Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at The White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection. (Source: Bloomberg)
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20 February 2015
Apple CEO Tim Cook: Apple On Track to Run on Renewable Energy (video)
Apple CEO Tim Cook: We Are On Track to Run Apple on Renewable Energy
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at The White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at The White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection. (Source: Bloomberg)
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19 December 2014
Apple, Steve Jobs, Tim Cook, Transition from Survival to Luxury Brand (videos)
Apple's Transition From Steve Jobs to Tim Cook: Video - Bloomberg:
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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
CNET
.. A jewelry company is already putting dibs on a diamond AppleWatch. ... Mervis teased the custom luxury edition of the watch on its Facebook page. ....
Apple Is Becoming A Luxury Firm: Lundy: Video - Bloomberg:
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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:
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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)
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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
CNET
.. A jewelry company is already putting dibs on a diamond AppleWatch. ... Mervis teased the custom luxury edition of the watch on its Facebook page. ....
Apple Is Becoming A Luxury Firm: Lundy: Video - Bloomberg:
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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:
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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)
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31 October 2014
YouTube, 60FPS, Awesome Video
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YouTube Finally Supports 60FPS, And It Looks Awesome: "Earlier this year, YouTube announced plans to support videos running at 60 frames-per-second—plans that would make a huge difference for footage of video games. Today, the video network has finally started rolling out the new service, and you can already tell that this is going to be wonderful. You need Google Chrome to watch YouTube videos at 60FPS, and you need to watch them in HD, ... they look ... phenomenal..." (Make sure you set it to 720p or 1080p first.)
New York Times
Microsoft Jumps Into the Growing Market for Wearable Fitness Technology
New York Times
Now, like many other big technology companies, Microsoft believes it belongs ...Facebook alerts and even bar codes that allow people to pay for coffee at a ... Apple's Apple Watch, due out sometime next year, will start at $349 and ...
Microsoft Wants Its Wearable On Your Wrist And Your Health Data In Its Hands - Forbes
Microsoft watch beats Apple to market - USA TODAY
Microsoft outs Band fitness wearable in Apple App store screenshots - CNET
MiamiHerald.com
Apple Pay Rival MCX Open to Other Technology
New York Times
Facing pressure from supporters of Apple's new mobile payment system, the ... But the chief executive of the group said the technology was beside the ...
In Wake Of MCX Breach, Walgreens Looks Even Smarter For Embracing Apple Pay - Forbes
If Retailers Really Want A War With Apple Pay, They Had Better Prepare To Lose Big - Forbes
Washington Post
Apple CEO Tim Cook comes out: 'I'm proud to be gay'
Washington Post
Cook acknowledged in the essay published on Thursday that while his sexual orientation has not been a secret to many people at Apple (and has ...
Apple's Tim Cook Says That He Is 'Proud to Be Gay' - New York Times
6 Things to Know About Apple CEO Tim Cook - TIME
Apple's Tim Cook becomes highest-profile CEO to come out as gay - Kansas City Star
Google Hangouts now lets you make free one-minute international calls: "Google announced yesterday that users in 25 countries will now get the first minute free on international calls to 25 countries they make via its Hangouts app."
Aereo Sees Path Forward in FCC Online Video Proposal - Bloomberg: "Online video providers such as Aereo Inc. would be able to distribute TV programs like cable services, helping consumers circumvent large packages of channels, under a Federal Communications Commission proposal. If approved, the proposal would let Internet-video services negotiate for the right to distribute cable programs and local television. Aereo Chief Executive Officer Chet Kanojia, who halted his startup’s service after losing a Supreme Court decision in June, called the action by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler “an important step.”..."
Amazon's Grand Design in Devices
New York Times
Amazon's Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 tablet has a faster processor and better graphics capabilities than last year's model, as well as a surround-sound system...
CNET
BlackBerry: We're still in the phone business
CNET
CEO John Chen says the company is committed to earning back your business with its next phone -- the BlackBerry Classic. by Lance Whitney · @lancewhit; 30 October 2014, 4:52 am AEDT. comments. 0. facebook. twitter. linkedin. googleplus. more. more +.
New York Times
Hands On With the Weird But Intriguing HP Sprout
PC Magazine
The HP Sprout combines PC, projector, and 3D scanner. We go hands on to find out if this is the way of the future. 0shares. HP Sprout · VIEW ALL PHOTOS IN GALLERY. The desktop PC has been evolving rapidly in recent years, but things weren't moving ...
Business Today
China's Xiaomi surges to become world's third largest smartphone vendor
PCWorld
Phones from Xiaomi still haven't arrived in the U.S., but the company's booming sales in China have been enough to make it the third largest smartphone vendor in the world. Xiaomi reached the ranking, behind Apple and Samsung, in the third quarter, said ...
VentureBeat
Flipboard's latest update integrates Zite's tech to make you fall in love with digital ...
VentureBeat
Popular digital magazine app Flipboard is rolling out perhaps the biggest revamp of the service since its initial launch today, including improved navigation, new ways to discover content, a daily news feature, revised smartphone design, and more. The at the ...
Wired
UPDATE 1-Nintendo to develop "quality of life" device to track sleep, fatigue - CEO
Reuters
... * Nintendo will release new device in 2015/16. * Device is first offering from newly created healthcare division. * CEO Iwata says device may be offered on subscription service. * Nintendo announced a surprise profit for 2Q day earlier (Adds details on ...
ABC News
How Mobile Users in Zambia Just Scored Free Internet
ABC News
Mobile users in Zambia just scored free Internet, thanks to an initiative spearheaded by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Following the release of the Internet.org app is Namibia over the summer, Zuckerberg announced today that the country's northeast ...
New York Daily News
FTC rules against first online dating service for using fake profiles to push ...
New York Daily News
The Federal Trade Commission has ruled against its first online dating service for using fake, computer-generated dating profiles to encourage consumers to pay up for premium memberships. JDI Dating Ltd., an England-based company, will instead be ...
SFGate
It's Official: Google Glass Is Banned in Movie Theaters
NBCNews.com
Wearing Google Glass at the movies never was cool to begin with, and now it's official: You can't use the smart eyewear inside theaters. The Motion Picture Association of America and the National Association of Theatre Owners on Wednesday said they were ...
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24 October 2013
Apple CEO Tim Cook says Microsoft is "confused"
Tim Cook summarizes all the problems of Microsoft in one word: confused. Tablets or PCs? What is Microsoft trying to force its users to use? --
"They are confused. They chased after netbooks. Now they are trying to make PCs into tablets and tablets into PCs. Who knows what they will do next? I can't answer that question, but what I can tell you is we have a very clear direction and a very ambitious goal. We still believe people are in this category [desktop and notebook computers] and we are not slowing down on our innovation. We have been hard at work on the Mac and we have exciting new ..." --Apple CEO Tim Cook (Oct 22, 2013) (source: Bloomberg)
Apple unveils iPad Air, new Macs for holidays
Reuters
Apple said upgrades to its Mac operating system and iWork software suite, which compete with Microsoft Corp's Excel, Word and other applications, will now be offered for all MacBooks and Mac computers. ... The market is awash in inexpensive tablets ...
Apple - Mac - Compare Mac notebooks
MacBook Air or MacBook Pro. See the differences between each and find the perfect Mac notebook to fit your life.
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Apple's new Mac Pro revolutionizes the desktop workstation
"They are confused. They chased after netbooks. Now they are trying to make PCs into tablets and tablets into PCs. Who knows what they will do next? I can't answer that question, but what I can tell you is we have a very clear direction and a very ambitious goal. We still believe people are in this category [desktop and notebook computers] and we are not slowing down on our innovation. We have been hard at work on the Mac and we have exciting new ..." --Apple CEO Tim Cook (Oct 22, 2013) (source: Bloomberg)
Apple unveils iPad Air, new Macs for holidays
Reuters
Apple said upgrades to its Mac operating system and iWork software suite, which compete with Microsoft Corp's Excel, Word and other applications, will now be offered for all MacBooks and Mac computers. ... The market is awash in inexpensive tablets ...
Apple - Mac - Compare Mac notebooks
MacBook Air or MacBook Pro. See the differences between each and find the perfect Mac notebook to fit your life.
www.apple.com/mac/compare/notebooks.html
Apple's new Mac Pro revolutionizes the desktop workstation
ZDNet
Apple took time out of its WWDC 2013 keynote speech to give the developers a sneak peek at its revamped Mac Pro workstation. Today, during its October event ...
ZDNet
Apple took time out of its WWDC 2013 keynote speech to give the developers a sneak peek at its revamped Mac Pro workstation. Today, during its October event ...
ZDNet
CNET
Apple showed off revamped versions of its iLife and iWork apps Tuesdayat its ... which challenge's Google's cloud-based and web-based GoogleDrive, which ... Keynote, Apple's answer to Microsoft's PowerPoint, gets new transitions with ...
SlashGear
Apple showed off revamped versions of its iLife and iWork apps Tuesdayat its ... which challenge's Google's cloud-based and web-based GoogleDrive, which ... Keynote, Apple's answer to Microsoft's PowerPoint, gets new transitions with ...
SlashGear
Apple gives away OS X Mavericks
Computerworld
And while Microsoft does charge for Windows upgrades, those from Windows 7, say, to Windows 8, it not only mimicked Apple's faster release tempo this year, ...
ABC News
Apple Just Ended the Era of Paid Operating Systems
And while Microsoft does charge for Windows upgrades, those from Windows 7, say, to Windows 8, it not only mimicked Apple's faster release tempo this year, ...
ABC News
Apple Just Ended the Era of Paid Operating Systems
Wired
The desktop operating system is dead as a major profit center, and Apple just ... Like Microsoft, Google supplies operating systems to outside hardware makers, ...
MarketWatch
Apple - Pages for Mac
And even work effortlessly with people who use Microsoft Word. ... Apple‑designed templates help make your documents look professional from the start.
www.apple.com/mac/pages/
iPad Air - Buy iPad Air with Free Shipping - Apple Store (U.S.)
Order iPad Air from the Apple Online Store in Space Gray or Silver. Choose from 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB models.
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Apple - Press Info - Apple Announces iPad Air—Dramatically ...
SAN FRANCISCO—October 22, 2013—Apple® today announced iPad Air™, the latest generation of its category defining device, featuring a stunning 9.7-inch ...
www.apple.com/.../23Apple-Announces-iPad-Air-Dramaticall...
Apple updates iOS 7 to squash some bugs
The desktop operating system is dead as a major profit center, and Apple just ... Like Microsoft, Google supplies operating systems to outside hardware makers, ...
MarketWatch
Apple - Pages for Mac
And even work effortlessly with people who use Microsoft Word. ... Apple‑designed templates help make your documents look professional from the start.
www.apple.com/mac/pages/
iPad Air - Buy iPad Air with Free Shipping - Apple Store (U.S.)
Order iPad Air from the Apple Online Store in Space Gray or Silver. Choose from 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB models.
store.apple.com/us/buy-ipad/ipad-air
Apple - Press Info - Apple Announces iPad Air—Dramatically ...
SAN FRANCISCO—October 22, 2013—Apple® today announced iPad Air™, the latest generation of its category defining device, featuring a stunning 9.7-inch ...
www.apple.com/.../23Apple-Announces-iPad-Air-Dramaticall...
Apple updates iOS 7 to squash some bugs
USA TODAY
Apple's iOS 7, launched Sept. 18, may be its most troubled mobile operating system update. The new OS has been swiftly installed on more than two-thirds of ...
NDTV
Why Apple Wants Its Software to Be Free
Apple's iOS 7, launched Sept. 18, may be its most troubled mobile operating system update. The new OS has been swiftly installed on more than two-thirds of ...
NDTV
Why Apple Wants Its Software to Be Free
Businessweek
Compare that with Microsoft (MSFT), which charges $120 for the base version of ... Your browser is free, so is Gmail/Yahoo Mail/etc. andGoogle Maps (GOOG) ...
ABC News
Amazon lifts free-shipping threshold
Compare that with Microsoft (MSFT), which charges $120 for the base version of ... Your browser is free, so is Gmail/Yahoo Mail/etc. andGoogle Maps (GOOG) ...
ABC News
Amazon lifts free-shipping threshold
USA TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO -- Amazon.com raised the threshold on what orders qualify for free shipping in the U.S., the first time the e-commerce giant has made such a ...
Boston Globe
Amazon to build huge distribution center in Southeast Baltimore
SAN FRANCISCO -- Amazon.com raised the threshold on what orders qualify for free shipping in the U.S., the first time the e-commerce giant has made such a ...
Boston Globe
Amazon to build huge distribution center in Southeast Baltimore
Baltimore Sun
Amazon.com is opening a distribution center in Baltimore which is expected to bring over a thousand jobs. (WJZ Video). By Carrie Wells and Luke Broadwater, ...
ABC Action News
Amazon.com is opening a distribution center in Baltimore which is expected to bring over a thousand jobs. (WJZ Video). By Carrie Wells and Luke Broadwater, ...
ABC Action News
USA TODAY
The "it" in question is Glass, Google's wearable computer that last summer .... less than a minute by live respondents working through Amazon Mechanical Turk....
Google has nothing to fear from new EU data law
The "it" in question is Glass, Google's wearable computer that last summer .... less than a minute by live respondents working through Amazon Mechanical Turk....
Google has nothing to fear from new EU data law
Reuters
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Google, Facebook and other U.S. technology companies have been given a wake-up call with moves by Europe to impose stricter rules ...
AFP
WSJ: Microsoft prototyping Google Glass-like device - Engadget
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Google, Facebook and other U.S. technology companies have been given a wake-up call with moves by Europe to impose stricter rules ...
AFP
WSJ: Microsoft prototyping Google Glass-like device - Engadget
Jamie Rigg
... Wireless Acer Amazon AMD Apple ASUS AT&T Blackberry Canon Dell Facebook Google ...WSJ: Microsoft prototyping Google Glass-like device ... is currently playing with prototypes of "web-connected eyewear similar to Google Glass. ... declares 'Announce a Tablet Day,' rubs elbows with Apple while teasing Samsung ...
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... Wireless Acer Amazon AMD Apple ASUS AT&T Blackberry Canon Dell Facebook Google ...WSJ: Microsoft prototyping Google Glass-like device ... is currently playing with prototypes of "web-connected eyewear similar to Google Glass. ... declares 'Announce a Tablet Day,' rubs elbows with Apple while teasing Samsung ...
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Casey Chan
iWork. Apple announced a ton of stuff during its iPad event. ... There was also mention of Apple creating a hybrid keyboard case a la Microsoft Surface. ... Then go look at the price of a 2013 Nexus 7 ($230) or Amazon Kindle HDX (also $230).
Gizmodo
Apple New iPad Air - Business Insider
iWork. Apple announced a ton of stuff during its iPad event. ... There was also mention of Apple creating a hybrid keyboard case a la Microsoft Surface. ... Then go look at the price of a 2013 Nexus 7 ($230) or Amazon Kindle HDX (also $230).
Gizmodo
Apple New iPad Air - Business Insider
Dylan Love
Meet Apple's newest tablet. ... If You Want To Work For Amazon, You'd Better Be Able To Answer These. ..... You are logged in with Google. Social: Your Activity| ...
Tech
Meet Apple's newest tablet. ... If You Want To Work For Amazon, You'd Better Be Able To Answer These. ..... You are logged in with Google. Social: Your Activity| ...
Tech
3 Ways Apple Could Win Over Millennials Forever | Breakout ...
From the blog Breakout: Apple (AAPL) sure had “a lot to cover” in its latest product event at Yerba Buena Center ... “I don't want to buy another PC from Microsoft.
Yahoo Finance: Breakout
Google Checkout To Shut Down On November 20 | WebProNews
From the blog Breakout: Apple (AAPL) sure had “a lot to cover” in its latest product event at Yerba Buena Center ... “I don't want to buy another PC from Microsoft.
Yahoo Finance: Breakout
Google Checkout To Shut Down On November 20 | WebProNews
Zach Walton
Back in November 2011, Google announced that it was retiring Google Checkout in favor of GoogleWallet. After that announcement, Google Checkout remained operational for another year and a half until Google announced .... Amazon Ups Free Shipping Threshold to $35 ... Apple's Gold iPhone 5s Ad Is Heavy on the…
WebProNews » Google
Amazon raises free shipping minimum to $35 - Oct. 22, 2013
For over a decade, Amazon offered free shipping to U.S. addresses for orders that totaled a minimum of $25. NEW YORK (CNNMoney). Amazon has raised its free shipping minimum order to $35. .... Apple's new iPads in 90 seconds.
money.cnn.com/2013/10/22/.../amazon-free-shipping-change/
Amazon increases free shipping minimum to $35 | The Verge
Amazon has offered free shipping to US customers for over a decade now on all eligible orders above $25, but that's changing today ... From iPad Air to Mac Pro: all the news from Apple's fall 2013 event ... Microsoft hides desktop mode on new RT tablets, drops 'RT'. .... Google Voice cannot receive SMS for iCloud keychain.
www.theverge.com/.../amazon-free-super-saver-shipping-mini...
Apple OS X Mavericks Launching Today for Free - IGN
Macbook, iMac, Mac Mini, and Mac Pro owners will be able to get their hands on OS X Mavericks soon.
www.ign.com/.../apple-os-x-mavericks-launching-today-for-fr...
Apple's fall 2013 event in under five minutes | The Verge
This is everything that matters from Apple's fall 2013 event, in Apple's own words — indeed, there was a lot to cover ... Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer stock 1020 ...
www.theverge.com/2013/10/22/.../apples-fall-2013-event-reca...
Apple's fall event: iPad Air, Retina iPad mini, OS X Mavericks, and ...
Catch up with all the news from Apple's fall 2013 event on October 22nd, where the ... Microsoftreportedly testing its own Google Glass-like. ..... cost that could help Apple combat aggressive pricing from competitors like Google and Amazon.
www.theverge.com/.../apple-fall-event-ipad-5-mac-pro-macbo...
Microsoft downplays 'RT' and hides the desktop on its Surface tablets | PCWorld: " . . . downplaying and perhaps one day removing the desktop from RT tablets is the right decision. Now, if only we could get Microsoft to dump the Windows 8.1 Start screen from non-touchscreen PCs …"
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Back in November 2011, Google announced that it was retiring Google Checkout in favor of GoogleWallet. After that announcement, Google Checkout remained operational for another year and a half until Google announced .... Amazon Ups Free Shipping Threshold to $35 ... Apple's Gold iPhone 5s Ad Is Heavy on the…
WebProNews » Google
Amazon raises free shipping minimum to $35 - Oct. 22, 2013
For over a decade, Amazon offered free shipping to U.S. addresses for orders that totaled a minimum of $25. NEW YORK (CNNMoney). Amazon has raised its free shipping minimum order to $35. .... Apple's new iPads in 90 seconds.
money.cnn.com/2013/10/22/.../amazon-free-shipping-change/
Amazon increases free shipping minimum to $35 | The Verge
Amazon has offered free shipping to US customers for over a decade now on all eligible orders above $25, but that's changing today ... From iPad Air to Mac Pro: all the news from Apple's fall 2013 event ... Microsoft hides desktop mode on new RT tablets, drops 'RT'. .... Google Voice cannot receive SMS for iCloud keychain.
www.theverge.com/.../amazon-free-super-saver-shipping-mini...
Apple OS X Mavericks Launching Today for Free - IGN
Macbook, iMac, Mac Mini, and Mac Pro owners will be able to get their hands on OS X Mavericks soon.
www.ign.com/.../apple-os-x-mavericks-launching-today-for-fr...
Apple's fall 2013 event in under five minutes | The Verge
This is everything that matters from Apple's fall 2013 event, in Apple's own words — indeed, there was a lot to cover ... Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer stock 1020 ...
www.theverge.com/2013/10/22/.../apples-fall-2013-event-reca...
Apple's fall event: iPad Air, Retina iPad mini, OS X Mavericks, and ...
Catch up with all the news from Apple's fall 2013 event on October 22nd, where the ... Microsoftreportedly testing its own Google Glass-like. ..... cost that could help Apple combat aggressive pricing from competitors like Google and Amazon.
www.theverge.com/.../apple-fall-event-ipad-5-mac-pro-macbo...
Microsoft downplays 'RT' and hides the desktop on its Surface tablets | PCWorld: " . . . downplaying and perhaps one day removing the desktop from RT tablets is the right decision. Now, if only we could get Microsoft to dump the Windows 8.1 Start screen from non-touchscreen PCs …"
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01 October 2012
Can Tim Cook Still Manage Apple?
After $30 Billion Mistake, Can Tim Cook Manage Apple?
Forbes
The flaws with Apple (AAPL) Maps and previously with Apple's voice recognition software, Siri, reveal some deep flaws with Tim Cook's work as CEO. You might think that Tim Cook is doing a spectacular job. After all, since taking over as CEO on August ...
Softbank of Japan to Buy Rival eAccess for $2.3 Billion
New York Times
By MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED Softbank, the cellphone service provider that brought Apple's iPhone to Japan, said on Monday that it would buy a smaller rival, eAccess, for about $2.3 billion in stock, in the face of intensifying competition.
Apple Warranty Ads Should Be Examined in EU, Reding Says
Businessweek
By Aoife White on October 01, 2012 Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s advertising of product- warranty practices should be examined by the European Union's 27 states, the bloc's justice chief said. EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding wrote to member countries to ...
Samsung's Galaxy Note II goes on sale in UK
SlashGear
Samsung's Galaxy Note II has gone on sale, with the 5.5-inch phablet arriving in the UK just over a month since it was first unveiled. The quadcore handset is available through Three – though it's also due to hit other carriers – as well as unlocked, ...
SlashGear
Illegal downloads given stiff penalties in Japan
TG Daily
Japan is to introduce tough penalties for internet users who download copyright-infringing material - with fines of up to $25700 and a potential two-year jail term. Japan's the world's second-largest music market - but illegal downloads account for a ...
TG Daily
FreedomPop launches freemium 4G data service
Mobile Burn
While other carriers compete with several different pricing tiers to claim they offer customers the best value, only one company can say it offers free wireless internet to its customers. Upstart MVNO FreedomPop has launched a service that delivers ...
Microsoft's long-term Windows 8 app strategy may backfire, say analysts
Computerworld
By Gregg Keizer Computerworld - As the countdown clock ticks toward Windows 8's launch later this month, Microsoft has still not shown that there will be enough apps to drive users toward the new OS, an analyst said Friday. Last week, Microsoft CEO ...
Apple, Sony/ATV in rate standoff on streaming service
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal
Apple Inc. is having problems in negotiating rates with Sony/ATV to get the company's music into Apple's web radio service. According to the New York Times, Cupertino-based Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) negotiations have stalled over price.
Dish And The Dream Of Internet TV
TechCrunch
So Dish is the latest company interested in building an Internet TV service, as Bloomberg reported last week that it was in talks with various networks about licensing their content and delivering it over-the-top. But while an over-the-top live TV ...
TechCrunch
Crown Castle's T-Mobile Towers Acquisition: Remaining On The Sidelines
Seeking Alpha
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. (More...) Crown Castle International (CCI) announced on Friday that it will acquire 7200 T-Mobile towers in a deal valued at $2.4 ...
Scientist Blamed For Leaked Docu
Manila Bulletin
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – An Alaska scientist whose observations of drowned polar bears helped galvanize the global warming movement has been reprimanded for improper release of government documents. An Interior Department official said emails released by ...
Is Apple clamping down on third-party app promotion services?
Pocket Gamer.Biz
by Keith Andrew Media attention may have been focused on the launches of iPhone 5 and iOS6 – including the subsequent 'MapGate' and 'ScuffGate' backlashes – but it appears Apple itself has turned its attention to the art of app promotion.
Open webOS 1.0 released, ported to Google Nexus
Technoholik
Hewlett Packard has kept to their schedule and hit the first major milestone by releasing Open webOS 1.0 on the morning on September 30. The development team has released the source code on GitHub, and an Open Embedded build that can run inside an OE ...
Technoholik
Gates lauds new Microsoft system
BigPond News
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has said he is 'very pleased' with the new operating system. Microsoft founder Bill Gates has admitted to being "very pleased" with the new Windows 8 operating system and says that it is "a very exciting product".
BigPond News
Apple Maps Not 'Powerful'; HP ElitePad 900 Hands On; Xbox Live Rewards
PC Magazine
The good news: You can now earn free Microsoft Points as a kind of "cashback" reward for microtransactions you make on Xbox Live. Also making headlines over the weekend: The Oatmeal's Tesla Musem ... Just over $1.37 million dollars. Google Performs ...
Iran unblocks Google email after officials complain
NBCNews.com (blog)
Iran unblocks Google email after officials complain. DUBAI -- Iranian authorities have reopened access to Google Inc's email service a week after blocking it, a government official and Iranians said on Monday. Iran maintains one of the world's largest ...
Nokia Announcement is Bad News for Apple and Google
NASDAQ
Google lost Apple, one of its biggest clients, when the iPhone maker decided to team up with TomTom to build its own mapping application. ... Nokia has also inked deals with Amazon(NASDAQ: AMZN ) and Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO ). Despite the company's ...
James Bond Tech Still Beyond Our Reach
Discovery News
The James Bond movies gave sixties audiences not only the vicarious thrill of following 007 through dangerous missions in exotic locales, but also a glimpse of the future through some of thetechnology used by Bond and the villains he pursued. Despite ...
US high-tech companies ramping up exports: survey
Chicago Tribune
"It's really being driven by this emerging middle class that have more disposable income and a heavy appetite for technology products like cell phones, tablets and laptops," Ken Rankin, high-techmarketing director at UPS in Atlanta, said in a Friday ...
Will.i.am and Simon Cowell seek Apple-like tech talents
Computerworld (blog)
Speaking to The Sun newspaper (a publication somewhat South of Digitimes when it comes to edgy reportage) the rapper put it like this: “We're working on a project called X Factor for Tech - and it's going to be out of this world. Singing and ...
Virtual Class in Session: Startup's Technology Bring Users Together
Bloomberg
Harvard University Professor Michael Sandel's lectures on justice, one of the school's most popular courses, are also a hit on YouTube. They've been viewed millions of times and have elicited thousands of comments. But unlike the students in his class ...
Pew: Half of adults own tablet or smartphone
USA TODAY
Pew-half-of-us-adults-own-tablet-or-smartphone ...
Brier Dudley: Tech needs to do more for US if it wants more visas
The Seattle Times
That's the gist of Microsoft's ambitious proposal to revamp U.S. immigration policies regulating the flow of foreign tech workers into the country. Microsoft wants the government to let companies bring in more skilled workers from overseas with special...
The Seattle Times
International Fuel Technology, Inc.'s Participation in the InnoTrans Rail Fair ...
DailyFinance
LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- International Fuel Technology, Inc. (IFT) (OTCBB: IFUE) announced that its participation in the InnoTrans Rail Fair in Berlin, Germany, the world's largest rail show, proved successful in capturing additional rail opportunities.
WATCH: Tips For Parents On Setting Limits With Technology, From Carrie ...
Huffington Post
When Carrie Goldman, parenting expert and author of "Bullied", joined me on Mondays With Marlo, we discussed how to set limits on technology for children, and why it's so important to monitor their activity. Carrie shared some wonderful resources that ...
Canary Wharf to create hub for financial tech start-ups
Reuters
LONDON Oct 1 (Reuters) - London's Canary Wharf business district, home to global banks HSBC, Barclays and Citigroup, wants to attract entrepreneurs with a new centre for technology start-ups focused on financial services. Canary Wharf Group, the owner ...
Tech factory contrast: Foxconn ascends, while Sharp struggles
PCWorld
In its favor, Sharp's in-house technology is highly advanced compared to Foxconn, with the ability to produce items like super-thin touch panels for phones and tablets, highly efficient solar panels, and giant-screen LCD TVs. Still, the future of the ...
Top 10 Tech This Week
By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
It was another exciting week in tech, filled with a slew of futuristic developments -- and we found the best of the best for you right here in Top 10 Tech..
Mashable » Tech
Forbes
The flaws with Apple (AAPL) Maps and previously with Apple's voice recognition software, Siri, reveal some deep flaws with Tim Cook's work as CEO. You might think that Tim Cook is doing a spectacular job. After all, since taking over as CEO on August ...
Softbank of Japan to Buy Rival eAccess for $2.3 Billion
New York Times
By MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED Softbank, the cellphone service provider that brought Apple's iPhone to Japan, said on Monday that it would buy a smaller rival, eAccess, for about $2.3 billion in stock, in the face of intensifying competition.
Russia's Yandex combines Chromium and Opera code for new browser
ZDNet
Summary: The web services firm says the browser, due for release later on Monday, will offer users fast loading and enhanced security. It has also unveiled an alternative Android app store, which it is offering to operators and manufacturers as part of ...
ZDNet
Summary: The web services firm says the browser, due for release later on Monday, will offer users fast loading and enhanced security. It has also unveiled an alternative Android app store, which it is offering to operators and manufacturers as part of ...
Iran unblocks Gmail but still wants to keep out YouTube
CNET
Gmail is back online for Iranian citizens, but the government aims to make sure YouTube stays off limits. by Lance Whitney People in Iran can apparently once again access their Gmail accounts after the service was blocked last week.
Meg Whitman unveils first HP tablet
NBCNews.com
Two years after taking an unsuccessful turn in the political arena, Meg Whitman is back in Silicon Valley, helming the world's largest technology company, Hewlett-Packard. Monday, she's unveiling HP's entry into world of tablets.
NBCNews.com
CNET
Gmail is back online for Iranian citizens, but the government aims to make sure YouTube stays off limits. by Lance Whitney People in Iran can apparently once again access their Gmail accounts after the service was blocked last week.
Meg Whitman unveils first HP tablet
NBCNews.com
Two years after taking an unsuccessful turn in the political arena, Meg Whitman is back in Silicon Valley, helming the world's largest technology company, Hewlett-Packard. Monday, she's unveiling HP's entry into world of tablets.
NBCNews.com
Apple Warranty Ads Should Be Examined in EU, Reding Says
Businessweek
By Aoife White on October 01, 2012 Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s advertising of product- warranty practices should be examined by the European Union's 27 states, the bloc's justice chief said. EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding wrote to member countries to ...
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 3G
PC Magazine
Crisp edge-lighting. Sharp new fonts. Fast, smooth, touch-based UI. Improved home screen. Robust app ecosystem. Cons Ads cost $20 to remove. No more headphone jack. 3G version costs as much as 7-inch color tablets. The Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 3G ...
PC Magazine
Crisp edge-lighting. Sharp new fonts. Fast, smooth, touch-based UI. Improved home screen. Robust app ecosystem. Cons Ads cost $20 to remove. No more headphone jack. 3G version costs as much as 7-inch color tablets. The Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 3G ...
Pew: Half of US adults own tablet or smartphone
The Associated Press
Half of all adult Americans now own either a tablet computer or a smartphone, and one-third use their mobile devices to view news stories and video clips at least once a week. That's according to a survey by the Pew Research Center's Project for ...
The Associated Press
Half of all adult Americans now own either a tablet computer or a smartphone, and one-third use their mobile devices to view news stories and video clips at least once a week. That's according to a survey by the Pew Research Center's Project for ...
Taiwan minister catches flak for iPhone 5 posting
CNET
The country's information minister posted a photo of the iPhone 5 on his Facebook account, and under it, put a caption saying, "Help the economy and bolster consumption." by Don Reisinger A look at the iPhone 4S and iPhone 5.
Sharp begins production on 5-inch 1080p displays
SlashGear
A lot of the current top-of-the-line Android handsets have screens with a 1280 x 720 resolution on average, but that's about to change. Sharp is wanting to bring 1080p displays to phablets of all kinds, and has announced that it has started production ...
CNET
The country's information minister posted a photo of the iPhone 5 on his Facebook account, and under it, put a caption saying, "Help the economy and bolster consumption." by Don Reisinger A look at the iPhone 4S and iPhone 5.
Sharp begins production on 5-inch 1080p displays
SlashGear
A lot of the current top-of-the-line Android handsets have screens with a 1280 x 720 resolution on average, but that's about to change. Sharp is wanting to bring 1080p displays to phablets of all kinds, and has announced that it has started production ...
Samsung's Galaxy Note II goes on sale in UK
SlashGear
Samsung's Galaxy Note II has gone on sale, with the 5.5-inch phablet arriving in the UK just over a month since it was first unveiled. The quadcore handset is available through Three – though it's also due to hit other carriers – as well as unlocked, ...
SlashGear
Illegal downloads given stiff penalties in Japan
TG Daily
Japan is to introduce tough penalties for internet users who download copyright-infringing material - with fines of up to $25700 and a potential two-year jail term. Japan's the world's second-largest music market - but illegal downloads account for a ...
TG Daily
FreedomPop launches freemium 4G data service
Mobile Burn
While other carriers compete with several different pricing tiers to claim they offer customers the best value, only one company can say it offers free wireless internet to its customers. Upstart MVNO FreedomPop has launched a service that delivers ...
Broadcom Shows Off First Fruits from NetLogic Deal
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Don Clark Communications chips don't typically attract the attention of some other high-tech products. But Broadcom sees its latest as a milestone. The Irvine, Calif., company spent $3.7 billion this year to buy NetLogic Microsystems, ...
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Don Clark Communications chips don't typically attract the attention of some other high-tech products. But Broadcom sees its latest as a milestone. The Irvine, Calif., company spent $3.7 billion this year to buy NetLogic Microsystems, ...
Nokia to Supply Oracle With Phonemaker's Location System
Businessweek
By Adam Ewing on October 01, 2012 Nokia Oyj (NOK1V), the smartphone maker that owns mapping database maker Navteq, signed a contract with Oracle Corp. (ORCL) to provide its location platform to the US software maker. Nokia, which bought Chicago-based ...
Businessweek
By Adam Ewing on October 01, 2012 Nokia Oyj (NOK1V), the smartphone maker that owns mapping database maker Navteq, signed a contract with Oracle Corp. (ORCL) to provide its location platform to the US software maker. Nokia, which bought Chicago-based ...
Oracle plans IaaS to compete with Amazon Web Services
InfoWorld
By Chris Kanaracus | IDG News Service Oracle is planning to roll out a new IaaS (infrastructure as a service) offering that will compete directly with Amazon Web Services, along with a service called Oracle Public Cloud that runs inside customers' ...
Verizon Pushed An Important Update To iPhone 5s
Business Insider
Verizon pushed a carrier update to iPhone 5 owners last night that fixes an issue where the phones would use carrier data while still connected to Wi-Fi. It's unclear how much data was leaking through and whether or not customers will be reimbursed for ...
Business Insider
InfoWorld
By Chris Kanaracus | IDG News Service Oracle is planning to roll out a new IaaS (infrastructure as a service) offering that will compete directly with Amazon Web Services, along with a service called Oracle Public Cloud that runs inside customers' ...
Verizon Pushed An Important Update To iPhone 5s
Business Insider
Verizon pushed a carrier update to iPhone 5 owners last night that fixes an issue where the phones would use carrier data while still connected to Wi-Fi. It's unclear how much data was leaking through and whether or not customers will be reimbursed for ...
Business Insider
Microsoft's long-term Windows 8 app strategy may backfire, say analysts
Computerworld
By Gregg Keizer Computerworld - As the countdown clock ticks toward Windows 8's launch later this month, Microsoft has still not shown that there will be enough apps to drive users toward the new OS, an analyst said Friday. Last week, Microsoft CEO ...
HP's new ElitePad 900 tablet enables easy disassembly, self-support
Computerworld
By Agam Shah IDG News Service - Hewlett-Packard on Monday announced the new ElitePad 900 tablet with Windows 8, and said the device can be easily disassembled to replace components in order to save hardware and support costs.
Computerworld
By Agam Shah IDG News Service - Hewlett-Packard on Monday announced the new ElitePad 900 tablet with Windows 8, and said the device can be easily disassembled to replace components in order to save hardware and support costs.
Motorola Mobility loses appeal in Microsoft XBox patent case
Chicago Tribune
Google's Motorola Mobility can't enforce a German court order preventing Microsoft from selling its Xbox gaming software in Germany, a US appeals court ruled. A three-judge panel in San Francisco upheld a Seattle judge's order blocking Motorola ...
Chicago Tribune
Google's Motorola Mobility can't enforce a German court order preventing Microsoft from selling its Xbox gaming software in Germany, a US appeals court ruled. A three-judge panel in San Francisco upheld a Seattle judge's order blocking Motorola ...
Geek Speak: World of Warcraft Mists of Pandaria Review (Part 1)
San Francisco Luxury News
Unlike a number of people who have either taken time off work or are embracing unemployment to get to the coveted 90 level cap by gaming at least 20 hours a day, yours truly has had to fit in a substantial amount of gaming time around real life to ...
San Francisco Luxury News
Unlike a number of people who have either taken time off work or are embracing unemployment to get to the coveted 90 level cap by gaming at least 20 hours a day, yours truly has had to fit in a substantial amount of gaming time around real life to ...
Bizjournals.com
The Federal Communications Commission has approved a plan to buy unused television airwaves and auction them off for use by smartphones. The plan would raise an estimated $15 billion for the government and help meet the rising demand for wireless ...
The Federal Communications Commission has approved a plan to buy unused television airwaves and auction them off for use by smartphones. The plan would raise an estimated $15 billion for the government and help meet the rising demand for wireless ...
Critical Mass 20th anniversary celebrated
GlobalPost (blog)
An estimated 5000 cyclists rode through the streets of San Francisco to commemorate 20 years of Critical Mass. Bicycle riders participate in a 'Critical Mass' war protest in Justin Herman Plaza on March 28, 2003, in San Francisco, Calif.
Two new Slingbox devices spotted in the US
CNET
by Philip Wong | 1 October 2012 5:41pm SGT Two new Slingbox devices have been sighted in the US at a Best Buy store. The Slingbox 350 is less than half the size of the current Slingbox Pro-HD model and now supports 1080p video streaming.
CNET
GlobalPost (blog)
An estimated 5000 cyclists rode through the streets of San Francisco to commemorate 20 years of Critical Mass. Bicycle riders participate in a 'Critical Mass' war protest in Justin Herman Plaza on March 28, 2003, in San Francisco, Calif.
Two new Slingbox devices spotted in the US
CNET
by Philip Wong | 1 October 2012 5:41pm SGT Two new Slingbox devices have been sighted in the US at a Best Buy store. The Slingbox 350 is less than half the size of the current Slingbox Pro-HD model and now supports 1080p video streaming.
CNET
Apple, Sony/ATV in rate standoff on streaming service
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal
Apple Inc. is having problems in negotiating rates with Sony/ATV to get the company's music into Apple's web radio service. According to the New York Times, Cupertino-based Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) negotiations have stalled over price.
Dish And The Dream Of Internet TV
TechCrunch
So Dish is the latest company interested in building an Internet TV service, as Bloomberg reported last week that it was in talks with various networks about licensing their content and delivering it over-the-top. But while an over-the-top live TV ...
TechCrunch
Crown Castle's T-Mobile Towers Acquisition: Remaining On The Sidelines
Seeking Alpha
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. (More...) Crown Castle International (CCI) announced on Friday that it will acquire 7200 T-Mobile towers in a deal valued at $2.4 ...
Space Coast readies for two launches this week
Bizjournals.com
The Space Coast is preparing for two rocket launches scheduled for the upcoming week, and the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is hoping they will spur more tourism for the area, CF News 13 reports. United Launch Alliance's Delta IV will launch ...
Bizjournals.com
The Space Coast is preparing for two rocket launches scheduled for the upcoming week, and the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is hoping they will spur more tourism for the area, CF News 13 reports. United Launch Alliance's Delta IV will launch ...
Instagram beats Twitter on Mobile
Computer Business Review
The popular photo sharing app was accessed more on mobile devices than microblogging service, Twitter. Instagram received more overall interaction on its mobile app than Twitter's in August of this year. According to a report published by AllThingsD, ...
2012 is not the End of the World, says experts
French Tribune
Experts across the globe have been trying different methods, so that they can convince people that prediction being made by the Maya calendar about the end of world is wrong. A meeting was being held in the Merida, where renowned anthropologists, ...
French Tribune
Computer Business Review
The popular photo sharing app was accessed more on mobile devices than microblogging service, Twitter. Instagram received more overall interaction on its mobile app than Twitter's in August of this year. According to a report published by AllThingsD, ...
2012 is not the End of the World, says experts
French Tribune
Experts across the globe have been trying different methods, so that they can convince people that prediction being made by the Maya calendar about the end of world is wrong. A meeting was being held in the Merida, where renowned anthropologists, ...
French Tribune
Scientist Blamed For Leaked Docu
Manila Bulletin
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – An Alaska scientist whose observations of drowned polar bears helped galvanize the global warming movement has been reprimanded for improper release of government documents. An Interior Department official said emails released by ...
Gorgeous harvest moon lights up the sky
KING5.com
by SUSAN WYATT / KING 5 News The skies were clear in Western Washington Saturday night and many people went out to take photos of the huge harvest moon. The Harvest Moon is the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox.
KING5.com
by SUSAN WYATT / KING 5 News The skies were clear in Western Washington Saturday night and many people went out to take photos of the huge harvest moon. The Harvest Moon is the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox.
Microsoft may unveil its own Windows Phone 8 mobile
NDTV
Microsoft is reportedly building a self-branded Windows Phone 8 device, which is expected to be unveiled in the first half of 2013. According to a report in China Times, the Windows-maker has been working on this phone for almost four months now and ...
NDTV
Microsoft is reportedly building a self-branded Windows Phone 8 device, which is expected to be unveiled in the first half of 2013. According to a report in China Times, the Windows-maker has been working on this phone for almost four months now and ...
Nintendo Wii U Pre-orders Still Available, Release Date (10/1 Update)
HawtWired (blog)
With the recent announcement and details of the holiday 2012 release of the Nintendo Wii U released by Nintendo, pre-orders for the Nintendo Wii U console and games have begun! Walmart offers the Wii U Console bundle option with the choice of either ...
HawtWired (blog)
With the recent announcement and details of the holiday 2012 release of the Nintendo Wii U released by Nintendo, pre-orders for the Nintendo Wii U console and games have begun! Walmart offers the Wii U Console bundle option with the choice of either ...
BlackBerry Laguna specs leak with an iPhone 5-beating display
Stuff.tv
Specs for the BlackBerry Laguna (the US counterpart of the BlackBerry London) have escaped through the cracks of RIM's headquarters and seeped onto the internet. And they're not too shabby. If true, RIM's BlackBerry 10 device will have the highest ...
Stuff.tv
Specs for the BlackBerry Laguna (the US counterpart of the BlackBerry London) have escaped through the cracks of RIM's headquarters and seeped onto the internet. And they're not too shabby. If true, RIM's BlackBerry 10 device will have the highest ...
Sony-Olympus alliance aims for high-tech surgery
Terra.com
Sony's new alliance with scandal-tarnished Olympus will focus on producing endoscopes and other surgical tools packed with the Japanese electronic maker's three-dimensional imaging and super-clear "4K" display technologies. Sony Corp.
Fish likely to shrink as planet warms: study
Brisbane Times
Fish are likely to get smaller on average by 2050 because global warming will cut the amount of oxygen in the oceans in a shift that may also mean dwindling catches, according to a study on Sunday. Average maximum body weights for 600 types of marine ...
Brisbane Times
Terra.com
Sony's new alliance with scandal-tarnished Olympus will focus on producing endoscopes and other surgical tools packed with the Japanese electronic maker's three-dimensional imaging and super-clear "4K" display technologies. Sony Corp.
Fish likely to shrink as planet warms: study
Brisbane Times
Fish are likely to get smaller on average by 2050 because global warming will cut the amount of oxygen in the oceans in a shift that may also mean dwindling catches, according to a study on Sunday. Average maximum body weights for 600 types of marine ...
Brisbane Times
Is Apple clamping down on third-party app promotion services?
Pocket Gamer.Biz
by Keith Andrew Media attention may have been focused on the launches of iPhone 5 and iOS6 – including the subsequent 'MapGate' and 'ScuffGate' backlashes – but it appears Apple itself has turned its attention to the art of app promotion.
Open webOS 1.0 released, ported to Google Nexus
Technoholik
Hewlett Packard has kept to their schedule and hit the first major milestone by releasing Open webOS 1.0 on the morning on September 30. The development team has released the source code on GitHub, and an Open Embedded build that can run inside an OE ...
Technoholik
Gates lauds new Microsoft system
BigPond News
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has said he is 'very pleased' with the new operating system. Microsoft founder Bill Gates has admitted to being "very pleased" with the new Windows 8 operating system and says that it is "a very exciting product".
BigPond News
Apple Maps Not 'Powerful'; HP ElitePad 900 Hands On; Xbox Live Rewards
PC Magazine
The good news: You can now earn free Microsoft Points as a kind of "cashback" reward for microtransactions you make on Xbox Live. Also making headlines over the weekend: The Oatmeal's Tesla Musem ... Just over $1.37 million dollars. Google Performs ...
Iran unblocks Google email after officials complain
NBCNews.com (blog)
Iran unblocks Google email after officials complain. DUBAI -- Iranian authorities have reopened access to Google Inc's email service a week after blocking it, a government official and Iranians said on Monday. Iran maintains one of the world's largest ...
Nokia Announcement is Bad News for Apple and Google
NASDAQ
Google lost Apple, one of its biggest clients, when the iPhone maker decided to team up with TomTom to build its own mapping application. ... Nokia has also inked deals with Amazon(NASDAQ: AMZN ) and Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO ). Despite the company's ...
James Bond Tech Still Beyond Our Reach
Discovery News
The James Bond movies gave sixties audiences not only the vicarious thrill of following 007 through dangerous missions in exotic locales, but also a glimpse of the future through some of thetechnology used by Bond and the villains he pursued. Despite ...
US high-tech companies ramping up exports: survey
Chicago Tribune
"It's really being driven by this emerging middle class that have more disposable income and a heavy appetite for technology products like cell phones, tablets and laptops," Ken Rankin, high-techmarketing director at UPS in Atlanta, said in a Friday ...
Will.i.am and Simon Cowell seek Apple-like tech talents
Computerworld (blog)
Speaking to The Sun newspaper (a publication somewhat South of Digitimes when it comes to edgy reportage) the rapper put it like this: “We're working on a project called X Factor for Tech - and it's going to be out of this world. Singing and ...
Virtual Class in Session: Startup's Technology Bring Users Together
Bloomberg
Harvard University Professor Michael Sandel's lectures on justice, one of the school's most popular courses, are also a hit on YouTube. They've been viewed millions of times and have elicited thousands of comments. But unlike the students in his class ...
Pew: Half of adults own tablet or smartphone
USA TODAY
Pew-half-of-us-adults-own-tablet-or-smartphone ...
Brier Dudley: Tech needs to do more for US if it wants more visas
The Seattle Times
That's the gist of Microsoft's ambitious proposal to revamp U.S. immigration policies regulating the flow of foreign tech workers into the country. Microsoft wants the government to let companies bring in more skilled workers from overseas with special...
The Seattle Times
International Fuel Technology, Inc.'s Participation in the InnoTrans Rail Fair ...
DailyFinance
LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- International Fuel Technology, Inc. (IFT) (OTCBB: IFUE) announced that its participation in the InnoTrans Rail Fair in Berlin, Germany, the world's largest rail show, proved successful in capturing additional rail opportunities.
WATCH: Tips For Parents On Setting Limits With Technology, From Carrie ...
Huffington Post
When Carrie Goldman, parenting expert and author of "Bullied", joined me on Mondays With Marlo, we discussed how to set limits on technology for children, and why it's so important to monitor their activity. Carrie shared some wonderful resources that ...
Canary Wharf to create hub for financial tech start-ups
Reuters
LONDON Oct 1 (Reuters) - London's Canary Wharf business district, home to global banks HSBC, Barclays and Citigroup, wants to attract entrepreneurs with a new centre for technology start-ups focused on financial services. Canary Wharf Group, the owner ...
Tech factory contrast: Foxconn ascends, while Sharp struggles
PCWorld
In its favor, Sharp's in-house technology is highly advanced compared to Foxconn, with the ability to produce items like super-thin touch panels for phones and tablets, highly efficient solar panels, and giant-screen LCD TVs. Still, the future of the ...
Top 10 Tech This Week
By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
It was another exciting week in tech, filled with a slew of futuristic developments -- and we found the best of the best for you right here in Top 10 Tech..
Mashable » Tech
28 September 2012
Tim Cook Apologizes for Apple's Maps
Tim Cook Apologizes for Apple's Maps
New York Times (blog)
In a letter posted on Apple's Web site, Mr. Cook said he was “extremely sorry” for the anguish caused when the company replaced Google's maps with its own, acknowledging that the company's new Maps app did not live up to its standards. He said that 100 ...
New York Times (blog)
Apple apologizes for its mapping service on iOS 6
Computerworld
"While we're improving Maps, you can try alternatives by downloading map apps from the App Store like Bing, MapQuest and Waze, or use Google or Nokia maps by going to their websites and creating an icon on your home screen to their web app," Cook ...
Taking Google's Field Trip app for a spin: Watch out for the potholes
PCWorld
More by Jared Newman. With a new Android app called Field Trip, Google wants to be your tour guide for all things local. ... It's a vintage Google product--that is, it's pretty rough around the edges, but has lots of potential for greatness. On startup ...
Needed for Google's Next Nexus 7 Tablet: More Storage
TIME
Now that Amazon and Barnes & Noble have announced their latest cheap tablets, it's become clear that Google's own offering, the Nexus 7, has a storage problem. The $200 Nexus 7, which launched in July, comes with just 8 GB of storage. A 16 GB version ...
TIME
Apple CEO Tim Cook Apologizes to Customers Over iOS 6 Maps
All Things Digital
Apple CEO Tim Cook on Friday apologized for customer upset over its mapping changes and said it is working hard to improve the Apple-created service that replaced Google Maps in iOS 6. In the meantime, Cook pointed customers to rival Web-based ...
Google Obeys Brazil Court, Blocks YouTube Video Criticizing Politicians
Huffington Post
An arrest warrant was issued for Coelho earlier this week by a court in Brazil's Mato Grosso do Sul state after Google failed to obey an order demanding removal of the video attacking a mayoral candidate. Judges in Brazil have held executives ...
EU moves to charge Microsoft #thecircuit
Washington Post (blog)
The report said the regulator warned that, without a settlement, Google will face a long legal battle in Europe. Microsoft general counsel and executive vice president Brad Smith was at the Brookings Institution Thursday to talk about a different issue ...
Google AdSense Bots Gone Wild: Author In Violation For Torrenting His Own Book!
Forbes
Based on response to the linked story on TechDirt, Google has resolved the case, but not before revealing a blind spot in its automation. Here's the setup of the story from the link on TechDirt: “A few years ago, Jackson, while deployed in Iraq, wrote ...
Forbes
Apple's iPhone 5 has louder, harsher vibration effect than 4S
CNET (blog)
So, why might Apple have gone back to a previous design? An iFixit screenshot seems to indicate that the older vibration component is much smaller than the latest version. Considering Apple'siPhone 5 is notable thinner than the iPhone 4S, the company ...
Tim Cook Apologizes For Apple Maps, Points To Competitive ...
By Jordan Crook
Obviously, this is directed toward the recent discovery that Apple and Google may have parted ways over the fact that Google was unwilling to let iOS users enjoy turn-by-turn navigation. To partially make up for it, Cook offers suggestions for ...
TechCrunch
Voice-Guided Directions Dispute Torpedoed Google Maps for iOS 6
By Sam Laird
People who use Google Maps on Android mobile devices have long since been able to get voice-guided driving directions. But iPhone users of Google Maps have never had that. As the rivalry between Apple and Google/Android has ramped ...
Mashable!
Imagery Update - Google Lat Long Blog
By Lat Long Blog
Our quest to create the most comprehensive and accurate map of the world is ongoing, but we're happy to take a pause and share some impressive progress that our Google Maps and Earth imagery teams have recently made. We've ...
Google Lat Long
Google gives users an easy out, adds YouTube to Takeout data ...
By Mark Hearn
Google recently added YouTube to its Takeout data migration service, which now gives users the ability to pull all of their uploaded videos from the company's servers in a single stroke. This groovy tool should definitely come in handy when ...
Engadget
Amazon rejects Apple's false advertising claim in App Store suit ...
By Mike Schramm
Amazon.com has filed a statement in Apple's ongoing claim against the online retail giant, saying that the generic use of the term \"app store\" is not.
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Bad Piggies - Android Apps on Google Play
Get ready to see pigs fly! From the creators of Angry Birds: an all new game from the PIGS ...
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RIM Beats Earnings With Narrower Loss
InformationWeek
RIM surprised analysts and investors by reporting a smaller loss than expected for its second fiscal quarter. What saved it? Emerging markets. By Eric Zeman InformationWeek Research In Motion delivered some relatively good news about its financials ...
Apple CEO 'Extremely Sorry' for IPhone Maps Frustration
Businessweek
By Adam Satariano on September 28, 2012 Apple Inc. (AAPL) Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook apologized for the iPhone mapping software released last week that has been widely criticized for flaws such as steering people in the wrong direction.
Facebook Gifts: Send presents to friends over your social network
Washington Post
Facebook is rolling out a feature that will let users give presents from their network profiles, marking the company's first big step into offering physical goods. The new service goes way beyond the network's old gift feature, which let you send ...
Rocky evidence conjures images of water flowing freely on Mars
Los Angeles Times
A rocky outcrop on Mars has sent a shot of excitement through the scientific community with the evidence it provides of an ancient riverbed -- Martian "water transport" -- according to NASA. NASA's Curiosity rover has sent back pictures of a section of ...
404 error pages being used to find missing children
Los Angeles Times
"Page not found, and neither is this person." That is the message the people behind NotFound.org want you to see whenever you type in a URL for a Web page that has been deleted from the Internet or was never there in the first place.
Sharp says iPhone 5 displays being made for Apple in 'adequate volumes'
Apple Insider
By Sam Oliver An executive with LCD maker Sharp has indicated that his company is not having problems supplying displays to Apple for the iPhone 5. The unnamed Sharp official made the comments at a press briefing in Osaka, Japan, and spoke on condition ...
Apple Insider
Nokia cuts smartphone prices before new models arrive
Reuters
| HELSINKI (Reuters) - Struggling phone maker Nokia has knocked 10-15 percent off the prices of two of its top of the range smartphones, hoping to boost sales before newer models arrive in markets in November. Nokia has cut the price of the Lumia 800 ...
T-Mobile Sells Rights to Towers for $2.4 Billion
New York Times
By EVELYN M. RUSLI Crown Castle, a major wireless tower operator, has agreed to pay T-Mobile $2.4 billion in cash for rights to 7200 cell phone towers. Under the transaction, Crown Castle will lease the towers for 28 years, after which time it will ...
Half of Windows 8 users still prefer 7
TG Daily
Even the most ardent, up-to-date Windows aficionados are having a tough time with the newest version of Windows. Microsoft's latest operating system is proving to be a problem for more than half of the people who have already made the transition, ...
TG Daily
Canada won't say if China involved in hacking incident
Reuters
| OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada said it was aware hackers had breached security at a domestic manufacturer of software used by big energy companies, but declined to comment on a report that a Chinese group could be responsible. Calgary-based Telvent, which ...
Apple's iPhone 5 draws crowds as it launches in 22 more countries
Apple Insider
By AppleInsider Staff The iPhone 5 went on sale in 22 more countries on Friday, making it now available in a total of 31 nations around the world, in Apple's most aggressive launch schedule ever. The list of countries where the iPhone 5 launched on ...
Fast and furious: Life with LTE on an iPhone 5
Houston Chronicle (blog)
Comments(1) | E-mail | Print One of the main reasons I wanted a new smartphone was to step up to LTE, the faster data connection offered by AT&T, Sprint and Verizon. I've been testing LTE on various review units since Verizon first launched the service ...
Facebook, Twitter Growth in China Has Lots of Caveats
Businessweek
By Bruce Einhorn on September 28, 2012 A new report shows just how porous China's infamous Great Firewall might be for local Internet users determined to access banned websites. The country's censors have deemed Facebook (FB) and Twitter unfit for ...
Harvest full moon rises this weekend
CBS News
The full moon that rises this weekend is a special one, carrying the title of "Harvest Moon" for those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere. The moon officially turns full when it reaches that spot in the sky exactly opposite the sun, ...
Police feared more killings
Sydney Morning Herald
At first it was just a missing person's case. A person who had a little too much to drink had not made it home - an event that happens every night across Australia By Saturday afternoon Homicide Crew Four, the suspicious missing persons unit under ...
How To Find Porn On The Internet
Huffington Post
Now Lawley is taking the next step, introducing a dedicated search engine--Search.xxx--that he says will function like Google.com (GOOG) and other familiar search engines, except that it will bring users exclusively to the 23 million pages of porn ...
Madefire's Digital Comics Come to the iPhone
TIME
By Harry McCracken | @harrymccracken | September 28, 2012 | + Among many other things, the iPad is one of the best ways ever devised to read comics. And one of the more interesting ways to read them on an iPad is with Madefire, an app which lets you...
TIME
First of all | What's missing from my block's Street View pic? Me
Kansas City Star
I'm not sure if any reporter in Kansas City is permitted to write or say “Google” without that F-word behind it (yes, I mean Google Fiber), but indulge me while I address another Google product. I'm talking Street View, the Google Maps feature that ...
Kansas City Star
Smart Forstars concept EV brings drive-in theater to a wall near you (video)
Engadget
By Steve Dent posted Sep 28th 2012 8:46AM Auto show concept cars are all whizzy styling and impractical interiors, and Smart's latest offering, the Forstars EV at the Paris Auto Show, has all that in spades. But the stubby car has another show-stopping ...
One Last Endeavour
Armed with Science
An F-35 Lightning II flies over Space Shuttle Endeavour Sept. 20, 2012. The space shuttle landed at Edwards after completing the fourth leg of its ferry flight to the California Science Center in Los Angeles. (Courtesy photo by Matthew Short/Lockheed ...
Borderlands 2 Review
COS The Campus
Lock and load! The Vault Hunters are back and this time they're delivering one of the best cooperative experiences, with hours upon hours of life wasting gameplay and an impressive amount of loot. From a game play standpoint Borderlands 2 plays almost ...
COS The Campus
Trend of decreasing traffic deaths might be coming to an end
Phys.Org
(Phys.org)—Traffic deaths have fallen dramatically since 2005, but estimates for 2012 suggest that the trend may be ending, says a University of Michigan researcher in a new report. According to Michael Sivak, research professor at the UM ...
UFO or Lens Flare in Google Street View? You Decide
ABC News (blog)
Google Maps helps many people do various things, but tracking UFOs might be a new one. Andrea Dove contacted ABC News affiliate KLTV in East Texas with an interesting tip. Dove was using Google Maps to get directions to visit her aunt in Jacksonville, ...
ABC News (blog)
Will Paris End the Party for Luxury Car Makers?
Wall Street Journal
By VANESSA FUHRMANS And CHRISTOPH RAUWALD BMW, Audi, Porsche, Mercedes unveiled new models at the Paris Auto Show into the increasingly competitive luxury car segment despite signs that demand might be leveling off. WSJ's Vanessa Fuhrmans reports.
Spectrum de-crunch: FCC to consider WCS proposal from AT&T and Sirius
ExtremeTech
By Neal Gompa on September 28, 2012 at 9:27 am The FCC has announced that it will consider approving an order that amends the rules for the Wireless Communications Service (WCS) band to make it useful for terrestrial wireless communications systems.
ExtremeTech
iPad Mini release date, price: (AAPL) Apple iPad Mini could have to compete ...
WPTV
The iPad Mini looks very similar to the current 9.7 inch (AAPL) Apple iPad, but appears to be about two-to-three inches smaller in diameter. Forget the iPhone 5. Even though 10 million people will buy one in the next few weeks, that's not exactly at ...
WPTV
Dish Said to Be in Talks With Viacom About Internet TV
Bloomberg
Dish Network Corp. (DISH) is talking to networks such as Viacom (VIAB) Inc.'s MTV about offering their channels over the Internet, a service that could shift the economics of the pay-TV industry, five people familiar with the plan said.
Perimeter E-Security Launches Cloud-Based MDM Solution
MSPmentor
Perimeter E-Security, a managed security service provider (MSSP) and MSPmentor 100 company, recently announced a new cloud MDM solution to protect company data on both employee-owned and company-issued mobile devices. The solution features a bring your ...
Silencing of nature will hamper the mind
Sydney Morning Herald
No chittering, no fluting, no chissicking. The bleak silence of a spring without its birds is the central image of Rachel Carson's most famous work, Silent Spring. Since its publication 50 years ago, humanity has continued silencing the languages of ...
Is spy software installed on your computer?
KHOU
by Doug Delony / KHOU 11 News HOUSTON – If you bought a pre-owned computer or rent one from a store, you never know what kind of hidden software might be spying on you. The Federal Trade Commission is cracking down on programs that allow spies, ...
Motor Mouth: Stunning F-Type will save Jaguar
National Post
PARIS — Behold the star of the recent Paris Motor Show, the sexiest V6-powered roadster on the planet and the car that will save Jaguar. Not that the iconic British brand should need saving — its current model lineup is plenty strong — but since Ford's ...
National Post
Mozilla Releases Persona To The Public
WebProNews
By Zach Walton · 32 mins ago · Leave a Comment Do you remember Mozilla's ambitious plan to replace passwords? It's called Persona, and it promised to be a single sign-in solution across the entire Internet. It's been in the works for a while now, ...
Official iPhone 5 user guide references Apple-made dock
Apple Insider
By AppleInsider Staff Though Apple has not released a first-party dock for the iPhone 5 and its new Lightning connector, the official iPhone 5 user guide refers to an official "iPhone Dock" accessory sold separately. References to the dock, ...
Apple Insider
Nokia Lumia 920 pricing revealed: £125 cheaper than iPhone 5
ZDNet
Summary: Pricing for the upcoming Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 handsets is beginning to trickle out from European markets, indicating that the range-topping device could come in more than £100 cheaper than the equivalent Apple device.
ZDNet
Texas Instruments Exits The Mobile Market: What It Means For Competitors
Seeking Alpha
On Tuesday, Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN) announced that it would "reduce R&D expenditures" on the OMAP SoC used in many smartphones and tablets, including the latest Amazon Kindle. Decoded, Texas Instruments just told the industry it was exiting the ...
Arrest of Google Brazil head stirs debate over Web
The Associated Press
By BRADLEY BROOKS, AP – 2 minutes ago RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The arrest of a top Google executive is reviving a debate about Brazilian laws that hold services such as YouTube responsible for the videos posted on them, making the country a hotbed of...
The Associated Press
Samsung teases Galaxy Note 2 launch party on Oct 24
CNET
We already know that five carriers will get the 5.5-inch phone/tablet hybrid, but Samsung looks lik it will hold a grand opening anyway. by Jessica Dolcourt Time to take "the next big thing" literally. Just one look at the stylus in Samsung's Save the ...
Halo will be pivotal for Xbox beyond the 360, says exec
TechRadar UK
By Patrick Goss September 28th 2012 The franchise development director of Halo believes that the iconic game series can continue to be defining game for Xbox beyond the current console. The Halo series is intrinsically linked with the rise and rise of ...
Discovered a new comet approaching the Sun
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia
(AGI) Washington - Russian scientists have discovered a new comet. News of the discovery was given at the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center in Cambridge. The comet might be one of the sky's brightest objects over the next year, ...
Sleek new PlayStation 3 model makes US debut
AFP
By Glenn Chapman (AFP) – 53 minutes ago SAN FRANCISCO — Sleek new PlayStation 3 consoles took their places in US homes as Sony tapped into its video game prowess to put itself at the heart of Internet Age entertainment. The PS3 model that made its US ...
AFP
NFL Network and Time Warner Cable Reach Multiyear Agreement
TV Guide
by Sadie Gennis The NFL Network has reached multiyear agreements with Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks to start carrying NFL Network and NFL RedZone, the NFL announced. "We are excited to work with Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks ...
The 10 Best-Selling Hybrid Cars
24/7 Wall St.
This week, electric car maker Tesla Motors cut its revenue forecast and announced it would be selling 5 million shares of stock to raise capital. Some are beginning to question the long-term viability of the automaker and its line of hybrid cars.
Americans Prefer TVs To PCs For Viewing Online Video
RedOrbit
More Americans prefer to view online video content on their televisions than on their computers, according to the recently released “Digital Video Outlook” report from market research firm NPD Group. According to the report, the number of Americans ...
RedOrbit
Thanks To 'Scuffgate' I'll Never Purchase A Black iPhone 5 Again
AppAdvice
When I received my black iPhone 5 last week, I was shocked by its beauty. Apple did a great job on the design, and in my opinion, the “Black & Slate” version looks the best. I was so excited to have my hands on it after a week of anticipation, ...
IBM's MSP Strategy Takes Cloud Ecosystem to Mid-Market
CIO Today
By Jennifer LeClaire Beyond empowering Managed Service Providers to build solutions and services on technologies like SmartCloud, PureSystems, and analytics, IBM will also provide MSPs access to IBM experts with deep technical skills at four new global...
CIO Today
Intel touts Windows 8 tablets made with its chips
Bizjournals.com (blog)
Intel on Thursday touted tablets made by its hardware partners that use its new Atom 2760 chip. Intel on Thursday used a media event in San Francisco to show off the new Windows 8 tablets that its chips are being used in.
Video: Rare Albino Whale Thrills Australians
Ecorazzi
by Michael dEstries September 27, 2012 Australians are heralding the return of a rare albino whale off the eastern coast of the country – the only all-white humpback adult ever documented. Nicknamed “Migaloo,” he is the only white whale that has ...
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New York Times (blog)
In a letter posted on Apple's Web site, Mr. Cook said he was “extremely sorry” for the anguish caused when the company replaced Google's maps with its own, acknowledging that the company's new Maps app did not live up to its standards. He said that 100 ...
New York Times (blog)
Apple apologizes for its mapping service on iOS 6
Computerworld
"While we're improving Maps, you can try alternatives by downloading map apps from the App Store like Bing, MapQuest and Waze, or use Google or Nokia maps by going to their websites and creating an icon on your home screen to their web app," Cook ...
Taking Google's Field Trip app for a spin: Watch out for the potholes
PCWorld
More by Jared Newman. With a new Android app called Field Trip, Google wants to be your tour guide for all things local. ... It's a vintage Google product--that is, it's pretty rough around the edges, but has lots of potential for greatness. On startup ...
Needed for Google's Next Nexus 7 Tablet: More Storage
TIME
Now that Amazon and Barnes & Noble have announced their latest cheap tablets, it's become clear that Google's own offering, the Nexus 7, has a storage problem. The $200 Nexus 7, which launched in July, comes with just 8 GB of storage. A 16 GB version ...
TIME
Apple CEO Tim Cook Apologizes to Customers Over iOS 6 Maps
All Things Digital
Apple CEO Tim Cook on Friday apologized for customer upset over its mapping changes and said it is working hard to improve the Apple-created service that replaced Google Maps in iOS 6. In the meantime, Cook pointed customers to rival Web-based ...
Google Obeys Brazil Court, Blocks YouTube Video Criticizing Politicians
Huffington Post
An arrest warrant was issued for Coelho earlier this week by a court in Brazil's Mato Grosso do Sul state after Google failed to obey an order demanding removal of the video attacking a mayoral candidate. Judges in Brazil have held executives ...
EU moves to charge Microsoft #thecircuit
Washington Post (blog)
The report said the regulator warned that, without a settlement, Google will face a long legal battle in Europe. Microsoft general counsel and executive vice president Brad Smith was at the Brookings Institution Thursday to talk about a different issue ...
Google AdSense Bots Gone Wild: Author In Violation For Torrenting His Own Book!
Forbes
Based on response to the linked story on TechDirt, Google has resolved the case, but not before revealing a blind spot in its automation. Here's the setup of the story from the link on TechDirt: “A few years ago, Jackson, while deployed in Iraq, wrote ...
Forbes
Apple's iPhone 5 has louder, harsher vibration effect than 4S
CNET (blog)
So, why might Apple have gone back to a previous design? An iFixit screenshot seems to indicate that the older vibration component is much smaller than the latest version. Considering Apple'siPhone 5 is notable thinner than the iPhone 4S, the company ...
Tim Cook Apologizes For Apple Maps, Points To Competitive ...
By Jordan Crook
Obviously, this is directed toward the recent discovery that Apple and Google may have parted ways over the fact that Google was unwilling to let iOS users enjoy turn-by-turn navigation. To partially make up for it, Cook offers suggestions for ...
TechCrunch
Voice-Guided Directions Dispute Torpedoed Google Maps for iOS 6
By Sam Laird
People who use Google Maps on Android mobile devices have long since been able to get voice-guided driving directions. But iPhone users of Google Maps have never had that. As the rivalry between Apple and Google/Android has ramped ...
Mashable!
Imagery Update - Google Lat Long Blog
By Lat Long Blog
Our quest to create the most comprehensive and accurate map of the world is ongoing, but we're happy to take a pause and share some impressive progress that our Google Maps and Earth imagery teams have recently made. We've ...
Google Lat Long
Google gives users an easy out, adds YouTube to Takeout data ...
By Mark Hearn
Google recently added YouTube to its Takeout data migration service, which now gives users the ability to pull all of their uploaded videos from the company's servers in a single stroke. This groovy tool should definitely come in handy when ...
Engadget
Amazon rejects Apple's false advertising claim in App Store suit ...
By Mike Schramm
Amazon.com has filed a statement in Apple's ongoing claim against the online retail giant, saying that the generic use of the term \"app store\" is not.
TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Bad Piggies - Android Apps on Google PlayGet ready to see pigs fly! From the creators of Angry Birds: an all new game from the PIGS ...
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RIM Beats Earnings With Narrower Loss
InformationWeek
RIM surprised analysts and investors by reporting a smaller loss than expected for its second fiscal quarter. What saved it? Emerging markets. By Eric Zeman InformationWeek Research In Motion delivered some relatively good news about its financials ...
Apple CEO 'Extremely Sorry' for IPhone Maps Frustration
Businessweek
By Adam Satariano on September 28, 2012 Apple Inc. (AAPL) Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook apologized for the iPhone mapping software released last week that has been widely criticized for flaws such as steering people in the wrong direction.
Facebook Gifts: Send presents to friends over your social network
Washington Post
Facebook is rolling out a feature that will let users give presents from their network profiles, marking the company's first big step into offering physical goods. The new service goes way beyond the network's old gift feature, which let you send ...
Rocky evidence conjures images of water flowing freely on Mars
Los Angeles Times
A rocky outcrop on Mars has sent a shot of excitement through the scientific community with the evidence it provides of an ancient riverbed -- Martian "water transport" -- according to NASA. NASA's Curiosity rover has sent back pictures of a section of ...
404 error pages being used to find missing children
Los Angeles Times
"Page not found, and neither is this person." That is the message the people behind NotFound.org want you to see whenever you type in a URL for a Web page that has been deleted from the Internet or was never there in the first place.
Sharp says iPhone 5 displays being made for Apple in 'adequate volumes'
Apple Insider
By Sam Oliver An executive with LCD maker Sharp has indicated that his company is not having problems supplying displays to Apple for the iPhone 5. The unnamed Sharp official made the comments at a press briefing in Osaka, Japan, and spoke on condition ...
Apple Insider
Nokia cuts smartphone prices before new models arrive
Reuters
| HELSINKI (Reuters) - Struggling phone maker Nokia has knocked 10-15 percent off the prices of two of its top of the range smartphones, hoping to boost sales before newer models arrive in markets in November. Nokia has cut the price of the Lumia 800 ...
T-Mobile Sells Rights to Towers for $2.4 Billion
New York Times
By EVELYN M. RUSLI Crown Castle, a major wireless tower operator, has agreed to pay T-Mobile $2.4 billion in cash for rights to 7200 cell phone towers. Under the transaction, Crown Castle will lease the towers for 28 years, after which time it will ...
Half of Windows 8 users still prefer 7
TG Daily
Even the most ardent, up-to-date Windows aficionados are having a tough time with the newest version of Windows. Microsoft's latest operating system is proving to be a problem for more than half of the people who have already made the transition, ...
TG Daily
Canada won't say if China involved in hacking incident
Reuters
| OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada said it was aware hackers had breached security at a domestic manufacturer of software used by big energy companies, but declined to comment on a report that a Chinese group could be responsible. Calgary-based Telvent, which ...
Apple's iPhone 5 draws crowds as it launches in 22 more countries
Apple Insider
By AppleInsider Staff The iPhone 5 went on sale in 22 more countries on Friday, making it now available in a total of 31 nations around the world, in Apple's most aggressive launch schedule ever. The list of countries where the iPhone 5 launched on ...
Fast and furious: Life with LTE on an iPhone 5
Houston Chronicle (blog)
Comments(1) | E-mail | Print One of the main reasons I wanted a new smartphone was to step up to LTE, the faster data connection offered by AT&T, Sprint and Verizon. I've been testing LTE on various review units since Verizon first launched the service ...
Facebook, Twitter Growth in China Has Lots of Caveats
Businessweek
By Bruce Einhorn on September 28, 2012 A new report shows just how porous China's infamous Great Firewall might be for local Internet users determined to access banned websites. The country's censors have deemed Facebook (FB) and Twitter unfit for ...
Harvest full moon rises this weekend
CBS News
The full moon that rises this weekend is a special one, carrying the title of "Harvest Moon" for those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere. The moon officially turns full when it reaches that spot in the sky exactly opposite the sun, ...
Police feared more killings
Sydney Morning Herald
At first it was just a missing person's case. A person who had a little too much to drink had not made it home - an event that happens every night across Australia By Saturday afternoon Homicide Crew Four, the suspicious missing persons unit under ...
How To Find Porn On The Internet
Huffington Post
Now Lawley is taking the next step, introducing a dedicated search engine--Search.xxx--that he says will function like Google.com (GOOG) and other familiar search engines, except that it will bring users exclusively to the 23 million pages of porn ...
Madefire's Digital Comics Come to the iPhone
TIME
By Harry McCracken | @harrymccracken | September 28, 2012 | + Among many other things, the iPad is one of the best ways ever devised to read comics. And one of the more interesting ways to read them on an iPad is with Madefire, an app which lets you...
TIME
First of all | What's missing from my block's Street View pic? Me
Kansas City Star
I'm not sure if any reporter in Kansas City is permitted to write or say “Google” without that F-word behind it (yes, I mean Google Fiber), but indulge me while I address another Google product. I'm talking Street View, the Google Maps feature that ...
Kansas City Star
Smart Forstars concept EV brings drive-in theater to a wall near you (video)
Engadget
By Steve Dent posted Sep 28th 2012 8:46AM Auto show concept cars are all whizzy styling and impractical interiors, and Smart's latest offering, the Forstars EV at the Paris Auto Show, has all that in spades. But the stubby car has another show-stopping ...
One Last Endeavour
Armed with Science
An F-35 Lightning II flies over Space Shuttle Endeavour Sept. 20, 2012. The space shuttle landed at Edwards after completing the fourth leg of its ferry flight to the California Science Center in Los Angeles. (Courtesy photo by Matthew Short/Lockheed ...
Borderlands 2 Review
COS The Campus
Lock and load! The Vault Hunters are back and this time they're delivering one of the best cooperative experiences, with hours upon hours of life wasting gameplay and an impressive amount of loot. From a game play standpoint Borderlands 2 plays almost ...
COS The Campus
Trend of decreasing traffic deaths might be coming to an end
Phys.Org
(Phys.org)—Traffic deaths have fallen dramatically since 2005, but estimates for 2012 suggest that the trend may be ending, says a University of Michigan researcher in a new report. According to Michael Sivak, research professor at the UM ...
UFO or Lens Flare in Google Street View? You Decide
ABC News (blog)
Google Maps helps many people do various things, but tracking UFOs might be a new one. Andrea Dove contacted ABC News affiliate KLTV in East Texas with an interesting tip. Dove was using Google Maps to get directions to visit her aunt in Jacksonville, ...
ABC News (blog)
Will Paris End the Party for Luxury Car Makers?
Wall Street Journal
By VANESSA FUHRMANS And CHRISTOPH RAUWALD BMW, Audi, Porsche, Mercedes unveiled new models at the Paris Auto Show into the increasingly competitive luxury car segment despite signs that demand might be leveling off. WSJ's Vanessa Fuhrmans reports.
Spectrum de-crunch: FCC to consider WCS proposal from AT&T and Sirius
ExtremeTech
By Neal Gompa on September 28, 2012 at 9:27 am The FCC has announced that it will consider approving an order that amends the rules for the Wireless Communications Service (WCS) band to make it useful for terrestrial wireless communications systems.
ExtremeTech
iPad Mini release date, price: (AAPL) Apple iPad Mini could have to compete ...
WPTV
The iPad Mini looks very similar to the current 9.7 inch (AAPL) Apple iPad, but appears to be about two-to-three inches smaller in diameter. Forget the iPhone 5. Even though 10 million people will buy one in the next few weeks, that's not exactly at ...
WPTV
Dish Said to Be in Talks With Viacom About Internet TV
Bloomberg
Dish Network Corp. (DISH) is talking to networks such as Viacom (VIAB) Inc.'s MTV about offering their channels over the Internet, a service that could shift the economics of the pay-TV industry, five people familiar with the plan said.
Perimeter E-Security Launches Cloud-Based MDM Solution
MSPmentor
Perimeter E-Security, a managed security service provider (MSSP) and MSPmentor 100 company, recently announced a new cloud MDM solution to protect company data on both employee-owned and company-issued mobile devices. The solution features a bring your ...
Silencing of nature will hamper the mind
Sydney Morning Herald
No chittering, no fluting, no chissicking. The bleak silence of a spring without its birds is the central image of Rachel Carson's most famous work, Silent Spring. Since its publication 50 years ago, humanity has continued silencing the languages of ...
Is spy software installed on your computer?
KHOU
by Doug Delony / KHOU 11 News HOUSTON – If you bought a pre-owned computer or rent one from a store, you never know what kind of hidden software might be spying on you. The Federal Trade Commission is cracking down on programs that allow spies, ...
Motor Mouth: Stunning F-Type will save Jaguar
National Post
PARIS — Behold the star of the recent Paris Motor Show, the sexiest V6-powered roadster on the planet and the car that will save Jaguar. Not that the iconic British brand should need saving — its current model lineup is plenty strong — but since Ford's ...
National Post
Mozilla Releases Persona To The Public
WebProNews
By Zach Walton · 32 mins ago · Leave a Comment Do you remember Mozilla's ambitious plan to replace passwords? It's called Persona, and it promised to be a single sign-in solution across the entire Internet. It's been in the works for a while now, ...
Official iPhone 5 user guide references Apple-made dock
Apple Insider
By AppleInsider Staff Though Apple has not released a first-party dock for the iPhone 5 and its new Lightning connector, the official iPhone 5 user guide refers to an official "iPhone Dock" accessory sold separately. References to the dock, ...
Apple Insider
Nokia Lumia 920 pricing revealed: £125 cheaper than iPhone 5
ZDNet
Summary: Pricing for the upcoming Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 handsets is beginning to trickle out from European markets, indicating that the range-topping device could come in more than £100 cheaper than the equivalent Apple device.
ZDNet
Texas Instruments Exits The Mobile Market: What It Means For Competitors
Seeking Alpha
On Tuesday, Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN) announced that it would "reduce R&D expenditures" on the OMAP SoC used in many smartphones and tablets, including the latest Amazon Kindle. Decoded, Texas Instruments just told the industry it was exiting the ...
Arrest of Google Brazil head stirs debate over Web
The Associated Press
By BRADLEY BROOKS, AP – 2 minutes ago RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The arrest of a top Google executive is reviving a debate about Brazilian laws that hold services such as YouTube responsible for the videos posted on them, making the country a hotbed of...
The Associated Press
Samsung teases Galaxy Note 2 launch party on Oct 24
CNET
We already know that five carriers will get the 5.5-inch phone/tablet hybrid, but Samsung looks lik it will hold a grand opening anyway. by Jessica Dolcourt Time to take "the next big thing" literally. Just one look at the stylus in Samsung's Save the ...
Halo will be pivotal for Xbox beyond the 360, says exec
TechRadar UK
By Patrick Goss September 28th 2012 The franchise development director of Halo believes that the iconic game series can continue to be defining game for Xbox beyond the current console. The Halo series is intrinsically linked with the rise and rise of ...
Discovered a new comet approaching the Sun
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia
(AGI) Washington - Russian scientists have discovered a new comet. News of the discovery was given at the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center in Cambridge. The comet might be one of the sky's brightest objects over the next year, ...
Sleek new PlayStation 3 model makes US debut
AFP
By Glenn Chapman (AFP) – 53 minutes ago SAN FRANCISCO — Sleek new PlayStation 3 consoles took their places in US homes as Sony tapped into its video game prowess to put itself at the heart of Internet Age entertainment. The PS3 model that made its US ...
AFP
NFL Network and Time Warner Cable Reach Multiyear Agreement
TV Guide
by Sadie Gennis The NFL Network has reached multiyear agreements with Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks to start carrying NFL Network and NFL RedZone, the NFL announced. "We are excited to work with Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks ...
The 10 Best-Selling Hybrid Cars
24/7 Wall St.
This week, electric car maker Tesla Motors cut its revenue forecast and announced it would be selling 5 million shares of stock to raise capital. Some are beginning to question the long-term viability of the automaker and its line of hybrid cars.
Americans Prefer TVs To PCs For Viewing Online Video
RedOrbit
More Americans prefer to view online video content on their televisions than on their computers, according to the recently released “Digital Video Outlook” report from market research firm NPD Group. According to the report, the number of Americans ...
RedOrbit
Thanks To 'Scuffgate' I'll Never Purchase A Black iPhone 5 Again
AppAdvice
When I received my black iPhone 5 last week, I was shocked by its beauty. Apple did a great job on the design, and in my opinion, the “Black & Slate” version looks the best. I was so excited to have my hands on it after a week of anticipation, ...
IBM's MSP Strategy Takes Cloud Ecosystem to Mid-Market
CIO Today
By Jennifer LeClaire Beyond empowering Managed Service Providers to build solutions and services on technologies like SmartCloud, PureSystems, and analytics, IBM will also provide MSPs access to IBM experts with deep technical skills at four new global...
CIO Today
Intel touts Windows 8 tablets made with its chips
Bizjournals.com (blog)
Intel on Thursday touted tablets made by its hardware partners that use its new Atom 2760 chip. Intel on Thursday used a media event in San Francisco to show off the new Windows 8 tablets that its chips are being used in.
Video: Rare Albino Whale Thrills Australians
Ecorazzi
by Michael dEstries September 27, 2012 Australians are heralding the return of a rare albino whale off the eastern coast of the country – the only all-white humpback adult ever documented. Nicknamed “Migaloo,” he is the only white whale that has ...
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