Top Stories of the Day // January 7, 2015

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TODAY'S TOP STORIES // Jan 7, 2015

JORDAN CROOK Shaquille O’Neal Helped Build A Water-Proof Floating Speaker Called The SuperStar BackFloat Even though he no longer pounds basketballs through hoops, Shaquille O'Neal has been keeping himself busy. In collaboration with Monster, he's helped design... read more

DARRELL ETHERINGTON The Next MacBook Air Will Be A 12-Inch Beauty With An Edge-To-Edge Keyboard read more

JONATHAN SHIEBER Bill Gates Will Drink Water Made From Poo To Prove New Sanitation Tech Works After watching this video, no one should doubt Bill Gates' commitment to raising awareness of the issues around sanitation and its importance to economic and... read more

NATASHA LOMAS Apple’s Bigger iPhones Dent Android’s Sales Momentum Apple's newest iPhones, the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, have put a spring in iOS' smartphone sales figures for fall, and a small dent in the rival Android platform's... read more

ROMAIN DILLET Tales Of CES: How Many Selfie Sticks Are Too Many? read more

ANTHONY HA BMW Shows Off Gesture Controls And Automated Parking BMW is showing off a bunch of new or new-ish technologies this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. On the just-announced side, there are... read more

SARAH PEREZ Amazon Again Tries To Unload Its Fire Phones, Dropping Price To $189 Off Contract, Including Prime read more

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BMW Shows Off Gesture Controls And Automated Parking  BMW is showing off a bunch of new or new-ish technologies this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las... read more

Ryan Seacrest Pitches His Mobile Keyboard Startup Typo  TV and radio star Ryan Seacrest was at the Consumer Electronics Show tonight to talk about Typo, the mobile... read more

The Parrot Pot And H2O Give You A Robotic Green Thumb  When you think of Parrot, chances are you are thinking about the A.R. Drone or its recently launched Bebop... read more

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