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Apple TV to get first network television app with addition of CW

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The CW Network is bringing its shows to the Apple TV with a new app, reports Deadline. That makes it the first TV network to make its content directly available to viewers on the set-top box rather than through an intermediary like Netflix or Hulu. The network behind shows like 90210, Gossip Girl, and the Vampire Diaries will be launching the app sometime in the coming weeks, but no exact...

Intel could have been inside the original iPhone, says outgoing CEO

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Intel CEO Paul Otellini is stepping down today, and The Atlantic has published a lengthy profile of the outgoing CEO. While the article mostly argues that Intel thrived under Otellini's watch, it also reveals what could have been: Otellini told the publication that he personally shot down a chance to put Intel processors in the original Apple iPhone.

"I should have followed my gut. My gut told me to say yes." Outgoing Intel CEO Paul Otellini

Tim Cook scheduled to testify to Senate about Apple's offshore tax practices

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Apple CEO Tim Cook has reportedly been called to testify at Tuesday's Senate hearing on offshore profit shifting. The hearing is being conducted by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which has the authority to investigate things like federal waste, corporate crime, and offshore banking. VPs from Microsoft and HP testified at a similar hearing in September, but both Politico and Bloomberg are reporting that Apple’s CEO himself will be in attendance this time around.

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Apple passes 50 billion App Store downloads

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Just shy of five years after launching in July of 2008, Apple's App Store has hit 50 billion downloads. Apple has just announced the news officially, after posting a countdown in early May. As promised, it's also giving a $10,000 App Store gift card to the person who downloaded the 50 billionth app, a name which will be announced soon. The first 50 people who downloaded an app after that will each receive a $500 gift card. While we don't know...

Google redesigns Maps for Android, iPad version coming this summer

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Like its larger desktop counterpart, Google has revealed that it's giving Maps for mobile its own design overhaul. Well, one half of it, anyway. Android users will soon receive the updated UI and features first delivered in the company's Maps app for iOS. But the changes are more than skin deep: Google Offers is also being integrated in Maps with the forthcoming update, including deals from popular retailers and restaurants like Starbucks,...

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