Who Wants A Smartwatch?

Apparently, not many people do --

Does Anyone Even Want a Smartwatch? -- NYMag: "Despite all the buzz surrounding wearables, it isn’t clear who’s supposed to be buying them. Fewer than half of the respondents to a recent Accenture survey said they would consider buying a smartwatch, and even the most optimistic experts predict only 20 million smartwatch sales this year, a pittance compared with phone and tablet sales. "

The secretive billionaire who built Silicon Valley: "How John Arrillaga Sr. [real estate developer] transformed California fruit orchards into high-priced office space for the likes of Google, Apple, Hewlett-Packard, and Cisco."

Google Directors Wanted Page, Brin to Court Facebook Employees
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Google considered having its cofounders personally recruit Facebook workers and instituted a policy to make counteroffers within an hour to workers ...

Facebook: World Cup Biggest Social Media Event Ever
Voice of America
Brazil's World Cup was the biggest social media event on record involving 350 millionFacebook Inc users worldwide, the company claimed on ...

Google, Others Push for 'Strong' Open Internet Action
PC Magazine
The Internet Association - whose members include Google, Amazon, Netflix, Twitter, and more - filed comments with the FCC today, which ask for ...

Facebook 'Friends' Its City, Pays for Officer
Wall Street Journal
Facebook has funded the salary of a Menlo Park police officer and the construction of a police substation near its headquarters. Experts say such ...

Google Glass creator heads to Amazon
CNET
Babak Parviz, who led the development of Google Glass and other ... at the Internet search-engine giant, confirms to CNET he left to Amazon.

Microsoft Azure Machine Learning: Pier 1 Digs In
InformationWeek
Microsoft formally announced on Monday that Microsoft Azure Machine Learning (Azure ML), is now available as a public beta service. And as part of ...

Microsoft CEO Nadella writes long memo to employees -- Oh my!
Computerworld (blog)
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) CEO Satya Nadella enjoys writing a good memo. His latest tome written to employees -- published online Thursday -- has ...

Yahoo: Focus on Alibaba, display business
MarketWatch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Yahoo Inc. is set to report second-quarter results after the closing bell on Tuesday. This is what investors can ...

Google's 3D mapping tech flying to space station
Computerworld
Computerworld - After a successful Sunday launch, a cargo spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station, carrying a Google 3D ...

Apple Denies Chinese Media Claim of IPhone Security Risk
Businessweek

... the microblog of the People's Daily newspaper said Apple...

Developers and Apple open up on new Swift programming language
ZDNet
Is its just-launched developer blog about the Swift programming language a sign of a new, more open Apple? Whatever the answer, the blog's information will no doubt be welcome to developers. Some are working away at adding new libraries; others are ..

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Google Fiber to test small-business service

Google Fiber plans to test small-business service in Kansas City - KansasCity.com: "...First, however, it’s querying those potential test customers about the industries they’re in, how many people they employ, whether their managers have Google Fiber service at home, their use of remote Internet storage and technical issues about their existing Internet connections. Those businesses have until April 25 to fill out the online questionnaire."

Coincidence Or Accident? Microsoft Security Essentials Bug Rendering XP Machines Hamstrung Like A Virus - HotHardware: "....If this is a widespread issue, and hints are leading us to believe that there are many out there battling it, we can't help but wonder what Microsoft is going to do about it - if anything at all. After all, with XP dead on the consumer side, it has no responsibility to continue updating it at all. If Microsoft does decide to patch it, we'd imagine users could go online and download the most up-to-date version of MSE, as it's not exclusive to XP. Still, what a coincidence. If you're still running an XP box, have you been bitten by this bug?"

The Future of Facebook May Not Say ‘Facebook’ - NYTimes.com: "Every time a new, much-hyped Facebook product blows up on the launchpad, and every time the company pays billions for someone else’s greatest idea, predictions of Facebook’s doom begin to roll in. But Mark Zuckerberg, the company’s co-founder and chief executive, is not worried. Facebook’s innovation engine may have stalled lately, but Mr. Zuckerberg has been working on revamping the way the company creates and distributes new services. The effort, which he began discussing this year, is called Creative Labs, and can be summarized in a single word: apps. Lots and lots of apps."

Exclusive: Google's Project Loon tests move to LTE band in Nevada
PCWorld
Google has expanded its Project Loon tests to the Nevada desert and, for the first time, into licensed radio spectrum. Google declined to comment on ...

Google offering try-before-you-buy kits to those interested in Glass
Los Angeles Times
Google has begun contacting customers and offering them the chance to try out the ... Get ready for new Facebook privacy freakout: 'Nearby Friends'.

Google wins a game of “Escape from East Texas,” linking Rockstar to Apple
Ars Technica
A federal judge issued an order today decreeing that Google's court battle against a "patent troll" owned by its competitors must be fought out in ...

Apple Makes Key Part Of Google's Experimental 'Project Tango' Phone
Forbes
Online repair guide iFixit tore down one of Google's Project Tango phones ... makes components for Microsoft's Microsoft's Kinect and Apple used parts from Samsung going way back. ... Then again, Apple likes to let others be the first movers in a market and ... Yes, Facebook Buying Oculus Is Dumb.

Microsoft's Brand New CEO Needs to Do Much More
TIME
Office, of course, had long been Microsoft's great cash cow fenced off from the ... share lags those of Samsung, Amazon's Kindle Fire, and of course the iPad. With Nadella taking the reins from Ballmer, Microsoft has the chance to ...

Microsoft Azure Intelligent Systems: 4 Facts
InformationWeek
Microsoft tries to become a power player in the brave new world of Internet-connected sensors, using a cloud-based Internet of Things management ...

Microsoft has sold more than 5 million Xbox Ones
MarketWatch
Microsoft Corp. on Thursday said it has sold more than five million Xbox One consoles to retail shops since the product was launched in November.

Microsoft's Outlook.com now imports Yahoo Mail
PCWorld (blog)
In the past year or so, Microsoft, like its rivals Apple and Google, have tried to develop a complementary set of services and apps that share ...
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