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- Spotify releases iPad app. Was it worth the wait?
Spotify, the popular music streaming service, releases its highly-anticipated iPad app. Does it live up to the hype?
- Facebook unveils organ-donor status option
Facebook now lets you announce whether you're an organ donor. It's not a substitute for registering in your state, but donor advocacy groups hope more people will become donors once they see their Facebook friends doing it.
- RIM debuts BlackBerry 10, but no new phones
At RIM's annual BlackBerry World conference, the company unveiled a new operating system. But where are the new phones?
- 4G? LTE? What's the difference?
Shopping for a new smart phone? Expect to see signs for 4G and 4G LTE. Who's the fastest of them all?
- UK Internet service providers ordered to block Pirate Bay file-sharing site
A High Court judge told Sky, Everything Everywhere, TalkTalk, O2 and Virgin Media on Friday to prevent access to the Swedish site, which helps millions of people download copyrighted music, movies, and computer games.
- Microsoft and B&N team up on Nook, textbook business
The two companies are teaming up to create a subsidiary for Barnes & Noble's e-book and college textbook businesses, with Microsoft paying $300 million for a minority stake.
- Android tablets market is on (Kindle) Fire
Android tablets: Kindle Fire accounted for more than half of all sales by February. But can Amazon's Android tablets take on Apple's iPad?
- More tablet owners know Amazon's vision of Android than Google's
The Kindle Fire, the new Amazon tablet, is responsible for more than half of all Android activations, according to a new study.
- Zerg rush! How to unlock the newest Google easter egg
Google this week unveiled a new 'Zerg rush' easter egg, a tribute to the video game Starcraft.
- iPad a big favorite among business users: report
The Apple iPad dominates the tablet market – and not just among casual users, either.
- Google Drive says it may 'publicly perform' your files. What's that mean?
Google Drive goes live this week. Should users be wary of how their information will be used? Google says no.
- Cloud computing: Legal standards up in the air
Cloud computing in the US is a 'Wild West' of legal standards. Do federal or local laws apply to cloud computing data? Can law enforcement access your data without your knowledge?
- Apple CEO Tim Cook: Tablet hybrids don't stand a chance
Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a conference call this week that hybrid laptop/tablets would not please anyone.
- Facebook expected to hold off on IPO
Analysts envisioned that Facebook would start trading on Nasdaq by mid-May. Now it looks like Mark Zuckerberg has other business to deal with, which could prompt a delay in the much-anticipated initial public offering.
- Apple earnings still going strong post-Jobs
Apple earnings report had some impressive sales numbers: a 94 percent profit increase over last year, and huge profits on iPad and iPhone sales. A lot of the growth is coming from Asian markets, and Apple earnings are expected to expand there in months to come.
- Google Drive goes live. Is it worth a look?
Google Drive, the new cloud storage system from Google, launches this week.
- Ice Cream Sandwich to hit a range of Samsung phones (sorry T-Mobile subscribers)
Samsung says Ice Cream Sandwich will be rolled out to a range of its smartphones and tablets. Unless, of course, your carrier is T-Mobile.
- Gideon Sundback: At first, the world shunned the zipper
Tuesday's Google doodle in honor of Gideon Sundback celebrates his simple yet revolutionary zipper. Too bad his contemporaries didn't see it that way. At first, people shunned the zipper.
- Google honors Gideon Sundback: Father of the zipper
Gideon Sundback is certainly the inventor of the modern 'zipper.' Except Sundback didn't invent the name.
- iPhone photography: Instagram and four other great apps
The simplicity of iPhone photo-editing tools scores big with shutterbugs. Check out Instagram, Camera Awesome, and these other iPhone and Android apps.