Sprint Loses More Customers Than Estimated, Will Cut 2000 Jobs (video)

Sprint Loses More Customers Than Estimated, Will Cut 2K Jobs: Video - Bloomberg:
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Sprint lost more customers than analysts projected as new CEO Marcelo Claure began to counter rivals’ escalating price cuts. As the company continues to lose money and subscribers, Sprint said it will cut about 2,000 more jobs. Estimize CEO Leigh Drogen and Bloomberg Intelligence's John Butler have more on "Street Smart." (Source: Bloomberg 11/3)

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With Calendar app revamp, Google aims to keep rivals at bay
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Tablet Review: Amazon's Fire Vs Google's Nexus 9 - ABC News
Google Just Released a Brand New Google Calendar App - TIME
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Apple, Google Set Disney Video Deal
Google partnership with Disney streams its catalog to Android - CNET
Disney partners with Google to bring its cloud movie locker to Android and Google Play Movies - Gigaom

Bill Gates' $578M Planned Microsoft Stock Sale
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Microsoft shares went flying out the windows last week. ... of the company, Gates now serves as a technology advisor and on the company's board.


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Internet Archive Brings Vintage Arcade Games Right To Your Browser
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If office productivity takes a tumble around the world today, you can blame the Internet Archive. The online home of the "Wayback Machine" archive of old websites as well as libraries of books, videos and music has added some 900 classic arcade games that ...

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Google Renews Its Cloud Efforts
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Google is making a renewed effort to catch Amazon in so-called cloud services...


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Facebook Conducted Another Secret Experiment On Users
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Facebook quietly tweaked the news feeds of 1.9 million users before the 2012 election so they would see more "hard news" shared by friends. That change may have boosted voter turnout by as much as 3 percent, according to a little-known study first ...

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Nest Thermostat update 4.3 lands with improved energy saving
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The Nest Thermostat made home heating cool when it hit the UK earlier this year, now the innovative device is being made even better thanks to a software update. Nest has been tinkering with the Thermostat's inner workings, with the new software update ...

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Microsoft Cloud Apps vs. Best of Breed
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Microsoft offers cloud-based apps for business intelligence, CRM and ERP. You'll want to evaluate the "best-of-breed" approach to going with a single vendor like Microsoft for everything. When you think of Microsoft, you naturally think of operating systems ...

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Jury Awards $119.6 Million, What's It All About Apple?

Jury Finds Samsung Phones Infringe on Several Apple Patents, Awards $119.6 Million | Re/code: "Jury Finds Samsung Phones Infringe on Several Apple Patents, Awards $119.6 Million...."

Expri Editor's Opinion: And THAT was what ALL of this was about? Chump change? The litigation expenses of Apple probably were more than the Jury award. Tim Cook and the current Apple leadership need to pivot like Steve Jobs would have a long time ago -- talk is cheap, lawyers aren't, Steve was a bit of a hothead at times, accusing EVERYONE of stealing his stuff, but he always cooled down and got back to business --

"Their meeting was in Jobs's conference room, where Gates found himself surrounded by ten Apple employees who were eager to watch their boss assail him. Jobs didn't disappoint his troops. "You're ripping us off!" he shouted. "I trusted you, and now you're stealing from us!" Gates just sat there coolly, looking Steve in the eye, before hurling back, in his squeaky voice, what became a classic zinger. "Well, Steve, I think there's more than one way of looking at it. I think it's more like we both had this rich neighbor named Xerox and I broke into his house to steal the TV set and found out that you had already stolen it." (From Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson Copyright © 2011 by Walter Isaacson)

No successful company, with any integrity, has ever built or maintained a business by having as its core business model, litigation with competitors, as Apple has attempted, rather unsuccessfully, since Steve passed away. Cupertino, it is time to either get back to innovation, or give up and just start sweating the assets like BlackBerry is doing.

Reddit cofounder's crowdfund campaign wants net neutrality billboard in FCC chief's face | PCWorld: " . . . Separate from Ohanian’s new campaign, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, a liberal advocacy group, launched NoSlowLane.com this week and is urging President Barack Obama to back strong net neutrality rules as he promised during his first presidential campaign. Obama pledged to push for net neutrality rules during a town hall appearance on MTV in 2007, in response to a question from Joe Niederberger, a New Jersey small business owner and former Internet engineer. “I appreciated that promise because it meant a future full of innovation,” Niederberger said on a video posted on the NoSlowLane site. But the new FCC proposal doesn’t live up to those promises, Niederberger said. “The FCC should be making the Internet better for us all, not slowing the Internet down, raising costs and hurting innovation,” he added."

Apple's tablet market share suffers as tablet growth slows
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Google Acquires Rangespan, Beefs Up Retailers' Predictive Purchasing
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Google has officially acquired London-based Rangespan for an undisclosed amount. The employees, including founders Matt Henderson and Ryan ...

Google Now Cards Get Offline Support
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Google on Friday announced that the latest version of its Google Search app for Android now includes offline support for Now. This means that going ...

Facebook, Oculus face intellectual property challenge from ZeniMax gaming company
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When news of Facebook's acquisition of Oculus in March spread, it had angered the Kickstarter backers of the virtual reality technology. With the deal ...

The surprisingly simple way Egyptians moved massive pyramid stones without ...
Washington Post
Camels and horses stand tied to a fence below the Great Pyramid of Giza on October 21, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images). Few have traveled to the pyramids of Egypt and not wondered how an ancient civilization without modern ...

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Bill Gates asked to leave as Microsoft Chairman

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Exclusive: Microsoft investors push for chairman Gates to step down

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Shares of Microsoft have been essentially static for a decade, and the company has lost ground to Apple Inc and Google Inc in the move toward mobile ...

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Microsoft steers same strategic course in Surface do-over

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Official Blog: Hulu Plus now works with Chromecast: "Hulu has added Chromecast support to their Hulu Plus app—just in time for the fall television season. Now you can easily enjoy your favorite shows, such as “Modern Family,” “New Girl” and “Parks and Recreation,” on your big-screen TV by casting from Hulu Plus on your mobile phone or tablet. It’s the same intuitive, remote-free experience you’ve come to enjoy with the other Chromecast-supported apps, and is as simple as pressing the Cast button which will now appear in the app. . . . "

BlackBerry Filing Describes a Global Slide - NYTimes.com: "In a delayed regulatory filing issued on Tuesday evening, the smartphone maker BlackBerry revealed that customers are turning against its products in what had been its one remaining bright spot, the developing world."

Windows Phone catching up with iOS and Android in Europe | Technology | theguardian.com: "One company which can't find any good news in the latest figures is BlackBerry. Its sales are following the same trajectory as Nokia's Symbian did - but Symbian at least was publicly killed off by Stephen Elop. BlackBerry is in a jam of its own making. Its share has collapsed to 0.5% of sales across the EU 5 - driven there partly by Germany and Spain. Its highest share is in France, at 4.2%, with the UK behind it at 3.7%. In the US, the other key western market, its sales share has dropped to 1.8%."

Google Accused of Wiretapping in Gmail Scans

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Apple Now Holds 10% of All Corporate Cash: Moody's

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The companies with the five largest cash holdings – Apple, MicrosoftCorp., Google Inc. , Cisco Systems Inc. and Pfizer Inc. – held more than one quarter of the ...

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Sharper display Apple iPad Mini faces delay-sources

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TAIPEI/TOKYO (Reuters) - Apple Inc will be unable to widely roll out a new... the sharper screen found on rival tablets from Google Inc andAmazon.com Inc.

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The Washington Post closes sale to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos

Washington Post
Amazon.com founder and chief executive Jeffrey P. Bezos formally took over as the owner of The Washington Post on Tuesday, officially ending 80 years of local ...

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Apple can push iOS email across German borders again

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In February 2012, Apple was forced to switch off push email services for iOS devices in Germany after it lost a patent lawsuit brought by the nowGoogle-owned ...

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Apple's mothership HQ prepares for lift-off

New York Daily News
Apple Inc. gave Cupertino, Calif., one last friendly nudge Tuesday ahead of a vote over whether the company can begin construction there on its futuristic new ...

New York Daily News

Apple to fix iOS 7 iMessage glitch with another update soon

ZDNet
Apple continues to iron out bugs in its newly released iOS 7, acknowledging a problem with ... Acknowledging the issue, Apple earlier today pointed uses to its ...

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Apple Replaces Coca-Cola as World's Top Brand: 10 Ways It Did It

eWeek
Google, Apple's top competitor in the marketplace, was able to nab the second spot, while IBM took fourth, Microsoft fifth and Samsung eighth. That Apple ...

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Apple Snags CableLabs Exec to Work on "Something Big" - John ...

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Amazon Kindle Fire HDX review (7-inch) - Engadget

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Apple's iPad: A rumor roundup
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The most obvious update would be to give the iPad mini the high-resolution “retina” display from the full-sized model of the iPad, putting the mini in even closer competition with similarly sized tablets from competitors such as Google, Samsung and Amazon.

Microsoft makes Xbox Live Gold free for the weekend
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Microsoft said Tuesday that it will unlock its Xbox Live Gold service this weekend for most regions of the world, hoping gamers will get hooked again. SpecifIcally, the service will be available for free from Oct. 4 through 6, Microsoft said in a blog ...

Amazon to Hire 70000 Workers for the Holidays
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Amazon.com Inc. plans to hire 70,000 seasonal workers for its U.S. warehouse network this year, a 40% increase that points to the company's upbeat expectations about the holiday selling season. The online retailer expects another 15,000 temporary hires ...

Google's new concessions on European search will put rivals' logos into results
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Microsoft has joined a select list of vendors authorized to provide cloud services to the federal government, with the announcement this week that it had received a pivotal security certification from the government's Federal Risk and Authorization ...

Microsoft returns to CES Las Vegas tech show
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Chief executive Steve Ballmer made a brief surprise appearance during chipmaker Qualcomm's keynote event, and Microsoft's chief technology strategy officer spent a few minutes on stage at a Samsung press conference. But one tech consultant who ...

Michael Dell, Silver Lake Get The Green Light From Regulators On $24.9B Plan To Take Dell Private | TechCrunch: "The embattled PC company today announced that it has received all necessary regulatory clearance for Michael Dell, who founded and led the computer firm as CEO and chairman, and Silver Lake Partners to take the company private in a $24.9 billion transaction. This was the last big hurdle Dell needed to surmount, and now the transaction is expected to close before the end of Q3 2014, or November 1. . . "

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Gates May Face Questions in Novell Lawsuit

Gates May Face Questions on Novell Monopoly Claims in Utah BusinessWeek By Joel Rosenblatt and Margaret Cronin Fisk Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates may face cross-examination about alleged monopolistic behavior 17 years ago when he testifies in a Novell Inc. lawsuit accusing the world's largest ...

Oracle: HP Paying Intel to Keep Itanium Alive eWeek Oracle officials in a court filing accused HP of “secretly” paying off Intel to continue developing Itanium to protect HP's HP-UX operating system. Intel is only keeping its controversial high-end Itanium chip alive because Hewlett-Packard is paying it ...

Nook Tablet Rooted, Gets You Android Market Apps PCWorld By Elizabeth Fish, PCWorld Nov 21, 2011 5:13 AM [Photo: Indirect]Since its release on November 16, there has been a flurry of activity around Barnes & Noble's first tablet offering, the Nook Tablet. It's not surprising either, previous devices such as ...

Amazon Kindle Phone: Android Me-Too Could Flop InformationWeek Amazon's cooking up a phone for 2012, analysts say. But will it be more than just a customer loyalty tool? By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek Not content with being the dominant online bookseller, Amazon long ago branched out into all manner of consumer ...

Japan Mobile Game Giant Gree Sues Rival DeNA for Blocking Developers PCWorld By Jay Alabaster, IDG News Japanese mobile game platform operator Gree said Monday it has sued rival DeNA for obstructing game developers that try to launch games on both of their platforms. The suit, which seeks ¥1.05 billion (US$14 million) in ...

Combined Mac, iPad sales to make Apple largest global PC vendor in 2012 Apple Insider By Sam Oliver Apple is poised to become the largest seller of PCs in the world before the second half of 2012, if the iPad is categorized as a PC. Research firm Canalys announced on Monday that Apple is expected to overtake HP and become the top PC ...

Apple's market share hits 15-year high, report says Washington Post Apple's market share of the world PC market has reportedly hit a 15-year high, according to an analyst note from Needham and Co., GigaOm reported. The company now holds about 5.2 percent of the worldwide market, growing 24.6 percent in the past year. ...

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Users Report 'Phantom Volume' Bug PC Magazine By Chloe Albanesius It appears that random glitches are now a rite of passage for high-profile smartphone launches. First we had the iPhone 4S battery issue and now the Samsung Galaxy Nexus phantom volume? Some Galaxy Nexus users across the pond are ...

Retailers Enliven Catalog Offerings Through Apps New York Times By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER When you browse Anthropologie's stores, you feel as if you're wandering through an artsy home, where there are sure to be closets full of eclectic outfits, bedrooms with bohemian quilts and kitchen tables with mismatched dishes. ...

Apple co-founder gets Google Android phone Telegraph.co.uk Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple with Steve Jobs, has accepted a new Samsung Galaxy Nexus from rival manufacturer Google. By Matt Warman, Consumer Technology Editor Wozniak, who has previously expressed his admiration for the Google Android ...

Apple App Store now accepts Chinese yuan TG Daily In what is a key push forward in its mission to rake in money from China, Apple now allows customers to pay for App Store purchases with yuan. Apple now has a strong presence in the huge country, allowing residents there to buy iPhones and iPads from...

Drobo and Pogoplug offer 10GB of free cloud storage SlashGear If you are thinking about getting a Drobo storage device like the Drobo S v.2 or already own one, you have some free cloud storage coming your way. Drobo and Pogoplug have announced that they have teamed up for a deal that will offer Drobo users 10GB ...

Rumoured iPhone 5 'will have 4in screen' against Jobs' wish Register By Anna Leach-- iPhone 5 will grow 8mm in length to accommodate a new 4in screen, according to rumours on iLounge that conjure the shape of the next Jesus mobe out of the mists of speculation. According to the site's sources, ...

Microsoft teams up with Techstars to offer $20000 to Kinect developers Inquirer By Lawrence Latif Microsoft's Kinect technology has been praised for its innovative sensor array and Microsoft's willingness to provide a software development kit (SDK) for the unit. The firm has talked about moving Kinect beyond the Xbox and has ...

Apple extends AppleCare+ purchase window until Dec 15 for new iPhone owners Digitaltrends.com Apple extends the deadline for AppleCare+ protection plan purchases until December 15 for iPhone 4S pre-orders and gives all customers a 30-day window after purchase to add AppleCare+ protection. Apple launched its new AppleCare+ protection plan on the...

Breaking news: Man lands on Moon! Register By Anna Leach -Facebook's frictionless sharing apps are dredging up decade-old news stories and putting them at the top of national news sites. They are the latest in several decade-old stories that have shot to the top of ...

Nintendo offers new 3DS bundles landing on Thanksgiving Day SlashGear Nintendo is gearing up for Black Friday with a couple new 3DS bundles that it hopes will lure the shoppers in for Christmas giving. Two new bundles will be offered starting November 24. The first bundle is a red 3DS that comes with the Super Mario 3D ...

Western Digital Loses $525 Mln Arbitation With Seagate Forbes Western Digital this morning said the company was hit with a $525 million damages award in an arbitration award in an action in Minnesota that had been filed by rival Seagate. The case alleges “misappropriation of confidential information and trade ...

NASA Reveals New High Resolution Map of the Moon MyFox Phoenix (EndPlay Staff Reports) - Scientists at Arizona State University have put together a high-resolution map of the moon that might just change the way you look at our nearest celestial neighbor. The map was made with images from NASA's Lunar ...

Android Malware Surges, According to Separate Studies Windows IT Pro Security researchers from McAfee say that malware targeting mobile devices is on the rise this year. Actually, it's just malware targeting Google's insecure Android OS that is on the rise. Both iOS/iPhone and Windows Phone remain completely unaffected ...

Microsoft offers free apps with Windows Phone device purchase Fiercemobilecontent Windows Phone Marketplace now touts more than 40000 applications and games from close to 11000 different publishers, according to All About Windows Phone. Developers are adding an average of 165 new Marketplace items each day, with roughly 11000 items ...

Apple and jail made cool Computerworld By Mark Gibbs Network World - When Steve Jobs passed away early last month, there was a remarkable outpouring of grief along with countless articles that sliced and diced the man, his history, his achievements, and his impact on the world. ...

Battlefield 3: Strike at Karkand gameplay trailer released Ubergizmo By George Wong on 11/21/2011 04:01 PST Battlefield 3 players who have already played the current game to death will be pleased to know that EA/DICE will be releasing some new content for you guys in a couple of weeks. Over the weekend they released the ...

Can Electric Cars Help Automakers Reach 55 MPG? NPR by Sonari Glinton A Nissan Leaf charges at a station in Portland, Ore., that can recharge an electric car in 30 minutes. Electric cars could be an integral part of meeting 55-mpg fuel standards by 2025, but many consumers are put off by the vehicles' ...

peHUB » Wyse Technology Acquires Trellia By Angela Sormani Wyse Technology, the global leader in cloud client computing, today announced it acquired Trellia, a leader in cloud-based mobile infrastructure management. The Trellia solution suite provides Wyse, its customers and partners with the most ... Pe Hub News: PE Exits

iPhone is top smartphone among mobile workers, report says ... By Andrea Chang iPhone is top smartphone among mobile workers. BlackBerry takes the No. 2 spot. Tablets become more popular. L.A. Times Tech Blog

Belichick still evading technology and rebukes the idea of iPad ... By FanIQ Blog Belichick still evading technology and rebukes the idea of iPad playbook on field Bill Belichick, the legendary coach of New England Patriots is a well known enemy of technology. The 59-year-old coach would love to keep things as simple as ... FanIQ Blog

TaxProf Blog: Sales Tax Reform Through Technology and Escrow ... By Paul Caron A new and better day for sales tax administration is within reach. It will begin as soon as vendors are required to have escrow accounts and states begin sweeping those accounts. In short order, states will transform their sales tax systems into ... TaxProf Blog

A Convergence of Technology for Firefighter Training | Firefighter ... By mfinney Most online training deals with reading text and posting to discussion boards. However, on December 6th, 2011, that is about to change. The Open Fire Academy, International and Firefighter Radio are offering the first class that is both ... Firefighter Radio

EFS Facilities Services signs Oracle as strategic technology provider ... UAE-based EFS Facilities Services signed an agreement with Oracle to implement their Oracle JD Edwards Enterprise application modules for their operations in the Middle East. Being awarded the... AME Info Latest News

The Science and Technology of Gaming Continues to Evolve » Blog ... Far too often, we see gaming technology investors jumping into a portfolio that is far too aggressive. The end result can be disasterous, invoking many to file bankruptcy.” Then, it is necessary to consider the end game. Gaming technology ... The Science and Technology of...

Semantic Technology Finds Another Use : TaxoDiary By melody Enter semantic technology to help with text mining. One of the current challenges is to develop adaptive technology that can be ported easily between different text types, tasks and scientific fields. With this kind of technology developing, ... TaxoDiary

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