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Apple TV gets HBO Go, WatchESPN and others
"Game of Thrones," meet Apple TV. Apple said Wednesday that HBO Go and WatchESPN apps are now available directly on its set-top box that lets users stream video and music onto television sets. HBO Go gives its subscribers access to Home Box Office'...
Tags: Pandora Media, Inc., Entertainment, Music, Apple TV, Computer Hardware
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Amazon lets Facebook friends buy gift cards together
Need to buy a friend a birthday gift soon? Amazon.com doesn’t want you to go at it alone. The online retailer released a new feature this week that allows a group of Facebook friends to collectively buy an Amazon.com gift card. Once logged in,...
Tags: Social Media, Services and Shopping, Candy, Flowers and Gifts, Gifts, HTC Corp.
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Parakweet gets $2 million for recommendation engine BookVibe
San Francisco startup Parakweet has gotten $2 million from angel investors to help make BookVibe a going concession. BookVibe is a book recommendation engine that tells users what book they might like to read next. Not unlike Booklikes, BookVibe seems...
Tags: Social Media, Steve Jobs
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Jay-Z announces new album 'Magna Carta Holy Grail'
Leave it to Jay-Z to sell a million copies of a new album even before he announces its existence to the world. The rapper and mogul debuted the news of a new LP, "Magna Carta Holy Grail," in a Samsung-partnered commercial during Game 5 of the NBA...
Tags: Jay-Z, Apple iTunes Radio, The Wall Street Journal, Kanye West
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Warby Parker debuts Superman-inspired glasses (minus X-ray vision)
Stylish glasses company Warby Parker is launching a line of Clark Kent-inspired eyewear, part of a tie-in with the upcoming Superman film "Man of Steel." Called the Man of Steel Collection, the retailer will be offering two styles inspired by the...
Tags: Google Glass, Startups, Business
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E-cigarettes will be regulated as medicines in Britain
Electronic cigarettes along with products containing nicotine will be classified and licensed as medication in Britainby 2016. The battery-powered cigarettes, known as e-cigarettes, deliver an experience similar to standard cigarettes by heating...
Tags: Tobacco Products, Science and Technology, Electronics, Politics, Drugs and Medicines
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Stay calm and let the NSA carry on
After 9/11, there was a widespread expectation of many more terrorist attacks on the United States. So far that hasn't happened. We haven't escaped entirely unscathed (see Boston Marathon, bombing of), but on the whole we have been a lot safer than most...
Tags: Sports, George W. Bush, U.S. Congress, Email, Terrorism
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Last minute Father's Day gift idea: Tablets under $200 [Photos]
Father's Day is just around the corner, and if you still haven't found a gift for your dad, you may want to consider getting him a tablet. Nowadays, finding a quality Android tablet for less than $200 is not only possible but also pretty easy. So if...
Tags: Tumblr, Google Nexus 7, Apple iPad, Google Play, Father's Day
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Getting to know Neil Gaiman
AUSTIN, Texas — In Neil Gaiman's passport case, on a scrap of paper beside his green card, are two verses of an unfinished work called "Pirate Stew." "I assume it's for kids," Gaiman said. "But it's only two verses... and it just sits there, and...
Tags: Joe Wright, BlackBerry, Social Media, Book, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts)
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Google to competitors in mobile advertising: You can't touch this
SAN FRANCISCO -- When it comes to online advertising, Google long ago established itself as the Internet equivalent of Boston Celtics superstar Bill Russell. Now it's looking to extend that championship dynasty to mobile devices. And a report released...
Tags: Twitter, Inc., Advertising, Social Media, Media Industry, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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NSA surveillance program is one of many Big Brothers watching
In principle, the National Security Agency’s vast data collection operation is troubling, but, in the age of Google and Facebook, it feels like having just one more Big Brother in a growing family of Big Brothers. In response to the revelation...
Tags: National Security Agency, Politics, Government, Verizon Communications, National Government
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Marlboro maker Altria to sell e-cigarettes
Tobacco giant Altria Group Inc. is launching its first electronic cigarette, joining the trend toward smokeless products amid a slump in sales of its classic Marlboro brand. Altria joins competitors such as Lorillard Inc. that have already ventured into...
Tags: Science and Technology, Food and Drug Administration, Electronics, Altria Group, Inc., New Products
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