Steve Wozniak on Steve Jobs, Geekiness, Starting Apple (video)

Steve Wozniak on Steve Jobs, Geekiness and Starting Apple: Video - Bloomberg:
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For its 85th anniversary, Bloomberg Businessweek chronicles the most disruptive ideas of the past 85 years. In 1976, The Apple 1 computer goes on sale for a retail price of $666.66. Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple with Steve Jobs and designed that product, remembers the early days. (Video by Brandon Lisy) (Source: Bloomberg 12/4)


New York Times
Media|Barnes & Noble and Microsoft End Nook Partnership
New York Times
In 2012, Microsoft invested $300 million for 17.6 percent stake in the Nook ... The company, which has struggled to compete with Amazon and other ... are you atechnology company, or are you a college bookstore company? ... Amazon's delivery service, Barnes & Noble began partnering with Google ...

Barnes & Noble, Microsoft End Nook Pact - Wall Street Journal


Wired
Amazon's New Cloud Prices Show That Google Is Now a Threat
Wired
Amazon just changed the way that it charges for some of its cloud ... Both Google andAmazon hand out discounts to customers that regularly use a lot ...

CNET
How to remove Yahoo as Firefox's default search engine
CNET
Mozilla has dumped Google in favor of Yahoo as Firefox's default search ... To get rid ofYahoo search, open Firefox's Preferences and click on the ... 

GeekWire
Amazon launches private-label 'Amazon Elements' household products, just for Prime members
GeekWire
In a release, Sunny Jain, Amazon.com's Consumables VP, said the launch leveragesAmazon's “strengths in technology to bring customers an ...
Amazon Announces Its Own 'Elements' Line of Products, Exclusive to Prime Members - Yahoo Tech


Business Insider
Google Just Made Another Smart Move In Its War With Microsoft
Business Insider
Google is really getting serious about selling Google Apps for Work, its Microsoft Office killer, to more businesses. It is rolling out a better, more ...
Google Launches Consolidated Partner Program - TechCrunch

Newsweek
Apple Is Being Sued for Removing Songs From iPods Without Owners' Knowledge
Newsweek
The plaintiffs, Melanie Wilson and Marianna Rosen, are suing Apple for $350 million and ... Apple defended themselves by saying that the measures were taken for security reasons. ... Apple or non-Apple, the FairPlay technology is still used on apps in the App Store, meaning ... Facebook social plugin.
Apple admits it deleted non-iTunes music off iPods for two years - Digital Trends


The Register
Snowden files show NSA's AURORAGOLD pwned 70% of world's mobile networks
The Register
The NSA, and its British counterpart GCHQ, spied on innocent telco employees and standards bodies to tap into mobile phone networks worldwide, according to the latest leak from the Edward Snowden archive. The mobile tapping system, dubbed ...

The Seattle Times
'Gangnam Style' pushes YouTube to its limits
The Seattle Times
South Korean rapper PSY performs his hit "Gangnam Style" live on NBC's "Today" show in New York in 2012. A video of the song,. Related. Reader Comments. Read all comments · Post a comment. advertising. Kim Kardashian may have tried to ...

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Twitter Sues US Over NSA Disclosures (video)

Twitter Sues U.S. Over NSA Disclosures: Video - Bloomberg:
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Bloomberg's Emily Chang reports on Twitter Suing US Over NSA Disclosures, Facebook's location-based ads, and Blockchain's funding (Source: Bloomberg 10/7)

Facebook's WhatsApp acquisition now has price tag of $22 billion | Reuters: "Facebook closed its acquisition of mobile messaging service WhatsApp on Monday, with the final price tag rising an additional $3 billion to roughly $22 billion because of the increased value of Facebook's stock in recent months."

Other Tech NEWS:

New York Times
Amazon's Tax Deal in Luxembourg Is Latest Target of EU Inquiries
New York Times
Apple's tax dealings with Ireland have generated considerable attention, ... The Amazoninquiry is also the latest sign of the heightened scrutiny big American technologycompanies are receiving in Europe, where lawmakers have ...
EU Opens Probe Into Amazon's Tax Affairs in Luxembourg - Wall Street Journal
Following Apple And Starbucks, Amazon Now Faces European Commission Tax Probe - Forbes


USA TODAY
What Happened To The Relationship Between Apple And GT Advanced Technologies?
Forbes
Why did Apple sapphire glass supplier, GT Advanced Technologies, ... Thus Apple may acquire the technology and the very specialized hardware at ...


TechCrunch (blog)
Facebook Opens Its Mobile Ad “Audience Network” To All Advertisers And Apps
TechCrunch (blog)
After announcing its mobile ad network at f8 in April, Facebook today ... Facebook into more direct competition with Google's AdMob, Yahoo's Flurry, ...
Facebook's Audience Network: Open for Business - Facebook Developers


Wall Street Journal
Apple Takes a Bite From Samsung
Wall Street Journal
Samsung's third-quarter operating profit likely fell as much as 62% from a year earlier. How much is this due to Apple? Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster ...


TechCrunch (blog)
Yahoo Lays Off 400 Employees In India
TechCrunch (blog)
Just ahead of its Q3 earnings, Yahoo is laying people off in its international business. Specifically, it is downsizing its software development center in ...


CBS News
DEA created a fake Facebook profile in this woman's name using seized pics — then impersonated ...
Washington Post
At first glance, the Facebook profile is the perfect deception. ... as to how far law enforcement can go when using new technology to investigate cases.
US Agent Sued Over Fake Facebook Page in Drug Case - KRON.com


CNN
A Look At Apple Pay And Its Valuation Impact On Apple
Forbes
Apple is slated to roll out Apple Pay, its mobile payments service, in the United States this month. The service will allow customers to make payments ...


San Jose Mercury News
What Snapchat Wants From Yahoo!
Businessweek
... has already famously rejected advances from Facebook (FB) and Google. ... Under the stewardship of CEO Marissa Meyer, Yahoo has been investing ... Along the way, Yahoohas hired a bunch of high-profile journalists, ... a series of digital magazines on topics such as food, technology, and travel.


Marketing Pilgrim
Facebook's location-based ads can pitch you on the store you just walked by
PCWorld
If you're like me, you might stroll past a local coffee shop or book store numerous times before you notice it's there or go inside. Facebook thinks an ad might give that extra nudge. On Tuesday, the company began rolling out a new feature for local advertising ...


TechCrunch
Belkin says router outages should be resolved
PCWorld
Belkin said Tuesday afternoon it had fixed an issue that caused some of its Wi-Fi routers to disconnect from the Internet. Some of the older routers experienced problems around midnight on Tuesday when pinging a Belkin-hosted service to check for general ...


New York Times
IBM Opens Watson Headquarters in NYC Amid New Cognitive Milestones
eWeek
As IBM moves its Watson cognitive computing technology into its new home in New York City's Silicon Alley, the company announced significant milestones fueling adoption of Watson and cognitive computing cloud capabilities on a global scale.


Financial Express
ITC to Probe Nvidia Patent Claims Against Samsung
PC Magazine
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) will look into a complaint made by Nvidia concerning certain Samsung products which Nvidia claims infringe on its graphics processing patents. Nvidia said this week that it welcomed the opening of an ...


Mashable
Toyota Wins, Apple Loses in Major Study of Distracted Driving
Mashable
Few voice-activated, handsfree driving systems are looking good Tuesday after AAA released a major study that accuses them all of increasing our levels of distraction behind the wheel. The least distracting in-car system, it turns out, is Toyota's Entune.


Entertainment Weekly
Inside 'Interstellar' with Oculus Rift
myfoxny.com
Oculus Rift, a headset that creates an interactive 3D environment everywhere you look. These gadgets could change the way we play video games or watch television and movies. In anticipation of "Interstellar" starring Matthew McConaghey, Paramount is ...


Computerworld
Eight things you need to know about Windows 10
Economic Times
Microsoft has announced the next iteration of their Windows OS, dubbed Windows 10. Although availability is still about a year away, the technical preview of the OS is available to try the new features. ET takes a look at some of the biggest changes you can ...

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Uber Opens Up API to Developers (video)

Uber Opening Up API to Developers with Launch Partners: Video - Bloomberg:
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Uber SVP for Business Emil Michael discusses Uber opening up API to developers with multiple launch partners. He speaks with Emily Chang on “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg Aug20)

Cheap Windows laptops: One area they can't compete with Chromebooks | ZDNet: ""The affordability and easy maintenance of Chromebooks clinched the deal – we could buy three Chromebooks for the price of a single desktop computer and the district’s small IT team wouldn’t have to struggle to keep up with the repairs and updates on aging PCs.”"

The Microsoft Store: A wretched hive of scams and fake apps | ZDNet: "And remember, Microsoft also gets a cut from every sale made."

How Microsoft will ride Android hardware to save Windows Phone - CNET: "Specifically, Microsoft has tweaked its Windows Phone 8.1 software so that hardware makers can lean on the hardware and reference designs they're already using to build devices for Android-based phones in order to build a Windows Phone device."

Amazon Preps a Challenge to Google's Ad Business - WSJ: "Retailer Developing Ad Sales Program in a Challenge to Google and Microsoft"

BBC News - NSA and GCHQ agents 'leak Tor bugs', alleges developer: "...British and American intelligence agents attempting to hack the "dark web" are being deliberately undermined by colleagues, it has been alleged. Spies from both countries have been working on finding flaws in Tor, a popular way of anonymously accessing "hidden" sites. But the team behind Tor says other spies are tipping them off, allowing them to quickly fix any vulnerabilities...By fixing these flaws, the project can protect users' anonymity..."

Delivery Start-Ups Are Back Like It’s 1999 - NYTimes.com: "Of course, the couriers still need to be paid. “The complicated part is not getting customers, it’s getting the product to the customers"...."

The Ivy League, Mental Illness, and the Meaning of Life - The Atlantic: "William Deresiewicz explains how an elite education can lead to a cycle of grandiosity and depression. "

Google Buys Product-Design Company Gecko for X Projects - Bloomberg: "Gecko, which is based in Los Gatos, California, will join Google’s X lab, the startup said on its website. The company helps design products for clients including Hewlett-Packard Co., furniture maker Herman Miller Inc. and wearable-device provider Fitbit Inc., according to its website."

Execution of U.S. journalist reveals the changing business of war coverage | Reuters: "... On the evening newscasts at the major U.S. networks ABC, NBC and CBS, the number of minutes dedicated to overseas coverage is less than half of what it was in the late 1980s, Pew reported. But a new crop of smaller and less resourced news outlets, such as GlobalPost, Vice Media and BuzzFeed, are stepping into the breach and reporting from conflict regions. There has also been an influx of freelance journalists who can now report with a smart phone or hand-held camera and post their stories online, all without the backing of an established media organization...."

I will not be returning to Ferguson | Ryan L. Schuessler: "...We should all be ashamed, and I cannot do it anymore. I am thankful for my gracious editors who understand that."

British man sentenced to nearly three years in prison for movie piracy | Ars Technica: "Authorities caught Fast and Furious 6 uploader via his profile on a dating site."

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Samsung Dominance Threatened by Xiaomi (video)

Why Samsung Dominance Is Threatened by Xiaomi: Video - Bloomberg:
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Andreessen Horowitz Partner Benedict Evans and IDC Director of Mobile Device Tracking Ryan Reith discuss earnings, competition and their outlook for Samsung on “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg 7/31)

Samsung slips and Xiaomi takes China's mobe sales crown • The Register: "Xiaomi, the four-year-old Chinese hardware manufacturer whose CEO models himself on Steve Jobs (before he died,) has become the Middle Kingdom's largest seller of smartphones and eclipsed former market leader Samsung. "This is a phenomenal achievement for Xiaomi," said Shanghai-based Canalys Research Analyst Jingwen Wang, whose firm compiled the latest market data...."

When Will Microsoft's Nokia Handset Business Become Profitable? - Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) | Seeking Alpha: "... If Microsoft's projections are accurate, the Nokia handset [may]... start impacting positively on EPS in fiscal 2016. The Surface Tablet is, however, likely to continue losing money as Microsoft continues lowering its price points in a bid to become a ''mobile first, cloud first'' company."

Xiaomi Opens Up About Servers After Spying Allegations - Digits - WSJ: "... The company’s global vice president Hugo Barra told The Wall Street Journal that users’ personal information is not stored on the server in Beijing that sparked cyberspying rumors last month, and that Xiaomi only stores personal information on different servers with users’ permission...."

Will Android Benefit From Samsung's Woes? - Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) | Seeking Alpha: "... In the last quarter, however, Samsung saw a 15% sequential decline in operating profits, or a 25% decline from the same quarter a year earlier. A major stumble for the leading Android smartphone maker might suggest that another OS is on the rise, but a recent report from research firm IDC showed that the first quarter of 2014 saw Android market share continuing to grow, while iOS slipped...."

China Warns Microsoft Against Obstructing Probe - WSJ: "Chinese regulators on Monday publicly warned Microsoft Corp. against obstructing an antitrust investigation into the firm, in the latest sign that Beijing has turned frosty on the U.S. software maker. China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce said in a statement that Microsoft should avoid "interfering in or obstructing" the probe. The regulator also said it had questioned Microsoft Deputy General Counsel Mary Snapp as part of the investigation. About 100 SAIC investigators raided Microsoft's offices last week in four Chinese cities. The agency said Microsoft hadn't disclosed relevant information about some security features and how it ties its software products together...."

Baidu Jumps Through Hoops To Avoid Reporting Mobile Active Users - Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU) | Seeking Alpha: "... Investors, analysts, and the markets seem to agree that Daily Active Users (DAU) are an important metric for evaluating online and mobile businesses. Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) clearly agreed with that, when in response to an SEC inquiry last year, Baidu told the SEC that "the number of average daily active users is the primary metric that the company uses to analyze and manage its mobile search offerings" (July 2nd 2013). In the same letter to the SEC, Baidu said it would provide DAU statistics, including the average number and growth rate, in their future annual reports. Yet when the 2013 annual report was filed, there was no mention of mobile DAUs...."

China's Fraught IPOs - QuickTake: "... Since 2000, foreigners have poured money into initial public offerings of China’s Internet companies. The total value of Chinese Internet companies on U.S. exchanges reached $8.4 billion in July. It’s a risky business, though, because nobody knows yet whether the Chinese government considers these companies legal...."

Why Billionaires Salivate Over the U.S. Wireless Market - Bloomberg: "... The bet is that wireless data will move beyond phones and tablets to a number of other devices, from cars to smartwatches to thermostats -- all requiring a way to connect to the Internet for updates and monitoring. If that vision comes true, there could be a gold mine in owning one of the few networks capable of handling that demand in the gadget-hungry U.S., where people have proved willing to pay steadily for wireless service even as spending drops elsewhere...."

USA FREEDOM Act update: How the NSA hurts our economy, cybersecurity, and foreign policy.: "More than a year after the Snowden revelations, we’re clearly still grappling with the effects of NSA surveillance. As Congress prepares for the August recess, Sen. Patrick Leahy has just introduced a new version of the USA FREEDOM Act, which aims to curb the NSA’s bulk collection and surveillance powers. Calls for immediate, serious reforms are growing louder by the day as new evidence continues to emerge about how much NSA surveillance is costing us—in terms of both the economy and our cybersecurity...."

New Report on the Costs of NSA Surveillance | Just Security: "...In its report, the Open Technology Institute finds that the costs of NSA surveillance are indeed quite high. For example, it shows that since the initial Snowden revelations U.S. businesses have reported declining sales abroad because of growing perceptions that U.S. firms are unable to keep customer data secure.  The cloud computing industry has been hit the hardest. The report also points to weakened U.S. diplomatic political power, including eroding credibility for the U.S. Internet Freedom agenda, damages to bilateral and multilateral relations, and weakened trust in Internet security more generally..."

Meet Minilock, a powerful new encryption tool built on ChromeOS | The Verge: "... A new Chrome app called Minilock wants to change that, and it's available free in the Chrome app store starting today. Developed by Nadim Kobeissi, the program has a simple purpose: encrypting single files for specific recipients. It's solid crypto, but more than that, it makes sense in a way that few programs of its kind do. Like a padlock, Minilock makes it obvious what's locked and what's unlocked. You'll always know who can open what, and you'll never wonder if you've locked it wrong. In the confounding world of modern cryptography, that's pretty impressive...."

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Can Xiaomi Make It Outside of China? (video); Snowden Anniversary

Can Xiaomi Make It Outside of China?: Video - Bloomberg:
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Former Google Executive Crid Yu and Bloomberg Businessweek’s Brad Stone discuss Xiaomi’s plans to expand overseas on Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg 5 June 2014)

Snowden, NSA scandal anniversary: Four things tech companies still need to do.: "One year ago, Edward Snowden gave the world an unprecedented wake-up call—a shock from which the public, governments, and industry are still stumbling to recover. The public has reacted, appropriately, with alarm, anger, and demands for information and reform. The U.S. government has responded, predictably, with embarrassment, obfuscation, and invocations of national security. As for the technology companies—which financially benefit from their status as stewards of our private information—well, it’s complicated. From the start, users’ trust was at the center of the tech companies’ concerns...."

One year of NSA leaks: where are we now? | The Verge: ".... A year later, we're still figuring out where, when, and how we're being watched, and how much anyone can do about it. Courts, Congress, and the White House have faced reform challenges, and companies have attempted to allay fears that their networks and services are no longer secure. Reform efforts, though, have been halting and incomplete, stymied by political stonewalling and the difficulty of reconciling the NSA's denials with the documents leaked by former contractor Edward Snowden...."

How the “Hype Cycle” explains MOOCs, big data, VR, and Google Glass.: "...Fenn is convinced that the cycle is more or less predictable and can be applied to business strategies as well as emerging technologies. Her 2008 book Mastering the Hype Cycle mentions customer loyalty cards, e-commerce, and the idea of “business models” as textbook examples. Each enjoyed a surge of hype, followed by a backlash and retrenchment, before reaching the plateau...."

Exclusive: Inside the FBI's Fight Against Chinese Cyber-Espionage: "An American solar panel company wondered why Chinese firms kept undercutting their prices. Then the FBI knocked on their door...."

Apple copies Android features --
iOS 8: Android features that inspired Apple | BGR: "Apple’s recently unveiled iOS 8 mobile operating system has many interesting features, including some new tricks that have been available on a certain competing platform long before the iPhone maker found a way to implement them. Ars Technica has detailed as many as 12 features that have already been available to Android users long before Apple brought them to iOS 8. Some of these Android inspirations are more obvious than others, including the new QuickType typing suggestions in iOS 8, Apple’s support for third-party keyboard applications, the “Hey, Siri” hotword for always-on listening features, the limitedWidgets support in the Notification Center, the battery stats shown in iOS 8’s Settings, actionable notifications, and the improved photo backup in iCloud...."

Vodafone: governments use secret cables to tap phones - Telegraph: "Government agencies are able to listen to phone conversations live and even track the location of citizens without warrants using secret cables connected directly to network equipment, admits Vodafone today"

Apple's Beats buy the result of executive ignorance -- report - CNET: "Apple's management underestimated the importance of streaming music to consumers ... Apple's management failed to see Spotify or Pandora as threats, causing the company to "panic" and acquire Beats. "The management in particular were pretty much tone-deaf in what Spotify was and that's why they're panicking now," the source told Buzzfeed. "They didn't understand how Spotify worked, which is why they thought iTunes Radio would be a Spotify killer."...."

Google’s Satellite Plan Would Boost Global Internet Competition | MIT Technology Review: "Similarly, if Google could beam Internet connectivity to countries that have only a single ISP—often one controlled by a government—and very high prices for Internet connectivity, “that could be a game changer for a huge swath of the globe,” says Rob Faris, research director at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard."

Alibaba Weighs Good Fortune of No. 8 in Choosing IPO Date - Bloomberg: "....Chinese consider the number eight to be lucky because “ba” sounds like the word for prosperity, “fa.” Aug. 8 has worked for other momentous Chinese events in the past. The 2008 Beijing Olympics -- credited by the International Olympic Committee as an “indisputable success” -- commenced on 8/8/08...."

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Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Pawns of the Villain? #China --

"U.S. companies including Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, etc. are all coordinating with the PRISM program to monitor China... To resist the naked Internet hegemony, we will draw up international regulations, and strengthen technology safeguards, but we will also severely punish the pawns of the villain." - China's People's Daily

China's state media wants Apple and Google to be 'severely punished' for NSA spying: "... a sudden spike in anti-American sentiment in Chinese state-owned media, with Apple, Google, Microsoft and Facebook all being described as "pawns" of the US government (aka the "high-level hooligan"). Articles in the China Daily and People's Daily call for these companies to be "severely punished" for their alleged roles in the PRISM scandal, but there's no obvious trigger to explain the timing of their publication. One possible factor is today's date: June 4th marks the bloody end of the Tiananmen Square protest of 1989, when government forces killed hundreds of pro-democracy activists in the streets of Beijing. Google and other sources of international news are being subjected to extra censorship in order to control discussion of the Tiananmen anniversary within China, which implies that these outlets are currently even more irksome to the Communist Party than they usually are...."

Apple's U.S. iPhone Market Share Holding Steady
Forbes
Google's and Apple's gain have come at the expense of Blackberry while Microsoft Microsoft has increased its share slightly from 3.0% to 3.3% in the ...

Google goads users to use encryption
USA TODAY
According to Google's statistics, AOL, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter and ... Microsoft'sOutlook.com e-mail system was encrypted about 50% of the time.

Apple Dumps Google Search For Microsoft's Bing
InformationWeek
Apple has dealt Google another blow by announcing a new default Web ... Last year, the company struck a deal with Microsoft to name Bing as the ... its list of default search engines, which also include Google, Yahoo, and Bing. ... Best Practices for Security and Compliance with Amazon Web Services.

Apple Partners With Epic, Mayo Clinic For HealthKit
InformationWeek
Apple made a long-awaited entry into mobile health technology this week, previewing an iOS 8 app called Health, along with a HealthKit cloud API for ...

Microsoft Touts Device Partners At Computex
InformationWeek
Microsoft hyped its partners' new Windows 8.1 tablets and PCs. ... Last month, Microsoftadvanced its internal device strategy with the Surface Pro 3. ... Android became dominant partly by playing in budget markets that Apple, ... devices to Computex, but also a variety that run Google operating systems.

Apple Makes Nice With Digital Currencies, But Some Bitcoiners Aren't Buying It
Wired
Apple tossed a bone to the world's bitcoin services this week. But not all of them are reaching for it. At its Worldwide Developer Conference on Monday ...

Amazon Opens On-Ramp For VMware Workloads
InformationWeek
Amazon Web Services makes a bid for VMware-based workloads by giving vCenter virtual machine admins a direct link to its EC2 cloud. 6 Models Of ...

An Android Wear Design Story | Android Developers Blog
By Android Developers
A few weeks ago, Timothy and I were chatting about designing apps for wearables to validate some of the content we're planning for Google I/O 20141 ...
Android Developers Blog

Microsoft Is Bringing Office to Google's Android - Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) - 24/7 Wall St.
By 247sarah
Microsoft plans to release a version of its Office software suite -- optimized for touch screens ... Office for Google's Android would be another example of CEO Satya Nadella ...
24/7 Wall St.

Bitcoin Jumps As Apple Folds On Blocking Virtual Currencies | Zero Hedge
By Tyler Durden
Many people are closely scrutinizing Apple's policy changes at its ... My liberal friends are all addicted to their smart phones, facebook and texting.
zerohedge.com

Nova Launcher Update Adds “OK, Google” Hotword Detection, Other Beta Features | Droid Life
By Kellex
Nova Launcher 3.0 “stable” is rolling out to all on Google Play, this afternoon, bringing with it the list of new beta features that were introduced a week ...
Droid Life

Yahoo Sports Fantasy Hockey
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Google Online Security Blog: Making end-to-end encryption easier to use
Your security online has always been a top priority for us, and we're constantly working to make sure your data is safe. For example, Gmail supported ...
googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/.../making-end-to-end-enc...

With New Overnight Delivery, Google Confirms It Wants to Be Amazon | Business | WIRED
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Apple Debuts OS X Yosemite, iOS 8, and Tons of New Developer Tools .... Share onFacebook ... When Google started offering same-day delivery to the public last September, it felt more like a curiosity: With all ... Amazon has perfected the art of shipping orders quickly from massive, centralized facilities.
www.wired.com/.../google-overnight-delivery-ends-any-doubt...

Why iOS 8 matters
USA TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO — Flash back a year to Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference and the introduction of iOS 7. Apple shook things up with what was a radically reimagined look for its mobile operating system. Gone was the "skeuomorphic" design long ...

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Ask the FCC Why Comcast, Verizon and AT&T Can Not Be Like Google Fiber!

Google Fiber: we don’t charge for peering, don’t have fast lanes - Hear that Tom Wheeler, FCC, US Congress, Barack Obama? What is WRONG with Washington DC and the industry incumbents is they all have their heads up their _____. At this point, the incumbents and the US government (including FCC) have done such a poor job providing low-cost, fast internet for the US, let's just turn it all over to Google!

Google Fiber: we don’t charge for peering, don’t have fast lanes — Tech News and Analysis: "....Of course, this was more than Google gloating about how fast Fiber is. The post also comes at a time where Netflix sees itself pressured to strike paid peering deals with companies like Comcast and Verizon to improve an otherwise subpar video streaming experience for the customers of those ISPs."

Google Fiber Blog: "Google Fiber provides the ‘last-mile’ Internet connection to your home. Meanwhile, content providers spend a lot of money (many billions of dollars) building their own networks to transport their content all the way to those ‘last-mile’ connections....we invite content providers to hook up their networks directly to ours. This is called ‘peering,’ and it gives you a more direct connection to the content that you want. We have also worked with services like Netflix so that they can ‘colocate’ their equipment in our Fiber facilities. What does that mean for you? Usually, when you go to Netflix and click on the video that you want to watch, your request needs to travel to and from the closest Netflix data center, which might be a roundtrip of hundreds or thousands of miles. Instead, Netflix has placed their own servers within our facilities (in the same place where we keep our own video-on-demand content). Because the servers are closer to where you live, your content will get to you faster and should be a higher quality."

Google Plans Low-Cost, High Quality Wi-Fi Networks For Small- And Medium-Sized Businesses, Report Says | TechCrunch: "Google is apparently planning to offers subsidized, commercial-grade Wi-Fi hardware to small and medium-sized businesses, The Information reports, alongside software to help greatly improve the quality of the Wi-Fi experience at places like doctors’ offices, restaurants, gyms and more. The hardware would be the only cost involved, as it would use the businesses’ existing Internet connections, unlike the Google-provided Wi-Fi networks running at Starbucks businesses across the U.S."

Wheeler Says F.C.C. Will Examine Peering Arrangements - NYTimes.com: "The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday that the agency would examine the type of paid-priority arrangements that Netflix recently entered into with Comcast, a deal that created an uproar of accusations that the F.C.C. was allowing companies to buy fast-lane Internet access to consumers. The chairman, Tom Wheeler, told a House panel Tuesday that the commission “needs to be looking at and will be looking at” those types of agreements, which are business-to-business contracts known as peering arrangements. Mr. Wheeler also stated that position last week after the commission voted to release its open Internet proposal for public comment. The stance is significant because Mr. Wheeler has long said that peering agreements do not fall under the umbrella of what is commonly referred to as “net neutrality,” which is the focus of the commission’s open Internet proposals introduced last week..."

Google Backs Netflix in Epic Battle With Comcast
Wired
Netflix is now paying Comcast for a direct connection to the internet service provider, as it seeks to ensure that Comcast customers experience fewer ...

House of Representatives passes 'gutted' NSA surveillance reform | The Verge: "Privacy watchdogs hope Senate will roll back amendments to USA Freedom Act"

HP: Cheapest quad-core tablet yet comes in at just $99.99 | BGR: "The HP 7 Plus features a 1GHz quad-core processor, a 7-inch, 1024 x 600 resolution display, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage (and microSD card slot), 2-megapixel rear camera, 0.3-megapixel front camera, 2800 mAh battery and Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. If you purchase the tablet from HP’s website, you’ll also receive 25GB of lifetime storage with Box and Kingsoft Office software."

JD.com Is Latest Chinese Company to Soar In U.S. Trading Debut - MoneyBeat - WSJ: "Investors are going shopping for JD.com Inc.JD 0.00%, the newly public e-commerce juggernaut, adding to a mostly buoyant market for Chinese companies listing in the U.S."

Heard on the Street: Sina Spreads Gloom Amid Chinese Internet Boom - WSJ.com: "Chinese Internet portal operator Sina SINA -9.38% is giving investors plenty to worry about, and not much to look forward to."

Google feels political wind shift against it in Europe - FT.com

Marc Andreessen: Tech companies are still fuming over the NSA: "....Chief executives from leading companies including Netflix, Google and Facebook met with senior White House officials in December, and again in March. While the Obama administration said at the time that the meetings helped clear the air on intelligence reforms, Andreessen argued Monday that the White House has not done enough to mitigate the NSA's impact on tech companies' reputations, particularly overseas. "The level of trust in U.S. companies has been seriously damaged, especially but not exclusively outside the U.S.," said Andreessen. "Every time a new shoe drops — and there are 10,000 of them — it serves a blow to the U.S." Some estimates suggest the news about the NSA's surveillance practices may have cost tech companies tens of billions of dollars in lost revenue...."

How the Internet of Things Will Change Business | MIT Technology Review: "....Gordon Bell, a Microsoft researcher and a pioneer of the original computer revolution, believes no one knows exactly what form computing will take on the Internet of things. But he says that’s unsurprising. The importance of the PC and the smartphone became clear only after their development. “The ‘Internet of things’ is a way of saying that more of the world will become part of the network,” he says. “That is what is going on. We are assimilating the world into the computer. It’s just more and more computers.”"

Samsung Music will close its doors on July 1 | News | TechRadar: "Samsung is encouraging anyone using the service to "take the time to download all purchased content and use any remaining vouchers for Samsung Music before July 1, 2014 - after that date they will no longer be available." 

HP Shares Fall on Light Results; Plans to Cut up to 16,000 More Jobs | Re/code

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Edward Snowden, Christopher Soghoian and Ben Wizner at SXSW (video)

Snowden, Soghoian and Wizner at SXSW, 10 March 2014 - Edward Snowden speaks about privacy and technology with the ACLU's Ben Wizner and Christopher Soghoian at SXSW Interactive.
Take Action: https://www.aclu.org/immunity4snowden
More information: https://www.aclu.org/nsa-surveillance
transcript
http://blog.inside.com/blog/2014/3/10...
also amazing - the 7 proxy trick
http://www.dailydot.com/technology/sn...

How the NSA Plans to Infect 'Millions' of Computers with Malware - The Intercept: ".... new details about groundbreaking surveillance technology the agency has developed to infect potentially millions of computers worldwide with malware “implants.” The clandestine initiative enables the NSA to break into targeted computers and to siphon out data from foreign Internet and phone networks. The covert infrastructure that supports the hacking efforts operates from the agency’s headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland, and from eavesdropping bases in the United Kingdom and Japan....."

BBC News - Sir Tim Berners-Lee: World wide web needs bill of rights: " . . . He called for vigilance against surveillance by its users, adding: "The people of the world have to be constantly aware, constantly looking out for it - constantly making sure through action, protest, that it doesn't happen." Sir Tim has previously warned that surveillance could threaten the democratic nature of the web. He has also spoken out in support of Mr Snowden, saying his actions were "in the public interest". . ."

25 Years Old, the World Wide Web’s Potential Still Untapped: "This week marks the 25th anniversary of the invention of the World Wide Web. What started as a way for scientists to share research has changed life worldwide forever. In March 1989, British scientist Tim Berners-Lee was working at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, in Switzerland. Scientists would come to CERN from all over the world, but others could not view their research because their computers were not compatible. Berners-Lee thought it would be easier if all the computers could talk to one another and swap information directly. So he proposed linking the machines. The response from his bosses to his proposal, titled Information Management: A Proposal? “Vague, but exciting.” Little did they know..."

CLUELESS: MH370: No idea where to look | Astro Awani: “ . . .The biggest problem is just knowing where to look . . ."

Attackers trick 162,000 WordPress sites into launching DDoS attack | Ars Technica: "Security researchers have uncovered a recent distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that used at least 162,000 WordPress-powered websites to knock another site offline...."

Everything You Need To Know About pCell - Business Insider: "...Founded in 2011, Artemis is a startup working on pCell, a new wireless standard that it thinks could leapfrog 4G altogether..."

Google’s gigabit gambit isn’t going away - Outside the Box - MarketWatch: "Google Fiber, the tech giant’s experiment as a high-speed Internet service provider, seems poised to make its critics look bad. . . Google Fiber’s gigabit service appears to be gaining momentum. The company said last month it has “invited” 34 cities across nine major metropolitan areas to explore ways to bring the service to their citizens, signaling it’s ready to make a substantial investment in the venture."

Google pushes Chrome app store with more money-making options for devs
Computerworld
The new monetization methods give developers more of the pricing choices they have available to them when they place their work in the powerhouse app marts, Google Play for Android and App Store for Apple's iPhone and iPad. At the same time, Google has ...

Google launches referral program for Apps suite
PCWorld
Google Apps is locked in a tough battle with Microsoft's Office 365 in the cloud email and collaboration suite market and reseller partners are key for both companies. Last week,Google held its annual partner conference where it beefed up its ...

Apple Wants to Stop New Music From Hitting Spotify
TIME
Apple is the biggest music retailer in the world, so this trend is bad for the company's bottom line. The tech giant will likely try to convince record labels that the decline is also bad for them. If listeners stick to the free, ad-supported versions ...

The Flight of the Birdman: Flappy Bird Creator Dong Nguyen Speaks Out | Culture News | Rolling Stone: "How did a chain-smoking geek from Hanoi design the viral hit Flappy Bird - and why did he walk away?"

New Jersey blocks Tesla sales in state
New York Business Journal
The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission passed a ruling today that will block the sale of Tesla Motors Inc. vehicles in the state, according to Bloomberg, which could ding the company's growth plans. The rule would require an auto dealers franchise ...

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Boring Content That Is Sinking Yahoo

#BORING #YahooFAIL - Here's a random example:

POLITICO Playbook - POLITICO.com: "On Friday, per a rep., “Yahoo News will feature Katie Couric’s exclusive interview with former New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. This is the first sit-down interview with Bloomberg since his appointment as the United Nations special envoy for cities and climate change. … Katie is inviting viewers to submit their questions, photos, and videos for Bloomberg via her Tumblr page: katiecouric.tumblr.com. This type of viewer content submission and dialogue is a key component of Katie Couric’s programming on Yahoo News. …" -- Marissa Mayer may be the only one watching! LOL!

Edward Snowden speaks at SXSW, calls for public oversight of U.S. spy programs | WTVR.com: "In response to a question, Snowden said he had no regrets about his decision to leak the NSA documents. “Would I do it again? Absolutely. Regardless of what happens to me, this is something we had a right to,” he said. “I took an oath to support and defend the Constitution. And I saw the Constitution was being violated on a massive scale,” he added, to applause from the 3,000 people in the auditorium at the Austin Convention Center" [and thousands watching live online]

Snowden: NSA 'Set Fire' to Internet, Techies Are 'Firefighters' - NBC News.com: "...."Let me be clear about one thing: His disclosures have improved Internet security," Soghoian said. Tim Berners-Lee, who is called the creator of the modern Internet, also passed along his thanks during the Q&A, saying he believes Snowden's “actions are profoundly in the public interest.” The large SXSW audience also appeared to be largely in support of Snowden, and clapped several times as he spoke."

Comcast challenging Disney's hold on tourism trade - Houston Chronicle: "Comcast Corp. will invest hundreds of millions of dollars in California and Florida theme parks, stepping outside its core business of telecommunications in an effort to boost revenue and profits. In a story published Sunday, The Philadelphia Inquirer said recent moves by the Philadelphia-based, cable-TV company represent a challenge to the Walt Disney Co.'s tourism business in Orlando...."

X Series Won’t Mark Sweet Spot for Nokia in India - Digits - WSJ: "The new smartphone doesn’t punch above its weight in terms of features and, at 8,599 rupees ($140) , is too expensive to compete with its Indian-made peers, which also use Android operating systems. Nokia X “doesn’t have some of the trademark Android features – such as the GoogleGOOG -0.27% Mobile Suite which is considered a must . . ."

Apple Releases First Big Software Update for iOS 7
New York Times (blog)
Apple on Monday released its first major update for iOS 7, its latest operating system for iPhones and iPads. The upgrade improves reliability of the fingerprint sensor in the iPhone 5S and makes adjustments to Siri, among many other changes. A few ...

Google Shoots For Wearables Dominance With SDK
InformationWeek
Google thinks it can corner the market for wearable computing devices with the help of a new SDK it plans to offer to developers within the next two weeks. The SDK will be based on Google's Android platform, so it should include tools familiar to app ...

Apple is asking record labels for exclusive iTunes releases
Los Angeles Times
Although Apple remains the single largest manufacturer of smartphones, more U.S. consumers now own Android devices running Google's software, according to researcher the Yankee Group. As consumers gravitate to Google-powered smartphones, they lose ...

Google gets serious about office apps: Offers $15 for referrals
ZDNet
Google just got serious—really serious—about taking on Microsoft Office, and Office 365 in particular. In a blog posting on March 10th Prajesh Parekh, a Google marketing lead, wrote "we're offering a $15 referral bonus for each new Google Apps user ...

Microsoft Surface Power Covers get a mid-March ship date
ZDNet
The disclosure of the date ocurred on March 10, which is when Microsoft went live with pre-orders for the covers that extend the battery life of Microsoft's Surface Pro, Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 tablets. (I saw the pre-order page on the Microsoft ...

Apple hands stock worth $12.1M to top execs in retention deal
Computerworld
Computerworld - Apple last week gave six top executives $12.1 million each in stock grants that will vest over the next four years, according to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Those filings did not spell out why the ...

Apple wants Samsung to pay $40 per phone for five patents
Fortune
FORTUNE -- Apple (AAPL) for several years has had a loyal supporter in Florian Mueller. Nobody followed the company's myriad patent disputes more closely. Or criticized more sharply the claims made against Apple by Samsung and Motorola/Google for ...

IBM Analytics Improve BMW Auto Quality
InformationWeek
BWM takes a predictive look at sensor data to eliminate flaws in new models before they go into production. IBM announced Tuesday that luxury auto manufacturer BMW is expanding its use of IBM big data analytics software to eliminate defects in new ...

How It's Possible to Lose an Airplane in 2014
Wired
In an era when we've all got GPS in our pockets, OnStar in our cars and the NSA tracking anyone, anywhere, it is still possible–although rare–for an airliner to seemingly vanish. That appears to be what happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which ...

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Most Americans oppose NSA program

The new reality: governmental surveillance, secret Courts, overreaching, NSA abuses, all in the name of "national security" are in themselves "advanced persistent threats" OR we have met the enemy and he is US --

USA TODAY: "Poll: Most Americans now oppose the NSA program" http://t.co/FMpByv3FEJ - Especially amazing: https://t.co/rKPZNySc31
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 21, 2014

Time for an international convention on government access to data - Microsoft on the Issues - Site Home - TechNet Blogs: "... The issues this time are even more complicated today than in the past. The War against Terrorism is more permanent than these prior wars. Hence, a moment has passed, but an era of concern continues. In addition, technology is more ubiquitous than ever, and the issues involved are more global. The issues of the last year have reminded the world that the strong protections afforded by the U.S. Constitution and in U.S. law seldom apply to other countries’ citizens. In addition, we’ve all been reminded that surveillance takes place by governments internationally. And as industry reports make clear, governments around the world demand access to customer data. As a result, we need to broaden the topic and bring together governments to create a new international legal framework..."

The decay and fall of guest blogging for SEO: "Okay, I’m calling it: if you’re using guest blogging as a way to gain links in 2014, you should probably stop. Why? Because over time it’s become a more and more spammy practice, and if you’re doing a lot of guest blogging then you’re hanging out with really bad company...." -- Matt Cutts of Goole (read more at link above)

Google bans Chrome extensions purchased to deliver adware | The Verge: "...The extensions in question, Add to Feedly and Tweet This Page, both started life as useful additions to Google's web browser, but were soon serving users pop-ups and other intrusive ads. The reason for the sudden change in behavior? In Add to Feedly's case, at least, it was purchased from its developer and quickly began serving ads to its 30,000 users...." 
Warning: Your Browser Extensions Are Spying On You - How-To Geek Discussion (go to link for list of extenstions)

Apple E-Books Case Shines Light on Compliance Monitors
Wall Street Journal
The fiery tit-for-tat that erupted in court last week between Apple Inc. and a court-appointed lawyer overseeing the company's e-book pricing shined a light on something that has annoyed corporations for years: compliance monitors. "The external ...
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NSA Pwns All iPhones!

Apple has ongoing problems with its Court-Appointed Parole Officer Monitor (see second article below), in the meantime, the NSA has pwnd all Apple iPhones!

Read more at: The NSA Reportedly Has Total Access To The Apple iPhone - Forbes

Apple Feud Deepens With Court-Appointed Monitor
Wall Street Journal
Michael Bromwich, the lawyer picked as Apple's monitor, said in court documents filed Monday that Apple's characterization of his team's activities as ...

Economic Times

Why Apple Must Reconsider Emerging Market Strategy
InformationWeek
More than 900,000 apps are available for download in the Apple App Store today, and within that app ecosystem entertainment has long dominated....

Philly.com

Report: Apple, Samsung Working on Deal to End Patent War
PC Magazine
Apple and Samsung are reportedly working behind closed doors to hammer out a deal that would end their long-running, globe-spanning feud over ...

Times of India

Apple: Wedge Sees Slight Bump up in China iPhone Sales with ...
Barron's (blog)
Wedge Partners's Jun Zhang today reiterates a view that Apple's (AAPL) deal with China Mobile (CHL), announced a week ago, will boost the ...

ZDNet

Amazon sales tax law among those taking effect
Businessweek
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A law that could boost the state's revenue is among those taking effect on Jan. 1, as are statutes that govern concussions in ...

WTVC

Microsoft Word has an Assamese clone
The Hindu
A group of volunteers from different parts of Assam have designed an Assamese word processor similar to the Microsoft Word with a spellchecker and ...

The Hindu

Amazon Joins eBay in Inviting Customers to Sell Unwanted Gifts
EcommerceBytes
Not happy with the presents you received for Christmas? This year, Amazonis again joining eBay in making entreaties to customers to sell their ...

EcommerceBytes

Googles PLAs to Boost Revenues
Zacks.com
Reportedly, Google Inc.'s (GOOG - Analyst Report) successful new product-listing ads (PLAs) are expected to hurt retailers such as Amazon.com ...

ValueWalk

Apple snags New York Times Magazine design director
CNET
Arem Duplessis, The New York Times Magazine design director, is headed toApple in February as a creative director, according to Mediabistro.

Design & Trend

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