CE Newswire - 08.28.13

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Today's Top 3 Stories #1 Why Apple Should Buy NFL Digital Rights   Here's an idea for what Apple should do with its $147 billion in cash: buy the digital rights to National Football League games. (CNN) Why This Is Important: A digital option would be the perfect cure for millions of CBS viewers who have been cut off by Time Warner Cable. #2  MakerBot's $1,400 Digitizer Now Available To Pre-Order   The folks at MakerBot have been teasing their Digitizer desktop 3D scanner since this past March, but now they're just about ready push it out the door. (TechCrunch) Why This Is Important:  One of the shortfalls for 3D printing is the lack of items to print, but the scanner will help by allowing anyone to create 3D schematics for others to use. #3 Teenage Mobile Users Do Worry About Privacy, Says Pew   Teenagers who use mobile apps do take steps to safeguard their privacy, according to a report released Thursday by the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project. (MarketWatch) Why This Is Important: Although hackers and scam artists are just now attacking mobile devices, the threat will only increase. It is important that those whose lives are centered on their phone protect their data. 4. Three Questions About Facebook's Vague Plan To Expand Internet Access (Businessweek) 5. China's Manufacturing Sector Expands (BBC) 6. Gaming World's Eyes Are On Germany For Gamescom (CNN) 7. Pandora Expected To See Big Revenue Gains (MarketWatch) 8. Smart Back To School Tech Tools (Fox News) 9. 'Boyfriend Tracker': A Tool To Find Cheating Spouses (AP) 10. Google Brings Street View To The Zoo (The Verge) "We wanted to have very clear differentiation of the PS4 experience from the PS3 experience. So we felt that if we had 10 times the hardware performance — both the CPU and GPU — that that would be sufficient to supply that differentiation. As far as the lifetime goes, it looks to me as if the longevity of the PlayStation 4 will be roughly the same as the longevity of previous PlayStation platforms," said Mark Cerny, PS4 lead architect. Blog Post of The Day Meg Whitman Is Not Succeeding At HP By Nigam Arora Meg Whitman is a star CEO. She built eBay from 30 employees to 15,000 employees. More » Upcoming Events BrandSource Convention & Expo Aug. 25-28 Caesers Palace Las Vegas www.brandsourceconvention.com CEDIA Expo Colorado Convention Center Denver, Co. September 25-28, 2013 http://expo.cedia.net/register Was this copy of CE Newswire forwarded to you? Start your own subscription by clicking here. TWICE Editorial Team Stephen Smith, Editor In Chief Phone: (917) 281-4754  | Email Greg Tarr, Executive Editor Phone: (917) 281-4760  | Email John Laposky, Managing Editor Phone: (917) 281-4736  | Email Doug Olenick, Web Editor Phone: (917) 281-6719  | Email Joseph Palenchar, Senior Editor Phone: (917) 281-4746  | Email Alan Wolf, Senior Editor Phone: (917) 281-4769  | Email Lisa Johnston, Senior Editor Phone: (917) 281-4733  | Email

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