Google Android One Launch Today in India

Google September 15 India Event; Android One Launch Likely | NDTV Gadgets: "Google has sent invitations for an event in India on September 15. While the invite itself says "More details closer to the date!", it is expected that the much-awaited Android One smartphones will make their debut at the event."

Times of India
Google to unleash Android on emerging markets
Financial Times
Amid the noise from the relentless stream of expensive flagship smartphones that have been launched in recent weeks by Apple and others, Google ...

Haaretz
Why doesn't Amazon sell iPhones?
CNET
Amazon sells virtually everything, but it has never offered the newest iPhones on its site, a testament to the complicated relationship it has with Apple.

Will Apple Pay kill PayPal? - Sep. 10, 2014: "Topeka's Anthony agreed that investors can't rule out the possibility of some sort of Apple/PayPal partnership down the road. But he thinks that the recent weakness in the stock could lead to renewed cries for eBay to spin off PayPal."


ZDNet
Is Apple Watch's Pressure-Sensitive Screen a Bigger Deal Than the Gadget Itself?
Wired
The cool feature, which Apple calls a flexible retina display, will appear only on the ...Microsoft's Surface line shows a hybrid approach is possible.


TechCrunch (blog)
Hey Microsoft, Acquiring A Hit Game Is Stupid
TechCrunch (blog)
Microsoft did score a win by acquiring Bungie in 2000, just before it ... go on making money for Apple and Google through their respective app stores' ...
Report: Microsoft-Minecraft deal could be announced Monday - Polygon


Daily Mail
A brief history of Samsung mocking Apple announcements
The Verge
Getting a new phone is usually a pretty exciting moment, but Samsung doesn't let Apple's customers take much time to enjoy it. For years now, it's ...

Capital One, Navy Federal to partner with Apple for new mobile payment system
Washington Post
Beginning next month, customers will be able to pay for purchases directly from their iPhones and AppleWatches, thanks to a new mobile payment ...


Telegraph.co.uk
Mobile operators abandon joint 'wave and pay' project as Apple looms
Telegraph.co.uk
By Christopher Williams, Technology, Media and Telecoms Editor ... Google launched its own mobile wallet service for 'wave and pay' transaction in ...

After Breach, JPMorgan Still Seeks to Determine Extent of Attack - NYTimes.com: "The headache caused by the attack on JPMorgan Chase’s computer network this summer may not go away anytime soon. Over two months, hackers gained entry to dozens of the bank’s servers, said three people with knowledge of the bank’s investigation into the episode who spoke on the condition of anonymity. This, they said, potentially gave the hackers a window into how the bank’s individual computers work..."

Apple Watch Will Play Music On Bluetooth Headphones, No iPhone Required
Robert Sorokanich
The Apple Watch we got a glimpse at this week is a powerful peripheral device ... Because battery technologyprogresses at a horrendously slow rate and ... Does Google have some sort of affiliate program where you get paid to post ...
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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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Facebook Profits Massive and Growing (video)

Facebook Stock Surges: Massive Profits and Growing: Video - Bloomberg:
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Facebook posted second-quarter sales that surged 61 percent to $2.91 billion. Bloomberg Contributing Editor Paul Kedrosky examines the numbers on “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg July 24)

Why Google And Facebook Cannot Be Compared On CPC (Cost Per Click) - Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) | Seeking Alpha: "Google and Facebook cannot be compared on CPC based on their growth and acquisitions strategy as well as user engagement models as analyzed. Google and Facebook are compared in terms of reach, technology and current user behavior to see where they are both heading in the internet advertising space. The market is penalizing Google for its acquisitions which are not producing revenue and rewarding Facebook for its mobile strategy..."

Amazon's Fire Phone: a shopping device that makes calls
CNNMoney
Amazon knows that you're not going to leave your iPhone or Galaxy S ... (Apple's forthcoming iPhones, expected in September, will reportedly come in ...


TG Daily
Google Hangouts Dresses Up For Business
InformationWeek
Google is making Hangouts part of Google Apps for Business to enhance the ... company's biggest rival for business customers ...


CNN
Facebook: Get Messenger app or else
CNN
(CNN) -- For mobile users who text with friends via Facebook, it's almost time to download the social-media giant's dedicated app for doing so, or lose ...


Wall Street Journal
Amazon Calls for Hachette to Cut E-Book Prices
Wall Street Journal
Amazon is in a standoff with the Hachette Book Group, blocking pre-orders of and ... "Books compete against mobile games, television, movies, Facebook, blogs, free news sites and more. ... In the blog post, Amazon said that its internal data showed that when a .... Google Attempts to Map Human Body.


Irish Independent
Microsoft faces anti-monopoly probe in China over Windows, Office
PCWorld
China has opened an anti-monopoly probe into Microsoft over problems ... secret surveillance programs being built into U.S. technology products.


Reuters India
Amazon to invest $2 bln more in India as e-commerce race heats up
Reuters India
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday said it will invest a further $2 billion in India just a day after the country's largest e-tailer Flipkart ...


Firstpost
Microsoft reveals Windows Phone 8.1's first update, with welcome new features
PCWorld
Microsoft formally unveiled Windows Phone 8.1 Update early Wednesday morning, confirming features such as Start screen folders, sandboxed apps, ...


Reuters UK
Samsung, Apple still dominate smartphones, but their shares slip
Computerworld
Computerworld - Samsung and Apple, in the second quarter, sunk to their ... "Samsung and Apple are both seeing a lot of pressure from alternative ... Lenovo is in the process of acquiring Motorola from Google and will use the ... Chinese officials seize Microsoft PCs, emails, financial info in antitrust ...


Telegraph.co.uk
Google's Problem With The Max Mosley Sex Party Pictures
Forbes
Max Mosley is suing Google yet again over links to pictures of him enjoying certain practices at a private sex party. As he points out himself this ...


ETF Daily News
Why Scorned Amazon.com Is Now A Rare Opportunistic Buy
Forbes
Post notes that Amazon is an “eCommerce leader with market share and margin potential stemming from its global scale, fulfillment, and technology ...

Heads rolling at Beats as Apple eliminating redundant positions, keeping developers and creatives ...
Mark Gurman
Eddy Cue, Jimmy Iovine, Apple, Beats Music, Code Conference ... and technology resources from Beats to Apple, according to sources briefed on the ...
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India: A conversation with Eric Schmidt (video)

Reimagining India: A conversation with Eric Schmidt | McKinsey & Company: Google opened its first office in India almost a decade ago, and executive chairman Eric Schmidt has since watched the country’s technology sector expand rapidly. In this video interview, Schmidt is optimistic about the role technology can continue to play in India’s development but warns that the regulatory environment must keep improving. This interview was conducted by James Manyika, a director in McKinsey’s San Francisco office . . . . "it’s perfectly possible that India can leapfrog much of the technology that we’ve taken for granted over the last few decades and build very, very powerful fourth-generation LTE networks to handle the tremendous load of all these Indian users and consumers .... Technology is a declining cost industry. And the phone that we have today, which using US prices is a $400 phone, will be a $200 phone in a couple of years, because of Moore’s law, and a couple years later, it’s a $100 phone ... We’ll get a basically successful smartphone with a modestly powerful screen. And the price points can be well below $50.... one of the simple solutions there is to have much more access to WiFi hotspots and the ability to be mobile between them. So even there, we have some solutions. I think there’s every reason to believe that in five to ten years, the majority of Indian citizens will have good access to the Internet...." (Eric Schmidt is executive chairman of Google). (read more at the link above) 

Smartphone market in the US (comScore) -- Android leads the market with more than 50% of the market, Motorola now growing again and is the #3 manufacturer, Apple iOS has 41 % share, Microsoft Windows Phone has slow growth, Blackberry dying with the rest -- Apple 40.6% in US Smartphones, Samsung 25.4%, Android Up, iOS Up: "... the real story is with Motorola ..."

Motorola's Project Ara modular phone prototype is 'almost ready' | News | TechRadar: "...what we'd like to eventually get to is [customising] functionality within the device and that's where Project Ara and Moto Maker may converge." Moto's new direction seems heavily centric on giving smartphone users exactly what they want in a smartphone. The Moto X offers custom backplates, materials and colour schemes and Project Ara will take those decisions to the ultimate level for tech enthusiasts...."

Google Squeezes Margins on Moto G Phone
Wall Street Journal
Google's 2012 acquisition of Motorola was a provocative move that put it in competition with partners making phones based on its Android mobile-operating ...

Headlines & Global News

Google, Facebook, Twitter bolster digital defenses in wake of NSA revelations
San Jose Mercury News
But more recently, top executives at Google, Microsoft and Yahoo (YHOO) have touted their efforts -- in a reflection of both growing outrage over government surveillance and a desire to convince users that the companies are doing all they can to ...

Apple iPad Air launch: Mumbaikars form queues to buy the device
Daily News & Analysis
Apple is introducing the new iPads to India soon after Google launched the ... Apple is rolling out the slick iPad Air and the new iPad mini today in India.

Google, Facebook, Twitter bolster digital defenses in wake of NSA ...
San Jose Mercury News
Quietly at first, but more vocally in recent months, Google (GOOG), Facebook and ... But more recently, top executives at Google, Microsoftand Yahoo (YHOO) ...

Guardian Express

Google Updates Play Music App With SD Card Storage But Where ...
Forbes
In case you missed it, Google Google updated their Play Music app yesterday. The update brings some nice UI tweaks including a slick slide-out menu, the ...

Guardian Express

Microsoft mood bra: Embedded sensors may keep you from pigging ...
Los Angeles Times
A bra that helps stop you from pigging out when you're an emotional mess. An uplifting experience? That's what Microsoft is going for with its prototype “smart ...

natmonitor.com

Google's Eric Schmidt wants a ban on Amazon's drones
Fortune (blog)
Google's Eric Schmidt wants a ban on Amazon's drones. By Philip ... Apple (AAPL), meanwhile, is trying to make a virtue -- if not a marketable feature -- out of the ...

Apple iBeacon launched to help customers navigate Apple stores
Newsday
GPS will tell you how to get to the nearest Apple store. With iBeacon,Apple hopes to guide you around once you're inside, whether it's to pick up an order, ...

Newsday

Apple Stores fire up iBeacon to track you while you shop
CNET
Starting Friday, the iBeacon feature in iOS 7 is ready to be your personal shopper, and it won't be shy about saying you're due to upgrade that iPhone.

You are the query: Yahoo's bold quest to reinvent search | Internet & Media - CNET News: ".... for Yahoo really to build something of consequence in search and personalization, it's got a lot of hurdles to overcome. "Yahoo has not been able to figure out how to take their data and combine it with third-party data to create something meaningful," said Sameet Sinha, a senior analyst at B. Riley and Co. Not to mention the fact that Yahoo doesn't have its own operating system -- on mobile or desktop -- to jump-start the adoption of any search tool. But Mayer helped make Google, the company that took search -- a category a handful of other companies were already established in -- friendlier to the masses. Rightly or wrongly, Mayer's bet is that Yahoo has got the user interface chops to create an experience that rivals that of anyone else, including her old company"

Fate of 40 stranded Florida whales unclear
AFP
Miami — After a three-day rescue effort, the fate of 40 whales hung in the balance, with officials saying they had lost track of two dozen of them in southern Florida. The search has been halted due to darkness and weather constraints but it will resume at first ...

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Internet giants pull content after warning in India courts

Internet giants pull content after warning in India courts
Reuters
By Arup Roychoudhury and Harichandan Arakali NEW DELHI/BANGALORE Feb 6 (Reuters) - Internet giants Google Inc and Facebook removed content from some Indian domain websites on Monday following a court directive warning them of a crackdown "like China" ...

Verizon, Redbox combine to start streaming video service
USA TODAY
By Peter Svensson, AP NEW YORK – In a challenge to Netflix, phone company Verizon Communications says it will start a video streaming service later this year in cooperation with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks. Verizon (VZ) and Coinstar (CSTR),...

USA TODAY

Nicira OpenFlow: Networking's Next Big Thing?
InformationWeek
By Charles Babcock InformationWeek One of the worst-kept secrets in Silicon Valley was revealed Monday, with the much-anticipated launch of an OpenFlow networking product from $40 million-backed startup Nicira. As an embryonic firm coming out of ...

RPT-As Facebook grows up, it courts Madison Avenue
Reuters
* Former Microsoft exec Everson is linchpin of effort * Commissions first study of ad effectiveness of network * New ad products to be unveiled by end of February * Facebook's rates still trail most other online ads By Peter Lauria Feb 5 (Reuters) ...

Google Earth Update Quashes Atlantis Rumors
PC Magazine
By Leslie Horn The 2009 launch of Google Ocean, an underwater extension of Google Earth, included a grid formation in the Atlantic that prompted many to speculate that the search giant had uncovered the lost city of Atlantis. A recent update to Google ...

Facebook Ads Expected Soon on Smartphones, Tablets
PCWorld
By Ian Paul, PCWorld Feb 6, 2012 8:17 AM Get ready for advertising to hit the mobile version of Facebook in early March as the company looks to generate more revenue leading up to its forthcoming initial public offering, according to an online report.

BTJunkie voluntarily closes file-sharing website
Computerworld
By Jeremy Kirk IDG News Service - The BitTorrent search engine BTJunkie has shut down its website, the latest file-sharing site to take defensive action following law enforcement's shutdown of MegaUpload last month. BTJunkie said the move was voluntary ...

'Kingdoms of Amalur' a 'passion play' for famed designers
USA TODAY
By Mike Snider, USA TODAY With Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning just hours away from release, the big-name team of visionaries behind the game shared some last-minute thoughts with Game Hunters recently. A role-playing game with an emphasis on action, ...

USA TODAY

Android dominates first-time smartphone buyer biz
Register
By Tony Smith • Get more from this author Punters picking their first smartphone are more likely to select an Android handset. When they come to upgrade, however, there's a good chance they'll defect to the opposition. So suggests market data from US ...

Global Smartphone Shipments Jump 55%, Led by Apple's IPhone 4S
BusinessWeek
By Hugo Miller Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Global smartphone shipments surged 55 percent in the fourth quarter, driven by demand for Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4S, the International Data Corporation said. Shipments advanced to 158 million units from 102 million a ...

Intel SSD 520 Review: Taking Back The High-End With SandForce
Tom's Hardware Guide
If you thought that Intel had conceded the high-end SSD market to its competition, you were wrong. The company's new SSD 520 centers on SandForce's SF-2281 controller, incorporates top-bin IMFT NAND, and is protected by a five-year warranty.

Russian scientists reach buried Antarctic Lake
Fox News
A group of Russian scientists in Antarctica has succeeded in drilling to a lake buried two miles beneath the icy landmass, Russian news service Ria Novosti reported -- following a week of radio silence from the team that had some scratching their heads ...

Fox News

Google Launches 'Solve for X,' Think Tank for Fixing Global Problems
Mashable
Google just debuted a project dedicated to attacking some of the biggest problems facing civilization, such as global warming, and proposing “radical” ideas for solving them. Called “Solve for X,” the idea resembles TED (Technology Entertainment and ...

Microsoft Dynamics CRM goes mobile with iOS, Android, BlackBerry apps
BetaNews
By Tim Conneally If 2011 was all about integrating social media relationships to CRM software, 2012 looks like it will be all about taking relationships to the mobile realm, and mobilizing sales, service and marketing teams with powerful CRM apps.

BetaNews

Barnes & Noble Backed by U.S. Agency Staff in Microsoft Case
Bloomberg
Barnes & Noble Inc. should win a patent-infringement case brought by Microsoft Corp. that threatens to halt imports of the bookseller's Nook e-reader, according to staff of the US trade agency hearing the dispute. Jeff Hsu, a staff attorney at the US ...

Is Best Buy's Super Bowl Commercial a Lie?
DailyFinance
By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, The Motley Fool Posted 10:41AM 02/06/12 Investing Despite its financial struggles, Best Buy (NYS: BBY) was back with another Super Bowl commercial yesterday. No Ozzy Osbourne. No Justin Bieber.

Another publication investigates Foxconn: CNN interviews an iPad assembler ...
9 to 5 Mac
After The New York Times published a lengthy two-part piece covering the controversial working conditions of Apple's supply chain within Foxconn factories in China, other publications have been doing their own investigative work to find out more.

US researchers discover 'Shieldcroc,' dating back 95 million years
Fox News
A new species of prehistoric crocodile that dates back 95 million years ago has been identified by a University of Missouri researcher. The extinct creature, nicknamed “Shieldcroc” due to a thick-skinned shield on its head, is an ancestor of today's ...

Fox News

Over 3 Years Later, 'Deleted' Facebook Photos Are Still Online
Wired News (blog)
By Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica Facebook is still working on deleting photos from its servers in a timely manner nearly three years after Ars first brought attention to the topic. The company admitted on Friday that its older systems for storing uploaded ...

PlayStation Vita demo stations go live at thousands of GameStop locations
Digitaltrends.com
Sony partners with GameStop to set up PlayStation Vita demo kiosks in more than 3300 retail locations, with eight upcoming launch titles available for players to sample. Sony will release its PlayStation Vita in North America on February 22, ...

Digitaltrends.com

Ofcom proposes fall in BT Openreach charges to rivals
Register
By Kelly Fiveash • Get more from this author Updated BT will be forced to cut the prices of the access charges it applies to the company's broadband and telephone lines when leasing them out to other providers, Ofcom said today.

Facebook's Warning Signs
Forbes
Investors are constantly told to read prospectuses and annual reports. Yet many do not. This is a shame because doing so can reveal important information. The company has a very limited operating history and profits have only been realized during the ...

Super Bowl Commercials 2012: Toyota Reinvents The Couch And The DMV
SB Nation Chicago
Toyota claims to have reinvented the Camry -- though they might be better served to save such confident verbiage for when they create a flying Camry or a Camry that can turn into a submarine -- and with that task done, they moved on to re-imagining a ...

NEWS BRIEF: "Tell You 5 Things...", WMG Joins Digital Royalty Fight, Rdio ...
hypebot.com
During a weekend of reading, one piece stood out. "I Just Want To Tell You Five Things…" is a wonderfully honest must read by BigChampagne co-founder Eric Garland, now of Live Nation Labs. We're trying to get Eric to share more.

Will the Spark Tablet Ignite a FOSS Fire?
TechNewsWorld
By Katherine Noyes "it is good to see Linux entering the tablet space ... [but] the Spark is the wrong device to start with," said Roberto Lim, a lawyer and blogger on Mobile Raptor. "My first issue is the price: The $138 Android tablet is transformed ...

This New Spy Technology Could Be Worth Billions - Money Morning
By Guest Editorial
Using GPS to track a risky teenage driver or a cheating spouse is about to become old hat. You see, we are actually on the verge of a revolution that will allow us to locate and track every physical object made in the world. Not to mention ...
Money Morning

Technology Solutions: Cloud Computing | SiteProNews: Webmaster ...
By Keith Murley
Economic uncertainty has created the need for swift, responsive and highly secured IT infrastructures that are also environmentally friendly and more business focused. Organizations are struggling to find the competitive edge, turning to the ...
SiteProNews: Webmaster News & Resources

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Each day at GeekAlerts we show you the latest gadgets, coolest toys, and geekiest stuff. Occasionally, when there is something incredible to share, we also.
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NYC Testing Taxi Shopping Technology During Fashion Week ...
By mzielinska
Dozens of New York City taxi cabs will be part of a pilot program that will let passengers buy luxury beauty products by swiping their smart phones over special tags.
CBS New York

Technology vs Humanity [Video] | WebProNews
By Mike Tuttle
Poet Marshall Soulful Jones explores the difficulties we have introduced into our society by injectingtechnology into our relationships. People can claim.
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What Photographic Tools & Technology Will We Use Today And ...
By scottbourne
What Photographic Tools & Technology Will We Use Today And Lose Tomorrow? February 6, 2012. tags: What Photographic Tools & Technology Will We Use Today And Lose Tomorrow? by scottbourne. I used to make photographs with film ...
Photofocus

De Lage Landen Clean Technology Signs Agreement With Bosch ...
ASSETFINANCE - De Lage Landen, a global provider of high-quality asset-based financing products to manufacturers and distributors of capital goods, has announced that its Clean Technology group has signed a US Master Lease ...
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ISA: Global Scaling in the Digital Technology Sector | New Tech Post
By Tom Murphy
In particular, we strongly hold the view that the digital technology sector will be in the vanguard of bringing Ireland into a more prosperous economic era. In fact, we can't see how it can be otherwise. To make a serious business impact and ...
New Tech Post

Why Technology and Innovation Are Critical to America's Future
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Google, Facebook battle Indian criminal charges

Google, Facebook battle Indian criminal charges
AFP
NEW DELHI — Google and Facebook on Monday fought in the Delhi High Court to quash criminal charges that they are responsible for obscene online content. The companies, which are set to be joined in their action by Microsoft and Yahoo!, ...

AFP

Hackers Hit Zappos, 24 Million Customers
PC Magazine
By Adario Strange With online shopping hitting record levels of adoption this past holiday season, it may seem to many that we're on the brink of a golden age of online commerce. But a hacking incident suffered by Zappos just last night could give some ...

New app adds incentives to go to the gym
Fox News
AP Photo/Paul Sakuma If a bulging waistline isn't enough of a motivator to go to the gym, a new iPhone app adds a financial incentive to provide that extra nudge. The app called GymPact charges users a fee for every gym commitment they skip. ...

Hackers disrupt websites of Israel's stock exchange, national air carrier
Washington Post
JERUSALEM — A hacker network that claims to be based in Saudi Arabia paralyzed the websites of Israel's stock exchange and national airline on Monday, escalating an international cyber war that has jolted this security-obsessed country. ...

Apple tipped to smash Mac, iPad, iPhone sales records
Australian Macworld
Signs that Apple's sales will continue on a feverish pace continue to accumulate, an industry analyst has said. In a research note to clients, Brian White of Ticonderoga Securities highlighted a record December for his 'Apple Barometer,' an index of ...

Microsoft mandating Secure Boot on ARM, making Linux installs difficult
Ars Technica
By Jon Brodkin | Published January 16, 2012 9:05 AM With Windows 8 coming out later this year, there has already been controversy about whether computers that ship with Windows 8 will have the ability to run Linux, either as a replacement for Windows ...

Number of Web users in China hits 513 million
Los Angeles Times
The number of Web users in China soared past 500 million last year, a tech-industry group said Monday, capping a period of explosive growth that has elevated Chinese Internet companies and challenged social and political discourse in the ...

Polaroid SC1630 Android Camera Hopes to Keep Company Relevent
DailyTech
During CES, there were many new digital cameras unveiled including ones from Canon, along with a slew of new Android hardware. Polaroid unveiled a new digital camera recently that runs the Android operating system and from the back looks more like a ...

DailyTech

Walmart offers the Lumia 710 for free
TG Daily
Nokia's goal with the Lumia 710 is to establish it as the smartphone for consumers on a budget. Now, Walmart is helping to take that goal to the next level. The discount retailer has begun offering the phone at no cost to those who sign up for a new ...

TG Daily

Social Q&A service Beepl automatically finds experts for your questions
VentureBeat
The Internet has long been a go-to resource for getting a question answered, but oftentimes the answers you get come from less than stellar “experts”. Beepl, a social Q&A service hopes to solve that problem. The site launched out of private beta today ...

Google apologises to Mocality after data misuse claims
Inquirer
By Lawrence Latif ADVERTISING BROKER Google has apologised to Mocality after the firm found its representatives had been lying about its relationship with the Kenyan firm. Mattos' post said the firm was, "mortified to learn that a team of people ...

The spectacular rise of Alaska wildlife manager Corey Rossi
Alaska Dispatch
When Alaska State Troopers showed up at the door of Kenai big-game guide Joe Dilley in December wanting to ask him questions about possible outlaw hunting done by the state's wildlife director, Dilley had no idea who they were talking about. ...

Alaska Dispatch

Indians' remains to be returned to tribes
The Boston Globe
AP BERKELEY, Calif. - New federal protections could mean that most of the remains of an estimated 160000 Native Americans held by universities, museums, and federal government agencies may soon be transferred to tribes. Under the new regulations, ...

Rupert Murdoch takes to new media to slam new media, defends SOPA
Death and Taxes
By Alex Moore 1 min ago Angry that President Obama indicated this weekend he would not sign the SOPA/ PIPA bills as they currently stand in the House and Senate, Murdoch took to Twitter to defend the bills and the old media companies who are backing ...

Death and Taxes

When it eventually snows, snowmobile safely
Albert Lea Tribune
It seems like most people I talk to have enjoyed this mild winter so far. Record-breaking highs in January and lack of snow has given us an early taste of spring. If this trend continues, I know I would not complain, but I do feel bad for those who ...

Albert Lea Tribune

Theme Song for WrestleMania, THQ Statement on Reports, WWE-MSG Matches
TWNP-Wrestling News
- There were reports this weekend that top WWE licensee THQ had canceled its planned 2014 release schedule to save money and that they were looking to sell the company. They issued the following statement last night, mentioning WWE '12: “THQ has not ...

PlayStation Vita gets firmware update 1.52
GameZone
The PlayStation Vita got its third firmware update, second since its release about a month ago. Over the weekend the PS Vita firmware was updated from 1.51 to version 1.52. Before you get too excited, the new update is very small and doesn't introduce ...

GameZone

Carbon dioxide encourages risky behaviour in clownfish
New Scientist
Carbon dioxide in the ocean acts like alcohol on fish, leaving them less able to judge risks and prone to losing their senses. The intoxication adds to the threats that global warming and ocean acidification pose to marine ecosystems. ...

Samsung Touts Advertising Opp on Landing Page of Smart TV's
Beet.TV
LAS VEGAS - Samsung is aiming to capture a piece of the advertising opportunities on connected TVs this year. The consumer electronics maker introduced ways to include marketing and ads on apps for its smart TVs at the Consumer Electronics Show. ...

Prince of Persia Arrives On Wii, 3DS This Week
Gaming Union
Legendary platformer series Prince of Persia sees not one, but two re-releases for Nintendo consoles this week. An official Nintendo announcement revealed that the SNES and Game Boy Colour versions will be available for Wii (Wii Virtual Console) and...

Gaming Union

South Korea's Diablo 3 will see real money auction house feature removed
Ubergizmo
By Tyler Lee on 01/16/2012 06:57 PST One of the more controversial features of Blizzard's upcoming Diablo 3 would be its real money auction house. For those unfamiliar, this particular auction house will allow players to sell and buy items in-game...

Ubergizmo

PC Makers Embracing Ultrabooks
New York Times
LAS VEGAS — As the sales of personal computers slow — whether because of a weak world economy or the popularity of the iPad — PC makers have been looking for the next big thing to jolt buyers and increase profit margins. They are doing what they have ...

Brother Rupert gets into the habit of humility, this time over MySpace
TelecomTV (registration)
Rupert Murdoch, evidently reveling in his latest incarnation as the humblest man on the planet, has admitted to having made another mistake - screwing up big-time when News Corp made its hasty, ill-considered and over-priced purchase of the social ...

Can Technology Transform Education Before It's Too Late ...
By Contributor
Editor's Note: This guest post was written by Prerna Gupta, who is CEO of Khush (now part of Smule), whose music apps, like Songify and LaDiDa, have been used to create over 125 million songs worldwide. You can follow her @prernagupta ...
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The coolest technology and moments from CES 2012 (slideshow ...
By Heather Kelly
Last week, four VentureBeat reporters and our videographer braved the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. They covered 1.861 million square feet of show floor, visited many of the 3100 exhibitors, and sorted through the ...
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The Technology Avalanche and the Future of War | Defense ...
By COL Phillip R. Cuccia
The chief futurist for Cisco, Dave Evans, describes it as “The Technology Avalanche” — the exponential increase in technological breakthroughs that, like.

Charles Stross predicts the state of technology, prejudice, and sex in ...
By Lauren Davis
Author Charles Stross has given the world many a flight of futuristic fancy — post-human worlds where androids carry on our legacy, bank robberies committed inside online games, and god-like meddlers — but what does he think the world ...
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Preprint: Mobile Technologies & Academics: Do Students Use ...
By Gary D. Price
Mobile Technologies & Academics: Do Students Use Mobile Technology in their Academic Lives and are Librarians Ready to Meet this New Challenge? (Preprint). Authors Angela Dresselhaus & Flora Shrode Utah State University. Source ...
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White House Responds to SOPA Petitions | Geek Beat Technology ...
By Ashley Baxter
The White House issued some points this weekend that indicate what they will and will not support in anti-piracy legislation.
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Adding a human touch to technology | David Report
By Louise Brandstrup Zastrow
The Beolit 12 is no different and combined with the latest technologies from Apple it is a very exciting product that to me is a breath of fresh air in an otherwise slightly uniform collection of designs. Up until now I haven't been as dedicated a fan ...
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Free Technology for Teachers: How Do You Keep Up With All of This?
By Mr. Byrne
How Do You Keep Up With All of This? How do you keep up with all of this? That's a question I am often asked after giving a presentation or when I meet people at conferences. One of the ways I keep up and learn about new things is through ...
Free Technology for Teachers

Across Idaho, schools plan for technology upgrades | Washington ...
By The Associated Press
Students may not have to wait for Idaho to roll out a statewide laptop program before they get their hands on a new computer. Districts across the state are taking advantage of the $13 million lawmakers set aside in 2011 for technology ...
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