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News about Best Buy

• CliniCloud secures $US5m in venture capital funding

  US retail giant, Best Buy, to carry the connected medical kit

• Apple expands Watch sales into Best Buy

  Best Buy will sell 16 configurations of the low- and mid-range Apple Watch Sport and Apple Watch, as well as bands and other accessories.

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Monday, July 27

  Facebook prevails in IPO lawsuit... Jeep hack prompts recall of 1.4 million vehicles... Kill switch isn't killing phone theft

• Best Buy to sell Apple Watch from Aug. 7, expanding the smartwatch's reach

  Best Buy will be the first national retailer in the US, other than Apple Stores, to sell the smartwatch

• Apple's tech support thrashes competition, whether in-store or over the phone

  Apple again took the top prize in Consumer Reports' survey of technical support providers, thumping rival PC makers by a large margin.

• College kids to the rescue with IT support startup HelloTech

  Not that Baby Boomers or Gen X homeowners are clueless about technology, but startup HelloTech is banking on people of a certain age needing a ...

Features about Best Buy

• If you hate PC bloatware, here are the vendors to avoid

  Bloatware or crapware clogs your PC, slowing it down and gobbling up space. A little research can help you avoid the worst offenders.

• All signs point to the demise of Microsoft's Surface tablet

  Microsoft is within a whisker of calling it quits on its failed experiment with the Surface tablet.

• Is the ASUS X205 Microsoft's Chromebook killer?

  Low-priced, lightweight Windows 8.1 device challenges Chromebooks in low-end notebook market.

• The Internet of Things: Coming to a network near you

  IT execs should already be thinking about the ways that IoT will shake up the corporate network

• Windows 8, Surface tablets to lead Microsoft's fight for relevance in 2013

  The slow-moving former juggernaut is attempting to reinvent itself in rapidly changing times

• Apple and Spotify create ripples in the streaming music qorld

  Spotify is now open to anyone and iCloud and iTunes Match are on their way, leaving other music service competitors scrambling to compete.