
HTC to release wrist wearable — not a smartwatch — in the first quarter of 2015

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Scenes from the PlayStation Experience 2014 (gallery)

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This Zano drone fits in your hand and serves as your personal paparazzi

Lenovo recalls 544K laptop power cords over fire and burn hazards
Providence Health & Services Partners with Binary Fountain

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Google for Entrepreneurs is now offering minorities up to $25,000 in data science scholarships

Updated: Twitch acquires e-sports advertising agency GoodGame

Intel is swarming wearables as part of its Internet of Things strategy

Microsoft will disable fallback to SSL 3.0 in IE11 on February 10, still has no date for complete SSL 3.0 removal

SoundCloud reportedly raising another $150M to join the $1B valuation club

Facebook emotional manipulation study is top scientific paper of 2014 — barely

Addvocate and Trapit merge to create a brand advocacy super-engine, raise $10M

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Read+Watch+Listen: Bonus material for Assassin’s Creed: Unity fans

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Postmates’ plans go way beyond bike messengers: Web orders, inventory management … and major partners

Google mobile search is now 100-150 milliseconds faster, but only in Chrome for Android

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VaycayHero grabs $2.8M to take the pain out of vacation rentals

Apple awarded patent for Amazon Fire phone-like 3D display

Final episode of ‘Halo: Nightfall’ delivers its best acting … and worst effects

YouTube Rewind 2014: Watch as Google unveils the top videos of the year

Intel glues together its Internet of Things platform for big customers

Twitter now lets advertisers target ads based on users’ actions in mobile apps

China’s KTplay mobile social network drives 60M game downloads in 4 months

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Vainglory keeps you tapping your mobile screen like a maniac (review)

SecondMarket wins 48,000 Bitcoin in U.S. Marshals auction

App Annie now tracks stats from Windows and Windows Phone stores

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Patent trolls celebrate another successful year attacking startups

Twitch update lets you find the best livestreaming players on Xbox One

Facebook’s Parse adds crash reporting, offline iOS app functionality

Facebook’s best games of 2014 include Cookie Jam, Cower Defense, Bubble Witch 2 Saga, and more

How a tiny studio enhanced Icewind Dale and other classic D&D games (interview, part 1)

Destiny players without Dark Below lose old bonuses
TigerText Broadens Enterprise Market Reach; Unveils New Secure Workplace Texting and Analytics Capabilities

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Mozilla and Telenor create WebRTC Competency Center to boost adoption of the communications standard

Doximity — the ‘LinkedIn for doctors’ — has signed up more than half of U.S. physicians

U.K. politician caught playing Candy Crush Saga on the job
