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According to Jeff Christian from Jeff Christian & Company "there will be a significant increase in merger and acquisition activity within specific San Francisco and Boston and specialized market segments." M&A activity nationwide will remain fiat or slightly down as most research indicates. However in areas where there has been significant venture capital investment we will see a rapid increase in the number of mergers and acquisitions. This will be as a result of a number of dynamics occurring simultaneously. The number one reason is as a result of a traditional 5to 6 year cycle where there has been a significant amount of venture capital investment made in a few specific new technologies. This usually follows the success of one or two major companies and the birth of a new…

MINNEAPOLIS - Best Buy's net income rose sharply in the second quarter, as the struggling electronics retailer slashed costs and worked to make its website more competitive. The nation's biggest specialty electronics company beat Wall Street expectations and its shares surged over 13 percent to $34.82, marking a two-year high, before closing at $34.80. The stock has risen from a low of$11.20 around the end of 2012. Best Buy Co. has been shuttering underperforming stores and revamping others to offset tough competition from discounters and online retailers. Under CEO Hubert Joly the company has instituted a price-matching policy, opened more in-store areas for manufacturers such as Apple and Samsung and invested more to train employees. Such measures are intended to prevent "showrooming” which is when people go to stores to…

iOS #01- Pixlgun 3D - Block World Pocket Survival Shooter By Alex Krasnov Category: Games / Price: $0.99 Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd gen), iPod touch (4th gen), iPod touch (5th gen) and iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. #02 - Minecraft - Pocket Edition By Mojang Category: Games / Price: $6.99 Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. #03 - Heads Up! By Warner Bros. Category: Games / Price: $0.99 Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd gen), iPod touch (4th gen), iPod touch (5th gen) and iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later. This app is…

GOOGLE, FACEBOOK, APPLE CHIME IN In today's online landscape, more than ever before, debate rages over privacy - including who has your data, what that data is and whether you should care. The answers to those first two questions may vary, but the answer to the last one increasingly seems to be "yes" - and at the centre of the privacy controversies that have hit the headlines over the last few years are several of the most dominant providers of online services: Google, Facebook and Apple. One might imagine that as soon as we went online, our data was being shared and that the moral panics that have broken out over the issue in recent years have been exaggerated. Indeed, it's arguable that sharing is fundamental to the Internet's very…

Paradise Valley John Mayer John Mayer is back, and he heard all the complaints of his last album being too country. He also heard the chants of, "Bring Back Continuum." And he listened. This album has all the great aspects of Continuum with a new twist. It looks like al guys have new songs to learn to woo the ladies. Genre: Rock Released: Aug 16,2013 11 Songs Price: $10.99 1968 Ratings FIVE FACTS: 1. Mayer went to Berklee for a year then dropped out to pursue music. 2. John dated Jennifer Love-Hewitt among other famous actresses. 3. He has appeared on the Chapelle show and has his own Comedy Central special. 4. Mayer went bluesy with his John Mayer Trio. 5. He's also done collaborations with B.B. King and Alicia…

TiVo Inc. wants to give television viewers more control over what they watch on traditional channels and over the Internet as the pioneer of digital video recorders unveils its fifth-generation devices. The new devices face more competition than TiVos did when they debuted in 1999. Cable and satellite TV companies are improving their own DVR offerings, while stand-alone devices such as Roku, Apple TV and Google's Chromecast seek to simplify Internet streaming on big-screen TVs. Meanwhile, game consoles and smartphones now come with apps to do much of what TiVo does. An Internet startup called Aereo offers an Internetbased DVR for broadcast channels. With its new Roamio DVR, TiVo is counting on the notion that avid television viewers prefer one device to do it all. "What TiVo is doing here…

US ROAR KATY PERRY BLURRED LINES (FEAT. T.I. & PHARRELL) ROBIN THICKE WAKE ME UP AVICII APPLAUSE LADY GAGA THAT'S MY KIND OF NIGHT LUKE BRYAN WE CAN'T STOP MILEY CYRUS RADIOACTIVE IMAGINE DRAGONS ROYALS LORDE SAFE AND SOUND CAPITAL CITIES HOLD ON, WE'RE GOING HOME (FEAT. MAJID JORDAN) DRAKE UK BURN ELLIE GOULDING WAKE ME UP AVICII SONNENTANZ (SUN DON'T SHINE) [FEAT. WILL HEARD] KLANGKARUSSELL EARTHQUAKE (FEAT. DOMINIQUE YOUNG UNIQUE) [EDIT] DJ FRESH & DIPLO WE CAN'T STOP MILEY CYRUS OTHER SIDE OF LOVE SEAN PAUL SUMMERTIME SADNESS (LANA DEL REY VS. CEDRIC GERVAIS) [CEDRIC GERVAIS REMIX] [RADIO EDIT] LANA DEL REY & CEDRIC GERVAIS LIFTED (FEAT. EMELI SANDE) NAUGHTY BOY APPLAUSE LADY GAGA HOLD ON, WE'RE GOING HOME (FEAT. MAJID JORDAN) DRAKE AUSTRAALIA WAKE ME UP AVICII SUMMERTIME…

Sony has announced the release date for its PlayStation 4, saying the game console will launch in North America on Nov. 15 and Nov. 29 in Europe. At the Gamescan event in Germany Sony said 15 disc-based titles would be available between launch and the end of the year for the PS4, which will sell for $399. Additional games would be offered as digital downloads, Sony said. "We're pleased to have some of the final pieces of the puzzle coming together for consumers to make their decisions/' Sony Computer Entertainment America President JackTretton told USA TODAY in a telephone interview. Among the games to be available with the PS4 launch are "Call of Duty: Ghosts/' "Need For Speed: Rivals/' and "Madden 25." "We are very excited about the fact that…

"The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do." The long-awaited biopic JOBS has finally hit theaters. There have been plenty of reviews of the film with some saying the film is more like a timeline of Apple Computer than a movie about Steve Jobs, and with others saying it's just poorly written. Nearly all are praising the performance of Ashton Kutcher in the title character. Having used only Apple computers and devices since 1989, and following Jobs' career since the start of my tech-writing career, this film is of extreme interest to me. So much so in fact that if I could have found a way to get to Sundance Film Festival last January, you would have been reading this…

This morning Gameloft, a leading global publisher of digital and social games, and Microsoft Corp. announced a full slate of Gameloft's blockbuster titles for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8, with 15 games slated over the next twelve months. Beginning with the releases this Fall of Asphalt 8: Airborne and Dungeon Hunter 4, Gameloft will launch a complete line-up of blockbusters across many genres simultaneously on Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8, taking advantage of the Windows platform's multiple hardware configurations and focusing on exciting new features like cross-platform play between Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 devices. "Gameloft's AAA-quality games are a perfect match for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8," said Baudouin Corman, Gameloft's VP of Publishing, Americas. "Microsoft's platforms provide a great environment for serious and deeply…

Bonnie may live behind bars, but she still likes to bang on drums while fellow resident Kyle enjoys playing the piano. Both musicians are wild animals when it comes to making sounds on a tablet, but that's not a backhanded compliment. These two inmates are, in reality, orangutans. And just when you thought only humans are able to embrace the world's newest tech culture, right? Well, not so, say the apes who are going bananas over their ability to use !Pads at the Smithsonian's esteemed National Zoo. In fact, the Apps for Apes program - an Orangutan outreach initiative seen in action at this progressive place for endangered animals in Washington, D.C. - is working to enrich future primate quality in this zoo and in about a dozen others around…

So when did wristwatches suddenly become the cat's meow? Just when we figured watches were in their dying days, replaced by the digital ones on smartphones everyone is now carrying every waking moment, word comes that Samsung is planning to unveil its latest bit of wearable tech in September. With multiple unconfirmed reports Monday across the blogosphere about Samsung's Galaxy Gear, a wristwatch-like gadget that can make phone calls, play video games and send emails, the Asian tech giant is threatening to steal Apple's (AAPL) thunder. The Cupertino company has reportedly been working on an !Watch and could unveil it later this year, as well as new versions of the !Phone and !Pad. Unidentified sources told several news outlets that the Galaxy Gear would be introduced Sept. 4. "It is…

Smartphones are getting bigger as people use them more to watch movies and play games. A new one from Samsung is beyond big. With a screen measuring 6.3 inches diagonally the Galaxy Mega is almost as big as a 7-inch tablet computer. The difference: It makes phone calls. Samsung says the Mega is a hybrid that combines the portability of a smartphone with the immersive experience that a tablet offers for movies, books, music and games. Phones of this size are typically referred to as phablets. Samsung Electronics Co. is known for big phones. Its flagship Galaxy S4 is 5 inches, while the Galaxy Note 2 is 5.5 inches. Apple's iPhone 5 is 4 inches. Samsung is also known for offering a variety of devices, with different screen sizes and…

If we're all going to be wearing Internet-connected headsets in the future, why not charge advertisers for what we see, and how it makes us feel? That seems to be the idea behind a patent awarded to Google (GOOG) last week for a head-mounted eye-tracking system that could enable "pay per gaze advertising," or a method of charging advertisers when a wearer views certain images online or in the real world. By measuring pupil dilation, at least in theory, the system could also determine the wearer's "emotional state" at the time of viewing. Google hasn't announced any plans for the patent, and sources said no plans are in the works. While the idea sounds like it could work with Glass, the wearable Internet gadget that Google has been developing for…

U.S. stocks dropped for a fourth day in a row Monday as investors continued to express worry about the recent rise in bond yields. Banking stocks also dragged down the broader market. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 70.73 points, or 0.47 percent, to 15,010.74. The Standard & Poor's 500 index lost 9.78 points, or 0.6 percent, to 1,646.05. The market fell broadly; 4 stocks fell for every one that rose on the New York Stock Exchange. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index also fell, losing 13.69 points, or 0.48 percent, to 3,589.09. The Russell 2000 index, which is made up of primarily riskier, small-company stocks, fell nearly twice as much as the S&P 500. That index fell 11.05 points, or 1 percent, to 1,013.25. Investors had little data to digest…

This year's iTunes Festival is ending with a roar, to be delivered by Katy Perry. The pop superstar, whose new single "Roar" is climbing the charts, will be the final act of the month-long London festival. It kicks off Sept. 1 with another diva, Lady Gaga, and will feature Robin Thicke, Elton John, Justin Ti m berlake, John Legend, Kendrick Lamar and the Kings of Leon, among others. Perry s Roar is her best-selling single on iTunes with more 544,000 copies sold domestically alone, according to Apple. Perry said she's pumped to be performing and noted that leona Pop, who have the hit "I Love It," will be her opening act. Rapper Iggy Azalea will also appear. The annual festival will be streamed on iTunes festival app and available for…

Colorful symbols, known as "emoji," which are used in mobile phone e-mail messages and originated in Japan, are becoming popular in the United States as they can easily describe feelings of senders and other things. Earlier this month, U.S. singer Katy Perry released a music video of her new song that uses emoji as part of lyrics. A column in The New York Times on Monday introduced a story of a 30-year-old man whose e-mail message using emoji was misunderstood by his girlfriend. According to the newspaper, emoji started to spread in the United States in 2011 when Apple Inc. fully introduced them for its iPhone smartphones. There are emoji for Japanese food like sushi and ramen noodles, while emoji for slices of Americana like tacos and hot dogs are…

iOS #01 - 4 Pics 1 Song By Game Circus LLC Category: Games Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation) and iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. #02 - Amateur Surgeon 3 By [adult swim] Category: Games Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 6.0 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. #03 - Clone Camera Pro By Peta Vision Category: Photo & Video Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation) and iPad. Requires iOS 5.1 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. #04 - Candy Crush…

The !Phone rumor mill churned out a tantalizing new tidbit Monday with speculation that Apple will announce a gold-colored !Phone next month that would appeal to the Chinese smartphone market. Analysts and tech bloggers have been speculating for weeks that Apple will announce an updated !Phone 5, possibly to be called an !Phone 5S or maybe even an !Phone 6, on Sept. 10, along with a lower-cost i Phone to appeal to developing markets. But the possibility of a gold-colored !Phone also makes sense and would represent a shrewd move by Apple to make further gains in China, said Tim Bajarin, president of Creative Strategies. Last month, Apple CEO Tim Cook paid a highprofile visit to Xi Guohua, chairman of China Mobile, the world's largest cellphone carrier. Xi has been…

Pain &Gain A new classic. Follow the story of Daniel Lugo, a bodybuilder who is obsessed with having what everyone else has. Lugo's desires lead him to recruiting other bodybuilders, including his good friend who is obsessed with looking the best and is also a born-again Christian who went to jail previously. The three of them extort Lugo's client for every cent he has and then try to fit in with the uppity society. Mark Wa h I berg and Dwayne "The Rock"Johnson costar. by Mlichael Bay Genre: Comedy Released: 2013 Price: $12.99 325 Ratings FIVE FACTS: 1. This is based on a true story, the Lugo extortion that took place in '94-'95. 2. Lugo going by the name of David Lowenstein, went around to men promising loans from a…

In many ways, TiVo s digital video recorders have become redundant as cable and satellite TV companies offer their own DVR services. Yet the company that pioneered DVRs 14 years ago keeps churning out new products. Avid television viewers will appreciate that. The fifth-generation TiVos, called Roamio, continue the company's tradition of giving you much more than you can get from your cable or satellite company. That includes the ability to watch recorded shows when you're away from home, starting this fall. But you'll also pay much more for the experience - $400 for the mid-range model, plus a monthly service fee of $15. By contrast, you can often get DVR service through your TV provider for a comparable monthly fee, with no extra equipment to buy. If you don't…

After discovering a privacy bug on Facebook, unemployed Palestinian programmer Khalil Shreateh said he just wanted to collect the traditional $500 bounty the social network giant offers to those who voluntarily expose its glitches. But when Facebook ignored his first two reports, Shreateh took his message to the top - and hacked into CEO Mark Zuckerberg's personal page to prove his point. "Sorry for breaking your privacy/' he wrote the Facebook founder, "I has no other choice to make after all the reports I sent to Facebook team ... as you can see iam not in your friend list and yet i can post to your timeline." The stunt cost the 30-year-old Palestinian the bounty, but earned him praise - and numerous job offers - for being able to get…

Google says real-time traffic reports will appear on Google Maps courtesy of users of Waze, the mapping service Google purchased for $1 billion. The Google Maps app for Apple !OS and Android will include Waze user reports of accidents, road closures, construction and other incidents as updates begin rolling out Tuesday, Google said in a blog post. The Google/Waze integration will be a two-way street, the Mountain View, Calif., company said; Waze users will gain access to Google search and Street View. The update will give Google users in the United States and a numbers of other countries, including Great Britain, France, Germany, Brazil and Mexico, detailed accident updates instead of simple "heavy traffic" notices. Google shelled out $1 billion for the Israeli Waze startup in June to bolster its…