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"Welcome to this morning\u2019s edition of \u201CFirst To Know,\u201D a series in which we keep you in the know on what\u2019s happening in the digital world. Today, we\u2019re looking at three particularly interesting stories.\nHashable Is Shutting Down\nThe virtual business card startup Hashable is shutting down. \"We regret to inform you that the Hashable mobile apps and Hashable.com will be shutting down on July 25th. The service will be unavailable after this date,\" said Hashable in an email to users. \nThe founders will start a new company, focusing on mobile ads. \nIDC and Gartner Say the PC Market Was Flat in Q2 2012\nGlobal PC shipments totaled 87.5 million units in Q2 2012, which is a decline of 0.1 percent compared to the same period last year, according to Gartner. IDC says the number was 86.7 million units, claiming a similar 0.1 percent decline in shipments. \nGlobally, nothing has changed: HP, Lenovo, Acer, Dell and Asus are the top five PC manufacturers. In the US, Apple was doing good, sitting firmly at third place behind HP and Dell, with a 1.2% growth according to both Gartner and IDC.\nAngry Birds Come to Samsung's Smart TV\nOwners of Samsung's Smart TVs can now play Rovio's hit game Angry Birds by controlling the sling shot using motion control gestures, Samsung has announced. The game is available as a Smart TV app.\nImage courtesy of iStockphoto, mattjeacock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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