video stream As if Microsoft Windows 8 was not already a #FAIL everywhere, China has now decided the OS is "No Go" - China Declares a New Foe: Windows 8 - WSJ: "Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 8 operating system was criticized by China's CCTV on Wednesday. Microsoft was accused of having weak security protections, as well as colluding with the U.S. government to cyberspy."
Looks like T-Mobile may make a $1B or more off of Sprint if Regulators don't approve this: T-Mobile and Sprint Near Deal for a $32 Billion Merger - NYTimes.com: "...the two sides have settled on the terms of a $32 billion deal that is likely to be announced this summer, people briefed on the matter said on Wednesday. Under the terms of the deal, which are still preliminary, Sprint would acquire T-Mobile for about $40 a share in cash and stock, a 17 percent premium to Wednesday’s price...." Why TV Has Rapidly Moved Away From The Traditional Screen Business Insider: "Much of this growth probably stems from the wealth of content migrating to streaming: More and more networks are caving in and offering up their content for streaming. And there's good news for those networks: Adobe found that TV streamers are becoming more engaged with their content, which means they make better customers for an advertising-driven business." more info: http://www.cmo.com/content/dam/CMO_Other/ADI/Q12014_VideoBenchmark/Q12014_VideoBenchmark.pdf What WWDC Says About Apple's New Products - Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) | Seeking Alpha: "No new hardware was unveiled at WWDC. Information about iOS 8 and Mac OS X Yosemite does point to new products such as iWatch and Apple TV and helps define their characteristics. When eventually announced this Fall, I expect these products to positively impact Apple's share price, despite having relatively small impact on revenue." Android 4.4.3 rolls out to Google, Motorola devices - CNET: "The latest KitKat update doesn't offer any major new features but does carry with it an improved dialer with a new interface and new colors designed to be more user-friendly, according to Motorola. The main goal behind the update, though, is to deliver bug fixes, security patches, and overall stability improvements. One major fix aims to resolve the battery drain that occurs as a result of camera use." Google Looks To Expand Its Addressable Market Size With Satellite Launch - Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) | Seeking Alpha: "Google Inc. plans to spend $1 billion on the launch of satellites to provide internet access to under-served regions of the globe. Over the past few quarters, Google’s revenues have grown at a slower pace. Much of it can be attributed to the pricing pressure on the cost of ads and a slower growth in search queries across the internet. If Google were to succeed and the number of internet users were to increase to 4.5 billion in the next five years, the total addressable market double in size, and the sale of PCs and smart connected devices across underserved regions would also increase." Google Previews Gmail Encryption InformationWeek Google on Tuesday introduced software called End-to-End to encrypt Gmail messages in transit and simultaneously published data about encryption ...
Aereo TV Streaming Comes to Google Chromecast Tom's Guide Internet television streaming service Aereo has finally landed on Google's Chromecast. The app, which received an update Thursday enabling Chromecast support, allows users to stream live television broadcasts through Google's $35 HDMI dongle without ...
Amazon might unveil 3D smartphone on June 18 Tech Times Could we be doing our mobile computing in three dimensions soon? Amazon might be launching the first 3D smartphone that doesn't require the use of glasses. (Photo : Robert Scoble). Amazon is slated to launch a new device that it hopes will disrupt the ...
Google 7-inch 3D-mapping Project Tango Tablet Development Kit announced ... Tech Times Google has officially announced its Project Tango Tablet Development Kit and is allowing developers to sign up to be notified when the device is available. It's priced at $1,024 and is intended for developers. (Photo : Google / Tech Times). Google has ...
OpenSSL bug allows hackers to see private communication Engadget The world hasn't yet recovered from the Heartbleed vulnerability in OpenSSL and now there's news of a new bug affecting the popular open-source security package. This recently announced, and already patched, exploit could allow an attacker to see and ...
Netflix Brushes Off Legal Threat From Verizon Wall Street Journal Verizon General Counsel Randal Milch sent Netflix a cease-and-desist letter Thursday, after the streaming-video company posted blunt messages on subscribers' computer screens blaming Verizon when certain shows stalled out. "The Verizon network is ...
Traces of another world found on the Moon BBC News Researchers have found evidence of the world that crashed into the Earth billions of years ago to form the Moon. Analysis of lunar rock brought back by Apollo astronauts shows traces of the "planet" called Theia. The researchers claim that their discovery ...
This Harvard University Library Book Is Bound in Human Skin TIME A book bound in human skin sits in one of Harvard University's libraries, experts at the school said this week. Scientists tested the 19th-century book Des destineés de l'ame and concluded that they were “99.9% confident” that the binding comes from a ...
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A new model for internal IT services is emerging (video below) Businesses are moving towards a "blended model" of service delivery, merging internal IT capabilities with with third-party services, according a new report by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The report 'A blended future: The changing mix of IT service delivery and consumption', is sponsored by EMC and is available for download here: bit.ly/RbktSf - Published on Jun 2, 2014 China disrupts Google services ahead of Tiananmen anniversary 新闻 | GreatFire.org: [translated via Google Translate] "In the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in China's Internet censorship and freedom of information is another big battle. Google began in March encryption enabled by default search . But on the eve of Tiananmen anniversary commemoration, GFW began seriously interfere with Google search . Interference covers all Google services, including search, image, translation, either HTTP or HTTPS. All versions of Google countries have been interference, including Google, Hong Kong, Google.com and so on. It is not clear the blockade is temporary or permanent blocking measures before the Tiananmen Square massacre. But the blockade has been four days, and we're guessing Google is estimated to be permanently blocked. We reported that Google was blocked in 2012 , that the blockade only 12 hours. We then estimated Chinese censors in the test or test public reaction "to block Google" button. We speculate that the blockade after reviewing agencies have access to enough data to permanently block Google. This is the most severe ever blocked. We condemn such acts of Chinese censors...." SAN FRANCISCO: FBI issues nationwide alert for San Francisco man - Technology - MiamiHerald.com: "The FBI has issued a nationwide alert to law enforcement agencies about a San Francisco social media consultant they consider armed and dangerous who is wanted on suspicion of possessing explosives. FBI spokesman Peter Lee said Sunday that 42-year-old Ryan Kelly Chamberlain II was last seen in a dark blue, hooded sweatshirt and jeans...." Apple WWDC news: Apple rallies developers: Show the money, smart home, new programming language ZDNet Amazon has recently been courting developers with an argument that the company ... Safari translations and plugs for Microsoft's Bing over Google....
Google Invests in Satellites to Spread Internet Access Wall Street Journal "Google and Facebook are trying to figure out ways of reaching populations that thus far have been ... the 1990s. Teledesic, backed by Microsoft Corp....
Apple's Latest Offering Explores the Great Indoors Wall Street Journal Apple's iBeacon allows apps to locate a user within a few inches, so that a phone can direct a driver to the .... 06/01/14 Google Invests in Satellites t.
Google's Android TV May Escalate Web Video Fight U.S. News & World Report Mario Queiroz, vice president of product management at Google, speaks about ... for online TV viewers with companies such as Amazon and Apple.
No Microsoft Start Menu for Windows 8 until 2015: Sources ZDNet Microsoft won't be delivering a new Start Menu for Windows 8 with its ... Up until recently,Microsoft was hoping to make a new "Mini" Start Menu part ... Apple's next big move: Capture three new ecosystems · No Microsoft Start ... Android smartphones (June 2014 edition) · Google to launch 180 satellites.
Amazon Absorbing Price Fight Punches New York Times Hachette is suffering big losses because Amazon is delaying delivery of ... Amazon, like so many other digital giants (Apple, Facebook, Microsoft), ...
Google Moves to Comply With EU Privacy Ruling: Video - Bloomberg: (Allow video to load after clicking play) Google is moving to comply with a recent European Union court ruling that backs the right of citizens to be forgotten online. Caroline Hyde has more on Bloomberg Television's "Countdown." (Source: Bloomberg May 30) HP announces new Chromebook and 14-inch Android laptop | The Verge: "Inside it comes with the Chromebook standard 16GB of storage and 2GB of RAM, which indicates the performance of the Chromebook PC won't be much improved over last year's Chromebook 11. HP is listing battery life at 6.25 hours, which is a bit less than we've seen from Chromebooks offered by Dell or Acer." Should I get a Chromebook for a college student? | The Tech Guy: "Jay wants to know if a Chromebook is a good option for kids. Leo says absolutely. Great for school work because Google docs is all online. ...Chromebooks are getting better and better, though. We are now doing a lot of things online, and there are Chrome extensions for almost everything. But what about iTunes? Leo says he can upload everything to Google Music and then just stream from the Chrome browser. The new Chromebook 2's will be coming out soon and they're very nice. Leo says that Chromebooks are great for education. They're secure and if something goes wrong, it's easy to "powerwash" it, which restores it back to factory settings." Myths | The Big Picture:Myths | The Big Picture: MYTH -"Sound quality counts. If it did, no one would be wearing the execrable Beats headphones. They sell because they’re a fashion item. This is what is scary about Apple buying Beats. Sure, Apple products always looked cool, but they were also the best, that’s why the company often charged more. But by aligning with a laughable enterprise built on momentary hype they’re squandering brand equity just like Sony, which continued to charge premium prices for me-too products. If you don’t know who you are, how do you plan to succeed in the future? Apple doesn’t have to invent everything, but they ultimately have to do it better than everybody else. So they’re selling mediocre, overpriced headphones and a me-too streaming service that has problems scaling and it shows that the company is creatively bankrupt. Steve Jobs was all about breakthroughs, where’s the breakthrough here?" WWDC 2014 Roundup: Enhanced iOS 8, redesigned OS X 10.10, new hardware (plus fresh details) | 9to5Mac: " . . . on Monday, June 2nd, Apple will make major announcements that will indicate the immediate future of its two major platforms: iOS and OS X. The Cupertino company will share details behind the changes in iOS 8, a redesigned Mac operating system, and perhaps even new hardware...." Registry hack enables continued updates for Windows XP | ZDNet: "A single registry setting makes Windows Update think your XP system is Windows XP POSReady, which will receive updates for another five years...." Google Stars Extension for Chrome Leaks: Hands On: "We’ve known for a while now that Google is testing a new favoriting service called Google Stars, aimed at helping users save, share, and organize Web content. This is largely due to multiple leaks, detailing features as well as showing off the interface in a video and screenshots. Today, Google+ user Florian Kiersch, who has done the majority of the digging behind the service, has leaked the Google Stars extension for Google Chrome...." Powered by Pano, focused on gaming: Google to announce Android TV at Google I/O in June — Tech News and Analysis: [Google tasted] "a success when it launched its Chromecast streaming stick last summer. Google still hasn’t provided any concrete numbers, but executives have said that the company has sold millions of Chromecasts, which is significantly more than Google TV’s hardware partners ever sold. Chromecast also has support from most major, and a growing number of smaller content publishers, and Google has said that it wants to get consumer electronics manufacturers to add cast capabilities to their own devices in the near future...."
Apple Monitors for Health and Home New York Times SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is unlikely to introduce new devices this week, ... Google's acquisition of Nest, the smart-appliance maker, for $3.2 billion ...
Apple's iPad Share Loss Not A Game Changer Forbes Apple saw a slight decline in its tablet market share from 33.8% in the ... Microsoft should increase its share due to its ties to corporations but if the ...
Apple's Beats Buy Is Two-Sided for Music Streaming Top Tech News Apple's $3 billion purchase of headphone maker and streaming music company Beats Electronics sheds light on a rarely recognized reality in the ...
Amazon delays book about CEO Bezos CNNMoney The feud between Amazon and the book publisher Hachette is dragging on, ... If you want to buy their books on Amazon (AMZN), expect big delays.
Google inundated with 'right to be forgotten' requests Atlanta Journal Constitution In just the first 24 hours claims could be filed, RT reports Google received 12,000 ... At this point, Google says Germans have filed the most requests. It comes after the EU's highest court ruled search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo must allow people to have the "right to be ... Trending on Facebook.
Google Glass Enters the Operating Room New York Times (blog) Dr. Christopher Kaeding, a surgeon at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Matthew Craig for The New York TimesDr. Christopher ...
Google Glasses: 'They Make Me Feel Powerful' Forbes Harvard Business School released a case study on Google Google Glass. ... MaybeFacebook or Tesla may have extra developers around, but most ... Apple made a quantum leap in technology when it essentially crammed the Mac ...
Report: Google Readying Android TV Debut for Late June PC Magazine While the core differences between the company's Google TV efforts and its ... That, or you could just check out Amazon's Fire TV — Pano is said to ...
Apple, Inc's WWDC is all about the D: Developers Apple Insider Editorial By Daniel Eran Dilger. Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference is the longest running developer confab in existence, dating back to 1986.
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