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  • AT&T posts 4Q loss on charges, revenue increases (Yahoo Tech 2012-01-26 13:05:48)
    AT&T is reporting a fourth-quarter loss due to some hefty charges, but strong smartphone sales led to the company's best-ever quarter in activations.
  • Let's Google Map Your Privacy (Yahoo Tech 2012-01-26 13:04:28)
    Did You Mean: You Actually Liked Your Privacy?
  • Fresh iPhone Apps for Jan. 26: Paper Monsters, Ant Raid, One Epic Game (Yahoo Tech 2012-01-26 12:59:00)
    This week’s big crop of games has seen quite a few quality entries. Paper Monsters leads the group, bringing a 2-D platforming experience with great 3-D graphics. Ant Raid successfully makes the strategy genre easy, casual and hard to put down, and One Epic Game adds lots of power-ups and goodies to the endless runner genre.
  • The Next Generation of Military Drones May Not Be Controlled by Humans (Yahoo Tech 2012-01-26 12:48:04)
    Northrop Grumman is developing a next-level drone aircraft that not only flies without a pilot onboard, but without any human controlling it from the ground. The Los Angeles Times has the story of the X-47B, an experimental plan which could be the first "unmanned aircraft system" to carry out missions guided only by on-board computers. While they would still require a human to program flight plans and targets, it may still lead to that future of sci-fi nightmares when heavily-armed robots patrol the skies, making decisions (and dropping bombs) without human interference.
  • Research: South Africans most active tweeters (Yahoo Tech 2012-01-26 12:18:49)
    Young people tweeting from Blackberries and iPhones are driving the growth of Twitter in Africa, with South Africans by far the most vociferous, according to new research published Thursday.
  • Anticipation builds ahead of Mobile World Congress as press conferences are scheduled (Yahoo Tech 2012-01-26 11:44:09)
    In just over one month’s time, the doors will open at Mobile World Congress 2012, one of the largest mobile industry trade shows in the world. Held in Barcelona, Spain, the exhibition center will play host to more than 1400 exhibitors and last year attracted 60,000 visitors.
  • Nintendo posts loss on strong yen, weak sales (Yahoo Tech 2012-01-26 09:25:20)
    Nintendo Co. sank to losses for the April-December period, battered by a price cut for its 3DS handheld, a strong yen that erodes overseas earnings and competition from mobile devices such as the iPhone that offer games-on-the-go.
  • Nintendo posts losses on strong yen, weak sales (Yahoo Tech 2012-01-26 08:17:41)
    Nintendo Co. sank into losses for the April-December period last year, battered by a price cut for its 3DS handheld, a strong yen that erodes earnings and competition from mobile devices like the iPhone that offer games-on-the-go.
  • Davos 2012: What Would You Ask the World Economic Forum? (Yahoo Tech 2012-01-26 08:02:22)
    Mashable's Davos coverage is presented by BMW i, a new concept dedicated to providing mobility solutions for the urban environment.
  • Nintendo: to launch Wii successor in key markets for year-end (Yahoo Tech 2012-01-26 07:36:04)
    OSAKA, Japan (Reuters) - Nintendo will launch a successor to its Wii game console in the U.S. and other key markets in time for the crucial year-end shopping season later this year, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata told reporters on Thursday. He said the WiiU would be launched in the United States, Europe, Australia and Japan for the year-end season. (Reporting by Yoshiyuki Osada; Writing by Edmund Klamann; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)
  • How next-generation consoles may eliminate the used gaming market (Yahoo Tech 2012-01-26 06:06:18)
    As metioned by Kotaku earlier today, Microsoft is reported to be testing a software or hardware method on the next version of the Xbox hardware designed to halt the ability to play used games. While this report doesn’t indicate that this feature will definitely be included in the next version, the appeal to developers and publishers is likely incredibly high. This type of solution would make it vastly more difficult for retailers like Gamestop to resell traded-in games for bloated prices, thus cutting into publisher sales. ...
  • When Twitter bites back: Hashtag hijacking trending among disgruntled tweeters (Yahoo Tech 2012-01-26 05:52:07)
    Twitter is well-known for its role in granting a voice to all, from the disenfranchised to the lunch tweeter. But what happens when the Twitter hive doesn’t like what’s being said? Well, they change the subject. Recently, hoards of tweeters have hijacked some hashtag campaigns out of disgust; co-opting and rebranding the hashtag to create a new discussion.The #McFail
  • Groupon offers new way to nab deals with SmartKiosk experiment (Yahoo Tech 2012-01-26 05:14:07)
    Groupon has just started experimenting with a new way of getting its offers into the hands of more people by utilizing kiosks with touchscreen displays located around the company’s home city of Chicago.
  • NASA's New Satellite Captures Amazing Hi-Res Image of Earth (Yahoo Tech 2012-01-26 04:16:09)
    [More from Mashable: Space Agencies Put Moon Base Back on the Table]
  • Harvard study warns of injury through tablet use (Yahoo Tech 2012-01-26 03:38:20)
    Of course, tablet computers can cause injuries in a variety of ways. Dropped from a great height onto someone’s head will likely have the same damaging effect as being on the receiving end of one hurled Frisbee-like across a room.
  • Jobs' Last Photography Wish: iPhone With Lytro, the Focus-Free Camera? [VIDEO] (Yahoo Tech 2012-01-26 03:20:59)
    A new book by a top Fortune reporter reveals that Steve Jobs sought out the up-and-coming Lytro camera CEO -- and putting Lytro in the iPhone was discussed.
  • Foxconn employee points to summer 2012 launch for next iPhone (Yahoo Tech 2012-01-26 03:18:14)
    According to a report from Apple enthusiast site 9to5Mac, the next revision of the iPhone will be hitting store shelves during the summer months of this year. This release window would align with the upcoming contract expiration date of 1.7 million AT&T customers that purchased the iPhone 4 within the first three days of release on June 24, 2010. The same source that provided this information to 9to5Mac also predicted that the iPhone 4S was going to be the only iPhone model announced during 2011 prior to Apple’s fall event last year. ...
  • Just Show Me: How to clear your browser history in Chrome (Yahoo Tech 2012-01-26 03:05:25)
    Welcome to Just Show Me on Tecca TV, where we show you tips and tricks for getting the most out of the gadgets in your life. In today's episode we'll show you how to clear your history in Google's Chrome web browser. Clearing your … Continue reading →
  • Watch the world’s longest-running experiment on webcam (Yahoo Tech 2012-01-26 02:57:59)
    It all started in 1927, back when bob cuts were in and talkies had only begun gaining traction. Professor Thomas Parnell wanted to demonstrate that tar pitch — a derivative of tar that's so brittle, a hammer could shatter it — is … Continue reading →
  • On the Call: Netflix CEO Reed Hastings (Yahoo Tech 2012-01-26 01:52:50)
    As part of its effort to attract more subscribers, Netflix has been buying the rights to more original programming to show exclusively on its Internet video streaming service.