Google Getting Faster, Expanding Infrastructure

Google's expanding network serving up faster internet services --

Google serves users from 700 p.c. more locations: Study - The Hindu: ". . . according to researchers from University of Southern California (USC). From October 2012 to late July 2013, the number of locations serving Google’s search infrastructure increased from a little less than 200 to a little more than 1,400, and the number of ISPs grew from just over 100 to more than 850, according to the study. Most of this expansion reflects Google utilising client networks that it already relied on for hosting content like videos on YouTube, and reusing them to relay -- and speed up -- user requests and responses for search and ads, researchers said. . . ." (read more at link above)

The Hindu

Microsoft deferred sales, bookings raise eyebrows

MarketWatch
For its fiscal first quarter, Microsoft reported a profit of $5.24 billion, or 62 cents a share, on revenue of $18.53 billion. During the year-ago period,Microsoft ...

MarketWatch

Stephen Elop is Ready for Big Change at Microsoft
Tom's Hardware Guide
With the departure of a good chunk of Microsoft's old guard and a series of big moves that have left consumers skeptical of the 800 pound gorilla of the tech world, Stephen Elop just might be the person to set the company back on the right track. In an interview ...

Apple reports fiscal 4Q results Monday

USA TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO — Wall Street isn't expecting much when Applereports its fiscal ... The 47 stock analysts who publish research on Applesee the company's ...

WCCFtech

Apple's Mavericks OS refines file management, apps to great success

Newsday
SAN FRANCISCO - There isn't one thing that jumps out with Apple's new Mac operating ... It's similar to the approach Google's Gmail uses to organize email. ... And it's certainly not as revolutionary as Microsoft'stransition to Windows 8 and a ...

Newsday

Apple, Google must face antitrust suit on hiring

The Seattle Times
Apple, Google and two other Silicon Valley companies must face a group lawsuit representing more than 64,000 technical employees claiming their incomes ...

Techie News

Apple's plan to wipe out disc drives is nearly complete

CNET
With only a single machine that still has a DVD drive, Apple is close to finishing ... namely Adobe and Microsoft, were pushing their biggest products as cloud ...

Qualcomm: Microsoft's Surface 2 can't compare to Nokia's Windows ...

CNET
For processors, Microsoft's tablet houses a 1.7GHz Nvidia Tegra 4, whereas Nokia went ... for recent hot tablets such as the Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7 and the Google Nexus 7. ... "Google and Microsoft are very capable organizations, [with] lots of ... Thumbnail image of Apple's plan to wipe out disc drives is nearly complete.

PhoneDog

Amazon woos fashion industry as studio opens

Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
NEW YORK — In Williamsburg — a Brooklyn neighborhood that's become something of an epicenter for the prototypical hipster — Amazon.com Inc. is working ...

Amazon Builds the Spheres, While Google Opts for the Hulk - Kara ...

Kara Swisher
Amazon Builds the Spheres, While Google Opts for the Hulk ... As with Apple, Facebook, Samsung and many other tech companies, ... Microsoft Q1 Unveiled Today, but Don't Expect an October Surprise for New CEO (See You in December).
AllThingsD

Addition by subtraction? Hands on with Apple's new iWork ... - Gigaom

Mark Crump
I've always felt that Numbers was an app Apple created because they had to; not because they wanted to. I'm not at all a Microsoft Excel power user (once in an ...
Gigaom

Top 10 Clever Google Search Tricks - Lifehacker

Whitson Gordon
Google is a more powerful tool than most people realize. You can get much more ... Is It Actually Cheaper to Order Everything from Amazon? ... You've probably searched for comparisons onGoogle before, like roku vs apple tv . But what if you ...
Lifehacker

Tesla hires ex-Apple VP for new vehicle development - Autoblog

Damon Lowney

Tesla hires former Apple vice president of Mac hardware engineering, Doug Field, as the vice president of vehicle programs.
Autoblog

Amazon Publishing | The head leaves Jurassic Park to the ...

Paul St John Mackintosh
The head of Amazon Publishing has left, along with some other staff members. How much will it hurtAmazon? Probably not much.
TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics

Running Google Apps on the Amazon Kindle Fire HDX (Gmail, Play ...

Brad Linder
It's possible to load some of the Google's key Android apps without rooting the tablet. That includes Gmail, Google Play Music, the Chrome web browser, and ...
Liliputing

Mysterious floating barge in San Francisco Bay could be secret new ...
Could this barge be home to Google's next big operation? ... is likely home to a major marketing effort, a “kind of giant Apple Store,” in support of Google Glass.
news.yahoo.com/.../mysterious-floating-barge-in-san-francisco...

Google: Our Robot Cars Are Better Drivers Than You - Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "At a robotics conference in Santa Clara, California, the head ofGoogle's autonomous car project presented results of a study ...
slashdot.org/.../google-our-robot-cars-are-better-drivers-than-...

Amazon's In Favour Of The Online Sales Tax Bill Now - Forbes
Amazon's now come out in favour of the online sales tax bill: specifically, that all online retailers should be collecting it from consumers and passing it onto the ...
www.forbes.com/.../amazons-in-favour-of-the-online-sales-tax...

Thoughts and Observations Regarding This Week's Apple Event
Apple and Google are squeezing Microsoft from both sides, and the result is that .... Android-based competitors — from Samsung, Google, and Amazon — and ...
daringfireball.net/2013/10/this_weeks_ipad_event

Amazon and the "profitless business model" fallacy — Remains of ...
[DISCLOSURE: As always when I write about Amazon, I'll note I worked there from .... Why doesn'tGoogle break out its lines of business in more detail in its financials? Why doesn't Apple reveal more detail about exact sales of the various ...
www.eugenewei.com/.../amazon-and-the-profitless-business-m...

Apple's Jony Ive Designs Special Edition Red Mac Pro - Mashable
Apple design chief Jony Ive has revealed a customized version of the company's new Mac Pro that will go on auction in November.
mashable.com/2013/10/26/jony-ive-red-mac-pro/

BBM heads to the top of Google Play | CrackBerry.com
As of now BBM is riding high in Google Play with downloads in the 10000000 ... in lots of places but as long as people keep saying apple rocks and that hype ...
crackberry.com/bbm-heads-top-google-play

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What Will Google Kill Next?

Are you prepared to live and function without Google services?

Are You Worried About What Google Will Kill Next?
By Walter Glenn
Now that Google plans to end support for Google Reader, are you worried about what Google service might be next on the chopping block? . . . .(take the poll at link above)
Lifehacker

Apple CEO apologizes to China
CNN
(CNN) -- Apple has published a letter to Chinese customers -- signed by CEO Tim Cook -- that addresses the growing controversy over the company's warranty policies there. Posted to the Chinese version of Apple's website on Monday, the letter (Google ...

Google faces EU action after failing to fix privacy policy
Washington Post
April 2 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc. faces possible fines after six European Union data protection regulators started “coordinated” enforcement measures over the company's failure to fix flaws in a new privacy policy. A taskforce of agencies led by ...

Washington Post

Google's Alma Whitten to step down
BBC News
Google's first privacy director, Alma Whitten, is to step down after three years in the role. It was created after mistakes on privacy including the company's Street View cars collecting personal data as they captured images of street scenes. London ...

BBC News

Apple down, BlackBerry up: The new normal?
CNN
Apple (AAPL) fell nearly 2% Monday. The iEverything maker's shares were down 16% in the first three months of the year, making them one of the worst performers in the S&P 500. Meanwhile, BlackBerry (BBRY) was up more than 5% Monday. The stock ...

CNN

Google testing same-day online grocery delivery
CTV News
It's a problem that Amazon.com Inc. and eBay Inc., which operate the largest e-commerce sites, already have been trying to solve by offering same-day service in some U.S. markets. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, also offers same-day ...

CTV News

Microsoft launches special Chinese version of Surface Pro aimed at home users
PCWorld
Microsoft is hoping to build momentum behind its Surface Pro tablet in China by launching a special edition including Office Home & Student 2013—but with Windows 8 Standard, rather than Windows 8 Pro. Microsoft's Surface Pro 128 GB version goes on ...

Amazon Cloud Drive adds file syncing, gets ready to take on Dropbox
NDTV
Other cloud storage platforms include Microsoft's Skydrive, Google Drive, AppleiCloud and Box. For the latest technology news and reviews, like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. Tags: amazon, amazon cloud drive, amazon cloud player, cloud...

NDTV

Apple's key claim in 'rubber band' patent rejected
ZDNet
Samsung recently filed a notice with the Northern District of California court, where Judge Lucy Koh is presiding over the long battle between the South Korean firm andApple. The tech giants have been embroiled within a high-profile case that revolves ...

ZDNet

Now With 3 Million New Users, Google Reader's Heir Apparent ...
By Sarah Perez
Feedly, the RSS feed-reading client which is rapidly becoming the one to beat following the plannedGoogle Reader shutdown, is today launching new versions o..
TechCrunch

Amazon Cloud Drive tacks on file syncing, flexes its digital storage ...
By Mark Hearn
After nearly a year on the market, Amazon has finally blessed its Cloud Drive apps for Windows and Mac with a file syncing folder. Starting today, users. ... DNP Amazon steps its game up, adds file sync to Cloud Drive. After nearly a year on the market, ... Starting today, users can access their documents, music and photos across multiple computers -- a feature that we've seen from the likes of Google Drive, Dropbox and SkyDrive for quite some time. While this feature is far from ...
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Apple Had to Apologize to China - John Paczkowski - News ...
By John Paczkowski
So why did Apple bother? Short answer: The company's sales in China hit $22.5 billion in fiscal 2012. That's more than double what they were in 2011, and it represents about 15 percent of Apple's total revenue for the year. China is crucial to Apple's future growth. Indeed, it's so important that the company ... 
AllThingsD

Apple Slashes Prices on iPhone 4/4S by 15-25% in Brazil - Mac ...
By Eric Slivka
As noted by O Globo, Apple today made significant cuts to its pricing for the iPhone 4 and 4S in Brazil, lowering the price of the 8 GB iPhone 4 from...
MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors...

Apple Reveals iPlay Game Console - IGN Originals - IGN Video
For our April Fools' 2013 video, we had some fun with the idea of a traditionalApple gaming ...
www.ign.com/videos/.../apple-introducing-iplay-game-console

Introducing the Google Wallet Mobile ATM | Google Commerce
While payments are going digital, we realize that some daily consumer interactions will still require cash. So today, we're excited to announce the release of the ...
googlecommerce.blogspot.com/.../introducing-google-wallet-...

Facebook Phone: 5 Must-Haves
InformationWeek
How could Facebook convince people to drop their current phones for a Facebook-branded device? I have five suggestions. Start The Discussion · Tweet; Mail Mail; Print Print · Debra Donston-Miller | April 02, 2013 11:30 AM. Facebook's Futuristic Data ...

Raspberry Pi sells out in the US on launch day
Inquirer
CHEAP AND CHEERFUL TINY PC the Raspberry Pi went on sale in the US on Sunday, and managed to sell out before the day was up. Model A of the Linux based PC, which costs only $25 and has 256MB of RAM, a single USB port, a HDMI port, a SD card ...

Inquirer

Top 10 Headlines Today: Dancing Sea Lion, New Neanderthal Bones…
National Geographic
“This isn't just one more viral video.” Researchers say that Ronan the sea lion is “the first non-human mammal to show convincing scientific evidence of beat-keeping.” NBC Animals · Nature's Best Killers. “New research suggests that dragonflies may well be ...

Dutch scientists say climate change is creating MORE sea ice in Antarctica.
BBC News
This might sound surprising as often climate change is blamed for causing the ice there to melt. However experts think the increase is caused by melting beneath the Antarctic ice shelves. This water rises and accumulates in the top layer of the ocean. The cool ...

BBC News

Images and insights on star death: Supernova 1987A
EarthSky (blog)
When Supernova 1987A first appeared in earthly skies 26 years ago, astronomers were beside themselves with delight. It was the closest observed supernova since 1604. In this shining pinpoint in our sky, those fortunate to be in Earth's Southern Hemisphere ...

Shaping technology to the story - Nieman Journalism Lab
By Caroline O'Donovan
"Sometimes the technology leads, and sometimes, the journalism has to lead."
Nieman Journalism Lab

Technology could give shopping the fun factor - Independent Blogs
By Nick Booth
The retail industry has always been fun because it's about people. You see everything in this environment: all human life is here.
blogs.independent.co.uk|

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