Apple Developing Video Sharing App for iPhones & iPads (video)

Apple Said to Be Developing iPhone Video Sharing App:

Apple is developing a video sharing and editing application and is testing new related features for its iPhone and iPad operating systems. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports on "Bloomberg Markets" August 25, 2016.

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Google Duo Review: Simple iOS, Android Video Chat (video)

Google Duo Review: Simple iOS, Android Video Chat:

Google Duo does one thing: cross-platform one-on-one video calls. WSJ's Joanna Stern asks Nathan Olivarez-Giles if it's worth the download. Video above published August 16, 2016

More info:

• duo.google.com
• Official Google Blog: Meet Google Duo, a simple 1-to-1 video calling app for everyone
• Google Duo is like FaceTime but more fun | money.cnn.com

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Google's Deepmind, Machine Learning, Health Care (video)

Google's Deepmind Wants to Bring Machine Learning to Health Care - Bloomberg’s Jack Clark reports on Google’s DeepMind healthcare application on “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg) Published Feb 25, 2016

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Apple's Mobile Music-Making Makeover (video)

Apple's Mobile Music-Making Makeover - GarageBand and the new Music Memos app make music creation on iPhones and iPads easy, even for amateurs. Nathan Olivarez-Giles reviews both apps. Published on Jan 21, 2016

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VaporChat App Keeps Texts Private (video)

Keeping Texts Private: The Business of VaporChat -
VaporChat CEO Ken Fried explains how the app helps keep texts private. He speaks with Bloomberg's Cory Johnson on "Bloomberg West," April 15th.

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Dice, App Could Rock the Concert-Ticketing Industry (video)

Dice Ticket App Founder Phil Hutcheon in Interview: Video - Bloomberg:
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Tired of having to print out tickets to get into a gig? Or having to re-type your payment information every time you want to buy? Fear not. A London-based company called Dice has streamlined the job and is working to put scalpers out of business with their app. Dice Founder Phil Hutcheon talks to Bloomberg's Angus Bennett about the company. (Source: Bloomberg 11/20)

Wall Street Journal
Google embraces open source with free Android game
ITProPortal
Many people consider open source to be the future. It is hard to argue with this, as it allows software to be adapted to different environments. Most importantly, it allows users to view the code, and prevents malicious aspects, such as backdoors. In other words ...

International Business Times
Now you can play Destiny for free, at least for a little while
Digital Trends
Bungie has released a free trial/demo version of Destiny, so anyone who's on the fence can it a try before taking the plunge into the massively multiplayer shooter. Called a “Trial” for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and a “Demo” for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, ...


Mashable
Dear Barbie, get it together. Love, female developers everywhere
Mashable
Barbie is a smart woman. We know this because Mattel has repeatedly reminded us of her accomplishments (see: all of Barbie's careers, which span from sign language instructor to world peace ambassador). Why, then, does she suddenly require the help of ...

CNET
Facebook bus drivers vote to join Teamsters
CNET
Drivers for the social network's shuttle bus contractor say they seek better schedules and wages that allow them to live near their jobs....

The Guardian
Webcam hackers could be watching you, watchdog warns
The Guardian
The Information Commissioner's Office said footage was being collected from security cameras used by businesses and the public...

Washington Times
LA becomes stage for high-speed luxury cars


CNET
Firefox dumps Google for search, signs on with Yahoo
CNET
Google's 10-year run as Firefox's default search engine in the US is over. Yahoo wants more search traffic, and a deal with Mozilla will bring it...

TechCrunch
Apple Relabels “Free” Download Buttons On iTunes And Mac App Store To “Get ...
TechCrunch
Across the iTunes and Mac App Stores today, a minor but also notable change is taking place with regard to how Apple is marketing its iOS and Mac applications. Instead of free apps being labeled as “FREE,” the download button now reads “GET.

BBC News
Apple to push Beats to all iPhones according to FT
BBC News
Apple is planning to push its Beats music streaming service to every iPhone in the new year, according to a report in the Financial Times newspaper. Apple will include the Beats app in its latest update to the iOS operating system used on iPhones and iPads, ...

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Robots, Artificial Intelligence, To Take Your Job? (video)

Could a Robot or AI Take Your Job?: Video - Bloomberg:
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Draper Fisher Jurvetson Partner Steve Jurvetson discusses the future of robots and artificial intelligence on “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg 11/12)

The Difficulties With A BlackBerry Partnership In China - BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ:BBRY) | Seeking Alpha: "....I see little if any value in a Chinese BlackBerry partnership since the company's whole value proposition is security. It would be different if BlackBerry had one million native apps and an army of developers working for the platform. If this were the case, I could see Lenovo and others licensing BB10 for that value alone. But this is not the reality...."


New York Times
Amazon and Hachette Resolve Dispute
New York Times
Books and other items at an Amazon warehouse in Phoenix. ... Amazon and Hachette announced Thursday that they had resolved their differences ...
Amazon, Hachette End Publishing Dispute - Wall Street Journal
Amazon And Hachette End Battle, Settle On E-book Pricing - Forbes
Amazon, Hachette End Monthslong Dispute - ABC News


CNN
Separated at birth, reunited on Facebook
CNN
(CNN) -- Anais Bordier and Samantha Futerman have the same laugh and the same freckled cheeks. They wear their hair the same way and have ...


CNET
Microsoft patches 19-year-old Windows bug
CNET
This reveals basic vulnerabilities in PC technology. For one, it's up to users to apply patches to keep their machines secure. Yet security-conscious ...

How to Switch to Google's New Messenger App for SMS
How to Open Links in Your Mobile Browser Instead of the Facebook App ... How to Switch to Google's New Messenger App for SMS ... The app itself is fully fitted out with Google's new Material Design look and the colors of your ...

VentureBeat
Strap a phablet to your face: Oculus VR releases mobile dev kit
VentureBeat
Facebook's virtual-reality company just unleashed its mobile software-development kit on its website, and you can pick it up now to start building software for mobile VR. While Oculus has made headlines for nearly two years thanks to its powerful Rift headset, ...

Livemint
Samsung chases curved smartphone wave to beat flat-screen crowd
Livemint
Samsung declined to give early sales figures or expected profit margins for the Note Edge, but the specialist screen technology required means the curved display is difficult to make and likely more expensive. Photo: Reuters. Seoul: Samsung Electronics Co.

Pew Study: Americans Fear They've Lost Control of Personal Data
eWeek
A Pew Research study examined how Americans view the privacy of their personal information in the wake of Edward Snowden's revelations about online government snooping. The Pew Research Internet Project published a study on Nov. 12 that reveals ...

USA TODAY
Sony previews upcoming PlayStation Vue cloud TV service
USA TODAY
Sony plans to begin testing its new subscription cloud TV service PlayStation Vue in New York City later this month. After that initial test of the service, which is delivered via the Net to PlayStation 4 and PS3 game systems, Sony expects to launch the service in ...

CNNMoney
People Still Aren't Downloading iOS 8
Huffington Post
... Apple has stopped providing an update to its new iOS 8 mobile operating software, following complaints by some ...

Android Lollipop
Ars Technica
Android's biggest update ever revamps nearly every part of the OS.
Ars Technica
Android updates don't matter anymore—or at least that's what many people think. Back-to-back-to-back Jelly Bean releases and a KitKat release seemed to only polish what already existed. When Google took the wraps off of "Android L" at Google I/O, though, ...

SlashGear
iPad Pro now rumored for late 2015 launch
SlashGear
The iPad Pro has many tablet hounds excited, and those who may want to ditch their laptop for a large-screen tablet even more anticipatory, but we're still not getting our hands on it. After being rumored for release at just about every interval you could think of, ...

Xiaomi Escalating The Great Ecosystem Battle | Seeking Alpha: "In the smartphone space, MIUI's closed ecosystem mimics that of iOS and differentiates from other mobile operating systems with features that are most relevant to Chinese users whereas Apple and Google have avoided localization of their mobile OS, a strategy I believe could be detrimental to their growth in a highly-localized Chinese market."

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Free Voice Calls From Google Hangouts App

Voice calls in Hangouts: call history (left); dialer (middle); in a call (right) (source: Google)

Free voice calls from Hangouts: "... Hangouts already makes it easy to send a quick message, or start a group video chat. But sometimes it’s best to just call to say “I love you,” and with the new version of Hangouts you can. Starting today you can make voice calls from Hangouts on Android, iOS and the web. It’s free to call other Hangouts users, it’s free to call numbers in the U.S. and Canada, and the international rates are really low. So keeping in touch is easier and more affordable than ever. To get started on Android, just grab the new version of Hangouts (v2.3, rolling out over the next few days), then install the accompanying dialer to turn on voice calls. On iOS and the web, voice calls
will be available the next time you open the app..."

Call phones in Hangouts: Worldwide Calling Rates

Turn any Hangout into a live video call with up to 10 friends or simply choose a contact to start a phone call from your computer. Who says you can’t be together even when you’re not?
Download Hangouts: Google Play | iTunes App Store | For your computer

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Exclusive: Nokia, Windows Phone Brands to be Replaced By Microsoft, Windows - Geek on Gadgets : Geek on Gadgets: "we can confirm that Microsoft will be completely dropping the “Nokia” branding from their devices, leaving “Lumia” as the hero brand for upcoming devices. In fact we understand that the Lumia 830 and Lumia 730 will be the final two devices to launch with “Nokia” branded on the phone.  Future devices will most likely carry the “Microsoft” name along with “Lumia”."

RadioShack's Last Hope for Survival: Shrinking Fast in Bankruptcy - Businessweek: "RadioShack’s mission—to shrink like crazy—hasn’t been accomplished fast enough. The ailing electronics retailer said on Thursday that it may not be able to avoid bankruptcy. While still holding out hope for new financing, the company acknowledged it could run out of money as soon as this month..."


CNN
Facebook testing disappearing posts
CNN
(CNN) -- If you want to use Facebook a little more like Snapchat, you might soon get your chance. The social-media giant is testing a feature that would ...

What Exactly Is the Facebook Messenger App for iOS Tracking? | Motherboard: "... iOS forensics and security researcher Jonathan Zdziarski spent Tuesday morning disassembling Facebook Messenger’s iOS binary, at one point declaring via Twitter that “Messenger appears to have more spyware type code in it than I've seen in products intended specifically for enterprise surveillance.” In an email, Zdziarski said that Messenger is logging practically everything a user might do within the app, from what and where they tap, to how often a device is held in portrait versus landscape orientation; even time spent in the Messenger app, versus the time it spends running in the background...."

NBCNews.com
US threatened massive fine to force Yahoo to release data
Washington Post
The U.S. government threatened to fine Yahoo $250,000 a day in 2008 if it ... communications by users of Yahoo and other U.S.-based technology firms. ... The original order to Yahoo came in 2007 and set off alarms at the ... including Google, Apple and Facebook — to comply with the data demands.
Documents Unsealed in Yahoo's Case Against US Data Requests - New York Times


New York Times
Microsoft Sees More Than Fun in a Game Like Minecraft
New York Times
Technology |​​NYT Now ... And Microsoft likes the game so much that the tech giant wants to buy Minecraft's parent ... Already, Facebook bought a virtual reality headset maker for $2 billion and the Japanese ... Last month, Amazon agreed to buy Twitch, a streaming video site, for more than $1 billion.
Culture Clash: Minecraft Fans Fear Microsoft - Wall Street Journal

Google Continues To Build Upon Its Life Sciences Ecosystem
Forbes
Google has a mission to organize the world's information and make it accessible to everyone. The company is mostly known for its search engine and ...


Wall Street Journal
Europe's Google Piñata
Wall Street Journal
Mr. Almunia said in February he was satisfied with Google's third offer, reached after two rounds of renegotiation following competitor input on ...

A Google Glass fit for the factory floor
Fortune
 ... It wasn't long after Google first revealed its Glass project in 2012 that technology companies ...


NPR (blog)
Is Amazon's Failed Phone A Cautionary Tale?
NPR (blog)
Amazon slashed the price of the Fire phone from $199 To 99 cents. ... Google has gone to great pains to build versions of Android that use less and ...

Google's studied silence on net neutrality finally broken
Washington Post (blog)
After a long silence, one of the Internet's biggest companies has finally weighed in on the latest net neutrality debate. On Wednesday, Google said it ...

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Apple pulls photo app due to child porn concerns

Apple pulls 500px app due to 'child porn' concerns
BBC News
Apple says it has been forced to remove a popular photography app due to customer complaints over "possible child pornography". The 500px app, developed in Canada, has been downloaded almost a million times - but the iPhone-maker said it was now a ...

Anti-Loneliness Ramen Bowl Holds Your iPhone
PC Magazine
If you typically spend your nights alone at home digging into a bowl of hot ramen noodles while wishing you had someone to hang out with, then we've got some good news. You never again have to eat your noodles in solitude thanks to an ingenious new ...

Cisco to acquire mobile networking firm Intucell for $475m
ZDNet
Summary: The networking giant continues its spending spree into the new calendar year with an Israel-based mobile network management firm. Zack Whittaker. By Zack Whittaker for Between the Lines | January 23, 2013 -- 13:43 GMT (05:43 PST). Follow @ ...

Nokia plans EOS PureView phone in 2013 -- report
CNET
The device will come with the 41-megapixel camera found in the company's 808 PureView handset, and will launch on AT&T's network. Don Reisinger. by Don Reisinger. January 23, 2013 6:02 AM PST. Is this camera coming to another Nokia handset?

Florida Mounts a Hunt for Creatures That Maintain a Very Low Profile
New York Times
HOMESTEAD, Fla. – For as long as anyone can remember, hunters here have wielded machetes, knives, rifles and crossbows as they swept past thickets of mosquitoes and saw grass in pursuit of alligators, feral hogs, bobcats and vermin of all sizes.

New York Times

Raytheon to build low-orbit, disposable satellites for DARPA
Register
The fighter-deployed satellites in DARPA's latest plan - which will deploy them in orbits so low they burn up in a month - will be built by Raytheon, which reckons it can do the job for $2m a pop. SeeMe* was announced last March, as an intermediate step ...

Samsung Galaxy S4 reportedly set to launch in April
CNET
The next flagship smartphone from the Korean juggernaut may include wireless charging as a key feature, as well as a larger battery. Roger Cheng. by Roger Cheng. January 23, 2013 5:06 AM PST Follow @RogerWCheng. Samsung's Galaxy S3.

US govt scientists to retire most research chimps
Fox News
NEW ORLEANS – Government scientists have agreed that all but 50 of hundreds of chimpanzees kept for federally funded research should be retired from labs and sent to a national sanctuary. The proposal from a National Institutes of Health committee also ...

Gaming on Linux: A guide for sane people with limited patience
PCWorld (blog)
So, you want to play games on your Linux machine. Oh, boy. Batten down the hatches, because we're about to show you how to do some real computing. You ever compiled something, kid? You ever compiled something like we did back in the '90s? You ever ...

LG Optimus G Pro to debut this April
CNET
Set to launch through Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo, the new LG phone will offer a 5-inch screen with a 1,920x1,080 pixel display. Lance Whitney. by Lance Whitney. January 23, 2013 5:27 AM PST Follow @lancewhit. (Credit: NTT DoCoMo). LG's Optimus G ...

Kate Upton Super Bowl ad: It's sudsy
Washington Post (blog)
It isn't so much that Kate Upton, as the Mercedes-Benz people say, “washes the all-new … CLA in slow-motion,” as it is that Kate Upton gets a bunch of guys in football jerseys to wash the all-new CLA for her.

Viral: Eerie photo of French soldier in Mali upsets military officials
NBCNews.com (blog)
By Isolde Raftery, Staff Writer, NBC News. The image was taken innocently enough: A landing helicopter kicked up a dust storm as French soldiers moved toward Niono, in northern Mali, an area held by al-Qaida.

Apple Falls To Sixth In China: So, What Should It Be Doing?
Forbes
Two little pieces of information out today about Apple before they declare their results at 5 pm EST. Their market share in China has fallen so that they are now sixth in that market. And they seem to be having great problems in the other emerging markets as ...

AMD confirms ex-Apple and Qualcomm execs new focus on SoCs and more
SlashGear
AMD has confirmed its two new mobile chip experts on the team, snagged from Apple and Qualcomm in recent weeks, after reports that the processor company was focusing on SoC-development to take a bite of the smartphone and tablet market. Charles ...

The PC Is Dead, Long Live The PC: Intel Exits Motherboard Business
Forbes
Intel is bidding a fond farewell to the traditional desktop PC as the chip maker diverts the majority of its resources into the burgeoning smartphone, tablet, and ultrabook markets. “We disclosed internally today that Intel's Desktop Motherboard Business will...

Forbes

RIM Still Unable to Clarify Its Fee Structure
New York Times (blog)
For their maker, Research in Motion, BlackBerrys have always been the gift that keeps on giving. Until now, every BlackBerry handset has continued to generate monthly service fees for the company until it falls apart or is stuck in a drawer. In preparation for ...

Upcoming Email Client Mailbox Helps Users Clear Their Inbox
PC Magazine
If you're like me, and receive a ton of emails daily, it can be tough to manage them all on the spot. Only a very few messages only require a quick "yes" or "no" response. The majority take some time to complete. Instead of organizing them immediately, they ...

1958 Ferrari 250 GT California Spider
CNNMoney
At the annual Scottsdale, Ariz. auto auctions last weekend, the biggest headlines were about the Batmobile, which sold for $4.6 million. But that was only the third-highest price paid at the auctions and it wasn't even close the top dollar amount. That honor ...

Facebook causes envy 'on an unprecedented scale'
Telegraph.co.uk
One person in three feels worse after visiting the social networking site and says that their "general dissatisfaction" with life has increased, the joint paper by two German universities claims. People who surf Facebook without making any updates themselves...

Telegraph.co.uk

Surface Pro Release Date Set For Feb. 9 By Microsoft
Huffington Post
REDMOND, Washington (AP) — Microsoft says that the pro version of its Surface tablet will be available to purchase Feb. 9 in the U.S. and Canada. Unlike the previous version that launched in October, the "Surface Windows 8 Pro" will use the full version of ...

The Ancient Space Storm That Struck the Earth
TIME
Climate scientists consult ancient tree rings all the time. These year-by-year growth bands, preserved in long-lived timber, can reveal how warm and how wet the planet was many centuries before thermometers or rain gauges were invented. For astronomers ...

TIME

'Natural born killer': Campaign demands eradication of cats from New Zealand
NBCNews.com (blog)
By Ian Johnston, Staff Writer, NBC News. The domestic cat should be eradicated from New Zealand because it is a “natural born killer” that is wiping out native wildlife, according to a prominent economist in the South Pacific country. Gareth Morgan, whose ...

NBCNews.com (blog)

Andean glaciers shrink by half
TG Daily
Glaciers in the Andes are retreating faster than ever, say researchers, with global warming causing them to shrink by as much as half since the 1970s. The region's warmed by about 0.7°C over the past 50 years. And the result, says the team, is that since the ...

TG Daily

Beijing chokes on smog amid annual legislative sessions
Xinhua
BEIJING, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Air quality in Beijing hit dangerous levels again on Wednesday, with smog blanketing the city. At 3 p.m., air quality indices at most monitoring stations in the city proper ranged from 311 to 400, a serious level, according to statistics ...

Xinhua

First Firefox phones revealed by Mozilla and Geeksphone
BBC News
Mozilla has published details of the first smartphones to be powered by its Firefox operating system. Two handsets are to be made by a small Spanish firm called Geeksphone and will be targeted at developers ahead of the system's formal launch.

How Did Google Do In 2012? $50 Billion Of Revenue, Says An "Incredibly ...
Fast Company
Fast Company checks in with last year's Most Innovative Companies to see how their big ideas fared in 2012--and how they'll play out in 2013 and beyond. His voice may have sounded a little croaky, but the message Larry Page was conveying ...

AT&T spends $780M to acquire US retail wireless operations of Atlantic Tele ...
FierceOnlineVideo
AT&T (NYSE: T) has been promising for some months that it is going to use wireless to expand its broadband footprint where applicable--including, especially, rural areas where it is not feasible to install wireline infrastructure. The carrier apparently took a step ...

Asteroid-prospecting spacecraft unveiled
Telegraph.co.uk
From 2015 a fleet of "FireFly" spacecraft, weighing just 55lb each, will whizz into space to explore any passing asteroids for signs of useful materials such as industrial metals, platinum-like metals, water and silicon. Within a decade Deep Space Industries, the ...

Commentary: Climate change
Elko Daily Free Press
Earlier this month the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration breathlessly reported that 2012 was the hottest year in a century of weather data for the 48 contiguous states of the United States. In fact, the temperature was a full 1 degree Fahrenheit ...

Stump the Geeks: Consumers wise to heed recent Java warning
Macon Telegraph (blog)
It hasn't been a great start to the year for the makers of Java. Oracle, the company behind the programming language that powers both Web and desktop applications, has been scrambling to fix major security flaws in its software after the Department of ...

U-verse down in some areas
Today's THV
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) -- A limited number of AT&T customers in some markets may be experiencing issues with their U-verse service. According to AT&T Arkansas communications manager Anita Smith, the company is having an issue with a server that ...

The Replacer Takes Over Your Life While You Play "Call of Duty"
Co.Create
In a new spot for "Call of Duty: Black Ops 2: Revolution," a tough guy offers to take over the parts of players lives they might neglect while gaming. In gangster movies, there's often a fixer character who will come calling when certain shady ...

Co.Create

Google Glass Taken for New York Subway Ride by Sergey Brin
eWeek
Was it a publicity stunt or a test session by Google's co-founder as he rode a New York subway train wearing a set of Google Glasses? Google co-founder Sergey Brin took a pair of Google Glasses for a ride on a New York subway train Jan. 21, and the...

eWeek

Twitter adds new features to Embedded Tweets
Times of India
NEW DELHI: Microblogging website Twitter has added new functionalities to its Embedded Tweets feature. Now, users who wish to embed any tweet to their website can provide further enhance the Twitter experience for their visitors as the integrated tweet ...

Times of India

The Apple iPhone at Age 6: My, How Things Have Changed
Forbes
So my colleague asked me to write a piece on the Apple iPhone as it's now 6 years old. I thought, who better to ask than someone who has never owned one? I'm fiercely loyal to a couple of brands, one of which is BlackBerry, made by RIM. I did once try an...

Forbes

Should You Use Mega, Kim Dotcom's Megaupload Replacement?
ReadWriteWeb
Like on Facebook. Share on: Should You Use Mega, Kim Dotcom's Megaupload Replacement? Mega is faster, more secure and sports more storage space than the old Megaupload did. But potential privacy loopholes and Kim Dotcom's history might make.

ReadWriteWeb

Cuba's Internet speeds up as undersea cable is activated
Computerworld
IDG News Service - Cuba's Internet speeds increased on Tuesday, and the country appears to be routing more traffic through a previously dormant undersea fiber-optic cable, according to Internet monitoring company Renesys. Renesys noticed last week that ...

GM looks to Encore small crossover to expand Buick's reach
Reuters
By Ben Klayman. BIRMINGHAM, Mich | Tue Jan 22, 2013 12:57pm EST. BIRMINGHAM, Mich (Reuters) - General Motors Co (GM.N) is counting on the new Encore small crossover vehicle to bring more new customers to its premium Buick brand. The Encore ...

Tourists' cellphones now OK in North Korea -- but not local calls
Los Angeles Times
If you ever wanted to get completely away from talking on your cellphone, the place to go was North Korea. "It was like there was an invisible wall surrounding the country," said Gareth Johnson, managing director of Young Pioneer Tours, which has been ...

New 'Metal Gear' video game swings into action
USA TODAY
A look at the upcoming video game 'Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance,' coming to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on Feb. 19. mgrr0122. Promotional art for the upcoming video game 'Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance'. (Photo: Konami) ...

Wheelies: The Charity Corvette Edition
New York Times (blog)
A 1958 Chevrolet Corvette, owned by Dan Akerson, General Motors chairman and chief executive Getty Images A 1958 Chevrolet Corvette, owned by Dan Akerson, General Motors chairman and chief executive, on the auction block in Scottsdale, Ariz.

New York Times (blog)

Resident Evil: Revelations Arriving On May 24
Mobile & Apps
Per reports, Capcom has revealed that the company's upcoming survival horror title 'Resident Evil: Revelations' will be coming to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC on May 24. Follow us. "I think we're all in agreement that RE Revelations was pretty darn good,...

Mobile & Apps

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)'s Graph Search: Future not Clear
The Point
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)'s share price increased by 3 percent on Tuesday. The share price is experiencing 6 percent growth since the start of 2013. The share price is responding well to the prevailing positive speculations about the company's earnings, ...

Supercar sets 0-300 kmh world record
Stuff.co.nz
Hennessey Venom GT officially sets 0-300 kmh world record. Related Links. 1500 hp Texas 'hypercar' unveiled. Relevant offers. A US supercar has become the world's quickest 0-300 kmh production car. The Hennessey Venom GT set the record at Ellington ...

Google Earth Is Key To Revealing North Korea's Prison Camp System, Activists ...
Huffington Post
Earlier this month Google executive Eric Schmidt embarked on a journey to North Korea, one of the world's most secretive and Internet-restrictive countries. While the U.S. State Department publicly criticized Schmidt's timing and intentions, human rights ...

Sony Xperia Tablet Z Aims for 'World's Thinnest' Crown
TIME
With so few companies releasing high-end Android tablets these days, it's kind of refreshing to see something like Sony's Xperia Tablet Z. The Tablet Z weighs just 1.09 pounds and measures 0.27 inches thick, with a 10.1-inch, 1080p display. As Engadget...

TIME

If you want to find life on Mars, here's how to do it
Catholic Online
Scientists have published a new theory that explains where life could have once existed on Mars, and how it might be found. The theory is based on what we know about the natural development of life on Earth and even locates a prime spot to conduct the ...

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