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How to avoid long waits at the Genius Bar before you get there
Cracked screens, dead batteries and water damage — sometimes you simply can’t avoid a trip to the Genius Bar to get your broken Apple device back in working order. You may have heard…
Why 2015 is the year of encryption
During a visit to Silicon Valley earlier this month, President Obama described himself as “a strong believer in strong encryption.” Some have criticized the president for equivocating on the issue, but…
MotionX: Yes, you can make a Swiss watch with smarts
If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. That’s the strategy that a few Swiss watch makers are adopting with a new module that adds activity tracking and alerts to traditional-looking timepieces…
Launched at CES, Acer Chromebook 15 expected in April
Acer was one of the first companies out the gate to announce a 1080p Chromebook with Intel’s fifth-generation chip early last month. Maybe that was a bit too quick: Availability of…
Maybe I’m just a dumb millennial, but I’m going to keep using Venmo
Venmo, a mobile payment app popular among college students and recent grads, has security holes “you could drive a truck through,” according to an article posted on Slate this week. The report…
As 4G demand balloons, here come the “super” base stations
Mobile World Congress kicks off in a little more than a week, and while most of the tech world might be anticipating the Barcelona show for the launch of Samsung Galaxy…
Orange’s Libon app lets you take calls to your number over Wi-Fi
Libon, the WhatsApp and Skype competitor from French carrier group Orange, has an interesting new feature called Reach Me, which will allow people to send and receive calls over Wi-Fi using…
Apple must pay patent troll $532M, Texas jury rules
Apple must pay a shell company $532.9 million because iTunes infringes upon three patents related to online patents, a jury in East Texas ruled on Tuesday. The company in question, named Smartflash…
HP reorgs cloud biz as Marten Mickos cedes key responsibilities
Marten Mickos, the former Eucalyptus CEO who became HP’s top cloud guy in September when HP bought Eucalyptus, is turning over key responsibilities to three other HP executives, according to an internal email…