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Google-Motorola Deal To Be Approved Next Week By US Government [Google's Purchase Of Motorola Finally To Get Approved, But Some Worry About What The Android Super Alliance Could Mean For Motorola's Patents]

By on Thursday, 9. February 2012

The announcement that Google was buying Motorola Mobility sent shockwaves through the tech industry, and last November, Motorola shareholders voted overwhelmingly 99% in favor of the deal. Now, it’s being reported that the US regulatory agencies will not block the deal, allowing Google to scoop up Motorola and have them [...]

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New Kindle Fire Commercial Points Out iPad’s $500 Price [Amazon Makes Fun Of The High Price Of Apple's Tablet, Tells You You Can Get Three Kindles For Less Than One iPad]

By on Thursday, 9. February 2012

Apple products certainly offer a lot to customers, with their great user experience and iconic look and feel to them, but they’re more expensive than the competing products in a lot of cases. To highlight the fact that their Kindle and Kindle Fire tablets are a whole lot less expensive [...]

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Did Apple Drop the Ball on iOS Contacts Privacy? [New Reports Say Developers Have Access to iOS Address Book Because Apple Is Not Preventing Such a “Feature”]

By on Wednesday, 8. February 2012

While there’s all this talk about Google’s proposed privacy policy changes, we won’t ignore one other matter that has come to our attention this week thanks to an iOS app, Path, which has been found to access and store on its servers the entire Address Book found on the iOS [...]

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EPIC Group Sues Google for Upcoming Privacy Policy Changes [Electronic Privacy Information Center Protests Against New Google Terms of Service, Sues to Prevent Them]

By on Wednesday, 8. February 2012

Google’s upcoming privacy policy changes are causing more controversy, with various groups taking action against the company’s intention of merging over 60 Terms of Service documents into a single one that should handle all the web services available to a Google Account owner.

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Google Privacy Is Worth $25 in Amazon Gift Cards Paid In Installments [Google Is Conducting New Screenwise Survey to Learn How You Use the Internet]

By on Wednesday, 8. February 2012

Google is getting ready to make an important change to its Terms of Service to cover all its online services, a move that triggered some controversy over the way the Search giant is about to handle the privacy of its customers. Microsoft has voiced its concerns in newspaper ads while EU [...]

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iPad 3 Specs & Features Leaked: No Quad-Core CPU, Bigger Battery, New Screen & Camera [New Reports Detail Potential iPad 3 Characteristics Ahead of Launch Date]

By on Wednesday, 8. February 2012

While we have no announcement date for the iPad 3 at this time, Apple is expected to unveil and launch its new iOS tablet in the near future, with most reports agreeing on a March release. In the mean time we have new details on the upcoming device, including a [...]

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iOS 5.1 Release May Have A Target Date [New Reports From Examination Of The iOS 5.1 Beta Code Suggests A Release Date Of March 9th]

By on Wednesday, 8. February 2012

A couple of weeks back, our own Chris Smith brought word out suggesting that the next version of iOS, iOS 5.1, might be getting set up for a March release date. Well, as it turns out, a new report not only provides credence to that suggestion but may well have [...]

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Maingear Titan 17 Gets Some Modifications Before Launch [Maingear's Substantial New Gaming Laptop, The Titan 17, Gets A Few New Twists Added To It While In The Pre-Order Stage]

By on Wednesday, 8. February 2012

Just about three weeks shy of a year to the day ago, we talked about the Titan from Maingear. And while this impressive laptop brought a whole lot–literally and figuratively alike!–to the table, the folks behind it out at Maingear have put a few new twists on their design in [...]

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Logitech Shows Off Touch Mouse M600 [Logitech's Touch Mouse M600 Offers Up A Whole New Way To Interact With Your PC Via Gesture Controls]

By on Wednesday, 8. February 2012

It’s easy to forget, when you consider that most of what we’ve been hearing about Logitech these last few weeks focuses mainly on their Google TV efforts and a bit about their remotes, that Logitech also deals pretty extensively in computer peripherals like mice and the like. And they’ve got [...]

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Telus Launches Optik TV “On The Go” In Select Markets [Telus Goes Mobile With On-Demand Television, Launches Optik On The Go For Those With An iOS Or Android Device]

By on Wednesday, 8. February 2012

Telus has announced and launched Optik On The Go for mobile devices. More specifically, the have launched the service with an available app for Android and iOS devices.

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