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The details behind the Honeywell, Nest lawsuit
Thermostat giant Honeywell has slapped startup Nest, and retailer Best Buy, with a lawsuit over patent infringement for smart thermostat technology. I read the lawsuit so you don't have to and here's the details you need to know:
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Turn an iPhone into an in-dash stereo
Your smartphone is already your mobile stereo. Why not make it the centerpiece of your car's sound system too? That's what makers of the Devium Dash, a kit you install in your car that makes your iPhone or iPod touch fit right in your car's dash.
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Brightcove’s IPO: What you need to know
Brightcove just reiterated its desire to go public with an amended SEC filing. The company could raise as much as $59 million as it sells 5 million shares, but its filing also reveals that making money with online video is really, really hard.
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Android still 1st choice among virgin smartphone buyers
The iPhone may have passed over Android in total U.S. smartphone sales, but Google’s platform still has one key advantage: it’s attracting more mobile data newbies. According to the NPD Group, 57 percent of first-time smartphone buyers last quarter chose Android handsets.
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Verizon teams up with Redbox to cash in on video
Verizon and Redbox are creating a joint venture to provide content online and through Redbox's physical DVD rental kiosks around the country. The deal is a chance for Verizon to make money from streaming content and show off how awesome its network is.
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Hands on with the remastered Rdio for Android
I took a look at Rdio's new Android client and it's a vast improvement. The application is a full re-write, rather than an update, and better supports Android 4.0 smartphones and tablets, allowing the app to be controlled on a device's lock screen.
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Honeywell hits Nest with a law suit over smart thermostat
Thermostat giant Honeywell has filed a lawsuit alleging patent infringement by the buzzy Silicon Valley startup Nest, which makes a smart learning thermostat.
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Qualcomm is exploring the last 4G frontier: The sky
Qualcomm’s wireless technologies already dominate the mobile broadband networks on U.S. land. Now it wants to dominate the skies above it. Qualcomm is petitioning the FCC to clear a huge swathe of spectrum for an airplane broadband network supporting the eye-popping bandwidth of 300 Gbps.
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Samsung Galaxy S III detailed with May launch date
Samsung's next flagship phone, the Galaxy S III, is expected to be super-thin and run on a quad-core processor, with availability in May. The details aren't official, but make sense given that code support for Samsung's Exynos 4212 quad-core chip was found in October.
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Is Volunia Italy’s answer to Google — or just hot air?
Italian computer scientist Massimo Marchiori became famous after inspiring the code that underpins Google. But is his new search engine Volunia -- the 'innovative' new service he launched today -- solving a problem that anybody has?
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