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Grooveshark is no more. GROOVESHARK Controversial music-streaming service Grooveshark abruptly shuttered its service Thursday after settling a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by the major recording labels. Escape Media, the parent company of Grooveshark, agreed to cease operations and surrender ownership of its website, mobile apps and intellectual property in the settlement, according to the Recording …

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LinkedIn projects disappointing sales, profit; stock plunges

CEO Jeff Weiner has been pushing LinkedIn beyond its original focus on job recruitment. MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner’s investments to enter new markets and find new lines of business may not be paying off as quickly as hoped. The company said Thursday it expects to have second-quarter revenue and profit that fall well below analysts’ estimates. The …

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Qualcomm’s AllPlay officially comes to Gramofon streaming dongle

Sarah Tew/CNET Qualcomm’s AllPlay multiroom service is officially launching on the Gramafon streaming device today, six months after it was announced as an official hardware partner. The Fon Gramofon is an inexpensive streaming dongle that debuted in 2014, and which is also a Spotify Connect device and Wi-Fi extender. Gramofon joins existing partners Monster and Panasonic in bringing multiroom streaming …

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Leica updates M Monochrom for film noir

Leica It was three years ago this May when Leica boldly introduced a black-and-white-only version of its M series full-frame rangefinder that’s garnered the usual Leica fans. Now the company follows up with the M Monochrom (Typ 426), essentially the identical camera but with an expanded buffer and the capability to shoot video and a few other tweaks. Slated to …

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An early look at the Pivotal Living Band, a second

Sarah Tew/CNET The $12 fitness tracker is getting a sequel. Seattle-based startup Pivotal Living plans to officially announce its new activity tracker next Monday, but CNET got an early sneak peek of the new Pivotal Living Band and spoke with the company’s co-founder and CEO David Donovick. The new band will be offered with the same subscription model the company …

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How to take a screenshot on an Apple Watch

Now playing: Watch this: Take a screenshot on an Apple Watch 0:49 Taking a screenshot on an iPhone or iPad is very simple. All you have to do is press the Home and Power button at the same time. The method for taking a screenshot on an Apple Watch is very similar to this, but because there is no Home …

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