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Sonos adds AirPlay

Sonos has released updates to its iPhone and iPad apps that allow iOS 6 users to access their device’s onboard music library and stream it through their Sonos system. While the Sonos doesn’t add AirPlay as such, the update lets the user access iTunes from within the Sonos app menu, something that most streaming and …

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RIP, rear

Rear-projection TV is dead, and there’s little reason to think the technology will pull a Lazarus anytime soon. On Monday Mitsubishi confirmed it has already ceased production of its last RPTVs, and told Twice.com that inventory is almost gone. “The decision to exit the category was based on lack of profitability in the big-screen TV business,” according to Max Wasinger, …

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TV price fixing in Europe: companies hit with AU$1.8bn fine

LG, Panasonic, Samsung and more have found themselves in hot water over cathode ray tube price fixing for TVs and monitors. Joaquín Almunia speaks to the press about the ruling. (Credit: EC) Yes, cathode ray tubes. The wheels of justice may turn slowly, but they keep on turning, apparently. The European Commission (EC) has levelled a record €1.47 billion (AU$1.8 …

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Android 4.1 reaches Samsung Galaxy S3 on AT&T

Android 4.1, aka Jelly Bean, is now spilling out for AT&T customers with Samsung Galaxy S3 phones. As of today, AT&T subscribers can update their phones using Samsung’s Kies software. This method requires users to download the new Android flavor onto their computers and then apply the update to their phones through a sync. Users can update their phones by …

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Google Nexus 4 back in stock at Google Play at 5pm

Nexus klaxon! Drop everything phone fans, because the Google Nexus 4 is on sale again today at Google Play after being out of stock for weeks. The Nexus 4 goes on sale at 5pm today. The 8GB model costs £239 and the 16GB model costs £279 — solid gold bargains for a quad-core, 4.7-inch smart phone with the latest Android Jelly Bean …

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Nokia sells Finnish headquarters amid financial troubles

Nokia’s headquarters in Espoo, Finland. Nokia Nokia said this morning that it will sell its head office in Espoo, Finland, to software consultancy firm Exilion for 170 million euros ($222 million). The struggling phone maker said in a statement that it will lease back the head office at a lower price, but Nokia did not disclose any additional figures. Related …

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Key Lime Pie next version of Android in Google cartoon

Fancy a slice of Key Lime Pie? A Google employee has served up a tasty treat of a cartoon giving us the strongest hint yet for the name of the hotly anticipated next Android update. Google software engineer Manu Cornet, who also produces the tech-themed webcomic Bonkers World, doodled the evolution of Android pictured above. The image is “just for fun” …

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