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Apple, HBO in talks to bring HBO Now service to Apple TV

HBO could enter the partnership it wants with Apple. HBO is in talks with Apple to make Apple TV one of the launch partners for its highly anticipated streaming service when it debuts next month. HBO and streaming partner Major League Baseball Advanced Media are working to have the standalone service, called “HBO Now,” ready […]

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Intel launches Broadwell Core M processor, chip could find its way into rumored 12-inch MacBook Air notebooks

Intel’s next generation of processors won’t ship until early 2015, but there’s some interesting news on the processor that could wind up in the 12-inch MacBook Pro notebook. Per MacRumors, the company began shipping some ultra low-power Broadwell chips known as Core M a couple of months ago. These chips are designed to run at […]

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Samsung announces next-gen 802.11ad Wi-Fi technology, cites speeds five times faster than 802.11ac protocol

As much as you may love your 802.11ac Wi-Fi router, it may not be the fastest thing on the block for long. Per Macworld, on Sunday, Samsung announced it’s developing new 802.11ad Wi-Fi technology that can boost network speeds fivefold, from today’s 866Mbps per-device maximum to a blistering 4.6Gbps. At that rate, Samsung says, a […]

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Is peace on the horizon for smartphone rivals?

I’m not holding my breath that the Apple vs. Samsung patent war will end any time soon, but perhaps there is hope that one day in the future, we won’t have to read any more posts or articles about the never-ending ruling appeals filed by Apple or Samsung, or at least not as many. As […]

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Study shows Microsoft’s Windows market share falling from 90% to 33% in post-PC device world

The day you never thought would arrive may finally be here. Of course, it still depends on how you look at the data… According to Asymco’s Horace Dediu, over the last five years, Post-PC devices have displaced conventional Windows PCs so rapidly that Microsoft’s dominance over personal computing has plummeted from roughly 90 percent share […]