Google Fiber to test small-business service

Google Fiber plans to test small-business service in Kansas City - KansasCity.com: "...First, however, it’s querying those potential test customers about the industries they’re in, how many people they employ, whether their managers have Google Fiber service at home, their use of remote Internet storage and technical issues about their existing Internet connections. Those businesses have until April 25 to fill out the online questionnaire."

Coincidence Or Accident? Microsoft Security Essentials Bug Rendering XP Machines Hamstrung Like A Virus - HotHardware: "....If this is a widespread issue, and hints are leading us to believe that there are many out there battling it, we can't help but wonder what Microsoft is going to do about it - if anything at all. After all, with XP dead on the consumer side, it has no responsibility to continue updating it at all. If Microsoft does decide to patch it, we'd imagine users could go online and download the most up-to-date version of MSE, as it's not exclusive to XP. Still, what a coincidence. If you're still running an XP box, have you been bitten by this bug?"

The Future of Facebook May Not Say ‘Facebook’ - NYTimes.com: "Every time a new, much-hyped Facebook product blows up on the launchpad, and every time the company pays billions for someone else’s greatest idea, predictions of Facebook’s doom begin to roll in. But Mark Zuckerberg, the company’s co-founder and chief executive, is not worried. Facebook’s innovation engine may have stalled lately, but Mr. Zuckerberg has been working on revamping the way the company creates and distributes new services. The effort, which he began discussing this year, is called Creative Labs, and can be summarized in a single word: apps. Lots and lots of apps."

Exclusive: Google's Project Loon tests move to LTE band in Nevada
PCWorld
Google has expanded its Project Loon tests to the Nevada desert and, for the first time, into licensed radio spectrum. Google declined to comment on ...

Google offering try-before-you-buy kits to those interested in Glass
Los Angeles Times
Google has begun contacting customers and offering them the chance to try out the ... Get ready for new Facebook privacy freakout: 'Nearby Friends'.

Google wins a game of “Escape from East Texas,” linking Rockstar to Apple
Ars Technica
A federal judge issued an order today decreeing that Google's court battle against a "patent troll" owned by its competitors must be fought out in ...

Apple Makes Key Part Of Google's Experimental 'Project Tango' Phone
Forbes
Online repair guide iFixit tore down one of Google's Project Tango phones ... makes components for Microsoft's Microsoft's Kinect and Apple used parts from Samsung going way back. ... Then again, Apple likes to let others be the first movers in a market and ... Yes, Facebook Buying Oculus Is Dumb.

Microsoft's Brand New CEO Needs to Do Much More
TIME
Office, of course, had long been Microsoft's great cash cow fenced off from the ... share lags those of Samsung, Amazon's Kindle Fire, and of course the iPad. With Nadella taking the reins from Ballmer, Microsoft has the chance to ...

Microsoft Azure Intelligent Systems: 4 Facts
InformationWeek
Microsoft tries to become a power player in the brave new world of Internet-connected sensors, using a cloud-based Internet of Things management ...

Microsoft has sold more than 5 million Xbox Ones
MarketWatch
Microsoft Corp. on Thursday said it has sold more than five million Xbox One consoles to retail shops since the product was launched in November.

Microsoft's Outlook.com now imports Yahoo Mail
PCWorld (blog)
In the past year or so, Microsoft, like its rivals Apple and Google, have tried to develop a complementary set of services and apps that share ...
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AutoCast for Chromecast

AutoCast -  AutoCast is a Tasker plugin that gives you full control over your Chromecast. It not only enables you to cast images, audio and video from Tasker, but you can also cast and control many other local or web contents, like YouTube videos and playlists, notifications, voice, and web pages! You can also take over other apps that are being cast and control their playback! Get the app here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de...
Other apps used in the video:
Tasker: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de...
AutoNotification: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... (to intercept Android notifications)
AutoVoice: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... (for voice commands)
AutoShare: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... (to share stuff from the browser and gallery app)
AutoRemote: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... (to cast from my PC)
BubbleUPnP: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... (to cast system audio; check how to do it here: http://joaoapps.com/autocast/faq/)

'AutoCast' for Android might be the most useful Chromecast app yet | VentureBeat | "...Yet the real selling point for AutoCast is its ability to let you multitask via Chromecast-connected TVs. That means you can cast a slideshow of photos to your TV’s screen and have music playing in the background that uses the TV’s speakers. This also means you can get notifications while you’re watching a movie.
AutoCast is available now for free in the Google Play Store..."

Google's Project Loon balloon circles Earth in a record 22 days - CNET: "The tech giant may have found its darling with Ibis-167. Surfing air currents and dodging the polar vortex, the Wi-Fi carrying balloon beat all odds in its recent journey...."

Microsoft takes steps to improve its Windows 8 business-app story
ZDNet
Microsoft's onerous requirements for sideloading Windows Store/Metro-Style apps is one of the reasons for the dearth. Sideloading is the way ...

HTC's M8: Get This Smartphone Before It's Too Late?: "Chou says in a March 25 company statement. “Today I’m proud to launch the most stunning, intuitive and advanced handset that the industry has seen to date, the new HTC One (M8).”"

Amazon Fire TV review: A great device, but not fully ready
IBNLive
Apple TV already has all that, but it doesn't offer Amazon Instant Video directly on the device. ... You can also check email and Facebook. ... Meanwhile, Google Inc. has a $35 streaming device called the Chromecast. ...

Google working on new Android TV platform: Report
Times of India
NEW DELHI: It appears that Google has not given up on the idea of creating its ... to compete with Apple TV and Amazon's recently unveiled Fire TV offering. ... Google wants developers to create simple apps for Android TV and is ....

Apple's Deep Pockets: What $159 Billion Could Do
New York Times (blog)
And tech giants like Apple, Google and Microsoft had the most. ... Amazon has bought robot makers, e-commerce services and hardware start-ups. And Facebook has spent more than $20 billion in just the last two months on a ...

Facebook post saves girl's vision as 'glow in the eye' raises alarm
WXIA-TV
When her 3-year-old daughter gave herself a new hairdo last fall, Tara Taylor proudly posted a photo of the look on Facebook. It wasn't the cute bows ...

Microsoft Office for iPad: Hit or miss?
Business Standard
Microsoft Office. These two ... one from Microsoft. Office for iPad, though, will remain on my Apple tablet, even if I'm not going to subscribe to Office 365.

Google pays EU fine for Street View breaches
HeraldNet
LUXEMBOURG - Google paid a $1.37 million fine in Italy after the local regulator found its Street View cars drove incognito across the country, ...

Microsoft's open sourcing of .Net: The back story
ZDNet
Microsoft's move to open source key chunks of its .Net platform was one of the biggest announcements at Microsoft's Build 2014 show last week.

Google's climb of Mount Meru
The Hindu
“Do you really want to climb this?” asked the journalist next to me as we looked up at the steep flight of steps leading up to Mount Meru. No, this was ...

Apple Acknowledges Consumers Want Larger and Cheaper Phones - Mac Rumors
By Arnold Kim
The latest internal documents coming out of the Samsung/Apple trial show some candid insight into Apple's analysis of the future of the smartphone ...
MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors...

"Night Walk In Marseille" Is The Best Use Of Google Maps So Far - BuzzFeed
buzzfeed.com
Let Google take you on a magnificent tour of the French city's streets at night. .. ... Don't forget to share with your friends on Twitter and Facebook.
www.buzzfeed.com/.../night-walk-in-marseille-is-the-best-use-...

Google Recently Studied Square Acquisition - The Information
theinformation.com
Google recently pondered an acquisition of payment company Square, according to two people briefed on the company's thinking. The companies ...
https://www.theinformation.com/Google-Recently-Studied-Sq...

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