Thursday, February 7, 2013

Top Stories of the Day // February 7, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Feb 7, 2013

Microsoft Considering A Linux Version Of Office In 2014

Now this is a watershed moment -- Microsoft is looking at offering a Linux version of Office in 2014.... read more

BlackBerry Z10 Did Sell Out In 55% Of Phones 4u's 680 U.K. Stores Over Launch Weekend -- But Still No Hard Sales Figures

Turns out the BlackBerry Z10 was a weekend sell out after all. U.K. mobile phones retailer Phones 4u has confirmed that a majority of its stores sold out of the... read more

Seriously, This Again? New, Aggressive Marketing From Microsoft Warns Gmail Users That Google Reads Their Email

Hey Microsoft, 2004 called. It wants its privacy outrage debate back. Microsoft is on the rampage lately, aggressively attacking Google on search, shopping, and... read more

Real-Time Yammer Competitor Hall Launches New Apps For iOS And Mac; Hits 10K Businesses, Double-Digit Growth

Hall, an AngelPad-backed business communications app which is taking on the likes of Yammer, Jive and Salesforce.com's Chatter, is out now with new native... read more

OUYA Android Game Console To Get Annual Hardware Updates, Founder Says

The OUYA Android-based gaming console will get hardware refreshes on an annual basis, founder and CEO Julie Uhrman revealed in an interview with Engadget.... read more

Kim Dotcom's Mega Gets A Full Time CEO To Build Out Its 2.5M User-Base

Kim Dotcom's latest venture Mega, which opened its doors last month offering encrypted cloud-storage services, has a new CEO -- announcing today that Vikram... read more

LibreOffice 4.0 Released Just In Time For Office 365 Refugees

Microsoft Office has long been the dominant office suite. Through the years there have been many contenders rise and fall: WordPerfect, Corel, StarOffice, and... read more

ABI: Windows Phone To End 2013 With 45M Handsets In Play, BlackBerry 10 Close To 20M -- Out Of 1.4BN Global Smartphone Total

The Android + iPhone duopoly in the smartphone space will ease up slightly this year, according to a marketshare forecast by ABI Research -- albeit Google's... read more

Apple Patents Image Identification Unlocking Method For iPhones And Macs

Apple had a new patent application published by the USPTO today, describing an unlocking method for digital devices that uses image identification to properly... read more

Airbnb's Big 2012: 4X Guest Growth And 2X The Number Of Listings In 192 Countries Worldwide

Airbnb has released some interesting growth figures this morning, proving that 2012 was the year that Airbnb stopped being something people were talking about... read more

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