Google Cloud Platform LIVE Today, November 4th, Next Gen Cloud Computing: Event Details--2 Tracks--1) Learn about the next generation of cloud computing; 2) how next generation cloud technology from Google allows developers to build better applications faster. Date: Tuesday, November 4
Time: 9am - 5:20pm PT (time conversion) Livestream URL: cloud.google.com/LIVE
The brand new Google Calendar app for Android. It’s designed to be a helpful assistant, so you can spend less time managing your day, and more time enjoying it. Events from Gmail: now emails can turn into Calendar events automatically.
Google has 'outgrown' its 14-year old mission statement, says Larry Page | Technology | The Guardian: "Google’s chief executive says that the company “probably does need” a new statement about its corporate ambitions, but is in uncharted territory and ‘trying to figure it out’" 14 year old mission statement: Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. (see also: Ten things we know to be true – Company – Google ) Android 5.0 Lollipop preview: Google's biggest mobile update in years: "There's something magical about the idea that, in the space of a few minutes, your smartphone or tablet can look dramatically different and do some cool new things, to boot. That's why operating system updates can be oddly exciting, and Android's latest upgrade -- known as version 5.0 or Lollipop -- is the firmware equivalent of opening a stack of presents on your birthday...." Google’s Android Begins to Top Out - WSJ - WSJ: "... Android ran 84% of smartphones shipped globally in the third quarter, according to research firm Strategy Analytics, down slightly from 85% in the second quarter... Market share for Apple Inc.’s mobile operating system was 12% in the third quarter. Microsoft Corp. ’s Windows Phone captured 3% market share and BlackBerry Ltd. ’s devices had 1%. Even if Android’s market share doesn’t go any higher, there is still good news for Google. For starters, the market overall is still growing. Strategy Analytics forecasts 12% growth in smartphone shipments in 2015. Google also appears to be turning the tide on the growth of so-called Android fork... As a percentage of total Android shipments, forks made up 37% in the third quarter..." Nexus 9 And Nexus Player Now Available For Purchase From Google Play, Nexus 9 From Best Buy
BBC News Facebook sets up 'dark web' link to access network via Tor
BBC News
By Dave Lee Technology reporter, BBC News ... Facebook has created the ability for users to connect directly to the social network via anonymising ...
CNNMoney Why retailers are afraid of Apple Pay
CNNMoney
It's expected to be slower and clunkier than tap-to-pay technology like Apple Pay, but CurrentC makes processing payments cheaper for retailers.
Check Out the Robot Tweeting Its Way Through Iselle: Video - Bloomberg: (Allow video to load after clicking play or go to link above) Liquid Robotics President and CEO Gary Gysin discusses how the company’s Wave Glider SV3 collects information for hurricane intensity forecasting. He speaks on "Bloomberg West.” (Aug. 8-Bloomberg) The doctor will now see you -- on a smartphone - San Jose Mercury News: "The proliferation of doctor consultation apps, which allow patients to see a doctor through their desktop, smartphone or tablet camera for a flat fee of $40 to $50, has outpaced state regulators still grappling to figure out how to regulate telemedicine. The Federation of State Medical Boards recently offered a model policy for states -- aimed at supporting the growth of telemedicine -- but states still have varying and often difficult-to-interpret rules, creating a vague regulatory framework that some experts say these companies have exploited. Currently, 19 states, including California, have regulations that allow doctors to practice medicine over video in some form, yet most apps say they operate in more than 40."
John McAfee at Def Con: Don’t Use Smartphones - Digits - WSJ: "... On the subjects of privacy and security, McAfee said smartphones are spying on American consumers, who don’t bother to read user agreements. “The most promising privacy thing is stupid phones,” he said. “I’m dumping all my smart phones.”... One attendee asked if he could download Mr. McAfee’s app without downloading the Google Play Store, which the questioner said he doesn’t trust on his phone. McAfee was unsure of the answer. “I don’t know much about technology anymore,” he said."
NBCNews.com Simplifying the Bull: How Picasso Helps to Teach Apple's Style New York Times In a class at the company's internal training program, the so-called Apple ... Steven P. Jobs established Apple University as a way to inculcate ... the iPod and its iTunes software compatible with Microsoft's Windows system. ... The Google TV remote serves as a counterexample; it had so many buttons, ...
Reuters White House Picks Engineer From Google To Fix Sites New York Times White House Picks Engineer From Google To Fix Sites ... even Mr. Obama's government — with a leadership that embraced technology to win ... often have when they spend their mornings on Facebook, Amazon or Expedia. ... Mr. Dickerson, who was part of the team that helped keep Google's servers ...
Google is Backing a $300 Million High-Speed Internet Cable: "Google has announced it is backing plans to build and operate a new high-speed internet Trans-Pacific cable system called “FASTER” by Q2 2016. In addition to Google, the $300 million project will be jointly managed by China Mobile International, China Telecom Global, Global Transit, KDDI, and SingTel, with NEC as the system supplier...."
If We Release a Small Fraction of Arctic Carbon, 'We're F**ked': Climatologist | Motherboard: ""We are 'sniffing' methane," Ulf Hedman, the science coordinator of the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, wrote in a post highlighted by Climate Change SOS. "We see the bubbles on video from the camera mounted on the CTD or the Multicorer. All analysis tells the signs. We are in a Mega flare. We see it in the water column, we read it above the surface, and we follow it up high into the sky with radars and lasers. We see it mixed in the air and carried away with the winds. Methane in the air." "Methane is more than 20 times more potent than CO2 in trapping infrared as part of the natural greenhouse effect," Box said. "Methane getting to the surface—that's potent stuff." "
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