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Here Are The Most Popular Christmas Gifts In Most American Cities

Google has released a lot of geo-located data over the past year. You could see for instance what cookies were the favorite of each state, what toys were hot in each state and so on and so forth. Now Google has compiled the data on what the most popular gifts were for some of the [...]

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This Christmas Eve Not A PSN or Xbox Live Is Stirring Thanks To Lizard Squid

So you just weren't content with going to bed, you had to stay up all night and get one last hoorah on the game system and games you already have tied to your Play Station Network account or your Xbox Live Account. It's apparent you were going to try and catch Santa Claus mid stream [...]

CES 2015 Preview: JVC To Release 20 New Receivers In 2015

dCar Audio has seen a resurgence of life thanks to new technologies like bluetooth, wifi, Car Play, in-car wifi and much more. Long gone are the days when a new head unit meant a new CD player or a more powerful FM Radio, heck even HD Radio has gone out of style, quicker than it [...]

Xiaomi Raises $1B Round on a Valuation of $45B

Xiaomi - a Chinese smartphone manufacturer - just raised a whopping $1 billion round of funding. While that alone is quite significant, the valuation is the real surprise. The $1 billion round was raised with a valuation north of $45 billion. This essentially makes Xiaomi one of the most valuable startups: That makes it one of the [...]

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Sony to Release Google Glass Competitor at CES

Sony just announced one of the products it will be showing off at the upcoming 2015 Consumer Electronics Show, and it is pretty surprising. Sony has made a bet on a Google Glass type wearable. But Sony's device has a little twist, it clips on to existing eye-ware. This is Sony's Single-Lens Display Module: The clip [...]

Dish Network to Integrate Netflix App on Set-Top Boxes

On Wednesday, Dish Network announced that it has become the first major U.S. television provider to integrate the Netflix app into their set-top boxes. The app is now available on Dish Network's second generation Hopper boxes. Netflix, however, will not be free for Dish subscribers, just easily accessible. Dish Network's Senior Vice President of Product Management, Vivek Khemka, [...]

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Google Facing $18 M Privacy Lawsuit in Europe

According to a Reuters report filed on Monday, Google could be facing an $18 million fine. According to the report, Google "could be fined up 15 million euros ($18.6 million) if it does not stop violating the privacy of Internet users in the Netherlands, the Dutch data protection agency said on Monday."Anthony Deutsch, ed. Pravin [...]

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Production of The Nexus 5 Has Ended

It appears that we have reached the end of an era. A short-lived era, but an era nonetheless. On Thursday, A Google representative told TechRadar that production has stopped on the Nexus 5: A Google spokesperson has confirmed to us that Nexus 5production has stopped, warning that "once they are gone, they're gone, so we'd suggest people [...]

LG To Showoff an 8K Display at CES 2015

In what is the latest entry in what is becoming a sort of TV arms race, LG is set to unveil an 8K television at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show. Over the past few CES conferences, 4K was the hot ticket in TVs. Now, LG is looking to become the resolution leader with an 8K [...]

New Research Shows Samsung’s Market Share is Falling Fast

According to a new report from technology research company Gartner, Samsung is still the leader in the smartphone market, but not by as much. According to the report, in Q3 of 2014, Samsung sold a little more than 73 million devices worldwide.Gartner Press Releases, "Gartner Says Sales of Smartphones Grew 20 Percent in Third Quarter [...]