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27 June 2014

Why Google Is Integrating all Android Platforms (video); Amazon Phone a Flop

Why Google Is Integrating all Android Platforms: Video - Bloomberg:
Google unveiled a new version of its Android software for smartphones and other devices as it battles Apple to be the foundation for mobile technology. Evernote CEO Phil Libin and Wired Deputy Editor Joe Brown speak on “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg, June 25)

Google unveils products, updates that tie everything together
Los Angeles Times
Google wants to be everywhere in your life, all the time. ... Broadly, it's similar to the message offered earlier this month by Apple at its own annual ...


Amazon: Fire Phone Is A Flop - Seeking Alpha"Summary: Fire Phone is overpriced with lower specs than the iPhone 5s and Galaxy S5. Some features are gimmicky and some are useful but nothing compelling over other high-end phones. Restriction to one carrier, AT&T, and lack of Google core services will turn off potential customers. Sales volume slower than Apple TV...."

Google I/O condensed: The 33 most important things to know
Computerworld (blog)
Google IO 2014 The big G kicked off its annual Google I/O developers' conference with a massive two-and-a-half-hour keynote this morning -- and this ...


Status update: Facebook not so diverse
USA TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook, the world's most popular social network, ... He appeared at the shareholder meetings of Google and Facebook to ...


Google Starts Removing Search Results Under Europe's 'Right to be Forgotten'
Wall Street Journal
Google engineers overnight updated the company's technical infrastructure to start implementing the removals, and Thursday began sending the first ...

Google reacts to Office 365 momentum with beefier Apps suite
PCWorld
Under pressure from Microsoft's Office 365, Google has launched a premium edition of Apps with unlimited cloud storage and extra IT controls, and ...

Google Fit service to compete with Apple Health
SFGate
In the race to dominate the fast-growing digital health industry, Google unveiled a service Wednesday that collects users' fitness data in one place.

Google Glass beta 'Explorer' edition goes on sale in the UK for £1000: Will you ...
Tech Times
Google Glass is available in the UK for the first time, with updates enabling to understand British English. The price for the product is set at £1,000. (Photo : Jeff Blackler). Google Glass is expanding outside the U.S. for the first time. The devices are now ...

Trio Of Supermassive Black Holes Found
WallStreet OTC
The galaxies we see in the present day Universe were built through the merger of smaller ones. Almost all of the galaxies contain supermassive black holes at their cores. Basic logic would suggest that the mergers would also have placed supermassive black ...

Balloon space flight company completes small-scale test flight
Reuters
(Reuters) - An Arizona start-up company says it has successfully completed its first small-scale test flight of a stratospheric balloon and capsule being developed to show tourists a space-like view of the Earth from 19 miles (30 km) above ground. Privately ...

Aereo's use of TV fare found to break copyright law
Boston Globe
The Internet streaming service Aereo is acting illegally when it retransmits television shows that its tiny antennas capture for free, the US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday — a major victory for broadcasters at a time when consumers are rapidly moving away ...

US And German Astronauts Play Soccer In Space
Forbes
U.S. and German astronauts playing a friendly game of soccer to prep for Thursday's match. (Credit: NASA). Like the gravitational pull of a black hole, the World Cup is so powerful that you can't escape it even if you're in orbit. When the astronauts haven't ...

Improved communication between experts and the public key in winning battle to ...
The Independent
Scientists need to become more humble and to completely re-think the way they communicate if the battle to curb climate change is to be won, one of the world's leading climate experts has warned. Lamenting what he calls a “mismatch” between the state of ...

New Chromebook features show up at Google I/O
CNET
At the Google I/O keynote in San Francisco, the company showed off new features for Chromebook laptops running the Chrome OS. Most notably, a phone running the new Android L mobile OS can unlock your Chromebook and even log you into Web ...

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21 June 2014

T-Mobile CEO says AT&T and Verizon Raping You (video)

T-Mobile CEO: Duopolists AT&T, Verizon Raping You: Video - Bloomberg:
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T-Mobile chief executive officer John Legere, a self-styled rebel, told a crowd at the company's Uncarrier 5.0 event that duopolists like AT&T Verizon are "raping" customers because the companies "hate you." (Source: Bloomberg, June 19th)

Google's Nest buys Dropcam to connect the home further
PCWorld (blog)
Google said late Friday that its Nest connected-home division had agreed to purchase Dropcam in a deal that will extend Google's control into the ...

Amazon Fire: 6 Key Points
InformationWeek
Amazon's Fire smartphone might convince people to buy more stuff from ... Further, the Fire Phone doesn't include the Google Play Store, which is ...

Microsoft and Google, taking cue from Apple, add kill switch
San Jose Mercury News
Following Apple's lead, Google and Microsoft will add "kill switches" to their next smartphone operating systems -- a measure that has apparently led ...

Apple Plans Multiple Designs for Smartwatch
Wall Street Journal
Facebook; Twitter ... Apple Plans Multiple Designs for Smartwatch ... wearable devices from rivals such as Google Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co.

Google hosts all-girl coding party
CNNMoney
google made with code Actress and producer Mindy Kaling was the host at an event geared toward getting more young girls interested in tech.

Microsoft Accidentally Confirms Surface Mini
InformationWeek
Microsoft -- ostensibly by accident -- just confirmed that its long-rumored Surface Mini was, and possibly still is, a real project. The Surface Pro 3 User ...

Facebook, Twitter, Google score during World Cup
San Jose Mercury News
NEW YORK -- Twitter and Facebook lit up in a World Cup frenzy this week as millions of people around the world took to social media to share in the ...

Google Invests $50 Million to Close the Tech Gender Gap
TIME
Google has promised to do all it can to recruit more women into Silicon Valley, and now the company is putting its money where its PR is. On Thursday ...

Google Considering Investment in New Trans-Pacific Cable
Wall Street Journal
"The newcomers like Google and Facebook are filling in the gap." ... A Microsoftspokeswoman said the company is in talks to help build a cable ...

Microsoft reveals Office 365 roadmap, offers opt-in previews
Computerworld
Computerworld - Microsoft on Thursday delivered on a promise made earlier this year to provide a roadmap to future Office 365 enhancements and ...

Great White Shark Making Comeback in US Waters
ABC News (blog)
Nearly 39 years to the day since “Jaws” first terrified audiences, a new report shows that the real thing is making a comeback — the US is seeing a boom of great white sharks. Related: Track a great white shark as it makes its way toward Texas. According to a ...

'Neanderthal-Like' Skulls Reconstructed From Pit In Spain Hint At Human Evolution
Fox News Latino
In Spanish, the world for jigsaw puzzle is “rompecabezas”—literally, a head breaker. Researchers in Spain flipped that process, taking hundreds of pieces of ancient bone that were found in a cave north of Madrid near Burgos called the “Pit of the Bones” and ...


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