Nintendo's Super Mario Enters the World of Smartphones (video)

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Nintendo announces plans to develop new titles for mobile devices made by other companies. Bloomberg's Yvonne Man has more on "First Up."

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Report: North Korea Linked To Cyberterrorism Against Sony (video)

U.S. Links North Korea to Sony Hacking - NYTimes.com: "... Senior administration officials, who would not speak on the record about the intelligence findings, said the White House was still debating whether to publicly accuse North Korea of what amounts to a cyberterrorism campaign..."



Sony’s New York premiere of “The Interview” was canceled and the fourth-largest U.S. cinema chain won’t screen the film after threats of violence from the hackers behind a devastating cyberattack on the studio. Adallom President of Marketing Tal Klein and Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw speak on “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg)

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Sci-Fi Author Neal Stephenson Joins Mystery Startup Magic Leap as 'Chief Futurist'
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Instagram Gets Five New Filters
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It's been two years since Instagram added any new filters to its lineup of classics like Rise, Lo-Fi, and X-Pro II. So it's high time the Facebook-owned company got on that, right? Well, get ready to get excited, Instagrammers. Because the photo- and ...

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Google Reveals 2014's Top Searches
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Google clocked trillions of searches worldwide in 2014, but one man managed to steal the spotlight: The late Robin Williams landed the No. 1 spot in the global trends charts. The comedian and actor passed away in August, prompting folks around the world ...

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Sony can make any eyewear more like Google Glass
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Sprint to Face Record Fine Over Unauthorized Customer Charges
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Alleged OnePlus Mini spied in leaked photos
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In the next week or so, there will likely be many articles stacking up the three major consoles, the PS4, the Xbox One, and the Wii U, comparing price, features, graphics, games and so on as you try to understand which one to buy for someone (or yourself) this ...

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YouTube, 60FPS, Awesome Video

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YouTube Finally Supports 60FPS, And It Looks Awesome: "Earlier this year, YouTube announced plans to support videos running at 60 frames-per-second—plans that would make a huge difference for footage of video games. Today, the video network has finally started rolling out the new service, and you can already tell that this is going to be wonderful. You need Google Chrome to watch YouTube videos at 60FPS, and you need to watch them in HD, ... they look ... phenomenal..." (Make sure you set it to 720p or 1080p first.) 


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Microsoft Jumps Into the Growing Market for Wearable Fitness Technology
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Apple Pay Rival MCX Open to Other Technology
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Apple CEO Tim Cook comes out: 'I'm proud to be gay'
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Google Hangouts now lets you make free one-minute international calls: "Google announced yesterday that users in 25 countries will now get the first minute free on international calls to 25 countries they make via its Hangouts app."

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Amazon's Grand Design in Devices
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BlackBerry: We're still in the phone business
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Game Console: Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, Apple? Google?

Looks like Apple and Google are going to get into the game console market--

Google and Console Makers Beware: Apple Already Has the Makings of a Great ...
TIME
Although Apple, secretive as always, has not indicated anything of the sort, Google should be concerned, and so should Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. Apple already has the makings of a great game console, whether it's actively working on one or not.

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