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Saudi Man Told to Pony Up iPhone 6 in Order to Marry

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Sep

2014

Before he can marry his fiancee, a Saudi man must provide her with a phone that’s not even on the market yet, according to her brother. The brother has set an iPhone 6 as the price of marriage, Gulf News reports, though the would-be bride’s father had earlier asked only…

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Microsoft Scoops Up ‘Minecraft’ Maker for $2.5B

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Sep

2014

Microsoft today confirmed news that emerged last week: It is buying Minecraft maker Mojang for $2.5 billion. That price tag doesn’t get Microsoft Minecraft creator Markus Persson (who hasn’t held his tongue about Microsoft in the past), nor the Stockholm-based gaming company’s two other founders, reports the Wall Street…

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City Creates Sidewalk Lane for Texting While Walking

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Sep

2014

Taking a cue from an American experiment, the Chinese city of Chongqing has created a smartphone sidewalk lane, offering a path for those too engrossed in messaging and tweeting to watch where they’re going. But it’s apparently intended to be ironic—to remind people that it’s dangerous to tweet while…

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