Elon Musk's Tesla Sells 10K Cars in Q1 With Eyes Now on China (video)

Elon Musk's Tesla Sells 10K Cars in Q1 With Eyes Now on China -

Shares of Tesla surge after the company reported strong vehicle sales in the first quarter. Bloomberg’s Cory Johnson reports “Market Makers,” on April 6, 2015

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Apple Said to Launch iPhone Trading Program in China (video)

Apple Said to Launch iPhone Trading Program in China -

Apple is said to be introducing a trade-in program for iPhones in China. Bloomberg's Tim Culpan reports on "Trending Business."

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Anthem Data Breach, Hackers Sponsored by China? (video)

Feb. 6 -- Investigators of Anthem’s data breach are pursuing evidence that points to Chinese state-sponsored hackers who are stealing personal information from health-care companies for purposes other than pure profit, according to three people familiar with the probe. Bloomberg’s Michael Riley reports on “Bloomberg Surveillance.”

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How Important Was China to Apple Last Quarter? (videos)

Estimize CEO Leigh Drogen, JMP Securities' Mark Lehmann and Bloomberg's Cory Johnson and Scarlet Fu react to Apple's fiscal first-quarter profit. They speak with Bloomberg's Trish Regan on "Street Smart."


Jan. 28 -- Brian Wieser, senior research analyst at Pivotal Research Group, and Bloomberg Intelligence U.S. Economist Carl Riccadonna talk about Apple’s dominance as it reports record fiscal first-quarter profit of $18 billion. He speaks on “Bloomberg Surveillance.”

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Xiaomi Soars by Tapping Into Young Culture in China (video)

Xiaomi Soars by Tapping Into Young Culture in China: Video - Bloomberg:
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Bloomberg Intelligence’s John Butler discusses Xiaomi’s valuation and the company’s business model. He speaks on “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg 12/22)

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Did the US Kick North Korea Off The Internet? (video)

Bloomberg’s Jordan Roberston discusses North Korea’s loss of access to internet networks.

Something is really not well at Google. How is it possible to trip up the amazing position Google had in the smartphone world one year ago into the abyss where it's not even capable of selling a single phone directly to the consumer today? If you want to know why Google's stock is down in 2014, vastly underperforming Apple and other companies, look no further than this fiasco. Source:
Smartphones: Apple Knows What It's Doing, Google Doesn't - Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) | Seeking Alpha: "Summary:  Every single smartphone on Google’s direct-to-consumer eCommerce site is listed as sold out, and in most cases have been for months. Other models (Google Play Edition) from Samsung and Sony have been discontinued altogether. How is it possible for the world’s smartphone market share leader to simply abdicate? This explains Google’s recent market share loss to Apple, and its resulting underperforming stock in 2014. Who is responsible for this fiasco at Google? New management is urgently needed...." (read more at the link above)

China is Planning to Purge Foreign Technology and Replace With Homegrown Suppliers - Bloomberg: "“A key government motivation is to bring China up from low-end manufacturing to the high end,” said Kitty Fok, China managing director for IDC. National security provides China a powerful rallying cry, particularly within its sprawling state sector. China National Petroleum Corp., the country’s largest energy producer, announced Nov. 26 -- during China’s first Cybersecurity Week -- that it had replaced its Microsoft e-mail with the homegrown eYou program to improve security. “The technology gap is closing,” said Mota, who advises Cisco and HP, as well as Huawei and ZTE. “In China, they have the patience to figure it out.”"

Android E-Commerce And Market Numbers - Business Insider: "Android is exploding as a mobile commerce driver. Android's share of mobile commerce orders is up 26% year-over-year. Android devices now account for just over one-fifth of all mobile e-commerce orders in the US.  The fragmentation problem is extremely overblown, from all perspectives: screen size, operating system version, and device proliferation. Globally, 80% of Android devices are running the two latest available versions of the platform. In the U.S, it's over 90%. Android Lollipop will roll out beginning this month."

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Webcam Hackers and Cyber Security (video)

Cyber security experts in the UK have been warning the public of a Russian hosted website containing thousands of live webcam feeds. Bloomberg spoke to internet security expert, David Emm from Kaspersky Lab, and asked what people can do to protect themselves. (Source: Bloomberg 11/21)

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New York Times
Washington Post Releases Free App for Kindle, in First Collaboration WithAmazon
New York Times
The phrase, borrowed from its new owner, the billionaire Amazon founder ... with Mr. Bezos, said Shailesh Prakash, The Post's head of technology.
Washington Post launches twice-daily tablet editions on Amazon Fire app - Washington Post


CNET
Google tests subscription service for ad-free websites
CNET
The test for Google's Contributor program enables you to see a thank-you ... Facebook is next at 8 percent, followed by Microsoft at 2.9 percent and ...

Reuters: Google Break-up?
European Parliament may propose Google break-up in draft resolution

New York Post
Amazon plans a streaming-video alternative
New York Post
Amazon's vice president of Kindle, Peter Larsen, displays the Amazon Fire ... Amazon boss Jeff Bezos is primed and ready for a fresh assault on the ...
Amazon Moves Closer To A Free, Ad-Supported Video Service - TechCrunch
Amazon reportedly launching free, ad-supported video service - Engadget


Wall Street Journal
Google Looks to Get Back Into China
Wall Street Journal
In the U.S., just two app stores dominate— Apple 's App Store for iPhones ... News of Google's effort was earlier reported by technology website The ...

USA TODAY
Amazon unveils its Black Friday plans
USA TODAY
As more and more companies continue to move their Black Friday sales earlier into Thanksgiving Thursday, Amazon has taken a different approach.

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Social Mobile Payments, Google, China, Project Loon, 1TB Free Chromebook Storage

Cash Is for Losers! Venmo Makes Mobile Payments Social: Video - Bloomberg:
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Bloomberg’s Felix Gillette examines the combination of mobile payments and social networking in the Venmo App as smartphone technology expands the move to a cashless society. He speaks on “In The Loop.” (Bloomberg 11/21)

Google Looks to Get Back Into China - WSJ: "In recent months, Google representatives in Asia told makers of apps for its Android mobile-operating system that it hopes to unveil a new app store in China to help them distribute their apps and games more efficiently, according to two people briefed on its plans."

Chinese Developers Can Now Offer Paid Applications to Google Play Users in More Than 130 countries | Android Developers Blog: "... If you develop Android apps in China and want to start distributing your apps to a global audience through Google Play, visit play.google.com/apps/publish and register as a developer. If you want to sell apps and in-app products, you'll need to also sign up for a Google Wallet merchant account, which is available on the “Revenue” page in the Google Play Developer Console. After you’ve uploaded your apps, you can set prices in the Developer Console and later receive reports on your revenue. You’ll receive your developer payouts via wire transfer. For more details, please visit our developer help center...."

Google Drive Blog: Getting in the holiday spirit: 1TB of Drive storage for new Chromebooks: The 1TB comes with the purchase of a new, eligible Chromebook for as little as $199. You’ll find them at these retail stores and online outlets or on Google Play. Just be sure to redeem the offer before January 1, 2015.

BBC News - 'Sophisticated' Android malware hits phones: "NotCompatible is being spread via spam and websites seeded with booby-trapped downloads, he said and urged Android users to be wary of any app that required a security update to be installed before it was run."

Google's Project Loon can now launch up to 20 balloons per day, and they fly 10 times longer than in 2013 | VentureBeat | Business | by Emil Protalinski: "In terms of quality improvements, the balloons now last 10 times longer in the stratosphere than they did in 2013. Some fly for over 100 days (Google says the current record is 130 days)."

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Google Cloud Platform LIVE Today, Next Gen Cloud Computing

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.  

Learn more at http://www.google.com/landing/calendar/ and Official Gmail Blog: A new day for Google Calendar

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.

TIME
Microsoft Band vs. Apple Watch vs. Jawbone Up vs. Fitbit Surge
TIME
Microsoft on Thursday announced its entry into the already-crowded fitness tracker space with Microsoft Band, a full-color touchscreen bracelet driven ...

Apple plans Apple University in China, bringing Jobs’ vision to Asia | 9to5Mac

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Zuckerberg Speaks Mandarin but Can Facebook Speak Chinese? (video)

Speaking Mandarin: Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, (video above)--Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg impressed audiences at Tsinghua University in Beijing on Wednesday by answering questions in Mandarin. How well does Zuckerberg speak Chinese? Jeff Wang, the director of education and China Learning Initiatives at the Asia Society, grades Mark's Mandarin. (Oct 24, 2014-Bloomberg)


Forbes
Mark Zuckerberg Knows Chinese, But It's A Long Road To Export Facebook
Forbes
Mark Zuckerberg has impressed the world with his almost-fluent Chinese, but can his effort translate into Facebook's success in China? In a 30-minute ...

China's Massive iCloud Hack Is So Obvious It May Be a Message to Apple | Motherboard: "China is trying to hoover up its citizens’ iCloud passwords, according to various reports, and it's doing so in a rather brazen way. The hacks are so blatant that it appears China doesn’t even care who catches it spying. Onlookers have suggested that either the Politburo isn’t worried about being seen as a digitally repressive state, or it’s sticking its middle finger up at Apple. It could well be both...."

Say hello to Microsoft Lumia - [Microsoft site] Conversations: "When we announced that the Nokia Devices & Services business would become part of Microsoft, we also shared that Lumia, our smartphone brand, would become part of the Microsoft family. Since then, we have naturally been making the change from Nokia to Microsoft in our websites, packaging and other consumer touch points...."

The Laborers Who Keep Dick Pics and Beheadings Out of Your Facebook Feed | WIRED: "... the image on Baybayan’s screen does not resemble typical startup work: It appears to show a super-close-up photo of a two-pronged dildo wedged in a vagina. I say appears because I can barely begin to make sense of the image, a baseball-card-sized abstraction of flesh and translucent pink plastic, before he disappears it with a casual flick of his mouse...."


New York Times
Microsoft Offers Tantalizing Signs of Progress
New York Times
And many venerable technology companies are struggling to leap from the ... 30,Microsoft's fiscal first quarter, the company said its net income was ...
Microsoft sales beat Street hopes, cloud profits up - Reuters
Microsoft Bucks Trend as Sales Defy Expectations - Wall Street Journal
Microsoft's Q1 2015: Surface growing strongly and Lumia sales up - The Verge

Microsoft Shipped 2.4 Million Xbox Consoles In Q1 FY15
Microsoft's fortunes are turning around with regard to the gaming division, shipping 2.4 million Xbox consoles in the company's first quarter of the new ...

Play Your Android Games and Videos on the TV with Google Chromecast
There's a lot you can do with the Google Chromecast but did you know you can cast your screen from your Android phone or tablet to any ...

How Is Google Analytics So Damn Fast?
TL; DR: Google Analytics stores a massive amount of statistical data from web sites across the globe. Retrieving reports quickly from such a large ...

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IBM Exits Manufacturing for Software and Services (video)

IBM Pays Globalfoundries $1.5B to Take Chip Unit: Here's Why: Video - Bloomberg:
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IBM agreed to pay Globalfoundries $1.5 billion to take an unprofitable chip-manufacturing unit off its hands. Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Semiconductor Analyst Anand Srinivasan reports on “In The Loop.” (Source: Bloomberg 10/20)


New York Times
Growth for Yahoo, at Last, but Strategy Is No Clearer
New York Times
Marissa Mayer, chief of Yahoo, said she expected mobile revenue to top ... go to catch up to Google and Facebook, which are continuing to gain ground in ... on “building block acquisitions” to replace its often outdated technology. ... Yahoo's 10-year search partnership with Microsoft allows Yahoo to use ...
Yahoo posts gains in sales, profits but pressure still on - USA TODAY
Yahoo Sales, Profit Gains May Allay Mayer Critics - Wall Street Journal
Yahoo Rallies After Reaping Alibaba Riches - Forbes


New York Times
China Attack Aims at iCloud, Apple's Service for Storage
New York Times
HONG KONG — For Apple in China, trouble seems to be the new normal. ... They are also similar to recent attacks on Google, Yahoo and Microsoft aimed ... a browser offered by the Qihoo 360 Technology Company that is popular in ...
China-backed hackers target Apple's iCloud users: blog - Reuters


New York Times
Apple Pay: Seamless in Stores, but Quirky Online
New York Times
Apple says Apple Pay is more secure than a traditional credit card payment, because ... AFTER I used Apple Pay for a day of shopping in stores, a few things ... If you are near a terminal and have an app open, like Facebook, the phone ... Neither Amazon nor Applewould comment on whether they were ...
As Apple Pay Arrives, Witnessing the Next Step in Money. Maybe. - New York Times
Review: Apple Pay in Action - ABC News
Apple Surges Ahead In Breakout Earnings - Forbes


Wall Street Journal
iPad Air 2 Review: The Best Tablet Needs to Work Harder
Wall Street Journal
Apple's newest tablet is thinner than ever, but whether it is for you depends on where you plan on holding it—and what you want to do with it. WSJ's Joanna Stern reviews the Air 2. Photo/Video: Drew Evans/The Wall Street Journal. By. Joanna Stern. Joanna ...

Tech startup Arx Pax introduces hoverboard prototype
SFGate
A Los Gatos, Calif. company called Arx Pax has created a working prototype hover board they call Hendo which uses ...


Mashable
Google and Others Sink $542 Million Into Mystery Virtual Reality Venture
Mashable
Search giant Google, along with several other interests, just invested more than half a billion dollars in a mysterious venture called Magic Leap, a company that, based on various reports, is working on technology focused on the virtual reality and augmented ...


Forbes
Apple Pay is fast, easy, and boring — so it will be huge
VentureBeat
I only had to use Apple Pay a few times before I got over the novelty of paying for stuff with my phone. That's not necessarily a bad thing — the future of payments shouldn't have to constantly remind you that you're doing something new and different, which is ...


Reuters
Apple, supplier GT strike deal to unseal info, shutter Arizona plant
Reuters
(Reuters) - Apple and GT Advanced Technologies Inc struck an agreement on Tuesday that will let GT begin the shutdown of key Arizona operations, and shed some more light on why the former stock market darling abruptly filed for bankruptcy this month.


Fox Business
Daimler sells stake in Tesla for $780 million
SFGate
Daimler AG says it has sold its 4 percent stake in electric car maker Tesla for $780 million. The buyer was not disclosed. The Germany-based parent of Mercedes-Benz says its partnership with Tesla Motors Inc. is unaffected. Tesla made the battery packs and ...


New York Times
FTC Names Privacy Expert as Chief Technologist
ABC News
The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday named an outspoken Internet privacy expert, Ashkan Soltani, as its chief technologist in a move that signals the agency's focus on protecting consumers' online privacy. A computer scientist and technology ...
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China, Great Firewall, Apple iCloud, Microsoft Accounts, and a BoomBust Video

China is staging a nationwide attack on iCloud and Microsoft accounts | The Verge: "... a new report from web censorship watchdog Great Fire indicates Chinese users may be facing an unpleasant surprise when they try to connect to Apple services at large... the Chinese firewall is blocking all local connections to iCloud.com, redirecting those connections to a dummy site designed to look exactly like Apple's login page. If you're using Firefox or Chrome, you'll land on a warning page... but if you're using Qihoo, the most popular browser in China, you'll be routed straight to the dummy site with no indication that it's not being run by Apple. A similar attack is also being leveled against Microsoft's Login.live.com, the company's gateway for all account logins...." read more: https://en.greatfire.org/blog/2014/oct/china-collecting-apple-icloud-data-attack-coincides-launch-new-iphone

[219] Apple, Amazon and Raoul Pal on the financial Internet & Jim Bruce on the Fed
Boom Bust - YouTube: BoomBust is broadcast Live on RTAmerica M-F at 4:30 pm ET
On Monday, Apple rolled out its mobile payment platform Apple Pay. The new payment service will enable shoppers to buy items at more than 220,000 stores and has secured the six biggest card issuers, accounting for roughly 83% of credit card transactions. So are smartphones the new cash? Well, Apple is certainly hoping so. Erin Ade weighs in. Then, Erin sits down with Raoul Pal – founder of Global Macro Investor and Real Vision Television – to talk about his startup business network. Raoul tells us how he thinks the internet will change financial services demonstrably. He is big on the potential for Bitcoin in this context. He also gives us his take on the biggest retail investing pitfalls. After the break, Erin talks to Jim Bruce, director of the documentary “Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve.” Following last week’s market selloff, there has been a lot of speculation about future of the Fed. Jim tells us what he thinks will happen next. And in The Big Deal, Erin and Edward Harrison are discussing Amazon, where it derives its value and recent speculation that it has developed monopoly power in the Internet retail arena. Published on Oct 20, 2014--total program 28:04

Apple Q4 Earnings LIVE! Revenues Soar To $42B On Strong iPhone, Mac Sales
Forbes
Apple reported fourth-quarter revenues of $42.1 billion and earnings per share of $1.42, ... He also says Apple has global designs on the technology.
Apple iPhone 6 Propels Earnings - Wall Street Journal
5 Things To Look For Ahead Of Apple Earnings - Forbes
Apple Posts Record Profit on Strong iPhone Sales - New York Times


MiamiHerald.com
Spotlight: Privacy Advocates Furious As Apple Feature Siphons Off Location Data of Yosemite 
Forbes
The same data will also be sent to Microsoft Microsoft, as Apple freely admits in its terms of service for both its desktop and mobile operating systems.


Wall Street Journal
Yahoo CEO Set to Refresh Turnaround Plan
Wall Street Journal
Yahoo is considering acquiring one or more large technology startups with some of the $5.8 billion it made from the initial public offering of Alibaba ...


New York Times
Stephen Colbert Has a Mock Feud With Google Over Search Results
New York Times
In Google's mock feud with Stephen Colbert over his listed height, the ... He noted that Bing, Microsoft's search engine, also listed Mr. Colbert as 5-10 ...

Apple crushes Sept. quarter record, earning $8.5B profit on sales of 39M iPhones, 5.5M Macs
Apple officially closed out fiscal 2014 on Monday with the results from another record setting quarter, with the just-concluded September frame ...

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Alibaba After $25 Billion IPO, iPhone 6 Sales (videos)

iPhone 6 Sales Top 10M: How to Read the First Weekend -
JMP Securities Senior Analyst Alex Gauna discusses iPhone 6 sales on “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg--Sept 22)

Alibaba IPO: What's Next After $25 Billion? -
Wedbush Securities Technology Analyst Gil Luria wieghs in on the Alibaba IPO. He speaks on “In The Loop.” (Source: Bloomberg Sept 22)


PYMNTS.com
3 Reasons Why Healthcare Will Favor Google Over Apple
Forbes
Hardware: The line here has blurred considerably since Apple first ... with some fairly impressive specs (and 4.3 stars out of 5) on Amazon for $148.


Wall Street Journal
Weekend iPhone Sales Exceed 10 Million
Wall Street Journal
Andreas Gibson celebrates with employees outside the Fifth Avenue Apple store in New York after being the first to exit there with an iPhone 6 on ...
Apple Sells 10 Million New iPhones in First Weekend - New York Times
Apple sells 10M iPhone 6 and 6 Plus devices in first weekend - CNET


PC Advisor
How The Apple Watch Could Change The World Of Local SEO
Forbes
Apple Apple recently unveiled the up-and-coming sixth generation of its iPhone, ... Wearable technology, like SmartWatches and Google Glass, have ...


Forbes
Alibaba vs. Amazon: Who Will Win the Global E-Commerce War?
Forbes
This article is by Mohanbir Sawhney, professor, and Sanjay Khosla, senior fellow, at Kellogg School of Management. They are the authors of Fewer, ...


USA TODAY
Is Facebook one of the best US companies?
USA TODAY
As the world's largest social network, Facebook (FB) has arguably been the ... As the forerunner, Facebook has handled this pressure expertly. ... Taking a page from Google's enviable corporate culture playbook, Facebook makes ...


New York Times
China Clamps Down on Web, Pinching Companies Like Google
New York Times
American giants like Twitter and Facebook have long been censored by ... Even as Googleand other big technology companies have lobbied heavily for an ... In late July, antimonopoly investigators raided Microsoft offices in four ...


Wall Street Journal
German Amazon Workers on Strike
Wall Street Journal
Workers at the German warehouses of online retailer Amazon.de are on strike in Rheinberg, Germany. European Pressphoto Agency.

Google will (sort of) stop forcing Google Plus down your throat
Washington Post
The thing is, Google doesn't care about any of that. Why should it? The point of Google Plus was never to be a “Facebook killer,” despite what some ...

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Google Web Search Interest: Yahoo, Alibaba, Google, Apple (stock symbols)

Google Trends - Web Search interest: yhoo, baba, goog, aapl - United States, Past 90 days: Yahoo, Alibaba, Google, Apple Stock Symbols - Google Web Search Trends


Irish Independent
Technofile: Nothing wizardly about Apple Watch
The Post-Standard - syracuse.com
You can say this about Apple: It took guts to make a Mickey Mouse watch and sell it for $350 and up. Actually, this is just the Mickey Mouse theme, one ...

Tick-tock tech: Will Apple Watch dazzle?
Statesman Journal
The Apple Watch and Google Glass are just the beginning of integrating the human experience with technology. They are only a foreshadowing of ...


Zee News
Google Abandons Google+ Sign-Up Requirement for New Google Accounts
PC Magazine
If you're a brand-new Google user, then you might have noticed—or taken advantage of—a new modification that no longer ties your account to the ...


Forbes
Microsoft Delays Xbox One's Launch In China
Forbes
Microsoft Microsoft has waited until practically the last possible minute to delay the launch of the Xbox One in China, originally slated to be released ...


Firstpost
Apple fanboys are finally admitting Steve Jobs was wrong about huge phones
Quartz
This weekend, the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus went on sale to record pre-orders and insanely long queues. Sure, there's pent up demand from the public, ...


Forbes
The New Apple Wristop Computer: A Missed Opportunity To Define The Internet Of Things
Forbes
All of this was going to change when Apple finally entered the category with its smart watch. ...


The Guardian
The world according to Google
The Guardian
Google is debating the right to forget. Not the right of the individual to forget, of course (they don't have the technology for that, at least not yet). Google ...


Chron.com
Study: Apple's New iPhones Score Big in Durability
ABC News
Apple's new and bigger iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are more durable than last year's model and a leading Android phone, a study says. Apple's ...
Study: Apple's new iPhones score big in durability - Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories

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Amazon China Takes On Alibaba, Apple Watch Disappoints, Apple Pay video

Apple Pay Is a Game Changer: Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster

True Ventures' Om Malik and Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster discuss the launch of Apple Pay. They speak with Emily Chang on "Bloomberg West." (Sept. 9, 2014 Bloomberg)

Alibaba Grabs The IPO Money But The Future Belongs To Jeff Bezos And Amazon China - Alibaba Group Holding Limited (Pending:BABA) | Seeking Alpha: "While Alibaba touts itself and raises $20 billion from US investors, Jeff Bezos is busy in China with his Alibaba-killer business. Bezos has precision-targeted Alibaba's key weaknesses and is positioning Amazon China for long-term dominance. Amazon in typical style reveals nothing about its strategy or operations in China. Everything is secret. They're clearly spending heavily, but with outstanding results so far."

Wolverton: Apple Watch underwhelms - San Jose Mercury News: "....That need for an iPhone link is likely to greatly limit its appeal. Even if you already own an iPhone, you may wonder why you need to buy an extra device... The other big problem with Apple Watch is its price, which starts at $350... it's a high price to pay for what is basically a phone accessory. It's also likely to be a high hurdle for many young people, especially since many of them have yet to be convinced that they need to wear a watch at all... its screen is generally turned off. To turn it on, you press a button or raise the watch to your face. That's annoying... at first glance, I wasn't convinced it's a device that most people need -- or may even want."

Alibaba's IPO covered in two days - Alibaba Group Holding Limited (Pending:BABA) | Seeking Alpha: "Within just two days of its launch, Alibaba (Pending:BABA) has collected enough orders for its IPO to cover the entire deal, although there still is no indication to where most of the demand is within its $60-$66 per share price range.At the top end of expectations, Alibaba would raise $21.1B as the largest ever tech IPO, smashing Facebook's $16B listing in 2012."

T-Mobile will give you a customized router for better Wi-Fi calling — Tech News and Analysis: "T-Mobile will start providing a customized Wi-Fi router to subscribers that prioritizes voice calls over other packets. The device, called the T-Mobile Personal CellSpot, will require a $25 deposit and can work alongside an existing household router."


Google Hangouts Gets Google Voice Integration And Free VoIP Calls | TechCrunch: "Google has long said that Hangouts is the future of Google Voice. The regular Google Voice service and site will still continue to work for the time being and most importantly, Google says that if you have a Google Voice number today, it has no interest in taking that away from you. “The important thing that users should take away is that the number they have will be carried forward and the feature and functionality set will be growing,” said Google VP of Engineering Chee Chew in an interview last week." (To make use of these calling features, you have to have the latest version of Hangouts (2.3) and also install a special dialer app.)

Google Should Buy MasterCard - Google Inc. | Seeking Alpha: "It's unfortunate for Google that Apple is receiving all the attention right now for launching a service that Google has already been providing for three years. An acquisition of MasterCard would provide a definitive statement that Google is here to stay in digital and mobile payments. It would also provide an ever-growing boost in revenue and earnings for years to come, as the world gradually switches from paper to plastic, and from plastic to digital."

America's new class system: Column: "California now has the wealth distribution — and, in some disturbing ways, the political underpinnings — of a Third World country. In Silicon Valley, a group of super-wealthy tech oligarchs live lives of almost unimaginable wealth, while only a few miles away, illegal immigrants live in squalor."

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It's All About Alibaba, Baby! Part One (videos)

Alibaba Aims to Make History With $21 Billion IPO -
Alibaba Group Holding is seeking to raise as much as $21.1 billion in its initial public offering, in what could be the largest sale of new stock in the U.S. ever. Trish Regan reports on "Street Smart." (Source: Bloomberg - Sept. 5)

Alibaba's IPO: What It Means for China's Economy: Video - Bloomberg:
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JPMorgan's James Liu and Bloomberg's Mia Saini discuss Alibaba's plan to raise as much as $21.1 billion in its IPO, in what could be the largest sale of new stock in the U.S. ever. They speak with Trish Regan on "Street Smart." (Source: Bloomberg - Sept 5)

Alibaba's IPO: What It Means for Employees: Video - Bloomberg:
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Bloomberg Intelligence's Praveen Menon discusses Alibaba's plan to raise as much as $21.1 billion in its IPO, in what could be the largest sale of new stock in the U.S. ever. He speaks with Trish Regan on "Street Smart." (Source: Bloomberg - Sept 5)

Alibaba Shares: What Kind of Demand Will There Be?: Video - Bloomberg:
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 Bloomberg Intelligence’s Praveen Menon discusses the potential demand for Alibaba shares. He speaks on “Street Smart.” (Source: Bloomberg - Sept 5)

Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma’s Letter to Investors: Video - Bloomberg:
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Bloomberg’s Trish Regan reads an excerpt from a letter Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma included in the company’s IPO paperwork. She speaks on “Street Smart.” (Source: Bloomberg - Sept 5)

Alibaba IPO: Is It a Conservative Share Price?: Video - Bloomberg:
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Oberweiss Asset Management’s Jeffrey Papp, Warburg Pincus' Bill Janeway, Bloomberg Intelligence’s Praveen Menon, Bloomberg’s Leslie Picker and Julie Hyman discuss the proposed price range for Alibaba shares. They speak on “Street Smart.” (Source: Bloomberg - Sept 5)

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Jack Ma, Wealthiest in China (video)

Found Assets Make Jack Ma China’s Wealthiest : Video - Bloomberg:
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On "Movers & Shakers," Bloomberg's Betty Liu and Matt Miller report on discovered hidden assets that taken into account make Jack Ma China’s wealthiest person. They speaks on Bloomberg Television's "In The Loop." (Source: Bloomberg Aug 28)

Motorola teases Moto 360 smartwatch, new phones for 9/4 event - CNET: "The company plans the unveiling of its eagerly anticipated smartwatch and possibly new versions of its Moto X and Moto G smartphones."

Apple announces special event for Sept. 9: "...It’s widely expected that Apple will introduce new iPhones at the event, which makes perfect sense—Apple has used the September event to launch new iPhones for a number of years now. Getting new products out in the fall sets the company up for a solid holiday shopping season, the busiest time of the year for consumers...."

Amazon: Not an E-commerce Company | stratechery by Ben Thompson: ".... Amazon is not an e-commerce company. No more pointing at the fact that e-commerce is only 6% of U.S. retail, or that Amazon’s multi-sided network of merchants and customer base are the key factors in determining their future success. No, the company is going for something a whole lot bigger, even as their foundation is being slowly watered down by the same Internet that made Bezos feverish nearly 20 years ago."

Google’s Smith Is Top Candidate for U.S. Chief Technology Officer - Bloomberg: "America is close to getting a new chief technology officer: Megan Smith, a longtime executive at Google Inc. and most recently a vice president at its secret lab, Google X...."

Broadcom's WICED Sense Is A $19.99 Developer Kit To Aid In Rapid Prototyping of Internet of Things Apps | The Digital Letter: "....With applications and devices centered around everything from retail, infrastructure, and transport to clinical health, medical devices, and biometric technology, and also to home automation, entertainment, and of course, wearables, the common thought is that soon everything we touch and look at will be connected to the Internet in some way...."

It's Over: The Rise & Fall Of Google Authorship For Search Results: "...In short, proper adoption of rel=author markup was extremely low. Google clearly went to extreme efforts to try and make the connection between author and publisher, even in the face of many challenges. From a broader perspective, this tells us quite a bit about the difficulties of obtaining data from publishers. It’s hard, and the quality of the information you will get is quite low...."

How to fix Google Play errors - CNET: "Thanks to XDA member mohamedrashad, there's a thread with the error codes and what they mean, along with ways to fix each issue. Here's a sample of that list with some of the most common error codes:"

US courts trash a decade’s worth of online documents, shrug it off | Ars Technica: "...PACER has long been criticized as a deeply dated system that already does too little and charges too much for access to things like judicial orders that are important public documents. Its inefficiency spawned a project called RECAP, which worked with the Internet Archive to make PACER documents available for free, instead of the 10 cents per page PACER charges. (PACER actually raised its charge from seven to ten cents per page, all while bandwidth and storage costs plummeted.)..."

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Smartphones Worldwide, iPhone Strategy in India and China

Insight @Canalys | Mobile phones, Worldwide, units (millions) by vendor, Q2 2013 and Q2 2014:

Insight @Canalys | Smart phones, Worldwide, share of units (%) by screen size, Q2 2014:


The iPhone in India (versus China) | stratechery by Ben Thompson: "Apple is indeed the preferred vendor for people at the top of the market, but because the iPhone is priced (about) the same everywhere in the world, its market share is a function of a country’s average income and the way in which that income is distributed."(read more at link above)



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Samsung Dominance Threatened by Xiaomi (video)

Why Samsung Dominance Is Threatened by Xiaomi: Video - Bloomberg:
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Andreessen Horowitz Partner Benedict Evans and IDC Director of Mobile Device Tracking Ryan Reith discuss earnings, competition and their outlook for Samsung on “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg 7/31)

Samsung slips and Xiaomi takes China's mobe sales crown • The Register: "Xiaomi, the four-year-old Chinese hardware manufacturer whose CEO models himself on Steve Jobs (before he died,) has become the Middle Kingdom's largest seller of smartphones and eclipsed former market leader Samsung. "This is a phenomenal achievement for Xiaomi," said Shanghai-based Canalys Research Analyst Jingwen Wang, whose firm compiled the latest market data...."

When Will Microsoft's Nokia Handset Business Become Profitable? - Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) | Seeking Alpha: "... If Microsoft's projections are accurate, the Nokia handset [may]... start impacting positively on EPS in fiscal 2016. The Surface Tablet is, however, likely to continue losing money as Microsoft continues lowering its price points in a bid to become a ''mobile first, cloud first'' company."

Xiaomi Opens Up About Servers After Spying Allegations - Digits - WSJ: "... The company’s global vice president Hugo Barra told The Wall Street Journal that users’ personal information is not stored on the server in Beijing that sparked cyberspying rumors last month, and that Xiaomi only stores personal information on different servers with users’ permission...."

Will Android Benefit From Samsung's Woes? - Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) | Seeking Alpha: "... In the last quarter, however, Samsung saw a 15% sequential decline in operating profits, or a 25% decline from the same quarter a year earlier. A major stumble for the leading Android smartphone maker might suggest that another OS is on the rise, but a recent report from research firm IDC showed that the first quarter of 2014 saw Android market share continuing to grow, while iOS slipped...."

China Warns Microsoft Against Obstructing Probe - WSJ: "Chinese regulators on Monday publicly warned Microsoft Corp. against obstructing an antitrust investigation into the firm, in the latest sign that Beijing has turned frosty on the U.S. software maker. China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce said in a statement that Microsoft should avoid "interfering in or obstructing" the probe. The regulator also said it had questioned Microsoft Deputy General Counsel Mary Snapp as part of the investigation. About 100 SAIC investigators raided Microsoft's offices last week in four Chinese cities. The agency said Microsoft hadn't disclosed relevant information about some security features and how it ties its software products together...."

Baidu Jumps Through Hoops To Avoid Reporting Mobile Active Users - Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU) | Seeking Alpha: "... Investors, analysts, and the markets seem to agree that Daily Active Users (DAU) are an important metric for evaluating online and mobile businesses. Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) clearly agreed with that, when in response to an SEC inquiry last year, Baidu told the SEC that "the number of average daily active users is the primary metric that the company uses to analyze and manage its mobile search offerings" (July 2nd 2013). In the same letter to the SEC, Baidu said it would provide DAU statistics, including the average number and growth rate, in their future annual reports. Yet when the 2013 annual report was filed, there was no mention of mobile DAUs...."

China's Fraught IPOs - QuickTake: "... Since 2000, foreigners have poured money into initial public offerings of China’s Internet companies. The total value of Chinese Internet companies on U.S. exchanges reached $8.4 billion in July. It’s a risky business, though, because nobody knows yet whether the Chinese government considers these companies legal...."

Why Billionaires Salivate Over the U.S. Wireless Market - Bloomberg: "... The bet is that wireless data will move beyond phones and tablets to a number of other devices, from cars to smartwatches to thermostats -- all requiring a way to connect to the Internet for updates and monitoring. If that vision comes true, there could be a gold mine in owning one of the few networks capable of handling that demand in the gadget-hungry U.S., where people have proved willing to pay steadily for wireless service even as spending drops elsewhere...."

USA FREEDOM Act update: How the NSA hurts our economy, cybersecurity, and foreign policy.: "More than a year after the Snowden revelations, we’re clearly still grappling with the effects of NSA surveillance. As Congress prepares for the August recess, Sen. Patrick Leahy has just introduced a new version of the USA FREEDOM Act, which aims to curb the NSA’s bulk collection and surveillance powers. Calls for immediate, serious reforms are growing louder by the day as new evidence continues to emerge about how much NSA surveillance is costing us—in terms of both the economy and our cybersecurity...."

New Report on the Costs of NSA Surveillance | Just Security: "...In its report, the Open Technology Institute finds that the costs of NSA surveillance are indeed quite high. For example, it shows that since the initial Snowden revelations U.S. businesses have reported declining sales abroad because of growing perceptions that U.S. firms are unable to keep customer data secure.  The cloud computing industry has been hit the hardest. The report also points to weakened U.S. diplomatic political power, including eroding credibility for the U.S. Internet Freedom agenda, damages to bilateral and multilateral relations, and weakened trust in Internet security more generally..."

Meet Minilock, a powerful new encryption tool built on ChromeOS | The Verge: "... A new Chrome app called Minilock wants to change that, and it's available free in the Chrome app store starting today. Developed by Nadim Kobeissi, the program has a simple purpose: encrypting single files for specific recipients. It's solid crypto, but more than that, it makes sense in a way that few programs of its kind do. Like a padlock, Minilock makes it obvious what's locked and what's unlocked. You'll always know who can open what, and you'll never wonder if you've locked it wrong. In the confounding world of modern cryptography, that's pretty impressive...."

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