Virtual reality aims for mass market
Sony's PlayStation VR, Facebook's Oculus and Google's Daydream are all taking different approaches with their latest VR technology to win over mainstream consumers. The FT.com's Tim Bradshaw reports. Video published Oct 11, 2016
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30 May 2016
Phone Scams Plague Consumers, Authorities Scrambling (video)
Telephone scammers posing as tech support, lottery reps or even government officials are inundating U.S. homes as cheap technology and the rapid rise in Internet access globally makes it easier to set up an unlawful phone operation. Published May 27, 2016
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30 April 2015
First Cell Phone Call Was an Epic Troll (video)
First Cell Phone Call Was an Epic Troll
In the 1960s and early '70s, if you wanted to make a phone call, you did so from a device wired to the telephone grid. When AT&T launched their cellular system for car phones, Dr. Martin "Marty" Cooper and his team at Motorola decided to build a truly wireless mobile phone, a handheld device that would truly free consumers to communicate on the go. (Video by Jim Fabio, additional footage AT&T Archives & History Center)
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12 March 2015
Drones: How Would Most Consumers Use Drones? (video)
Drones: How Would Most Consumers Use Them? -
Survey Monkey CEO Dave Goldberg discusses why consumers want drones with Cory Johnson on “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg, March 4)
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Survey Monkey CEO Dave Goldberg discusses why consumers want drones with Cory Johnson on “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg, March 4)
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02 March 2015
Steve Wozniak Calls FCC Net Neutrality Decision a Victory for Consumers (video)
Net Neutrality: Steve Wozniak Calls FCC Decision a Victory for Consumers -
Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak discusses the FCC approving Net Neutrality Internet rules with Bloomberg’s Peter Cook on "Bloomberg West." (Source: Bloomberg; Feb 26)
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Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak discusses the FCC approving Net Neutrality Internet rules with Bloomberg’s Peter Cook on "Bloomberg West." (Source: Bloomberg; Feb 26)
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08 April 2014
Apple admits "Consumers want what we don't have" in Samsung litigation documents
When your back is against the wall, either innovate or litigate -- guess which path Apple chose:
Apple Fy 14 Planning by Liz Gannes
Apple admits (p. 4): "Consumers want what we don't have" - Apple Documents Show Apple Knows It Is Losing Against Android
Questions for Comcast as It Looks to Grow - NYTimes.com: "Part of the reason Comcast is feeling confident is that it’s a well-run company that is serious about innovation. Twice in the last few weeks, I’ve watched Brian Roberts, the affable, low-key chief executive, demonstrate its next generation of consumer products up close, and I have to say, the future looks impressive. And of course, Comcast is well situated in Washington as well, with a team of lobbyists that as of last year included five former members of Congress and a former member of the Federal Communications Commission."
How Comcast Bought the Democratic Party | National Review Online: "Comcast, which employs more than 100 lobbyists, spent almost $19 million last year on lobbying activities. Its president and CEO, Brian L. Roberts, is a golf buddy of President Obama’s, and a Democratic donor who has contributed thousands of dollars not only to the president’s campaigns, but also to the Democratic party of Pennsylvania, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the DNC Services Corporation, and to Steny Hoyer, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Bob Casey. Roberts’s executive vice president, David Cohen, is a former aide to Democratic bigwig Ed Rendell. Cohen skirts lobbying regulations through loopholes, has raised more than $2 million for Obama since 2007, and in 2011 hosted a DNC fundraiser at which the president called him “friend.” Cohen has visited the White House 14 times since 2010, including two visits to the Oval Office. He attended the recent dinner for President Hollande of France" (read more at link above)
Google Maps Developers Gain GeoJSON Support for Richer Maps
eWeek
Support for the GeoJSON data format within the JavaScript Maps API means that GoogleMaps developers will be able to create richer maps while ...
Microsoft Goes Hollywood in Amazon-Like Programming Push
Businessweek
Microsoft Goes Hollywood in Amazon-Like Programming Push ... All are involved in shows that Microsoft's new Xbox television studio plans to roll .... That lets viewers who watch a big game or show finale a few hours late to see the key tweets or Facebook posts that captured the action. ... Ads by Google ...
Microsoft to drop Windows XP support Tuesday
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks during the keynote address during the MicrosoftBuild Conference on June 26, 2013 in San Francisco, California.
Four Alternative, Useful Browsers Based Off of Google Chrome - Lifehacker
By Spanner Spencer
Four Alternative, Useful Browsers Based Off of Google Chrome .... This might beFacebook, for example, or YouTube, and whatever you threw onto the ...
Lifehacker
NASA spacecraft to crash on moon soon
Sydney Morning Herald
The science spacecraft launched from Virginia's coast last year has been orbiting the moon for months and is about to conclude its mission with a crash into the lunar surface, authorities said. The unmanned spacecraft, the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust ...
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Apple Fy 14 Planning by Liz Gannes
Apple admits (p. 4): "Consumers want what we don't have" - Apple Documents Show Apple Knows It Is Losing Against Android
Questions for Comcast as It Looks to Grow - NYTimes.com: "Part of the reason Comcast is feeling confident is that it’s a well-run company that is serious about innovation. Twice in the last few weeks, I’ve watched Brian Roberts, the affable, low-key chief executive, demonstrate its next generation of consumer products up close, and I have to say, the future looks impressive. And of course, Comcast is well situated in Washington as well, with a team of lobbyists that as of last year included five former members of Congress and a former member of the Federal Communications Commission."
How Comcast Bought the Democratic Party | National Review Online: "Comcast, which employs more than 100 lobbyists, spent almost $19 million last year on lobbying activities. Its president and CEO, Brian L. Roberts, is a golf buddy of President Obama’s, and a Democratic donor who has contributed thousands of dollars not only to the president’s campaigns, but also to the Democratic party of Pennsylvania, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the DNC Services Corporation, and to Steny Hoyer, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Bob Casey. Roberts’s executive vice president, David Cohen, is a former aide to Democratic bigwig Ed Rendell. Cohen skirts lobbying regulations through loopholes, has raised more than $2 million for Obama since 2007, and in 2011 hosted a DNC fundraiser at which the president called him “friend.” Cohen has visited the White House 14 times since 2010, including two visits to the Oval Office. He attended the recent dinner for President Hollande of France" (read more at link above)
Google Maps Developers Gain GeoJSON Support for Richer Maps
eWeek
Support for the GeoJSON data format within the JavaScript Maps API means that GoogleMaps developers will be able to create richer maps while ...
Microsoft Goes Hollywood in Amazon-Like Programming Push
Businessweek
Microsoft Goes Hollywood in Amazon-Like Programming Push ... All are involved in shows that Microsoft's new Xbox television studio plans to roll .... That lets viewers who watch a big game or show finale a few hours late to see the key tweets or Facebook posts that captured the action. ... Ads by Google ...
Microsoft to drop Windows XP support Tuesday
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks during the keynote address during the MicrosoftBuild Conference on June 26, 2013 in San Francisco, California.
Four Alternative, Useful Browsers Based Off of Google Chrome - Lifehacker
By Spanner Spencer
Four Alternative, Useful Browsers Based Off of Google Chrome .... This might beFacebook, for example, or YouTube, and whatever you threw onto the ...
Lifehacker
NASA spacecraft to crash on moon soon
Sydney Morning Herald
The science spacecraft launched from Virginia's coast last year has been orbiting the moon for months and is about to conclude its mission with a crash into the lunar surface, authorities said. The unmanned spacecraft, the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust ...
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07 January 2013
Google and Consumers Win FTC Antitrust Battle
Google Wins an Antitrust Battle
New York Times
Fifteen years ago, few people predicted that Microsoft's commanding position would be undercut so drastically by the rise of Google, Apple and others. History, however, is not necessarily prologue to the future. Antitrust regulators must remain ...
On Google, FTC Set Rules of War Over Patents
New York Times
The commission action by no means spells the end of the smartphone patent wars, a global conflict in which major corporations including Apple, Samsung and Google have spent billions amassing patent portfolios and then suing and countersuing one ...
Google Maps Never Supported Internet Explorer on Windows Phone 8
By Alex Wilhelm
Microsoft recently rallied behind a federal probe of Google's search ranking practices, accusedGoogle of borking YouTube on Windows Phone, and publicly bemoaned the FTC's final decision to letGoogle off the hook with little more than a ...
The Next Web
Amazon Improves Its Web Services Console, Launches Tablet ...
By Frederic Lardinois
As Amazon's Web Services (AWS) continues to add more tools (there are currently 21 AWS services), the Management Console that provides a graphical user i..
TechCrunch
Weekend Poll: Should Apple ditch year branding for its iLife and ...
By Erica Sadun
According to Apple, \"Pages '09 is both a streamlined word processor and an easy-to-use page layout application. It allows you to be a writer one minute.
TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
The Apple Store begins offering Retina 15″ MacBook Pro refurbs ...
By Seth Weintraub
... 2013-01-04 at 9.47.36 PM . This evening, Apple began offering refurbished Retina MacBook Pros at the online Apple Store at significant 15% discounts, yielding savings of over $500 on high end models (below). ... S IIIs · Thumbnail for Amazon Instant Video apps add seasons of popular shows from A&E, HISTORY, and Lifetime · Thumbnail for Toyota, Lexus, and Audi to show off their ownGoogle-like self-driving cars at CES · Thumbnail for Microsoft's failed shadow war on Google ...
9to5Mac
U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force and DISA Expand Access to Microsoft ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Jan. 4, 2013 — In an effort to modernize technology infrastructure, reduce costs and foster new levels of cross-agency collaboration, the ...
www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/Press/.../01-04DoDPR.aspx
Google Online Security Blog: Enhancing digital certificate security
The latest news and insights from Google ... http://technet.microsoft.com/security/ advisory/2798897 ... Why does plus.google.com use a *.google.com cert?
googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/.../enhancing-digital-certifi...
New York Times
Fifteen years ago, few people predicted that Microsoft's commanding position would be undercut so drastically by the rise of Google, Apple and others. History, however, is not necessarily prologue to the future. Antitrust regulators must remain ...
On Google, FTC Set Rules of War Over Patents
New York Times
The commission action by no means spells the end of the smartphone patent wars, a global conflict in which major corporations including Apple, Samsung and Google have spent billions amassing patent portfolios and then suing and countersuing one ...
Some say Google search decision may benefit consumers
Boston Globe
It's a blow to competitors like Microsoft, which has been stirring up opposition toGoogle for years, not to mention newer rivals like Facebook, Apple, and Amazon. But will the decision ultimately prove to be good for consumers? The FTC did secure some ...
Boston Globe
FTC: Retailers 'Bamboozled' Customers
ABC News
Four national retailers have agreed to pay $1.26 million in penalties for falsely labeling clothing and textiles as made of bamboo, when they were actually made of rayon, a synthetic material. The Federal Trade Commission announced this week that ...
Apple now selling refurbished 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina ...
By Edgar Alvarez
We can\'t say we\'re exactly surprised to see Apple\'s next-generation MacBook Pro show up on the company\'s \\ ... Apple now selling refurbished 15inch MacBook Pro with Retina display beginning at $1,869. We can't say we're exactly ...
Engadget
Boston Globe
It's a blow to competitors like Microsoft, which has been stirring up opposition toGoogle for years, not to mention newer rivals like Facebook, Apple, and Amazon. But will the decision ultimately prove to be good for consumers? The FTC did secure some ...
Boston Globe
FTC: Retailers 'Bamboozled' Customers
ABC News
Four national retailers have agreed to pay $1.26 million in penalties for falsely labeling clothing and textiles as made of bamboo, when they were actually made of rayon, a synthetic material. The Federal Trade Commission announced this week that ...
Apple now selling refurbished 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina ...
By Edgar Alvarez
We can\'t say we\'re exactly surprised to see Apple\'s next-generation MacBook Pro show up on the company\'s \\ ... Apple now selling refurbished 15inch MacBook Pro with Retina display beginning at $1,869. We can't say we're exactly ...
Engadget
Google Maps Never Supported Internet Explorer on Windows Phone 8
By Alex Wilhelm
Microsoft recently rallied behind a federal probe of Google's search ranking practices, accusedGoogle of borking YouTube on Windows Phone, and publicly bemoaned the FTC's final decision to letGoogle off the hook with little more than a ...
The Next Web
Amazon Improves Its Web Services Console, Launches Tablet ...
By Frederic Lardinois
As Amazon's Web Services (AWS) continues to add more tools (there are currently 21 AWS services), the Management Console that provides a graphical user i..
TechCrunch
Weekend Poll: Should Apple ditch year branding for its iLife and ...
By Erica Sadun
According to Apple, \"Pages '09 is both a streamlined word processor and an easy-to-use page layout application. It allows you to be a writer one minute.
TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
The Apple Store begins offering Retina 15″ MacBook Pro refurbs ...
By Seth Weintraub
... 2013-01-04 at 9.47.36 PM . This evening, Apple began offering refurbished Retina MacBook Pros at the online Apple Store at significant 15% discounts, yielding savings of over $500 on high end models (below). ... S IIIs · Thumbnail for Amazon Instant Video apps add seasons of popular shows from A&E, HISTORY, and Lifetime · Thumbnail for Toyota, Lexus, and Audi to show off their ownGoogle-like self-driving cars at CES · Thumbnail for Microsoft's failed shadow war on Google ...
9to5Mac
U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force and DISA Expand Access to Microsoft ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Jan. 4, 2013 — In an effort to modernize technology infrastructure, reduce costs and foster new levels of cross-agency collaboration, the ...
www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/Press/.../01-04DoDPR.aspx
Google Online Security Blog: Enhancing digital certificate security
The latest news and insights from Google ... http://technet.microsoft.com/security/ advisory/2798897 ... Why does plus.google.com use a *.google.com cert?
googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/.../enhancing-digital-certifi...
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