Google Cloud Platform LIVE Today, November 4th, Next Gen Cloud Computing:
Event Details--2 Tracks--1) Learn about the next generation of cloud computing;
2) how next generation cloud technology from Google allows developers to build better applications faster.
Date: Tuesday, November 4
Time: 9am - 5:20pm PT (time conversion)
Livestream URL: cloud.google.com/LIVE
The brand new Google Calendar app for Android. It’s designed to be a helpful assistant, so you can spend less time managing your day, and more time enjoying it. Events from Gmail: now emails can turn into Calendar events automatically.
Google has 'outgrown' its 14-year old mission statement, says Larry Page | Technology | The Guardian: "Google’s chief executive says that the company “probably does need” a new statement about its corporate ambitions, but is in uncharted territory and ‘trying to figure it out’"
14 year old mission statement: Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. (see also: Ten things we know to be true – Company – Google )
Android 5.0 Lollipop preview: Google's biggest mobile update in years: "There's something magical about the idea that, in the space of a few minutes, your smartphone or tablet can look dramatically different and do some cool new things, to boot. That's why operating system updates can be oddly exciting, and Android's latest upgrade -- known as version 5.0 or Lollipop -- is the firmware equivalent of opening a stack of presents on your birthday...."
Google’s Android Begins to Top Out - WSJ - WSJ: "... Android ran 84% of smartphones shipped globally in the third quarter, according to research firm Strategy Analytics, down slightly from 85% in the second quarter... Market share for Apple Inc.’s mobile operating system was 12% in the third quarter. Microsoft Corp. ’s Windows Phone captured 3% market share and BlackBerry Ltd. ’s devices had 1%. Even if Android’s market share doesn’t go any higher, there is still good news for Google. For starters, the market overall is still growing. Strategy Analytics forecasts 12% growth in smartphone shipments in 2015. Google also appears to be turning the tide on the growth of so-called Android fork... As a percentage of total Android shipments, forks made up 37% in the third quarter..."
Nexus 9 And Nexus Player Now Available For Purchase From Google Play, Nexus 9 From Best Buy
BBC News
Facebook sets up 'dark web' link to access network via Tor
BBC News
By Dave Lee Technology reporter, BBC News ... Facebook has created the ability for users to connect directly to the social network via anonymising ...
Editor's Note: With Windows 8, Microsoft damaged its Windows brand and consumer confidence in Microsoft products and Windows PCs--giving increasing opportunity on the high-end to Apple and on the low-end to Google's Chrome OS computers--
iMac with Retina 5K display, and faster, more powerful, processors, the ultimate all-in-one computer now features the ultimate display.Published on Oct 16, 2014
Apple’s Surprising Growth Driver: the Mac - WSJ - WSJ: "During a quarter marked by frenzied demand for the latest iPhones, Apple Inc. logged its biggest sales gains with a product heading into middle-age: the Mac. On the 30th anniversary of the first Macintosh, a 21% jump in unit sales helped Apple’s computer line leapfrog the sagging iPad to become the company’s second biggest-selling product line in revenue terms, just behind the iPhone. The Mac line generated revenue of $6.625 billion in the quarter, more than iPad revenue of $5.316 billion. Demand for Macs rose amid falling sales of Windows PCs, giving Apple more than 6% of the global PC market, according to the research firm IDC. That percentage is Apple’s highest market share since 1995, when Microsoft Corp. established its dominance over the computer market with Windows 95. The Mac gained market share in 33 of the last 34 quarters, lifting its share from 2.1% in 2006, according to IDC...."
ReadWrite
The Mac Is Trouncing The iPad—
ReadWrite
The Wall Street Journal just declared that Apple's "surprising growth driver" is none other than the humble (and seemingly post-PC passé) Mac. While it's true that the Mac is driving growth, it's anything but surprising. See also: Apple iPad Sales Continue To ...
TechNEWS:
New York Times
Apple Pay Runs Afoul of MCX, a Group With a Rival Product
New York Times
Even before Apple Pay was announced, a coalition of retailers refused to ... withtechnology companies, credit card businesses and retailers all fighting for a ... Google'spayments product, Google Wallet, famously flopped after its ...
Why Meijer isn't ditching Apple Pay like other retailers - MLive.com
Apple Pay competitor confirms email breach - USA TODAY
Blocking Apple Pay Is A Terrible Strategy For CurrentC Merchants - Forbes
New York Times
Facebook to Spend Billions on Future
New York Times
“Facebook Atlas is the biggest thing to take on Google in a long time,” said Jan Rezab, chief executive of Socialbakers, a social media analytics firm.
Facebook shares down 11% on warning of rising costs - USA TODAY
Facebook warns of increased spending, shares fall - Reuters
Facebook Vows Aggressive Spending - Wall Street Journal
New York Times
Looking for a Design Behind Amazon's Devices
New York Times
But Jeff Bezos, Amazon's chief executive, is known for patience and a ... continuing tech war between it and Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft.
CNET
The complete guide to Google Fit
CNET
Google Fit is Google's answer to Apple's Health app. It uses the sensors built into your device to automatically track activities like walking, biking and ...
Google takes another step into your living room with its Nexus Player
You see, once everything's hooked up, the Nexus Player basically does what Amazon's Fire TV does -- it acts as a conduit to all the video Google's got ...
Stripe Hires Top Google Ops Exec Claire Johnson to Lead Business Operations
But she has held a wide variety of jobs at Google, from working on the ... That includes recent deals with Twitter, Apple and many others to provide ...
Apple SIM Included With iPad for Customer Convenience, but iPhone Not Likely to Join In
Apple had the consumer in mind when it added a multi-carrier SIM card to its new iPads, said Apple vice president of iPhone, iPod and iOS product...
Hands on with the Nexus 6: A Nexus phone Google hopes is one for the masses
And that's good for Google and Android since major U.S. carriers will be ... Microsoft announced a trio of new cloud data services on Wednesday ... Since joining Facebook, Instagram is getting more and more love from big brands.
Google Fit Arrives to Take on Apple's HealthKit
A great paradigm shift in technology has come to light this week – with Amazon unveiling its Fire TV Stick and HP also gunning for the creative industry ...
Tim Cook Reveals Why Apple Killed the iPod Classic...
... After Apple's September keynote, they quietly discontinued their iPod Classic. It's probably no ...
A desktop for Dali: Meet HP's wildly innovative Sprout
HP is attempting to disrupt the printing industry — which it helped create back in the 70s — with a new 3D-printing technology and a wildly innovative ...
What Are Actions?
Google Developers
Actions enable users to interact with your product or service right inside Gmail and Inbox. For instance, when a user receives an invitation to an event, ...Actions can be declared in two ways: as In-App Actions or as Go-To Actions. Multiple types of actions are currently supported.
Internet.org App Launches in Tanzania
Facebook Newsroom
Leaked Office for Mac 2015 screenshots look just like the Windows version
The Verge
Microsoft's next version of Outlook for Mac appeared earlier this week in ...
HP 3D printing with Multi Jet Fusion™ technology
Hewlett Packard
HP's Multi Jet Fusion technology enables the world to realize the full potential of 3D printing—in full-color, highly functional parts.
Speaking in Tech
The Register
Speaking in Tech: Amazon's Fire is being snuffed out ... and Microsoft's ("insane") billion dollar estimate for establishing a presence in the ...
more technology news below ( @ web version--link below)
Tech NEWS Digest Monday:
Wall Street Journal
Apple Pay Rolls Out, With Holes in System
Wall Street Journal
... Apple Pay is the technology industry's most ambitious effort to position ... Apple Pay aims to simplify the process with the equivalent of Amazon.com ... In 2011, Google Inc. introduced GoogleWallet, a payment service included ...
Why Apple Pay May Be the Company's Most Challenging Move Yet - TIME
Get ready for Apple Pay: Here's how to use it - USA TODAY
Wall Street Journal
How Does Google Handle IT for Its Workers?
Wall Street Journal
Many chief information officers find themselves in the role of technology evangelist, raising awareness of the value of information technology among ...
Wall Street Journal
Yahoo CEO Set to Refresh Turnaround Plan
Wall Street Journal
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, shown right earlier this month, is expected on Tuesday to unveil cost-cutting efforts for the technology company.
CBS News
Apple Now Makes 56 Different iPads. This Guide Will Help You Pick The Perfect One
Forbes
Apple has made it easier than ever to afford a new iPad, but it has also made it harder than ever to choose one. Consider that there are now 16 prices ...
Another 500 banks support Apple Pay - Fin24
Forbes
Microsoft Plans To Launch A Wearable Device Within Weeks
Forbes
I track people who are disrupting the world of mobile technology. ... and have broken stories like the Facebook-Spotify partnership in 2011. ... On the upside, Microsoft can now target its wearable at more customers than the Apple ...
Microsoft to launch its wearable fitness band in coming weeks - The Verge
IBNLive
Google opened Nexus Player pre-orders before receiving FCC certification
The Verge
When it comes to the living room, it seems Google just can't catch a break. Pre-orders for the company's latest effort, the Nexus Player, started briefly ...
USA TODAY
Wolff: Real books can defeat Amazon and e-books
USA TODAY
... The book business believes that Amazon is unfair in the way it sells books. ... In fact, their efforts to fight what they perceive as the Amazon monopoly have only ... with antitrust practices in their combined effort to have Apple help bail them out.
Google's Nexus Player gets FCC approval, right on cue
Well, that didn't take long. Just a couple of days after Google stopped pre-orders of the Nexus Player while it waited for the FCC's all-clear, its.
Facebook wants the DEA to promise that it won't create fake accounts
Remember how the DEA got caught impersonating a woman on Facebook in an attempt to catch criminals who contacted her? Yeah, Facebook isn't at ...
Google Nexus 6 release date, specs & price - out in November
Goole has officially revealed the Nexus 6 - a Motorola built 6in smartphone with serious power and Android L. ... It uses AMOLED technology, which should produce vibrant colours and rich, deep blacks, as well ... AppleiPad Air 2 vs Google Nexus 9 - specs comparison .... Google+ · Facebook · Twitter.
Meet Apple Pay, your new virtual wallet
USA Today
Apple will launch its new mobile payments service Apple Pay on Monday. ... Sign in with FacebookSign in with GoogleSign in FAQ ... To find out more about Facebookcommenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs ...
more technology news below ( @ web version--link below)
