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Content: use HTML Edit Content <h1 style="text-align: center;">top news stories - technology - 2013</h1> <h2>[WHAT]</h2> <ol> <li>] a collection of the top 'technology related news stories of 2013</li> <li>] organized each 'story' into its own chapter.&nbsp;</li> <li>] Each chapter contains multiple articles related to 'story'</li> </ol> <h2>[WHY]</h2> <ol> <li>]</li> </ol> <h2>[WHERE]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>] g?='top 10 tech stories of 2013'&nbsp;</strong></li> <ol> <li>] results review = x] pcmag.com, x] cnn.com, x] pastemagazine.com&nbsp;</li> </ol> <li><strong>r# 1.2] <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2428646,00.asp" target="_blank">pcmag.com</a>&nbsp;- the top 10 tech news stories of 2013&nbsp;</strong></li> <ol> <li>] edward snowden exposes the NSA</li> <li>] the saga of bumbleberry</li> <li>] msft ceo ballmer to retire</li> <li>] msft to buy nokia</li> <li>] console wars again</li> <li>] &nbsp;mystery of the google barge</li> <li>] twitter IPO</li> <li>] FAA oks electronics on airplanes</li> <li>] wearable tech&nbsp;</li> <li>+] tmobile goes contract free</li> </ol> <li><strong>r# 1.1] <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/23/tech/web/top-tech-stories-2013/" target="_blank">cnn.com</a>&nbsp;</strong></li> <ol> <li>x] <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/06/politics/nsa-internet-mining/index.html" target="_blank">NSA spying exposed</a> -&nbsp;</li> <li><span style="background-color: #ffff99;">+] high profile hacks</span> - Another big story this year was cybersecurity, illustrated by a string of attacks by hackers against&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/19/tech/web/apple-hacked/" target="_blank">news organizations</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/27/tech/web/new-york-times-website-attack" target="_blank">major tech companies</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://money.cnn.com/2013/12/18/news/companies/target-credit-card/index.html?iid=EL" target="_blank">retailers</a>. The motivations behind the attacks varied: Some, like the recent Target breach, were financially motivated, while others were political statements or acts of espionage. They all highlighted the limits of online security and privacy</li> <li><span style="background-color: #ffff99;">+] apple releases</span> 2 new phones 5s and 5c, ios7</li> <li>x] Microsoft continued to push its new Windows 8 operating system and Windows 8 smartphones, even going as far as to buy the No. 1 maker of Windows phones,<a href="http://money.cnn.com/2013/09/03/technology/mobile/microsoft-nokia/" target="_blank">&nbsp;Nokia's mobile division</a>. In the end, it wasn't enough and the company decided on one more big change:&nbsp;<a href="http://money.cnn.com/2013/08/23/technology/enterprise/microsoft-ballmer-retire/" target="_blank">a new CEO</a>.&nbsp;</li> <li>x] A bright spot for Microsoft could be its new game console, the Xbox One, which is&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/13/tech/gaming-gadgets/playstation-4-xbox-one/" target="_blank">competing against</a>&nbsp;Sony's new PlayStation 4.</li> <li>] <span style="background-color: #ffff99;">micro video goes mainstream</span>, twitter adds vine, instagram adds video,&nbsp;</li> <li><span style="background-color: #ffff99;">+] snapchat</span>s 'ephemeral messaging' app goes mainstream, seen as a threat to tradditional social media channels (facebook) and SMS messaging apps</li> <li>x] wearables - not mainstream, but coming, google glass, smartwatches, fitness trackers (pebble)&nbsp;</li> <li>x] twitter IPO - &nbsp;most anticipated sinces facebooks bungled IPO in 2012,&nbsp;</li> <li><span style="background-color: #ffff99;">+] rise of BTC</span> - around since 2009, picked up serious steam,&nbsp;</li> </ol> <li>r<strong># 1.3] <a href="https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2013/12/the-10-best-tech-news-stories-of-2013.html" target="_blank">pastemagazine</a> - the 10 best tech news stories of 2013</strong></li> <ol> <li>x] NSA spying exposed</li> <li><span style="background-color: #ffff99;">+] healthcare.gov failed launch</span></li> <li><span style="background-color: #ffff99;">+*] MSFT xbox one launch - issues&nbsp;</span></li> <li>x] Blackberry done - almost</li> <li>x] MSFT buys nokia</li> <li>x] AAPL ios7</li> <li><span style="background-color: #ffff99;">+] elon musk announces hyperloop</span></li> <li>x] facebook and twitter go public</li> <li><span style="background-color: #ffff99;">+] gabe newell announces Steam machines</span></li> <li>x] Tmobile goes contract free</li> </ol> <li><strong>r# 1.#] forbes</strong></li> <ol> <li>]&nbsp;</li> </ol> <li><strong>r# 2.#] thestar (toronto star)</strong></li> <ol> <li>]&nbsp;</li> </ol></ol> <h2>[WHEN]</h2> <ol> <li>] 2013&nbsp;</li> </ol> <h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2> <ol> <li>]</li> </ol> <h2>[HOW-TO]</h2> <ol> <li>]</li> </ol> <h2>[REFERENCE]</h2> <ol> <li>]&nbsp;</li> </ol> <div>&nbsp;</div>