26 April 2014

Chrome Browser Update; Amazon Delivery Service

Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update: "The Stable Channel has been updated to 34.0.1847.131 for Windows, Mac, and 34.0.1847.132 for Linux. This release also contains a Flash Player update, to version 13.0.0.206." To update go to Chrome browser menu (upper right corner 3 parallel lines icon)--then click about Google Chrome to update.

Amazon, in Threat to UPS, Tries Its Own Deliveries
Wall Street Journal
A delivery network could transform Amazon from an online retailer into a full-service logistics company. Above, Amazon Fresh trucks in the parking lot ...

Amazon Testing A Delivery Service Of Its Own – Consumerist
By Chris Morran
How many times have you gotten a shipping alert from Amazon and groaned when because the delivery service selected by Amazon has a history of ...
Consumerist

Microsoft Earnings: 7 Essential Facts
InformationWeek
Microsoft's Q3 beat expectations. Strong performers include cloud products and Xbox, but Surface and consumer PC sales still pose a problem....

Apple users put at risk by 3-week delay between OS X and iOS patches, researchers say
PCWorld
Apple exposed iOS users to security threats by taking three weeks longer to patch ... After Google forked WebKit into Blink it seems to be getting worse.

Apple, Google agree to settle lawsuit alleging hiring conspiracy
Reuters
Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, for instance, rebuffed an entreaty fromGoogle in 2008 that they refrain from poaching each other's ...

Google's mulling Wi-Fi for cities with Google Fiber
PCWorld
Google is considering deploying Wi-Fi networks in towns and cities covered by its GoogleFiber high-speed Internet service. The disclosure is made in ...

Amazon's Sales Satisfy the Street
Businessweek
Mighty Amazon (AMZN) is once again branching out in every direction. There's the new Fire TV set-top box, a hotly rumored coming smartphone, the ...

Amazon Hits a Six-Month Low as Increased Spending Limits Profit
MSN Money
Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) plunged as much as 10 percent after Chief ... Amazoncompeting more directly with Apple, Netflix and Google, which also ...

Microsoft targets $50-billion affordable mobile devices market
NDTV
US-based software giant Microsoft, the new owner of Nokia's mobile ... market share to Samsung and Apple as it struggled to position itself among the ...

Apple iPhone Sales Lead To Record Quarter
InformationWeek
Apple announced financial results for its second fiscal quarter of 2014 on Wednesday, and the iPhone 5s and 5c came through in a big way.

Google's top social networking executive departs
Washington Post
Google CEO Larry Page praised Gundotra in his own Plus post. ... And even with its rapid growth, Google Plus is still less than half the size of Facebook, which ended March ... Gundotra spent 15 years at Microsoft Corp. before defecting to Google in 2006. ... Appledoesn't need no stinkin' moonshots.

Microsoft's Nokia deal closes -- say hello to Microsoft Mobile | VentureBeat | Mobile | by Harrison ...
By Harrison Weber
Microsoft's purchase of Nokia's handset business closed today as expected – nearly eight months after it was first announced. Microsoft stated during ...
VentureBeat


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