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Twitter Aims to Snuff the DVR

Twitter reportedly is in talks with television networks and advertisers in advance of its IPO, which is expected later this year. Twitter executives are meeting with TV industry reps during the AdWeek conference in New York City this week, The Wall Street Journal said Monday ...

High-Tech Tools Make Indoor Cycles Brainier and More Fun

Bicycles have seen much in the way of technological advancement in the past 150 years, and that was widely apparent on the show floor at the annual Interbike trade show in Las Vegas this week ...

Hot Off the 3D Presses: A New Generation of Fitness Equipment

Health buffs today have no shortage of apps, gizmos, gadgets and devices promising tohelp them get and stay in shape. At the same time, new materials are enabling lighter, strongerand more diverse products ...

New Titles Buoy Video Game Sales

Video game sales showed their first increase in almost two years last month, NPD Group reported on Thursday ...

Cortana: Windows Phone’s Answer to Siri?

For players of Microsoft's Halo video game series, the computer AI character known as "Cortana" can do much more than just provide directions and plot advances in the game. Soon, however, Cortana could become part of Windows Phone users' real lives as well ...

Walmart Jumps on Smartphone Trade-In Bandwagon

Hard on the heels of the recent announcement of Apple's iPhone trade-in program, Walmart on Tuesday announced a smartphone trade-in program of its own with up to US$300 in-store credit for the old devices turned in. ...

Sony Tiptoes Into TV Set-Top Box Territory

Sony announced the PlayStation Vita TV for release in Japan at Monday's Sony Computer Entertainment Japan press conference ...

Oyster Takes a Crack at E-Book Subscriptions

The subscription model has already proven its mettle when it comes to music and movies, but this week Oyster unveiled a new service that applies the concept to books instead. Specifically, the startup on Thursday launched an invitation-only preview of an e-book rental service that's widely being described as the "Netflix of books." ...

MS Powers Up Xbox One for Nov. 22 Blast-Off

Microsoft will launch its Xbox One video game console on Nov. 22 in 13 countries, the company announced on Wednesday ...

CBS, Time Warner Bury Hatchets

Viewers in New York, Los Angeles and Dallas will be able to watch the US Open tennis tournament and the final episodes of the hit serial-killer drama Dexter on Showtime this week thanks to a new agreement between CBS and Time Warner Cable that ends a monthlong blackout ...

Nintendo 2DS: It’s a Flat World After All

With an eye toward the upcoming holiday season, Nintendo on Wednesday announced a US$50 price cut on its Wii U gaming platform and rolled out a brand-new portable gaming system priced at just $129.99 ...

Nissan Kicks KITT-ish Car Plans Into High Gear

Nissan will be ready to begin selling multiple models of driverless cars by 2020, it announced on Tuesday. ...

Shared FB Photo Albums Now In With the In Crowd

Facebook on Monday began rolling out a new feature that allows multiple users to upload images to the same online photo album, according to a Mashable report ...

Chromecast Update Snuffs Unauthorized Content

Google's Chromecast dongle may be built primarily to stream content from the likes of Netflix and YouTube, but that hasn't stopped app developers from expanding its reach. On Sunday, however, one such developer said that a recent Chromecast update had blocked his Android application ...

Microsoft Stock Surges on News of Ballmer’s Retirement

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced on Friday that he will step down from his post some time within the next 12 months, depending on when a successor is chosen. Stocks in the company surged 7 percent in early trading following the news ...

Crowds Cough Up More Than $12K for Facebook Hacker

The hacker who uncovered a bug on Facebook earlier this week may indeed get a reward for his efforts, but not from the social network itself ...

All Eyes on Mayer as Yahoo Hits Traffic Milestone

Yahoo topped Google as the most-visited website in the United States in July, Web analytics firm comScore reported on Wednesday ...

Google Puts Waze Traffic Data on the Map

Google on Tuesday announced that it is incorporating real-time traffic data from Waze into its popular Google Maps mobile application ...

By Hook or by Crook: B&N Bets on Apps to Buoy Nook

Barnes & Noble on Monday announced a suite of free video apps that will let users watch movies and TV shows on a range of devices, including tablets that compete with its own Nook ...

By Hook or by Crook: B&N Bets on Apps to Buoy Nook

Barnes & Noble on Monday announced a suite of free video apps that will let users watch movies and TV shows on a range of devices, including tablets that compete with its own Nook ...

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