Inside Sweden's Silicon Valley (video)

Inside Sweden's Silicon Valley (Hello World: Episode 2):

Hold on to your H&M cardigans! The world's funkiest tech and travel show hits Sweden. Ashlee Vance, travels from Stockholm to Luleå, discovering how the Swedes got so good at making the things the whole world loves. His journey includes: a conversation with a face-swapping robot, fika with Spotify's Daniel Ek, and a look at how efficient energy is reimagining data centers and turbine power. (Source: Bloomberg) Published April 27, 2016

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Silicon Valley Superfood Bulletproof Coffee (video)

The Silicon Valley Superfood That Makes You 'Bulletproof' -

In the late 1990s, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Dave Asprey was overweight and struggling to stay focused. Many adventures and $300,000 later, his "bio- hacking" endeavors eventually led him to create Bulletproof Coffee, a brew he claims gives you steady energy throughout the day and suppresses your appetite for hours. The brew's Tibeten origins proved a unique backdrop to his current business venture of making coffee and life better. (video by: Jim Fabio, Paul Westmacott)

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Alibaba IPO, Too Aggressive in Price Boost? (video)

Bloomberg’s Paul Sweeney discusses a possible boost to the offering price of Alibaba’s IPO and compares it to the moves made by Facebook before it came to market. He speaks on “Market Makers.” (Sept. 15 Bloomberg) 

ABC News
How Silicon Valley sees Alibaba
Fortune
How Silicon Valley views Alibaba is another matter altogether. While respectful ofAlibaba's success in China and all that capital it shortly will have in ...
So What Exactly Is Alibaba? - Forbes
Alibaba Raises Fund-Raising Target for IPO to $21.8 Billion - New York Times
Alibaba IPO demand may be sinking tech stocks - USA TODAY

The Incredible Story Of How Alibaba Defeated eBay And Became...
Jillian D'Onfro
But one of the most crucial time periods in the company's history came in the early 2000s, when the still-newAlibaba battled out with the behemoth ...

The Official Twitch Blog Twitch On Chromecast Is Finally Here! » The Official Twitch Blog: Watching your favorite games and broadcasters on your TV just got a whole lot easier. Our new Chromecast support lets you send live Twitch video from your Android device, iPhone, iPad or laptop right to your TV. Getting started is easy:..."


Wall Street Journal
Microsoft Gets 'Minecraft' -- Not the Founders
Wall Street Journal
Microsoft said for now, the company is keeping Mojang's Stockholm office, which includes about 40 employees. Above, Mojang workers in 2012.
With Minecraft, Microsoft Buys A Doorway To Millions Of Players - NPR (blog)
Hey, Kids—Microsoft Is Buying Minecraft - Businessweek
12 Reasons Why Microsoft Bought 'Minecraft' - Yahoo Tech


CBS News
Apple's $100 million U2 debacle
CBS News
Apple (AAPL) had an impressive idea for the announcement of the iPhone 6, Apple Watch, and Apple Pay. Why not do a massive, exclusive giveaway ...
Apple Launches Tool To Remove Free U2 Album - Forbes
Apple creates tool for removing free U2 album from iTunes library after public reaction - 9to5Mac
Want to Delete U2's Free Album? Apple Created a Help Page for That - Mashable


ZDNet
With Android One, Google puts itself firmly back in the OS' driving seat
ZDNet
Google is bringing Android back under its control thanks to a new hardware and software combination. ...


Economic Times
Secret reason Amazon should fear Alibaba
USA TODAY
... Compare Alibaba’s tiny’s effective tax rate with other U.S.-based giants. Amazon paid a relatively whopping effective tax rate of 37% during the year ended December, says S&P Capital IQ. And over at eBay (EBAY), another U.S.-based e-commerce leader, the effective tax rate is 17.6%. “Many people don’t realize how low Alibaba’s tax rate is,” says Francis Gaskins, analyst at Equities.com. ...


Wall Street Journal
Apple Reports Record Preorders for New iPhone 6
Wall Street Journal
The company called the first-day preorders a record, surpassing the previous high of more than two million units set in 2012 when Apple released the ...

NFC on the iPhone 6 is limited to Apple Pay, at least for now
Jon Fingas
Apple has confirmed to Cult of Mac that the new iPhones' near field ... However, that doesn't necessarily mean the technology will go to waste in the ...

China Internet names tumble as Alibaba awaits - Alibaba Group Holding Limited (Pending:BABA) | Seeking Alpha: "... investors are dumping a wide swath of other Chinese internet names.Qihoo (QIHU -2.6%), Sohu.com (SOHU -5.3%), Baidu (BIDU -3.8%), Sina (SINA -4.9%), Renren (RENN -4%), Weibo (WB -11.3%), YY (YY -7.3%)."

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Who Wants A Smartwatch?

Apparently, not many people do --

Does Anyone Even Want a Smartwatch? -- NYMag: "Despite all the buzz surrounding wearables, it isn’t clear who’s supposed to be buying them. Fewer than half of the respondents to a recent Accenture survey said they would consider buying a smartwatch, and even the most optimistic experts predict only 20 million smartwatch sales this year, a pittance compared with phone and tablet sales. "

The secretive billionaire who built Silicon Valley: "How John Arrillaga Sr. [real estate developer] transformed California fruit orchards into high-priced office space for the likes of Google, Apple, Hewlett-Packard, and Cisco."

Google Directors Wanted Page, Brin to Court Facebook Employees
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Google considered having its cofounders personally recruit Facebook workers and instituted a policy to make counteroffers within an hour to workers ...

Facebook: World Cup Biggest Social Media Event Ever
Voice of America
Brazil's World Cup was the biggest social media event on record involving 350 millionFacebook Inc users worldwide, the company claimed on ...

Google, Others Push for 'Strong' Open Internet Action
PC Magazine
The Internet Association - whose members include Google, Amazon, Netflix, Twitter, and more - filed comments with the FCC today, which ask for ...

Facebook 'Friends' Its City, Pays for Officer
Wall Street Journal
Facebook has funded the salary of a Menlo Park police officer and the construction of a police substation near its headquarters. Experts say such ...

Google Glass creator heads to Amazon
CNET
Babak Parviz, who led the development of Google Glass and other ... at the Internet search-engine giant, confirms to CNET he left to Amazon.

Microsoft Azure Machine Learning: Pier 1 Digs In
InformationWeek
Microsoft formally announced on Monday that Microsoft Azure Machine Learning (Azure ML), is now available as a public beta service. And as part of ...

Microsoft CEO Nadella writes long memo to employees -- Oh my!
Computerworld (blog)
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) CEO Satya Nadella enjoys writing a good memo. His latest tome written to employees -- published online Thursday -- has ...

Yahoo: Focus on Alibaba, display business
MarketWatch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Yahoo Inc. is set to report second-quarter results after the closing bell on Tuesday. This is what investors can ...

Google's 3D mapping tech flying to space station
Computerworld
Computerworld - After a successful Sunday launch, a cargo spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station, carrying a Google 3D ...

Apple Denies Chinese Media Claim of IPhone Security Risk
Businessweek

... the microblog of the People's Daily newspaper said Apple...

Developers and Apple open up on new Swift programming language
ZDNet
Is its just-launched developer blog about the Swift programming language a sign of a new, more open Apple? Whatever the answer, the blog's information will no doubt be welcome to developers. Some are working away at adding new libraries; others are ..

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Microsoft says US government is "advanced persistent threat" and Silicon Valley gears up cybersecurity

With NSA abuses revealed by Edward Snowden, and the US government being labeled an "advanced persistent threat" (a term used for cyber criminals--see below) by Microsoft and others, Silicon Valley now gears up cybersecurity -- with monetary payoffs looming --

Microsoft: US government is an 'advanced persistent threat' | ZDNet: "Microsoft's EVP of Legal and Corporate Affairs outlined the company's new data protection strategy on the basis that the US government is an "advanced persistent threat" — a label used for cyber criminals...."

New cybersecurity boom arrives in Silicon Valley - latimes.com: "In a region where tech trends go in cycles, cybersecurity is a particularly mouthwatering investment prospect because no matter how much security equipment or software gets sold, the problem never gets completely solved..."

Free Spotify mobile music streaming tipped to launch | BGR: "An increase in user base would also help artists, especially considering that not everyone is happy with the rates currently paid by Spotify. In fact, the company has recently received quite a lot of criticism for the royalties paid to small artists. The company has been recently valued at over $4 billion, and competes directly against similar services from Apple, Google, Pandora and Rdio, to name just a few."

Microsoft lines up critical Windows, Office and IE fixes for next week

Computerworld
Computerworld - Microsoft today said it will ship 11 security updates next week to ... Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and ...

Fast Company

Microsoft leads disruption of largest infected global PC network

Chicago Tribune
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it had disrupted ... Microsoft said the botnet had been costing advertisers on Bing, Google Inc and ...

Bloomberg

Apple's Star Chamber

Wall Street Journal
12/05/13 Apple, Google's Android Gain M.. ... Before her bench trial began she pre-declared her "tentative view" that Apple was an antitrust violator and indulged ...

Google Attacks Amazon With Cloud Storage Prices

InformationWeek
It shows a heretofore absent determination on Google's part to compete with the market leader, Amazon Web Services, and secondarily,Microsoft. Amazon has ...

Economic Times

Apple: The Great Call of China

Wall Street Journal
Apple shares rose Thursday after The Wall Street Journal reported that it had finally signed a deal with China Mobile, 0941.HK 0.00% China Mobile Ltd. Hong ...

Independent Online

Google to let users download portable file with their Gmail messages

Computerworld
... the MBOX format, which, according to Google, is supported by many mail clients, including Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird and Apple'sMail program.

The Verge

Apple's very happy holiday season

CNET
Earlier this year it seemed that Apple would take a fall. Samsung and rest of the Android players were gaining momentum and share as Apple was slow to ...

CNBC.com

Google Shopping: Premium prices for consumers?

CBS News
With Google (GOOG) the top dog in search, you might think GoogleShopping would be a great resource for consumers. According to a non-profit advocacy ...

Search Engine Land

Amazon Studios Announces the Cast of Mozart in the Jungle

MarketWatch
(NASDAQ:AMZN) --Amazon Studios today announced casting for Mozart in the ... Amazon Studios launched in 2010 as a new way to develop feature films and ...

Cinema Blend

Amazon Discount Tracker Camelcamelcamel Tips Users to Deals

Businessweek
Gareth Milner, a lance corporal in the British Army Intelligence Corps, planned to buy a 3D television from his local Sainsbury's (SBRY:LN) store until he ...

Watch 50 Siri and Google Now Voice Commands in Action - Gizmodo

Ashley Feinberg
... 50 different commands using both Apple's Siri (above) and Google's Google Now ... Microsoft Is Helping Develop a Bra That Tells Women When to Stop Eating ... pictures from your Gmail account and check Amazon package tracking info.
Gizmodo

Microsoft, Europol, FBI and industry partners disrupt notorious ...
By Jeffrey Meisner
ZeroAccess targets all major search engines and browsers, including Google, Bing and Yahoo!. The majority of computers infected with ZeroAccess are located in the U.S. and Western Europe. Similar to the Bamital botnet, which Microsoft and ...
The Official Microsoft Blog

Long term study finds lemon sharks go home to reproduce
BBC News
Researchers say they have found the first direct evidence that female sharks return home to breed. In the study, scientists tracked lemon sharks in the Bahamas for 17 years to prove the case. Even though this species is highly migratory, pregnant females ...

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Experts say NSA damages Silicon Valley and other US tech

NSA spying out of control, off the rails, now mindlessly damaging US technology companies --

Silicon Valley: NSA spying could prove costly to Bay Area and other Internet businesses, experts say - SiliconValley.com: "The continuing revelations about NSA spying on sensitive data kept by Silicon Valley companies are feeding fears that Internet companies in this country -- many located in the Bay Area -- could suffer billions of dollars in lost business. . . ." (read more at link above)

Helpouts From Google Connects People With Experts Over Live Video

By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER
A new product from Google, Helpouts, connects people with experts over ... Helpouts, whichGoogle plans to open to the public Monday night, is an .... Apple to build new manufacturing facility in Arizona with solar-power, will create 2000+ jobs ...
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NDTV

Google escalates offensive against Office with Android 'KitKat'
Computerworld
Quickoffice thus becomes a first-party app, just like Google Maps. Neither Quickoffice or Apple's iWork suite -- the latter is now free to buyers of new iOS and OS X hardware -- can compete with Microsoft Office on features or document fidelity. But ...

Apple Opening Arizona Plant With 2000 Workers

Bloomberg
Apple Inc. (AAPL) said it's opening a new plant in Mesa, Arizona, that will create 2,000 jobs to make components for its products, part of a push by the world's ...

NDTV

Microsoft commits to wind power

San Jose Mercury News
So as part of an effort to become carbon neutral, Microsoft has entered a... those are the challenges of companies like Microsoft, Google(GOOG)," Janous said.

Montreal Gazette

How Amazon And Netflix Are, And Aren't, Changing TV

Forbes
Glimpses of the answer are visible in recent moves by Amazon and Netflix Netflix. ... Because Amazon and Netflix are trying to win different totally different kinds ...

Deadline.com

Amazon Celebrates FAA Gadget Decision With 15 Percent ...

ABC News
You may have heard that the FAA no longer makes you hit the off button on your electronic devices before takeoff and during takeoff and landing on JetBlue and ...

ABC News

Google shuts down iGoogle, which joins long line of shuttered services

Los Angeles Times
PHOTOS: Top 10 Apple Mavericks OS X features to check out. Google has a long history of starting and shutting services and features. Here are a few notable ...

Amazon Web Services Introduces New Amazon EC2 GPU Instance ...

HispanicBusiness.com
SEATTLE --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced G2 instances, a new ...

MSPmentor

Book About Amazon Is Reviewed on Amazon, by Founder's Wife

New York Times
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, has yet to make a public peep about “The Everything Store,” a major biography of Mr. Bezos and his company that was ...

Slate Magazine (blog)

Italy eyes 'Google Tax' to help fix public finances

Reuters
No comment on the proposal was immediately available from Google Italia, Yahoo Italia or Amazon Italia. The PD plans to turn the proposal into an amendment ...

NDTV

Amazon Adds Two More Services for Mobile App Developers

Wall Street Journal
(NASDAQ:AMZN)--Amazon today announced Analytics and A/B Testing services, further expanding its cross-platform services for iOS and Android developers....

India's Mars mission
Washington Post
India launches its first spacecraft bound for Mars, a complex mission that it hopes will demonstrate and advance technologies for space travel....

At least 8.8 billion Earth-size, just-right planets found, study says
Fox News
WASHINGTON – Space is vast, but it may not be so lonely after all: A study finds the Milky Way is teeming with billions of planets that are about the size of Earth, orbit stars just like our sun, and exist in the Goldilocks zone -- not too hot and not too cold for life....

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