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Project Ara: Inside Google’s Bold Gambit to Make Smartphones Modular
The two-year quest to create the ultimate customizable phone, inside and out.
The Smartphone App Wars Are Over, and Apple Won
How the company would contend with a post-app era isn’t so obvious, though.
Facebook Buying WhatsApp for $19 Billion: Yup, It’s a Deal of Historic Proportions
Remember when $1 billion seemed like a lot of money for a hot app?
BioShock Creator Ken Levine ‘Winding Down Irrational Games as You Know It’
BioShock creator taking “about fifteen” employees to work on new gaming project.
Sony Says the PlayStation 4 Is Well Past 5 Million Units Sold Worldwide
Next-gen sales momentum continues, beyond expectations.
Google Wants to Protect Your Password with Sound
Don’t lose your phone, though.
Expect More Tech Acquisitions in 2014
We’ll see more acquisitions over the next five years than we have over the past 10.
Datacoup: Make Money Selling Your Personal Data Yourself
A new company will pay you monthly for anonymized access to your financial data and social media accounts.
U.S. PlayStation 4 Sales “Nearly Double” Xbox One in January
Being the most expensive console probably doesn’t help.
Whole Foods Will Use Square’s iPad Cash Registers
The mobile-payments startup signs up its second huge customer.
Amazon Picks Up Double Helix, but That Doesn’t Tell Us Much About Its Gaming Plans
No, the company didn’t just nab Killer Instinct.