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Alcatel introduces Idol 4 and high-end Idol 4S, sunsets OneTouch brand
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The DeanBeat: The joy of covering video games for 25 years
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4 reasons you should believe the fintech hype
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It’s time to rethink how in-game ads work
Civilization’s father, Sid Meier, shares 25 years of insights on his beloved series
Virgin Galactic unveils its new spaceship VSS Unity, as the push to ‘make space accessible’ continues
Apple vs. FBI: A timeline of the iPhone encryption case
Google is experimenting with article recommendations in Chrome
Samsung Pay now has 5M users, processed over $500M in first 6 months
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 Mobile preview with Cortana and Edge improvements
Salesforce acquires machine learning startup PredictionIO
Constant Contact to shutter social media inbox NutshellMail on March 22
Watch: Trump wants you to boycott Apple
U.S. Justice Department: Apple’s refusal to unlock iPhone is a ‘marketing strategy’
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Men’s ecommerce site Touch of Modern sees massive tip toward mobile
PlayStation 4 ‘Smites’ Xbox One’s exclusive deal for the third-person MOBA
GamesBeat weekly roundup: LucasFilm gets into VR, and Fallout 4’s DLC is revealed
Microsoft, Intel, Samsung, & others launch IoT standards group: Open Connectivity Foundation
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What Twitch and esports can teach us about building successful media companies
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Yahoo’s ‘mobile pause’ prediction is wrong, damaging, and based on a sample size of one
Yahoo forms independent panel to explore strategic options
Facebook named undisputed leader in mobile advertising for app developers
Fiksu lets marketers target its audience of 3 billion mobile devices
Keyless society: Volvo plans to replace car keys with a smartphone app starting in 2016
Mobile carriers begin blocking ads at network level in Europe
Game of the Year goes to postapocalypse game Fallout 4
Hideo Kojima gets Hall of Fame honors from the video game industry
Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata gets posthumous lifetime achievement award from gaming peers
Yahoo’s Flurry unveils redesign, launches analytics apps and Apple TV SDK
Pivotal buys another software development agency, Neo
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Yummly is hungry to monetize its 15 million unique visitors
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Hideo Kojima: ‘I feel extremely free right now. I’m doing exactly what I want to do’
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