And Apple is going to be caught flat-footed: Don’t Diss Cheap Smartphones. They’re About to Change Everything | Gadget Lab | WIRED: "We see a lot of phones here at WIRED. Right now, for example, we’ve got the HTC One M8, Samsung Galaxy S5, Sony Xperia Z2, Nokia Lumia Icon, iPhone 5s and all sorts of other flagship devices. But what I’m really fired up about are a handful of cheap handsets. The amazing cheap-o handset is the new iPhone.
I’ve got the new Motorola Moto E in my bag and it’s just amazing. It costs just $129, unlocked, without a contract. This little Alcatel OneTouch Fierce I’ve got sitting on my desk is amazing, too. Heard of it? Probably not. If you’re the average phone-forward WIRED reader, these may fly below your radar. Yet for several billion people worldwide, these phones and ones like them are a ticket to ride...." Cyber-security expert’s experiment shows Wi-Fi users in Las Vegas vulnerable to hacking - Las Vegas Sun News: ..."Lyne said wireless networks throughout the city did a good job upgrading from using WEP security, which he said was an easily broken encryption network. But he also found that nearly half the users accessing the Internet on an open network did so with no encryptions. Without any encryption, even the most inexperienced hackers can access an online user’s bank accounts, capture private information and upload viruses. It’s like shouting out personal bank account numbers and passwords at a café and being shocked that other people steal them, Lyne said...."
Google gets requests from Europeans to be 'forgotten' USA TODAY SAN FRANCISCO — Just days after the European High Court of Justice ruled that people have the "right to be forgotten," Google is getting requests ...
Amazon said to play hardball in book contract talks with publishing house Hachette Washington Post But the bad news was that anyone trying to order the book on Amazon.com on Friday ... “We are satisfying all Amazon's orders promptly,” Hachette said in a statement last week. ... sued publishers and Apple for conspiring to raise prices of e-books during a series of ....
Microsoft Surface: 5 Things To Watch InformationWeek Since taking over for Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has earned mostly plaudits from investors and commentators. This Tuesday ...
Yahoo Weather (for Android) PC Magazine If slick design is what you're looking for in a weather app for your Android device, look no further than Yahoo Weather (free). It easily trumps 1Weather, ...
With apologies to Winston Churchill, this is not the end of Apple, but it may be the beginning of the end of Apple: On Streaming: Apple, Beats & Spotify | Om Malik: "...If that brand thing is indeed true, then Apple is in big trouble — because that implies that the Apple brand is not as cool and premium as it has been. I don’t think that is the case. Revenues aren’t really a problem for Apple. So that leaves them buying into a new category — aka headphones. It makes no sense since Apple can make sh_tty headphones (and some say they do) and get even more premium pricing than Beats headphones....Bottom-line: I am down on this deal. This is a reactive move — at best. Steve Jobs’ Apple would have pushed to make something better, but even he struggled to come to terms with Internet and Internet thinking. That hasn’t changed." How to save Google Maps offline on iOS and Android devices | BGR: "Google has just rolled out a major Google Maps update for mobile devices, available to both iOS and Android users, which brings several interesting features, including the ability to save maps offline in order to access them later without needing an Internet connection. PhoneArena has put together a quick guide on how to save offline maps on Android devices, although the same procedure is available to iOS users as well. Google Data Mining Changes: Privacy Reform Needed
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Google's decision to end its practice of scanning student emails for advertising purposes -- and to make "similar changes" for all Google Apps ...
Apple-Samsung Verdict: Who's Winning the Fight?
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Samsung lawyers argued during the trial that Apple's real target is Google Inc., the maker of the Android software that Samsung and other smartphone ...
NASA snaps photos of the Sun at an unprecedented rate
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NASA has been taking pictures of the sun to predict solar forecasts and monitor the sun's behavior. This is achieved through using a telescope that only filters ultraviolet light. In 2010, NASA launched a spacecraft, the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which ...
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Apple-Samsung Trial Is All About Messages: Feldman: Video - Bloomberg: (Allow video to load after clicking play) UC Hastings' Robin Feldman, author of "Rethinking Patent Law," discusses Apple and Samsung's $2 billion trial with Emily Chang on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West." (Source: Bloomberg April 25) Apple makes final pitch to US jury in Samsung trial Fox Business SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) - Samsung transformed the smartphone market only by copying iPhone technology, an Apple attorney said on ... Kantar: Windows Phone ‘Stutters’ Amid Android Price Competition, iPhone 5S Is Apple’s Buffer | TechCrunch: "According to the latest 12-week figures from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech — a market research division of WPP — Windows Phone accounted for 8.1% of smartphone sales in the 12 weeks to the end of March across the top five markets in Europe (the UK, France, Spain, Italy and Germany), with Android taking 70.7% of sales and iOS 19.2%." Viral Twitter protest targets Mexico Internet law: Activists are worried that the law, proposed by President Pena Nieto, would allow the government to restrict access to the Internet and increase surveillance. There are also concerns that the government could block communication signals at protests, reportedly for security reasons, potentially stopping activists and journalists from tweeting and live-streaming. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Will Talk Net Neutrality With Congress On May 20 | TechCrunch: "Mark your calendars: May 20 should provide fireworks. On that date, Tom Wheeler, current chairman of the Federal Communications Commission FCC will sit down in front of the House Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and testify."
Apple rolls out new, cheaper MacBook Airs CNN (CNN) -- Apple has refreshed its line of MacBook Air notebooks, dropping in more powerful processors and knocking $100 off the price. The 11-inch ...
Microsoft Office For iPad Gains Printing InformationWeek Users can wirelessly print Office documents using Apple's AirPrint feature. In Word ...Microsoft also promised bug fixes and stability improvements.
Google: Driverless cars are mastering city streets Washington Post LOS ANGELES — Google says that cars it is programming to drive themselves have started to master the navigation of city streets and the challenges ...
Google: Weapon of Choice in the Cloud Wall Street Journal Google: Weapon of Choice in the Cloud .... Valuations at companies such as Google,Facebook, and Amazon are, in large part, bets on the ability of ...
Microsoft boosts OneDrive for Business storage PCWorld Microsoft is currently offering the first year's subscription at half the price. ... As part of its free Google account for individual consumers, Google offers ...
Facebook Launches Business Manager Tool InformationWeek Business Manager streamlines workflows for large advertisers and provides one dashboard to manage accounts, pages, permissions, and more. AOL probing security breach Washington Post CYBERSECURITY. AOL probing security breach. Those passwords you just changed? It's time to change at least one of them again — that is, if you use AOL. The company said Monday that it is “investigating a security incident” after being notified that ...
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