alex Colon
Nov 14 2013, 6:16am PDT
If you were planning to get a Moto X on Verizon, now’s the time. The carrier is taking an additional $50 off Moto Maker orders through November 18.
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by Janko Roettgers
Nov 14 2013, 6:00am PDT
Roku just turned AOL On into its default news source, adding videos right to its home screen. But are such exclusive partnerships really good for consumers and publishers?
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by Alex Colon
Nov 14 2013, 5:58am PDT
A new Apple Store stock checking tool has appeared in the unlikeliest of places: The Global Sea Turtle Network website.
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by Gigaom
Nov 14 2013, 5:55am PDT
In our next Gigaom Research analyst webinar we will discuss the major market drivers for object storage and the various technology approaches, and we will also look at the landscape of key players. Join us on Nov. 20.
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by Jeff John Roberts
Nov 14 2013, 5:51am PDT
Google's latest Transparency Report, which shows government data demands, has a more aggressive tone than previous ones -- which is not surprising, since it is the company's first report since the Edward Snowden surveillance scandal.
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by Lauren Hockenson
Nov 14 2013, 5:24am PDT
Perhaps in an effort to gain a little more buzz (and holiday sales), Laptop Magazine reports that Intel will be opening a series of pop-up stores this month, starting in New York City’s Nolita neighborhood on November 23. Intel has yet to disclose exactly what will […]
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by David Meyer
Nov 14 2013, 1:19am PDT
It's not the only factor, but Cisco says the backlash over U.S. surveillance has definitely hit orders in China. Orders in other developing countries have also plummeted, and again the NSA is being cited as a possible factor.
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by Mathew Ingram
Nov 13 2013, 1:45pm PDT
Rumors have been swirling that Gawker founder Nick Denton has been talking to Henry Blodget about acquiring or merging with his site Business Insider, but Denton says in an IM conversation that that's not entirely true
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by Kevin C. Tofel
Nov 13 2013, 12:49pm PDT
Google has requested that retailers stop selling the HP Chromebook 11 due "a small number of user reports that some chargers included with the device have been damaged due to overheating."
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by Kevin C. Tofel
Nov 13 2013, 12:10pm PDT
Can you live a happy "Google" life in iOS? Now more than ever, the answer is yes. For that reason, and because I get a superset of content options in iOS not found on other platforms, I sold the Nexus 7 for an iPad Air.
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by Derrick Harris
Nov 13 2013, 10:41am PDT
Amazon Web Services announced a new service called Amazon WorkSpaces during its re:invent conference on Wednesday. If it can deliver VDI and gain traction where others have not, it could be a big boon for the company.
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by David Meyer
Nov 13 2013, 9:58am PDT
You may be familiar with the "https" prefix that tells you your connection is secure. Well, get ready to see a lot more of it -- standards-makers have decided that HTTP version 2 will only work with such web addresses.
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by Jay Adelson, Opsmatic
Nov 13 2013, 8:00am PDT
For a place that prides itself on disrupting tradition, Silicon Valley is still using a pretty traditional method for compensating startup hires and employees with stock. Here's another idea.
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by Kevin C. Tofel
Nov 13 2013, 6:48am PDT
Motorola takes on the world with Moto G, an Android phone styled after the Moto X and costing as little as $179 without contract. The target audience is the 500 million who will spend up to $200 for a handset in the next year.
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by Alex Colon
Nov 13 2013, 6:00am PDT
Jawbone’s UP24 wristband uses Bluetooth to wirelessly sync with your mobile device. And the Up app for iOS has been updated, making the fitness tracker more powerful than ever.
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by Alex Colon
Nov 13 2013, 5:58am PDT
Verizon CFO Fran Shammo admitted that the carrier’s network quality has been compromised in some areas due to 4G LTE traffic, but a fix is on the way by the end of the year.
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by Lauren Hockenson
Nov 13 2013, 5:50am PDT
This year has seen many product refreshes for Apple (a aapl) — including the super high-end Mac Pro — but the Apple TV system has been suspiciously absent from the proceedings. But it’s coming soon, if an analyst report spotlighted by 9to5Mac is on target. Analyst […]
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by Jeff John Roberts
Nov 12 2013, 4:07pm PDT
Tesla CEO Elon Musk shared some insight about why his car is safe, the need to colonize Mars, and the shyness that made it too hard to ask for a job at Netscape.
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by Kevin Fitchard
Nov 12 2013, 1:06pm PDT
After testing the connected collar tag on my two dogs, I'm convinced Whistle has created something special. Whistle provides useful and engrossing data on a dog's daily activity, and it's only going to get better.
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