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26 min ago | The Brainerd Daily Dispatch

Review: Google music plan solid, serendipitous

Google Inc.'s new music service offers a lot of eye candy to go with the tunes. The song selection of around 18 million tracks is comparable to popular services such as Spotify and Rhapsody, and a myriad of playlists curated along different genres provides a big playground for music lovers.

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Related Topix: iPod touch App, iPad App, Google+, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Spotify, Cell Phones

26 min ago | Las Cruces Sun-News

Ex-Verizon salesman gave Mesilla victim's phone records to accused murderer

A former cell phone salesman testified Wednesday that, after months of requests, he wrongfully and secretly emailed Gilles Delisle's bills to Eugene Ferri, the man accused of killing Delisle, his wife and their business partner in 2010 near Mesilla.

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Related Topix: Mesilla, NM, Cell Phones, Las Cruces, NM, Dona Ana County, NM

Wed May 22, 2013

AccuWeather.com

Survey Teams Assign Moore, Okla., Tornado EF-5 Rating

Workers continue to dig through the rubble of Plaza Towers Elementary School after a tornado moved through Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013.

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Related Topix: Moore, OK, Oklahoma City, OK, Cell Phones

Nashoba Publishing Online

Apple's iPhone loses ground to Samsung in consumer survey

While still maintaining a lead in customer satisfaction, Apple is seeing the distance between competitors such as Samsung and Motorola closing.

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Related Topix: iPhone, Cell Phones, Cellphones

The Jersey Journal

Fourth person arrested in connection with armed robberies in Linden, Woodbridge

Two men identified as suspects in the armed robberies of T-Mobile stores in Linden and Woodbridge are seen walking into the Linden outlet on Sept.

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Related Topix: Woodbridge, NJ, T-Mobile, Cell Phones

Patch.com

Arbutus Crime: Armed Robbery, Stabbing

Arbutus 800 block. 5 th Avenue. 1:05 a.m. on May 18. A woman was walking on 5 th Avenue when she was approached by two men, one of whom pushed her to the ground.

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Related Topix: Arbutus, MD, Cell Phones

The Car Connection

Insurance Firm Partners With Anti-Texting Gadget-Maker: A Sign Of Things To Come?

Richard Read covers technology, social media, advertising, legal issues, and other auto industry topics for High Gear Media.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones

Reuters

Sony to assess spin-off plan; cuts targets for cameras, smartphones

Sony Corp cut its sales targets for digital cameras, smartphones and tablets by 13-17 percent for the year to end-March 2015, but said there were "encouraging" signs of a revival in its electronics business.

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Related Topix: Cameras, Digital Cameras

The Arizona Republic

Cuba lifts ban on energy-hogging appliances

Cuba has authorized individual imports of appliances such as air conditioners, refrigerators and microwave ovens, lifting a ban imposed in 2005 amid a wave of energy shortages and blackouts.

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Related Topix: Cuba, World News, Central America, TV, Small Business, Personal Finance, Raul Castro, Fidel Castro

Patch.com

Police Blotter: Cell Phone, Jewelry Taken from Purse Left Unattended

Stealing The victim paid for home repairs at Penscola Court and the subject never did the work.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, O'Fallon, MO

Science Library Pad

Jodia Arias: Texts to Death

With all the competition among cell phone providers to be yours, maybe you should consider how long they will keep your text messages on their servers.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, T-Mobile

Tue May 21, 2013

Insider Monkey

Pandora Media Inc (P): The Data You Need To See

On Thursday, Pandora Media Inc will release its latest quarterly results. The key to making smart investment decisions on stocks reporting earnings is to anticipate how they'll do before they announce results, leaving you fully prepared to respond quickly to whatever inevitable surprises arise.

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, Financial Markets, Media, Radio, Siri, Google, Startups

Externals

How the Media Affects Kids

We're living in an increasingly technological age. And the fact of the matter is that this technological proclivity is ubiquitous to all age groups.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, TV

P&T Community

iPhone App Helps Diagnose Heart Attacks

An experimental iPhone application can transmit diagnostic heart images faster and more reliably than emailing photo images, according to a study presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2013.

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Related Topix: Heart Attack, Health, Medicine, Cell Phones

Textually.org

Palestinian prisoners used forbidden mobile phones to plot terror attacks

A recent trial before the Samaria Military Court revealed a startling connection between Palestinians and the employee of at least one Israeli cell phone company - a connection that resulted in Palestinian prisoners obtaining working cell phones, even though they are forbidden to have them.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Cellphones

KREM-TV Spokane

How you can donate to OK tornado relief funds

Relief agencies immediately went into action Monday to help those affected by the deadly tornado which swept through Moore, Oklahoma.

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Related Topix: Moore, OK, Cell Phones, Cellphones, Spokane, WA

Bangkok Post

NBTC slashes number switching fee

The cost of switching mobile networks and keeping the same phone number - known as mobile number portability - will be cut by 70 baht to 29 baht per transaction from July 1 in a move by the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission to boost competition in the mobile market.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Cellphones

Fox News

Softbank Plans 400 Billion Retail Bond Issuance

Softbank Corp. is planning yet another record-breaking sale of retail bonds to Japanese investors, seeking to raise around Y400 billion, The Nikkei reported in its Tuesday morning edition.

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Related Topix: SoftBank, Financial Services, Investment Services, Financial Markets, Sprint Nextel, Telecom, IT Services, Cell Phones, Cellphones, Business News

Time

Syria's Rebels Aren't Winning the War: Anatomy of a Battle

Syrian army soldiers inspect a house in the village of Western Dumayna, near the rebel-held city of Qusayr, Syria, on May 13, 2013.

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Related Topix: Two Way Radio

Mon May 20, 2013

Hollywood Reporter

TiVo Loses Less Money Than Predicted

The company also added 277,000 subscribers through its worldwide partnerships with multisystems operators, primarily Virgin Media.

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Related Topix: Digital Video Recorders, Startups, TiVo, Cable & Satellite, Telecom, NTL Incorporated, Business News