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Friday 4 October 2013
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The photo of the Obamas hugging was posted soon after the TV networks called victory for him in the swing state of Ohio. Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/AFP
Twitter has announced its plans to raise $1bn from selling shares to the public. We pick out some of the most memorable tweets. Which tweets would you add to the list?
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No need to resort to pencil and postcards to keep in touch while abroad ? SMS Frog sends emails to mobiles as a text message. Photograph: Indraneil Das/AP
I'll be travelling to parts of Morocco and I need to find a reliable way for my relatives at home to let me know daily that they are OK. They are elderly, rather deaf, and not good on the phone, but they can manage email and Facebook. There appear to be programs that enable you to send emails as SMS messages from a PC to a mobile phone, which might be a solution, but I'm not sure which are safe and reliable. My mobile phone is fairly basic and on a pay-as-you-go service with T-Mobile.
Carol
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Charles Arthur: Plus Z30's Canada woes, Samsung's US chief departs, Bing's inceptionary challenge, and more
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Thursday 3 October 2013
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They're new, made of metal and plastic, and cost upwards of £469, but will the iPhone 5s or iPhone 5c blend better?
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Climbing a spiral staircase: will your gadget monitor your steps? Photograph: Robert Frerck/Getty Images
Charles Arthur: Plus how Microsoft plans to sell more Surfaces, inside story of the Galaxy Gear, Note 10.1 review roundup, and more
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Wednesday 2 October 2013
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Charles Arthur: Plus LA takes back school iPads, Microsoft's enterprise problem, Anandtech reviews Galaxy Gear, and more
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Tuesday 1 October 2013
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The BlackBerry campus in Kanata, Ottawa, Canada. Don't say "embattled". Photograph: Stephen Morrison/EPA
Charles Arthur: Plus Apple's enterprise app licensing scheme, social networks that died, Sony's lost generation, and more
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Monday 30 September 2013
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Faces of Facebook is aggregating the profiles of every user to give a birds-eye view of the social network
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The timing of Steve Ballmer’s departure – with no successor named by the Microsoft board – makes no business sense. Photograph: Kay Nietfeld/ Kay Nietfeld/dpa/Corbis
Jean-Louis Gassée: Why did the board keep Steve Ballmer on the job for 13 years, only to let him 'retire' in the midst of several big transitions?
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‘Educated serendipity’, based on hundreds of millions of pieces of evidence, could suggest a link to a reader on a seemingly unrelated topic to the one they had dropped in to read about. Photograph: Alamy
Frederic Filloux: Should the traditional serendipity of contents be preserved or should we go full steam for personalisation? Google is already working on ways to combine both
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Charles Arthur: Plus Apple's multi-path ahead, the home automation mess, how Team Oracle won, and more
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Friday 27 September 2013
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Charles Arthur: Plus Windows losing ground among developers, a great GPU tester, HTC fading in Taiwan, Apple's iPhone cost, and more
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Thursday 26 September 2013
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Charles Arthur: Plus Surface stands alone in RT world, Samsung goes for gold, and more
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Wednesday 25 September 2013
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Charles Arthur: Plus comments unpopular at Popular Science, implications of beating Apple's Touch ID, tablets in East Europe, and more
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Tuesday 24 September 2013
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Charles Arthur: Plus the implications of the Apple fingerprint hack, comparing touchscreen responsiveness, and more
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