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Yahoo's Head of Middle East and Africa Departs for New Social TV Startup...
One of Yahoo’s senior international execs and longtime entrepreneur Ahmed Nassef is leaving the company to create a new startup called Telfez, which will be a social television effort aimed at...
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Why won’t life slow down and be still? Why can’t I figure it all out? And also my phone is making noises while I’m trying to think. – Alexis C. Madrigal, at a digital detox
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It Was All Yellow: Nokia Lumia 1020 Event in Photos
Nokia today unveiled the Lumia 1020, its newest Windows 8-based smartphone, which includes a long-in-the-works 41-megapixel camera. AllThingsD’s Ina Fried and I were in attendance — you can see our...
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Time for More Superphone Talk From Larry Page -- And Google Earnings, Too
Will Google beat its Q2 earnings projections today? If it does, will its share price, which already hit record levels this week, cross the $1,000 mark? (Shrug). If I knew any of that, do you think I’d...
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AllThingsD's Week in Review: New iPhones, Microsoft's Q4 and the...
In case you missed anything, here’s a quick roundup of the news that powered AllThingsD this week: Comparing Wearables: Fitbit Flex vs. Jawbone Up and More Next-Gen iPhone Production Kicks Into Gear;...
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Moto X Stands Out in Sea of Phone Sameness
[ See post to watch video ] No matter how many features come loaded on a phone, people always ask: Does it come in different colors? It’s no wonder people are trying to differentiate. They carry these...
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Motorola Mobility's Moto X Offers Customized Colors and More
[ See post to watch video ] Most modern smartphones can respond in a limited way to spoken questions and commands, and can alert users with words or icons when messages arrive or events occur. But you...
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Jitterbug Touch 2: Simple Touch at a Sluggish Speed
[ See post to watch video ] For some folks, jumping from a simple flip phone to a smartphone can be overwhelming. Not only do they have to figure out the icons, apps and settings, and learn to type on...
View ArticleImagine if Microsoft Had Made a SkypePhone
Today when Marc Andreessen talks about how software is eating the world, the companies he evokes are merely parroting the playbook of Skype, which did eat the phone companies and thus set the template...
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Amazon Says It Has No Plans for a Phone This Year -- And No Plans for a Free...
Amazon said Sunday that it has no plans to launch a phone this year, and, if it does at some later date, it wouldn’t be a giveaway product. “We have no plans to offer a phone this year, and if we were...
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iPhone 5c: Candy Colors With a Nice Price
[ See post to watch video ] You’ve seen this phone before. Sure, it has a new name: iPhone 5c. And its plastic body comes in different colors. It also has an attractive price when tied to a wireless...
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A New Touch for iPhone
[ See post to watch video ] Apple brings out a new top-of-the-line iPhone model every year, but a redesign only every other year. In the intervening cycles, the company tends to keep the phone’s...
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PayPal Unveils Yet Another Way to Pay in Stores. Now It Has to Get People to...
Another day, another announcement of a product aimed at getting shoppers to buy stuff in retail stores using an app on their phone instead of a physical credit card or cash. This one — from PayPal,...
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Pinterest Does Another Massive Funding -- $225 Million at $3.8 Billion...
According to several sources, Pinterest has completed another enormous funding, this time nabbing $225 million with late-stage investor Fidelity Investments in the lead. The new infusion of cash —...
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Explaining What It's Going to Do With All That Dough, Pinterest Unveils Stats...
Pinterest confirmed an earlier report by AllThingsD that it had raised $225 million more from investors at a valuation of $3.8 billion. This Series E round will bring the total funding to $564 million...
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Microsoft Q1 Unveiled Today, but Don't Expect an October Surprise for New CEO...
As Microsoft unveils its first-quarter earnings report later today after the markets close, all ears will be listening for any clues about how the search for its next CEO is coming along. Expect the...
View ArticleObama Unaware as U.S. Spied on World Leaders: Officials
The National Security Agency ended a program used to spy on German Chancellor Angela Merkel and a number of other world leaders after an internal Obama administration review started this summer...
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FAA Okays Gadget Use Throughout Flights
The years of complaints have finally paid off. Airline passengers will soon be able to use their portable electronic devices from takeoff to touchdown. The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday...
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The Stakes Are High for Facebook's Next Big Ad Product
Even after back-to-back quarterly wins, the heat is still on for Facebook to knock its next ad product out of the park. Take a look at the market performance Wednesday afternoon. After delivering...
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AllThingsD Week in Review: Patent Wars Redux and Netflix Thinks "Big"
In case you missed anything, here’s a quick roundup of some of the news that powered AllThingsD this week: Duck and cover! The so-called “Rockstar Consortium,” led by Apple, that controls Nortel’s...
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Is a Nexus Phone Running on KitKat Any Sweeter?
There are so many devices based on Google’s Android operating system that it’s hard to keep track of them all. But each year Google works with a hardware maker to produce a “best of Android” phone and...
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Woojer Wants to Be Both a Gadget for Gamers and a Helpful Oomph for the...
Neat gadgets that solve small problems are easy to find. But less common are devices that both please a broad audience and aspire to do a bit of good for a smaller niche. The problem, according to...
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Is This "The Last Console Generation"? And Nine Other Questions for Sony's...
Sony’s latest flagship gaming console, the PlayStation 4, goes on sale in the U.S. and Canada tonight at midnight, five years after it entered development, and nine months after it was first announced....
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As AllThingsD Draws to a Close, Here Are Some Staff Highlights -- Part One:...
On Dec. 31, at the stroke of midnight, All Things Digital will be no more. Of course, the archives of what we have written since April of 2007 — close to 38,000 posts — will remain in the digital...
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The Longish Goodbye: Highlights From AllThingsD Staffers Johnson, Del Rey and...
Here’s the third installment of posts that the staff has highlighted, as All Things Digital gets ready to close down as the clock strikes midnight on Dec. 31. To be clear, the archives of what we have...
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