by Stacey Higginbotham
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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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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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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A new Apple Store stock checking tool has appeared in the unlikeliest of places: The Global Sea Turtle Network website.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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