Apple TV Review: A Big iPhone for Your Living Room (video)

Apple TV Review: A Big iPhone for Your Living Room - The new $150 Apple TV's touch-friendly remote and store full of apps bring the dream of cable-cutting closer, says WSJ's Geoffrey A. Fowler.
(Published Oct 29, 2015)

Apple Leaks Pictures of iPad Mini 3, iPad Air 2 (video)

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Cory Johnson reports on “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg Oct 15)

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Forbes
Google Tries to Upstage Apple With Latest Devices
ABC News
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer ... Google is coming out with bigger, more expensive versions of its Nexus phone and tablet to attract ...
Google unveils Android Lollipop and latest Nexus devices - CNNMoney
Google Unveils Nexus 6 Phone to Rival iPhone 6 - Wall Street Journal
New Google Nexus Player Kicks Off Latest Apple TV Fight - Forbes

Lenovo to challenge Xiaomi on smartphones with new company in China
PCWorld
In China's smartphone market, Lenovo wants to fight fire with fire against rival Xiaomi by setting up a new mobile devices company that will use a separate brand, and leverage the Internet to sell directly to consumers. The still unnamed company will help ...

New York Times
Apple Set to Unveil New iPads, as Rivals Are Gaining Ground
New York Times
Technology ... During an event at its Cupertino, Calif., headquarters on Thursday, Apple is set to unveil ... The new iPads are also expected to include support for Apple Pay, the mobile ... Some, like those sold by Micromax in India, cost as little as $50; Amazon'sKindle Fire can be had for as little as $100.
What to expect at Thursday's Apple event - Boston Globe
What We Expect Apple to Announce at Its Event This Thursday - Yahoo Tech


Macworld UK
New Apple TV 2014 release date rumours: Apple TV will be 'HomeKit hub', feature 'Twitter ...
Macworld UK
And why is Apple taking so long to update the Apple TV? ... Plus an analyst has said thatApple is working with Twitter and Facebook to bring ... Stick and Google ChromeCast, it's possible that Apple's next Apple TV could take a .... The new Amazon FireTV offers voice control, which has lead to calls for ...


TIME
3 Reasons Google's Same-Day Shipping Looks Like a Game Changer
TIME
Forget Apple! Google's Biggest Rival is Actually Amazon ... Google promises same-day shipping on all such orders, at a cost of $4.99 per delivery or ...

Google Announces Nexus Player Media/Gaming Android Console
Google is set to release its own version of Amazon's Fire TV - a set-top media and gaming box that has the ability to use an optional controller.

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Ferrari Challenge EVO video, Ferrari F60 America

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Bloomberg auto columnist Jason Harper talks about his debut in the Ferrari Challenge North America racing series, driving a $345,000 Ferrari Challenge EVO car. Harper speaks with Pimm Fox on Bloomberg Television's "Taking Stock." Ferrari Challenge driver Alfred Caiola also speaks. (Source: Bloomberg 9/26)


Capital OTC
Ferrari F60 America: Ferrari celebrates 60th Anniversary in US
Capital OTC
Ferrari F60 America is going to celebrate the brand's US birthday. It is the 60th year of Ferrari business in America and to mark this occasion Ferrari has released Limited edition open-top F12 and they have already been a sellout. Fittingly, Ferrari has named ...


Business Today
Google to unveil 'Shamu'-sized smartphone of its own later this month (Phablet)
Fortune
This post is in partnership with Entrepreneur. The article below was originally published at Entrepreneur.com. By Geoff Weiss, Entrepreneur.com. The gigantic sales of Apple's AAPL sixth generation iPhones have made it patently clear in today's mobile era ...


New York Times
Why Microsoft's Nadella Is Wrong About Women and Raises
New York Times
Microsoft's chief executive advised women not to ask for raises. Social scientists who have ... and everyday life. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Microsoft CEO blasted over remarks on women's pay - CBS News
Unequal Pay: Microsoft CEO's Comments Spark 'Karma' Debate - ABC News
After gaffe, Microsoft CEO says he was 'wrong' on women's pay - CNET


Chicago Sun-Times
Why Carl Icahn Is (Kinda) Right About Apple Stock
Forbes
Carl Icahn is at it again. After successfully lobbying (some might say “bullying”) Apple Apple into aggressively repurchasing its undervalued stock, Carl ...


Forbes
Apple TV Continues To Evolve As A Smart Home Hub
Forbes
An Apple TV device, left, is shown alongside Google's Chromecast, center, and the Roku 3. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan). Since the release of Apple ...


Wall Street Journal
Inventing a GMO Apple That Won't Brown
Wall Street Journal
A time-lapse video shows the differences in browning of a regular golden delicious apple and a genetically modified Arctic golden apple left out for 24 ...

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Alibaba IPO Friday, Biggest IPO in History, Investor Risks (video)

Alibaba IPO: Are the Risks Too Big to Ignore?

Regulators haven’t done enough to protect investors from a risky corporate structure Chinese companies including Alibaba Group Holding Ltd are using to go public, U.S. Senator Robert Casey, said in a letter to the SEC. Bloomberg's Leslie Picker and Mia Saini have more on "Street Smart." (Source: Bloomberg-Sept17)

Reuters
Alibaba's top brass can't lose, even if shareholders suffer
Fortune
If you're thinking about buying Alibaba shares once they start trading on September 19, keep this warning in mind: The management of the Chinese ...
Alibaba's Billion-Dollar Winners: Who's Selling In The Biggest IPO Ever - Forbes
5 Winners and 5 Losers of the Alibaba IPO - TIME
What time is the Alibaba IPO? - Fortune


NBCNews.com
Yahoo's Stock Rises Even More As Alibaba Revises Its Offering Price
Forbes
In anticipation of the Alibaba IPO, Yahoo stock has risen over 20% in the past month or so. Given the strong reception to the roadshow, Alibaba ...
Chinese Giant Alibaba Is Ready to Become the Next Google - Wired


BBC News
NewsCorp: Google is a 'platform for piracy'
BBC News
It calls Google a "platform for piracy" whose power "increases with each ... Google is in a long-running dispute with the Commission over competition ... But competitors, includingMicrosoft, German publisher, Axel Springer, and ... Yahoo! Finance UK and Ireland Murdoch renews hostilities with Google ...
News Corp Calls Google a 'Platform for Piracy' - Wall Street Journal


DailyTech
Facebook discusses new location-privacy settings in Apple's iOS 8 (Q&A)
CNET
Apple's new mobile OS gives you more control over when an app can access your device's location. Facebook says it wants to make sure users ...


Opposing Views
Facebook's Name Policy Won't Accept Chase Nahooikaikakeolamauloaokalani Silva
Huffington Post
Last week, the social media platform froze Silva's account because of a policy that suspends accounts suspected of fake names. Facebook says they ...


ABC News
Despite Facing Backlash, Facebook Refuses To Change Controversial Policy
Huffington Post
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco drag queens are sparring with Facebook over its policy requiring people to use their real names, rather than ...

Google lets Apps users bypass admins and install third-party Marketplace tools
PCWorld
In a move that could prove unpopular with IT administrators, Google has granted rights to end users of its Apps workplace email and collaboration ...


NDTV
Reports of another wave of layoffs rekindle bad press for Microsoft
PCWorld
Microsoft's massive staff reduction, which shocked many when it was announced in July, is back in the spotlight with a pair of reports that the ax will ...


The Hindu
Google's Android One Platform About More Than Just Phones
Forbes
Google announced the launch of its Android One platform on Monday, September 15, targeting the low-end smartphone segment in emerging markets ...

Forbes
Apple TV Is Now Armed And Ready To Be The Hub For The Smart Home
Forbes
Apple Apple is getting close to rolling out its smart home plans in a big way. The company today pushed out a little noticed update to its set-top box, ...
Apple Puts Focus on Security - Wall Street Journal
Apple will no longer unlock most iPhones, iPads for police, even with search warrants - Washington Post
Bug forces Apple to delay launch of HealthKit fitness apps - CNET

IBNLive
With new tablets and e-readers, Amazon smolders
Fortune
Amazon Fixes The Biggest Problem With Kindle - Huffington Post
Amazon Unveils Seven New Kindle Tablets and E-Readers - NBCNews.com

Chinese Hackers Infiltrate U.S. Military Contractors - Businessweek: "Chinese-backed hackers infiltrated the computer networks of airline, shipping and information technology companies responsible for transporting personnel and weapons for the U.S. military, a Senate investigation found."

First Look At The Next Version Of Microsoft Office
Microsoft is working on its next version of Microsoft Office, and screenshots of the software have ...

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Chromecast sales equal Roku; Tablet Sales Decline

Roku and Chromecast go head-to-head in streaming race, Apple TV falling behind — Tech News and Analysis: "Google sold 3.8 million Chromecast streaming sticks last year, which makes the device about as popular as Roku’s streaming devices. Roku and Chromecast were the two most successful streaming devices sold in the U.S. in 2013, according to new data from Parks Associates, which puts Apple TV on third place. Google sold an estimated 3.8 million Chromecast streaming sticks after introducing the product in mid-2013, according to Parks, which also estimates that this about equals Roku’s sales throughout 2013. Apple is trailing, and sold just a bit more than two million devices in the U.S. last year, according to data shared by Parks...."

Meanwhile Tablet sales decline, ramifications for Apple iPad and Microsoft Surface strategies?
Tablet Shipments Decline For the First Time, NPD Says - Digits - WSJ: "... Global shipments of tablet computers, after years of robust growth, declined for the first time in the first quarter of this year, according to NPD DisplaySearch. The research firm also lowered its tablet shipment forecast for 2014. The decline is in part because of weakening demand for smaller tablets – those between 7 inches and 7.9 inches – which accounted for 58% of global tablet shipments last year. In China and other emerging markets, competition from smartphones with screens larger than 5.5 inches is hurting demand for those tablets, NPD said...."

Amazon's Next Steps Toward Cloud Domination
InformationWeek
The headliner was clearly Amazon Zocalo, a file-sharing service, but the ... AmazonZocalo is a managed file-storage and sharing service aimed ... to fit somewhere between DropBox-like offerings and Microsoft SharePoint ... identity providers for logon, includingFacebook and Google, and Amazon says ...

Amazon Sued Over Billing for App Store Purchases
New York Times
Amazon's mobile store, the suit states, introduced the ability to bill ... But Ms. Rich said the F.T.C.'s goals in both the Apple and Amazon cases had ...

Amazon seeks OK for testing of 50-mph drones
USA TODAY
Amazon is apparently getting serious about using drones to make super quick, airborne deliveries like something you'd see on The Jetsons.

Amazon Shelves French Book Discounts
Wall Street Journal
The new law, which went into effect Thursday morning, essentially forbids online booksellers from applying government-regulated discounts to the ...

Microsoft gears up to open 'right to be forgotten' request form
ZDNet
With the ruling related to a complaint about results in Google, and it ... release the form because it needs to coordinate with Yahoo, whose search is powered by Bing. ...Microsoft is yet to reveal whether it will also follow Google's recent decision ... EPIC files complaint over Facebook emotion experiment.

Google Faces New Search Complaint
Wall Street Journal
An internal Yelp presentation, reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, claims that Google is showing results from its Google+ local listings ahead of links ...

Google launches $100M fund for European startups
San Jose Mercury News
MOUNTAIN VIEW -- Google has started a $100 million fund to invest in European ... The fund, which will be managed by Google Ventures, the company's ... trailing only Yahoo, which made 22 acquisitions, according to research and ...

Google's top lawyer says EU's 'right to be forgotten'...
The Verge
Google's chief legal officer has explained why the company disagrees with the EU's recent ruling that people have the "right to be forgotten" by its search engine. Writing in The Guardian, David Drummond explains the search giant's problems with the ...

Microsoft CEO signals change, defers talk on job cuts
Chicago Tribune
Since absorbing the handset business of Nokia this spring, Microsoft has 127,000 employees, far more than rivals Apple Inc AAPL.O and Google Inc ...

Chimp IQ
Chimpanzee Intelligence Depends on Genes, Human Caretakers Don't Affect It
Design & Trend
Some chimpanzees are lucky enough to be born smarter than their peers, and as with humans, a sizable amount of the variation in intelligence depends on the genes that the chimps inherit from their parents. Some chimpanzees are lucky ...

7 Dwarf Galaxies Found By Frankenscope
Science 2.0
A new type of telescope made by stitching together telephoto lenses recently discovered seven celestial surprises while probing a nearby spiral galaxy - previously undetected dwarf galaxies. Pieter van Dokkum, chair of Yale's astronomy department, ...

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Amazon Video Streaming Device Coming

Move over Roku, Apple TV, and Chromecast -- here comes Amazon --

Amazon to Ship Video-Streaming Device in April
Wall Street Journal
The device will thrust Amazon into an intensely competitive market in set-top boxes, which include the Roku device, Apple TV and Google's Chromecast, a top-seller on Amazon'sown website. Roku's streaming devices sell for as little as $50, while the ...

Microsoft CEO Nadella to unveil Office on iPad next week
Computerworld
Computerworld - Microsoft will announce Office apps for Apple's iPad on March 27, according to a pair of reports Monday. CEO Satya Nadella will take part in his first public press conference starting at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET) that day, according to ...

Google, Viacom settle YouTube lawsuit
CNNMoney
By Brian Stelter @brianstelter March 18, 2014: 10:40 AM ET. google youtube. Viacom sued Google unit YouTube in 2007, seeking more than $1 billion for unauthorized video uploads from "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," and other programs. NEW YORK ...

Google buy eBay? A 'home run' says analyst
MarketWatch
Sebastian noted that Google Chief Executive Larry Page “has shown that he is open to large deals, and both companies would likely be stronger together in the significant technology and user arms race unfolding with Amazon, Apple and Facebook ...

Apple introduces cheaper iPhone 5C
CNNMoney
Sales of the colorful, plastic iPhone 5C have been below the company's expectations, and CEO Tim Cook acknowledged in January that Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) misjudged demand for it. As a result, Apple unveiled an 8 GB version of the iPhone 5C on ...

Microsoft ships Surface 2 tablet with LTE
PCWorld
To deliver on Microsoft's vision of productivity for the Surface tablet, it needed an LTE version—and that has finally arrived. Microsoft said Monday that it will begin shipping a version of the Surface 2 tablet with LTE connectivity embedded inside ...

Microsoft's OneNote strategy: Battle Evernote, or something bigger?
Computerworld
The OneNote app has been published to the Mac App Store, the OS X version of Apple'sbetter-known App Store for the iPhone and iPad. Microsoft also scratched off the price tag from the Windows desktop version of OneNote, which had cost $70 as a ...

Apple's rumored Healthbook app: 7 things you need to know
Los Angeles Times
In terms of design, Healthbook is expected to look a lot like Passbook, one of Apple'sexisting apps that is used to store passes from numerous iOS apps. 9to5Mac included mock-ups of the app in its report, which are based on screen shots of the app ...

Google's chat service crashes in second major disruption of 2014
San Jose Mercury News
Google has been building up its professional offerings to challenge Microsoft's dominant enterprise offering of the Office productivity tools and Outlook email program, offering paid versions of its free Web-based suite to corporations. Google's non ...

Google not playing around with Google Play updates
Computerworld (blog)
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) announced .... it is unlocking its Googly self to help empower gamers. Along with updates to allow game gifting, it has enhanced the GooglePlay Game service to permit multiplayer invites to Apple's iOS devices. Google of ...

A new look at the Big Bang, moments later
Boston Globe
CAMBRIDGE — In a landmark discovery about the first moments of the universe, a team led by a Harvard astronomer announced Monday it had found strong evidence of what happened just after the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago: In the slightest fraction of a ...

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Apple TV would give investors an important signal on future innovation

Apple TV would give investors an 'important signal' on future innovation
NBCNews.com
Skittish investors sent Apple stock down 12 percent Thursday, one day after the computer giant's quarterly revenue came in below estimates, and some analysts worried that weaker demand for its products was an indication that the company's innovative ...

Shrinking proton: Particle is smaller than thought
NBCNews.com
This laser apparatus, used in 2010 to measure the size of the proton, found that the particle's radius is about 4 percent smaller than previously thought. By Jesse Emspak Contributor. updated 1/24/2013 6:59:20 PM ET 2013-01-24T23:59:20. Print; Font: +; -...

NBCNews.com

Guyana vows to protect jaguars as the cats are a near-threatened species
Fox News
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The lushly forested nation of Guyana on Thursday joined a regional pact to protect jaguars, the elusive spotted cat that is the biggest land predator in the Americas but is vulnerable due to expanded agriculture and mining that carves ...

Unauthorized unlocking of smartphones becomes illegal Saturday
CNET
The feds mandate fidelity between carriers and users: New rule under DMCA outlaws unlocking new handsets without carrier permission. Eric Mack. by Eric Mack. January 25, 2013 4:57 AM PST Follow @ericcmack. The U.S. federal government says that ...

NASA agrees to join Europe's Euclid dark-energy mission
NBCNews.com
An artist's conception shows the Euclid space telescope with a "cosmic web" of dark matter in the background. The European Space Agency and NASA are due to launch the spacecraft in 2020. By Mike Wall. updated 1/24/2013...

Nokia's Windows Phone royalties to exceed $1bn per year in future
ZDNet
Summary: After enjoying Microsoft's financial support through the transition to Windows Phone, it's time for Nokia to pay. Liam Tung. By Liam Tung for Norse Code ...

Facebook DIES ON THE VINE hours after Twitter tie-in
Register
Twitter's public spat with Facebook continued on Thursday when Mark Zuckerberg's free content ad network appeared to have cut off access to video-sharing app Vine's "find people" function - which allowed Viners to ferret out their Facebook mates.

Microsoft's Skype pressured to offer privacy reports
BBC News
Microsoft is under fresh pressure to disclose information about how confidential its Skype user data is. Reporters Without Borders, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and 43 other campaign groups have signed a letter asking the firm to reveal details about ...

OUYA tweaks pre-launch hardware
SlashGear
A big gaming company like Microsoft couldn't be bested for controller polish by a tiny, Kickstart-funded startup, right? Wrong, says OUYA, which has been detailing the tweaks made to its wireless control pads after developer feedback on the palm-sized ...

Backdoor root login found in Barracuda gear - and Barracuda is OK with this
Register
Multiple Barracuda Networks products feature an undocumented backdoor, leaving widely deployed data centre kit vulnerable to hijacking. Privileged user accounts were found in various Barracuda appliances, including its flagship Spam and Virus Firewall, ...

UK, International Galaxy S2 Users Get Jelly Bean Update
Tom's Hardware Guide
They say good things come to those who wait, and Galaxy S2 users have been waiting quite a while for Jelly Bean. However, the wait is officially over. Know Your Mobile reports that Android 4.1 Jelly Bean has just started rolling out to unlocked Samsung ...

Lenovo considers bid for RIM
TG Daily
Lenovo may be considering a takeover of Research in Motion, in an attempt to expand out of its core PC business and into mobile. In an interview with Bloomberg, Lenovo's chief financial officer Wong Wai Ming, conceded that competition from tablets was ...

TG Daily

AT&T posts loss; 8.6M iPhones activated
MarketWatch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- AT&T Inc. reported a net loss for the fourth quarter, with adjusted results largely in line with Wall Street's estimates. The carrier activated 8.6 million iPhones in the quarter. For the period ended Dec. 31, AT&T (US:t) said net ...

Don't clone a Neanderthal baby
CNN
Editor's note: Arthur Caplan is the Drs. William F and Virginia Connolly Mitty professor and director of the Division of Bioethics at New York University Langone Medical Center. (CNN) -- So now we know -- there won't be a Neanderthal moving into your ...

DNA Could Become the Next Big Data Warehouse
TechNewsWorld
Scientists have stored some Shakespearean sonnets and part of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech by encoding them in DNA -- a process that could preserve those famous words for millennia. The team at the European Bioinformatics Institute ...

Samsung profits jump 76pc as it sells one in three smartphones
Telegraph.co.uk
The rapid growth stands in stark contrast to rival Apple, which saw sales stagnate, and underscores the scale of the challenge facing the Californian iPad and iPhone-maker. Samsung, which overtook Apple as the top smartphone producer last year, said that ...

Telegraph.co.uk

Twitter must unmask racist French twits or face $1300-a-DAY fine
Register
Twitter has been ordered by a tribunal in France to name the anonymous twits who tweeted anti-Semitic bile. The social network was sued by the Union of French Jewish Students to make it to reveal the identities of those behind the vile messages, which ...

Why Microsoft's Earnings Report Doesn't Reveal How Windows 8 Is Doing
ReadWriteWeb
Like on Facebook. Share on: Why Microsoft's Earnings Report Doesn't Reveal How Windows 8 Is Doing. Microsoft reported an unexpected boost in both profits and revenue within its Windows division for the fourth quarter - but little of that had to do with.

ReadWriteWeb

Dung beetles navigate by the stars
The Guardian
The humble dung beetle is the first insect known to navigate by the stars. Like sailors of old and Saharan nomads, it can orientate itself by watching the sky. On clear nights, a myriad of stars shine over the deserts and savannahs of Africa where the dung ...

Amazon: IVONA bevy of 'all natural' blabber babes to beat Siri
Register
Amazon bought text-to-speech company IVONA systems on Wednesday, the online book-floggers have announced. The acquisition fuelled rumours that Amazon, the quietest member of The Gang of Four, is planning a rival to Apple's talking assistant Siri.

NAB, Wireless Offer Alternative TV Band Plan
TV News Check
The NAB, AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile, Intel and Qualcomm ask the commission to adopt a "core set of band plan principles" that, in essence, outline how wireless and broadcast are going to co-exist in the post-auction world. The joint proposal offers an ...

Giant Squid Emerges from the Deep to Appear on Your Screen
Science World Report
(Photo : NHK) The giant squid was spotted at a depth of 630 meters using a submersible in July, some 15 km east of Chichi island in the north Pacific Ocean. It's the modern day kraken, the horror that appeared in "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" and tried to ...

Science World Report

German Court Stays Samsung versus Apple Smartphone Patent Case
NASDAQ
MANNHEIM, Germany--A German court Friday stayed a decision on a lawsuit in which Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (005930.SE) accuses Apple Inc. ( AAPL ) of allegedly infringing a patent related to the third-generation mobile telecommunications standard.

U-verse service restored after outages, AT&T says
Tulsa World
new partner American Airlines CEO Tom Horton: His move to Embraer planes represents a break from sister carrier American Eagle. By Staff and Wire reports. Published: 1/25/2013 2:05 AM Last Modified: 1/25/2013 2:05 AM ...

NASA Testing Vintage Engine From Apollo 11 Rocket
ABC News
Like vinyl records and skinny ties, good things eventually come back around. At NASA, that means looking to the Apollo program for ideas on how to develop the next generation of rockets for future missions to the moon and beyond. Young engineers who ...

ABC News

Lookout for your smartphone
Examiner.com
Curiosity is a trait that all humans share. And while it may not end up killing us, as it is said to have done with the cat, it can certainly cause ...

Examiner.com

FaceWash Makes Sure Your Facebook Profile Is Clean and Interview-Ready
Lifehacker
FaceWash Makes Sure Your Facebook Profile Is Clean and Interview-Ready If the prospect of going back over years of Facebook posts to determine whether some of them should be hidden or photos untagged is daunting, webapp FaceWash can help.

Toyota Will Debut New Full-Size Tundra Pickup at Chicago Auto Show
Complex.com (blog)
The Toyota Tundra, as much as we like it, has remained unchanged since 2007. Since that time, the big truck hasn't frightened the Big Three of Detroit with sales numbers, and as such its getting a new look. Toyota has announced that the redesigned 2014 ...

Complex.com (blog)

Sony Entertainment Network Online Store for games, movies and more heads to ...
SlashGear
Sony Network Entertainment International and Sony Computer Entertainment America announced a new online store this week. The online store has launched in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil. The store will allow PlayStation Network and ...

SlashGear

Big Data “Hype” Coming To An End
DABCC.com
Gartner says that the so-called 'hype' over Big Data is reaching its peak, and that the idea will soon descend into a 'trough of disillusionment'. Thousands of businesses have already begun exploring ways in which Big Data can be used to provide them with ...

Pulsar shows puzzling behavior
TG Daily
Astronomers are baffled by the discovery of a pulsar - a tiny spinning stars, heavier than the sun and smaller than a city - that emits different types of radiation at different times. In just a few seconds, PSR B0943+10 can damp down its radio waves, while at the ...

TG Daily

How wolves evolved into man's best friend
The Week Magazine
Believe it or not, this little bundle of canine joy is actually a descendant of the big bad wolf.  ...

The Week Magazine

Intel to leave desktop motherboard business by 2016
ZDNet
Summary: More evidence that the desktop's days are numbered, as Intel says it will exit the desktop motherboard business to focus on all-in-ones, NUCs and tablets.  ...

Addicted to Facebook? Study shows users are lonelier
Fox News
It turns out that as many as one in every three people who use social media like Facebook experience feelings of jealousy and envy after spending time on these sites, according to a new study. Related: Addicted to the Internet? With the growing use of social ...

Apple's Record iPhone, iPad Sales; Facebook App Tops Google; AT&T U-verse ...
PC Magazine
Topping tech headlines on Wednesday, Apple revealed in its fourth-quarter earnings report that it sold a record 47.8 million iPhones and 22.9 million iPads during the quarter. During a conference call with analysts, Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company had ...

Gozi Trojan Prosecutions Mark Rare Victory Against Bank Cyber-Fraud
eWeek
U.S. law enforcement announce the indictment of three people accused of creating and using the Gozi trojan to steal money from banks, sending a message to cyber-criminals. The arrest of three men in the United States, Romania and Latvia for the creation ...

eWeek

Mac Sales Dip Amidst iMac Constraints, iPad Cannibalization
PC Magazine
Mac sales dipped slightly in the fourth quarter, and while Apple CEO Tim Cook attributed part of the drop to iPad cannibalization, supply constraints with the iMac also played a big role, he said. Apple sold 4.1 million Macs during the quarter, which was down ...

Anonymous Hacker Gets 18 Months for PayPal, MasterCard Attacks
PC Magazine
A hacker associated with the Anonymous collective has been sentenced to 18 months in a British jail for his role in attacks on the websites of MasterCard, Visa, PayPal, and several companies. As reported by the BBC, 22-year-old Christopher Weatherhead ...

BMW and Toyota to jointly develop a mid-size sports car
CarWale (blog)
BMW and Toyota have furthered their agreement of jointly developing green technologies. New agreements were signed yesterday, and the research into next-gen batteries for cars now encompasses the lithium-air kind as well. They also hope to complete ...

CarWale (blog)

Apple Reports Record iPhone, iPad Sales
InformationWeek
Sales of Apple's iOS devices soared while Mac computers dropped precipitously in fourth quarter of 2012. Wall Street disappointed with the results. Start The Discussion · Tweet; Mail Mail; Print Print · Eric Zeman | January 24, 2013 11:18 AM. Apple iTunes 11: ...

Pope blesses Twitter, Facebook to spread Church teachings
CNET
Pope Benedict XIV urges Catholics to go forth on social networks and multiply the church's messages of faith. Steven Musil. by Steven Musil. January 24, 2013 5:25 PM PST Follow @stevenmusil. The pope endorses online social networking as a means for ...

Temple Run 2 comes to Android, Kindle devices
Los Angeles Times
"Temple Run 2," the sequel to the wildly popular mobile game, is now available for Android and Kindle devices. The app hit the Google Play store and Amazon.com Appstore early Thursday morning. Just like the original "Temple Run," the new game is also ...

Internet Explorer ad tugs at heartstrings of Gen-Y users
PCWorld
Whether you love or hate Internet Explorer, you've got to admit that some of its ads are pretty good. Microsoft's latest IE ad, dubbed “Child of the 90s,” tries to appeal to people who remember the web browser at its worst. The video shows snapshots of passing ...

Wii U: new Zelda and Mario games announced. Is it enough?
The Guardian (blog)
In case you missed it, Nintendo did one of its regular 'Direct' online presentations yesterday. Once again the company's president Satoru Iwata stood in front of a white background looking friendly yet somehow also faintly Orwellian – and once again he ...

The Guardian (blog)

Google Is Building An Experimental Wireless Network Perfect For High-Density ...
TechCrunch
When Google experiments, it can have earth-changing consequences. That might be the case with its latest project: the building of a wireless network on-campus at its Mountain View headquarters, reported by the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday.

NASA Telescope Spots Solar Braids
Voice of America
Five or 10 minutes is not a long time when it comes to a NASA mission, but it was long enough for NASA's High Resolution Coronal Imager, or Hi-C, telescope to capture the sharpest images ever taken of the sun's scorching atmosphere. The sun's surface is ...

Voice of America

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Apple CEO Tim Cook: TV is an 'intense focus'

Apple CEO Tim Cook: TV is an 'intense focus'
Washington Post
May 30 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook said that television is an area of “intense focus” for the company as it seeks to add products that can build on the success of Macs, iPhones and iPads. “This is an area of intense focus ...

Google Chromebook, Chromebox: Visual Tour
InformationWeek
Thomas Claburn 05/30/2012 Samsung's new hardware combined with Google's upgraded Chrome operating system could finally pose a challenge to Windows or Mac OS X personal computers. Samsung's new Chromebook Series 5 550, and its screenless, ...

Dragon Capsule Readied for Space Station Departure
ABC News
Space station astronauts readied the world's first commercial supply ship Wednesday for its early morning return to Earth just like NASA's old-time capsules. The unmanned Dragon capsule was due to splash down into the Pacific on Thursday, ...

Google Nexus 7 Tablet Shows Up on Benchmark Site
PCWorld
By Melanie Pinola, PCWorld May 30, 2012 11:39 AM The reference Nexus tablet shown at CES 2012Google's long-awaited Nexus tablet has popped up on benchmarking site Rightware. According to the specs, the tablet, dubbed the Nexus 7, will use a quad-core ...

Internet traffic to explode; thank your phone and tablet
msnbc.com
Buckle up and hold onto your phones, tablets, digital video clips and Wi-Fi connections, because they're all contributing to a global explosion in Internet traffic. It's expected to increase four times to 1.3 zettabytes by 2016, according to Cisco's ...

Analysis: Even after hiring bankers, RIM running out of options
Reuters
By Alastair Sharp and Nadia Damouni | TORONTO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd (RIM.TO)(RIMM.O) may be running out options as it struggles to turn around its slumping fortunes with the help of a coterie of investment bankers ...

Verizon boosting its home broadband speeds
Los Angeles Times
By Salvador Rodriguez Verizon announced plans to introduce next month a new Internet service that will double the download speeds of its current top service, which is already the fastest mass-scale service in the country. The company will also more ...

Nest smart thermostat to be sold in Apple retail stores
VentureBeat
The Nest smart thermostat may soon by sitting on an Apple store shelf near you, an appropriate move for a company created by the former senior vice president of Apple's iPod division. iLounge is reporting that the thermostat, which has gained much ...

VentureBeat

Iran: 'Flame' virus fight began with oil attack
The Associated Press
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, AP – 1 minute ago TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Computer technicians battling to contain a complex virus last month resorted to the ultimate firewall measures — cutting off Internet links to Iran's Oil Ministry, rigs and the hub for nearly ...

1 in 6 Windows PCs naked as a jaybird online
Register
By John Leyden • Get more from this author One in six Windows PCs worldwide are hooked up to the internet with no basic security software, according to a study by McAfee. The computer security firm's study, conducted across 24 countries using data from ...

Report: Sony almost dropped discs for next console
USA TODAY
By Brett Molina, USA TODAY For its potential successor to the PlayStation 3, Sony strongly considered a console that would kill the need for disc-based games. According to the Wall Street Journal, citing "people familiar with the matter," Sony was ...

USA TODAY

Zynga CEO says stock slide not hurting recruiting
Reuters
| RANCHO PALOS VERDES, California (Reuters) - Zynga Inc (ZNGA.O) Chief Executive Mark Pincus said the recent slide in the company's stock price has not hindered employee recruitment, and it was too early to tell whether the $183 million purchase of the ...

Here's the chart that explains Facebook's IPO mess
CNET
Facebook and its bankers were in a bind when pricing shares because the stock had already traded so high on the private market. by Paul Sloan May 30, 2012 11:31 AM PDT Follow @paulsloan Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers partner Mary Meeker at D10.

Patent investor Nathan Myhrvold is okay with being unpopular, dammit
VentureBeat
Intellectual Ventures founder and chief executive Nathan Myhrvold doesn't need you to like him. “I'm okay with not being popular. I never was a popular kid in my class, and I'm not a popular kid in this class,” he said, referring to the crowd at All ...

VentureBeat

Goodbye Google Places, hello more Google Plus
CNN
By Doug Gross, CNN Google Plus Local is the Web giant's latest effort to incorporate its social site into its other products. (CNN) -- Google Places is gone, replaced by a new feature that combines its Google Plus social site and renowned restaurant ...

RIM Shares Open Lower After CEO's Warning
Wall Street Journal
By WILL CONNORS TORONTO—Research In Motion Ltd. dropped nearly 10% Wednesday as investors fled the BlackBerry maker after its chief executive warned of worse-than-expected first-quarter results and as hopes for a turnaround diminish.

Visual Networking Index
Ars Technica
Networks are an essential part of business, education, government, and home communications. Many residential, business, and mobile IP networking trends are being driven largely by a combination of video, social networking and advanced collaboration ...

Google Apps Clears Key Security Hurdle
InformationWeek
Google Apps for Business wins ISO 27001 certification, potentially opening the door to wider adoption in government and regulated industries. By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek Google said Monday it had received ISO 27001 certification for Google Apps ...

Google+ Unlocks the Power of Zagat With 'Local' Tab
Mashable
Google+ rolled out on Wednesday a new 'Local' tool that allows users to share and find information about nearby places — from museums and spas to restaurants and hotels. In addition to tapping a user's network or “Circles,” the new service also ...

Brin Offers Close-Up View of Google's Project Glass
PC Magazine
By Adario Strange The details, features, and possible uses of the experimental device known as Project Glass have been parsed over and examined in exhaustive detail by observers. But until now analysis of the device has been limited to far away images, ...

Apple's Tim Cook promises 'incredible' products, offers no details
Washington Post
Tim Cook was evasive — but frankly evasive — on stage at the 10th All Things Digital conference, where he was asked about upcoming products. According to a live blog of the speech from All Things Digital's Ina Fried, Cook said he has “never been as ...

Nest Learning Thermostat Added to Apple Store
PC Magazine
By Stephanie Mlot The Apple Store is slowly becoming an all-in-one shopping experience, today adding the Nest Learning Thermostat to its inventory. The thermostat, which is reminiscent of an iPod classic click wheel, is available now for $249.95, ...

New Chromebook, Chromebox; Galaxy S III Hits Europe; New iPhone Images?
PC Magazine
By Angela Moscaritolo The Chromebook concept is familiar: an ultraportable notebook running Chrome OS, but the Chromebox is new. It's a mini PC running the Chrome OS for people who want some screen flexibility in their Chrome OS experience.

New Apple TV OS to debut at WWDC, report says
CNET
by Roger Cheng May 30, 2012 7:21 AM PDT Follow @RogerWCheng Apple may show off an updated version of its Apple TV operating system at next week's World Wide Developer Conference, according to BGR. The new version is expected to be packed with more ...

Computer virus briefly hits Iran's oil industry
The Associated Press
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, AP – 1 minute ago TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's key oil industry was briefly affected by the powerful computer virus known as "Flame" that has unprecedented data-snatching capabilities and can eavesdrop on computer users, ...

SpaceX signs contract to launch world's most powerful rocket
Fox News
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), which designs and launches rockets as well as spacecraft, said on Tuesday it signed the first commercial contract to launch the world's most powerful rocket. The Falcon Heavy rocket will launch a communications ...

HTC slips One X, Evo 4G past Apple US patent ban
Register
By Brid-Aine Parnell • Get more from this author HTC's latest smartphones have passed inspection by US customs while en route to American pockets, rendering an import ban won by Apple useless. The fruity firm got a blocking order from the International ...

Microsoft offers Skype to OEMs for preinstallation
SlashGear
Microsoft seems to be finally starting to leverage Skype in a more intelligent way. The company is reportedly offering OEMs the opportunity to pre-install Skype on Windows PCs. The new OEM preinstallation kit allows Skype 5.8 to be silently installed ...

SlashGear

Sprint to sever Nextel network next year: report
TG Daily
The "Nextel" part of Sprint Nextel will officially be a thing of the past by around this time next year. CNN is reporting that the company will axe the Nextel network - which it acquired several years ago in an effort to increase its presence in the...

TG Daily

Original iPad with dual connectors fetches US$10200 on eBay
CNET
by Vincent Chang | 30 May 2012 7:02pm SGT Notice how the dock connector is located at the side instead of below the Home button? Would you pay US$10000 for a first-gen iPad? A buyer in the US certainly felt it was worth that amount--this particular ...

CNET

Yes, The Windows 8 Release Preview Has Been Leaked, And No, You Shouldn't ...
Forbes
Days ahead of the official launch of the Windows 8 Release preview, an unofficial version has been leaked onto the internet. But even if you're the sort of person to go searching for leaked builds, you shouldn't get too excited about this one because ...

Forbes

Two small asteroids buzz Earth in one-two punch
Fox News
Two small asteroids zipped close by Earth in back-to-back flybys of the planet Monday (May 28) and Tuesday. While both space rocks came well within the moon's orbit, they posed no danger to our planet, NASA scientists say. The newfound asteroid 2012 ...

Microsoft wants Xbox to be the entertainment hub for all your devices
TechSpot
By Matthew DeCarlo In a pre-E3 pep talk, Microsoft highlighted the Xbox 360's ongoing success and teased some plans to keep its momentum rolling. The company has sold 67 million units since the console launched in 2005, generating over $56 billion at ...

Indus Valley civilization collapsed because of climate change
Mother Nature Network
The Harappan civilization likely moved east, abandoning its many cities, as rivers that were rich with monsoon water became dry. By Charles Choi, LiveScienceTue, May 29 2012 at 8:34 AM EST EARLY CIVILIZATION: Excavated ruins of Mohenjo-daro in Pakistan ...

Mother Nature Network

Creative reveals Sound BlasterAxxT wireless speakers
SlashGear
Creative hasn't exactly been making headlines as of late, but the company is hoping its latest products will bring you back to the brand. Today Creative has announced the Sound BlasterAxxT, a wireless speaker powered by Bluetooth that's compatible with ...

SlashGear

Exclusive: Which iPhone carrier is the best in your city?
CNN
By David Goldman @CNNMoneyTech May 30, 2012: 8:00 AM ET 3G network speeds vary by city and carrier, according to data compiled by SwayMarkets' CarrierCompare iPhone app -- but speed alone doesn't tell the whole story. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The myth: ...

Rumored Facebook purchase of Face.com spotlights facial recognition
InfoWorld
By Cameron Scott | IDG News Service Whether or not Facebook acquires facial recognition services provider Face.com, as rumors say it will, the persistence of the speculation calls attention to the expanding use of the technology in social applications.

Not just the browser: why buying Opera makes sense for Facebook
Ars Technica (blog)
by Matthew Braga - May 30, 2012 2:10 pm UTC Independent UK technology blog Pocket-lint first reported last week that, according to "trusted sources," Facebook was engaged in acquisition talks with Norwegian web developer Opera Software.

Ars Technica (blog)

Sharp ships Pantone 5 ICS smartphone with radiation detector
ITProPortal
Japanese manufacturer Sharp has added one new, unexpected feature to its new Android-based smartphone. Meet the Pantone 5 with an inbuilt radiation detector, a feature which is likely to be very popular around the region of Fukushima.

Leaked iPhone Photos Show Bigger Screen, Aluminum Back
PCWorld (blog)
By Ed Oswald, PCWorld May 30, 2012 6:24 AM If you are hoping the next iPhone will finally sport a bigger screen, the latest Apple rumors may bring a smile to your face. The case also shows bigger speakers that will presumably improve sound quality, ...

A Beefy Miracle: Fedora 17 arrives with GNOME 3.4 and GIMP 2.8
Ars Technica (blog)
by Ryan Paul - May 30, 2012 12:23 pm UTC The developers behind the Fedora project have announced the official release of Fedora 17, codenamed Beefy Miracle. The update includes the latest version of the GNOME desktop environment and a number of other ...

Look Now for Venus to Cross the Sun, or Wait Another Century
New York Times
PHILADELPHIA — Observing the dark circle of Venus cross the face of the Sun on June 3, 1769, from his farm about 20 miles northwest of here, David Rittenhouse left a curious gap in his account of that day. An exhibit at the American Philosophical ...

New York Times

Samsung's Newest iPhone Rival—Galaxy S III—Hits Europe
Wall Street Journal
AP Samsung Electronics Co.'s new flagship smartphone went on sale Tuesday in 28 European and Middle Eastern countries, as the cellphone giant upgraded its high-end device to compete with rival Apple Inc.'s iPhone. The Galaxy S III smartphones hit the ...

Wall Street Journal

Candid camera? Mark Zuckerberg, then-girlfriend make surprise cameo in Chinese ...
Washington Post
BEIJING — Social media sites and blogs have lit up after eagle-eyed viewers spotted a surprise cameo in a Chinese TV documentary about the country's police force: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his now-wife, Priscilla Chan.

Mobile technology helps to improve diet, activity levels | theheart.org
Chicago, IL - Use of mobile technology, coaching by email or telephone, and financial incentives helped a group of study participants to improve their eating and activity habits, according to an article published May 28, 2012 in the Archives of ...
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How Mobile Technology is Changing World Travel - Cool Infographics
By Randy
Featured in the Tech & Science category. The Cool Infographics ... The How Mobile Technology is Changing World Travel infographic from MyDestination.com shares some interesting statistics when it comes to traveling. Back in 1903 when ...
Cool Infographics

Kurion acquires nuclear to glass cleanup tech — Cleantech News ...
By Adam Lesser
Kurion, a startup that has developed technology that cleans up nuclear waste and is one of the most successful cleantech firms you haven't heard of, has been acquiring more cleanup tech.
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Check Out The Technology That Facebook Just Paid $100 Million ...
By Dylan Love
Check Out The Creepy Technology Facebook Is Paying ~ $100 Million To Have. 1/15 ... Facebook is reportedly purchasing Face.com for $100 million to obtain its photo facial recognition technology and its high-featured camera app called KLIK. KLIK is a mobile camera that operates a lot like Instagram with photo filters and social sharing features. But it's smarter; it can .... 10 Things In Tech You Need To Know (sample); 10 Things Before the Opening Bell (sample); Politics in 60 ...
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When Technology Works, It Seems Like Magic
New York Times (blog)
So much for German technology. I needed a faster solution. Too bad it was the middle of the night back in the States, where my layout guy, who also had the files, was deep asleep. I wondered if I had a set of the files on my computer at home.

Decade of the Cloud? Tech Leaders Say It's Working Out That Way
Forbes
Imagine sitting in a room of technology leaders in the year 2020, reflecting on the decade that just passed. What would they be saying about the progression of businesstechnology in the 2010s? That's the scenario the Software & Information Industry ...

Forbes

Mourning becomes electric: Tech changes the way we grieve
USA TODAY
"Technology has pervaded all aspects of our lives, and the honoring of our dearly departed is no exception." At the International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association's convention in Las Vegas in March, high-tech companies mingled with the more ...



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