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The Shock Clock band uses fear and electricity to wake you up

How hard is it to get up in the morning? When you have a job, and want to keep it, most of us can usually haul our sleepy asses out from beneath the duvet, even if that's at the last minute. [Read more...]

Intel cuts 12,000 jobs in restructuring initiative

Intel announced that it's laying off 12,000 employees today in a radical measure designed to restructure the company. [Read more...]

Airbnb's new iOS and Android apps promise to help you live like a local

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky just took the stage at a lavish event held in the company's San Francisco headquarters to introduce new apps for iOS and Android that he says are a reflection of the company's philosophy to let its users "live" in the places the visit, not just view them as tourists do. [Read more...]

Play with your pets from anywhere with PlayDate's smart ball

We've seen connected food dispensers and health trackers for pets, but we're still waiting for the first truly great smart pet toy. [Read more...]

Magic Instruments' digital guitar makes it easy for anyone to jam

Magic Instruments co-founder and CEO Brian Fan knows the pain of learning new instruments. A Juilliard-trained pianist before starting his own company, he spent years trying to learn the guitar, only to put it down after realizing that all his work didn't help him suck any less. [Read more...]

Apple just fixed one of the Macbook Air's biggest problems

Ever since Apple stopped trying to sell it at $1,799, the 13-inch MacBook Air has been one of its most popular computers. [Read more...]

Apple upgrades its MacBook series and adds a rose gold option

It's been just over a year since Apple launched its slimmer Macbook series. Today, the company is upgrading them with new processors (from Intel's sixth-generation Core M series), as well as refreshing the built-in Intel HD GFX, promising around a 25 percent faster graphical performance. [Read more...]

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E-Commerce Minute: Tuesday -- April 19, 2016

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Journalist Gets 2-Years in Prison for Aiding Anonymous Prank
SCOTUS Turns Its Back on Google Books Challenge
Amazon Offers Binge-Friendly Monthly Prime Subscriptions

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Journalist Gets 2-Years in Prison for Aiding Anonymous Prank

A U.S. District Court judge last week sentenced Matthew Keys to two
years in prison after he was found guilty of conspiring with the hacker
group Anonymous to break into the Los Angeles Times' website and modify
a news story. Keys had been site administrator for KTXL Fox 40, which
was owned by Tribune, the same company that owned the Times .
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83386.html

SCOTUS Turns Its Back on Google Books Challenge

The Supreme Court has declined to hear a petition to review a lower
court decision allowing Google to scan and publish excerpts of
copyright-protected books without seeking permission from the authors or
paying them. The petition, filed at the end of last year, was the latest
move in the Guild's decade-long war with Google, which has said that its
searchable digital books database is fair use.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83382.html

Amazon Offers Binge-Friendly Monthly Prime Subscriptions

Amazon on Monday began offering Prime Video as a standalone service with
a monthly subscription option. Prime Video previously was offered only
as part of a bundle with Amazon Prime, which is available for $99 a
year. Amazon also offers a monthly Prime membership plan for $10.99,
which includes all the benefits that come with the yearly Prime plan,
including two-day free shipping.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83381.html

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Tech News Flash: Tuesday -- April 19, 2016

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60 Minutes Shows How Network Flaw Makes Any Smartphone Easy Prey
The HTC's Wow Factor May Trump Shortcomings for VR Fans
Google Calendar Offers Life-Coaching Goals Feature
LXLE Gives Aging Hardware a New Lease on Life

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60 Minutes Shows How Network Flaw Makes Any Smartphone Easy Prey

An international team of cybersecurity experts hacked into an iPhone
loaned to a U.S. congressman who sits on a key technology committee, in
a 60 Minutes demonstration of how easy it is for a criminal to spy on
callers by exploiting an international mobile phone network
vulnerability. The hackers were able to listen in on a call by Rep. Ted
Lieu just by getting the actual phone number he was using.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83384.html

The HTC's Wow Factor May Trump Shortcomings for VR Fans

The HTC Vive drew accolades from a hyped-up base of gamers and virtual
reality enthusiasts when it launched earlier this month. However, the
Vive is proving to be an experience that is not for the faint of heart,
the light of wallet, or the short of patience. HTC earlier this year
unveiled the Vive to an enthusiastic audience at the Mobile World
Congress in Barcelona.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83383.html

Google Calendar Offers Life-Coaching Goals Feature

Google last week rolled out Goals in Google Calendar, a feature designed
to help users achieve their personal goals. Users set a goal, such as
working out more often, and answer relevant questions, such as how often
they want to work out and the best time for them to do so. Calendar then
will sift through their schedules and select the best time to allocate
for the task.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83380.html

LXLE Gives Aging Hardware a New Lease on Life

LXLE is an ideal distro for out-of-the-box functionality to handle your
everyday computing needs. It's a well-oiled lightweight distribution
based on Ubuntu's long-term support releases for Debian and Lubuntu
Linux from a community originating in the U.S. The latest version is
14.04.4, released last month. It runs an optimized LXDE that has a
comfortable look and feel.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83374.html

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