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US retail group Target has revealed an initiative that will see mini-Apple stores popping up within several key Target stores over the next several months. The announcement comes after reports leaked that the mega retailer was looking for ways to position itself as a premium retailer of Apple’s high selling products. (Read more…)

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The biggest names in the hotel and accommodation industry have joined forces to launch Roomkey, an online hotel search service for hotels and accommodation within their members’ networks. (Read more…)

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Speaking to reporters during a roundtable meeting, Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha revealed that his company would release fewer handsets in 2012 when compared to its release schedule from years prior. (Read more…)

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CES 2012 is finally under way, and one of the biggest surprises of the event thus far comes courtesy of Victorinox, the guys behind the Swiss Army Knife. The company unveiled a pair of Swiss Army Knife-styled storage drives, one of which holds a capacity of 1TB. (Read more…)

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As CES finally arrives, many tech companies took the Sunday prior to the event kicking off to unveil their more ambitious projects. For Toshiba, that came in the form of the Toshiba Excite X10, the world’s thinnest 10-inch tablet PC. (Read more…)

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Pareto’s 80/20 principle holds in many environments. Sometimes the effect is greatly exaggerated, as evidenced by the distribution of mobile data usage. A recent study found that the ‘1 percent’ on mobile carriers used 50 percent of data, leaving 50 percent of data to the remaining 99 percent. (Read more…)

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Reports have emerged that an official ‘Google Nexus’ tablet PC is in the works and that the search giant was targeting the Kindle Fire as opposed to the iPad with this device. In this respected, it is expected to have the same display size as the Fire, and priced less (Read more…)

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Comet Group, the second largest retailer of electronics in the UK, has been sued by Microsoft Corp for allegedly selling counterfeit copies of Windows Vista and XP discs. (Read more…)

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Fast growing audio sharing platform SoundCloud has reportedly closed a large round of venture capital funding, raising $50 million. This is a major victory for European startups, with the Series C round was reportedly led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield Buyers, one of the biggest names in all of venture financing. (Read more…)

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For technology writers, 2011 was a massive year, with the final quarter seeing major story after major story breaking.  However the year also had persistent, undeniable trends that we expect to see continuing well into 2012 and beyond. The biggest trend of all is undoubtedly the importance of the mobile devices market. (Read more…)

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A few hours after the Facebook Messenger application for Windows leaked into the wild, the social network released the application officially. It’s yet another step in Facebook’s many initiatives to keep users constantly engaged with its platform. (Read more…)

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Acer has committed to continue producing tablet PCs through 2012, even though the company has seen poor returns with its initial venture into the tablet market. (Read more…)

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Charlie Kindel, a former Windows Phone GM, wrote a post explaining the reasons he believed were behind Windows Phone 7’s continued struggles in sales even though – according to him – it was a superior platform to Google’s mobile OS. He says it all comes down to control – and that is what has limited WP7’s sales potential to date. (Read more…)

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Christmas has just past, and a look at many wish lists, recommended gifts lists, and Twitter revealed which were the hottest Christmas gifts in 2011. Our list is paired down to consumer gadgets and electronics. (Read more…)

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Comedian Louis C.K. has reported that the self-distribution experiment for his latest comedy special has been a rousing success, grossing $1 million in just 12 days of availability. The special – Live at the Beacon Theatre – went on sale to customers for just $5 – allowing them two full streams and mp4 downloads without any copy restrictions circumvented distributing through traditional retail platforms like iTunes, or distributing through TV networks like HBO, and it has been a huge success. (Read more…)

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IBM’s annual predictions for the future of technology includes mice sensors replacing brains, biometric security and an end to the divide between those online and offline. (Read more…)

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