Yahoo! buys Dreamworks’s Ptch app

Ptch, the mobile video startup produced by Dreamworks Animation, has been bought by Yahoo! for an undisclosed amount and will close the app come January 2.  The app lets users remix videos with music and effects and allows other people to access original clips in order to create a mashed up story out of an event or shared experience. Users can download the ptches or save them on the camera roll before the app shuts down.

Review: Sonos PLAY:1 wireless streaming speaker

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

There's no shortage of streaming music on the Internet and there's various ways to get this into your home or office, but none are as satisfying as what Sonos offers. The company is a pioneer in Internet radio and hifi audio streaming and has enabled a powerful solution with its Bridge and PLAY products as well as its iOS and Android apps that enable fast access to various music sources. Here's what the PLAY:1 has to offer.

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ICYMI: Corey Herscu talks tech gifts for the Season on Global TV this morning

Corey is back on Global talking Canadian made Etsy tech accessory gifts and even sponsoring a giveaway for an iPad Air as well as a one of a kind iPhone 5 case. Check out the video from this morning's broadcast.

Yahoo! purchases SkyPhrase for natural language recognition capabilities

Yahoo! has bought startup SkyPhrase, a natural language processing company that was working on methods to handle inquiries similar to Siri and Wolfram Alpha’s capabilities. It looks like the tech company wants to improve its web search capabilities and help personalize search results a bit more.