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Mark Zuckerberg wants to add a little more "book" to Facebook. The Facebook founder and CEO announced on his page recently that he has vowed to read a book every other week in 2015, with an emphasis on learning about different beliefs, cultures and technologies. Zuckerberg created a page called "A Year of Books" and urged his friends to join him in the project. As of late Sunday afternoon, it had more than 100,000 likes. "I'm excited for my reading challenge," Zuckerberg wrote. "I've found reading books very intellectually fulfilling. Books allowyou to fully explore a topic and immerse yourself in a deeperwaythan most media today. I'm looking forward to shifting more of my media diet towards reading books." The first book in his program, Moises Nairn's "The End of…

Go ahead, peek at our patents. Toyota will allow others to use several thousand of its patented or patent-pending technologies for free to speed the development of its hydrogen-powered car dubbed Mirai, due to be sold in the U.S. by October. Elsewhere, would-be novelists got a new way to write as Lenovo launched AnyPen, which lets you write on a tablet with any ordinary pen or pencil. And LG unveiled a new curved smartphone. The International CES show in Las Vegas this week isn't typically a major forum for mobile products, as many manufacturers wait a month ortwo for the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. But it's hard to separate mobile from othertechnologies these days. Here are some highlights from the gadget show on Monday. VROOM, VROOM Toyota has been…

While the gadgets of the future are only just arriving in LasVegasforthe annual International CES show, officials at the city's main airport are updating a decades-old terminal to caterto legions of tech-sawy travelers. By Friday at McCarran International Airport, a couple thousand outlets and USB ports under seats and inside bars and restaurants will be available for those looking for a power charge in Terminal 1 before heading home afterthe gadget convention. The airport had already installed free airport-wide Wi-Fi ahead of the electronics show 10 years ago at a time when travelers had either a laptop or personal digital assistant, if that, and were at most checking e-mail or finishing up a PowerPoint presentation. Now, there are movies to stream, virtual meetings to conduct, Internet games to play and…

Imagine a world in which your garage door opens automatically as you pull into the driveway. The living room lights and heaterturn on - perhaps the oven starts warming up, too. In the so-called "smart home," cars, appliances and other devices all have sensors and Internet connectivity to think and act forthemselves, and make your life easier. We're not there just yet, but we're getting closer. The smart-home concept is known in tech circles as the Internet ofThings. Current iterations primarily include our abilityto control gadgets such as lights and security alarms orview data remotely through a smartphone app. At the International CES gadget show in Las Vegas this week, manufacturers will promote more devices and functionality. Some gadgets will be able to talk directly with one another, not just…

A federal appeals court gave the green light Tuesdayto a lawsuit byformer NFL players against video-game maker Electronic Arts over the use oftheir avatars in the company's Madden NFLseries. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with a district court that rejected Electronic Arts' attempt to have the lawsuit thrown out. The 9th Circuit said EA was not likely to prevail on its argument that its use ofthe former players' likenesses was incidental and therefore protected bythe FirstAmendment. "We hold EA's use ofthe former players' likenesses is not incidental because it is central to EA's main commercial purpose - to create a realisticvirtual simulation offootball games involving current and former NFLteams," Circuit Judge Raymond Fisherwrote in the opinion.…

The BlackBerry's blinking red light used to haunt me. Just when I thought I could relax, enjoy a nice dinner or go for a run, my BlackBerry would start blinking again, signaling a new message. I was an addict. Typing with one hand, hiding the BlackBerry underthe dinnertable? No problem. Walking down the street while composing messages? Easy. That was four years ago. Today, I'm a loyal iPhone user, havingjust bought my second phone from Apple. I get my personal and work email on it. I also use it to tweet -maybe too much - and share photos of my travels on Instagram. Myairline boarding passes and hotel reservations live on my phone. As a travel reporter, I find it's an indispensable tool for my work - not so much…

CUPERTINO FIRM CONQUERS THE FESTIVE MARKET Apple has had a monumental year. 2014 would have been significant enough forthe world's most valuable brand on the basis of being the 30th anniversary year of the original Mac, but there was so much more for Apple fans to rememberthe past 12 months by, including the releases of the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Pay, not to mention the debut appearance of the Apple Watch. Well, it now turns out that December was a darned fine month for Apple, too. We know that in large part thanks to the mobile analytics firm Flurry, which revealed that more than half of new mobile device activations during the holiday season were accounted for by the Californian giant's products. Flurry focused specifically on the…

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THERE REALLY IS AN APP FOR EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE January is commonly associated with many things - such as the post-Christmas sales, the returning of unwanted presents and the dreary return to work, to namejust a few. However, it's also a time when many of us yearn to escape from it all, and the great news is that these days, ski holidays aren't the preserve of the privileged. Indeed, there are even some great apps to help you to make the most ofthem. Apps, you say? You heard us right: in a world in which your smartphone or tablet can help you to get fit, tick those pressing matters off the 'to-do' list and catch up with the latest news headlines, it really should go without saying that it can also…

The chairman of Chinese smartphone brand Xiaomi, a rising star of the consumertechnology industry, says sales more than doubled last year to $12.2 billion and the company plans to expand further into global markets. The 5-year-old company sold 61.1 million handsets, a 227 percent increase over 2013. Revenue rose 135 percent to 74.3 billion yuan ($12.2 billion), Jun Lei said on his company blog. Xiaomi overtook South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. in the second quarter of last yearto become China's biggest selling smartphone brand by number of handsets sold. The privately held company, based in Beijing, recently completed a round offundraising from investors that Lei said valued Xiaomi at $45 billion, making it one ofthe world's most-valuable technology brands. Xiaomi plans to expand further abroad after selling 1…

The Interview This action comedy centers on the two men behind the fictional celebrity tabloid TV show, Skylark Tonight, Dave Skylark (James Franco) and his producer Aaron Rapoport (Seth Rogen). On discovering that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is a fan, they secure an interview with him - only for their plans to drastically alter when they are recruited by the CIA. FIVE FACTS: 1. The film is directed by Rogen and Evan Goldberg. 2. It is the duo’s second directorial work, following This Is The End. 3. The prospect of the film’s release drew threats of “merciless” action by the North Korean government against the United States. 4. The movie’s theatrical release was initially cancelled by Sony. 5. However, a limited release was then announced shortly before Christmas, both…

Uber, Facebook, Instagram - sure, they've been all the rage, but as 2014 winds down we're all ready forsomethingfresh. From ride-hailing to photo sharing, here are a few up-and coming apps and startups to watch in in 2015. Which will be the breakout hit of the new year? TELL A STORY Instagram, which is owned by Facebook Inc., now has 300 million users - more than Twitter. Scrolling through its snapshot feeds gives users a quick glimpse into the lives of friends and strangers. (At least the parts that include empty beaches, cappuccinos with perfect foam hearts and smiling babies in clean clothes.) Its simplicity is part of its appeal. But what if you want to tell a longer story? EnterStorehouse, a mobile appthat promises to let you share "your…