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John Paczkowski
The Galaxy S4 Is Samsung’s Fastest Shipping Smartphone Ever
When is a sale not a sale — at least not the kind of sale most people think about? When the phone guys report their numbers.
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Water Wigs
We found a bunch of awesome bald men and hurled water balloons at their heads.The Garden of Your Mind
Mr. Rogers gets his long overdue autotune treatment.Welcome to the official Kickstarter page for Greece!
Greece is a small country in the south of Europe known for inventing democracy and western philosophy and for its national motto, “Release the Kraken!”Paula Deen’s Health Food Cookbook
SPARKLING WATER INGREDIENTS: 1 glass sparkling water 1 ham DIRECTIONS: Put ham in water.Home Video Commentaries: Not Where You Saw
“It really conveys the sound of pride leaving the body.”Nonsense Shopping List Prank
Got any stove babies? How about a baby-size shark cage?Yelping With Cormac
Taco Bell: The man spoke of his trials with the taco so terrible even God could not eat it.Siri Meets Eliza
How long have you been fine. Thanks for asking?ThunderLOLcats
I CAN HAS OMINS?Cookie Monster sings Tom Waits
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April Was a Loser for Videogame Industry
April was a cruel month indeed for the videogame industry. Sales of gaming hardware, software and accessories in the U.S. for the month peaked at $495.2 million, according to sales data from research firm NPD, down 25 percent from the same period in 2012. Retail software sales declined 17 percent year over year to $254.3 million. Hardware sales plummeted 42 percent from the year prior to $109.5 million. The top console for the month? Microsoft’s Xbox 360, though it sold just 130,000 units in April, down 45 percent from a year earlier.
Pentagon Clears iPhone and iPad for Use on Secure Networks
The DOD grants Apple the same mobile device security clearances it gave to BlackBerry and Samsung last week.
New Phones Help BlackBerry Claw Back Some Canadian Market Share
BlackBerry’s share of the smartphone market on its home turf is on the rise, according to new research from Raymond James.
Apple’s Cook to Face Senate Questions on Taxes, Offer Reforms
“Apple does not funnel its domestic profits overseas.”
Apple Plans Fresh New Showcase Store for San Francisco
The new venue will be 24,819 square feet — about 45 percent larger than Apple’s current SF store.
Windows Phone Overtakes BlackBerry in Smartphone Shipments, Not That It Matters
Fighting over table scraps.
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Apple’s iTunes App Store Passes 50 Billion Downloads
Apple couldn’t have timed its countdown to 50 billion app downloads more perfectly. Just hours after Google revealed during its I/O conference keynote that app installs from its Google Play store had hit 48 billion, the iTunes App Store countdown clock rolled over to 50 billion, passing another major milestone and surpassing the achievement its rival had announced earlier in the day. The 50-billionth app? Say the Same Thing. Brandon Ashmore from Mentor, Ohio, will receive a $10,000 App Store gift card for downloading it.Here’s That Steve Jobs E-Book Email to James Murdoch
“Heck, Amazon is selling these books at $9.99, and who knows maybe they are right and we will fail even at $12.99.”
Apple’s E-Book Argument: Deals With Publishers Improved Competition
By negotiating for an agency pricing model with publishers, Apple says, it was simply seeking to enter a new market and offer competitive prices.
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