Can Twitter's Video Streaming Plans Succeed? (video)

Will Twitter's Video Streaming Plans Succeed?

Kargo CEO Harry Kargman and Bloomberg's Sarah Frier discuss Twitter's mobile advertising plans and the company's fight for advertisers. They speak with Emily Chang on "Bloomberg West." (Source: Bloomberg) Published Sep 30, 2016

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Should You Wait To Get a New iPhone in September? (video)

Why You Should Wait for the Next iPhone:

Will Apple wow you in September? WSJ.com's Joanna Stern on the latest report on the next iPhone and ways to keep your current iPhone running longer. Published July 6, 2016.

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Apple's Mobile Music-Making Makeover (video)

Apple's Mobile Music-Making Makeover - GarageBand and the new Music Memos app make music creation on iPhones and iPads easy, even for amateurs. Nathan Olivarez-Giles reviews both apps. Published on Jan 21, 2016

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Review: Moto X Style, Big, Powerful, Affordable (video)

Review: Moto X Style Is Big, Powerful and Affordable - In an extremely crowded sea of Android phones, the Moto X Style sets itself apart by giving users what they want - a big screen, sharp camera and long-lasting battery - while making it easy to buy one at a more affordable price. Bloomberg's Stephen Pulvirent has a first look at the phone customers and competitors should both being paying attention to. (Video by: Zach Goldstein, Joe Medina)(Source: Bloomberg; Published on Sep 2, 2015)

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DefCon, Blackhat, Blackphone, Ultimate Hack-Proof Smartphone?

Is Blackphone the Ultimate Hack-Proof Smartphone? (July 16, 2015): While smartphone apps may make life a little more convenient, there are concerns over their security. Javier Aguera is co-founder of Blackphone, which has been praised for its tough encryption and hack-proof reputation. Bloomberg's Stephen Engle speaks to Aguera about their upcoming mobile phone expected to be released in September.

Also this week:

• Blackhat, August 1-6, Las Vegas
• Defcon, August 6-9, Las Vegas

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How Much Money Is Yahoo Making in Mobile? (video)

How Much Money Is Yahoo Making in Mobile? -

Yahoo Senior Vice President of Mobile and Emerging Products Adam Cahan discusses the company’s mobile revolution, strategy and reach. He speaks on “Market Makers.”

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Apple Sapphire Partner Accuses Apple of Bait-and-Switch

TECH NEWS:

Wall Street Journal
Apple Accused of 'Bait and Switch'
Wall Street Journal
Apple sapphire partner GT Advanced accuses the iPhone maker of a “bait-and-switch” strategy. Above, the new Apple Watch, which is expected to use ...In a motion seeking to keep Mr. Squiller’s declaration under seal, Apple said the filing was intended to “vilify Apple and portray Apple as a coercive bully.” Apple said Mr. Squiller’s statements were untrue and defamatory...

New York Times
Microsoft, Changing Tack, Makes Office Suite Free on Mobile
New York Times
SEATTLE — Few golden geese in technology have survived as long as Office ...Microsoft's Band contains a display that shows text messages from a cellphone,Facebook alerts and ... A version of Microsoft Excel for the iPad. ... And the company's about-face comes after rivals like Apple and Google and ...
Microsoft Office Offers Free Content Creation And Editing For iOS And Android Apps - Forbes
Microsoft Office gives away apps for iPhone, iPad - CBS News
Microsoft Word mobile app shoots to tops of Apple's charts - CNET


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Apple Pay Vs. Google Wallet: A Digital Wallet Guide
Hartford Courant
What's in your digital wallet, Apple Pay or Google Wallet? ... code readers instead of NFC chip technology favored by Apple Pay and Google Wallet.

CNET
First Microsoft Lumia phone to be revealed next week
CNET
"Microsoft is delivering the power of everyday mobile technology to ... In comparison,Google's Android OS runs on nearly 85 percent of mobile devices ...

TechCrunch (blog)
Unfollow Your Most Annoying Facebook Friends And Pages With “News Feed Settings”
TechCrunch (blog)
Face it. You've accepted friend requests from some weirdos and over-sharers. Luckily, today Facebook's launched a News Feed Settings tool that ...

MIT Technology Review
Google Wants to Store Your Genome
MIT Technology Review
“The opportunity is how to apply breakthroughs in data technology to help with this transition.” ... “Google or Amazon is a back end. They are saying ...

Mashable
Amazon Echo is another step toward commoditizing your personal life
Mashable
The 4-minute video introducing Amazon's Echo seems at first like a parody or a glimpse into some dystopian vision of the near-future. The premise: A ...

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Five Most Breathtaking Apple Stores (video)

Apple's Five Most Breathtaking Stores: Video - Bloomberg:
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Steve Jobs was known for his obsession with design -- and that extended to Apple's retail stores. That legacy continues with the company's latest store in Istanbul: a giant glass cube with seamless glass sides, topped with an Apple logo. Bloomberg's Ranx looks at five of Apple's most breathtaking stores. (May 27 Bloomberg)

Mary Meeker: Mobile devices equal big data devices | Mobile technology - InfoWorld: "First, the basics: Overall, Internet usage continues to grow -- 2.6 billion users as of the end of 2013 -- but its growth rate has started to flatten, and much of the growth is in markets that Meeker describes as "more difficult to monetize," such as India, Indonesia, and Nigeria. Most of that Internet usage is shifting to mobile devices, with the lion's share of engagement taking place on smartphones rather than tablets despite the latter's booming sales. Even there, it's starting to level off: Smartphone subscriber growth is flattening, with the majority of growth taking place in what Meeker calls "underpenetrated markets" like China and Brazil...."

Forbes details Microsoft's rumored iOS-compatible smartwatch - iDownloadBlog
By Christian Zibreg
After taking on both Apple's iPad tablet and the ultra-portable MacBook Air notebook with the recently announced Surface Pro 3, the Windows giant ...
iDownloadBlog.com

Google Launches Forget-Me Form For EU Users Who Want Search Data Removed – Consumerist
By Chris Morran
The high court ruling allows for people in these countries to ask that their names no longer be attached to search results that are “inadequate, ...
Consumerist

Google As An Energy Provider - Business Insider
By Megan Rose Dickey
Google's acquisition of Nest puts it in a good position to become an energy service. ... Login With Facebook Login With Twitter Login With Google ... REPORT: Apple Is Getting Ready To Turn Your iPhone Into The Remote ... Amazon Prime To Offer Music Streaming Service - With 6-Month-Old Songs. 3.
Business Insider

Amazon workers down tools again - The Local
A number of Amazon employees in Germany began a two-day strike on Thursday ...

Microsoft's Smartwatch Might Work With iOS and Android | Digital Trends
By Malarie Gokey
A new report says that the Microsoft smartwatch will be compatible with iOS and Android devices. It's unknown when the company's first wearable will ...
Digital Trends

BBC News - Google sets up 'right to be forgotten' form after EU ruling
bbc.com
Google launches a service to allow Europeans to ask for personal data to be removed from search results, after a European court ruling.
www.bbc.com/news/technology-27631001

Nine scientists will share prestigious Kavli Prizes this year
Science Recorder
The Kevli Prizes of 2014 were awarded to nine scientists for their work in astrophysics, neuroscience, and nanoscience. Science Recorder | Delila James | Friday, May 30, 2014. Officials of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters announced Thursday ...

Surface pro 3 - body of a tablet, power of a laptop
Irish Independent
The body of a tablet, with the power of a laptop - perfect for both work and play? Related Articles. App Lowdown: A world of entertainment in your pocket. Also in this section. Apple chases streaming after $3bn (€2.2bn) Beats deal · Google workforce is too ...

Elon Musk unveils Dragon V2 reusable manned spacecraft
The Seattle Times
The spacecraft is designed to ferry up to seven astronauts to low-Earth orbit. SpaceX founder Elon Musk says it will revolutionize access to space. By RAQUEL MARIA DILLON. The Associated Press. PREV of NEXT. Elon Musk, of SpaceX, walks down the ...

Snapchat CEO 'Mortified' by Leaked Stanford Frat E-Mails
Businessweek
Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel in Los Angeles. Spiegel dropped out of Stanford University in 2012, three classes shy of graduation, to move back to his father's house and work on Snapchat. Photographer: Jae C. Hong/AP Photo. Snapchat Inc. Chief Executive ...

Moto X, Moto G, Moto E Explained
PhoneDog
With Motorola having the Moto X, Moto G, and Moto E on their lineup, Marco takes a deeper look at what Moto's lineup means and the differences between each device. We start with the Moto X, the first device that came from the Motorola and Google merger ...

In baffling move, TrueCrypt open-source crypto project shuts down
Computerworld
Computerworld - In a move that appears designed to provoke widespread questions, the anonymous managers of the TrueCrypt open-source encryption project abruptly pulled the plug on the effort without explanation. A mysterious message posted on the ...

How moon changes under Earth's sway
Business Standard
Researchers have combined observations from two NASA missions to check out the moon's lopsided shape and how it changes under Earth's sway. The team drew on studies by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been investigating the moon ...

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Mobile Keeping Tech Alive? (video); the iPad Fad

Is Mobile Keeping Tech Alive?: Video -
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Telsey Advisory Group Analyst Tom Forte discusses tech companies becoming phone companies with Trish Regan and Cory Johnson on Bloomberg Television’s “Street Smart.” (Source: Bloomberg April 25)

The Astonishing, Disappointing iPad — Five Hundred Words — Medium: "If the iPad is a fad, it’s the greatest fad in the history of American business. And so I repeat: the iPad got too successful, too quickly. And everyone (including Apple) got spoiled by those insane numbers."

Former Comcast and Verizon Attorneys Now Manage the FCC and Are About to Kill the Internet | VICE United States: "The open Internet may soon become a thing of the past. Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal dropped something of a bombshell with leaked news that the Federal Communications Commission is planning to abandon so-called “net neutrality” regulations—rules to ensure that Internet providers are prevented from discriminating based on content. Under the new proposed system, companies such as Comcast or Verizon will be able to create a tiered Internet, in which websites will have to pay more money for faster speeds, a change that observers predict will curb free speech, stifle innovation and increase costs for consumers...."

Why the government should provide internet access - Vox: "...Ezra: What is constraining cities now from building public internet options? Is the problem money? Regulation? Susan: It's almost funny. Twenty states have passed laws saying, "Cities don't have the choice to do this." These laws have been rammed through by incumbents happy with the way things are. One thing that needs to happen is we need to block these state laws so that cities can make these decision for themselves. FCC Chairman Wheeler has announced that this would be a good direction to investigate....."

Congress screwed up net neutrality, not the FCC - Vox: "...A better way to resolve the controversy over the FCC's authority would be for Congress to pass a new telecommunications law that either clearly authorizes network neutrality regulations or clearly prohibits them. A clear statement from Congress authorizing network neutrality rules would make it easier for the FCC to write rules that pass muster with the courts. A clear statement prohibiting network neutrality regulations would end the decade-long uncertainty about how broadband networks would be regulated. Either way, the nation would be spared another decade of legal Calvinball as the courts struggle to interpret a statute that gets more outdated with each passing year...."

Microsoft: No IE Patch For Windows XP
InformationWeek
Microsoft confirmed over the weekend that Internet Explorer (IE) versions 6 through 11 are susceptible to a newly discovered vulnerability, and that ...

Google: Self-driving cars are mastering city streets
CNN
(CNN) -- Long a veteran of the highways of rural California, Google's self-driving car is working on becoming safer in the city. Over the past year or so, ...

Google Now and Cortana are the future, not Siri
CNNMoney
Now that our gadgets are plenty fast and powerful, and most software is easy enough for babies to use, everyone is searching for the Next Big Thing in ...

Apple vs. Samsung: Google haunts the courtroom arguments
San Jose Mercury News
When an eight-member federal jury retreats behind closed doors this week to decide the outcome of the latest Apple v. Samsung patent showdown, a ...

Google Plus is turning negative, but don't bet on it going away
ZDNet
Gundotra spent most of his career at Microsoft (15 years from 1991) and ... Facebook has more global reach than Google Search or Gmail, Amazon, ...

Facebook Vies With Google and Apple for Mobile-App Makers
Bloomberg
The social network recently reached out to Helsinki-based Huuuge Inc., the maker of the game, to convince the team to build mobile applications with ...

Microsoft Goes Hollywood With Slate Of 'Xbox Originals' TV Shows
Forbes
Microsoft opened a new front in its war to control consumers' living rooms on Monday, announcing that it is developing a dozen original television ...

Amazon banishes Apple's comic cut with new ComiXology app
ZDNet
The new version of the app does not allow iOS users to purchase comics in-app and no longer allows Google Play customers to use their Google ...

Amazon Faces Profit Pressure: Honeymoon Over?
InformationWeek
Amazon touts growth, but investor patience grows thin as shareholders ... may not show much growth at all, since Google kicked in 30% to 40% price ... last March across several basic services, and Microsoft soon followed suit. .....

Google Boosts Encryption In Chrome For Android
InformationWeek
Yahoo, long a laggard in computer security, committed last year to adding ... And in December, Microsoft, acknowledging customers' concerns about ... include Amazon Web Services, Cisco, Dell, Facebook, Fujitsu, Google, IBM, Intel ...

Microsoft fan goes Pro
Boston Herald
RETURN OF THE MAC: Phil Schiller, above, the senior vice president of worldwide marketing at Apple, introduces the new MacBook laptops last ...

Apple Shares Diverge From Nasdaq After Stock Split
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Apple is no longer following the pack, but it's no leader of the pack, either. Shares of the iPhone and iPad maker have surged since last week's ...

Great Google-y Moogly: Internet Giant Slapped With Huge Tax Bill
Forbes
For years, multinational companies like Google Google, Apple Apple and Microsoft Microsoft have been thwarting attempts by government authorities ...

Microsoft's Mobile First, Cloud First Strategy, Explained
InformationWeek
After laying low during the first seven weeks of his tenure, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella made four high-profile appearances in April: the Office for iPad ...

Microsoft announces price cuts for Xbox 360 consoles in India
NDTV
There is some good news for those awaiting a price drop on Xbox 360 consoles with the launch of the Xbox One - they will not have to wait for the ...

Microsoft Wins Antitrust Case as Top Court Rejects Novell
Bloomberg
The U.S. Supreme Court ended a lawsuit that accused Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) of illegally protecting its Windows computer operating system from ...

Microsoft vows to appeal federal email privacy ruling
Computerworld
IDG News Service - Email providers have to turn over a user's emails and other data to U.S. law enforcement when issued a search warrant, even if ...

Microsoft Research Special Projects group tipped to take on Google X
ZDNet (blog)
There's a new Special Projects Group in Microsoft Research (MSR) that is tasked with working on "disruptive technologies that could benefit the ...

Facebook announces second phase of Altoona data center
DesMoinesRegister.com
Facebook today announced plans to begin construction of the second ... center projects — Facebook in Altoona and Microsoft in West Des Moines.

Facebook open sourcing Paper's animation engine Pop
ZDNet
Facebook is kicking off the week with opening up and sharing a framework behind one of its newer products, Paper...

Center the Subject for Best Results with Google Camera's Lens Blur - Lifehacker
By Ed Rhee
Android: Google's new built-in camera app for Android includes a new feature that simulates the blur effect of SLR and compact system cameras.
Lifehacker

Google's self-driving car gets much better at navigating cities — Tech News and Analysis - Gigaom
By Barb Darrow
Google says its self-driving cars have passed the 700000-mile mark navigating city streets -- without incident.
Gigaom

Apple MacBook Air Update - Business Insider
By Lisa Eadicicco
Apple may launch two new MacBook Air models with new processors and storage ... Login With Facebook Login With Twitter Login With Google.
Business Insider

How Google's Self-Driving Car Is Tackling the Chaos of City Streets - Gizmodo
By Adam Clark Estes
We've all heard about how well Google's self-driving car does on the highway. But is that so impressive? Heck, put on cruise control and an audiobook ...
Gizmodo

Closing arguments set in Apple-Samsung trial - Phys.org
At stake: $2 billion if Samsung loses, a few hundred million if Apple loses. ... But Samsung fought back, using Google's Android system, offering less expensive smartphones with larger screens. Closing arguments set ... Phys.org on facebook ... Nokia, Microsoft complete $7.5B cellphone deal (Update 2).
Phys.org - latest science and...

Apple's Maps App Gets 3-D Flyover Support For Mysterious Stonehenge -- AppAdvice
By Bryan M. Wolfe
You can now visit Stonehenge via your iOS device.
App Advice

Conversations LIVE: Ask me anything with Stephen Elop - Conversations - Nokia Conversations
By Tiina Jaatinen
Microsoft Mobile uses cookies and similar technologies to manage, enhance and personalize your experience. We also use them to display ...
Conversations - Posts

Apple paying $80 more for iPhone 5 with faulty sleep/wake button - iDownloadBlog
By Christian Zibreg
Apple last week put forth a new replacement program dealing with the malfunctioning sleep/wake button on some iPhone 5 devices. Apple has ...
iDownloadBlog.com

Siri coming to Apple TV? - FanSided - Sports News, Entertainment, Lifestyle & Technology - 270+ ...
By Ted Schwerzler
Sony to force Microsoft's hand? ... Voice commands from your couch to your Apple TV via your favorite voice? Yes indeed, Siri could be coming ... The recently announced Amazonproduct already includes voice commands. The new ...
FanSided

A look into Facebook's f8 - Inside Facebook
By Justin Lafferty
On Wednesday, Facebook's f8 — a developer's haven — will return to San Francisco after a three-year absence, this time powered by Parse.
Inside Facebook

As Its Domestic Cash Plunges By Record To Early 2010 Levels, Apple Prepares Massive $17 ...
By Tyler Durden
While Apple's earnings report last week left little to be desired, one of the more notable observations was that the company's cash hoard, relentlessly ...
zerohedge.com

UPDATE: See Microsoft dig up landfilled E.T. Atari cartridges – video | VG247 - VG247.com
By Phil Owen
Today is the day that some enterprising folks are visiting that landfill in New Mexico where legend says millions of Atari E.T. game cartridges were ...
VG247

ComiXology Update for Android Removes Google Payments | Droid Life
By Tim-o-tato
It was only three weeks ago when Amazon purchased ComiXology, and at the time, ... purchases to be made through a single account, such as their Google Wallet. ... I completely understand the thinking, wanting to keep Google/Apple from taking a ...Facebook Google+ YouTube Twitter Subscribe.
Droid Life

Microsoft warns of Internet Explorer flaw affecting 1/4 of all web browsers | SiliconANGLE
By Mike Wheatley
small__35407674 Microsoft is warning customers of a newly discovered vulnerability affecting its Internet Explorer browser, from versions 6 through to ...
SiliconANGLE

Microsoft Issues Advisory For Internet Explorer Vulnerability - Slashdot
slashdot.org
jones_supa (887896) writes "Neowin reports how Microsoft made a rare weekend post on its Security Response Center blog to announce an advisory ...
it.slashdot.org/.../microsoft-issues-advisory-for-internet-explor...

Google Draw: The Perfect Google Glass Accessory - MakeUseOf
makeuseof.com
What if you're not in the position to speak commands out loud to your Google Glass?
www.makeuseof.com/.../google-draw-perfect-google-glass-acc...

Now back at Microsoft, Stephen Elop says Nokia X's forked Android is here to stay | 9to5Google
9to5google.com
As Microsoft completed its acquisition of Nokia's smartphone and handheld ... Nokia X uses the MSFT cloud, not Google's. ...
9to5google.com/.../now-back-at-microsoft-stephen-elop-says-...

In 2014, Google Aims To Train 20,000 Third-Party Sales Reps To Sell Local - Marketing Land
marketingland.com
When small businesses see Google as the "Wild Wild West" of confusing ... He can be found on Facebook, Google + and microblogs on Twitter as ...
marketingland.com/google-directories-kristin-coit-lsa-81873

SpaceX launches lawsuit over spy satellite contracts
Daily Digest
SpaceX, a company that creates space launch materials for NASA, is suing the government over an Air Force deal with United Launch Alliance (ULA). ULA, a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, is being given contracts for U.S. Air Force's Evolved ...
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Microsoft Has Lost, Google Has Won

If, only if, Microsoft had concentrated its efforts on maintaining and improving a legacy Windows 7 type of PC business, while building cloud-centric applications and services, and a cross-platform browser, instead trying to compete (and losing tons of money) on mobile and tablet/PC hardware and a loser phone OS --

Microsoft’s Stakes in the Battle for Handsets - NYTimes.com: "“Google has won,” said Nicholas Economides, an economics professor at the Stern School of Business of New York University, and currently a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley who specializes in network economics and electronic commerce. “We’re in a world where the biggest market share by far is Android. And the second-biggest is Apple. Then, way behind, is Microsoft. What’s in this game for Microsoft?”"

Microsoft v Microsoft | stratēchery by Ben Thompson: " . . . . a “Services and Devices” strategy is fundamentally flawed. Either be everywhere with your services, or differentiate your devices...."

Rather a clear trend at Microsoft. pic.twitter.com/tjsDxtS4w9
— Benedict Evans (@BenedictEvans) February 12, 2014

Google revs Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine to drive high-performance web apps
ZDNet
... the performance of the JavaScript application. In the latest Chrome Beta release Google has enabled concurrent compilation, which offloads an important part of the compilation process to a background thread to deliver better performance for web apps.

Apple has reportedly been in talks with Tesla Motors
DailyTech
And while the next wave in consumer electronics looks to be wearables, it already faces tough competition from the likes of Google, Samsung and Sony, which have already created smart watches and smart glasses for the consumer market. That's not to say ...

Apple Store Model Boosts Health Care Enrollment In Connecticut
Forbes
I don't live in Connecticut, but I chose to feature Access Health CT for one reason—I believed it had the best chance of success because it chose to model a company that has become a gold standard in the area of customer service—the Apple Store.

Kickstater Hacked, Account Data Stolen
The Mac Observer
The crowd funding service Kickstarter alerted users over the weekend that it had been targeted by hackers who managed to gain access to their servers and make off with account information. Kickstarter has been working to keep users up to date on what ...

Five lessons from playing 'Titanfall' beta
USA TODAY
After months of hype, video game players finally earned an early look at what might be 2014's first blockbuster. Last week, Electronic Arts launched a beta for Titanfall, the long-awaited first-person shooter from Respawn Entertainment, which features ...

Smartphone theft reaches pandemic proportions (and you are a target)
ZDNet
What's smaller than a slice of bread, worth hundreds of dollars, and carried by almost anyone? If you guessed "smartphone," you'd be right on the money. In fact, it's the relationship between money and smartphones that is causing the problem. "Carriers are ...

Solid-Sate Magma in Dormant Volcanoes Can Quickly Liquefy and Become Active
Nature World News
Magma beneath Oregon's Mount Hood has been in relative cold storage for thousands of years, entombed in a near-solid state beneath the mountain. But the coagulated magma can liquefy rapidly and with just a minor temperature increase, according to new ...

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Apple and Google Dominate Mobile Market

Apple and Google move ahead, while Microsoft slips behind, and BlackBerry is left for dead --

Apple Sales Set to Show Mobile Shift Lifting Tech

Bloomberg
“The new tech companies like Google and Amazon did well, while companies ... a fund manager at Synovus Trust Co. in Atlanta, which owns Microsoft shares.. . .

As Apple unleashes new iPads, Wall Street homes in on iPhones

CNET (blog)
Apple reports its fourth-quarter earnings Monday, the first to include the iPhone ... That's not a new story for Apple's financial health, the bulk of which is fueled by ...

ZDNet

Microsoft Surface Pro Docking Station Arrives Early

InformationWeek
With Microsoft's docking station -- which hadn't been expected until 2014 -- the ... The value of laptop-tablet hybrids is still under debate, as Applerecently ...

Techie News

Apple running high ahead of earnings

MarketWatch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Apple Inc. is expected to report another period of earnings declines and weak revenue growth on Mondayafternoon, ...

MarketWatch

Microsoft masks Windows, Office performance with new reporting ...

Computerworld
Computerworld - Microsoft's new financial reporting format makes it much harder to get a grip on how two of its most important software franchises, Windows and ...

Computerworld

Apple Has Made It More Difficult To Decide Which New iPad To Buy ...

Forbes
There was a subtle surprise in Apple's Apple's iPad product announcement this week—the new iPad Air and iPad Mini with retina display now have the same ...

International Business Times

Apple's Spaceship Campus Will Have a Flying Saucer Auditorium

Mashable
Amid all the excitement around Apple's recent iPad event, some of us may have missed a new set of images for the company's new campus that emerged in the ...

ANINEWS

Is Google Really Evil? Or Just Smart?

Forbes
He spiced up the statistics by going out on a limb with predictions like Apple buying Netflix and Google cranking out batches of House of Cards-style series every ...

Microsoft's Phone Sales May Be Low, But Its Cloud Revenue Is Up

Wired
Amazon remains the dominant player in cloud hosting, with offerings like its ... like Box and Dropbox and to internet pioneers like Amazon and Google, many of ...

Google Doodle honours Oscar-winning costume designer Edith ...

Mirror.co.uk
Instead of it's usual multicoloured logo, Google's homepage now shows an image of the American costume designer standing in front of six of her creations.

The Guardian (blog)

Apple's Fourth Quarter -- Dueling iPhones and the China Question ...

John Paczkowski
Daffy_Apple_Eyes This afternoon, Apple will report earnings for a quarter unlike any before — the first in which the company sold two new iPhones instead of ...
AllThingsD

Weekly Roundup: Surface 2 review, McLaren P1 'hypercar ...

Andy Bowen
DNP Daily Roundup Surface 2 review, Google's Project Shield, suspicious LG ... Microsoft'ssecond generation of Surface tablets went on sale this week, and ...
Engadget RSS Feed

Apple plans to open first store in Brazil by March 2014 | 9to5Mac

Mark Gurman
Image of the mall where the Apple Store will be located. Apple currently plans to expand its retail store presence to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil early next year, ...
9to5Mac

Better view than courtside: Stanford basketball players don Google ...

Rebecca Grant
Players on the Stanford basketball team wore Google Glass while warming ... Here's how Appleassaulted Microsoft at its iPad Air event — in 3 crushing quotes.
VentureBeat

SEOs Get Ready For 15% Reduction In Google Rich Snippets

(Barry Schwartz)
As many of you know, Matt Cutts, Google's head of search spam, announced at PubCon that you should expect a 15% reduction in the amount of rich snippets ...
Search Engine Roundtable

Rumor: Nexus 10 Specs Leak Briefly on Google Play Store - Gizmodo

Jamie Condliffe
Expected to land on November 1st alongside the hotly-tipped Nexus 5, it could see Google going head to head with Apple and its iPad Air in the full-size tablet ...
Gizmodo

5 Google AdWords Enhanced Campaign Tips for Efficiency & Better ...

Crystal Santos
Early adopters may have had the first jump on Enhanced Campaigns, but it's definitely not too late to take advantage. See 5 tips to help maximize performance ...
Search Engine Watch - Latest

How to easily migrate to SkyDrive from Google Drive, including your ...

Derrick Wlodarz
Google Docs and Google Drive were all I knew when it came to personal cloud document storage until this ... Not trying to brag blindly in Microsoft's favor, I'm just stating it how I see it from experience with both products. .... Apple iOS included.
BetaNews

Amazon: Profitless Prosperity - Seeking Alpha

Fred Wilson
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE:CRM), Workday Inc (NYSE:WDAY): Amazon: Profitless Prosperity.
SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page

Google Partners With MinecraftEdu To Release Quantum Physics ...

Kyle Hilliard
Google's Quantum A.I. Lab Team have released a mod for Minecraft which adds quantum physics mechanics to the game as a way of educating Minecraft fans ...
News

EU seeks feedback on Google's revised antitrust offer
Reuters
By Foo Yun Chee. BRUSSELS | Mon Oct 28, 2013 1:14pm EDT. BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU regulators have asked 125 Google rivals and third parties to provide feedback on the company's second attempt to settle a three-year-long antitrust investigation and ...

Kids Love Snapchat Because They See Facebook Like Adults See LinkedIn
TechCrunch
Kids are in a petri dish, where their every social post can be scrutinized and used against them. That's why disappearing media startup Snapchat is important, says its investor, Benchmark's Bill Gurley. Teens don't want their daily lives permanently recorded.

Nvidia Shield embraces Android games by the thousands
CNET
Monday's update brings Android 4.3 Jelly Bean to the game device, and a new "console mode" turns Shield into a portable living-room game console....

Play-i Robots Teach Kids to Code
PC Magazine
You're never too young to learn complicated computer programming. At least that's what California-based startup Play-i thinks. The company, which just launched a crowdfunding campaign, hopes that cute robots with colorful accessories can entice children ...

UN to create asteroid defense group
USA TODAY
(Newser) – The next time an asteroid is on a collision course with Earth, the U.N. wants to make sure someone calls Bruce Willis. The General Assembly last week gave the green light to an asteroid defense plan drawn up by the former astronauts at the ...

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Mobile Internet Use 2013; Sony's Stick Inferior to Chromecast

Smartphones and tablets -- mobile internet taking off --

Cell Internet Use 2013 | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project: "63% of adult cell owners now use their phones to go online, a figure that has doubled since we first started tracking internet usage on cell phones in 2009. In addition, 34% of these cell internet users say that they mostly go online using their cell phone. That means that 21% of all adult cell owners now do most of their online browsing using their mobile phone—and not some other device such as a desktop or laptop computer."

Why Sony’s $150 Set-Top-on-a-Stick Can’t Compete with Chromecast | Variety: ".... users may opt for Chromecast on the bet that more content partners will be added soon. Another shortcoming of the Bravia Smart Stick: It works only with Sony’s 2013 Bravia television line."

YouTube starts testing Chromecast support for third-party websites — Tech News and Analysis: "YouTube is starting to let users beam videos to their Chromecast devices from any website."

US carriers signal launch iPhone 5s inventory will be 'grotesquely' low
Apple Insider
Seemingly confirming rumors that Apple will not to provide adequate inventory of the iPhone 5s this weekend, a new report reveals that carriers are facing "grotesquely" low inventory for the device's launch. Preorder. Sources from U.S. carriers who spoke with ...

See all stories on this topic »Google Expands Digital Wallet Offering
Wall Street Journal
Apple notably eschewed NFC in its latest iPhone update, striking a blow to the technology, which many have hoped would help speed payments at stores. Google'sapp update suggests it may be readying a version to use on Apple devices, though the ...

Google eyes big change in online tracking for ads
USA TODAY
Google's move will be closely watched by the ad industry because the company is not only the leader in online advertising, its Chrome browser is now the world's most popular, having surged ahead of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Mozilla's Firefox and ...

Microsoft Boosts Dividend by 22%, Sets $40 Billion Buyback
Wall Street Journal
He wants to shift the company from a focus purely on software that is downloaded onto personal computers or on corporate computing networks, into something of a hybrid of rivals Apple Inc. and Google Inc. Microsoft is refashioning more of its software ...

How Apple's iTunes Radio will rock the world
CNET
This human approach is very Apple. After all, the iTunes Store, which despite attempts by Amazon and Google remains by far the biggest digital music marketplace, relies on people to select which artists get featured, and that can make a new album or track.

Apple's big bet on iOS 7 gaming ...
CNET
There's a good reason why a significant portion of Apple's iPhone announcement last week was dedicated to showing off the flagship iOS game series Infinity Blade. That's because with iOS 7 -- rolling out to the public Wednesday -- and the new A7 chip's ...

Microsoft Bing's New Look, Tools
InformationWeek
Some Microsoft shareholders have grown skeptical of Bing, which has lost billions of dollars over the years. According to comScore, Microsoft's search engine accounted for only 17.9% of U.S. Web searches in August, a distant second behind Google's ...

Tiger Global Ups Investment in Creator of WordPress.com - Digits - WSJ: "...Automattic’s profile is rising in the wake of Yahoo'sYHOO +1.00% $1.1 billion purchase of Tumblr in May. Despite limited revenue, Yahoo’s CEO Marissa Mayer said she was eager to acquire the blogging service for its growth and its mobile footprint. Automattic’s blogging platform, WordPress, also has scale. It is used by 19.9% of all Web sites, according to the company. The figure represents about a 3 percentage point increase since the beginning of 2012. Automattic makes the bulk of its revenue from monthly, premium subscription services for individuals and businesses."

Google buys Bump, focuses on mobile file sharing

Computerworld
Computerworld - Google is buying the mobile startup Bump Technologies, makers of the popular app that enables users to transfer photos, videos and files just ...

Google Nexus 7 (2013) review: Improved spec, great screen, top value

ZDNet (blog)
Perhaps Google feels it's sufficient to match Apple in this respect, but it does feel ... This is just as well, as it's not a cheap accessory: Amazon UK was selling the ...

Microsoft Memos for the Ages: Keep Calm, And Face The Cougar

Wall Street Journal
Steve Ballmer's long-awaited and long-worded memo Thursday joins a family tree of Microsoft documents with a rich history. Burrow through the web long ...

Wall Street Journal

Microsoft Unveils Latest Bing Improvements

Wall Street Journal (blog)
Microsoft's effort to get Google users to adopt the Bing search engine seems to have taken a lower profile lately. But there's plenty of changes still coming, ...

Wall Street Journal (blog)

Amazon: Vinyl Record Sales Up 745% Since 2008

ReadWrite
In the era when it seems like all of our music has gone digital, Amazonreports an interesting ... Amazon would have you believe that one of its product features is ...

ReadWrite

Apple once again tops the ACSI satisfaction index as consumers ... "Microsoft's revamped Windows 8 operating system does not seem to have ...

ZDNet

Box.com Melds Google and Microsoft Into Document Engine of the ...

Wired
Sinofsky spent years overseeing the fortunes of Microsoft Office, the software ... tool called Box Notes that seeks to race both Microsoft and Google to the future of ...

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Other, the Biggest Mobile Brand You Never Heard Of

Meet Other, the Biggest Mobile Brand You've Never Heard Of
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Global mobile phone sales fell in 2012, according to Gartner estimates released today, with the industry selling 1.7% less phones than it did in 2011. That works out to a decline of just under 30 million total handsets — not much relative to the almost 1.75...

Wall Street Journal (blog)

Oracle insists Google's Android copied key Java code.
Ars Technica
Attempting to rescue itself from last year's thorough courtroom smackdown, Oracle has filed a 77-page appeal brief [PDF] arguing that Java APIs are indeed copyrightable, contrary to a federal judge's ruling. Google didn't copy the code from actual Java ...

Ars Technica

Apple plans to issue fix for iOS 6.1 Exchange sync bug
CNET
Company says it has identified the cause of Microsoft Exchange sync problem that materialized after the release of iOS 6.1 late last month. Steven Musil. by Steven Musil. February 13, 2013 9:46 PM PST Follow @stevenmusil. Apple announced today that it ...

Facebook Wins Dismissal of One IPO Suit
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Score one victory for Facebook Inc. in the lawsuits filed in the wake of the second-biggest U.S. IPO ever. A federal judge has tossed out a set of suits against Facebook executives including founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg that were brought by investors...

Wall Street Journal (blog)

NASA data may have uncovered galaxy's youngest black hole
CNET
A rare distorted supernova explosion leads scientists to believe they may be witnessing the birth of a black hole for the first time ever. Dara Kerr. by Dara Kerr. February 13, 2013 9:32 PM PST Follow @darakerr. Supernova remnant W49B. (Credit: X-ray: ...

Tempo Makes Your Calendar a Whole Lot Smarter
Wired
The Tempo iOS app uses artificial intelligence to collect and display information to make your calendar more useful. Photo: Alex Washburn/Wired. Your iPhone's built-in calendar app does a decent job of culling appointments, meetings and plans from the...

Wired

Broadcom 4G LTE Chip is World's Smallest for Phones, Tablets
Tom's Hardware Guide
Broadcom has announced that it'll be entering the LTE market with a modem chip designed for both smartphones and tablets that supports faster 4G networks. The 28 nm BCM21892 chip runs a cellular baseband alongside a world-band radio in a footprint ...

Broken Jawbone: Hackers steal email and passwords from users
VentureBeat
Jambox wireless speaker creator Jawbone is singing the blues today. It alerted users early this morning to a hack on its MyTalk network that left names, email addresses, and encrypted passwords compromised. The MyTalk network is where people can ...

Slacker Redesign Sets Streaming-Music Battle With Spotify & Pandora
ReadWriteWeb
Music streaming service Slacker has been around for quite a while - six years and counting - but has never been able to gain the traction enjoyed by its competitors Pandora and Spotify. That may begin to change with Slacker's full mobile and browser facelift, ...

ReadWriteWeb

Xbox co-founder says the last five years have been painful to watch
TechSpot
The man responsible for giving Microsoft's original Xbox its name has penned a blog post outlining the poor job he says the company has done with the console over the past five years – and especially during the last 12 months. The former employee has a ...

Lenovo, PayPal particiapte in FIDO Alliance to reinvent passwords
TechSpot
Last year it was revealed that Lenovo was teaming up with PayPal and others to form a group tasked with reinventing the authentication tool that virtually everyone is familiar with today: the password. We didn't have much information about the FIDO (Fast ...

TechSpot

Your acts on social media can be tracked
San Francisco Chronicle
Most users of social networking sites give little thought to the data trail they leave behind. They may not realize that the pictures they post, the comments they make and the people they associate with can provide a revealing portrait about where they go and ...

JD Power releases 2013 dependability study, shows improvements in reliability
SlashGear
JD Power and Associates has released its 2013 dependability report, which shows that the reliability of three-year-old cars has improved over last year. This is the 24th year straight that the organization has released its dependability report, which looks at the...

SlashGear

Shoo wolves west, legislator proposes
The Seattle Times
Shoo wolves west, legislator proposes. An Eastern Washington legislator has offered a tongue-in-cheek bill that would move some wolf packs to Western Washington. By PHUONG LE. The Associated Press. Related ...

Thirteen Years Later, System Shock 2 Lives Again
TIME
Mass Effect, Dead Space, Bioshock, Borderlands, Fallout 3 – if you've played any of these modern shooters, you've felt the influence of System Shock 2. Now, you can actually play it. Starting Thursday, GOG.com, a website that specializes in selling old...

TIME

Cybercrime Network Based in Spain Is Broken Up
New York Times
MADRID — Europol, the European police agency, said Wednesday that it had dismantled one of the most efficient cybercrime organizations to date, led by Russians who had managed to extort millions of euros from online users across more than 30 countries ...

New York Times, Elon Musk engage in war of words over Tesla Model S
Detroit Free Press
An entertaining war of words has broken out between the New York Times, which just printed a devastating account of a road trip in a $101,000 Tesla Model S electric car, and Tesla founder Elon Musk. The Times' story was accompanied by the photo ...

Apple sets the stage for its iWatch
The Droid Guy
wirediwatch_2479472b CNN has cited Bloomberg's report about a plan of Apple to venture into another line of business separate from its current smartphone and tablet offering. So called the iWatch, this new wristwatch-like gadget is rumored to handle some ...

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AOL Acquires Another Tech Blog, gdgt
PC Magazine
AOL is adding another tech site to the family with the acquisition of review site gdgt (pronounced "gadget"). Gdgt co-founder Ryan Block broke the news today on the gdgt blog, calling his company "a natural fit for AOL's world-class lineup of tech sites." "At AOL ...

Apple's iPhone 6 with 4.8-in screen Delayed Till 2014?
Sawf News
February 14, 2013, (Sawfnews.com) - Apple may push back the launch of its 4.8-in phablet to June 2014 because of difficulties in producing the larger screen, according to a note written by Jefferies & Company analyst Peter Misek. Early this month, Chinese...

Sawf News

Take-Two to Take Over Development of WWE Games From THQ
Bloomberg
Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. agreed to take over development and production of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. video games from bankrupt THQ Inc. THQ's agreement reached with the maker of the “Grand Theft Auto” video-game franchise, WWE ...

Tim Cook describes bold future for Apple. But cheaper iPhones? Maybe not.
Christian Science Monitor
Mike Segar/Reuters. Enlarge. Apple CEO Tim Cook admits that he rarely has bad days but when he does, Mr. Cook takes a trip to the Apple Store. Skip to next paragraph. Recent posts. 02.13.13. Tim Cook describes bold future for Apple. But cheaper iPhones ...

Christian Science Monitor

Pentagon Announces New Medal for Drone, Cyber Warriors
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(WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon's keeping up with the times. Now that cyberwarfare and drone strikes are part of modern combat, Defense Secretary Panetta has approved a new Distinguished Warfare Medal that will recognize heroic action from military ...

Apple loses Brazilian iPhone trademark ruling
BBC News
Brazilian regulators have ruled that Apple does not have exclusive rights to use the "iPhone" trademark in the country. But the US tech giant has already lodged an appeal against the decision with the Brazilian regulators. The ruling is the result of a local ...

Brown-and-white whistling owl ID'd as new species
Huffington Post
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Researchers looking for a nocturnal bird in Indonesia accidentally identified a new species of owl – one that has a distinct whistling song and is believed to exist nowhere else in the world. The Rinjani Scops owl was first identified in ...

USC battery wields silicon nanowires to hold triple the energy, charge in 10 ...
Engadget
There's no shortage of attempts to build a better battery, usually with a few caveats. USC may have ticked all the right checkboxes with its latest discovery, however. Its use of porous, flexible silicon nanowires for the anodes in a lithium-ion battery delivers the ...

Researchers Warn of New Adobe Reader Zero-Day Vulnerability
eSecurity Planet
FireEye researchers recently came across a zero-day security flaw in Adobe Reader that's being actively exploited in the wild. "The experts say that versions 9.5.3, 10.1.5 and 11.0.1 are affected," writes Softpedia's Eduard Kovacs. "The attacks rely on cleverly ...

LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner Pulls An Oprah, Gives Every Employee An iPad Mini
TechCrunch
Technology is a wonderful thing, especially when your employer hooks you up with gadgets for free. Today, we've learned that LinkedIn has decided to give all of its employees an iPad mini. This reminds us of Oprah Winfrey giving things to her audience and ...

TechCrunch

Amazon and Ford Present: Wireless Music
Motley Fool
Ford (NYSE: F ) owners can now wirelessly connect to the Amazon Cloud Player (NASDAQ: AMZN ) through their car's SYNC Applink systems. After downloading the Amazon MP3 app through the Amazon Appstore or Google Play, Ford owners can access ...

Satellite reveals major loss of Arctic sea ice (pictures)
CNET
Using new data from the European Space Agency's CryoSat satellite spanning 10 years, an international team of scientists has discovered an alarming rate of loss for the Arctic sea ice. Satellites whose mission is to closely watch variations in the coverage ...

HTC releases M7 video teaser ahead of official launch, HTC G2 spotted with ...
NDTV
It's no surprise that HTC is planning to launch its next flagship device pretty soon at upcoming events in New York and London on February 19. This fact is reiterated by a countdown timer running on the company's website that stands at 5 days, 11 hours and ...

NDTV

Apple drops MacBook Pro Retina prices, boosts specs
CNET
Apple today dropped the prices in its line of MacBook Pro laptops with Retina display while boosting processor speeds. The 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina now starts US$1,499, or US$200 less than before. The higher-capacity 256GB version costs ...

CNET

Layoffs At Valve: Senior Staff Among Rumored/Reported Departures
Forbes
Although Valve's leadership and employees are likely to remain tight-lipped about the reasons for the dismissal, significant redundancies at a studio which has not finished a project recently usually means either financial issues (unlikely) or strategic ...

Report: HP working on Android tablets
CNET
Remember the WebOS-based HP TouchPad? This time HP will adopt Android. The company already has a Windows 8 tablet. (Credit: Hewlett-Packard). Hewlett-Packard is doing an Android tablet too, according to a report from ReadWrite. HP's first Android...

CNET

Surface Pro flops in repairability test, says iFixit
Computerworld
Computerworld - Popular do-it-yourself website iFixit today gave Microsoft's Surface Pro tablet the lowest-possible repair score, just 1 out of a possible 10, after spending hours getting the device open. "The Surface Pro received a 1 out of 10 score on our ...

Intel to Launch Web TV; Vertu Unveils $10K Phone; HBO GO Adds AirPlay Support
PC Magazine
The chipmaker will sell a set-top box that can stream live TV and movies, as well as provide content on-demand, Erik Huggers, general manager of Intel Media said at the AllThingsDigital "Dive into Media" conference in Dana Point, Calif. on Tuesday.

2014 Alfa Romeo 4C | Ready For Debut
stupidDOPE.com
All the time you are hearing about this Lamborghini or this BMW and all the same super-car makers, and it gets boring. Today we bring you the 2014 Alfa Romeo, an Italian super-car that you don't hear about every day. This Italian monster car is to be making ...

Intel plans to launch Internet television service this year
ZDNet
Summary: Could revamping the television industry help Intel in the face of a struggling PC market? Charlie Osborne. By Charlie Osborne for Between the Lines | February 13, 2013 -- 11:12 GMT (03:12 PST). Follow @ZDNetCharlie. erik huggers intel ...

A Warning From the Asteroid Hunters
MarketWatch
In the game of cosmic roulette that is our solar system, we just got lucky. Earth will get a very close shave on Friday, Feb. 15, when Asteroid 2012 DA14 passes just 17,000 miles from our planet. That is less than the distance from New York to Sydney and back, ...

Sea slug sheds its penis after sex
Telegraph.co.uk
A study of the thumb-sized animal by Japanese biologists has revealed how it sheds its penis after sex, before growing a new one. “No other animal is known to repeatedly copulate using such 'disposable penes',” they wrote in the Royal Society journal ...

Telegraph.co.uk

Scientists organize contest to name Pluto moons
New York Daily News
Just because Pluto is no longer a planet doesn't mean the little blue rock is irrelevant. In fact, a well-known science non-profit has sponsored a contest to name two of the five moons of the dwarf planet. Three of Pluto's moons already have names.

New York Daily News

Video: Chevrolet Details New Corvette's Interior
GTspirit
Chevrolet has continued to post new videos of the Corvette Stingray to ensure that the company's message that the Corvette C7 is a car of such high-quality that it can compete with the best European supercars currently on the market and in that latest video, ...

GTspirit

BlackBerry: U.S. Carriers Not Hopeful On Z10, Analyst Says
Forbes
U.S. wireless carriers are not optimistic about the prospects for the BlackBerry Z10 touchscreen smartphone, Wedge Partners analyst Brian Blair asserts in a research note today. “While Blackberry's stock continues to get whipsawed as investors debate the ...

All mwc 2013 posts
CNET
It might have been a smart strategic move for Opera Software to move to the WebKit browser engine and scrap its own Presto, but some think it's a step backward for the development of the Web overall. "A switch to Webkit might benefit Opera. It's just not going ...

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