Former Nokia Workers Aim to Make Android Seaworthy With Rugged New Phone

Helsinki-based Adaia is building a device, due out next year, that combines a rugged Android cellphone with a satellite connection for when one sails out of cellular range.
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Interview: Bill Gates Talks About Tech Innovations for Vaccines Ahead of Global Confab

Solve this: One child every 20 seconds dies from a disease that could have been prevented by an existing vaccine.
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Meet Charlie Ergen, the Guy Who Now Wants to Buy Sprint (Video)

Here’s the video of our interview of the Dish Network chairman at February’s D: Dive Into Media.
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Aiming to One-Up SoftBank, Dish Offers $25.5 Billion to Buy Sprint Nextel

From the “never a dull moment in the wireless industry” department, the satellite firm counters SoftBank’s proposed deal.
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Independent ISP Tries to Raise $325M on Indiegogo to Launch a Satellite (Kinda)

It’s certainly the largest online crowdfunding campaign I’ve ever seen.
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Keeping Up With Sandy on Twitter

There’s a storm coming.
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Nintendo Sets Sights on Living Room Entertainment With New TVii Service

But as with most streaming TV services for the home, it is more of an elaborate directory than it is a replacement for how you watch TV and, more importantly, how you pay for it.
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Toshiba Adds to Windows 8 Smorgasbord With Slide-Out, Convertible Laptop

Toshiba’s introducing a slide-out, convertible laptop, as well as — wait for it — more Ultrabooks!
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Bill Gates Part of $12 Million Round for Satellite Mobile Broadband Start-Up

Kymeta is a spinout from Intellectual Ventures, the Nathan Myhrvold-run company best known for collecting patents.
A prototype of a Kymeta portable hotspot, about the size of a laptop computer.