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Here's what you could buy with Apple's $700 billion market cap When we talk about a company's market capitalization, it's really just a jargon-y way of saying how much that company's really worth. [Read more...] Microsoft confirms its purchase of popular calendar app Sunrise Last week, reports surfaced that Microsoft nabbed popular calendar app Sunrise. Today, the folks in Redmond confirmed the purchase. [Read more...] Parallels just made it easier to try Windows 10 on your Mac If you're eager to try Microsoft's Windows 10 technical preview on a PC, you'll either need to mess with your existing machine, use a spare you don't mind borking or run it on a virtual machine like VMware. [Read more...] IRL: The M20 speaker isn't enough to make you choose Korus over Sonos Back in 2013, I got to try out the Korus system of speakers, the V600 and the V400, and was impressed by their ease of use and audio quality. [Read more...] Smartphone 'kill switches' are reducing thefts in big cities See that shiny flagship phone dangling from the stranger's back pocket? You should think twice about trying to grab it, not only because it's a terrible thing to do, but also because it probably won't do you any good. [Read more...] Samsung's Galaxy S6 will have a wrap-around display, says Bloomberg Samsung thinks the unusual curved screen adorning its Galaxy Note Edge is the way to combat its sliding smartphone fortunes, according to a report from Bloomberg. [Read more...] Yes, IKEA made a keyboard with emoticons for your phone We're pretty sure that if you were looking for emojis to use on your phone, you wouldn't think "Hmmm, wonder if IKEA has some?" Regardless, IKEA went and released a smartphone keyboard for iOS and Android that comes with a bunch of custom emoticons anyway. [Read more...]