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T-Mobile CEO John Legere. Lori Grunin/CNET T-Mobile hit reverse on its plans to completely kill off its corporate discount program, allowing current subscribers to keep their existing rates. T-Mobile CEO John Legere said in a blog post on Wednesday that anyone enrolled in the Advantage Program before April 1 would be able to keep their …

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Samsung and Red Sox’ Ortiz trick Obama into selfie ad

Nothing like a free endorsement, is there? David Ortiz/Twitter No one takes a selfie just to take a picture of themselves. Selfies exist to be displayed and disseminated. They are, in their way, self-regarding as well as selfless. When Ellen DeGeneres took a selfie with Hollywood stars during the Oscars, she broke the retweet record. President Obama wasn’t happy about …

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Pocketbook Google Glass brings augmented reality to spending

Australian startup Pocketbook has built an app for Google Glass aimed at helping you manage your money during your day-to-day life. (Credit: Pocketbook) Pocketbook for iOS and Android is the best budgeting app we’ve seen — intuitive, practical and customisable, it allows you to manage your budget with ease. It’s a masterful piece of app design. But the company wants …

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Amazon unveils $99 Amazon Fire TV for streaming video

VP of Kindle Peter Larsen on stage at Amazon’s video event. Sarah Tew/CNET Amazon unveiled new video-streaming hardware on Wednesday, a move that pits it against market leader Roku and Apple TV in a fight to be the entertainment engine in consumers’ living rooms. The Fire TV device costs $99 and features 2 gigabytes of RAM, Wi-Fi, a Bluetooth remote, …

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Tube amplifiers aren’t just for audiophiles

The backside of a Blackie Pagano guitar amp. Blackie Pagano Vacuum tube technology goes all the way back to the first decade of the twentieth century, and tubes were integral to the development of radio, television, home/professional audio, radar, telephone networks, medical test instruments, and early computers! The transistor was invented in the late 1940s, but widespread use was only …

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Diller: Aereo is ‘finished’ if Supreme Court sides with broadcasters

Barry Diller, chairman of InterActiveCorp and a major shareholder in Aereo, says the TV-streaming service’s future relies almost entirely on the US Supreme Court. Later this month, the US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments over whether Aereo should be allowed to stream over-the-air digital streams of broadcast signals and charge subscribers for access to its service. If the Supreme …

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