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iPhone 6: Bigger Screens and Improved Battery Life: Video - Bloomberg:
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ISI Group Senior Managing Director Brian Marshall and Bloomberg’s Cory Johnson discuss the demand for bigger screens and more improved battery performance on Apple’s iPhone. They speak with Emily Chang on “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg Aug6)

Obama on net neutrality: My administration is against Internet fast lanes - The Washington Post: "What Obama seems to be opposing is the idea of paid prioritization, or the notion that companies should be able to pay for better, smoother access to consumers. The remarks also seem to contrast with the FCC's current proposal on net neutrality, which would tacitly allow for such commercial deals so long as the agency didn't consider them "commercially unreasonable.""

As Google acquisition looms, Twitch becomes just like the YouTube beast it tried to distance itself from | ExtremeTech: "It’s been several months since YouTube and Twitch reportedly reached an agreement for the former to acquire the latter. While the rumor remains unconfirmed, recent changes to Twitch’s functionality and copyright policing imply that there’s truth to the idea — and the end results aren’t particularly good. First, there’s the loss of archival broadcast footage...."

Amazon, Facebook, Google, And The New Tech Conglomerate
Forbes
Google Google and Facebook's acquisition spree has received much press and ... That may be true but thetechnology conglomerate era will be different from ... Aspiring conglomerates, such as Amazon, Google, andFacebook are ...


Wall Street Journal
Amazon Halts Some Disney Movie Preorders
Wall Street Journal
It is a tactic Amazon has used several times this year, including with Time Warner Inc....
Disney And Amazon In Fight Over Captain America And Maleficent Blu-rays - Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movie, TV News


USA TODAY
Report: Apple to unveil wearable device next month
USA TODAY
NEW YORK — Most observers expect Apple's upcoming September 9th event to focus on one or more new iPhones, with the long awaited Apple ...


Slate Magazine (blog)
Slate Magazine (blog)
Amazon has a new target in its ongoing war with publisher Hachette: that book-hating, totalitarian, anti-democratic English author George Orwell.

Is Barnes & Noble Competing With Amazon? Perhaps Not
Forbes
Barnes & Noble is fighting Amazon by teaming with Google Google Shopping Express to enable same day delivery of books. There are two important ...


ThinkProgress
Android Users Flip Out Over New Facebook Messenger Privacy Rules
ThinkProgress
Users have been denouncing the Facebook's forced migration to the ... for the mobile app's liberal access terms; those came straight from Google. ... Facebook claims it has more freedom to shape policies for Apple's mobile ... governed by Facebook, Yahoo, AOL, or Hotmail's Terms of Use and Privacy ...


Daily Mail
Very easy rider: Now Google plans driverless robot motorbike - and wants permission to start ...
Daily Mail
Google has begun lobbying the state of California to allow it to test ... The technology giant has caused controversy over its driverless vehicle testing in ...

Amazon jabs Hachette in e-books dispute: 'We will never give up'
CNET
In a letter to readers posted online, Amazon again made its case for why .... Website distribution is becoming more generic with new web technology ...

Express Lane: Google's Challenge To Amazon Kicks Into A Higher Gear: "While Amazon is spending fortunes to expedite packages to you — negotiating for Sunday deliveries with the U.S. Postal Services, offering same-day service in more cities, and even experimenting with drones – Google’s Shopping Express has been built on the cheap. Using an army of contract workers, the company lets people order from more than a dozen brick-and-mortar merchants and then delivers the purchases usually the same day. With Whole Foods, Target and Costco as partners, Google is able to offer thousands of products while warehousing none of them...."

Amazon Fire Review: Innovative Features That Seem Humdrum | MIT Technology Review: ".... Firefly is off-putting because it seems like little more than a way to get people to buy more products from Amazon. Whenever Firefly recognizes an object, the first thing it asks is whether you want to buy it. Even when the object isn’t really a product, Amazon turns it into one... "

Google to recruit through coding competitions - The Economic Times: "MUMBAI: Google India has changed the way it recruits from engineering colleges, trashing paperbased tests in favour of Google Jams or coding competitions. Candidates will now have to crack coding puzzles online to clear the first few rounds of the placement tests at the coveted firm...."

How hackers used Google in stealing corporate data | CSO Online: "...The service allowed anyone to register a DNS zone, which is a distinct, contiguous portion of the domain name space in the DNS. The registrant could then create A records for the zone and point them to any IP address. In addition, Hurricane did not check whether newly created zones were already registered or owned by other parties, FireEye said.  Google and Hurricane were notified of the malicious use of their services, Moran said. Both companies had removed the attack mechanisms...."

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Under FCC Proposal, US Internet Fast Lanes Would Actually Slow the Internet

So much for the FCC Net Neutrality [sic] proposal -- anyone want slow internet?

How the Web's Fast Lanes Would Work Without Net Neutrality - WSJ.com: "If U.S. regulators end up allowing telecom companies to set up fast lanes on the public Internet, companies that make the needed gear say the remaining service would inevitably get a little slower..."

Steve Wozniak to the FCC: Keep the Internet Free - Steve Wozniak - The Atlantic: "...Finally, the thought hit me that every time and in every way that the telecommunications careers have had power or control, we the people wind up getting screwed. Every audience that I speak this statement and phrase to bursts into applause. That's how the people think. They don't want this to encroach on their Internet freedom...."

Forget 'the Cloud,' Computing's Future Is in 'the Fog' - WSJ.com: "....Here's the reality: Getting data into and out of the cloud is harder than most engineers, or at least their managers, often are willing to admit. The problem is bandwidth....Overall, according to the World Economic Forum, the U.S. ranks 35th in the world in terms of bandwidth per user...."

Protecting Human Rights Online: Lessons from the Americas | Electronic Frontier Foundation: "... Here are the guiding principles for free expression and thought outlined by the report: Access: States should promote universal access, not only to infrastructure but also to technology necessary for its use, so as to make information on the Internet available to everyone. Pluralism: Maximizing the diversity of voices participating in the public debate is a goal in itself of the democratic process. In this sense, the report states that robust guarantees of the exercise of freedom of expression through the Internet are vital for opening up the public sphere. Non-discrimination: States must provide free access and user choice for sending and receiving any lawful content, application, or service through the Internet. Such content should not be subject to conditions, restrictions, and directives such as blocking, filtering, or interference. This is a necessary condition for exercising freedom of expression on the Internet. Privacy: Individual privacy should be carried out pursuant to reasonable and proportional standards that do not end up arbitrarily restricting the right to freedom of expression...."

China does what every Power User has already done-- written off Windows 8 --
China bans use of Microsoft's Windows 8 on government computers | Reuters: "...The Central Government Procurement Center issued the ban on installing Windows 8 on government computers as part of a notice on the use of energy-saving products, posted on its website last week. The official Xinhua news agency said the ban was to ensure computer security after Microsoft ended support for its Windows XP operating system, which was widely used in China...."

ProtonMail - Easy to Use Email So Secure NSA Cannot Break It; What About NSA Other Attacks?: "...A main motivation behind starting ProtonMail was the human rights component. Referencing a writer in China who blogged about the service, Yen said, "Say you're an activist in China fighting for democracy, this is a life or death service."..."

This is what happens when you pester your friends for their relationship status with Facebook’s new ‘Ask’ button: "This creepy addition is called “Ask,” and you’ll see it in your Facebook friends’ “About” tab next to every field they’ve left blank. If your friend hasn’t chosen a relationship status, for instance, you’ll now be able to ask that they share that information, either publicly or just with you. The same idea applies if they haven’t specified their college, hometown, current company and location."

Study released on US Federal Government IT problems (source: Politico ): HealthCare.gov is just one of many federal IT disasters and the Public Spend Forum has released a report and hosted a roundtable that explored why the government struggles to buy and manage its technology. The study covers many of the issues: failure of leadership, "checks the box" culture, and proscriptive requirements. The report says federal projects fail because no one can agree on the actual problem. Recommendations include establishing clear lines of authority, developing simple requests that draw in a broader array of vendors and encouraging risk-taking. The report is here: http://publicspendforum.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/billionsinthebalance.pdf

AT&T Says It Wants to Sell Web TV, Too | Re/code: "AT&T’s proposed $48.5 billion acquisition of DirecTV will accelerate its plans to offer an Internet television service. AT&T Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson said DirecTV holds established entertainment industry relationships that will help speed the company’s efforts to deliver video via mobile devices and high-speed Internet service. He told Wall Street investors that he anticipates offering an Internet TV service within 12 to 18 months of the deal closing...."

Modi's Role Model: Margaret Thatcher or Lee Kuan Yew? : The New Yorker: "....Relative to his predecessors, he is likely to emphasize manufacturing and infrastructure projects—two key aspects of the “Asian tiger” model—such as his proposal for a high-speed rail network. In addition, he will probably talk about expanding the ASEAN-India free-trade area and liberalizing India’s employment laws, which nearly all sides agree need some reform. In historical terms, though, that would all add up to more of the same medicine that India has been taking for twenty-odd years, rather than a radical break in a Thatcherite direction..."

Everything You Need To Know About Twitch.tv And Why Company Could Be A Steal For Google - Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) | Seeking Alpha: ".... The first reason why Twitch is a compelling acquisition target in the content space is because it avoids all costs associated with generating content... The other factor that YouTube has been trying to mimic lately is how players on Twitch have immense individual brand power. Twitch.tv is just as much about telling the narrative of the individuals as it is about watching them play video games. On Twitch can you watch a high school student go from playing 2-3 hours per day after he finishes his homework to competing on the Staples Center stage for a million bucks, and experience all the highs and lows along the way.... "

Yahoo Close to Acquiring Video-Streaming Startup - WSJ.com: "...soon bolster its Web-video technology with another acquisition. The Internet portal is close to finalizing an acquisition of video-streaming startup RayV Inc., according to people familiar with the matter..."

Bitcoin Exchanges Probed Over Shuttered Drug Market - WSJ.com: "U.S. authorities have opened a new front in their investigation into bitcoin exchanges and other businesses that deal in the online currency, examining possible ties between the firms and the online drug bazaar Silk Road, according to people familiar with the matter...."

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