Sony's Biggest Flops (video); Android Split for Work and Play

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Sony's famed and praised Walkman turns 35 this week but not every Sony product can say they've lasted that long. Bloomberg Ranx looks at five of Sony's biggest gadget flops. (Source: Bloomberg July 3, 2014)

Google Splits Up Your Android Phone for Work and Play | Business | WIRED: "... According to Amit Singh–who oversees business sales at Google–the software used to separate apps is based on technology Google acquired with its recent purchase of a company called Divide. The idea is that, by placing corporate apps in secure software “containers,” Google can allow businesses to manage and monitor them without messing with all the personal stuff on your phone. For instance, if you leave your job at a particular company, Singh told us after Pichai’s keynote speech, the company can erase all your corporate data and apps without touching, say, your personal Gmail account or Twitter app. For Google, the ultimate aim is to make Android more appealing to businesses that are concerned about securing corporate data on employee phones...."

Google Starts Scrubbing News Articles From Search After Court Ruling
TIME
Google In this photo illustration the Google logo is reflected in the eye of a girl on February 3, 2008 in London, England. Chris Jackson—Getty Images ...

Google makes way for wearables with Play Services update
PCWorld
Google has released a new version of Play Services that opens the door to more smartwatch apps and cooler games. Play Services is a set of features ...

Facebook may face European inquiries
Boston Globe
NEW YORK — Facebook could be in hot water with Europe's privacy regulators. The social network is facing potential investigations after it disclosed ...

Apple expands CarPlay to nine more automakers
Los Angeles Times
CarPlay, Apple's forthcoming vehicle radio system, will be supported by nine ... Googlelast week announced a vehicle radio system of its own called ...

Facebook's mind game was a violation of trust
Boston Globe
Every so often, the giant social network Facebook does something guaranteed ... And yetFacebook, Google and every other big-name Internet site ... ignore Google and ... at least dip into alternate services like Bing or Yahoo, or the ...

Amazon vows to fight FTC over sales to youths
Boston Globe
LOS ANGELES — Amazon said Wednesday it is prepared to go to court against ...Apple complained when the FTC announced its settlement with the ...

Google scoops up Songza and its modern version of the 80s mix tape
Computerworld
Music streaming service Songza announced today that it is being acquired by Google. Neither company provided financial details of the deal, ...

Microsoft trolls for Office beta testers
Computerworld
Computerworld - Microsoft today put out a call for commercial and consumer beta testers to put upcoming versions of Office through the wringer.

Google Bans Porn From Its Ad Network
NBCNews.com
Google Bans Porn From Its Ad Network. Google is getting ... work in the industry. In May, Amazon began deleting the wish lists of several adult stars.

Microsoft Outlook Web App: Slicker Email Attachment Handling
InformationWeek
Microsoft Office For iPad Vs. iWork Vs. Google ... Earlier this year, Microsoft previewed a variety of upcoming tools designed to make Office easier to ...

Google Alerts British News Outlets About Deleting Their Links - NYTimes.com
By By MARK SCOTT
LONDON – A week after Google started to remove links to online content in Europe, some ... (The links, however, are still available on Google.com) ... market share in Europe, and other search engines like Microsoft's Bing. ... The Wall Street Journal | A senior Amazonexecutive on Tuesday defended the ...
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How Google Street View Was Created - Business Insider
By Lisa Eadicicco
Elliot Kroo, an engineer that claimed he was Google's youngest intern ever at 14, helped create ... Login With Facebook Login With Twitter Login With Google ... BEACONS: What They Are, How They Work, And Why Apple's iBeacon ...
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'Right to be forgotten': BBC, The Guardian, Daily Mail push back on Google
Sydney Morning Herald
A disgraced football coach and an investment banker involved in the global financial crisis are two of the early successful applicants to evoke the digital world's newly minted "right to be forgotten". Three major international news groups have received "notice ...

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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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