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Jawbone Up3 to begin shipping on April 20

Sarah Tew/CNET The Jawbone Up3 is alive, but not all is well. The company announced on Thursday that it will begin fulfilling preorders from US customers on April 20. Jawbone expects all preorders to ship no later than mid-May, and soon after it will begin fulfilling new orders. The Up3 was announced this past November and was originally slated to …

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LinkedIn to acquire online training site Lynda.com for $1.5 billion

LinkedIn is buying online training site Lynda.com LinkedIn LinkedIn said Thursday it plans to purchase online training site Lynda.com, a move designed to help its members more easily learn the right professional skills. The deal, for around $1.5 billion with approximately 52 percent in cash and 48 percent in stock, would be the professional network’s largest acquisition to date. Lynda.com …

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Apple Store offline ahead of Watch preorder rush

The Apple Watch will go on sale at midnight Friday. CNET Apple’s online store went offline Thursday with its familiar Schwarzenegger-esque “We’ll be back” message ahead of the expected midnight rush to order the Apple Watch. Apple will start taking preorders for its first wearable, which costs from $349, £299 or AU$499 all the way up to $17,000, £13,500 or …

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Apple Pay gains GameStop, T

Apple has expanded retail support for Apple Pay. James Martin/CNET Apple has expanded support for Apple Pay to 10 more merchants. An update of the Apple Pay page on Wednesday spotted by AppleInsider shows the addition of the ten new retailers, including Acme, Davis Food & Drug, Firehouse Subs, GameStop, Luby’s, Rubio’s and T-Mobile. Further, basketball fans can now use …

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Get an HP Stream 13 with 4G for $226.50

HP Lately I’ve been all about the Chromebooks, but for many folks it’s inconvenient — if not downright impossible — to break away from the Windows world. There may be software you need to run, peripherals you need to use and so on — any or all of which might disqualify a Chromebook as your next laptop. Fortunately, you can …

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Skype Translator adds Mandarin and Italian to its repertoire

Skype Translator has expanded its language skills. Microsoft Skype’s new translator can now speak Italian and Mandarin. In a blog post published Wednesday, Yasmin Khan, who handles marketing for the Internet-calling service, said Italian was added to the translator’s list of languages based on the interest of people who signed up for the Skype Translator preview program. But adding Italian …

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