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Here's What Google (Plus Microsoft And Amazon) Will Sell At Their Stores

Apple's foray into retail was supposed to be a disaster. "I give them two years before they're turning out the lights on a very painful and expensive mistake," one critic infamously said in 2001, a comment that would prove slightly ...READ»

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Why Google Is Getting Into Entertainment: Your Data

Google's forthcoming device is already much buzzed about. It will stream music with hardware and will eventually go far beyond tunes. Here's why it all makes sense.READ»

The Google Wallet Hack Is Not The End Of The World (Or Even NFC) As We Know It [Update: Google Reacts]

In fact wireless payments are, in many ways, more secure than your current plastic card. Here's why.READ»

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Apple May Sell iPads To Air Force, Groupon Reports Surprise Q4 Loss, Foxconn Servers Hacked

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Amazon Inks Deal With Viacom, Sprint Announces iPhone-led Q4 Highs And Lows, Japan Targets 30% Cut In Rare Earth Use

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Romney Campaign: Square "Could Be Huge," And Other Digital Trends In Politics

Zac Moffatt, digital director for the Romney campaign, talks shop on Square, Instagram, Twitter, and the "On-Demanders."READ»

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Yahoo Board Shakeup, Google Ready To "Solve For X," Brazil Petitions Twitter To Block Speed Trap Tweets

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Amazon Retail Store In Seattle?, HTC Reports Rough Quarter, Facebook To Introduce Mobile Ads

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The Facebook IPO Players Club: Sheryl Sandberg

They were doing just fine before, but the biggest of Facebook's minority owners are about to be catapulted into a far more elite bracket. As we ponder what folks like Sheryl Sandberg will do with their new millions, here's a look at what got them where they are today.READ»

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"Bouncer" Protects Android Market, Apple Drums Up 278 Claims Against Samsung, Panasonic Forecasts $10 Billion Loss

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Fast Talk: How A Former Google Exec Plans To Transform Loans

Meet Douglas Merrill, Google's former Chief Information Officer, whose loan-giving startup ZestCash makes FICO scores seem straight outta the Stone Age. "All data is credit data," he says--and the insight is helping America's "underbanked" legions.READ»

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Inside Stripe, The PayPal Competitor Backed By PayPal Founders Peter Thiel, Elon Musk

Patrick and John Collison, brothers in their early 20s from Limerick, Ireland, have a decidedly bold mission: to become the next PayPal.READ»

Follow-Up: MasterCard Is Killing U.S. Credit Card Magnetic Strips, While Pushing NFC Tech

MasterCard is finally pushing chip-and-PIN credit cards in the U.S. around a decade after the tech took off in Europe. It's the end of the magnetic strip, and the last gasp for your plastic credit card before the revolution comes.READ»

How To Claw Back Privacy Under Google's New Policy

The step-by-step guide to using Google's best offerings, but spreading your online eggs into more than just one big basket out in Mountain View, California.READ»

How To Get The Most Out Of Google's Share-Happy World

If Google's going to keep tying all their services together, you may as well know how that will work, and how you can benefit from it.READ»

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Captcha Companies Cash In On Advertisers

It takes a sixth of a minute for you to decipher a squiggly captcha and prove to the Internet you’re not a spambot. Now advertisers are elbowing in on those breaks in your browsing.READ»