Guy Kawasaki, co-author of “The Art of Social Media” discusses Apple’s transition from Steve Jobs to Tim Cook and what he sees for the company in the year ahead. He speaks on “Bloomberg Surveillance.” (Dec. 15 Bloomberg)
CNET Preorder your $30000 diamond-bedazzled Apple Watch
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Lawrence Lundy, Consultant at Frost & Sullivan, discusses the tablet wars and why Apple is forgoing the ‘junk’ market. He speaks on Bloomberg Television’s “On The Move.” (Source: Bloomberg Oct 23) Apple's Big New Hire: Is She a Luxury Play?: Video - Bloomberg: (Allow video to load after clicking play or go to link above) Sharif Sakr, senior European Editor at Engadget, discusses Angela Ahrendts move to join Apple as senior VP of retail and online sales and the challenge of bringing changes to Apple’s retail outlets. He speaks on Bloomberg Television’s “The Pulse.” (Oct. 15 Bloomberg) more technology news below ( @ web version--link below) Follow @expricom
Karim Rashid: Design Is About Making Life Better: Video - Bloomberg: (Allow video to load after clicking play or go to link above) Industrial designer Karim Rashid discusses his recent projects and explains his approach to design. He speaks with Bloomberg's Pimm Fox on "Taking Stock." (Source: Bloomberg 12/5)
What if the blind could see again? Today, more than 40 million people in the world suffer from total blindness. But robotics and scientific research could change that, with European and U.S. companies fighting for the market. Bloomberg’s Caroline Connan met with the French company developing the next bionic eye. (Source: Bloomberg) Tech News:
WebProNews Windows 10 no 'loss leader' for Microsoft, but making money may rely on services PCWorld Mary Branscombe is a freelance journalist who has been covering technology for over two decades and has written about everything from programming languages, early versions of Windows and Office and the arrival of the web to consumer gadgets and ...
Reuters CBS pulls programming off Dish Network in several US markets Reuters (Reuters) - CBS programming will no longer be available to Dish subscribers in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and other markets, after CBS Corp (CBS.N) and Dish Network Corp (DISH.O) failed to agree on a new contract. The talks fell apart after two ...
Tom's Guide PlayStation Experience Preview: What to Expect Tom's Guide Sony always has a massive presence at gaming trade shows, and this weekend the Japanese tech giant is cutting out the middleman and hosting an all-PlayStation Event of its own. Running on Dec. 6 and 7 in The Venetian in Las Vegas, Sony's PlayStation ...
VentureBeat Zuckerberg is on shaky ground criticizing Apple's business model VentureBeat Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has gone on the attack against Apple, calling its products overpriced, and its views on Internet privacy “ridiculous.” Back in September as the furor over the leaked celebrity photographs raged, Tim Cook took a little shot at the ...
CNET Want to watch one of the last videos of Steve Jobs? Too bad CNET Six months before he died, Apple's co-founder and CEO gave a video deposition for a lawsuit over the iPod. The plaintiffs' lawyers refuse to release the video, even though it was shown at the trial on Friday....
NDTV Samsung Galaxy S6 Rumors: Truly “The Next Big Thing”? PhoneDog It's the end of the year. The holidays are ramping up, the malls and retail stores are rich with sales, and you are itching to purchase a new gadget. Why wouldn't you be? It can be hard to resist some of the deals that manufacturers and carriers offer with the ...
CNET Gearing Up for the Hour of Code NBC Bay Area A group of elementary school students from East Palo Alto are learning how to help their peers with the Hour of Code, a nationwide effort by Code.org to expose students to coding during Computer Science Education Week ...
Mirror.co.uk YotaPhone 2 dual-screen smartphone launches in UK and Europe Sin Chew Jit Poh (AFP Relaxnews) -- Presented in February at Barcelona's MWC 2014, the surprisingly original YotaPhone 2 is finally available in Europe and the UK. This Android smartphone from Russian brand Yota Devices has screens on both sides, one of which uses ...
New York Times Cisco Systems sues rival for infringement of network patents Reuters WASHINGTON Dec 5 (Reuters) - Network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc filed two lawsuits on Friday against Arista Networks Inc, accusing the smaller rival of copying its networking technologies. The lawsuits, filed in a federal court in California, accuse ...
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Steve Wozniak on Steve Jobs, Geekiness and Starting Apple: Video - Bloomberg: (Allow video to load after clicking play or go to link above) 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
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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 ...
The Register Snowden files show NSA's AURORAGOLD pwned 70% of world's mobile networks
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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
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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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Steve Jobs Testimony to Play Key Role in iPod Trial: Video - Bloomberg: (Allow video to load after clicking play or go to link above) After an almost decade-long fight in federal court, consumer lawyers ask a jury in Oakland, California, to find Apple violated antitrust laws by locking customers into iTunes and owes more than $1 billion in damages. UC Hasings Professor of law Robin Feldman and Distinguished Professor Rutgers Law School Michael Carrier speak on “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg 12/2) see also-- ABC News In Emails, Jobs Determined to Keep iPod Apple-Only ABC News ... Legendary Apple CEO Steve Jobs had seven words for a subordinate when he learned that a rival ... Wall Street Journal Apple iPod Antitrust Trial Gets Under Way Wall Street Journal Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs will appear via a video deposition in a federal antitrust trial. Rutgers law school professor Michael Carrier describes ...
FBI Warns of `Destructive’ Malware Attack: Video - Bloomberg: (Allow video to load after clicking play or go to link above)
Veracode Vice President of Research Chris Eng discusses the FBI’s warning to businesses of a malware released by unknown hackers that can wipe data off hard drives. Eng speaks on “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg 12/2)
New York Times What Is a True Threat on Facebook?
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The First Amendment protects all kinds of outrageous and upsetting speech. As the Supreme Court has stated in a long line of cases, the government ...
Forbes That privacy notice you're posting to Facebook? It won't work
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The main page for "Privacy Basics," a tips and FAQ hub Facebook launched in ... For its part, Facebook said it just owns your activity on the service. ... Privacy policies across the technology industry have been a jumble of legal ... In June, HBO comedian John Oliver joked Apple could put the entire text of ...
Computerworld Intel gives Google Glass a needed boost
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Just weeks after speculation surfaced that Google was abandoning Glass, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that Intel Corp. is going to supply chips for the wearable device. Featured Resource. Presented by Tibco Software. 10 Best Practices for Cloud ...
Mashable Apple iPod lawsuit will reveal unseen Steve Jobs video
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The voice of the visionary behind much of the success of Apple, the late Steve Jobs, will be heard once again thanks to a videotaped deposition set to be entered into evidence in a decade-old class action lawsuit. A case filed back in 2005 asserts that Apple's ...
TechCrunch Microsoft Is Getting Rid Of Clip Art
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There are many things that the next generation of geek won't get to experience. The sound of the 56k modem connecting when your parents are sleeping in the next room. Burning CDs. Being somewhere and not knowing something, and just having to deal ...
The Fuse Joplin Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Samsung Galaxy S5: Unnecessary Upgrade?
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Samsung is one of the top companies when it comes to Smartphones. The Samsung phones are among the most common on the market, and this is because of their top qualities. One of the top Samsung Smartphones are the Galaxy S Series. Among the ...
CNET Macmillan Science and Education Grants Access to NPG Journals
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Macmillan Science and Education launched a publishing initiative that allows subscribers to 49 Nature Publishing Group (NPG) journals to share the full text of articles with other (non-subscribing) researchers around the world. Researchers can share this ...
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Boris Johnson Pushes London Tech for Asian Funding: Video - Bloomberg: (Allow video to load after clicking play or go to link above) Claire Cockerton, chief executive officer at Innovate Finance, talks with Anna Edwards about London Mayor Boris Johnson’s visit to Singapore as he seeks funding for U.K. financial technology companies. She speaks on “Countdown.” Nov. 28 (Bloomberg)
London Is Becoming a Tech Capital: Burbidge: Video - Bloomberg: (Allow video to load after clicking play or go to link above) Passion Capital Partner Eileen Burbidge discusses the growing tech scene in London, the talent issues in tech and their push for collaboration in Asia with Bloomberg’s Haslinda Amin on “First Up.” (Source: Bloomberg 11/28) Steve Jobs Still Wins Plenty of Patents | MIT Technology Review: "Who is named on a patent is sometimes just as important as what it says, at least that’s true for Jobs. In 2012, during a lawsuit with Motorola and Google, a Chicago judge had to order Apple’s lawyers to stop referring to a key patent covering swiping and scrolling on touch screens as “the Steve Jobs patent.” Her reasoning: Apple’s lawyers were trying to turn the case into a popularity contest by invoking the beloved Apple founder. (Jobs was the first of 25 inventors named on that patent.)"
Microsoft distances itself from Steve Ballmer USA TODAY
Longtime Microsoft (MSFT) Chief Steve Ballmer, in August 2013, issued the now-infamous statement that he would retire "within the year." News of ...
BeatThatQuote's Judo Move: How To Outdo Google
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As the European Parliament approves the break-up of Google, and Europe across the board targets US internet firms with regulation, we are failing to ...
Forbes Is Google Doing Anything New?
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Apple's “simplicity of design” is no different from Henry Ford's Model T ... The possibility that Amazon's goals might be “missionary” rather than purely .... there was, in computingtechnology, I.B.M., of course, and then Microsoft; in the ...
Fortune Apple and the crisis of disruption
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He may have been right about disk drives, mechanical excavators and steel mills. But Clayton Christensen, whose theory of disruptive innovation ...
Business Insider Here's How Returns Work With Apple Pay
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A good number of people will be using Apple Pay to do their holiday shopping this year.Apple activated a million people on Apple Pay during the first ...
EU Parliament Passes Non-Binding Measure Expressing Desire To Break Up Google Search Into...
Microsoft, IBM, and Apple are among many such companies singled out by the ... What exactly would breaking up Google accomplish, according to the ... In the European Parliament's ideal world, Outlook.com, Yahoo Mail, and .... for people that don't understand the technology they are trying to legislate.
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Steve Jobs was right -- he was just ahead of his time. With HTML5 and the modern mobile browser, native apps and app stores will soon look like dinosaurs, even worse than brick-and-mortar retail: The Confusing World of Apps - WSJ.com: "Given the plethora of apps out there, it has become increasingly hard for smartphone users to spot the best ones. Apple's App Store and Google Play each have over a million to choose from. To make things worse, app searches aren't as intuitive as consumers might hope ..." Audacity | Steve Jobs Looked Beyond Native Apps. And He Was Right.: " . . . The distinctions, as Jobs saw them, were that web apps would be secure, universally available, easy to update and required no dedicated software development kit (SDK). The debate was, and still is, that web app development was a better choice than native app development. While a few years ahead of the technologies of the time, Jobs correctly touted the browser as an important, if not the most important, application platform. Seven years later, huge advancements in browser technology and an incredible resurgence in JavaScript as a matured programming language have narrowed the gap between app development techniques...." Heard on the Street: Alibaba's Magic Fades on SoftBank - WSJ.com: "SoftBank investors have more to keep in mind than just Alibaba's valuation. The company posted a 28% on-year decline in net profit for the three months ended in March, weighed down by costs from serial acquisitions and a telecom price war in Japan. And SoftBank still appears keen for its Sprint unit to make a bid for T-Mobile, despite regulator skepticism. The deal has strategic logic as it would help consolidate Sprint's position in the U.S., but it would also expand SoftBank's net debt, which already is at six times Ebitda, much higher than telecom peers." Global Raids Target 'Blackshades' Hacking Ring - WSJ.com: "The Federal Bureau of Investigation and foreign police agencies have launched a series of raids around the world at the homes of people linked to a type of hacking software called Blackshades, according to posts on hacker forums and people familiar with the investigation. The software is what experts call a "rat''—remote access tool—that allows people to control computers from a distance..." Apple, Google settle smartphone patent litigation | Reuters: "Apple Inc and Google Inc's Motorola Mobility unit have agreed to settle all patent litigation between them over smartphone technology, ending one of the highest profile lawsuits in technology. In a joint statement on Friday, the companies said the settlement does not include a cross license to their respective patents. "Apple and Google have also agreed to work together in some areas of patent reform," the statement said...."
Apple Sued Over Vanishing Texts After IPhones Swapped Out - Bloomberg: "A former iPhone user sued Apple Inc. (AAPL) claiming the company’s messaging system interfered with delivery of texts after she switched to an Android-based smartphone. Apple’s iMessage retains text messages sent from other users of Apple devices and won’t deliver them to her Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) phone running on Google Inc.’s Android operating system, Adrienne Moore said in the complaint filed yesterday in San Jose, California. People who replace their Apple devices with non-Apple wireless phones and tablets are “penalized and unable to obtain the full benefits of their wireless-service contracts,” according to the complaint...."
BlackBerry Director Nordberg to Step Down as Board Shrinks to 6 - Bloomberg: "BlackBerry Ltd. said director Bert Nordberg won’t stand for re-election just a year after he was named, leaving the smartphone maker with six board members. Nordberg, the 58-year-old former chief executive officer of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, is a member of the company’s nominating committee, BlackBerry said yesterday in a filing. It didn’t say why he won’t seek to remain on the board after being appointed last year...." Windows Phone web usage tops BlackBerry in North America but looks stagnant — Tech News and Analysis: "While Chitika’s graph shows BlackBerry’s decline, more interesting to me is the lack of growth for Windows Phone usage. It suggests that Microsoft is still having a hard time finding a foothold for its handsets in the U.S. and Canada. Chitika’s report notes that iOS and Android are still doing well, accounting for 53.1 and 44.5 percent of North American smartphone web traffic, respectively." Eric Schmidt: Europe struck wrong balance on right to be forgotten | Technology | theguardian.com: "Google's executive chairman says European court of justice ruling went too far in favour of privacy at cost of right to know...." CDs, Fax Machines, Japan loves the "old stuff" - Japanese want "artifacts" - read more: Why the Japanese still love music CDs | The Big Picture
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Google Now Cards Get Offline Support PC Magazine Google on Friday announced that the latest version of its Google Search app for Android now includes offline support for Now. This means that going ...
The surprisingly simple way Egyptians moved massive pyramid stones without ... Washington Post Camels and horses stand tied to a fence below the Great Pyramid of Giza on October 21, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images). Few have traveled to the pyramids of Egypt and not wondered how an ancient civilization without modern ...
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A year after his passing, Steve Jobs remains larger than life NBCNews.com Steve Jobs delivers the keynote address at the 2011 Apple World Wide Developers Conference at the Moscone Center on June 6, 2011 in San Francisco. If we had a dollar for every time we've heard or read, "Steve Jobs never would have.
Apple remembers Steve Jobs with video Washington Post The video shows photos of Jobs throughout his life while snippets pulled from some of his greatest product launches play over the scenes. Apple opens its tribute with part of a speech — first delivered at the MacWorld conference when Apple Computer, Inc.
Google Deal Gives Publishers a Choice: Digitize or Not New York Times It is also the latest evidence of the shift to e-books from print, and of Google's efforts to compete with e-book rivals like Amazon.com. Digital books were a new and daunting prospect when the publishers first sued Google seven years ago, but they ...
Motorola wins German patent case against Microsoft Reuters The regional court in Mannheim ruled that Motorola Mobility, part of Google, did not infringe aMicrosoft patent which enables applications to work on different handsets. This allows application developers to avoid writing separate codes for each ...
Apple's new iOS 6 Maps support automatic offline use for a wide area Apple Insider For example, while iOS 5 Maps would load Google's map tiles of the immediate area being browsed at a couple zoom levels for offline browsing (generally less than a 10 mile radius), Apple's new vector maps, once loaded in San Francisco, allowed us to ... Apple Insider
The Single Biggest Question About the iPad Mini Gizmodo How Apple prices the iPad Mini matters beyond just the number of units it sells. If it's less than $300, CEO Tim Cook has keyed into the threat that Amazon and Google pose to its handheld computing empire. And he'll crush them. If not? Then it's ...
Heck Yes, Microsoft Absolutely Should Make Its Own Phone Business Insider It needs Microsoft. Besides, the entire idea of competing with partners is overblown. Imagine if Apple suddenly had a change of heart and decided to license iOS to anyone in the world. Do you think HTC, Samsung, and even Nokia, would pass on using iOS ... Business Insider
Microsoft announces app updates for Windows 8 RTM PCWorld In a Thursday blog post, Microsoft's Steven Sinofsky, president of the company's Windows group, announced a slew of app updates that will roll out to early adopters of Windows 8 RTM in the coming days and weeks. Starting tomorrow, a Bing update will be ...
Apple, Microsoft may be forced to reveal internal documents ZDNet The parliamentary committee investigating IT pricing disparity in Australia may look to force Apple,Microsoft, Adobe, and the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) to reveal documents used in creating their submissions to the inquiry, as ...
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (Wi-Fi) PC Magazine The Wi-Fi-only Amazon Kindle Paperwhite is our favorite ebook reader, thanks to its bright, even edge-lighting and a number of other refinements, and it's a much better buy than the 3G version. By Jamie Lendino. The Amazon Kindle Paperwhite ($119 ...
Google Says Motorola Cuts Will Cost More Than Expected ... By By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER Google said Thursday that severance and other costs related to layoffs at Motorola Mobility, the unprofitable cellphone maker owned by Google, would cost more than it originally thought. It also said it would broaden its restructuring plans ... NYT Bits
Microsoft Acquires PhoneFactor - Windows Azure - Site Home ... By Bharat_ShahMS Today I am excited to announce that we are welcoming PhoneFactor to the Microsoft family. For those of you not familiar with PhoneFactor, they are an industry leader in phone-based multi-factor authentication (MFA) and their solutions bring a ... MSDN Blogs
Apple Posts A Video Remembering Steve Jobs And Highlighting His ... By Darrell Etherington Apple has posted a video on its homepage today, with footage of Steve Jobs over the years speaking at keynotes and Apple events, showing images of him and the products he created that changed the way we think about and use computers ... TechCrunch
Microsoft announces updates for Windows 8 built-in apps, just in ... By Nicole Lee 12 hours ago. SEE ALL · Deutsche Telekom and MetroPCS agree on $1.5 billion T-Mobile merger (updated). 1 day ago. Google withdraws recent ITC complaint in Motorola v. Apple case. 2 days ago. Tim Cook apologizes for Maps mess ... Engadget
Apple Store is down | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog By Megan Lavey-Heaton The white sticky note (I miss the yellow one) has appeared, and the Apple Store is down. We'll keep abreast on any ... The white sticky note (I miss the yellow one) has appeared, and the Apple Store is down. We'll keep abreast on any ... TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Rumor: Microsoft Eyeing Streaming Music Service Rdio PC Magazine By Angela Moscaritolo The Next Web, citing sources in Europe, reported on Wednesday that Redmond is currently in talks to snap up the San Francisco-based digital music startup. Launched in August 2010, Rdio competes with services like Spotify and ...
At edge of black hole, a star Albert Einstein would have loved Christian Science Monitor Astronomers have found a star whipping around an enormous black hole at the center of the Milky Way once every 11.5 years, potentially providing them with a cosmic laboratory to test Albert Einstein's most famous theory and to learn more about how such ... Christian Science Monitor
Sweden Riksbank Website Shut Down by Suspected Hacker Attack Bloomberg The Swedish central bank's website was probably attacked again by hackers who forced it to shut for a second day this week. The site has been under intermittent disruptions since noon likely as a result of an “overload attack,” Fredrik Andersson, ...
iPad Mini apparently enters production, instantly hits supply problems Digital Trends A new report suggests the Apple iPad Mini has gone into production, and that it's already plagued by supply problems. Sources speaking to the Wall Street Journal have said that components for the device we currently know as the iPad Mini have entered ... Digital Trends
Facebook gets philosophical with 'Chairs are like Facebook' ad Digital Trends Facebook, in an uncharacteristic move, released its first branded video titled, "The Things That Connect Us." To commemorate reaching the 1 billion user milestone, Facebook released its first ever ad – an uncharacteristic move for the social network ...
Mammoth carcass found in Siberia BBC News A well-preserved mammoth carcass has been found by an 11-year-old boy in the permafrost of northern Siberia. The remains were discovered at the end of August in Sopochnaya Karga, 3500km (2200 miles) northeast of Moscow. BBC News
HTC One VX hands-on photo gallery Digital Trends We go hands on with the HTC One VX, a new budget phone for AT&T. Along with the One X+, today AT&T revealed that it will sell a new lower-end handset by HTC named the One VX. I was able to spend a few minutes with the One VX at an AT&T event in New ... Digital Trends
Microsoft Sets Windows Phone 8 Launch Date. X-bit Labs by Anton Shilov Microsoft Corp. has set the date for the official launch of Windows Phone 8 operating system that is expected to bring the software giant back into the smartphone game. Apparently, Windows Phone 8 will be released just three days after... X-bit Labs Watch Out Urbanites, Here Come the Carnivores Discovery News By Jennifer Viegas Raccoons, skunks, possums and certain other animals have long been city dwellers, but now larger wild carnivores are moving into urban areas, according to a symposium presented today at EcoSummit 2012, an international conference ...
IPhone 5 Backed by 'Antennagate' Critic Consumer Reports Businessweek By Adam Satariano on October 05, 2012 Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s iPhone 5 won the backing of Consumer Reports, whose criticism of an earlier model became known as “Antennagate” and who said the latest device is among the best on the market despite its map ...
You Can Follow the Daredevil Jumping from the Edge of Space Live at Discovery Gizmodo On October 8th, Felix Baumgartner will jump 23 miles, from the edge of the stratosphere, and land on the Earth for the Red Bull Stratos mission. It's an amazing stunt, and Discovery News is literally covering it live, from space, basically.
Consumer Reports says Apple's iPhone 5 is "best iPhone yet" CBS News Consumer Reports announced Friday that it recommends Apple's iPhone 5. Apple's newest smartphone has gotten mixed reviews since its launch. Customers have complained about the lack of Google Maps, purple light flares and scratched phones out of the box ...
Samsung expects whopping $7.3bn profit from mobes Register By Brid-Aine Parnell • Get more from this author Samsung reckons it's in line for a record quarterly operating profit after Apple's reduced orders for chips and screens seem to have failed to make a dent in the South Korean business.
Big Data's Growing Pains: Talent Not Technology AOL Government By Wyatt Kash A group of technology leaders came to the Capitol this week to make the case that the age of "big data" is not only upon us, but also represents a powerful and practical way for federal agencies to create substantially more value for the ...
Third GPS IIF Satellite In Orbit Aviation Week By Amy Butler The third Global Positioning System IIF satellite was boosted into orbit Oct. 4, becoming the 32nd GPS satellite in the Pentagon's constellation. The GPS IIF series incorporates a new L5 civil signal used for safety operations and ... Aviation Week
PASSINGS: Robert F. Christy, Big Jim Sullivan Los Angeles Times Robert F. Christy Manhattan Project scientist, former Caltech president Robert F. Christy, 96, a physicist who was a key member of the Manhattan Project team that created the atomic bomb during World War II and who later held teaching and ... Los Angeles Times
LG Optimus G showing off what quad-core can do Geek There has been a bit of excitement in certain mobile circles about LG's upcoming Optimus G smartphone. The Android-powered, 4.7-inch, Gorilla glass-wrapped, 4G LTE smartphone has a lot going for it, but the quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro chip inside ... Geek
Nissan unveils prototype NSC-2015 self-driving EV in Japan Automotive Business Review Japanese carmaker Nissan has unveiled its prototype NSC-2015 self-driving electric car at the Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies (CEATEC) 2012 in Tokyo, Japan. The new prototype car, which is a modified version of Japanese carmaker's Leaf ...
AT&T to sell Asus VivoTab RT, Samsung ATIV Smart PC Windows 8 tablets for its ... ZDNet Summary: In addition to jumping on the Windows Phone 8 bandwagon, the mobile carrier is trying its hand at hawking Windows 8 slates. By Sean Portnoy for Laptops & Desktops | October 5, 2012 -- 11:23 GMT (04:23 PDT) Mobile carriers have tried selling... ZDNet
Inside Nokia's maps: using FedEx and UPS data to trump the competition The Verge By Kimber Streams on October 4, 2012 04:36 pm @kimberstreams 51Comments In light of the recent controversy over Apple's new Maps, The Atlantic has taken a closer look at how competitor Nokia crafted a mapping service of its own, revealing the company's ...
Polaroid's instant karma Fortune (blog) In his new book, Christopher Bonanos chronicles the rise and fall of a great American company. By Lawrence A. Armour, contributor FORTUNE -- Instant: The Story of Polaroid clocks in at a slim 192 pages, but it manages to be three books in one: a ... Fortune (blog)
NASA, Russia eye yearlong space station assignments Reuters By Irene Klotz | CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA is considering doubling the amount of time an astronaut spends at the International Space Station to a year, laying the groundwork for future missions deeper into space, officials said Thursday.
What the T-Mobile/MetroPCS Merger Means for Cost-Conscious Consumers ABC News (blog) On Wednesday, Deutsche Telekom, the parent company of T-Mobile USA, struck an agreement with MetroPCS, which provides no-contract cell phones and low-rate, prepaid plans with unlimited talk, text and Web options for a mere $40 a month. ABC News (blog)
Fisker to Romney: We're not "a loser" Fox News It must depend on what your definition of “loser” is. Plug-in hybrid car maker Fisker has responded to a jab that Mitt Romney's took at President Obama during Wednesday night's debate when he said “you put $90 billion, like 50 years' worth of breaks, ...
Video: Robotic Firefighter of the Future Design News Traditionally, it's been hard to eliminate the human factor from firefighting. But recent innovations like the design of a tank-like all-terrain truck, which delivers mini robots that can be controlled from a safe distance to spray water on fires, ...
FTC Fines Scareware Scammer with $163 Million International Business Times BY VALLI MEENAKSHI RAMANATHAN | October 05 2012 9:19 AM Federal Trade Commission has levied a fine of over $163 million on an Internet scareware scammer and permanently banned the scammer from selling computer security software.
The First Shift: Next Audi Quattro will become a crossover National Post Audi shifts Quattro from coupe to crossover Two years ago at the Paris Motor Show, Germany's Audi revealed its Quattro concept, seen left, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the original Audi Quattro and the Audi quattro four wheel drive system. National Post
South LA shuttle boosters are feeling jettisoned Los Angeles Times Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa touted it as "the mother of all parades" — a historic celebration in a part of Los Angeles that doesn't get much fanfare. Over two days, on the major thoroughfares of Westchester, Inglewood and South Los Angeles, ...
Advertisers Protest Internet Explorer 10 "Do Not Track" Feature; Users Should ... Benzinga There is something decidedly disconcerting about the state of modern day internet advertising. Web users are constantly "tracked," and advertisers use this massive cache of data about individuals' browsing patterns to customize relevant ads.
Scareware Scammer Hit With $163M Fine PC Magazine By Stephanie Mlot The Federal Trade Commission this week continued its crackdown on Internet scareware, imposing a judgment of more than $163 million on the final defendant in a long-running case. Kristy Ross has also been permanently barred from ...
YouTube 'Cautiously' Praised for Video Takedown Policy Update TheBlaze.com Remember when YouTube accidentally blocked the Democratic National Convention's livestream for a short period of time? This was due to an incorrect copyright claim, and now, YouTube is taking steps to make it harder to block videos on the site. TheBlaze.com
Feds Nab Bieber Fan Site Promoter In Kids' Online Privacy Case Forbes If you have kids, you may be all too familiar with Justin Bieber – in fact, you may even know of his girlfriend Selena Gomez. Indeed, welcome to the world of Bieliebers. Now, hold on a sec, before y'all get too sanctimonious, some of us Baby Boomers ...
Report: Ultrabook sales will be disappointing this year CNET (blog) by Shara Tibken | 2 October 2012 8:15am SGT Ultrabook sales are going to be pretty disappointing this year, according to a report from IHS iSuppli (see its release below). And that's bad news for Intel and the PC makers who use its chips. CNET (blog)
Gray Wolves considered as an Endangered Species French Tribune Gray wolves also added to the list of endangered species: The California Department of Fish and Game Commission said. After such a long time, last year a single wolf was seen in California from a group in Oregon. Though wolves are treated and cared as ... French Tribune
Installing PlayStation Mobile on a rooted Android device TG Daily PlayStation Mobile for Google's Android OS went live for certified devices earlier this week. But what about gamers who want to install the platform on non-certified devices? Well, if you have a rooted Android-powered smartphone or tablet you just may ...
Largest mobile phone study finds all contain hazchems Chemical Watch (subscription) The largest study to-date analysing the chemical contents of mobile phones has found 100% of samples tested contained at least one of the following hazardous substances: bromine, cadmium, chlorine, lead or mercury.
Battlecry Studios to develop games in Austin Bizjournals.com (blog) Video game industry veteran Rich Vogel — who most recently was executive producer of "Star Wars: The Old Republic" — has been tapped to lead Battlecry Studios in Austin, the Austin American-Statesman reports. Battlecry Studios is currently looking to ...
Why is the Arctic melting while sea ice grows fast in Antarctica? Alaska Dispatch Even as Arctic sea ice shattered record lows earlier this year, on the other side of the globe, Antarctic ice was setting a new record of its own, growing to an area larger than any before, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in ...
World's fastest radio telescope starts up in Australian outback Terra.com The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope project is seen in his artists impression image made available by the Manchester based SKA Organisation, May 25, 2012. In the remote Australian outback, scientists have launched the world's fastest radio ...
Bugatti Veyron Insurance-Fraud Case Goes to Trial MSN Autos (blog) The case of a Texas man accused of crashing the supercar to collect on a $2.2 million insurance policy will hinge on a YouTube video. By Claire_Martin 14 hours ago The 2009 YouTube video that caught a man crashing his $1 million 2006 Bugatti Veyron ...
Mars rover set to feed sand into its instrumental maw Nature.com (blog) Curiosity, NASA's Mars rover, has found a sandbox to play in. In a news briefing on Thursday from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, mission managers said that the rover has arrived at a soft pad of loose sand, dubbed Rocknest... Nature.com (blog)
Google Inc. (GOOG) Considers Pay-per-Page Using Wallet Insider Monkey (blog) By David Woodburn Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has been working to roll out its Google Wallet in a myriad of ways, and one of the new incarnations came online. But here is the question that Google is trying to answer: If paying is easy and efficient, ... Insider Monkey (blog)
Nintendo EB Games Expo Preview Capsule Computers So this year at the EB Games Expo in Sydney, gamers and attendees can expect a major presence from Nintendo. Speaking of Nintendo, they will primarily be showcasing their upcoming (and amazing) Wii U console and some of it's launch line-up. Capsule Computers
Tech Titans Hit the Beach Wall Street Journal In growing numbers, Silicon Valley executives—long based in tech strongholds like Santa Clara and Palo Alto—are buying homes in Los Angeles, as the lines between the technology and entertainment businesses grow blurrier. Tech entrepreneurs and... Wall Street Journal
Technology can reduce our stress, too CNN "People are reconsidering the blind pursuit of technology as an end. Some of us in the techcommunity are thinking about the effects of digital toxins the same way engineers, policy-makers and designers consider environmental toxins," Moraveji said ...
Tech start-up Square gets deal for Starbucks' credit card transactions Detroit Free Press "There are seismic changes to (consumer) behavior because of technology," Schultz told store managers in Houston. Starbucks chose Square instead of about a dozen other tech suitors because "Jack cracked the code on customer experience," Schultz said.
High-tech 'lemon cars' drive need for new law, expert says CBC.ca Canada needs a "lemon law" now more than ever as the increasing computerization of cars makes problem vehicles harder and costlier to repair, a consumer advocate says. "The more high-tech cars become, the more lemons you see because there's so ... CBC.ca
Small tech CEOs say Romney better for the economy: survey Reuters Blogs (blog) Regardless of who won the presidential debate, the majority of executives from small technology firms would feel better if Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney wins next month's general election. Twice as many CEOs from small to medium-sized... Reuters Blogs (blog)
Nanya Technology to reassign, lay off 600 staff ZDNet Nanya Technology is planning an internal reshuffle of its workforce, which would see 600 employees either reassigned to other companies or laid off by the end of the year. This is part of new business strategy aimed at halting sliding sales. According ...
FTC Disconnects Tech Support Telemarketing Scams InformationWeek "The FTC has been aggressive--and successful--in its pursuit of tech support scams," said FTC chairman Jon Leibowitz in a statement. "The tech support scam artists we are talking about today have taken scareware to a whole other level of virtual mayhem ...
Obama Vs. Romney: 6 Tech Policy Differences InformationWeek Obama and Romney have spoken about technology on the stump and discussed technologypolicy on their campaign Websites, and the candidates' respective parties have detailed their techpolicy strategies in party platforms. And these positions have been ...
Tech First Aid Kit CNN Loading... Alert icon. Sign in or sign up now! Alert icon. Share with playlist starting from current video start of playlist. Loading... Published on Oct 4, 2012 by CNN. Tech lifestyle expert Jennifer Jolly has tips on how to use your smart phone as a ...
Why the Ad Tech Guys Are Going Nuts About Facebook ... - AllThingsD By Peter Kafka Facebook isn't talking up its new ad technology experiment, but there's a small group of people who are convinced it's going to be huge. Triggit CEO Zach Coelius ... If you're in the ad tech world, that's a really big deal. And the rest of you have ... AllThingsD » Peter Kafka
Why the tech industry needs to let Steve Jobs rest in peace - GigaOM By Erica Ogg Tomorrow will mark a year since the death of Apple's founder. Yet our industry still proclaims what he would think or do in any situation. We should follow the example of Tim Cook: while aiming to preserve Apple's legacy, he's still looking to the ... GigaOM
Mind-Reading Tech Helps Students Overcome Test Anxiety ... By Gregory Ferenstein Here's something straight out of science fiction: the University of Iowa is offering a new service to help students overcome test anxiety, using a mind-reading technology that guides them into a state of relaxation. So-called. TechCrunch
Tech Columns at WSJ India By Amit A roundup of my tech columns that were published on the @WSJIndia website. ... As some of you would know, I write a weekly tech column for The Wall Street Journal India. Here's a quick roundup of some of the recent ones: When to Leave FeedBurner - There has ... about the author. Amit Agarwal (@labnol) is a personal technology columnist at WSJ India, author of this book and founder of Digital Inspiration, a widely-read tech and how-to blog since 2004. Email: amit@labnol.org ... Digital Inspiration Technology Blog
New technology: the Square By Eric Halvorson Have you seen an example of new technology that may change the way you shop? ... One vendor at a recent Indianapolis festival said he finds younger people are more open to this technology than his older customers. Have you tried it? Mobile | WISH TV
