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Inside Google's Secret Lab
Google X, home to the self-driving car and Google Glass, is the search giant's factory for scientific bets that require generous amounts of capital and massive leaps of faith
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Inside Google's Secret Lab
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Farmers reported their progress via Twitter and Instagram, using hashtags like #plant13 -
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Consumer Electronics
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Google
Inside Google's Secret Lab
Google X, home to the self-driving car and Google Glass, is the search giant's factory for scientific bets that require generous amounts of capital… -
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Control Your Own Drone Army
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If Yahoo Buys Tumblr, What Will It Do With All That Porn?
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Consumer Electronics
The NFL Says Goodbye to the Polaroid, Hello to Microsoft’s Surface Tablet
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As consumers spread their entertainment investments, smart media executives are starting to follow suit -
Yahoo! Swears It Isn't Going to Screw Up Tumblr—but How Realistic Is That Promise?
Tumblr fans have to hope Marissa Meyer follows Google's playbook for YouTube: Keep the community separate and don't get greedy over the short term -
Social Media
The 25 Most Popular Tumblrs Reveal the Challenge for Yahoo!
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Google
Inside Google's Secret Lab
Google X, home to the self-driving car and Google Glass, is the search giant's factory for scientific bets that require generous amounts of capital… -
Apps & Software
Control Your Own Drone Army
Startup DreamHammer envisions individuals being able to turn drones into a cheap, easily supervised workforce -
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If Yahoo Buys Tumblr, What Will It Do With All That Porn?
Tumblr has actually shut down some popular sites as it has shifted its focus from users to advertisers -
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The NFL Says Goodbye to the Polaroid, Hello to Microsoft’s Surface Tablet
Pro football, that hardy group of technological late-adopters, struck a deal with Microsoft to get Surface tablets on the sidelines and interactive… -
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The 25 Most Popular Tumblrs Reveal the Challenge for Yahoo!
Since few of Tumblr's blogs interest mainstream audiences, Yahoo will be hard-pressed to sells ads against the sites' content -
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The Cantabrian capital's digital nervous system cuts costs -
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Tumblr Deal Offers New York Startups Some Rare Affirmation
Yahoo's purchase of the hip media company is a feather in the cap of the Big Apple's tech community -
Science
It's Not a UFO! A Strange Solar-Powered Plane Is Crossing the U.S.
At night the Solar Impulse, which gets all its energy from sunlight, looks like something from another planet -
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The Future of Bitcoin: Three Predictions From Experts
A panel of Bitcoin authorities including investors and engineers shared their views on how the currency is evolving and who is using it -
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With 95 percent of overall Android profits accruing to Samsung, the hardware manufacturer plays an outsized role in Google's mobile operating system -
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Tax Shelters Don’t Always Work. Just Ask Amazon
The online retail giant suffered a $338 million loss abroad last year -
Consumer Electronics
Microsoft's Bid to Push the Xbox Beyond Gaming
After eight years of tinkering, Microsoft launches XBox One in hopes it will play a central role in American home entertainment -
iPhones on Planes Blamed for Navigation Disruption
May 15 (Bloomberg) -- The regional airliner was climbing past 9,000 feet when its compasses went haywire, leading pilots several miles off… -
Silicon Valley Drools Over This Hi-Tech Private Jet
May 1 (Bloomberg) -- Cory Johnson takes a ride in a hi-tech jet from JetSuite. (Source: Bloomberg)
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If Yahoo Buys Tumblr, What Will It Do With All That Porn?
Tumblr has actually shut down some popular sites as it has shifted its focus from users to advertisers -
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Control Your Own Drone Army
Startup DreamHammer envisions individuals being able to turn drones into a cheap, easily supervised workforce -
Google
Inside Google's Secret Lab
Google X, home to the self-driving car and Google Glass, is the search giant's factory for scientific bets that require generous amounts of capital… -
Yahoo! Swears It Isn't Going to Screw Up Tumblr—but How Realistic Is That Promise?
Tumblr fans have to hope Marissa Meyer follows Google's playbook for YouTube: Keep the community separate and don't get greedy over the short term -
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A panel of Bitcoin authorities including investors and engineers shared their views on how the currency is evolving and who is using it -
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Yahoo! Hopes to Profit From Tumblr Without Ruining It
Marissa Mayer thinks the acquisition will expand her site’s audience by 50 percent -
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New York Times CEO Lauds Digital Pay Model in Columbia Address
Mark Thompson tells Columbia business students that bold, innovative risk-taking is the key to the future in U.S. media -
Consumer Electronics
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