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18 November 2014

Facebook Launching Work-Based Social Network (video)

Facebook at Work: Zuckerberg Making a Play for Businesses: Video - Bloomberg:
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Yammer Founder David Sacks and Bloomberg Contributing Editor David Kirkpatrick discuss Facebook launching a work-based social network. They speak on "Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg  Nov17)


Computerworld

HP plugs the Vertica analytics engine into Hadoop
Computerworld
Bringing some enterprise rigor to the wild world of big data, Hewlett-Packard has issued a package that will allow organizations to harness HP's Vertica analytical database engine to investigate reams of unstructured data residing in Hadoop systems.



San Jose Mercury News

Facebook work collaboration tool makes sense, but could be another distraction ...
PCWorld
Facebook is working on a collaboration tool for businesses called “Facebook at Work” in a bid to compete with similar tools from Google, LinkedIn and Microsoft. The tool, which is in early-stage testing, is similar to the social network, a person familiar with it ...


Fortune

Toyota to launch fuel cell car next month
Washington Post
TOKYO — There will only be a few hundred, and they won't be cheap, but Toyota is about to take its first small step into the unproven market for emissions-free, hydrogen-powered vehicles. The world's largest automaker announced Tuesday that it will begin ...


Mashable

Twitter cofounder Biz Stone launches Super, an app that's 'just fun'


Tom's Guide

Intel Unveils $500 MICA Smart Bracelet (Hands-on)
Tom's Guide
With new wearable devices getting launched every day, it's hard for something new to stand out. Intel seems to be going for the gold, however, teaming up with fashion house Opening Ceremony for its $495 My Intelligent Communication Accessory (MICA).


CNET

Tony Hawk rides hoverboard, stays airborne
SlashGear
“Forget everything you know” says Tony Hawk. The skateboarding legend is talking about the Hendo, a hoverboard that actually does what it says it will (and what we want it to). Taking to a copper-lined mini half-pipe, Hawk at least shows what's possible with ...


The Mac Observer

No User Complaints on iOS 8.1.1 and OS X 10.10.1 Updates So Far
The Mac Observer
Apple released two updates on Monday, one for iOS 8 (to 8.1.1) and the first for Yosemite (10.10.1). So far there hasn't been anything to report on either front. Not a suboptimal release like iOS had earlier this year, and as of now, no reports of tragic Mac ...


New York Times

Amazon Moves to Extend Cloud-Computing Dominance
New York Times
Less understood outside the technology industry is just how aggressively the ... its aspirations just as big as those of Microsoft, IBM and Google.



Reuters

Facebook service aimed at professionals to launch in a few months: source
Reuters
The professional version of Facebook, which could compete with services such as LinkedIn Corp, as well as Salesforce.com Inc and Microsoft Corp, ...
Facebook Developing 'Facebook at Work' Service, Says Report - Wired
Report: Facebook planning office version to rival LinkedIn, Google - Washington Post
Facebook building 'workplace network' - BBC News


Bidness ETC

Why Yahoo Can Reach $80 Per Share In The Next Year
Forbes
On July 23, I wrote an article in Forbes about how Yahoo was trading at such a low valuation (then $32/share) that it was an extremely attractive target ...


Yahoo Tech

Facebook Messenger: 4 Things Not to Worry About
Yahoo Tech
A few months back, Facebook made its members switch to Facebook ... worldwide to other Viber users; Google Hangouts (free, Android, Apple) lets ...


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02 August 2014

Google Comp Values Facebook as $100 Stock (video)

Google Comp Values Facebook as $100 Stock: Nowack: Video - Bloomberg:
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Brian Nowack, senior analyst at Susquehanna Financial, talks with Alix Steel about second-quarter results from Facebook, their growing ad dollar base and offers his thoughts on the company’s valuation and rising stock price. He speaks on “In The Loop.” (Bloomberg July 24)

Google scraps plans for futuristic barge in Maine
USA TODAY
A mysterious Google barge in Portland, Maine that was expected to become a new way to introduce consumers to technology such as Google Glass ...


CIO Today

Amazon Cloud Luster Fading? Look Closer
InformationWeek
Some skeptics say Amazon's cloud dominance wears thin. I say Amazon's destiny in the cloud is in its own hands -- and you can't say that for IBM, ...


USA TODAY

Facebook works to restore service after outage
USA TODAY
Having trouble accessing Facebook? You're not alone. The social network says it is working to get users back online following an outage Friday.


Telegraph.co.uk

Google details troubles it and others face meeting right to be forgotten requests
ZDNet
Google has outlined the complexities and costs it faces when handling European 'right to be forgotten' requests, throwing a spotlight on the difficulties ...


The Guardian

Facebook's Internet.org Expands in Zambia
ABC News
Facebook's own app, along with its Messenger service, is also included, as is Googlesearch, although charges apply if people click on search results.


Vancouver Sun

Facebook Hit With Privacy Class-Action Suit
PC Magazine
An Austrian privacy activist is calling on global Facebook users to fight the network's data ... "Our aim is to make Facebook finally operate lawfully in the area of data ... of American IT controversies: A judge this week ruled against Microsoft's bid to ... GoogleOutlines 'Right to Be Forgotten' Challenges.


Reuters UK

Microsoft is fixing IE11 on mobile because web developers aren't following standards
ZDNet
Web developers have been complaining for years about having to fix their websites to handle non-standard versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer.


The Guardian

Microsoft ordered to turn over customer data stored in the cloud
Computerworld
Computerworld - In a decision that could have broad privacy implications, a federal court in New York Thursday ordered Microsoft to comply with a ...


NDTV

Microsoft Enhances Office For iPad
InformationWeek
Earlier this month, Microsoft revealed that Office for iPad has been ... Unlike Apple and Google's competing offerings, however, Office for iPad isn't free ...

Google, Apple & The Battle For Your Ears
InformationWeek
The titans of technology have spent lavishly for your eyeballs. ... Facebook dominates one form of social networking, but not all of social networking.


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01 August 2014

How Long Before We Can Stop Using Passwords? (video)

How Long Before We Can Stop Using Passwords?: Video - Bloomberg:
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MicroStrategy President and Chief Legal Officer Jonathan Klein discusses the company’s alternative to passwords. He speaks on “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg July24)

France's Iliad Makes Bid for T-Mobile US - WSJ: "... Iliad said it offered $15 billion in cash for 56.6% of T-Mobile US, or $33 a share. T-Mobile US later confirmed it had received the offer but said it had no further comment...."

T-Mobile Adds 1.5 Million More Customers, Swings to Profit on Spectrum Sale | Re/code: "T-Mobile said Thursday that it added a further 1.5 million customers to its network in the second quarter, making this the fifth straight quarter of million-plus customer gains. The company posted a net profit of $391 million... “We have completely reversed T-Mobile’s trajectory and started a revolution that is changing the rules in wireless,” CEO John Legere said in a statement..."

China's Xiaomi Becomes World's 5th Largest Smartphone Maker: "Global smartphone sales are still growing, but the market’s star performer in the last three months wasn’t Apple or even Samsung. It was China’s Xiaomi. The young electronics firm run by billionaire Lei Jun captured a remarkable 5% global market share in the last three months, according to new figures from Strategy Analytics, shipping 15.1 million smartphones in the quarter. It now has a 5.1% share of the market, up from 1.8% this time last year...."

Is Huawei Eating Samsung’s Lunch? - Digits - WSJ: "... Chinese smartphone makers Huawei Technologies and Lenovo Group 0992.HK -2.23% gained market share at the expense of South Korea’s Samsung Electronics in the second quarter, according to the latest data released Tuesday by research firm IDC. Huawei’s shipments in the quarter jumped 95% from a year earlier, while Lenovo enjoyed a 39% increase, IDC said. Both companies outpaced the 23% growth in the overall smartphone market. Shipments at Samsung, the world’s largest smartphone maker, declined 3.9%. While China’s smartphone market is becoming more saturated, demand is strong in emerging markets in Asia, Latin America and Africa, where many consumers are still replacing their basic feature phones...." (read more at link above)


Forbes

Amazon Cloud Luster Fading? Look Closer
InformationWeek
Some skeptics say Amazon's cloud dominance wears thin. I say Amazon's destiny in the cloud is in its own hands -- and you can't say that for IBM, ...


IBNLive

Facebook App Brings Free Internet To Zambia
InformationWeek
The Internet.org app, available first to Airtel subscribers in Zambia, gives users free access to 13 websites, including AccuWeather; Google Search; Go ...


Wall Street Journal

Amazon Ups the Ante in India With $2 Billion Investment
Wall Street Journal
Amazon said Wednesday that it would invest $2 billion to expand its India operations, a day after Flipkart, India's biggest homegrown e-commerce ...


TIME

Amazon Will Pay You to Accept Slower Deliveries
TIME
A worker watches as boxed merchandise moves along a conveyor belt to a waiting truck for delivery at the Amazon.com Phoenix Fulfillment Center in ...


Economic Times

Judge: Microsoft must turn over emails stored in Ireland
San Jose Mercury News
Its arguments were joined by large technology companies, including Apple, Cisco Systems, Verizon Communications and AT&T. The judge stayed the ...


Reuters

Amazon quickens push into tough local services market
Chicago Tribune
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Seattle audio and video technician Todd Mueller showed up last year for what might have been a routine job except for ...


Times of India

Google to face anti-trust probe in Europe over Android
Times of India
Android's 80% market share is at a level akin to Microsoft's Windows, itself the target ... grant better shop-window placement to rival services from Microsoft and Yahoo. ... "In fast-moving technology markets, protracted adversarial antitrust .... Apple leveraging enterprise apps to boost iPad sales in India; 3.


Economic Times

Microsoft's Device Strategy: 3 Unanswered Questions
InformationWeek
InformationWeek: Connecting The Business Technology Community ... Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's scaled-down device strategy creates new questions ... aren't strictly about chasing market share, let alone challenging Apple. ... Microsoft showed off a prototype blade that could be used to mix music, ...

Case tests limits of post-Snowden privacy
Politico
Eighteenth-century rights clash with 21st-century computer technologies Thursday, when a court hears an appeal from Microsoft against a warrant it says tramples the Fourth Amendment. The case — in which Microsoft is resisting a U.S. warrant to turn over ...


Why the Security of USB Is Fundamentally Broken | Threat Level | WIRED: "YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER A USB INFECTED AND THROW IT AWAY AS SOON AS IT TOUCHES A NON-TRUSTED COMPUTER"

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12 July 2014

Chromecast sales equal Roku; Tablet Sales Decline

Roku and Chromecast go head-to-head in streaming race, Apple TV falling behind — Tech News and Analysis"Google sold 3.8 million Chromecast streaming sticks last year, which makes the device about as popular as Roku’s streaming devices. Roku and Chromecast were the two most successful streaming devices sold in the U.S. in 2013, according to new data from Parks Associates, which puts Apple TV on third place. Google sold an estimated 3.8 million Chromecast streaming sticks after introducing the product in mid-2013, according to Parks, which also estimates that this about equals Roku’s sales throughout 2013. Apple is trailing, and sold just a bit more than two million devices in the U.S. last year, according to data shared by Parks...."

Meanwhile Tablet sales decline, ramifications for Apple iPad and Microsoft Surface strategies?
Tablet Shipments Decline For the First Time, NPD Says - Digits - WSJ: "... Global shipments of tablet computers, after years of robust growth, declined for the first time in the first quarter of this year, according to NPD DisplaySearch. The research firm also lowered its tablet shipment forecast for 2014. The decline is in part because of weakening demand for smaller tablets – those between 7 inches and 7.9 inches – which accounted for 58% of global tablet shipments last year. In China and other emerging markets, competition from smartphones with screens larger than 5.5 inches is hurting demand for those tablets, NPD said...."

Amazon's Next Steps Toward Cloud Domination
InformationWeek
The headliner was clearly Amazon Zocalo, a file-sharing service, but the ... AmazonZocalo is a managed file-storage and sharing service aimed ... to fit somewhere between DropBox-like offerings and Microsoft SharePoint ... identity providers for logon, includingFacebook and Google, and Amazon says ...

Amazon Sued Over Billing for App Store Purchases
New York Times
Amazon's mobile store, the suit states, introduced the ability to bill ... But Ms. Rich said the F.T.C.'s goals in both the Apple and Amazon cases had ...

Amazon seeks OK for testing of 50-mph drones
USA TODAY
Amazon is apparently getting serious about using drones to make super quick, airborne deliveries like something you'd see on The Jetsons.

Amazon Shelves French Book Discounts
Wall Street Journal
The new law, which went into effect Thursday morning, essentially forbids online booksellers from applying government-regulated discounts to the ...

Microsoft gears up to open 'right to be forgotten' request form
ZDNet
With the ruling related to a complaint about results in Google, and it ... release the form because it needs to coordinate with Yahoo, whose search is powered by Bing. ...Microsoft is yet to reveal whether it will also follow Google's recent decision ... EPIC files complaint over Facebook emotion experiment.

Google Faces New Search Complaint
Wall Street Journal
An internal Yelp presentation, reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, claims that Google is showing results from its Google+ local listings ahead of links ...

Google launches $100M fund for European startups
San Jose Mercury News
MOUNTAIN VIEW -- Google has started a $100 million fund to invest in European ... The fund, which will be managed by Google Ventures, the company's ... trailing only Yahoo, which made 22 acquisitions, according to research and ...

Google's top lawyer says EU's 'right to be forgotten'...
The Verge
Google's chief legal officer has explained why the company disagrees with the EU's recent ruling that people have the "right to be forgotten" by its search engine. Writing in The Guardian, David Drummond explains the search giant's problems with the ...

Microsoft CEO signals change, defers talk on job cuts
Chicago Tribune
Since absorbing the handset business of Nokia this spring, Microsoft has 127,000 employees, far more than rivals Apple Inc AAPL.O and Google Inc ...

Chimp IQ
Chimpanzee Intelligence Depends on Genes, Human Caretakers Don't Affect It
Design & Trend
Some chimpanzees are lucky enough to be born smarter than their peers, and as with humans, a sizable amount of the variation in intelligence depends on the genes that the chimps inherit from their parents. Some chimpanzees are lucky ...

7 Dwarf Galaxies Found By Frankenscope
Science 2.0
A new type of telescope made by stitching together telephoto lenses recently discovered seven celestial surprises while probing a nearby spiral galaxy - previously undetected dwarf galaxies. Pieter van Dokkum, chair of Yale's astronomy department, ...


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21 March 2013

Microsoft Bribery Allegations

US Said to Look Into Microsoft Bribery Allegations
New York Times
The Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission have both opened preliminary investigations into bribery accusations involving Microsoft in China, Italy and Romania, according to the person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity...

New York Times

Amazon Cloud Storage Clone Goes Open Source
Wired (blog)
Amazon's cloud services are a great thing. They give you instant access to computing power over the web, letting you instantly store data and run applications. But if you want to set up your own cloud service, Amazon can't help you. You need software ...

Wired (blog)


Google Fiber Expanding to Olathe, Kansas
PC Magazine
Google is extending its super-fast Google Fiber Internet service to Olathe, Kan., the fifth largest city in Kansas with a population of about 125,000 people, the Web giant has announced. The Olathe City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve an ...

Jawbone UP Fitness Tracker Finally Available on Android
PC Magazine
The fitness-tracking wristband, which has been on the market for more than a year (not including the several months when it was pulled from shelves due to a manufacturing flaw), has to date been available for iPhone users only. The platform limitation was in ...

Apple Fixes iOS Lock Bypass
InformationWeek
Having recently updated its desktop operating system, OS X, Apple is doing the same for its iOS mobile operating system. The company on Tuesday released iOS 6.1.3. The update weighs in at a mere 18.2 MB. It can be downloaded directly to an iOS device ...

Asteroid headed toward Earth? 'Pray,' NASA advises
Fox News
In the wake of last month's meteor strike in Russia and a close asteroid flyby on the same day, members of Congress asked NASA, White House and Air Force officials what they're doing to combat the threat of near-Earth asteroids during a hearing Tuesday ...

Rocket launches missile-warning satellite to orbit
USA TODAY
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Tuesday with a new-generation missile-warning satellite. Post to Facebook. Rocket launches missile-warning satellite to orbit on USAToday.com: http://usat.ly/160eFgw....

Complete Neanderthal genome published by German researchers
SlashGear
A group of German researchers announced this week that they have completed sequencing of a Neanderthal genome. The scientists say that the high-quality sequencing will be made available online for other researchers and scientists to study.

SlashGear

Logitech announces new line of PC peripherals with new “G” brand
SlashGear
After making themselves clear back in January about their intentions to not exit the PC peripheral business, Logitech is back to prove that point. They've ended up rebranding their “G” lineup of PC gaming peripherals and accessories by announcing a slew of ...

SlashGear

Pinterest gets a redesign and three more features
Inquirer
PINBOARD STYLE PHOTO SHARING WEBSITE Pinterest has had a makeover, with fresh features and a simpler and cleaner design. Invitations have already been sent out for users to try the revamped website, which was tested by a small group of "pinners" ...

Google takes Street View to new heights - quite literally
TechSpot
Google's beloved yet often controversial Street View cameras have reached new heights – quite literally. Leaving the camera-equipped cars at home, Google's expedition team bundled up and hit some of the world's most impressive mountain ranges with a ...

TechSpot

Evernote Food for iOS Update Adds Foursquare Ratings and Open Table ...
PC Magazine
Evernote can store everything else right? Why not use it to document your favorite dishes, recipes, or restaurants. Instead of leaving the Evernote Food app to find and reserve a table at your next favorite restaurant, the latest update lets users browse ...

Even if you never click on Facebook ads, they are making you buy things.
Slate Magazine
This is a story about advertising on the Web. Specifically, it's about ads on Facebook, a hugely popular free service that's supported solely through advertising, yet is packed with users who are actively hostile to the idea of being marketed to on their cherished...

Slate Magazine

Here's An Absolutely Cringe-Worthy Video Of Apple's Newest Hire Kevin Lynch ...
Business Insider
In a cringe worthy homage to "Myth Busters", Lynch "tries" to get Flash to work on the iPhone. He puts the iPhone in a blender, runs it over with a steam roller, pretends to charge jump start with a car, and pretends to blow it up. At the time Lynch worked for ...

Whale Skeleton Found On Sea Floor In Antarctica, Along With Several New ...
Huffington Post
In what's being called the first discovery of its type, scientists recently stumbled upon a whale skeleton on the ocean floor near Antarctica -- one of only six natural whale skeletons found worldwide. That's not all. As the researchers took a closer look at their find ...

Intel, Nvidia show off next-gen silicon potentially bound for Apple's future Macs
Apple Insider
Computing industry observers got a glimpse of the future from two processor makers on Tuesday, as Nvidia revealed its GPU product roadmap and Intel showed off benchmarks of the forthcoming "Haswell" microarchitecture. nvidia. Speaking at the GPU ...

Apple Insider

How Rackspace is taking on Amazon now
Fortune
The cloud services provider has a secret weapon in its quest against the dominant Amazon: free software. - When it comes to cloud computing services, Amazon (AMZN) is the clear leader.

Polar bear hunting and migration 'hit by warming climate'
The Guardian
One of the most southerly populations of polar bears now has only limited time to hunt on sea ice due to a warming climate, research suggests. The polar bears of Hudson Bay, Canada, migrate onto land in the summer when the sea ice melts, relying on fat...

The Guardian

Google Wants To Drive Your Collaborative Apps Home —And Into Its Fold
ReadWriteWeb
Share on: Google Wants To Drive Your Collaborative Apps Home —And Into Its Fold. Google plans to use the collaborative sharing aspects of Google Drive as a way to lure third-party apps into the Google fold....

ReadWriteWeb

Cloning extinct animals: to hell with frogs!
The Guardian (blog)
The recent news that scientists in Australia have successfully inserted the DNA of an officially extinct frog into a living embryo, effectively creating a living genome and for all intents and purposes resurrecting the species, bringing it back from extinction.

The Guardian (blog)

Ancient, 'Lost' Tectonic Plate Discovered Beneath California
Science World Report
(Photo : Forsyth lab/Brown University) An ancient, "lost" tectonic plate that disappeared under North America millions of years ago may have been found again. The Isabella anomaly (IA, above), is at the same depth (ca. 100 km) as other fragments of the ...

Science World Report

Good Luck to Detroit Electric as Car Production Starts Soon
Automotive Discovery
Detroit Electric is a 100 year old brand, although many of you may have never heard of them. They started talking about building electric vehicles back in 2007 and the electric car division was founded in 2008 by Albert Lam, former CEO of the Lotus ...

U.S. is Now Home to Half a Billion Internet Connected Devices
Hot Hardware
If you want to know why the PC market is struggling, just look at the rapid rise of Internet connected devices. Sure, a desktop or laptop system offers far more functionality than a smartphone or tablet, and PCs aren't going the way of the dodo bird, but at the ...

Hot Hardware

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) pulled up by court for insufficient documentation
US Market Buzz
Apple Inc.(NASDAQ:AAPL) has been pulled by a U.S. court for being secretive and declining to hand over important documents as evidence in an ongoing privacy suit. The Cupertino company is in the dock having been accused of collecting and ...


Twitter co-founder hopes to be mayor of New York City
TheCelebrityCafe.com
From tech genius, billionaire to New York City mayor? Jack Dorsey,co-founder of Twitter hopes to one run for mayor of New York City. F. Y. I this guy created twitter #jackdorsey → on Twitpic. According to CNN,Dorsey hopes to leave his home in San Francisco ...

NASA spots lunar graves of twin GRAIL spacecraft
The Space Reporter
The LRO's observation give astronomers new information on how volatile material is moved around the moon. By Max Sonnenberg, The Space Reporter Wednesday, March 20, 2013. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted the lunar graves of the ...

Redesigned Hulu Plus App for Apple TV Offers Easier Navigation
Hot Hardware
Hulu is giddy about a redesigned Apple TV app it just released, and Apple TV users should be just as excited. After all, it's been about a long time since Hulu touched the app, and this latest update purportedly offers an entirely new experience built "from the...

Hot Hardware

Giant squid genetics reveal family secrets
BBC News
The super-sized cephalopods live deep in the oceans and are little-known by the scientific community. An international team of researchers investigated rare samples of the elusive animals' DNA to reveal their family secrets. They discovered that there is just a ...

BBC News

Couple Abandons Crashed $200000 Lamborghini Murcielago Just Hours After ...
Opposing Views
A crashed and empty $200,000 Lamborghini sports car was found empty on the side of the road in La Jolla, Calif., on Monday night with paperwork from Lamborghini Newport Beach in Orange County inside. A couple allegedly abandoned the crashed car on ...

Opposing Views

A cloud for spooks makes sense, but from Amazon?
ITworld.com
March 20, 2013, 8:00 AM — According to a report in Federal Computer Weekly, the CIA has asked Amazon to help it build a private cloud. Just like any large business, it makes sense for the CIA to want to adopt a cloud architecture. The organization surely is ...

VW Issues Recall in China
Wall Street Journal
SHANGHAI--Volkswagen AG will recall 384,181 vehicles sold in China due to gearbox problems, according to China's quality-control agency, following a critical television report that illustrates the power of state-run media over foreign brands. Volkswagen's ...

Wall Street Journal

Chameleon botnet fakes website visits to leave advertisers $6ma month worse off
ZDNet
Summary: Security researchers have discovered the Chameleon botnet, which is delivering fraudulent clicks and display ad mouse rollovers. Security researchers have ...

Betaworks' Giphy takes on Google in the red-hot market for GIF search
The Verge
Six weeks ago, Jace Cooke and Alex Chung, two of the hackers in residence at New York innovation lab betaworks, shared a fun little product they had cobbled together with about twenty friends. It was called Giphy, and it lets users search a database of ...

EA celebrates its players with customer appreciation week on Origin
The Slanted
EA is celebrating the very people that make their games possible, the players. The publishing giant is showing their appreciation with a week long celebration of discounts on their top games and DLC. The list includes some of the most recent EA titles and ...

Video showing the trail readiness of the 2014 Jeep Cherokee released!
JPFreek Adventure Magazine
2014 Jeep Cherokee The count down to the official reveal of the new 2014 Jeep Cherokee is down to the single digits! In a week from now, the new Cherokee platform will debut simultaneously at Easter Jeep Safari in Moab and at the New York International ...

Halemaumau Crater eruption impacts still felt five years later
KHON2
"It's probably one of the most beautiful places I've ever been to," said a visitor. Halema'uma'u crater is located within the active Kilauea volcano. "In fact, where I stand, there is magma flowing beneath my feet, which is what feeds the lava lake that sits just ...

Twitter Granted For Over Its "Device Independent Message Distribution Platform"
Fast Company
Our annual guide to the state of innovation in our economy, featuring the businesses whose innovations are having the greatest impacts across their industries and our culture as a whole. Follow the conversation on Twitter #FCMostInnovative Read More ...

Fast Company

Sinkhole swallows pond: Newcastle man loses his pond to enormous sinkhole
Examiner.com
Related topics. News · newcastle. Advertisement. Sinkhole swallows pond? A sinkhole swallowed a pond in Newcastle, Calif., in a mere five hours according to a report. The KCRA News reported on Tuesday (March 19) that a new sinkhole in the small ...

Examiner.com

Apple co-founder's former home put on the market
KTVU San Francisco
Originally built for Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak in 1986, this 7500 square foot, 6 Bed, 8 Bath on 1.19 acres is located right off Los Gatos Blvd in Los Gatos and is on the market for $4.395 million. It combines post-modern style with natural views. Stand-out ...

If Samsung's Making a Smartwatch, Here Are Its Strengths and Weaknesses
TIME
Instead of letting the rumor mill do the talking, a Samsung executive has come right out and said it: The company is building its own smartwatch to compete with whatever Apple might be working on. “We've been preparing the watch product for so long,” Lee...

TIME

Microsoft App Focus Echoes Salesforce.com
InformationWeek
At Microsoft Convergence conference, stepped up social and marketing capabilities star. But Dynamics customers are still waiting for ERP on Azure. Start The Discussion · Tweet; Mail Mail; Print Print · Doug Henschen | March 19, 2013 12:20 PM. Microsoft ...

Suppliers Thwart HTC's Smartphone Comeback
Wall Street Journal (blog)
HTC Corp. was pinning its hopes on a new flagship smartphone to help close the gap with dominant rivals Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. , but its suppliers are making the Taiwanese company's comeback bid even more difficult. HTC has pushed...

Wall Street Journal (blog)

Dad says Facebook photo of son with gun brought cops to house
CNET
A New Jersey man says that, on the basis of mere hearsay about a Facebook photo of his 11-year-old son with a .22 rifle, police and child protection arrive at his door and demand entry....

Sea Shepherd founder jumps ship before Australia
Channel 4 News
The controversial Sea Shepherd founder, Paul Watson, who is wanted by Interpol, left the environmental group's fleet of anti-whaling ships before they docked in Australia. Sea Shepherd ships collide with Japanese whaling fleet (R). Three Sea Shepherd ...

Channel 4 News

What will T-Mo announce next week?
Computerworld
Computerworld - What is T-Mobile USA planning for its press event in New York City next Tuesday? The carrier already disclosed last fall and again at International CES in January that it plans to offer unsubsidized smartphones with no contract requirement to ...

Swallows Seem To Be Evolving to Avoid Cars
Gizmodo
Swallows Seem To Be Evolving to Avoid Cars Swallows that nest on roadsides appear to have evolved shorter wings to help them maneuver better and avoid cars, claim a team of scientists from the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma. The researchers have ...

Google Developing Unified Chat Service 'Babble'
Good E-Reader (blog)
The next time we are in a babbling mood, Google would like us to be doing so via its Babble service, which is nothing but a grand amalgamation of all its diverse messenger platforms now in operation. These include the likes of Google Talk, Google+ ...

Digital "talking heads"
Investor's Business Daily
Digital "talking heads" that report news or sell goods on video screens have been tried before. But Zoe, a system developed at Univ. of Cambridge, is thought to be the most expressive to date. The researchers spent several days recording speech and facial ...


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