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  • MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL: SMART MIRRORS BOOST SALES

    TECH EXECS LOSS RAISES QUESTION: HOW TO GRIEVE AND WORK? 06

    VERIZON BUYS AOL FOR $4.4 BILLION IN MOBILE VIDEO BET 14

    IN TECH: MOBILE APP, MOBILE PHONE, ONLINE TV 40

    APPLE STEPS UP EFFORTS TO GO GREEN IN CHINA 46

    GOOGLE ACKNOWLEDGES 11 ACCIDENTS WITH ITS SELF-DRIVING CARS 68

    MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL: SMART MIRRORS BOOST SALES 76

    SAMSUNG ANNOUNCES NEW PUSH INTO INTERNET-CONNECTED GADGETS 82

    HEALTH: NEW BLOOD TESTS, LIQUID BIOPSIES, MAY TRANSFORM CANCER CARE 118

    ONLINE COMMON CORE TESTING LAYS BARE TECH DIVIDE IN SCHOOLS 138

    5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE NSA COURT RULING 146

    TOP 10 APPS 86iTUNES REVIEW 90TOP 10 SONGS 128

    TOP 10 ALBUMS 130TOP 10 MUSIC VIDEOS 132

    TOP 10 TV SHOWS 134TOP 10 BOOKS 136

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    APPLE AND SPOTIFY GRAPPLE OVER THE FUTURE OF MUSIC

    EXOSKELETON THAT HELPS PARALYZED WALK FACES

    BARRIER IN JAPAN

    DAVID LETTERMAN PREPARES FOR FINAL SHOWS

  • 6TECH EXECS LOSS RAISES QUESTION: HOW TO GRIEVE AND WORK?

    What happened to Sheryl Sandberg could happen to anyone: The woman who wrote the book on following the unexpected death of her husband.

    In the book Lean In, the Facebook chief biggest career decision a person can make and implored women who want to move up the wants to do his share in the home.

    Now, Sandberg faces the prospect of raising two career without her husband of 11 years, whom was necessary for her to succeed both personally and professionally.

    Dave was my rock, Sandberg wrote in a &dDavid Goldberg, who died in a treadmill accident D t/ he stayed calm. When I was worried, he said it would be ok. When I wasnt sure what to do, he

    Sandberg has not made public her plans on returning to Facebook, but the decision she faces tragedy strikes: How soon is too soon to return to

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  • VERIZON BUYS AOL FOR $4.4 BILLION IN MOBILE VIDEO BET

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  • RETIREMENT BECKONS FOR LEGENDARY LATE NIGHT HOST

    Whatever your tastes in late night D>d/late night chat show game since the debut &>E>E>^>^

    >festooned with praise, awards and popular /ds''ds^dds:his friend and mentor.

    But all good things must come to an end, and >>Show chair that he has occupied with such ddZ^take his place.

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  • A GALAXY OF STARS TO BRING THE CURTAIN DOWN

    >is set to do with his customary high style. d>^>Dannounced that the last full week would Kt ,^:ZW, viewers were given even more reason to tune in.

    Late Show previously, and he will be in good company for what can only be described as a truly star-studded swansong week for >^ZD ^dtZZ

    d>>Show, with Thursday seeing appearances by 'dtand Winfrey turning up on Friday as Norm D Kt >W^

    We don't yet have details of who will be occupying the interviewee seat for the show's seriously impressive names to try to top what this week has served up.

  • AMAZING MEMORIES STILLBEING MADE

    dmemorable guest appearances in the run->^D - although it was clear that the encounter was a good-natured one, in keeping with old friends saying goodbye.

    That moment followed an exchange in which ^>him out for dinner, despite having done so for ZZto the audience, Stern stood before the host's //wasn't invited. Terrible!"

    In another moment that is sure to linger long in the memory, the radio host asked >:>>to ask his producer: "I don't know - is that have disappointed some fans.

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    WHAT MADE LETTERMAN SUCH A TRAILBLAZER

    E>unless they have something special about them - so what is it that has made him such a ds,said to Stern, "So that's when we called you."

    K>d > "If you night] and look at me, it's almost like a pair of shoes you haven't worn in a hundred years."

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  • Some have also contended that the movement of chat shows away from sit-viral videos, as pioneered by younger late :&: contemporary Leno's own departure.

    ^>/about things going viral, and I think, 'How do //may have actually laid the ground for today's d>^dt>E>

    "Jimmy Fallon loves to do games with the >,Zhallways. He interviewed guests in barber chairs instead of regular chairs. He was outplayed because he stopped playing."

    >d^,KtE>ddZDELOOK TO THE FUTURE

    t>move - - Late Show will enter its own new fresh energy into a show now rivaled by not &E^Dd>>^:^ds

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  • >>^:W discovered that it was his birthday. There D and a no-:Dless than honest with his excuse.

    >stories about those years of Late Show ta K "I was thinking you and me could play some dominoes together."

    />dominoes player as he has been a late night talk show host for the last few decades, that could be one of the most thrilling games of Wt>life from now on, we wish him only the very best.

  • IN TECH: MOBILE APP, MOBILE PHONE, ONLINE TV

    d ^ d^ tell stories visually on their mobile phones.

    Will Wright has created a mobile app called Thred. The idea is to explore and share visual ideas with friends - through threds of images and links. & / /give Thred permission, it will access your phones post a thread of the days meals, or the snapshots ^ botanical gardens.

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    APPLE STEPS UP EFFORTS TO GO

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  • COMING MONTHS MAY SEE THE NEXT BIG MARKET MODEL

    ,or even collect dusty old vinyl records... or do you, like so many people, listen to / ^

    We imagine that you won't be surprised to learn that the two Internet music giants are /WdD^/^have risen, winning considerable popularity among music fans who are more than listen to tunes without paying a cent.

    >d^some money for the music industry that downloading, doesn't - there are some ^, the bills of those who actually create and distribute music.

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  • APPLE AIMS FIRE AT SPOTIFY

    Just in the last week or so, we've had some media concerning these two iconic names tiTunes might not be quite the heavyweight ^

    This isn't being done out of mere spite, even if one industry source quoted by The sd/it all seems to be part of the plan by the amenable to its own upcoming music streaming service, a re-launched version Dwhen it bought its headphone-making parent company for $3 billion last June.

    It doesn't take a genius to work out that of success if free streaming services like ^dthe cost of the music licensing fee that zdhD'if the label disallowed its songs on the crosshairs right now.

  • ...BUT SPOTIFY RETURNS THE CHALLENGE

    ^report of disgruntlement from the streaming giant WK^^^service from $9.99 per month - which is what you will see quoted on its main website premium service through the app.

    D^industry players of an unfair advantage. ^using this through the iOS app, if someone is using the app to upgrade to the paid version of the service, they'll be asked to

    ^^lower price available through its main site. Dwith music labels to scupper both aims.

    dDDttt:

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  • THE LATEST CHAPTER INA LONG STORY

    Of course, these aren't tensions that have while, and represent merely the latest chapter in the long story of digital music. It's about music for many years - how can we make the music industry truly commercially viable, in an age where so many people treat

    ^a long-term future, and if so, what should K

    One might have thought that the industry strike the right balance between the needs of creators and the desires of the music-listening populace. WWE, DDWdownload online.

    Since then, we've had the likes of last.fm - the /d

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  • ,DssDdownloaded tracks began to outsell physical singles. There have since been redoubled

    Dentertainment industry has seen some notable success stories in its quest for a demand Internet media streaming service, E

    A CONUNDRUM THAT MIGHT SOON BE RESOLVED

    dwe consume music - sales, and the decline in the popularity of physical media - notwithstanding a modest vinyl revival in the last few years - has , Dre-launch has a good chance of being it.

    The right noises are certainly being made ^ D^D^KDof the involvement in the new service of the D:Iovine, telling HITS Daily Double: "If there's they want, it'll work."

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  • D/market things brilliantly. He'll make it sexy enough to have a real chance. They've got bank - that's a good start." There were similar hD'K>'D/industries. They have been around for a long dmusic. They ended up with a tremendous share of the pie."

    With the music labels having fallen out clinging doggedly onto it, it seems that something has to give - the industry needs a new savior, even if the customer doesn't. Whatever happens in the coming months, you can be sure that we will learn a lot about for the years to come.

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    GOOGLE ACKNOWLEDGES 11 ACCIDENTS WITH ITS SELF-DRIVING CARS

    '/ Dyears ago.

    ddW'^ all accidents became a legal requirement as part of the permits for the tests on public roads.

    d' wrote in a web post all the accidents have happened over 1.7 million miles in which either the car or a person required to be behind the wheel was driving.

    Not once was the self-driving car the cause of the ' h

    >October with one of its two test cars, Google says it was not at fault.

    Wcar was hit, but Google has not made public any

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  • emerging technology have only the companys dDsrelease details from accident reports.

    dwho want the public to be able to monitor the rollout of a technology that its own developers acknowledge remains imperfect.

    :^t' steering wheel or pedals. This could prevent a person from taking over if a car loses control, making it even more important that the details of any accidents be made public - so people know what the hecks going on.

    Delphis accident report shows that the front ^Ywhen it was broadsided by another car while

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    dW of any reports.

    accidents since September - but would not longstanding state law making collision reports

    ^ Wby a person familiar with these reports: Two of the accidents happened while the cars were in self-driving mode. In the other two, the person required to be behind the wheel was in control.

    Their cameras, radar and laser sensors provide a far more detailed understanding of their Z lights at a distracted driver.

    The top priority so far is not avoiding fender benders, but teaching them to avoid causing a serious accident that could set back acceptance ZZ Dh

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    Googles 11 accidents over 1.7 million miles would year, so it is hard to gauge how typical this is.

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    MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL: SMART MIRRORS BOOST SALES

    zD/ zcontrol over the how the search results are presented.

    dz/ D K zKDDunder a clause triggered earlier this year.

    The two are trying to chip away at Googles dominance of Internet searches. They havent '

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    D z / zfrom the ads posted alongside the search results on its sites.

    dDz d& dsaid their economic arrangement wont change under the revised agreement.

    dzover the how its search page looks and works. dcompanies sell ads under the new agreement.

    Investors evidently dont think much is going to zd D

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    Samsung wants to sell the digital brains that will go into billions of smart home appliances, industrial sensors and other Internet-connected gadgets - even if the gadgets arent made by Samsung.

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  • ^when earnings from its core smartphone business ^ dsrefrigerators and other home appliances.

    Wz^ ^ Internet-connected gadgets and machines in coming years.

    d anything that is in the billions . I will take that, Sohn said with a laugh.

    Other companies also want a piece of that /Y /D ,W

    ^in all the home appliances it makes, but the company hopes other manufacturers will use them too. Sohn said the components are Samsungs SmartThings division also announced /companies can use to create programs and track data collected from smart devices.

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    5. Laurence has said that the film was based on a personal experience: I had a rather dark period in my life. A close friend of mine died, and I really went into myself. But then I laughed about it, and wrote it all down.

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    2. Yates was born on November 8, 1971.

    3. His stage name originated from the TEC-9 semi-automatic handgun, rapper Black Walt giving him the name in tribute to his fast-rhyming Chopper style.

    4. Yates has cited old school hip hop acts like Slick Rick, N.W.A, Public Enemy, Boogie Down Productions and Bone Thugs n Harmony among his influences.

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