Russia grants Edward Snowden 3-year residence permit (video)

Russia grants Snowden 3-year residence permit -
Edward Snowden has received a residence permit in Russia, which is valid for three years, starting on August 1, the former NSA contractor’s lawyer announced. Aug 7, 2014 - more: http://on.rt.com/zotp09
RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air
Subscribe -  http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c...

Follow on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com
Follow on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt
Follow on Google+ http://plus.google.com/+RT
RT--Russia Today--is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark.

Microsoft's Xbox One Is Failing - Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) | Seeking Alpha: "Microsoft introduced a version of its Xbox One video game console in June without the Kinect peripheral. This removed the price advantage that the PlayStation 4 had, but it has done little to close the sales gap. The Xbox One is still selling far worse than the competition, and it may be time for Microsoft to consider spinning off or selling the division...."

MORE TECH NEWS:

Wall Street Journal
Google to Boost Encrypted Websites in Rankings
Wall Street Journal
Google hopes the move will prod website developers to adopt technology that protects against hackers breaking into their websites and stealing ...


Forbes
Can Apple Halt Its Eroding Market Share?
Forbes
Apple is rapidly losing market share — and that might be fine if it had not also lost its ability to innovate. By innovate I mean gaining share in a ...


New York Times
Google and Barnes & Noble Unite to Take On Amazon
New York Times
Google Shopping Express in New York. By adding Barnes & Noble to its list of 19 retail partners, Google is making a more explicit grab for Amazon's ...


CNNMoney
Facebook Buys Secure Server Technology Provider PrivateCore
TechCrunch
Facebook announced this morning it has acquired PrivateCore, a Palo Alto-based secure server technology company. The deal does not appear to be ...

Microsoft's First Website From 1994 Looks Delightfully Ancient Today
Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan
It was the year that Microsoft launched its own website--and today, to celebrate its ... Here's How to Explore the Moon and Mars in Google Maps ... Report: Apple's Next iPhone Coming September 9 ... the years and go down to 1994 technology – where your browser doesn't support images, for example.

Apple MacBook Pro Retina Display (13-Inch, 2014) Review
Apple's refreshed 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display offers a boost in performance and endurance over last year's model.

China said to ban Apple products from state list over espionage fears
Xeni Jardin
China's government has removed Apple iPads and MacBooks from an official list of products that can be bought with public money because of security ...
more technology news below ( @ web version--link below)

Follow @expricom

Sony’s PS4 Outsells Microsoft’s Xbox One in March (video)

(Allow video to load after clicking play)
Bloomberg’s Mia Saini reports on the state of the video game market and how Sony’s PS4 outsold Microsoft’s Xbox One game console in the U.S. for the last three months. She speaks to Rishaad Salamat on Bloomberg Television’s “On The Move Asia.” (Bloomberg April18) 

Flickr Ventures Into Instagram's Territory With Mobile Redesign
Cult of Mac
Flickr's redesigned mobile apps, which are out today, look very much Instagram. And I think it's safe to say that the design decision was intentional. The question now is whether Flickr can set itself apart with its pro-friendly features and more free cloud storage ...

Earth-size planet with right temperature found 500 light-years away
Press Herald
The planet is the first Earth-size sphere found outside the solar system in the 'Goldilocks zone.' By Meeri Kim The Washington Post. The hunt for Earth's alien twin reached a new milestone with the discovery of a faraway exoplanet that's not much bigger than ...

Twitter Makes Bold Moves in Mobile Ad Game
TechNewsWorld
Twitter has taken a deep breath and plunged into mobile advertising with zeal, announcing a MoPub platform integration that could provide marketers with access to more than a billion pairs of eyeballs. In addition, it's taking another page from Facebook with ...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Released.
PC Perspectives
Ubuntu, the popular Linux distribution, has been on a steady six-month release schedule for eight years. Every four versions, that is, once every two years, one is marked as Long Term Support (LTS). While typical (non-LTS) releases are supported for around ...

Modern sharks are sleeker, faster than their ancestors, fossil find suggests
Fox News
Sharks turn out to be more modern and sleek than anyone had ever imagined, given a new study that negates a prior theory that today's sharks are “living fossils,” changing little over time. Instead, like the latest and greatest electronic devices or sports cars, ...

Windows Phone 8.1: Finally, a worthy rival to Android and iOS
Economic Times
It has been nearly four years since Microsoft launched Windows Phone. The OS is beautiful to look at and with its unique tile-based user interface, offers an approach to software that is fresh and modern compared to Android or iOS. The OS even forced both ...

Marshall Space Flight Center prepares for dynamic year with Space Launch ...
WAAY
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAAY) - The Marshall Space Flight Center says, over the next several years, it could break new ground, when it comes to all kinds of discoveries. As NASA and the Marshall Space Flight Center enter next year's budget year, they're poised ...

In weird Brazilian cave insects, male-female sex organs reversed
Reuters UK
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - This may be the role reversal to end all role reversals. Scientists on Thursday described four insect species that dwell in extremely dry caves in Brazil, feed on bat guano and possess what the researchers called an "evolutionary ...

Centipede eats its way out of deadly snake [PHOTO]
Science Recorder
Scientists are astonished to find a viper eaten alive from the inside out by his prey, a centipede. Centipede eats its way out of deadly snake [PHOTO]. Science Recorder | Delila James | Friday, April 18, 2014. While scientists were on a field study in Macedonia, ...

more technology news below ( @ web version--link below)

Follow @expricom