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10 July 2014

YouTube or Google Drive for video? (Google Enterprise video)

When do we use YouTube or Google Drive for video? -
YouTube or Google Drive for video? -- from Google Enterprise (Published on Jul 8, 2014): "We have two great options at Google when it comes to posting and making videos available to our customers, employees, and partners. So, how do you choose what you use? We look at three things: 1. Who is the target audience? 2. What do we need to learn? 3. Do we want people to share? Resources for working with YouTube and Google Drive video:
Uploading, it all starts here: http://goo.gl/0wXYSc
YouTube resources for anyone creating video:https://www.youtube.com/yt/creators/
Using Google Drive for video: http://goo.gl/34KUHX


Silicon Valley harvesting interns straight from high school - Telegraph: "Companies such as Facebook and Airbnb are plying teenage programmers with perks and high pay, bypassing universities to seek new talent..."

Farewell to the big-screen plasma TV - Los Angeles Times"To many aficionados of video image quality, this news comes as a dagger in the heart. Plasma has yielded to LCDs, which are cheaper, more energy-efficient and cooler."

Facebook kills 'Lecpetex' botnet that turned 250k PCs into Litecoin-mining zombies | PCWorld: "...Those behind Lecpetex launched at least 20 spam campaigns between December 2013 and last month, affecting Facebook and other online services. Some of the victims received private messages containing a “.zip” attachment containing a Java JAR file or Visual Basic script. Those files, if executed, would then retrieve other malware modules stored on remote sites. The modules were either DarkComet, a widely used remote access tool that can harvest login credentials, or variants of software that mines the virtual currency Litecoin, the team wrote. By frequently refreshing and changing the malicious attachments, Lecpetex defeated Facebook’s filters designed to stop such malware from being distributed. The malware would also automatically update itself to evade antivirus products...."

Amazon Dangles E-Book Offer Amid Hachette Dispute
Wall Street Journal
The Web retailing giant has proposed letting Hachette authors keep 100% of the revenue from their digital-book sales while the online retailer and ...

Google CEO: Fight Unemployment With Job Sharing
InformationWeek
That might sound like the setup for an episode of Star Trek, but it's the world Google'sfounders see ahead of us. In a video interview published last ...

Google offers workaround for bug that stopped paid apps installing on Android Wear
ZDNet
With new apps for Wear piling into the Google Play store, Wear developers have found a significant oversight by Google in the tools it recently ...

Facebook is a school yard bully that's going down
Computerworld
Computerworld - I can still remember when Facebook was still "The Facebook," before its doors were open to anyone who wanted to join, before you ...

Microsoft to try again to deliver an Azure 'cloud in a box' appliance
ZDNet
Back in 2010, Microsoft officials announced the company was readying Windows Azure Appliances, meant to function as "private clouds in a box.

Microsoft's Bing Ads Are Growing Nicely, But It's Still Living In Google's World
Forbes
With Google continuing to dominate spending on search advertising, ... that Microsoft remains “200% committed” to its search partnership with Yahoo.

With Google Offer, Cloud Storage Gets Closer to Free
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The move highlights the battle among Google, Amazon and Microsoft to provide companies with remote storage, computing power and other ...

Google to ship first Project Ara developer boards in July
PCWorld
Having nailed the basics of its ambitious Project Ara customizable smartphone, Google is now engaging the hardware developer community to add ...

Google Glass creator: Glass not only answer to life after smartphones
CNET
SAN FRANCISCO -- It seems like everyone's got an opinion on Google Glass, the search giant's ambitious connected headset that mounts a computer ...

Apple's 'Find My iPhone' Web Maps for iCloud.com Beta Move from Google to Apple - Mac Rumors
By Kelly Hodgkins
Apple is beginning the transition to move its Maps application online starting with the Find My iPhone web app on its iCloud.com beta website, ...
MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors...

Apple's Secret Ebay Store Is Back With Cheap Refurbished iPhones - Gizmodo
By Ashley Feinberg
... and eBay. And it's selling Apple Certified Refurbished iPhones for cheap. ... What Everyone's Getting Wrong About Facebook's "Creepy" Study.
Gizmodo


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13 December 2012

Google Maps Best Apple Maps

Review: Google Maps puts Apple Maps to shame - CNN.com: "As a bonus for developers -- and app users alike -- Google announced Google Maps SDK for iOS, which gives app developers the opportunity to use maps within apps for the iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad. This will help users easily search and get the directions they want while using other apps and ultimately strengthen Google's maps reach. . . . While Apple Maps excels in some ways (3D rendering in particular) there are just too many arrows in Google Maps' quiver -- especially now that it's brought turn-by-turn navigation to its iOS app. Public transit, street view and easy searching propel Google to a clear victory . . ."

The Best Features of Google Maps for iOS
PC Magazine
Why should you download the new Google Maps app for your iPhone? That should be obvious: because Apple's Maps app doesn't cut it. But here are six great features of the Google Maps for iOS. Mark Hachman By Mark Hachman. December 13, 2012 ...

McAfee Back In U.S.: Crazy Like A Fox?
InformationWeek
Guatemala refuses asylum request and deports AV founder McAfee to Miami. Officials in Belize dismiss McAfee's claims that he's being persecuted by government, call him "bonkers." By Mathew J. Schwartz · InformationWeek. December 13, 2012 10:44 AM ...

Amazon sets up Kindle store in China
CNET
The retailer's new store offers Chinese-language e-books though Kindle tablets and e-readers aren't yet available in the country. Lance Whitney. by Lance Whitney. December 13, 2012 8:04 AM PST Follow @lancewhit. Amazon's new Chinese Kindle ...

Surface-starved Swedes served pop-up Windows 8 'showroom'
ZDNet
Summary: Microsoft and Intel are aiming to show Swedes the range of Windows 8 machines available with a surprising strategy. But the Surface remains elusive. Liam Tung. By Liam Tung for Norse Code | December 13, 2012 -- 15:49 GMT (07:49 PST) ...

ZDNet

Drumbeat of of AT&T LTE launches goes on
Computerworld
Computerworld - AT&T is putting the pedal to the metal on its LTE deployments, saying Thursday it has added seven more markets to its list, atop of the four market launches it had announced three days earlier. The carrier now offers LTE service in 120 ...

Amazon expands Instant Video to iPhone
USA TODAY
Amazon launched its Instant Video app for the iPhone and iPod Touch on Thursday. (Photo: David McNew Getty Images). Story Highlights. Instant Video now available for iPhone, iPod Touch. 11:38AM EST December 13. 2012 - Amazon is expanding its ...

Linux 3.8 will drop support for Intel 386 chips
PCWorld
Katherine Noyes has been an ardent geek ever since she first conquered Pyramid of Doom on an ancient TRS-80. Today she covers business and tech in all its forms, with an emphasis on Linux and open source software. More by Katherine Noyes. Launched...

PCWorld

Vote Clears Way for Taxi Rider Apps
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By early next year, New York taxi riders could be hailing cabs with the tap of a smartphone, a sea change in the interactions between cabbies and fares that was bitterly opposed by other factions of the for-hire vehicle industry. The Taxi and Limousine ...

Wall Street Journal (blog)

Talks on Telecommunications Treaty Falter
New York Times
DUBAI — Once-in-a-generation talks on a global telecommunications treaty were perched on the verge of collapse Thursday, with delegates seemingly unable to break an impasse over the most sensitive issue: whether to include the Internet in the ...

Apple patent shows better way to handle incoming calls
CNET
A new Apple patent approved today points to a better way to handle incoming calls by putting them on hold or saving voice mails as text. Lance Whitney. by Lance Whitney. December 13, 2012 6:09 AM PST Follow @lancewhit. A new Apple technology could ...

Smule's new social app Strum mixes video with visual and audio filters
Macworld
Lex uses a MacBook Pro, an iPhone 5, an iPad mini, a Kindle 3, a TiVo HD, and a treadmill desk, and loves them all. His latest book, a children's book parody for adults, is called "The Kid in the Crib." Lex lives in New Jersey with his wife and three young kids.

The Secret World: Subscription Free, Time To Try?
Forbes
At launch, Funcom's The Secret World (TSW) decided to take on the subscription based MMORPG world guns blazing. Now TSW has ditched the sub fee and transitioned to a “Buy-to-play” model similar to Guild Wars 2. Is it time to give TSW a try? My first few ...

Forbes

Samsung's chief strategy officer admits to using Apple's iPhone, iPad & Mac at ...
Apple Insider
One of the top executives at Apple's chief rival, Samsung, has admitted that he uses an iPhone, iPad and Mac at home, largely due to Apple's "sticky" ecosystem. Young Sohn admitted his personal preference for Apple's tightly connected ecosystem in an ...

Geminid meteor shower set to reach peak
Telegraph.co.uk
The annual display should be at its most spectacular on Thursday night and Friday morning, with dozens of meteors streaking across the sky each hour. Activity should reach a peak at about 11.30pm in Britain, but experts warned that bad weather could mean ...

Telegraph.co.uk

European Union OKs Apple e-books offer amid US talks
Politico
The acceptance by European antitrust regulators Thursday of a settlement with Apple and four publishers in an e-book price-fixing case may spur ongoing talks in a parallel case working its way through the U.S. courts, knowledgeable sources told POLITICO.

Politico

Google: So Where Should Google Fiber Go Next?
Tom's Guide
Google Fiber should branch out to a nearby city, but the company could rely on its previous tactic of allowing cities and communities to beg. Now that Google has Kansas City under its belt, the company is now trying to determine where to lay its Google Fiber ...

Nasa releases post-apocolypse video ten days early
Telegraph.co.uk
The video is narrated from December 22 2012, the day after the supposed apocolypse and Nasa appears so confident about its prediction that it released the clip ten days early. A Nasa spokesperson says: "If you're watching this, it means one thing. The world ...

Police Tase Woman for Buying Too Many iPhones
Mashable
The Apple Store in Nashua, N.H,. is apparently very strict about its two-iPhones-per-customer rule. The penalty for those who break the order? Getting Tased by police. At least that's what happened to 44-year-old Chinese national Xiaojie Li earlier this week, ...

RIM Says US Immigration & Customs to Test Drive BB10 After All
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Bloomberg: A man tries a BlackBerry 10 smartphone prototype at the BlackBerry Jam Asia developer conference in Bangkok, Thailand, in November. Research In Motion Ltd. said early Thursday that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a giant ...

Wall Street Journal (blog)

Eshoo: Keep broadband spectrum law 'on track'
San Mateo Daily Journal
U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, urged the Federal Communications Commission yesterday to “keep on track” with its mission to implement an auction of wireless spectrum. A successful auction, planned for June 2014, will provide more spectrum for ...

Tesla Motors preparing to distribute the Model S in Europe and Canada
Torque News
Tesla Motors has opened a warehouse, assembly, and distribution center, in Tilburg, Netherlands, that will pave the way for Tesla Model S distribution in Europe later this year. n/a. 2012 Tesla Model S. On Wednesday, Tesla Motors announced a key step ...

Torque News

Tech: Google to Tackle Mobile's Fat …
Adweek
Fat fingers suck...the value out of advertisers' mobile budgets. Twenty-two percent of clicks on mobile ads are accidental, according to mobile app marketing platform TradeMob. Thus, with a good chunk of advertisers' spend on mobile ads potentially going ...

Adweek

Engineers Create a More Lifelike Robot
LiveScience.com
In the endless quest to create a robot that looks and moves like a human being, researchers have broken new ground: giving a robot a complex muscular system that accurately mimics some human movements. Kenshiro, who was developed by University of ...

With Audiogalaxy Acquisition, Dropbox Signals Its Cloud Music Ambitions
TechCrunch
Dropbox broadly hinted at its future plans yesterday, with the acquisition of Audiogalaxy, a startup allowing users to store their music files and playlists in the cloud then stream them to any device. The announcement was made via a short post on the ...

Google settles Belgian papers' copyright dispute
Reuters
By Foo Yun Chee. BRUSSELS | Thu Dec 13, 2012 8:48am EST. BRUSSELS Dec 13 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Thursday to help boost online revenues for a group of Belgian newspaper publishers and authors, settling a six-year dispute over copyright ...

Google: 'No plans' to expand apps to Microsoft's Windows Phone
Fiercemobilecontent
Google revealed it has no current plans to expand business applications like Gmail and Drive to Microsoft's fledgling Windows Phone 8, citing lack of customer interest in the platform. "We are very careful about where we invest and will go where the users are, ...

Drivers have a choice about red light cameras (Jonathan Baggs, Community ...
The Huntsville Times - al.com (blog)
It was only a split second in time that seemed to occur in slow motion. The one-ton flat-bed work truck's front grill got closer and closer until a "T-bone" collision with another vehicle occurred in the intersection. When the work truck ran a red light and slammed ...

The Huntsville Times - al.com (blog)

Senate still grappling with FISA - SJC to mark up Franken location bill - WCIT ...
Politico (blog)
With help from Tony Romm, Michelle Quinn, Brooks Boliek and Eliza Krigman. CLOCK TICKING, SENATE STILL GRAPPLING WITH FISA — Tony Romm reports: "While the chamber is preoccupied with the fast-approaching fiscal cliff, the clock is also running ...

Santa Cruz County beaches flooded with dead squid
Los Angeles Times
Hundreds of Humboldt squid stranded themselves on Santa Cruz County beaches in recent days in what the San Francisco Chronicle called a "mysterious frenzy of suicide." Researchers are unsure what caused the massive die-off, which took place far north ...

Juniper Wins New Deal - Analyst Blog
NASDAQ
More deals are flowing for the networking company Juniper Networks ( JNPR ). Recently, Availity has opted for Juniper's data center switching, WAN routing and security solutions to improve its national health information network across numerous data ...

Facebook Confirms Instagram Ad Plans
Investorplace.com
Facebook's (NASDAQ:FB) vice president of global market solutions, Carolyn Everson, says that the company will monetize Instagram, according to a report in BusinessInsider. She provided no timeline, though, but instead simply said it would happen ...

Investorplace.com

IHS: Tablets have made e-readers an 'endangered species'
ZDNet
Summary: E-book readers are all but extinct thanks to tablets, according to industry analysts. But should we count them out altogether yet? Rachel King. By Rachel King for Between the Lines | December 12, 2012 -- 17:48 GMT (09:48 PST). Follow @ ...

FreedomPop launches free home broadband
CNET
The startup, which uses Clearwire's WiMax network, will give users of its new FreedomPop Home Burst home modem 1GB of monthly data for free, double the typical amount given to users of its service. Shara Tibken. by Shara Tibken. December 12, 2012 ...

Apple Worth $400 A Share?
The motley Fool (blog)
Chad is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinions of our bloggers and are not formally edited. In a recent Barron's article, Mr. Lindberg from ABGSC Sundal Collier was cited as adding to his bearish stance on Apple ...

Electric car startup CODA cutting 15 pct of staff
Reuters
LOS ANGELES | Wed Dec 12, 2012 3:17pm EST. LOS ANGELES Dec 12 (Reuters) - U.S. electric car startup CODA Automotive has cut 50 jobs, or 15 percent of its staff, it said on Wednesday. The move will "right-size the company" and "better position our ...

Credit-card sized cooler from GE is slim and silent
CNET
General Electric has developed an ultra-slim cooling solution that could be used in laptops and tablets in the near future. The cooler uses what GE calls dual-piezoelectric cooling jets (DCJ for short). Unlike fan-based versions which utilize spinning blades, the...

CNET

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy music game now on iOS
TechnologyTell (blog)
The final month of 2012 has featured a lot of Final Fantasy for iOS. Square-Enix recently announced a Final Fantasy app sale that ends Friday, Final Fantasy IV is coming soon, and now the Nintendo 3DS rhythm game Theatrhythm Final Fantasy been ported ...

TechnologyTell (blog)

Will Gambling Save Zynga?
Motley Fool
Over the past year, Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA ) has been methodically losing at its own game. Shareholders as of Dec. 16, 2011, have watched 73% of their investment go down the virtual tubes. One of the few bull arguments remaining for the gaming company ...

Dell brings open source to big data
ITBusiness.ca
Open source is coming to the cloud. Technology vendor Dell, which has been working hard to transition from a cheap PC vendor to an infrastructure services player, has announced a partnership with hardware manufacturer Inktank for an open source-based ...

Big asteroid flying by Earth
Toronto Sun
Toutatis The asteroid Toutatis is captured by NASA's Goldstone radar as it passes by Earth on December 11, 2012. (REUTERS/NASA/JPL/Caltech/Handout). Tweet. Change text size for the story; Print this story. Report an error ...

Pope Benedict XVI Joins Twitter
People Magazine
Pope Benedict XVI sent out his first Tweet on Wednesday using the handle @Pontifex (loosely translated from Latin to mean "bridge builder"). "Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter," he wrote. "Thank you for your generous ...

Cern Zombie Film Shot By British Physicists
Sky News
The low-budget movie was shot by British physicists in a tunnel at the world's largest particle physics laboratory. 5:58pm UK, Wednesday 12 December 2012. clip from Decay, hadron collider zombie film. Video: Decay Trailer: warning graphic content: Full film ...

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28 November 2012

Reviewers say Nokia Here Maps for iOS Worse Than Apple Maps


Nokia Here Maps for iOS Worse Than Apple Maps: Reviewers
eWeek
Nokia's Here maps are lousy to the point of making Apple Maps for iOS 6 seem not so bad, suggest early reviews. Nokia has invested billions in mobile mapping, so when Apple bungled its Maps app in iOS 6, it seemed a golden opportunity for Nokia—with...

eWeek

New In Minecraft: 1.5 Redstone Update
GameSpot
MINECON 2012: Analogue redstone, better minecarts, and a host of bug fixes make up the latest Minecraft update. One of the biggest cheers at this year's Minecon came from the announcement of version 1.5, which--as Mojang studio lead Jens Bergensten ...

Damian Dinning explains Nokia departure, joining Jaguar Land Rover
SlashGear
Yesterday we heard that Damian Dinning, who served as the head of Nokia's camera and imaging department, was leaving the company. He'll be ending a 9 year tenure on November 30, but when this announcement was made, there will still a few mysteries...

SlashGear

Tracking Mars: Curiosity Makes Its Mark on the Red Planet
Wired
Since Curiosity landed on mars on Aug. 6, the rover has traveled hundreds of feet over the Martian surface. In the process, it has tracked up the sandy, dusty terrain, leaving tire marks, scoop divots, Morse code and one tiny piece of itself behind. Unlike the ...

Wired

Climate summit's 2015 goal
Sydney Morning Herald
IT IS an annual ritual: nearly 200 nations sit down at the end of each year for two weeks of glacially paced negotiations to stop global warming. Meanwhile, leading scientific and economic bodies warn that time is fast running out to cut greenhouse gas ...

Travelogue: Area leads way in texting law violators
Delaware County Daily Times
The no-texting law in Pennsylvania has been in effect since March 8, and according to numbers listed by AAA Mid-Atlantic, the region that has had the most drivers ticketed for texting while driving is . . . the five-county Philadelphia region. In the first six months ...

Lauded climate-change documentary "Chasing Ice" comes home to Boulder
Denver Post
Posted: 11/25/2012 12:01:00 AM MST. Birthday Canyon in Greenland during the filming of "Chasing Ice." The film follows National Geographic photographer James Balog across the Arctic. (James Balog, Extreme Ice Survey). Stage, Screen & In Between Blog ...

Fossil Rhino Skull Discovered In Volcanic Ash, 9.2-Million-Year-Old Rhino ...
PlanetSave.com
A 9.2 million years old fossilized rhino skull has been discovered buried in volcanic ash. Fossils preserved in volcanic rock are very rare, and account for less than two percent of the world's known specimens. 20121124-161021.jpg. The specimen was ...

Review: Gift guide to smaller tablets
Rapid City Journal
NEW YORK | The tablet computer is without a doubt the gift of the season — just like it was last year. But if you resisted the urge in 2011, now is the time to give in. This season's tablets are better all around. Intense competition has kept prices very low, making ...

The MacBook Air – As Important As Air?
Solar Panels News
Apple has released its newest version in the line of ultraportable computers, The MacBook Air. The Apple MacBook Air 11.6 inch is loaded with the latest third-generation 1.6 GHz Intel Core i5 dual-core processor with Turbo Boost technology up to 2.6GHz, ...

Wii U expected to be sold out through March
Geek
If you are planning on waiting until you can just walk into the store and pick up a Wii U, you'll probably have to wait at least until March. The console is expected to remain sold out, with customers likely to still be lining up outside the door for new shipments ...

Refurbished iPhone 5's Available from AT&T at $149 for 16GB, $249 for 32GB ...
Latinos Post
Apple is known for charging a premium price for its flagship iPhone series of smartphones, but customers who are willing to pick up a refurbished version of the iPhone 5 are in luck. At AT&T's official website, those who opt for a two-year contract with the ...

What we missed: 'Black Ops II' update, 'Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney' trailer ...
StickSkills
Since our staff is responsible for covering pretty much everything related to the video game industry on a daily basis, it can be tough to post all the stories we think our readers would like to see. Videos go unwatched, new release dates are missed and silly ...

StickSkills

Double Fine adds 'Brazen' prototype to Amnesia Fortnight rewards
Joystiq
Double Fine's internally developed and externally funded Amnesia Fortnight game jam soldiers on, and as is always the case with Humble Bundle promotions, an additional reward has been added for those that donate above the current average.

Will Apple Lead or Follow in the Future Glass Projects Market?
Patently Apple
Last month we posted a report titled "Apple, Google & Others Preparing for the Coming Glass War." Today, we follow through on that report by taking a deeper look at this emerging trend that could very quickly be the next "iPad" in terms of sheer market impact.

Can't wait for the new iMac to arrive? Try a $540 Chinese clone… or not
Today's iPhone
Dang, Chinese clone-makers are getting seriously good at copying Apple. Check out the computer above, designed and manufactured by “Mr. Hong”, it features a 21.5-inch 1920 x 1080 resolution display, 4GB RAM, i3 dual core processor and a 500GB hard ...

Jupiter out all night. Venus, Saturn, Mercury before sunrise
EarthSky (blog)
The coming weeks are an awesome time to look for planets! The chart at the top of this post shows the planets Venus and Saturn closest together in the east before dawn on Monday, November 26. The planet Mercury is crawling into view now, too, in the ...

Tablet display shipments jump, top laptops in October
CNET
Tablets are on a tear. Shipments of tablets are catching up to laptops a lot faster than anticipated only a few months ago. Brooke Crothers. by Brooke Crothers. November 24, 2012 12:50 PM PST Follow @mbrookec. The $199 Nexus 7 has been a catalyst in ...

Science news that's good for Lonesome George, bad for new car smell
Globe and Mail
Lonesome George, the late reptile prince of the Galapagos Islands, may be dead, but scientists now say he may not be the last giant tortoise of his species after all. Researchers say they may be able to resurrect the Pinta Island subspecies by launching a ...

Globe and Mail

Google's 'gallery for everyone' lets you take over Times Square, say thank you for...
Engadget
What would be a neat trick to round off a perfect holiday with friends, family, and -- if you're lucky -- some bargain-priced tech? How about getting your smug, contented face up on the screens in Times Square? Not got the big corporate budget? No worries, as ...

Why It's Bad News That Otellini is Retiring From Intel
Forbes
Intel Corp. (INTC) chief executive officer Paul Otellini surprised investors by announcing that he will retire next May at the annual meeting – almost two years ahead of expectations. He said he will oversee an orderly transition as the board considers both ...

Just in time for Christmas! The brain-powered helicopter offering genuine blue ...
Daily Mail
The makers of a brain-powered helicopter are hoping to fundamentally change the way we think about toys. San Francisco company Puzzlebox are billing the 'Orbit' as both an entertaining novelty item and an educational tool. They believe the project can ...

Daily Mail

Toyota Prius has low theft rate
Detroit Free Press
As if there weren't enough practical reasons to buy a Toyota Prius hybrid, here's another: It's apparently so dorky that thieves won't steal it. The National Insurance Crime Bureau says despite its popularity, the Prius has a much lower theft rate than other cars ...

Instagram: 10M photos shared on US Thanksgiving Day
GMA News
Photos of turkeys and pies and everything about Thanksgiving Day – more than 10 million of them – dominated photo sharing service Instagram on the important American occasion. In a blog post, Instagram said this was a "record usage" as Instagrammers ...

Suits bulk of 32″-sixty five” Liquid crystal display LED Plasma HDTV flat panel ...
Venice Life Magazine
The reduced profile mount MF601B is appropriate with LED, Liquid crystal display, Plasma TVs and other flat panel shows measuring amongst 32 and 65 inches. Supports all VESA mounting specifications up to 600×400 and several odd dimensions ...

iPhone 5 camera to scream and shout about by Will.i.am
Phones Review
The iPhone 5 has been another smash hit for Apple since its release in September but before it released we discussed wanted features for the next iPhone on several occasions and one thing that many people wanted was an improved camera. When the...

Phones Review

Holiday gifts: Techie picks for the health nut
USA TODAY
Holiday gifts: Techie picks for the health nut. Alice Truong, Special for USA TODAYShare. Comments. Here are ideas for the fitness buff, or couch potato who needs a push. Budget selections too. Jawbone Up. The Jawbone Up. (Photo: Alice Truong for USA ...

Posted in: 3DS, DS, DS Games, DS News, News, Nintendo News, Wii, Wii ...
Gamersyndrome
This is a regular update that we have here at Gamer Syndrome, detailing for you the latest updates on Club Nintendo offers and free goodies. The Basics: For those of you that don't know, Club Nintendo is a service that Nintendo offers, somewhat similar in ...

Court Orders Apple to Disclose HTC Deal Details to Samsung
JDJournal.com
On Wednesday, Judge Lucy Koh ordered that Apple produce a full unredacted copy of the settlement agreement between Apple and HTC “without delay” to Samsung, subject to Attoneys-Eyes-Only conditions. The order is part of post trial arguments following ...

PlayStation 4/Xbox 720 Augmented Reality Wanted? - Unscripted Access ...
The Gamer Access
Nintendo's Wii U launch, PlayStation 3 creeps on worldwide sales of Xbox 360, rumors of Xbox's augmented reality, and much more gaming news and nonsense that listeners have come to expect with Unscripted Access. The Gamer Access is back again with ...

LG: LTE in the Nexus 4 is an evolutionary leftover
SlashGear
The LTE modem discovered in the Nexus 4 is an evolutionary leftover akin to an appendix or tailbone, LG has explained, dashing any hopes of a firmware update unlocking future 4G capabilities. Interest was raised when teardowns of the latest Nexus ...

SlashGear

'Black Ops 2' Tops 11M Units Sold In First Week, No Signs Of Call Of Duty ...
Forbes
Call of Duty Black Ops 2 sales were lower in the game's first week than Modern Warfare 3, but it's too early to worry about gamer fatigue. I'm not sure that any video game boasting sales of over 11 million units globally in its first week can exhibit signs of ...

Forbes

Motorola Droid Razr MAXX HD 4G will continue with the sale price through ...
Technology Bloom News
The Motorola Droid Razr MAXX HD has received a retail price reduction this holiday shopping season at online retailer Amazon. The internet retailing giant has reduced the retail price of the best-selling Razr MAXX HD to $149 on contract, and that price is ...

Technology Bloom News

Vita discounts coming to US PSN next week
Computerandvideogames.com
Next week's US PlayStation Store update will bring with it discounted prices on 10 PS Vita games, Sony has said. PlayStation Network Screenshot Little Deviants, Reality Fighters, Hot Shot Golf: World Invitational, MLB 12: The Show, Reality Fighters, Wipeout ...

Disney has taught a humanoid robot to play catch, juggle - doesn't look like Arnie ...
TweakTown
Here I am thinking we're getting closer to the end of the Mayan long-count calender, and the world won't end - but now Disney have taught one of their humanoid robotic subordinates how to play catch and juggle with human participants.

TweakTown

Black box, right on time: Vodaphone enters the tablet wars
Daily Mail
The Christmas race for iPad Mini killers has just hotted up, but is Vodafone's tablet up to the job? Lenovo's laptops are usually big, black rectangles that look like Soviet-era cars from the Eastern Bloc – like they should be accessorised with a sticker saying, 'My ...
 
Daily Mail

All Wii U games to come with Stars Points
Everybody Plays
It seems that not a week can go by without some sort of financial crisis, grave statistic or global dilemma cropping up in the news. And with the 'dire economic climate' of recent years threatening to rear it's head again and Christmas fast approaching, it can ...

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28 September 2012

Tim Cook Apologizes for Apple's Maps

Tim Cook Apologizes for Apple's Maps
New York Times (blog)
In a letter posted on Apple's Web site, Mr. Cook said he was “extremely sorry” for the anguish caused when the company replaced Google's maps with its own, acknowledging that the company's new Maps app did not live up to its standards. He said that 100 ...

New York Times (blog)

Apple apologizes for its mapping service on iOS 6
Computerworld
"While we're improving Maps, you can try alternatives by downloading map apps from the App Store like Bing, MapQuest and Waze, or use Google or Nokia maps by going to their websites and creating an icon on your home screen to their web app," Cook ...

Taking Google's Field Trip app for a spin: Watch out for the potholes
PCWorld
More by Jared Newman. With a new Android app called Field Trip, Google wants to be your tour guide for all things local. ... It's a vintage Google product--that is, it's pretty rough around the edges, but has lots of potential for greatness. On startup ...

Needed for Google's Next Nexus 7 Tablet: More Storage
TIME
Now that Amazon and Barnes & Noble have announced their latest cheap tablets, it's become clear that Google's own offering, the Nexus 7, has a storage problem. The $200 Nexus 7, which launched in July, comes with just 8 GB of storage. A 16 GB version ...

TIME

Apple CEO Tim Cook Apologizes to Customers Over iOS 6 Maps
All Things Digital
Apple CEO Tim Cook on Friday apologized for customer upset over its mapping changes and said it is working hard to improve the Apple-created service that replaced Google Maps in iOS 6. In the meantime, Cook pointed customers to rival Web-based ...

Google Obeys Brazil Court, Blocks YouTube Video Criticizing Politicians
Huffington Post
An arrest warrant was issued for Coelho earlier this week by a court in Brazil's Mato Grosso do Sul state after Google failed to obey an order demanding removal of the video attacking a mayoral candidate. Judges in Brazil have held executives ...

EU moves to charge Microsoft #thecircuit
Washington Post (blog)
The report said the regulator warned that, without a settlement, Google will face a long legal battle in Europe. Microsoft general counsel and executive vice president Brad Smith was at the Brookings Institution Thursday to talk about a different issue ...

Google AdSense Bots Gone Wild: Author In Violation For Torrenting His Own Book!
Forbes
Based on response to the linked story on TechDirt, Google has resolved the case, but not before revealing a blind spot in its automation. Here's the setup of the story from the link on TechDirt: “A few years ago, Jackson, while deployed in Iraq, wrote ...

Forbes

Apple's iPhone 5 has louder, harsher vibration effect than 4S
CNET (blog)
So, why might Apple have gone back to a previous design? An iFixit screenshot seems to indicate that the older vibration component is much smaller than the latest version. Considering Apple'siPhone 5 is notable thinner than the iPhone 4S, the company ...

Tim Cook Apologizes For Apple Maps, Points To Competitive ...
By Jordan Crook
Obviously, this is directed toward the recent discovery that Apple and Google may have parted ways over the fact that Google was unwilling to let iOS users enjoy turn-by-turn navigation. To partially make up for it, Cook offers suggestions for ...
TechCrunch


Voice-Guided Directions Dispute Torpedoed Google Maps for iOS 6
By Sam Laird
People who use Google Maps on Android mobile devices have long since been able to get voice-guided driving directions. But iPhone users of Google Maps have never had that. As the rivalry between Apple and Google/Android has ramped ...
Mashable!


Imagery Update - Google Lat Long Blog
By Lat Long Blog
Our quest to create the most comprehensive and accurate map of the world is ongoing, but we're happy to take a pause and share some impressive progress that our Google Maps and Earth imagery teams have recently made. We've ...
Google Lat Long


Google gives users an easy out, adds YouTube to Takeout data ...
By Mark Hearn
Google recently added YouTube to its Takeout data migration service, which now gives users the ability to pull all of their uploaded videos from the company's servers in a single stroke. This groovy tool should definitely come in handy when ...
Engadget


Amazon rejects Apple's false advertising claim in App Store suit ...
By Mike Schramm
Amazon.com has filed a statement in Apple's ongoing claim against the online retail giant, saying that the generic use of the term \"app store\" is not.
TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Bad Piggies - Android Apps on Google Play
Get ready to see pigs fly! From the creators of Angry Birds: an all new game from the PIGS ...
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RIM Beats Earnings With Narrower Loss
InformationWeek
RIM surprised analysts and investors by reporting a smaller loss than expected for its second fiscal quarter. What saved it? Emerging markets. By Eric Zeman InformationWeek Research In Motion delivered some relatively good news about its financials ...

Apple CEO 'Extremely Sorry' for IPhone Maps Frustration
Businessweek
By Adam Satariano on September 28, 2012 Apple Inc. (AAPL) Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook apologized for the iPhone mapping software released last week that has been widely criticized for flaws such as steering people in the wrong direction.

Facebook Gifts: Send presents to friends over your social network
Washington Post
Facebook is rolling out a feature that will let users give presents from their network profiles, marking the company's first big step into offering physical goods. The new service goes way beyond the network's old gift feature, which let you send ...

Rocky evidence conjures images of water flowing freely on Mars
Los Angeles Times
A rocky outcrop on Mars has sent a shot of excitement through the scientific community with the evidence it provides of an ancient riverbed -- Martian "water transport" -- according to NASA. NASA's Curiosity rover has sent back pictures of a section of ...

404 error pages being used to find missing children
Los Angeles Times
"Page not found, and neither is this person." That is the message the people behind NotFound.org want you to see whenever you type in a URL for a Web page that has been deleted from the Internet or was never there in the first place.

Sharp says iPhone 5 displays being made for Apple in 'adequate volumes'
Apple Insider
By Sam Oliver An executive with LCD maker Sharp has indicated that his company is not having problems supplying displays to Apple for the iPhone 5. The unnamed Sharp official made the comments at a press briefing in Osaka, Japan, and spoke on condition ...

Apple Insider

Nokia cuts smartphone prices before new models arrive
Reuters
| HELSINKI (Reuters) - Struggling phone maker Nokia has knocked 10-15 percent off the prices of two of its top of the range smartphones, hoping to boost sales before newer models arrive in markets in November. Nokia has cut the price of the Lumia 800 ...

T-Mobile Sells Rights to Towers for $2.4 Billion
New York Times
By EVELYN M. RUSLI Crown Castle, a major wireless tower operator, has agreed to pay T-Mobile $2.4 billion in cash for rights to 7200 cell phone towers. Under the transaction, Crown Castle will lease the towers for 28 years, after which time it will ...

Half of Windows 8 users still prefer 7
TG Daily
Even the most ardent, up-to-date Windows aficionados are having a tough time with the newest version of Windows. Microsoft's latest operating system is proving to be a problem for more than half of the people who have already made the transition, ...

TG Daily

Canada won't say if China involved in hacking incident
Reuters
| OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada said it was aware hackers had breached security at a domestic manufacturer of software used by big energy companies, but declined to comment on a report that a Chinese group could be responsible. Calgary-based Telvent, which ...

Apple's iPhone 5 draws crowds as it launches in 22 more countries
Apple Insider
By AppleInsider Staff The iPhone 5 went on sale in 22 more countries on Friday, making it now available in a total of 31 nations around the world, in Apple's most aggressive launch schedule ever. The list of countries where the iPhone 5 launched on ...

Fast and furious: Life with LTE on an iPhone 5
Houston Chronicle (blog)
Comments(1) | E-mail | Print One of the main reasons I wanted a new smartphone was to step up to LTE, the faster data connection offered by AT&T, Sprint and Verizon. I've been testing LTE on various review units since Verizon first launched the service ...

Facebook, Twitter Growth in China Has Lots of Caveats
Businessweek
By Bruce Einhorn on September 28, 2012 A new report shows just how porous China's infamous Great Firewall might be for local Internet users determined to access banned websites. The country's censors have deemed Facebook (FB) and Twitter unfit for ...

Harvest full moon rises this weekend
CBS News
The full moon that rises this weekend is a special one, carrying the title of "Harvest Moon" for those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere. The moon officially turns full when it reaches that spot in the sky exactly opposite the sun, ...

Police feared more killings
Sydney Morning Herald
At first it was just a missing person's case. A person who had a little too much to drink had not made it home - an event that happens every night across Australia By Saturday afternoon Homicide Crew Four, the suspicious missing persons unit under ...

How To Find Porn On The Internet
Huffington Post
Now Lawley is taking the next step, introducing a dedicated search engine--Search.xxx--that he says will function like Google.com (GOOG) and other familiar search engines, except that it will bring users exclusively to the 23 million pages of porn ...

Madefire's Digital Comics Come to the iPhone
TIME
By Harry McCracken | @harrymccracken | September 28, 2012 | + Among many other things, the iPad is one of the best ways ever devised to read comics. And one of the more interesting ways to read them on an iPad is with Madefire, an app which lets you...

TIME

First of all | What's missing from my block's Street View pic? Me
Kansas City Star
I'm not sure if any reporter in Kansas City is permitted to write or say “Google” without that F-word behind it (yes, I mean Google Fiber), but indulge me while I address another Google product. I'm talking Street View, the Google Maps feature that ...

Kansas City Star

Smart Forstars concept EV brings drive-in theater to a wall near you (video)
Engadget
By Steve Dent posted Sep 28th 2012 8:46AM Auto show concept cars are all whizzy styling and impractical interiors, and Smart's latest offering, the Forstars EV at the Paris Auto Show, has all that in spades. But the stubby car has another show-stopping ...

One Last Endeavour
Armed with Science
An F-35 Lightning II flies over Space Shuttle Endeavour Sept. 20, 2012. The space shuttle landed at Edwards after completing the fourth leg of its ferry flight to the California Science Center in Los Angeles. (Courtesy photo by Matthew Short/Lockheed ...

Borderlands 2 Review
COS The Campus
Lock and load! The Vault Hunters are back and this time they're delivering one of the best cooperative experiences, with hours upon hours of life wasting gameplay and an impressive amount of loot. From a game play standpoint Borderlands 2 plays almost ...

COS The Campus

Trend of decreasing traffic deaths might be coming to an end
Phys.Org
(Phys.org)—Traffic deaths have fallen dramatically since 2005, but estimates for 2012 suggest that the trend may be ending, says a University of Michigan researcher in a new report. According to Michael Sivak, research professor at the UM ...

UFO or Lens Flare in Google Street View? You Decide
ABC News (blog)
Google Maps helps many people do various things, but tracking UFOs might be a new one. Andrea Dove contacted ABC News affiliate KLTV in East Texas with an interesting tip. Dove was using Google Maps to get directions to visit her aunt in Jacksonville, ...

ABC News (blog)

Will Paris End the Party for Luxury Car Makers?
Wall Street Journal
By VANESSA FUHRMANS And CHRISTOPH RAUWALD BMW, Audi, Porsche, Mercedes unveiled new models at the Paris Auto Show into the increasingly competitive luxury car segment despite signs that demand might be leveling off. WSJ's Vanessa Fuhrmans reports.

Spectrum de-crunch: FCC to consider WCS proposal from AT&T and Sirius
ExtremeTech
By Neal Gompa on September 28, 2012 at 9:27 am The FCC has announced that it will consider approving an order that amends the rules for the Wireless Communications Service (WCS) band to make it useful for terrestrial wireless communications systems.

ExtremeTech

iPad Mini release date, price: (AAPL) Apple iPad Mini could have to compete ...
WPTV
The iPad Mini looks very similar to the current 9.7 inch (AAPL) Apple iPad, but appears to be about two-to-three inches smaller in diameter. Forget the iPhone 5. Even though 10 million people will buy one in the next few weeks, that's not exactly at ...

WPTV

Dish Said to Be in Talks With Viacom About Internet TV
Bloomberg
Dish Network Corp. (DISH) is talking to networks such as Viacom (VIAB) Inc.'s MTV about offering their channels over the Internet, a service that could shift the economics of the pay-TV industry, five people familiar with the plan said.

Perimeter E-Security Launches Cloud-Based MDM Solution
MSPmentor
Perimeter E-Security, a managed security service provider (MSSP) and MSPmentor 100 company, recently announced a new cloud MDM solution to protect company data on both employee-owned and company-issued mobile devices. The solution features a bring your ...

Silencing of nature will hamper the mind
Sydney Morning Herald
No chittering, no fluting, no chissicking. The bleak silence of a spring without its birds is the central image of Rachel Carson's most famous work, Silent Spring. Since its publication 50 years ago, humanity has continued silencing the languages of ...

Is spy software installed on your computer?
KHOU
by Doug Delony / KHOU 11 News HOUSTON – If you bought a pre-owned computer or rent one from a store, you never know what kind of hidden software might be spying on you. The Federal Trade Commission is cracking down on programs that allow spies, ...

Motor Mouth: Stunning F-Type will save Jaguar
National Post
PARIS — Behold the star of the recent Paris Motor Show, the sexiest V6-powered roadster on the planet and the car that will save Jaguar. Not that the iconic British brand should need saving — its current model lineup is plenty strong — but since Ford's ...

National Post

Mozilla Releases Persona To The Public
WebProNews
By Zach Walton · 32 mins ago · Leave a Comment Do you remember Mozilla's ambitious plan to replace passwords? It's called Persona, and it promised to be a single sign-in solution across the entire Internet. It's been in the works for a while now, ...

Official iPhone 5 user guide references Apple-made dock
Apple Insider
By AppleInsider Staff Though Apple has not released a first-party dock for the iPhone 5 and its new Lightning connector, the official iPhone 5 user guide refers to an official "iPhone Dock" accessory sold separately. References to the dock, ...

Apple Insider

Nokia Lumia 920 pricing revealed: £125 cheaper than iPhone 5
ZDNet
Summary: Pricing for the upcoming Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 handsets is beginning to trickle out from European markets, indicating that the range-topping device could come in more than £100 cheaper than the equivalent Apple device.

ZDNet

Texas Instruments Exits The Mobile Market: What It Means For Competitors
Seeking Alpha
On Tuesday, Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN) announced that it would "reduce R&D expenditures" on the OMAP SoC used in many smartphones and tablets, including the latest Amazon Kindle. Decoded, Texas Instruments just told the industry it was exiting the ...

Arrest of Google Brazil head stirs debate over Web
The Associated Press
By BRADLEY BROOKS, AP – 2 minutes ago RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The arrest of a top Google executive is reviving a debate about Brazilian laws that hold services such as YouTube responsible for the videos posted on them, making the country a hotbed of...

The Associated Press

Samsung teases Galaxy Note 2 launch party on Oct 24
CNET
We already know that five carriers will get the 5.5-inch phone/tablet hybrid, but Samsung looks lik it will hold a grand opening anyway. by Jessica Dolcourt Time to take "the next big thing" literally. Just one look at the stylus in Samsung's Save the ...

Halo will be pivotal for Xbox beyond the 360, says exec
TechRadar UK
By Patrick Goss September 28th 2012 The franchise development director of Halo believes that the iconic game series can continue to be defining game for Xbox beyond the current console. The Halo series is intrinsically linked with the rise and rise of ...

Discovered a new comet approaching the Sun
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia
(AGI) Washington - Russian scientists have discovered a new comet. News of the discovery was given at the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center in Cambridge. The comet might be one of the sky's brightest objects over the next year, ...

Sleek new PlayStation 3 model makes US debut
AFP
By Glenn Chapman (AFP) – 53 minutes ago SAN FRANCISCO — Sleek new PlayStation 3 consoles took their places in US homes as Sony tapped into its video game prowess to put itself at the heart of Internet Age entertainment. The PS3 model that made its US ...

AFP

NFL Network and Time Warner Cable Reach Multiyear Agreement
TV Guide
by Sadie Gennis The NFL Network has reached multiyear agreements with Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks to start carrying NFL Network and NFL RedZone, the NFL announced. "We are excited to work with Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks ...

The 10 Best-Selling Hybrid Cars
24/7 Wall St.
This week, electric car maker Tesla Motors cut its revenue forecast and announced it would be selling 5 million shares of stock to raise capital. Some are beginning to question the long-term viability of the automaker and its line of hybrid cars.

Americans Prefer TVs To PCs For Viewing Online Video
RedOrbit
More Americans prefer to view online video content on their televisions than on their computers, according to the recently released “Digital Video Outlook” report from market research firm NPD Group. According to the report, the number of Americans ...

RedOrbit

Thanks To 'Scuffgate' I'll Never Purchase A Black iPhone 5 Again
AppAdvice
When I received my black iPhone 5 last week, I was shocked by its beauty. Apple did a great job on the design, and in my opinion, the “Black & Slate” version looks the best. I was so excited to have my hands on it after a week of anticipation, ...

IBM's MSP Strategy Takes Cloud Ecosystem to Mid-Market
CIO Today
By Jennifer LeClaire Beyond empowering Managed Service Providers to build solutions and services on technologies like SmartCloud, PureSystems, and analytics, IBM will also provide MSPs access to IBM experts with deep technical skills at four new global...

CIO Today

Intel touts Windows 8 tablets made with its chips
Bizjournals.com (blog)
Intel on Thursday touted tablets made by its hardware partners that use its new Atom 2760 chip. Intel on Thursday used a media event in San Francisco to show off the new Windows 8 tablets that its chips are being used in.

Video: Rare Albino Whale Thrills Australians
Ecorazzi
by Michael dEstries September 27, 2012 Australians are heralding the return of a rare albino whale off the eastern coast of the country – the only all-white humpback adult ever documented. Nicknamed “Migaloo,” he is the only white whale that has ...


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