China Labels iPhone a Security Threat
Wall Street Journal
State-run China Central Television has labeled Apple's iPhone location-tracking feature a "national security concern," in the latest backlash against U.S. technology companies. The WSJ's Yun-Hee Kim speaks to reporter Eva Dou in Beijing. ...
Biz Break: Yahoo, Salesforce and Microsoft go shopping for startups
San Jose Mercury News
Today: Yahoo picks up an Israeli video startup, Salesforce agrees to buy Palo Alto big-data startup RelateIQ for $390 million, and Microsoft scoops up a San Jose company. Also: Gilead faces more pressure on Sovaldi pricing. The Lead: Yahoo, Salesforce ...
Microsoft Partners Conference: 3 Things to Watch
InformationWeek
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is riding positive momentum into the ... on distinct capabilities, rather than trying to follow whatever Apple and Google are ... still second fiddle to Amazon in the overall cloud world, Microsoft has to feel .... Facebook · LinkedIn · Google+ · RSS · UBM Tech. Featured UBM Tech ...
Female Yahoo exec sued for sexual harassment
San Jose Mercury News
A high-level female Yahoo executive helping to lead the company's mobile-content efforts was named Friday in a state lawsuit filed by a woman ...
Yahoo acquires video streaming startup RayV
PCWorld
“Yahoo is focused on growing video users and monthly streams, and while we're only getting started, we're very focused on this in 2014,” Yahoo said ...
Google Struggles With 'Right To Forget'
InformationWeek
Google says it's having problems following the European censorship decision that lets users seek ... Microsoft Office For iPad Vs. iWork Vs. Google.
Amazon Asks FAA for Permission to Test Drones
Wall Street Journal
Amazon has formally requested permission from the Federal Aviation Administration to start testing drones as part of its proposed Prime Air service to ...
Amazon's New Mobile Services Underscore Computing Shift
Wall Street Journal
Facebook; Twitter ... create apps that authenticate users through their Amazon, Facebook Inc., or Google credentials, and then keeps ... Apple Inc. last month launched Continuity, which allows people to use a Mac to make or receive ...
Google seeks to dismiss US antitrust lawsuit over Android
Chicago Tribune
The lawsuit is the latest antitrust issue confronting Google, which has faced complaints from rivals including Microsoft Corp that it unfairly ranked its ...
Yahoo Acquires Video Streaming Platform RayV | TechCrunch
By Greg Kumparak
Following rumors of talks going as far back as May, we'd been hearing whispers all morning that Yahoo had finally acquired the video broadcasting ...
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Managing Your Digital Past: Video - Bloomberg: (Allow video to load after clicking play) Open Rights Group Executive Director Jim Killock discusses the debate between people’s “right to be forgotten” online and the right to view an uncensored web after the EU’s top court ruled that people can ask search-engine owners to remove personal information. He speaks to Anna Edwards and Mark Barton on Bloomberg Television’s “Countdown.” (Source: Bloomberg June 12) What is a 51 percent attack and why is it a threat to Bitcoin's future? - Everything you need to know about bitcoin - Vox: "... So long as computing power is decentralized, no one can tamper with the blockchain. If someone tries to alter a block that has already been accepted by the network, that person's change will be "shouted down" by the majority of miners who have already accepted the block as an official part of the blockchain. But that could change if someone gained control of a majority of the network's computing power. This is known in the Bitcoin community as a 51 percent attack. And that has become an increasingly serious concern in recent months. Miners have organized themselves into pools that work together and share the proceeds of their efforts. And in June 2014, a mining pool called GHash gained slightly more than 50 percent of the network's computing power...."
YouTube to block indie labels who don't sign up to new music service | Technology | theguardian.com: "...The company's head of content and business operations, Robert Kyncl, told the Financial Times that the service – previously rumoured to be called YouTube Music Pass – will launch more widely later in the year. His confirmation that YouTube will block videos from labels that do not sign licensing deals for the new premium tier will be hugely controversial among indie labels, with trade body WIN already filing a complaint to the European Commission about its negotiating strategy...." Wireline isn't the only net neutrality fight you should care about BGR U.S. regulators are apparently considering whether to take a fresh look at wireless and wireline networks and whether to apply the same net neutrality rules to both fixed and wireless Internet traffic, Reuters writes. These two types of Internet providers offer ...
Three things you need to know about the phone Amazon is... The Verge The Amazon phone is coming. Finally. At least that's what the company is very likely to announce at a big press event this Wednesday. Amazon has long been rumored to be working on a smartphone follow up to its line of Kindle Fire tablets, and all signs are ...
Google Adds Step-By-Step Instructions to Search Results: "Google got a little smarter once again this week. Now, if you search for something that Google knows has a step-by-step answer, it will give those steps to you above the search results.P For example, if you search gmail export contacts, Google will give you step-by-step instructions for exporting your address book. It works for non-Google stuff, too...." Facebook takes another shot at Snapchat with Slingshot USA TODAY SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook hopes its new Slingshot app will get people talking. The widely anticipated mobile app is being released today in the ...
Amazon Phone Looks To Be AT&T Exclusive InformationWeek Back in 2007, AT&T was the sole carrier to offer Apple's iPhone. ... carrier to sell theFacebook phone (HTC First), among other firsts and exclusives.
Microsoft Embraces Open With IE Developer Channel InformationWeek Microsoft on Monday launched Internet Explorer Developer Channel, ... IE Developer Channel could help by shifting Microsoft's Web efforts toward the ... rapid-release models favored by competitors such as Mozilla and Google. .... Apple just held WWDC, where the theme of the day was more open ...
Sales of Nest smoke detector resume at lower price Businessweek SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google's Nest Labs is resuming sales and lowering the price of a high-tech smoke detector that was pulled from the market after malfunctioning. The new price for the detector, called "Nest Protect," will be $99 when sales resume ...
British spies track Facebook, Google use San Jose Mercury News LONDON -- The U.K.'s electronic spy agency is legally allowed to track the online activities of millions of Britons who use U.S.-based platforms such as ...
Microsoft Office For iPad Vs. iWork Vs. Google InformationWeek We compare the free alternatives from Apple and Google. ... More than a year beforeMicrosoft released Office for iPad, many critics had already ...
Microsoft Brings Predictive Analysis To Azure InformationWeek Microsoft isn't synonymous with advanced analytics, like SAS and IBM SPSS, but it announced Monday that it hopes to take predictive analysis ...
Jill Lepore: What the Theory of “Disruptive Innovation” Gets Wrong : The New Yorker: "Disruptive innovation is a theory about why businesses fail. It’s not more than that. It doesn’t explain change. It’s not a law of nature. It’s an artifact of history, an idea, forged in time; it’s the manufacture of a moment of upsetting and edgy uncertainty. Transfixed by change, it’s blind to continuity. It makes a very poor prophet." more technology news below ( @ web version--link below) Follow @expricom
