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Twitter blocking 'graphic imagery' of James Foley beheading
USA TODAY
Twitter says it is blocking accounts related to "graphic imagery" after the Islamic State released a video that shows the beheading of American ...
Twitter removes images of James Foley's death - CNNMoney
Twitter suspends accounts tweeting graphic images of James Foley beheading - Telegraph.co.uk
Twitter Tries to Block Images of Foley Killing - ABC News


IBNLive
Twitter to delete images of deceased family members on request
CNET
Policy revamp comes a week after Robin Williams' daughter abandoned Twitter after gruesome images of her late father were sent to her on the social ...
Twitter Will Remove Images Of The Deceased At The Request Of Family - Gizmodo

How Facebook and Twitter control what you see about Ferguson
Washington Post
Social media is controlled by algorithms – a mathematical formula that dictates what you see and when. In the past week, people have noticed ...

Foley video, photos being scrubbed from Twitter
Washington Post (blog)
Shortly afterward, Radio Sawa's Washington correspondent Zaid Benjamin, who seems to have broken the news of the execution, had his Twitter ...
Twitter Is Suspending Accounts For Sharing Beheading Images - TechCrunch

Should Twitter and YouTube remove images of James Foley's beheading, or do we have a right to ... - Gigaom


Daily Mail
Why CSIS' Twitter faux pas was worse than that time the Red Cross got slizzerd
Washington Post (blog)
As police and protesters clashed in Ferguson in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, theTwitter account for the Center for Strategic and International ...


TIME
Your Twitter Favorite Button Just Got a Lot More Powerful
TIME
If you've noticed tweets from people you don't follow popping up on your Twitter timeline, you're not going crazy. Twitter has updated its help ...
Twitter To Start Showing You Tweets From People You Don't Follow - Search Engine Journal

Twitter Has Changed A Core Function Of How It Works, And Users Are Freaking Out
Jay Yarow
Twitter has opened up the possibility of changing how its core function works. Dan Frommer at Quartz saysTwitter updated the page that defines its ...

Twitter is suspending accounts of people sharing journalist beheading video
Mark Sullivan
Twitter sprang into action today to prevent its users from sharing a graphic and disturbing video of Islamic militants beheading American journalist ...

Twitter to add "tweets from accounts you don't follow" to timelines
Rob Beschizza
So far, this has meant tweets favorited by people you do follow, but the idea is clearly to get users accustomed to feeds made of all sorts of things you ...

Twitter Suspends Accounts of Users Posting Execution Images
Re/code
Twitter is "actively suspending accounts" of users posting images related to the apparent execution of journalist James Wright Foley, CEO Dick Costolo ...

Why Facebook is for ice buckets, Twitter is for Ferguson
Digiday
Facebook's aspires to be a veritable news provider, but Twitter remains the hard-news king.


Reuters
News and ads to appear on Snapchat
The Australian
SNAPCHAT, the mobile app for disappearing messages, could soon be a service for disappearing videos, news articles and advertisements. The start-up has held talks with advertisers and media companies in recent weeks about a service called Snapchat ...


Nature World News
Falcon 9 gracefully lands in SpaceX released video
Tech Times
Commercial spaceflight outfit SpaceX releases new video of successful soft ocean landing of Falcon 9 rocket. Test was third meant to lead to recoverable, reusable launch vehicle. (Photo : SpaceX). Commercial spaceflight company SpaceX has released a ...


Economic Times
Apple shares close at all-time high weeks before iPhone 6 launch
CNET
The stock closed above $100, which marks a record for the electronics giant when accounting for June's 7-for-1 stock split. by Shara Tibken · @sharatibken; August 19, 2014 6:00 PM PDT. comments. 0. facebook. twitter. linkedin. googleplus. more. more +.


The New Yorker
Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, August 19th
The New Yorker
Strongbox is a new way for you to share information, messages, and files with our writers and editors and is designed to provide you with a greater degree of anonymity and security than afforded by conventional e-mail. To help protect your anonymity, ...

Tumblr Partner Will Now Scan Photos for Clues About Brand Affiliation: "Every day, users post about 130 million photos on Tumblr. Starting this week, the Yahoo-owned media brand will start to parse all those images for clues to users' brand affiliations."

Tech Times
NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity Stalled By 'Hidden Valley' Sand
Huffington Post
This image, taken by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity in August 2014, looks across the northeastern end of sandy "Hidden Valley" to the lower slopes of Mount Sharp on the horizon. | NASA/JPL-Caltech. Share · Tweet. Email. Comment. Share on Google+ ...


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Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano rumblings prompt orange alert (+video)
Christian Science Monitor
When Iceland's Grimsvötn volcano became active in April 2011, its explosive eruption sent ash plumes into the sky, disrupting flights in northwestern Europe for three days. Bardarbunga is another under-ice volcano.

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More Bricks Added to the Great Firewall of China

Adding More Bricks to the Great Firewall of China
New York Times (blog)
HONG KONG — China appears to have reinforced its Internet firewall in recent days, blocking some of the leading services that allow people on the mainland to access forbidden sites like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. International business transactions...

New York Times (blog)

Last-Minute Tablet Shopping Tips
InformationWeek
Need to score a tablet for someone on your shopping list before Tuesday? Here's advice on what you might be able to find in the nick of time. By Eric Zeman · InformationWeek. December 22, 2012 09:06 AM. 8 Cool Windows 8 Tablets For Home And Office ...

RIM Changing Up Service Fees for BB10, Spooks Investors
PC Magazine
Research in Motion, no longer commanding the Enterprise market as it once did, is switching from a one-size-fits-all approach to enterprise services to tiered services offerings. For consumers – enterprise consumers, at least – that means they'll have ...

Black Piranha: Freshwater Species of the Week
National Geographic
Long famous for their fearsome appearance and sharp teeth, piranhas can add another accolade to their storied reputation as formidable predators. The black piranha (Serrasalmus rhombeus) has been recognized for having the strongest bite among living...

National Geographic

Turning the Raspberry Pi into a portable console
TG Daily
It seems like every time we turn around there's another incredibly cool project involving the uber-mini Raspberry Pi development board. Of all the Pi projects thus far, my favorite is probably a cool little retro gaming cabinet made out of a clear plastic material.

Christmas Bird Count Underway
Discovery News
The 113th annual Christmas Bird Count is now underway, with Audubon making it easier than ever for you, your family and friends to participate in this fun and rewarding holiday tradition. The count, taking place from now through Jan. 5, is free for the first time.

How Popular Is the Wii U, Really?
SlashGear
I have a Wii U. And although I find its motion implementation quite fun at times, and the addition of a second screen a good idea, I haven't played it at all in the last couple of weeks. I decided to conduct an informal poll with other people I know who also own a...

SlashGear

WATCH: 60 Seconds of Social Media
Huffington Post (blog)
The billion-dollar Facebook acquisition, the Android debut, new Web profiles, overtaking Twitter in daily active users ... so what happened? A change to its terms of service ignited a storm of protest, as users feared their photos could be used in advertisements.

Your new smart phone or tablet: incomplete without some of these apps
Austin American-Statesman
A screenshot of “Pandora,” a music app that creates radio stations out of songs, artists and albums you like. View Larger · Your new smart phone or tablet: incomplete without some of these apps photo. A screenshot from “Fairway Solitaire,” a game for PCs, ...

Hawaiian Islands Are Dissolving And Will Disappear, Study Finds
PlanetSave.com
New research has revealed that in addition to the well known forces of soil erosion, the Hawaiian Islands are experiencing significant erosion due to the groundwater under the islands working to dissolve the island from within. Specifically, the mountains on ...

Meteorite from Sierra Nevada has quite a story
Merced Sun-Star
SACRAMENTO -- The meteorite fragments that crashed down in El Dorado County in April contain some of the best-preserved elements from the dawn of the solar system ever recovered, according to a study. The Sutter's Mill meteorite entered Earth's ...

Merced Sun-Star

Darpa's Mule Looks Useful
iProgrammer
We seem to be heading towards the robotic future ever faster. Now Darpa's robotic mule seems to have joined driverless cars and robot vacs - it looks useful. In this video you can see it following a solider, carefully picking its way through difficult terrain and ...

[The Android Police Podcast] Episode 41: Thirteen Tablets, Five Children, One Bag
Android Police
Don't forget - the Android Police Podcast's live broadcast is every Thursday at 5PM PST (www.androidpolice.com/podcast). The unedited video version of the podcast can be found here - and will likely include various verbal expletives, technical snafus, ...

Foxconn Invests In $200 Million in GoPro, Founder Nicholas Woodman Billionaire
Hot Hardware
Nick Woodman was inspired to create what would eventually become today's GoPro wearable cameras after a surfing trip to Australia in 2002. He wanted to capture some close-up action shots and wasn't able to with amateur camera gears. So he did what ...

Google Says "Who Needs NORAD?" Check Out The Google Santa Tracker
Hot Hardware
NORAD may have decided to power their Santa Tracker engine with Bing maps this year but Google is stepping up to the mistletoe, with yuletide vigor, to help those on the "nice" list keep track of Santa's activities and of course that magical journey on ...

Hot Hardware

Abflug Gives the Previous Mercedes-Benz SL A Redesign
Nitrobahn
The Japanese tuners Abflug have endowed one of the best looking modern Mercedes cars and redesigned it. We are talking about none other than the Mercedes-Benz SL Class. Abflug has geared up an extensive body kit for the previous generation of the ...

Nitrobahn

Police Wonder If They'll Need To Confiscate Assault Weapons In Event Of Ban
CBS Local
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Amid talk of reinstating the assault weapons ban that expired eight years ago, police departments nationwide are thinking of ways to confiscate such weapons. As WCBS 880's Marla Diamond reported, among the departments ...

CBS Local

AT&T Brings 4G LTE Network To 15 New Markets In The U.S.
Macgasm
Following in the steps of Verizon and T-Mobile, AT&T has rolled out its 4G LTE network in 15 new markets in the United States and has expanded its network covered in a number of locations that already had it. AT&T's total 4G LTE network is now working in ...

Phew! Asteroid to miss Earth in 2040, NASA says
CNN
(CNN) -- On a day when global doomsday predictions failed to pan out, NASA had more good news for the Earth: An asteroid feared to be on a collision course with our planet no longer poses a threat. Uncertainties about the orbit of the asteroid, known as ...

1 arrested, 8 given citations at DUI checkpoint
The Desert Sun
COACHELLA — A DUI checkpoint in Coachella that began at 7:30 p.m. Friday and ended at 2 a.m. Saturday netted one arrest and 8 citations for various violations. The checkpoint was on Avenue 48, east of Jackson Street. A total of 864 vehicles passed ...

Apple Rumored to be Severing Ties With Samsung
Mobile Magazine
This past week, many states have been attempting to attract a major semiconductor manufacturer said to have ties to Apple Computer. New York, Oregon and Texas are all the front runners in a race to bring a new major manufacturer to the US. Currently ...

VIDEO: TEASED! Toyota Shows Us HINTS Of Its Furia Concept - What Should ...
AutoSpies.com
Usually right before Christmas and leading into the New Year, you'll start to see manufacturers offering up some hints as to what it will be showing off in the Motor City for the Detroit Auto Show. This year, predictably, automakers are starting a bit earlier and, ...

AutoSpies.com

Apple's Revised Guidelines Could Allow The POP Universal Charger To Live ...
Gizmodo Australia
Turns out Apple has “reviewed the specifications” and changed its mind. According to the company, there were “technical issues” in the way of allowing the Lightning and 30-pin connectors to function as chargers “side-by-side”. The specifications have now ...

Potatoes help Wi-Fi: Boeing improves in-flight wireless internet
Examiner.com
Related topics. potatoes · Wi Fi · Wireless Internet · boeing · Tech. Advertisement. News that potatoes help Wi-Fi is the latest story coming from Boeing. The company used the food to represent passengers during recent tests to improve their wireless internet ...

Examiner.com

Facebook Poke app: Mark Zuckerberg is the voice behind the 'poke' audio alert ...
IBNLive
New Delhi: There is one interesting fact about the newly launched Facebook Poke app that we think you all should know. According to TechCrunch, the voice that enounces 'Poke', whenever a user receives a push notification, is actually Zuckerberg's voice.

IBNLive

Google and Motorola Working on New 'X Phone,' but Details Scant
PC Magazine
Team Google – technically, Team Motorola within Team Google – is apparently working a new smartphone that's designed to up the ante against hotshot smartphone competitor Apple. The problem? It's apparently taking a bit longer than expected for Google ...

Habitable planet found
Times of Oman
The world is one of five thought to be circling Tau Ceti, a star just 12 light years away which is almost identical to the sun. Astronomers estimate the Tau Ceti planets to be two to six times bigger than Earth. One of them, with five times the Earth's mass, lies in ...

Ubisoft To Buy THQ?
Cinema Blend
THQ declared bankruptcy earlier this week but already has several potential buyers. A new report suggests that Ubisoft is one of the front-runners to purchase the publisher's studios and brands. MCV says that Ubisoft has already entered negotiations with the...

Cinema Blend

T-Mobile expands 4G LTE Coverage In Dozen Cities
PC-Tablet (blog)
T-Mobile has made a public announcement that its list of the U.S. cities served by 4G (HSPA+) expands and five new metro areas are added to it. Five metro areas added are Reno, Chicago and three regions in California. T-Mobile specifically highlighted ...

PC-Tablet (blog)

Use Gmail's Experimental Search To Track Your Online Purchases ...
MakeUseOf
Google frequently holds experimental field trials to test out new search features and then adds or discards them depending upon user response. The latest one is about finding your stuff faster. The field trial that's on right now introduces you to searching your ...

Steve Jobs' yacht impounded over pay dispute
CNN
(CNN) -- The megayacht that Steve Jobs commissioned in the final years of his life has been impounded in Amsterdam after a payment dispute involving the designer, Philippe Starck. The Venus, a 100-million-euro ($137.5 million), 260-foot-long yacht, made ...

Cheaper Nexus 7 For Just $99 To Make An Appearance In Q1 2013?
Mobile & Apps
Launched in July this year, Google's Nexus 7, built in collaboration with ASUS, is the company's first 7-inch tablet sold for just $199. Now, rumors indicate that a cheaper Nexus 7 with a thinner and low cost screen will makes its appearance in the first-quarter ...

Mobile & Apps

Apple's Share Of The US Smartphone Market Hits New 53 Percent High
Mobile & Apps
iPhone 5: The iPhone 5 is seen from the back after its introduction during Apple Inc.'s iPhone media event in San Francisco, California September 12, 2012. (Photo : Reuters). Print: Email. Tweet. Apple scored 53 percent of sales of smartphones in the U.S. in ...

Mobile & Apps

Thank Goodness for Google Maps!
News Chief
You never really know how much you miss something until it's gone. Early Thursday morning, when I checked Twitter to see what was going on in the world, my eyes lit up as if I had seen a long-lost lover when I saw that "Google Maps for iOS" was trending ...

Samsung Cooking up Flexible 5.5-inch Display Panel Demo for CES 2013
Gadget Insiders
Samsung Cooking up Flexible 5.5-inch Display Panel Demo for CES 2013 At the core of Samsung Electronics' smartphone strategy is its ability to leverage the assets and technologies of its sister companies within the broader Samsung conglomerate to ...

Two Ice Seals Listed Under Endangered Species Act
Science World Report
Joining the polar bears on the list of threatened species are two types of ice seals which will now be protected under the Endangered Species Act . The two ice seals are victims of global warming. The alarming rate at which the sea ice is melting has caused a ...

Science World Report

Battlefield 3 Final Pack 'End Game' Details Revealed
Gizbot
Electronic Arts and DICE have been supporting Battlefield 3 games with DLC for more than a year now which has made it a pretty smooth ride for gamers. However, Battlefield3 will soon be wrapped up with its final pack known as 'End Game'. The DLC is ...

Gizbot

White House to honor scientists, inventors
Space Daily
U.S. President Barack Obama has named 12 eminent researchers and 11 extraordinary inventors as recipients of national medal awards, the White House said Friday. The National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation are ...

Assassin's Creed 3 Gold Edition and Liberation flash sale on PSN this weekend
Joystiq
PlayStation Network is hosting a flash sale for Assassin's Creed 3 and Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation this weekend. The sale discounts the games by 35%, and also includes a bundle for both games at 50% off. This weekend, Assassin's Creed 3 can be ...

Review Samsung ATIV S Windows Phone 8
Oye! Times
The word is out. Windows Phone 8 is equal to or better than Apple's iPhone family. Consumer Reports rated both systems about equal in their latest review. With a completely new user interface that is fast, friendly and functional, Windows Phone 8 is ready to ...

Bioshock Infinite Pc Version Development Detailed
Gamersyndrome
Among all the great games coming next year, Bioshock Infinite is probably one of the most anticipated: after a lot of development problems, confirmations, delays and such, the game is finally set for release, with lead game designer Ken Levine going full ...

Tesla Motors Sets European Pricing for Model S
Melodika.net (press release)
Tesla Motors set European pricing today for its award winning Model S premium sedan. European customers will have the opportunity to choose either a 60 or 85 kWh Model S. Country-specific prices can be found on Tesla's website. For customers in the ...

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Censorship: Google Asked to Remove More Content

Governments Asking Google to Remove More Content
ABC News
U.S. authorities are leading the charge as governments around the world pepper Google with more demands to remove online content and turn over information about people using its Internet search engine, YouTube video site and other services. Google Inc. provided a glimpse at the onslaught of government requests in a summary posted on its website late Sunday...One U.S. request from a local law enforcement agency asked Google to remove 1,400 YouTube videos for alleged harassment. Without identifying the requesting agency or the targeted videos, Google said it rejected the demand.. . . http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/

Google reports 'alarming' rise in government censorship requests
CNN
(CNN) -- Western governments, including the United States, appear to be stepping up efforts to censor Internet search results and YouTube videos, according to a "transparency report" released by Google. "It's alarming not only because free expression ...

Mobile's newest star Songza is red hot with 1.15 Million iOS downloads in 10 days
GigaOM
By Om Malik Jun. 18, 2012, 6:00am PT No Comments In 2008, when Aza Raskin and his co-founders decided to call it quits on Humanoid and its best known product, Songza, they got themselves gigs at Mozilla, and they quietly sold the assets of the service ...

Sharp to Launch New Android-based User Interface to Differentiate Its Phones
PCWorld
By Jay Alabaster, IDG News Japan's Sharp said Monday it will release a new user interface for its smartphones in an attempt to differentiate them from the Android masses. The Osaka-based electronics maker's new "Feel UX" will feature a simplistic ...

Chinese crew docks with prototype lab module
CNET
In another step toward learning how to build a space station, Chinese astronauts successfully docked with a prototype lab module after an automated approach. by William Harwood The Shenzhou 9 spacecraft executed a smooth automated docking with the ...

Mozilla's Concept IPad Browser Eliminates the URL Bar, Tabbed Browsing
PCWorld
By Loek Essers, IDG-News-Service:Amsterdam-Bureau Safari for iPad has a "pretty miserable" user experience and browsers for Android tablets are even worse, according to Mozilla developers working on an iPad browser of their own, called Junior.

Verizon Raises Prices on FiOS Internet, TV Service
Wall Street Journal
By THOMAS GRYTA Verizon Communications Inc. raised the price for its FiOS Internet service after increasing the speeds that it offers, a move that capitalizes on rising demand for data. The price move also comes as consumers and companies add more ...

Swedish scientists reveal findings of deep-sea 'alien' hunt
Fox News
Swedish explorers have put to rest speculation of a spaceship at the bottom of the Baltic -- but they're adding fuel to the 'what is it' mystery of this deep-sea object anyway. Digital pictures FoxNews.com has obtained from the team show that the ...

Intel slaps Xeon Phi brand on MIC coprocessors
Register
By Timothy Prickett Morgan • Get more from this author ISC 2012 The name "Many Integrated Core" doesn't roll off the tongue – and even Intel doesn't know whether to pronoun MIC as "mick" or "mike" – so with the future "Knights Corner" x86 coprocessors ...

Microsoft Tablet for Windows 8? Mystery Announcement in Los Angeles
ABC News
Microsoft will hold a media event in Los Angeles today where it is expected to announce a new Windows 8 tablet. The announcement, intentionally shrouded in mystery, is scheduled for 3:30 pm Pacific Time (6:30 pm EDT). The software giant sent out ...

ABC News

IBM Brings the US Back to Top of List of Fastest Supercomputers
eWeek
Big Blue's Sequoia system speeds past Fujitsu's K Computer, which gives the United States the No. 1 position on the Top500 list for the first time since 2009. IBM's Blue Gene/Q supercomputer at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is now the ...

Samsung CEO: Software Key To Device Wars
InformationWeek
New CEO of Samsung says the company needs to customize its software better if it wants to stay ahead of competitors such as Apple. By Eric Zeman InformationWeek Speaking directly to the multitude of employees over which he now presides, Kwon Oh-hyun, ...

Nokia Lumia 610 Review
SlashGear
The Lumia 610 is an interesting entry into the Windows Phone family. Microsoft lowered the barrier to entry with an update to the OS, dubbed Tango/Refresh, allowing handsets with lesser specifications into the fray. The Lumia 610 is the first shipping ...

SlashGear

Rumor: Next-gen Xbox details leaked in 56-page document?
DVICE
While most people were celebrating Father's Day this weekend, the gaming world was rocked to the very core when an alleged 56-page document document (with images) claiming to detail Microsoft's next-gen Xbox plans surfaced. Discovered by NeoGAF and ...

Celestica to 'Wind Down' Manufacturing for RIM
PC Magazine
By Angela Moscaritolo Canadian contract electronics manufacturer Celestica on Monday announced plans to part ways with Research in Motion (RIM), its largest customer. Celestica said it would "wind down" manufacturing services for RIM over the next ...

Step Aside, RIM: Samsung Wants Your Customers to Use the Galaxy S III
Mashable
Samsung is pulling out all the stops for its US launch of the Galaxy S III smartphone, its newest flagship phone that launches later this month. Not only is it aiming the phone at consumers with lots of cool and convenient features (like its ...

Video: X-37B space plane lands after record 469-day orbit
DVICE
The Air Force's X-37B robotic space plane made its landing at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base Saturday morning successfully completing more than 15 months in space. The video, shot partly in infrared, showed the vehicle coming in for its ...

Internet Facebook Must Pay $10M for "Sponsored Stories" Lawsuit Settlement
DailyTech
Facebook landed itself in yet another privacy lawsuit over the use of "Sponsored Stories," and will now have to pay $10 million to settle it. Facebook's Sponsored Stories are advertisements that contain a friend's name, profile picture and text ...

DailyTech

Yammer acquisition would boost Microsoft's social-business tools
The Seattle Times
(This story is running in the print edition of The Seattle Times June 18, 2012. - Janet I. Tu) At first, social networking was a novelty, a fun thing you did for your social life. Then businesses came on board, seeing how everything from Facebook-like ...

MacBook Air review (13-inch, mid 2012)
Engadget
By Dana Wollman posted Jun 18th 2012 12:00PM The last time we reviewed the MacBook Air, we didn't have a whole lot to compare it to. Sure, there was the original Samsung Series 9, but it was more expensive, at $1649, and ran off a standard-voltage ...

Apple's iOS 6: What's New and What's Missing
Hot Hardware
As was the case with every iOS release before it, Apple is promising some fairly major enhancements and new features with iOS 6. iOS 5 was a major release in its own right, bringing Siri -- a voice-controlled assistant -- to the mix and yet again ...

Hot Hardware

Apple's 13-Inch MacBook Pro to Get Retina Display: Report
CIO Insight
By CIOinsight Two analyst reports suggest Apple's MacBook Pro 13-inch model will have Retina displays by the end of the year. The seemingly unquenchable thirst for unsubstantiated news concerning Apple products rasps on today with two separate reports ...

Archaeologist finds oldest rock art in Australia
ksl.com
By Rod Mcguirk, AP CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - An archaeologist says he found the oldest piece of rock art in Australia and one of the oldest in the world: an Aboriginal work created 28000 years ago in an Outback cave. The dating of one of the thousands ...

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Apple 1 computer and Steve Jobs Atari memo sold at auction
BBC News
A rare functioning Apple 1 computer - the company's first product - has been sold at an auction for $374500 (£240929). The price was more than double Sotheby's high estimate and sets a new record for the collector's item. A memo written by the firm's ...

BBC News

Your mobile website demystified: ClickTale Mobile tracks every swipe, pinch ...
VentureBeat
So you've got a shiny new mobile website to serve all those smartphone and tablet users — but how exactly are mobile visitors using your site? Forget about turning to traditional tools like Google Analytics. When it comes to mobile websites, ...

VentureBeat

How the expanding forests of the European Arctic could result in MORE carbon ...
Daily Mail
By Damien Gayle Global warming could be accelerated by new trees growing in the warming regions of the Arctic tundra, scientists have warned. By stimulating decomposition rates in soils, the expansion of forest into tundra in arctic Sweden could result ...

Daily Mail

BMW i focuses on eco-luxury to ready i3 for sale
CNET
BMW updates the i3 Concept interior and shows off its new electric products in its first BMW i-branded store in London. by Liane Yvkoff How does a car manufacturer whose motto is "the ultimate driving machine" sell a front-wheel-drive car that takes 8...

Sun Region Releases Two Solar Flares
French Tribune
Two M-class solar flares along with coronal mass ejections (CMEs) have been released by a region on the sun, titled AR 1504, a recent report has revealed. It has been noted by NASA that the sun has discharged a blow of electrically charged particles ...

French Tribune

Apple and the birth of the drive-time podcast - Apple 2.0 - Fortune Tech By Philip Elmer-DeWitt The company has an opportunity to turn an afterthought into a new mass medium FORTUNE -- "As I've described many times before in this space, Apple's core competency is finding common but horrible content consumption experiences and ... Fortune Tech: Technology blogs,... Technology and Smart Phones Are Changing Cities, and The ... By Lloyd Alter Many people thought the internet might mean the end of cities, but it turns out that the opposite is true. Latest Items from TreeHugger Top 10 Tech This Week [PICS] By Charlie White Top 10 Tech has the highlights for you, right here. ... Duracell wants to spread this rechargingtechnology everywhere, embedding it in tables and countertops in places where people regularly hang out, such as bars, nightclubs and gyms. Mashable!

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