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Video: Hewlett-Packard Interim Chairman Whitworth Resigns
Hewlett-Packard's Interim Chairman Ralph Whitworth has resigned from the company's board to concentrate on personal health issues. Personal computer maker HP said that its board will discuss appointing a new chairman at its next meeting. Whitworth became HP's interim chairman in April 2013 after former chairman Ray Lane stepped down from his post. At the time that Lane stepped down, HP also announced that directors John Hammergren and G. Kennedy Thompson were leaving the board.
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Video: Got A Rash? IPad, Other Devices Might Be The Cause
Unexplained rash? Check your iPad. It turns out the popular tablet computer may contain nickel, one of the most common allergy-inducing metals. Recent reports in medical journals detail nickel allergies from a variety of personal electronic devices, including laptops and cellphones. But it was an Apple iPad that caused an itchy body rash in an 11-year-old boy recently treated at a San Diego hospital, according to a report in Monday's Pediatrics.
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Video: Iranian Diplomat Snaps Instagram Of Kerry During Nuclear Meeting
There's never an awkward time to snap an Instagram picture — even during a high-level government meeting. Perhaps that's what Iranian diplomat Seyed Abbas Araghchi thought when he casually pulled out his smartphone to take a picture of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his deputy William Burns during nuclear negotiations with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Vienna, Austria. Instagram is one of the last Western social networks still available in Iran.
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Video: Iranian Diplomat Snaps Instagram Of Kerry During Nuclear Meeting
There's never an awkward time to snap an Instagram picture — even during a high-level government meeting. Perhaps that's what Iranian diplomat Seyed Abbas Araghchi thought when he casually pulled out his smartphone to take a picture of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his deputy William Burns during nuclear negotiations with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Vienna, Austria. Instagram is one of the last Western social networks still available in Iran.
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Video: The PC Market Has Its Strongest Quarter In Recent Memory
Personal computers, long an ailing member of the larger technology market had a strong second quarter. After consistent quarters of decline, the worldwide PC market was either up 0.1%, or down a modest 1.7% in the period, according to Gartner and IDC respectively. In the United States, the PC market was up around 7% in the quarter, again according to the two firms.
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Video: The PC Market Has Its Strongest Quarter In Recent Memory
Personal computers, long an ailing member of the larger technology market had a strong second quarter. After consistent quarters of decline, the worldwide PC market was either up 0.1%, or down a modest 1.7% in the period, according to Gartner and IDC respectively. In the United States, the PC market was up around 7% in the quarter, again according to the two firms.
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Video: Germany Kicks Out Top US Spy Over Espionage Claims
Germany on Thursday demanded Washington's top spy in Berlin leave the country as a new round of allegations of U.S. espionage worsened the friction between the two allies. The immediate trigger was the emergence of two new cases of alleged American spying. They inflamed a furor that erupted last year when it was learned that the U.S. was intercepting Internet traffic in Germany and eavesdropping on Chancellor Angela Merkel's cellphone calls. More broadly, the move appears to reflect a Germany out of patience with what it sees as a pattern of American disrespect and interference.
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Video: Verizon Added Over 1.4 Million Postpaid Customers In Second Quarter: CEO
Verizon Communications Inc added over 1.4 million net postpaid subscribers in the second quarter of 2014, the company's chief executive said in an interview on CNBC on Thursday, two weeks before its second quarter earnings release. Lowell McAdam, Verizon's chief executive also said the company saw record tablet growth and very strong smartphone growth.
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Video: Verizon Added Over 1.4 Million Postpaid Customers In Second Quarter: CEO
Verizon Communications Inc added over 1.4 million net postpaid subscribers in the second quarter of 2014, the company's chief executive said in an interview on CNBC on Thursday, two weeks before its second quarter earnings release. Lowell McAdam, Verizon's chief executive also said the company saw record tablet growth and very strong smartphone growth.
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Video: Your Android Wear Smartwatch Can Now Control Your Phone's Camera
Google updated its Google Camera app Wednesday to add support for Android Wear. This means that you can use your smartwatch — such as the LG G Watch for Samsung Gear Live — as a remote trigger for the camera on your smartphone or tablet. To launch the app on your smartwatch, simply open the Google Camera app on your phone. Your Android Wear device will then display a card for remote capture. From there, you can touch an enlarged shutter button to snap a pic.
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