Marc Andreessen Says Apple Pay Freaking Out Financial Services (video)

Marc Andreessen: Apple Pay Is Freaking Out Financial Services -
Andreessen Horowitz Co-Founder Marc Andreessen discusses Apple, Bitcoin, Apple Pay, Apple TV, and Tim Cook. He speaks with “Bloomberg West” Host Emily Chang at Dreamforce 2014 in San Francisco. (Source: Bloomberg Oct 16)


ABC News
What You Missed at the Apple Event: From New iPads to Stephen Colbert
ABC News
Apple's event in Cupertino, California, today was jam packed with product announcements, a hilarious phone call with Stephen Colbert, and new details about the Apple Watch. Apple CEO Tim Cook -- who introduced the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus last ...

Businessweek
Apple Looks for Big Screen Boost as IPhone 6 Hits China
Businessweek
A woman counts Hong Kong dollar banknotes as people resell Apple Inc. iPhones across from the company's Causeway Bay store during the sales launch of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in Hong Kong, China.


CNET
Review: Macs, mobile unite with Yosemite system
Washington Post
CUPERTINO, Calif. — If you've upgraded your iPhone or iPad to iOS 8, the new software update for Mac computers will seem familiar. The Yosemite update to Apple's OS X system, available as a free download starting Thursday, adds several features to ...


USA TODAY
The Short List: Apple unveils 'world's thinnest tablet
USA TODAY
Apple's big event today shows it's obsessed with being thin. Thin is in. Apple had an event today with few surprises where CEO Tim Cook said "magical" a lot and the company made software and hardware announcements. The highlights: 1) Apple revealed ...


Wall Street Journal
Apple Pay Draws Hundreds of Banks
Wall Street Journal
Apple CEO Tim Cook discusses the new Apple Pay product during an event at Apple headquarters on Thursday. Marcio Jose Sanchez/Associated Press. By. Robin Sidel. Robin Sidel. The Wall Street Journal. CANCEL. BiographyRobin Sidel · Robin.


Moneycontrol.com
Nadella Promises Changes After Remark Over Women's Pay
PC Magazine
In an internal memo, the Microsoft CEO called the whole debacle a "humbling and learning experience." 0shares. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Thursday again apologized for his controversial remarks last week about women and pay raises, and outlined a ...


Forbes
Gamergate And The Unbearable Maleness Of Computers
Forbes
The global toilet paper industry is booming. Total Total sales in 2012 were worth around $45 billion, a 7% increase on 2011, driven in large part by growth in Brazil and China. By contrast global revenue from apps sold on the App Store and Google Google ...


The Guardian
Google must be transparent about 'right to be forgotten' deletions, publishers say
The Guardian
Publishers have urged Google to reveal more about how it decides what information to remove from its search results under the “right to be forgotten” at a public event in London. The search company is running a series of public consultations across Europe ...


GameSpot
PS4's 2.0 Update Lets You Listen to Your Music While Playing Games
GameSpot
The system's home screen will also be improved, plus details on other features coming to PS4, Vita, and PS TV. by Chris Pereira on October 16, 2014....


CNET
Zwipe biometric card wins at Detektor International Awards 2014
Biometric Update
Zwipe announced that they are the winners of the Detektor International Award for Innovative Achievement in Access Control. The announcement comes just a few months after the Zwipe biometric card won the first annual American Sesames Award at the ...

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New Microsoft CEO may be facing "Perfect Storm"

The new Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will have his hands full dealing with Steve Ballmer's failed strategies -- the Windows 8 "debacle," Windows Phone stalled sales, and the continuing losses Nokia is going to produce (Microsoft hardware is mostly unprofitable) --

How Will Major Industry Shifts Impact Windows Phone? | Windows Phone content from Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows: "Nokia doesn't make any money selling Windows Phone handsets. And Nokia is the only company selling Windows Phone handsets."

Windows XP and Windows 8: The worst possible combination for Microsoft | ZDNet: " . . . PCs are no longer the automatic choice for business, thanks to the rise of the tablet. Neither is Windows, with Android desktops and Chromebooks also on an upward trajectory. And, thanks to BYOD, most firms are already used to staff turning up with iPads and Kindle Fire tablets; Microsoft's desktop dominance is already fraying around the edges...By updating the look and feel of Windows to cope with the threat from tablets, Microsoft may have opened the door to its rivals, not slammed it in their faces — hence the profusion of Android desktops generating excitement at CES this year, for example..."

Microsoft stays in-house, taps Nadella as new CEO
Computerworld
"During this time of transformation, there is no better person to lead Microsoft than Satya Nadella," said Bill Gates, Microsoft's co-founder and former chairman, in a statement before the market bell Tuesday. But the new chief executive was not ...

Microsoft Names New Chief; Gates to Be Adviser

New York Times
SEATTLE — Microsoft on Tuesday announced that Satya Nadella would be its next leader, betting on a longtime engineering executive to help the company keep better pace with changes in technology. The selection of Mr. Nadella to replace Steven....

Microsoft: Why the Windows XP show is finally over
ZDNet
It's easy to get sentimental about Windows XP and forget the hostile reception the OS received at launch — but the fact is, it's simply not cut out for the modern world, according to a senior Microsoft executive. Despite the undeniable eventual ...

Google Opens Chromecast To Developers

InformationWeek
Chromecast remains at the top of the Amazon.com Best Sellers In Electronics list. Initially, Chromecast users could access content only through Google Play, Google'sYouTube, and Netflix. Support for HBO ... Since Apple made iOS the foundation of the...

Apple Quietly Builds New Networks
Wall Street Journal
Apple's online delivery needs have grown in the last few years, driven by its iCloud service for storing users' data and rising sales of music, videos and games from iTunes and the App Store. But the iPhone maker is reported to have broader ambitions ...

Google, Facebook and other Internet companies disclose secret US demands for ...
San Jose Mercury News
Google was the first leading Internet company to report on other types of government information demands, while Microsoft and others have followed suit in recent years. In its report ... Apple reported the same range of numbers last week. Civil ...

Apple, Microsoft join carriers in $750M pledge to education
CNET
Apple is pledging $100 million in iPads, according to the AP. Microsoft is offering up its "billion-dollar response," which is essentially the potential to inject $1 billion in savings into the system. The company will offer Windows-based tablets ...

Google told it must move 'mystery' barge
Boston.com
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google does not have the proper permits for a mystery barge at a construction site on an island in San Francisco Bay, a state official said, and must move the floating, four-story building that drew wide attention and fueled weeks ...

Apple patents inductive charging pad with orientation-based device docking ...
Apple Insider
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday granted Apple a patent for switching docking functions, such as data syncing, diagnostics or charging, based on the orientation of a device while laying on an inductive charging pad. Charging....

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Why the Next Microsoft CEO Is Doomed to Failure

"No CEO worthy of the title wants his or her predecessors second-guessing everything in the boardroom," said Jean-Louis Gassée, a former Apple Inc. executive who has served on public-company boards. (source infra)

Microsoft is having trouble choosing a new chief executive. The reason? A Board of Directors which includes a founder who believes he knows best, a CEO who stepped down under pressure for a faster change in strategy, and, soon, an activist investor pushing for big changes. Microsoft had indicated it would pick a successor by summer 2014, but board members had hoped to choose one by November or December, according to sources (see article infra) --

Why Microsoft Hasn't Yet Chosen a New CEO - WSJ.com: "..."What's really a bad idea is a former CEO of your company" staying on the board, Mr. McKinnell said in a late-October interview. "You can't win.'' ... People who know him question whether Mr. Ballmer could sit by if his successor wanted to break free of his strategy or policies. It isn't clear how Microsoft's board, which backed Mr. Ballmer's moves, would react if the next CEO wanted to reverse some of his decisions..." (read more at link above)

From the Better Late than Never Department: U.S. Weighs Tech Fixes After Health-Site Woes - WSJ.com: "After Health-Site Woes Administration Considers Looser Hiring Rules, New Federal Unit . . . ." 

Getting Started With Google Chromecast: The Unofficial Manual – ReadWrite: "... Tab casting is rather interesting for another reason. Thanks to this feature, anything you can open and play within a Chrome browser can play on your television. This includes many unsupported video sites—particularly at full screen playback—as well as select video files (including H.264 MP4 files and WMV vids), audio clips and songs, and images. You can open computer media files in Chrome easily, whether by dragging and dropping them on your Chrome browser or, within the application, going to "File -> Open File…" (read more at link above)

Amazon's Bezos rescued by Ecuador Navy due to kidney stone
Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO/QUITO (Reuters) - Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos was airlifted from a cruise ship by the Ecuadorean Navy after suffering a kidney stone ...

CNBC.com

Google-Election Commission tie-up talks alarm cyber group
Business Standard
Cyber security professionals have raised an alarm about the potential danger to national security, even before the Election Commission (EC) formally ...

Business Standard

Google makes timely purchase of Swiss app developer
PCWorld
In a move likely designed to bring into its fold a team of Swiss Android developers, Google has apparently bought Bitspin, according to a post on the ...

ITworld.com

Apple Snaps Up Popular Photo App
Wall Street Journal
The steady improvements in smartphone camera technology are one of the biggest factors behind the struggles engulfing the traditional digital camera ...

Apple Insider

Google Glass, dance-offs and Mexican food: Sights and sounds from ...
Greenfield Daily Reporter
NEWPORT BEACH, California — When you cram an entire college football team and dozens of television cameras into a cramped hotel ballroom, ...

Wall Street Journal

Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku Jockey For Position In A Crowded Market
ValueWalk
In addition, we looked at Amazon.com, Inc. and Google ...on Amazon from 12/25-12/29 versus 109 for Roku and 64 for Apple TV...

ValueWalk

Google Glass, Situational Awareness, and Hyundais
TechnologyTell
Google Glass Explorer Edition XE V2 – Cotton White – Video Android Glasses Just when we thought that Audi was going to own CES with its Google ...

Tech Times

Google Restores Rap Genius After Apology for Gross SEO Strategy
The Wire
After Google's reckoning, Rap Genius would not show up in search results ...But especially if Microsoft decides to cut its losses on Bing one of these ...

Washington Post (blog)

Microsoft Windows Will Gain Strength in 2014
DailyFinance
Sometime in early 2014, Microsoft will appoint the third CEO in its history, and... tablet market, helping the company fight off Google and Apple in the enterprise. ... With Apple only selling high-priced iPhones, it seems inevitable that ...

Times of India

Facebook, Google, Yahoo all being sued over message scanning
San Francisco Chronicle
The right of technology companies to read the personal communication of their users is set to get a good run in the courts this year. Last week, two ...

San Francisco Chronicle

U.S. Vessel to Aid Ships Stranded in Antarctica - NYTimes.com: "The US Coast Guard vessel the Polar Star has accepted an Australian request to assist in rescue operations in Antarctica.--On Friday, Australian officials said the Chinese ship, the Xue Long, or Snow Dragon, had notified the authorities that it might be trapped by ice, one day after the Chinese used a helicopter from the ship to rescue 52 passengers from the Russian ship, the Akademik Shokalskiy, which had become trapped on Christmas Eve..."

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