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Leaked Videos: Could Big Changes Save BlackBerry? [VIDEO]

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Pocketnow has revealed some interesting leaked BlackBerry videos posted on Vimeo that show a revolutionary smartphone device. The overall design of the handset is simple, sleek and cool -- a full-screen smartphone with edge-to-edge display -- but the on-screen phone functions seem overly basic.

Statue of Liberty: Remembering Emma Lazarus and Her 14 Iconic Lines

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In 14 lines engraved on a plaque on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, Emma Lazarus (1849-1887) captured the belief in the American Dream that has defined the United States' self-image for more than a century and moved millions of immigrants to seek refuge here.
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India Develops Siri Knockoff for Android

In a matter of eight hours, India-based software company Dexetra was able to create a Siri knockoff - an early Android version of Apple's Siri voice recognition system.
Anti-Facebook Social Network Unthink Launches

Anti-Facebook Social Network Unthink Launches

Tampa-based startup Unthink launched Tuesday in a flurry of green trim and black-and-white revolution-themed photography. The newest social network claims $2.5 million in funding from DouglasBay Capital and has its sights set on taking down Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn and other social networks it says are exploiting their users by selling their information to advertisers.
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Facebook likes Sweden for first Europe server site

Social networking site Facebook is to build its first data center outside the United States in the northern Swedish town of Lulea, awarding an initial construction contract of $121 million, the companies said on Thursday.
Inefficiency

Android Market Now Accounts for More Mobile App Downloads Than Apple

Android Market now accounts for more mobile app downloads than Apple and its App Store, thanks to Google's open-source strategy, according to ABI Research. The Android platform was responsible for 44 percent of all mobile app downloads in the second quarter of 2011, as opposed to iOS's 31 percent.
Unthink

Unthink, the ‘Anti-Facebook’: A Social Networking Revolution

Unthink says it is starting a social networking revolution. And it is serious. The Unthink homepage even features black and white photos from the Civil Rights Movement as its background. According to CNET, Unthink promises to emancipate social media and unleash people's extraordinary potential. It will be the anti-Facebook. Unthink backs this proclamation by stating that, as an online social networking hub, it will be free of privacy issues, endless redesig...
Mists if Pandaria

Blizzard Attempts to Attract Players Back Into the 'World of Warcraft' Fold

Amid slipping subscription numbers Blizzard tries a number of methods to attract old World of Warcraft players back into their Popular Massively Multiplayer Role Playing Game. But are the new incentives enough to get lapsed playing back into WoW, or does it just cost too much to get back into the game.
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Netflix plummets on weak outlook, downgrades

Shares of one-time Wall Street darling Netflix Inc plunged 34 percent in heavy trading on Tuesday, a day after the battered movie rental company warned of more subscriber defections and mounting costs.
WoW

Can 'Mists of Pandaria' Save World of Warcraft?

Last Friday, Blizzard officially unveiled the Mists of Pandaria, the fourth expansion for its video game juggernaut World of Warcraft. The release of Mists - which could come as early as next year - comes during a crucial time for the franchise, which has lost almost 10 percent of its subscriber base in recent months.
iPod Classic

Apple's iPod Turns 10: Is the Revolutionary MP3 Player Dying?

Ten years ago, Apple released the very first iPod, a deceptively simple media player that dramatically changed the way people listen to music. iPod is not the first MP3 player to appear in the world but it is the first to be sold to the masses and it finally revolutionized the music industry.
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Google Getting Ready to Launch Music Service

Google Inc. is reportedly gearing up to launch a music downloading service sometime in the next two weeks that it will link to its Google+ social network. The application - currently referred to as Google Music - will be an extension of Google Music Beta, a free service that allows users to store their existing music collection in the cloud.

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