Sunday, April 3, 2016

Tesla says Model 3 orders top $10 billion in first 36 hours and other top stories.

  • Tesla says Model 3 orders top $10 billion in first 36 hours

    Tesla says Model 3 orders top $10 billion in first 36 hours
    DETROIT Tesla Motors Inc said orders for its new Model 3 electric sedan topped 253,000 in the first 36 hours -- a fast start for the company's first mass-market vehicle, which may not begin to reach customers for another 18 months or more.Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk tweeted on Friday that the Model 3, which is slated to go into production in late 2017, will sell at an average price of $42,000, including the price of options and additional features, which would give the initial flurry of or..
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  • Volkswagen Reaches Out to US Dealers, Vows to 'Redefine' Tarnished Brand

    Volkswagen Reaches Out to US Dealers, Vows to 'Redefine' Tarnished Brand
    Updated April 2, 2016 7:01 p.m. ET LAS VEGAS—Volkswagen AG’s management extended an olive branch on Saturday to car dealers hit hard by the German auto giant’s emissions-testing scandal. Much of what dealers want to hear, however, went unsaid. Herbert Diess, head of the Volkswagen passenger-car brand, met with hundreds of dealers for 90 minutes at an annual conference in Las Vegas. The crux of his message: Volkswagen aims to be a mass-market player in the U.S. market, willing to ..
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  • The iPhone SE Arrives: How to Gauge Its Success

    The iPhone SE Arrives: How to Gauge Its Success
    On Thursday, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) began selling the iPhone SE, its first new 4-inch iPhone since 2013. The new model is very similar to the iPhone 6s in terms of features and performance, except that it is missing Apple's new 3D Touch technology. Yet it is much cheaper, with a starting (unsubsidized) price of $399, compared to $649 for the iPhone 6s. The iPhone SE hit the market on Thursday. Image source: Apple. The iPhone SE is the cheapest iPhone that Apple has ever launched. It's also the fi..
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  • Some Oculus Rift Shipments Delayed by Parts Shortage

    Some Oculus Rift Shipments Delayed by Parts Shortage
    A parts shortage is delaying some shipments of Oculus VR’s virtual-reality headsets. The Facebook Inc. unit said an “unexpected component shortage” would slow deliveries of its new $599 Oculus Rift headsets for some customers. Oculus didn’t specify the affected components, the expected length of the delay or how many shipments would be...
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  • Republicans Fight for Cap on ObamaPhone Spending at FCC

    Republicans Fight for Cap on ObamaPhone Spending at FCC
    Republicans Fight for Cap on ObamaPhone Spending at FCC House Republicans will take action on a bill to cap the Federal Communications Commission’s newly expanded Lifeline program in April, after a compromise between partisan commissioners fell through at the last minute Thursday. The FCC’s March open meeting was pushed back several hours Thursday after Republican Commissioners Ajit Pai, Michael O’Rielly and Democratic Commissioner Mignon Clyburn spent Wednesday night hammering together a bipar..
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  • Apple 40th Anniversay: Apple's Biggest Moments in their Run so far

    Apple 40th Anniversay: Apple's Biggest Moments in their Run so far
    (Photo : Getty Images) Apple celebrate their 40th year anniversary this year. Let’s take Apple’s forty biggest moments so far.Apple changed the way people looked at smartphones.   Apple celebrate their 40th year anniversary this year. Let's take Apple's forty biggest moments so far.Apple changed the way people looked at smartphones. The road to success was long enough to become on the world's biggest tech names. Nearly after the edge of a financial collapse with even a potential bail-out, Jobs..
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  • FBI Offers to Help Local Law Enforcement Unlock iPhones

    FBI Offers to Help Local Law Enforcement Unlock iPhones
    The FBI seems to have become an expert on cracking iPhones. Or, at the very least, it has found a decent exploit (and who knows how many more it might have in its back pocket) that it can use until Apple figures it out and patches the problem. And the FBI isn't just keeping this information to itself. Well, technically, it is, but it's also now offering to help out local law enforcement agencies with any iPhones they might need cracked for cases they're working on. The FBI confirmed to Buzz..
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  • Acer's new $799 Chromebase all-in-one PC is optimized for video conferencing

    Acer's new $799 Chromebase all-in-one PC is optimized for video conferencing
    While others have fallen by the wayside, Acer continues to support the Chromebase all-in-one PC platform, but with its latest Chrome-running desktop, the company is shifting its approach from the home to the enterprise.Dubbed Chromebase for meetings, the system has been fine-tuned to support video conferencing. The unit features a 24-inch touchscreen full HD display (1,920x1,080 resolution) with an integrated adjustable HD webcam and quartet of microphones to capture the voices of one or two p..
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  • Sony Computer Entertainment And Sony Network Entertainment Are Now One SIE With A Focus On PlayStation

    Sony Computer Entertainment And Sony Network Entertainment Are Now One SIE With A Focus On PlayStation
    The world of PlayStation gaming is ready to enter a new chapter. On Friday, Sony Computer Entertainment and Sony Network Entertainment were dissolved to create a new company: Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE). SIE, which is headquartered in San Mateo, California, is placing a huge emphasis on the PlayStation brand and the future of gaming. Some may see this as little more than changing the name of the company — even SIE acknowledges that “probably not a whole lot” will change at first — an..
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  • How To Make Your Own #TalkToMe Video

    How To Make Your Own #TalkToMe Video
    The Huffington Post is building a movement to spark conversations between parents and children. We'd love for you to be part of it. Talk To Me is a new video series featuring parents in conversation with their children. You can join the movement by sharing your own moment with your loved one, live on Facebook. Facebook Live is a new product that lets you broadcast your life wherever and whenever you like. Here's Vin Diesel going live with his kids: It's fun and easy and we promise you'll be glad..
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Hillary Clinton's Campaign Says Bernie Sanders 'Rejected' New ... .NY Senate OKs Budget Bill To Boost State Minimum Wage To $15 .
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