Has Apple Lost Its Magic?

Problems with iOS 7, "cheap" iPhone 5C a flop . . .

Apple loses some of its magic touch with iOS 7

USA TODAY
"It did feel more like a Microsoft release," Retzlaff said. "I've never had an issue like this with one of their updates, so it's pretty shocking." Apple's problems raise ...

CIO Today

Apple Walks Fine Line Between Cheapness And Chic With iPhone 5C

Chicago Tribune
Second, the deep discounting is helping exposure to Apple phones to many low-end buyers who may have otherwise considered a Google Android phone as ...
Chicago Tribune

Apple Takes A Delicious Bite Of 64-Bit

Chicago Tribune
Samsung, Google or Nokia cannot price their best phones higher than a 5S, ... Microsoft and Intel have more experience with 64-bit computing than Apple does.

Aereo to Launch Android App on October 22nd

Bloomberg
Aereo, which allows subscribers to watch local over-the-air television over their devices is launching its first mobile app on android. With the mobile expansion, comes cbs, nbc, fox taking them to court. I find it interesting you are watching on ...

Microsoft takes RDP to Android, iOS, but not Windows Phone
ZDNet
The single mention of the app says that its Remote Desktop application will be available on "Windows, Windows RT, iOS, OS X and Android," but makes no mention of Windows Phone. ZDNet contacted Australian representatives for Microsoft to clarify whether ...

How Cute Of Google To Extend Chrome Support For Windows XP

Forbes
This is a rather clever, even cute, move by Google Google. ... on Windows XP for a year beyond the support that Microsoft Microsoft is going to support browsers ...

V3.co.uk

Google And Android: Powering The Next Generation Of Internet ...

Chicago Tribune
While iPhones and iPads come in very few versions and only from Apple,... The BusinessWeek post also notes, "Android's rise is bad for Microsoft, which has ...


Chicago Tribune

Google profit rises 36.5%, tops Wall Street expectations

CNET
While search remains the driver of Google's success, the company is focusing on flattening out the differences between desktop and mobile search revenue, and ...

San Francisco Chronicle

Apple, Google, Facebook don't pay the highest engineer salary

CNET
While big-name companies, like Google, Apple, and Facebook, tout their engineers as the best and the brightest, these tech giants aren't necessarily paying the ...

ABC News

Google's Q3 beats as ad volume grows, stock flirts $1000 level

Chicago Tribune
The market reaction put Google's stock within striking distance of $1,000, ... in running the company, noting that Amazon.com Inc's CEO Jeff Bezos does not ...

Apple retains multitouch patent thanks to Patent Office ruling, forces ...

Mariella Moon
Sorry, anonymous Apple multitouch patent challenger -- your victory isn't only temporary, it's also short-lived. The US Patent Office has decided to uphold patent ...
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Microsoft Launches Remote Desktop App for Android and iOS

Emil Protalinski
In addition to the release of Windows 8.1, Microsoft today launched Microsoft ... You can download the free app now directly from Google Play and Apple's App ...
The Next Web

Researchers Claim Apple Can Potentially Access Encrypted ...

Juli Clover
The researchers emphasized they have no indication that Apple or the government is ... To encrypt iMessages, Apple utilizes public key cryptography, which means that every .... Microsoft Launches 'Remote Desktop' Apps for Mac and iOS.
MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

Nexus 5 Appears on Google Play! Starting Price of $349 (Updated ...

Kellex
Sooooo, the Nexus 5 is now showing up on Google Play (name now confirmed). ... Update 5:Google appears to have closed up shop now. .... Microsoft Introduces Remote Desktop App, Access Your Windows Machines From Anywhere ...
Droid Life

Google Accidentally Leaks Nexus 5 Phone At $349 - Business Insider

Alyson Shontell
When Google's Nexus 5 is released in a few weeks, it will hardly be a surprise. The new Android device leaked again last night in the Google Play store, where ...
Business Insider

Rebutting Apple's claim of Imessage security: Apple can too spy on ...

Cory Doctorow
Ios jailbreaker and security researcher Cyril Cattiaux presented his work on Apple's Imessage software at the Hack in the Box conference in Kuala Lumpur.
Boing Boing

Google CEO Page Limiting Earnings Appearances - Digits - WSJ

Greg Bensinger
Google co-founder and CEO Larry Page said he would be limiting the number of earnings conference calls he ... When the CEO Can't Stop Tweeting. Apple ...
Digits

Small chance a big asteroid could hit Earth in 2032
USA TODAY
(NEWSER) – As far as chances go, it's a lot more likely that an asteroid named 2013 TV135 will smash into our planet in 2032 than it is that you'll win Powerball. But before you panic, know that the chances are still quite slim: one in 63,000; NASA says it is ...

Don't Dismiss Elon Musk's Submarine Car Idea Just Yet
ABC News
When Elon Musk confirmed this week that he bought James Bond's iconic submarine car to make a real, working version, the CEO of Tesla Motors added to his list of sci-fi inspired ideas that he alone seems to be able to execute. The movie prop car for 1977's ...

Scientists rethink humans' family tree
Los Angeles Times
In the humid foothills of the Caucasus Mountains, deep within a carnivore's bloody lair, an early human ancestor fought a life-or-death struggle, and lost. He had entered the den on a scavenging mission, possibly with several others. Their plan: Use a stone to ...

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iPhone 5C Flops, Apple Cuts Orders

Apple made a mistake with iPhone 5C -- too expensive, inferior to iPhone 5S (which doesn't cost that much more) --

Apple Cuts iPhone 5C Orders - WSJ.com: "Apple Inc. has reduced orders for its lower-end iPhone 5C, people familiar with the situation said, fueling concerns about weaker-than-expected consumer demand and the company's pricing strategy...."

iPhone 5c a Flop? Apple Reportedly Cuts Orders
ABC News
The "c" in the iPhone 5c might now stand for cut. After some drastic price cuts at Walmart and other U.S. retailers, the Wall Street Journal reports that Apple's is cutting the production or orders for its lower-end phone with its suppliers. Apple has told its ...

Apple Is Reportedly Cutting iPhone 5c Orders - The Next Web

Kaylene Hong
Apple has told its Taiwanese assemblers Pegatron and Foxconn that it is cutting ... Latin America, Middle East, UK, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter...

The Next Web

 
Big Brands, Google, Penalties & You - Search Engine Watch (#SEW)

Kristine Schachinger
If you mimic all the good things brands do well, Google will give you some of those authority and quality points. Though big brands are subject to the same rules ...

Search Engine Watch

How Much Is Yahoo Worth Without Alibaba? Not Much
Businessweek
Much has been made of Yahoo's increasing sprawl, as it swallows startup after startup. Sure enough, in a Tuesday call with investors, chief executive Marissa Mayer said Yahoo had made eight new acquisitions in the last quarter alone. But what Yahoo's ...

Watch Dogs delay wounds games maker Ubisoft
BBC News
Shares in video games firm Ubisoft have slumped by 26% after it delayed the release of two much-anticipated titles. Hacker-themed Watch Dogs and open-world racing game The Crew have both been postponed until the publisher's next financial year, which ...

Amazon reportedly making a smartphone with HTC

Chicago Tribune
Amazon.com Inc is developing smartphones with HTC Corp, putting it in a position to compete with Apple and Google, the Financial Times reported. One device ...

ZDNet

Microsoft: Free Office 365 For Students

InformationWeek
Microsoft announced Tuesday that schools that license Office 365 ProPlus or Office ... allowing competitors such as Apple's iWork and Google's Google Apps to ...

CIO Today

Microsoft revamps Yammer's iPad app

PCWorld
Microsoft has enhanced its Yammer enterprise social networking suite's mobile ... Microsoft detailed the improvements on Tuesday at an event it held in San ...

Microsoft's Google-Bashing TV Campaign Is Actually Working (says Microsoft)

AdAge.com
Once viewers do hit Scroogled.com, data collected for Microsoft by Answers Research show a 45% favorability gap in favor of Google contracting to just 5%....

AdAge.com

Apple might go low to tap smartphone sales

HispanicBusiness.com
Can Apple sustain its growth and meet shareholder expectations by only catering to the ... It might be a matter of when, not if, Apple could introduce lower-priced ...

Amazon fish wears armor to repel vicious piranha bites

NBCNews.com
Arapaima gigas is the largest — and evolutionarily, one of the oldest — fish species living within the lakes of the Amazon River basin. A team of researchers ...

AFP

Microsoft Ventures announces first enterprise seed investment

ZDNet
On Tuesday at the DLD Tel Aviv Digital Innovation 2013 conference,Microsoft announced the backing of the Tel Aviv-based firm in a blog post -- the first startup ...

ZDNet

Apple iPhone 5S vs. Moto X

Mobile Burn
Apple and Google have been partners in mobile since the release of the original Apple iPhone in 2007, but they've since become less than friendly rivals thanks ...

Mobile Burn

Apple's New Store Chief Brings Impressive Track Record From ...

Chicago Tribune
Apple has managed to attract the first woman to its top ten executive team. The woman is Angela Ahrendts, CEO of Burberry Group Plc. The stock market clearly ...

Google-backed BitTorrent client spread malware to Windows PCs ...

The Guardian
A Google-backed file sharing service was discovered distributing malware that ... One of the programs, a plugin for the Microsoft Office applications Word, Excel ...

Digital Music News

Apple Announces October 22 Event: "We Still Have a Lot to Cover ...

John Paczkowski
Trending – Google CIO Ben Fried on How Google Works ... Apple this morning distributed invitations to a special event at which it is expected to unveil the next ...AllThingsD 

Apple sends out an invitation, promising it has “a lot to cover ...

David Meyer
Apple has something to show off on October 22nd. Is it the new iPad mini? Maybe, maybe not...GigaOM

 
Amazon: Watch Dogs PS4 bundle pre-orders will get the system on ...

Mike Suszek
In an update on the bundle's product page, Amazon noted that "all orders for ... Amazon added that it is "working on adjusting these orders and will update you as soon as we know more. ... Apple asking devs to submit OS X Mavericks apps....Joystiq 

Google working on Google Glass sequel to be released next year

Chris Chavez
We know just about everything there is to know about Google Glass. Participants in the Explorer program (including yours truly here at Phandroid), have been....Phandroid 

Apple iWatch Rumors: Features, Specs and Release Date
The iWatch could shake up the tech industry, but what does Apple have in store for consumers? Check out all the latest rumors....LAPTOP Mag Main Feed

Meteorite pulled from Russian lake
BBC News
Divers working at a Russian lake have recovered a half-tonne chunk of the space rock that exploded over Chelyabinsk earlier this year. The object plunged into Lake Chebarkul in central Russia on 15 February, leaving a 6m-wide hole in the ice. Scientists say ...

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Who controls the US internet: Verizon, ISPs, or FCC?

Big case developing where Verizon (on behalf of itself and other ISPs) is trying to gut net neutrality and FCC governance -- 

The beast is back: The FCC’s net neutrality case gets its day in court — Tech News and Analysis: "SUMMARY: Verizon is arguing its net neutrality lawsuit Monday, and the case is important for consumers, web service providers and could even call the FCC’s ability to regulate the internet into question. This is big."

Look out Netflix and Google! An analyst thinks the court may allow ISPs to charge you — Tech News and Analysis: "SUMMARY: The judges hearing the lawsuit filed by Verizon against the FCC’s network neutrality rules seem inclined to let ISPs charge providers for delivering premium content– effectively creating a fast lane for the web and gutting network neutrality."

Apple Announcements Tuesday - 2 new iPhones -- iPhone 5S and 5C - At full price without a contract, which is how many overseas carriers make people pay for phones, the iPhone 5C costs $550 — only $100 less than the iPhone 5S. That is far higher than the $300 to $400 range that many analysts expected. The more expensive phone, the iPhone 5S, will be the first Apple device to feature a processor called A7, which processes information more quickly than the previous one. (source infra)

Apple Shows Off 2 New iPhones, One a Lower-Cost Model
New York Times
That is why Apple is releasing two new iPhones this month instead of just one, including a cheaper model aimed at less wealthy countries where new Apple phones have been desired but out of reach because of their price. “It has an incredible new design ...

Apple Releases Two New IPhones
Businessweek
Apple (AAPL) introduced new versions of the iPhone at an event in Cupertino, Calif., on Tuesday. The changes to the high-end iPhone were mostly incremental, aside from a nifty fingerprint scanner built into the home button. Apple also introduced a ...

Google encrypts data amid backlash against NSA spying - The Washington Post: "Google is racing to encrypt the torrents of information that flow among its data centers around the world in a bid to thwart snooping by the NSA and the intelligence agencies of foreign governments, company officials said Friday. The move by Google is among the most concrete signs yet that recent revelations about the National Security Agency’s sweeping surveillance efforts have provoked significant backlash within an American technology industry that U.S. government officials long courted as a potential partner in spying programs."

Google Refuses to Remove The Pirate Bay Homepage | TorrentFreak: "The Pirate Bay is one of the few torrent sites that doesn’t link to any infringing material on its homepage but that doesn’t prevent copyright holders from targeting it. In one of its recent DMCA notices music industry group BPI asked Google to remove The Pirate Bay’s homepage from its search results, marking it as infringing. Google disagreed, however, and refused to comply with the request."

Microsoft Wins Patent Case Against Motorola
CIO Today
Before the trial, Motorola, owned by Google, had sought rates that Microsoft... Apple and Samsung have been involved in a number of patent battles in venues ...

CIO Today

Review: Google, Apple Decent Contenders to MS Office
CIO Today
Depending on your sharing and syncing needs, Google and Apple offer free or cheap alternatives to Microsoft Office that may suit your business requirements.

CIO Today

Apple to Motorola: Mobiles getting fashion makeovers
Times of India
Apple and Google's Motorola are among those trying to score style points as... said Brunner, whose clients have included Amazon.com, Dell and Nike. ...Nokia's phone business, soon to be part of Microsoft, was one of the first to try color.

Times of India

Microsoft's Journey May Leave Too Many Behind
InformationWeek
... for IT pros haven't helped dispel the notion that Microsoft is forsaking its historic dominance with business users -- many of whom will continue to use PCs for the long haul -- in its quest to compete with Apple and Google in the consumer mobility ...

Google Makes New Offer to Settle Its European Union Antitrust Case
New York Times
“We must hope after so much prevarication that this time Google's proposals represent a genuine attempt to address the concerns identified,” said David Wood, the legal counsel for Icomp, an industry group backed by Microsoft and a number of other ...

Google, Facebook ask FISA for permission to release information on government ...
Washington Post
The requests made in the petition are similar to those laid out in a letter that civil rights groups and firms including Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft and Yahoo wrote earlier this year to President Obama and other top administration officials ...

Amazon says it won't launch a free phone
USA TODAY
Amazon is likely to refresh its line of Kindle Fire tablets later this year, in time for the holiday shopping season, when the company generates most of its sales. These devices undercut iPad on price. Such strategies aim at the heart of Apple, which ...

Apple's Latest iPhone Puts Focus Back on Fingerprint Security
Wall Street Journal
At least one new smartphone running Google Inc.'s Android operating system to be released this year will include a similar fingerprint sensor, though it is unclear if that phone will be sold in the U.S, a person familiar with the matter said. A Google ...

Microsoft launches Xbox Music on Web for free
Boston.com
based Microsoft Corp.'s move in June to release app versions of its Office software onApple's iPhone. Microsoft is also updating its Xbox Music interface by reducing the size of cover art but adding tabs to make it easier to create and manage ...

As Apple plays to the masses, the fanboys could grow restless
NBCNews.com
This undated photo made available by Google shows backup tapes stored at a data center in · After NSA encryption ... In recent years, though, the keynotes have felt a bit anti-climactic, like Christmas mornings in the age of the Amazon wishlist ...

Microsoft reverses course; releases Windows 8.1 RTM to developers
ZDNet
In fact, Microsoft is making the RTM versions of Windows 8.1 and Windows 8.1 Pro available to those groups today, September 9, starting at 10 a.m. PST. Microsoft also will be releasing the RTM version of Windows Server 2012 R2 to MSDN/TechNet and ...

Apple iOS 7: 6 Reasons Enterprises Must Upgrade
InformationWeek
Apple is known as a consumer-oriented company, but many of iOS 7's behind-the-scenes enhancements are aimed squarely at businesses. Thanks to new features that include more-granular IT controls and access to corporate content that is more convenient ...

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