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Offline over the weekend? Read all the tech news you missed right here

Jun09
by on June 9, 2014 at 9:33 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Monday is here, which means the weekend is now little more than a distant memory. Well, I guess that all depends on what you got up to over the past few days. At any rate, if you’re looking to catch up on all the tech-related tidbits you missed while you were off pursuing more pressing activities, well, here’s a quick recap. News from The Next Web over the weekend The first Vine from space is a thing of wonder Path is turning its users’ private messages ephemeral, if you can call 24 hours ‘ephemeral’ Netflix updates Android app to make…

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Offline over the weekend? Read all the tech news you missed right here

Jun09
by on June 9, 2014 at 9:33 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

morning-coffee
Monday is here, which means the weekend is now little more than a distant memory. Well, I guess that all depends on what you got up to over the past few days. At any rate, if you’re looking to catch up on all the tech-related tidbits you missed while you were off pursuing more pressing activities, well, here’s a quick recap. News from The Next Web over the weekend The first Vine from space is a thing of wonder Path is turning its users’ private messages ephemeral, if you can call 24 hours ‘ephemeral’ Netflix updates Android app to make…

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Report: Asia-Pacific is home to 1.7 billion mobile subscribers, half of the world’s total

Jun09
by on June 9, 2014 at 9:02 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, Insider

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The mobile revolution in Asia-Pacific isn’t showing signs of slowing down. The GSM Association released a report today that reveals the region is home to half of the world’s mobile subscribers, and will continue to be one of the world’s fastest growing mobile markets through 2020 and even beyond. According to the report, there were 1.7 billion unique mobile subscribers in the Asia-Pacific region as of the end of 2013, out of a total global subscriber base of 3.4 billion. China, India, Japan and Indonesia had the largest number of subscribers, ranked according to their sizes. In a nod to the…

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Microsoft begins selling the Xbox One without Kinect for $399.99

Jun09
by on June 9, 2014 at 8:45 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets

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As promised, Microsoft is now offering a version of its Xbox One console without Kinect. The new bundle is available for $399.99/ £349.99 from Microsoft’s website and a similar configuration is expected to be sold in other markets later today. Microsoft’s decision to make its next-generation Kinect – a high-resolution camera that can track the player’s body and identify voice commands – an optional part of the system is quite controversial. Unbundling the two means the console is now the same price as Sony’s PlayStation 4 – a system that has gained a sizeable sales lead over Microsoft’s offering. But taking…

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