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"The Worldwide Wearables Market Leaps 126.9% in the Fourth Quarter and 171.6% in 2015, According to IDC" ["Apple grew its Watch distribution, enjoyed holiday promotions, and drove the company's overall 'Other Products' revenue during 4Q15. However, volumes for the quarter grew only slightly from the previous quarter and total revenues have yet to counterbalance the slowing growth and declines from the company's other product categories. Expectations are higher for the next-generation Watch that can leverage the company's platforms (HealthKit, ResearchKit, WatchKit, and watchOS 2) and connectivity capabilities."] IDC 2:26 PM
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"Fitbit Keeps Wearables Crown From Apple" Fortune 2:25 PM
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"Wearables market surged in 2015 fueled by Apple Watch & Fitbit, IDC data shows" AppleInsider 2:26 PM
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"Double Digit Smartphone Market Growth is over" ["'In the US, 40% of consumers planning to change their device prefer Apple, and another 35% prefer Samsung. Then, there is a large gap before we get to Motorola (6% preference) and LG (5%). In the EU5, the leadership position among preferred brands is reversed, with Samsung at 37% and Apple at 29%,' she reported."] Kantar Worldpanel 10:41 AM
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"85% of mobile device failures occur on Android, with Samsung leading the way" AppleInsider 10:46 AM
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"China Mobile reports strong 4G user growth in January, following Apple's iPhone 6s chart topping launch" AppleInsider 3:29 PM
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"John McAfee blasts FBI for 'illiterate' order to create Apple iPhone backdoor (Exclusive)" RT 7:25 AM
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"Rallies supporting Apple's stance on privacy see lukewarm response" AppleInsider 9:16 PM
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"Apple fans take iPhone unlock protest to FBI HQ: Rallies in spport of world's richest company will be held in 40 cities around the world" The Register 5:09 PM
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"Activists plan rally on Tuesday at dozens of Apple Stores worldwide" Ars Technica 7:25 AM
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"Pro-Apple privacy protests are planned for 50 cities around the U.S. today" Cult of Mac 8:18 AM
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"We went to see Apple's European HQ in Ireland — here's what we found" Business Insider 8:20 AM
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"Apple bans the successor to controversial app Stolen from the App Store" The Verge 5:06 PM
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"Famous, Formerly The Controversial People-Trading App Stolen, Hits Android After App Store Ban" TechCrunch 5:05 PM
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"Smartphones Are Better Now That They're Done Imitating iPhones: In the beginning there was the iPhone. Then came a bunch of phones that tried to be just like it. Then those phones tried to be different, but in variously off-putting ways. At this week's Mobile World Congress, though, smartphones have begun to find the balance between boring and bizarre." Wired 8:42 AM
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"Man killed after tracking down his stolen iPhone" Newser 5:55 PM
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"States Set Up Fight Over Web Sales Tax: Officials in 13 states are tired of waiting for Congress to let them tax out-of-state Internet retailers, so they are moving to impose taxes themselves" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:16 PM
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"Cyanogen Mod Aims to Pull Android Away From Google" PC Magazine 9:09 PM
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"New documentary shows the 'Human Face of Big Data,' and how it's transforming our lives" GeekWire 7:33 PM
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"Safer Wi-Fi, smart trash cans and more: What mattered on Mobile World Congress day two/Google's 3D mapping tech is growing, and sensors will soon be on everything, including your trash can." CNET 6:56 PM
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"Samsung's Galaxy S7 Display Gets High Marks" PC Magazine 5:24 PM
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"There's a New Kind of Wifi That Uses 10,000 Times Less Power" Gizmodo 3:29 PM
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"Facebook Finds 3.2 Billion People Had Internet Access In 2015" InformationWeek 3:11 PM
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"Amazon Dash will now reorder ink for some terribly-named Samsung printers" The Verge 2:28 PM
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"Mastercard's working on selfie-based security for online payments" PCWorld 12:18 PM
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"Google wins Spotify's cloud-computing business in a big victory over Amazon" GeekWire 5:20 PM
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"Spotify Moves Itself Onto Google's Cloud—Lucky for Google" Wired 10:45 AM
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"Google is completely changing the way it displays ads on search pages" BGR 8:59 AM
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"MouseJack Can Hack Wireless Keyboards From 100 Yards" Digital Trends 1:03 PM
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"Flaws in Wireless Mice and Keyboards Let Hackers Type on Your PC" Wired 8:59 AM
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"Samsung has a new flagship store where you can't buy anything: Though the company certainly wouldn't mind if you left wanting a Galaxy S7." Engadget 8:44 AM
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"Ex-Apple CEO's Obi Worldphone launches $149 Android MV1 smartphone: The Obi MV1 is a $149 smartphone designed in San Francisco for consumers everywhere but the US." ZDNet 8:43 AM
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"F.lux gets to the root of blue light filtering for Android" The Inquirer 7:32 AM
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"Mutiny in Texas: Thanks, Google Fiber/It seems some people are regretting the emergence of the high-speed broadband in the county." ZDNet 7:30 AM
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"Upgrade #77: I Don't Know Why You'd Call Them Friends" Six Colors 2:54 PM
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"TMO Daily Observations 2016-02-22: More iPhones for Apple to Hack" The Mac Observer 12:56 PM
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"The MacJury's Deliberations on The FBI vs. Apple" MacVoices 11:07 AM
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"Let's Talk iOS 123: What's going to stop them?" iDownload Blog 8:18 AM
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