Thursday, January 10, 2013

Top Stories of the Day // January 10, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Jan 10, 2013

Samsung Clones Its Own: Galaxy S II Plus Aims To Extend Run Of Galaxy S II Cash-Cow Phone

The electronics behemoth that is Samsung sometimes works in mysterious ways -- penning axiomatic smartphone slogans such as 'designed for humans', for instance... read more

Apple Locks App Screenshots To Ward Off Scammers

Apple has announced that app screenshots will be locked in iTunes Connect once an app is approved. New screenshots can only be added when developers submit a... read more

Amazon's "AutoRip" Service Goes Live, Giving Customers Free MP3s For CDs Purchased On Amazon As Far Back As 1998 (Hands-On)

Amazon is today introducing a new service called "Amazon AutoRip," which automatically gives customers free MP3 versions of any CDs they've purchased from... read more

Nokia Launches WP8 Flagships In India: Lumia 920, 820 On Sale From Tomorrow; Lumia 620 Coming In Early February

We still don't know how many Windows Phone 8 smartphones Nokia has sold since it started selling WP8-powered Lumias in the U.S. and Europe, back in November,... read more

A Bright Spot For Nokia As Lumia And Other Q4 Mobile Sales "Exceeded Expectations", With 4.4M Lumias Sold, But Q1 May Bring More Woe

Some good news for Nokia today: the company announced that it exceeding guidance for Q4 sales, after a strong quarter of sales for its Windows Phone Lumia line... read more

It's Official: The Final Countdown To Arrested Development's Netflix Premiere Has Started

Glory be! After seven long and miserable years without a new Arrested Development episode, Netflix has confirmed on Twitter that the cult comedy series will be... read more

Qualcomm Totally Gets Mobile

It is sad that no one who reports on technology has the balls to straight up pull a Hunter S. Thompson at CES. I mean peel away from the PR stunts and parties... read more

Three Major U.S. Carriers Will Support BlackBerry 10 Devices, Which Will Be Made Available At Multiple Price Points

Research In Motion has said that it plans to release a wide range of BlackBerry 10 devices that will hit low, middle and high price points in order to capture... read more

Alibaba CEO Jack Ma Announces Restructuring As The Chinese E-Commerce Giant Moves Farther Away From Yahoo

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group is embarking on a major reorganization of its business structure that will divide the company into 25 different units,... read more

Birchbox Rebrands In The UK, Hopes To Take A Little Shine Off Glossybox And Other Beauty Box Rivals

If you're familiar with Birchbox -- the subscription service that delivers boxes of cosmetics and beauty products to your doorstep -- you know that the New York... read more

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