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Friday

Taking The Battle Against Patent Trolls To The Public

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All Tech Considered

Taking The Battle Against Patent Trolls To The Public

Radio and print ads launched this week warn of damage wrought by so-called patent trolls. Business groups and software developers say patents are being used as legal weapons in a tactic that costs the economy tens of billions of dollars a year.

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Thursday

Can Streaming Services Make Money?

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The Record

Can Streaming Services Make Money?

Pandora, Rdio and Spotify are changing the way we listen to music, but all have money issues. Apple and Google join the fray this year; Jimmy Iovine is launching a service tied to Beats by Dr. Dre.

Can Streaming Services Make Money?

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Friday

Business

Ballmer's Retirement Announcement Drives Up Microsoft Stock

Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's longtime CEO, says he will retire from the company within the next year. His departure is a surprise since he announced a major reorganization at Microsoft just two months ago. Ballmer will leave a company that remains influential and immensely profitable, but has struggled to adapt to mobile technology.

Ballmer's Retirement Announcement Drives Up Microsoft Stock

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Wednesday

Kodak Reinvents Itself As Judge Approves Bankruptcy Exit
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The Two-Way

Kodak Reinvents Itself As Judge Approves Bankruptcy Exit

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Allan Gropper has approved Kodak's plan to emerge from court oversight. That paves the way for it to be a much smaller company focused on commercial and packaging printing.

Kodak Reinvents Itself As Judge Approves Bankruptcy Exit

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Tuesday

How Vine Settled On 6 Seconds

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All Tech Considered

How Vine Settled On 6 Seconds

According to numbers released Tuesday, Twitter's one-year-old video-sharing app Vine now has about 40 million registered users. The app lets users shoot a maximum of six seconds per Vine, so we wanted to know why the limit's set at six seconds and not a second longer.

How Vine Settled On 6 Seconds

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Monday

Combining The Nation's Digitized Libraries, All In One Place

The San Francisco Public Library has been digitizing its historical document collections for years, including the scrapbooks of famed homicide detective Theodore Kytka. The SFPL is among scores of libraries and archives adding their digital collections to the DPLA. Via San Francisco Public Library hide caption

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All Tech Considered

Combining The Nation's Digitized Libraries, All In One Place

Libraries have been digitizing their collections for years, but the materials can be hard to find. Enter the Digital Public Library of America. Worried that Google has an outsized hand in digitizing books, the DPLA is combining, on one site, the digital collections of libraries nationwide — free.

Combining The Nation's Digitized Libraries, All In One Place

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Wednesday

'The New York Times' Site, Apps Return After Two-Hour Outage

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'The New York Times' Site, Apps Return After Two-Hour Outage

The New York Times' website and app went down just after 11 a.m. ET and began returning just after 1 p.m. E.T. The news organization says it's an internal technical problem.

'The New York Times' Site, Apps Return After Two-Hour Outage

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Friday

Business

FTC Receives Complaints About Learning Apps For Babies

Some educational apps may not be all that educational. At least that's the claim made in a complaint filed this week at the Federal Trade Commission against Fisher Price. Its Laugh & Learn apps have been downloaded nearly 3 million times.

FTC Receives Complaints About Learning Apps For Babies

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Wednesday

Amazon Enters Art World; Galleries Say They Aren't Worried

Amazon said its new art marketplace will provide access to more than 40,000 works of art from at least 150 galleries and dealers. Amazon.com hide caption

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All Tech Considered

Amazon Enters Art World; Galleries Say They Aren't Worried

Will the local gallery go the way of the local bookstore or record store? In the past few years, there's been a growth in sites that sell fine art on the Internet. On Tuesday, Amazon joined that market.

Amazon Enters Art World; Galleries Say They Aren't Worried

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Monday

Trade Case Puts Apple In Washington's Sights

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All Tech Considered

Trade Case Puts Apple In Washington's Sights

Apple has been notoriously disinterested in Washington politics. But two recent decisions coming from the Obama administration — one involving iPhones, the other dealing with e-books — indicate that Washington is increasingly interested in Apple.

Trade Case Puts Apple In Washington's Sights

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Thursday

Google Ups Its Game Against Apple With New Smartphone

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All Tech Considered

Google Ups Its Game Against Apple With New Smartphone

Google subsidiary Motorola announced on Thursday the launch of a new smartphone, the Moto X. The device, which will be made in America, represents a major plunge into hardware by Google — and pits the company against rivals Apple and Samsung.

Google Ups Its Game Against Apple With New Smartphone

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Monday

Business

Ad Agency Merger Reflects New Realities Of Online Advertising

Once the merger of advertising giants Publicis and Omnicom goes through, the combined company will be the largest advertising firm in the world.

Ad Agency Merger Reflects New Realities Of Online Advertising

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Wednesday

Business

Apple's iPhone Sales Up, But Profits Down

Apple sold more iPhones than expected last quarter — though its profits are down over last year. Still, in a quarter where other tech companies aren't meeting expectations, some analysts say Apple isn't doing too badly.

Apple's iPhone Sales Up, But Profits Down

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Monday

How Hackers Tapped Into My Cellphone For Less Than $300

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How Hackers Tapped Into My Cellphone For Less Than $300

A group of good guy hackers showed us how they can listen in on phone conversations and read text messages of Verizon customers simply by using inexpensive store bought technology.

How Hackers Tapped Into My Cellphone For Less Than $300

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Friday

Business

Apple To Appeal Ruling It Fixed E-Book Prices

A federal judge this week ruled that Apple conspired to raise prices of e-books, handing a victory to the Justice Department. Another winner in the fallout from this case was Amazon, the dominant seller of e-books.

Apple To Appeal Ruling It Fixed E-Book Prices

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