Why European Parliament Is Picking a Fight With Google (video)

Thursday the European Parliament voted  in favor of breaking up Google (the vote is not binding). The world's largest search engine is accused of squeezing out its competitors. Bloomberg spoke with a legal expert about what's driving this action. (Source: Bloomberg 11/26) 

European parliament votes | Ars Technica: " Although the vote is non-binding, it's a definite setback for the company...."


India Today
International Business|In Symbolic Vote, EU Parliament Passes Measure to Break Up Google
New York Times
A breakup of Google in Europe will almost certainly not happen, legal .... Google in Europe are major American technology companies like Microsoft ...
European Parliament Votes To Break Up Google - Forbes
European Parliament Approves Google Breakup Resolution - Wall Street Journal
European Parliament Backs Investigation To Split Google Search From Its Other Businesses - TechCrunch


Wall Street Journal
EU Says Google Should Extend 'Right to Be Forgotten' to '.com' Websites
Wall Street Journal
In a new set of guidelines agreed upon in Brussels on Wednesday, the body representing the European Union's 28 national privacy regulators said search engines should apply the bloc's new right to be forgotten to all of their websites—in particular .com ...

New York Times
Sunset Overdrive, This War of Mine, Super Smash Bros. and Civilization
New York Times
Hovering above the destruction in Sunset Overdrive, set in a city of murderous creatures....

NDTV
Sony settles with FTC on allegedly misleading PlayStation tweets
Los Angeles Times
Sony's PlayStation Vita may not have been so game-changing after all. Sony settled with the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday over charges that it deceived customers in 2011 about the "game changing" advanced technology on the handheld gaming ...

CNET
Get 100 free MP3 albums from Microsoft
CNET
"We'll see your one free album, Google, and raise you a hundred!" The catch? Windows 8 and Windows Phone users only...

PCWorld
Twitter starts peeking at the other apps on your phone
PCWorld
Twitter, hungry for new data to fuel its targeted advertising, will start looking at what other apps its ...

San Jose Mercury News
Tablet shopping: iPad, Android or Windows?
San Jose Mercury News
NEW YORK -- Time for a tablet? People tend to hold onto tablets longer than smartphones, so take time to weigh your options. A major consideration is what phone you or your gift recipient already has. Although it's possible for Android owners to have Apple's ...

CNET
Amazon Black Friday deals on Kindle and Fire devices start Thursday
CNET
Amazon is offering some impressive deals on its in-house Kindle readers, Fire tablets and Fire phones during the Thanksgiving and Black Friday weekend....

Computerworld
Lenovo Pranks Shoppers for Yoga 3 Ad
PC Magazine
The laptop maker on Tuesday released a Yoga 3 promotional video featuring unsuspecting mallgoers and a broken Apple laptop. The prank featured members of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater comedy troupe, who tricked passersby at the Plymouth ...

Computerandvideogames.com
Assassin's Creed Unity Season Pass 'discontinued', free game offered
Computerandvideogames.com
In a drastic move following the marred launch of Assassin's Creed Unity, Ubisoft has "discontinued" the game's Season Pass and announced free offerings as compensation to owners of the game. Ubisoft Montreal CEO Yannis Mallet detailed the move in a ...


TechCrunch
Identity Wars: Why Apple Pay Is About More Than Payments
TechCrunch
Editor's Note: Patrick Salyer is the chief executive officer of Gigya, a customer identity management company. There's been no shortage of attention ...

Microsoft reportedly planning Windows 10 event for January
Microsoft will hold an event this January to show off the new features of Windows 10, according to The Verge. Although January is traditionally ...

Hackers force message on websites via US firm - San Francisco Chronicle: "...The executive says hackers rerouted Internet traffic from its website to a computer server that generated a message to visitors that their site had been hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army. Published reports noted the message appeared on websites for several UK newspapers, CNBC and the National Hockey League. Gigya says no user or company data was compromised in the hack. The Syrian group aligns itself with Syrian President Bashar Assad..."

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Chromecast sales equal Roku; Tablet Sales Decline

Roku and Chromecast go head-to-head in streaming race, Apple TV falling behind — Tech News and Analysis: "Google sold 3.8 million Chromecast streaming sticks last year, which makes the device about as popular as Roku’s streaming devices. Roku and Chromecast were the two most successful streaming devices sold in the U.S. in 2013, according to new data from Parks Associates, which puts Apple TV on third place. Google sold an estimated 3.8 million Chromecast streaming sticks after introducing the product in mid-2013, according to Parks, which also estimates that this about equals Roku’s sales throughout 2013. Apple is trailing, and sold just a bit more than two million devices in the U.S. last year, according to data shared by Parks...."

Meanwhile Tablet sales decline, ramifications for Apple iPad and Microsoft Surface strategies?
Tablet Shipments Decline For the First Time, NPD Says - Digits - WSJ: "... Global shipments of tablet computers, after years of robust growth, declined for the first time in the first quarter of this year, according to NPD DisplaySearch. The research firm also lowered its tablet shipment forecast for 2014. The decline is in part because of weakening demand for smaller tablets – those between 7 inches and 7.9 inches – which accounted for 58% of global tablet shipments last year. In China and other emerging markets, competition from smartphones with screens larger than 5.5 inches is hurting demand for those tablets, NPD said...."

Amazon's Next Steps Toward Cloud Domination
InformationWeek
The headliner was clearly Amazon Zocalo, a file-sharing service, but the ... AmazonZocalo is a managed file-storage and sharing service aimed ... to fit somewhere between DropBox-like offerings and Microsoft SharePoint ... identity providers for logon, includingFacebook and Google, and Amazon says ...

Amazon Sued Over Billing for App Store Purchases
New York Times
Amazon's mobile store, the suit states, introduced the ability to bill ... But Ms. Rich said the F.T.C.'s goals in both the Apple and Amazon cases had ...

Amazon seeks OK for testing of 50-mph drones
USA TODAY
Amazon is apparently getting serious about using drones to make super quick, airborne deliveries like something you'd see on The Jetsons.

Amazon Shelves French Book Discounts
Wall Street Journal
The new law, which went into effect Thursday morning, essentially forbids online booksellers from applying government-regulated discounts to the ...

Microsoft gears up to open 'right to be forgotten' request form
ZDNet
With the ruling related to a complaint about results in Google, and it ... release the form because it needs to coordinate with Yahoo, whose search is powered by Bing. ...Microsoft is yet to reveal whether it will also follow Google's recent decision ... EPIC files complaint over Facebook emotion experiment.

Google Faces New Search Complaint
Wall Street Journal
An internal Yelp presentation, reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, claims that Google is showing results from its Google+ local listings ahead of links ...

Google launches $100M fund for European startups
San Jose Mercury News
MOUNTAIN VIEW -- Google has started a $100 million fund to invest in European ... The fund, which will be managed by Google Ventures, the company's ... trailing only Yahoo, which made 22 acquisitions, according to research and ...

Google's top lawyer says EU's 'right to be forgotten'...
The Verge
Google's chief legal officer has explained why the company disagrees with the EU's recent ruling that people have the "right to be forgotten" by its search engine. Writing in The Guardian, David Drummond explains the search giant's problems with the ...

Microsoft CEO signals change, defers talk on job cuts
Chicago Tribune
Since absorbing the handset business of Nokia this spring, Microsoft has 127,000 employees, far more than rivals Apple Inc AAPL.O and Google Inc ...

Chimp IQ
Chimpanzee Intelligence Depends on Genes, Human Caretakers Don't Affect It
Design & Trend
Some chimpanzees are lucky enough to be born smarter than their peers, and as with humans, a sizable amount of the variation in intelligence depends on the genes that the chimps inherit from their parents. Some chimpanzees are lucky ...

7 Dwarf Galaxies Found By Frankenscope
Science 2.0
A new type of telescope made by stitching together telephoto lenses recently discovered seven celestial surprises while probing a nearby spiral galaxy - previously undetected dwarf galaxies. Pieter van Dokkum, chair of Yale's astronomy department, ...

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Sneak Peek at the Google Airport (video)

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Bloomberg’s Jon Erlichman reports on Google’s new airport with Betty Liu on Bloomberg Television’s “In The Loop.” (Source: Bloomberg)

How Many Wireless Accounts Are There in China?: Video - Bloomberg: "Today’s “BWest Byte” is 1.2 billion, for the number of wireless accounts in China. Jon Erlichman reports on Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg)"

Smartphone innovation has stalled, but that's OK
(CNN) -- Here's a short message to smartphone makers before you try to wow us with a bunch of glitzy features in your next device: Don't do it.....

Smartphone Thefts Nearly Double in 2013
PC Magazine
As the debate over kill-switch technology heats up in the U.S., a new survey has revealed just how prevalent smartphone thefts have become.

Tablet-friendly Ubuntu 'Trusty Tahr' 14.04 out: Windows XP replacement?
Firstpost
Canonical has released the latest version of Ubuntu, 14.04 LTS and desktop and server installers are available on the Ubuntu website for download.

Amazon smartphone: 5 features iPhone challenger might offer
WCPO
NEW YORK (AP) -- Rumors of an Amazon smartphone reached a fever pitch this week, with several tech blogs speculating that the device could be ...

Smartphone apps remind patients to take their meds
Sioux City Journal
To help combat the problem, many doctors are trying a more high-tech approach: They're recommending smartphone apps that send reminders to ...

Smartphone Sales Worldwide Exceeding Projections: Emerging Markets, China Help Boost Global ...
Latin Post
According to technology development and analysis firm TrendForce, global smartphoneshipments improved during the first quarter of 2014 by 1.13 ...

HTC predicts smartphone optical zoom in 18 to 24 months
CNET
Speaking to Vodafone in blog post published Friday, HTC's Symon Whitehorn said that optical zoom is the wall that stands between smartphone ...

You might be able to unlock your next Chromebook with your smartphone - Engadget
By Sean Buckley
Can't remember your password? Someday, you might not have to. A new feature in Google's Chrome OS dev channel promises to instantly unlock a ...
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Acer C720P Chromebook puts brawn before beauty [review] - BetaNews
By Joe Wilcox
I struggle to aptly describe my feelings about Acer's affordable touchscreen Chromebook. The C720P is the lover you keep in the dark, for the benefits, ...
BetaNews

Smartphone App to Diagnose Virus in Papayas on Oahu
Big Island Now
University of Hawaii scientists have developed an app for smartphones that allows the public to help them track what they believe is a decline in ...

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Amazon Fire TV misses the mark, as do other media boxes

Amazon Fire TV misses the same marks as Ouya, other media boxes | Ars Technica: "At $99, Amazon's first entry into this space is pretty disappointing, even just considering the product at hand. When we add up the missed opportunities—like the possibility for video subscription service, some kind of privileges for Prime customers, a free gaming controller to play up the gaming angle, or HDMI passthrough—it's clear Amazon's shot is pretty wide of the mark. Amazon's interest in media is clearly large and growing, and its ability to privilege its own box on its site the way it privileges Amazon content on the box itself virtually guarantees sales. But in the media device landscape, the Fire TV not only fails to achieve its goals, it falls short of its competitors." (read more at link above)

Chrome OS tablet to be launched at the Acer event on April 29? Unlike Android, a mobile and tablet platform, Chrome OS runs on all platforms — mobile, desktop, and potentially table --
Google gives strong signal a Chrome tablet is indeed on the way | ZDNet: "speculation that we'll soon see one announced has recently surfaced. This is due to a press invite to an Acer event that leads one to believe a tablet may be announced." (read more at link above)

Here’s Why the Comcast–Time Warner Merger Is Bad | MIT Technology Review: "Among the many threats to the future of Internet access in the United States, nothing tops Comcast’s proposed $45 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable. The combined company would be in a position to provide high-capacity data services to almost two-thirds of American households and to tightly control everything flowing over its pipe. It could extract unconstrained fees for access to its subscribers or for entry to its network. And it would have the ability to charge different fees for different services, and to protect the success of its affiliated streaming-video assets like Streampix (and other uses of its network requiring high-capacity data) at the expense of others, thereby undermining the ideals of net neutrality...."

Alibaba to acquire AutoNavi in $1.5 billion deal | ZDNet: "Alibaba likely has specific intentions on how it will use AutoNavi's mobile-map capabilities. Licenses that allow the mapping of Chinese roads are scant, and AutoNavi holds the keys to one of the few. Alibaba could fold that map muscle into its own platform, giving would-be shoppers directions to nearby stores and sending them mobile ads once they're inside. China's mushrooming online market has reached 618 million users, 80 percent of which are mobile."

Facebook Received 28,147 Government Requests in H2 2013: "Since Facebook only released its first report in August 2013, we can’t compare to see how these results compare to previous years. We can, however, compare the second half of 2013 (July to December) against the first half (January to June), as well as get a total for the full year."

Apple and Samsung spar over huge damages claim
PCWorld
Apple outlined for the first time on Friday how it came up with the $2.2 billion ... “If I was, I wouldn't be working for Microsoft, for Amazon,” Vellturo said, ...

Facebook Adds Censorship Data to Transparency Report
PC Magazine
Facebook on Friday released its second official government transparency ... Facebookand firms like Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo have also been ...

Amazon Plans 3D Phone: Report
InformationWeek
Amazon is preparing to release a smartphone of its own this fall, according to a ... a June announcement, it might try doing so on June 24th, to upstage Google. Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment. ... will include 4 3D sensors to track gestures -- like Microsoft Kinect -- and that it ...

Microsoft, Apple Diverge on Bankrolling Big Patent Buyer
Voice of America
Microsoft, Sony, Intel and Apple also would not comment. ... Some companies likeGoogle Inc publicly supported the bill, which included a provision to ...

Amazon Adds Digital Comic Books to Its Content Super Team
Businessweek
Amazon acquired ComiXology, a leading online hub for comics. ... tech: Facebooksnapping up the virtual reality firm Oculus Rift or Google buying Nest. ... that Amazon, outspent and outgunned by companies such as Apple (AAPL), ...

Google Glass Goes Public
InformationWeek
Once a club for favored developers, Google's Glass Explorer Program will open its doors ...Apple is also said to be working on a computerized watch.

Facebook Unfriends In-App Mobile Messaging
InformationWeek
Facebook is phasing out the in-app chat feature in its iOS and Android apps and wants users to download a separate app to chat with friends.

Google quashes 31 vulnerabilities, restores Metro mode 'steppers' with Chrome 34
Computerworld
On the same day, Google also refreshed Chrome OS, its browser-based ... Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and ...

Google Translate Now Lets You Edit Entire Translations - The Next Web
By Paul Sawers
Google has introduced, or is at least trialing, a new feature that makes it easier for users to edit results in Google Translate. As the unofficial Google.
The Next Web

Are Facebook Ads a Failure? | Convince and Convert: Social Media Strategy and Content...
By Jim Tobin
More recently, they've partnered with Google to make it easier for advertisers to reach theFacebook Exchange ad inventory. All fine moves, but miles ...
Convince and Convert: Social...

Study: Brands still overwhelmingly prefer photos on Facebook - Inside Facebook
By Justin Lafferty
Though Facebook has tried to make its link share post format more visual, with bigger images, many marketers still prefer to simply post photos ...
Inside Facebook

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Windows Phone sales stall again

Analysis: Microsoft missed the smartphone revolution, and buying Nokia compounded its mistakes -- Windows phones (including Nokia), will never make Microsoft much, if any, real money, and will only attain a small market share. Android is the OS for smartphones and tablets globally, and Microsoft should have focused its efforts on a cross-platform Internet Explorer browser that would run on iOS, Android, and Windows devices. Expect the new Microsoft CEO to look for a spin-off of Windows and Nokia from an increasingly enterprise and cloud-centric Microsoft within 3 years.

Windows Phone sales stall again -- can anything save it? | Computerworld Blogs: "The latest figures show that sales of Windows Phones have stalled, mired at 4% in the U.S., and 1% in China. Is there any way for Microsoft's smartphone operating system to become a success? The most recent sales figures from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech for the three months ending in December 2013 hold no good news for Windows Phone. In Europe, it's maintaining around a steady 10% market share, which it's had for months, but not increasing any. In the world's two largest smartphone markets, it's made no headway at all -- 4.3% in the U.S., and 1.1% in China. That's about where it's been for months. Even compared to a year ago, it hasn't made much headway. A year ago it has 2.4% market share in the U.S., and 0.9% market share in China. As for the other big growth market, South America, it's done dismally there as well. Its market share has dropped in the last year, from 6.8% to 4.9%...."

Microsoft backs off on Metro - Computerworld: "....As for the tablet market, it's Android and iOS all the way. I've been hearing from some friends of Microsoft that they're sure that Lenovo buying Motorola means good things ahead for Windows on smartphones and tablets. Really? They must be using really good drugs to come to that conclusion...."

Lenovo CEO on Apple, Samsung: 'Our mission is to surpass them' - Fortune Tech: "We will fully leverage the Motorola brand in the U.S. and Latin America, just like we leveraged the ThinkPad brand in the PC space. Motorola will be our smartphone product .... Regarding the product portfolio, we don't want to be playing just in the entry level or to be viewed as a cheaper brand. We want to compete in the full range of the product line, including the premium segment. Both Lenovo and Motorola have the DNA of innovation. I believe we can develop a very innovative or very premium product. Meanwhile, we should be more competitive in the entry level given that Lenovo has global scale in our manufacturing capabilities and operational efficiency."

By ditching Motorola, Google frees Android from distractions | Internet & Media - CNET News: ".... Lenovo is happy because it gets a big boost to its fledgling smartphone business in regions where it doesn't yet have a toehold. Samsung is happy because it feels like it can deal with Google more equitably. But by far, Google is the happiest, coming out of the Motorola deal with a beefed-up Android, investor credibility, and proof that it can play the patent long game."

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: The Windows killer: Chromebook - Computerworld: "The Windows killer: Chromebook - I've been a believer in Chromebooks for a long time. Now, everyone else is getting the religion. NPD, a retail market analysis company, reports that sales of Chromebooks exploded from zilch in 2012 to more than 20% of the U.S. PC market in 2013. This helped push overall notebook PC growth up by 28.9%. Meanwhile, Windows notebooks sales were as flat as a pancake, and Mac sales shrank by 7%. At the same time, overall PC sales declined in 2013 by a record 10.1%...."

How to slash your wireless bill just by whispering ‘T-Mobile’ in AT&T’s ear --
AT&T Bill Discount: How T-Mobile could help get you cheaper AT&T plans | BGR: "Can you negotiate the cost of cell phone service just like pay TV and Internet service? Thanks to pressure from T-Mobile, the answer might be yes . . . ."

Samsung's strategy is failing: "...Samsung needs more than just marketing hype. Consumers have caught on that many of the flashier features in Samsung's products are just that - flash. Its products now need substance that make it more than just another high-end Android phone in a sea of high-end Android phones."

One-Ring Phone Scam on the Rise - BBB News Center: "Consumers around the country report an increasing number of what is known as the "One-Ring Phone Scam." Perpetrators of this scam program their computers to blast out thousands of calls to random cell phone numbers, ring once, and then disconnect. This scam relies on consumers calling back missed calls, which then connect them to a paid international adult entertainment service, 'chat' line, or other premium service located outside the country."

Microsoft's Likely CEO Pick: From India to Insider
Wall Street Journal
It is also a window into the 46-year-old Indian immigrant and consummate Microsoftinsider who appears on the brink of being chosen to pilot the tech giant as it seeks to reverse years of waning influence. Mr. Nadella is currently in contract ...

UK government plans switch from Microsoft Office to open source ...
"We weren't just missing out on innovation, we were paying top dollar for yesterday'stechnology. "One great example of the potential from small businesses was ...
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Microsoft Surface 2 review, It's not good

What Microsoft Gets Fundamentally Wrong About Making Tablets -- Read the full review at the link below (excerpt follows):

Surface 2 review: It needs apps, better software.: " . . . The Surface isn't good for gaming. It isn't good for entertainment. Maybe it's good for doing work, but personally, I don't need to do work on a tablet, and I'm not convinced the majority of people need to do work on a tablet. The Surface doesn't even have Candy Crush, which is the most popular game on the planet right now. It doesn't have Scrabble. Those are the two games I play most on an iPad. They're also the games my Mom and wife play. They're popular with a lot of people. . . ."

Slate Magazine (blog)

Google's Mystery Barges: Floating Showrooms?

HispanicBusiness.com
TREASURE ISLAND -- The mystery isn't officially solved, but there are increasing signs that Google may use its far-out fleet of oceangoing barges as some kind ...

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Partial solar eclipse lights up East Coast on Sunday
USA TODAY
If you got up early enough on Sunday, you might have been treated to a morning surprise in the sky. A partial solar eclipse — one of only two on Earth this year — was visible in the sky over much of the eastern USA early Sunday morning. The eclipse, seen for ...

Windows 8 uptake slows, ditch-XP movement decelerates
Computerworld
Computerworld - Windows 8's user share in October climbed past the 10% milestone for the first time since the launch of the radically-overhauled OS a year ago, an analytics company said Friday. The operating system's share of all computing devices running ...

Smith Cloud heading towards Milky Way 150 miles/second
Pentagon Post
The astronomers have discovered a magnetic field in the Smith Cloud that will plunge into the Milky Galaxy in less than 30 million years. According to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) report, a magnetic “force field” may shield the Smith ...

How social media killed iGoogle
Washington Post (blog)
Raise your hand if you have ever felt personally victimized by Google killing off a service you liked. (Mark Lennihan/AP). Google's personalized landing service, iGoogle, died with very little fanfare Friday more than a year after its impending closure was ...

Tell-tail signs: How to read your dog's wag
ohmidog!
I've got to admit I've never paid much attention to which way Ace's tail is wagging — mostly to the right, or mostly to the left. More often, it just seems to go back and forth, one side to the other, which is kind of the definition of wag. But researchers in Italy, who ...

An iPhone Air? Fuse Chicken Renders Apple's 'Future'
PC Magazine
Now that everyone's gotten their hands on an iPad Air, there's a bit of undisclosed time to kill before the official launch of Apple's second major tablet product for the month – an updated, Retina display-friendly iteration of its iPad Mini. Much of the Apple world ...

Twitch.tv streaming to be integrated into Minecraft
n3rdabl3
Minecraft, is a lot like American 'rapper' Macklemore, in that both are massively popular despite being, essentially, terrible. Minecraft is something that I as a gamer, a human being and a guy who owns lego and feels no compulsion to play computerized Lego ...

Google Axes Personalized Homepage 'iGoogle;' Long Live Google+

PC Magazine
Well, no, that's a bit of an invention, as Google's personalized home page ran for a good eight years or so before Google officially pulled the plug on the service ...

Washington Post

Google Takes Shot At Microsoft Ships Android 4.4 Kit Kat with ...

Hot Hardware
If Microsoft ever had a "killer app," it could be argued it's their omnipotent Office productivity suite. From college students to home users, small business and the ...

Hot Hardware

Apple IT Consulting Company, Forget Computers, the Developers of ...

HispanicBusiness.com
The upcoming MacTech conference, hosted in Los Angeles , is the first major Apple event since the release of Apple's two operating systems, iOS 7 and OS X ...

Apple vs. Google: The Great Mobile Platform War

ValueWalk
Now we face a similar war between Apple and Google Inc. Google is following pretty much the same strategy Microsoft. It's pushing the ...

USFinancePost

Even Google's cloud is no match for all-seeing NSA spooks

Concord Monitor
Every week seems to bring another revelation about the National Security Agency's global panopticon. And each disclosure makes it harder to extend the ...

eWeek

Amazon's Delaware seasonal hiring push isn't a statewide trend

The News Journal
The release didn't say “Amazon,” but that's the big fulfillment center in Middletown, which ...Amazon reported that last year it hired 50,000 seasonal employees ...

Review: Apple's late-2013 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display

Apple Insider
Apple's new late 2013 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display has a slightly thinner profile and reduced heft from last year's model, along with a smaller price ...

Apple Insider

Steve Wozniak Imagines Future Apple-Google Partnership ...

Brandon Russell
In a recent BBC interview, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said he wishes Apple and Googlewould partner up to ... How about a potential Apple-Google partnership? ... Microsoft Awards $100,000 to Security Researcher for Windows 8.1 Bug ...
TechnoBuffalo

Is Apple's Smart Case For iPad Air Worth The Cash? -- AppAdvice

Joe White
In our latest hands-on video, we take a closer look at the Smart Case for iPad Air.
App Advice

Microsoft and Twitter Renew Agreement for Tweets on Bing ...

Brittany Vincent
Microsoft is renewing its partnership with Twitter that allows its Bing search engine to index ... If you can't beat Google, might as well try a different method, right?
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Apple CEO Tim Cook says Microsoft is "confused"

Tim Cook summarizes all the problems of Microsoft in one word: confused. Tablets or PCs? What is Microsoft trying to force its users to use? --

"They are confused. They chased after netbooks. Now they are trying to make PCs into tablets and tablets into PCs. Who knows what they will do next? I can't answer that question, but what I can tell you is we have a very clear direction and a very ambitious goal. We still believe people are in this category [desktop and notebook computers] and we are not slowing down on our innovation. We have been hard at work on the Mac and we have exciting new ..." --Apple CEO Tim Cook (Oct 22, 2013) (source: Bloomberg)

Apple unveils iPad Air, new Macs for holidays
Reuters
Apple said upgrades to its Mac operating system and iWork software suite, which compete with Microsoft Corp's Excel, Word and other applications, will now be offered for all MacBooks and Mac computers. ... The market is awash in inexpensive tablets ...

Apple - Mac - Compare Mac notebooks
MacBook Air or MacBook Pro. See the differences between each and find the perfect Mac notebook to fit your life.
www.apple.com/mac/compare/notebooks.html

Apple's new Mac Pro revolutionizes the desktop workstation

ZDNet
Apple took time out of its WWDC 2013 keynote speech to give the developers a sneak peek at its revamped Mac Pro workstation. Today, during its October event ...

ZDNet

Apple makes iLife, iWork free with new iOS or Mac purchase

CNET
Apple showed off revamped versions of its iLife and iWork apps Tuesdayat its ... which challenge's Google's cloud-based and web-based GoogleDrive, which ... Keynote, Apple's answer to Microsoft's PowerPoint, gets new transitions with ...

SlashGear

Apple gives away OS X Mavericks

Computerworld
And while Microsoft does charge for Windows upgrades, those from Windows 7, say, to Windows 8, it not only mimicked Apple's faster release tempo this year, ...

ABC News

Apple Just Ended the Era of Paid Operating Systems

Wired
The desktop operating system is dead as a major profit center, and Apple just ... Like Microsoft, Google supplies operating systems to outside hardware makers, ...

MarketWatch

Apple - Pages for Mac
And even work effortlessly with people who use Microsoft Word. ... Apple‑designed templates help make your documents look professional from the start.
www.apple.com/mac/pages/

iPad Air - Buy iPad Air with Free Shipping - Apple Store (U.S.)
Order iPad Air from the Apple Online Store in Space Gray or Silver. Choose from 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB models.
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Apple - Press Info - Apple Announces iPad Air—Dramatically ...
SAN FRANCISCO—October 22, 2013—Apple® today announced iPad Air™, the latest generation of its category defining device, featuring a stunning 9.7-inch ...
www.apple.com/.../23Apple-Announces-iPad-Air-Dramaticall...

Apple updates iOS 7 to squash some bugs

USA TODAY
Apple's iOS 7, launched Sept. 18, may be its most troubled mobile operating system update. The new OS has been swiftly installed on more than two-thirds of ...

NDTV

Why Apple Wants Its Software to Be Free

Businessweek
Compare that with Microsoft (MSFT), which charges $120 for the base version of ... Your browser is free, so is Gmail/Yahoo Mail/etc. andGoogle Maps (GOOG) ...

ABC News

Amazon lifts free-shipping threshold

USA TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO -- Amazon.com raised the threshold on what orders qualify for free shipping in the U.S., the first time the e-commerce giant has made such a ...

Boston Globe

Amazon to build huge distribution center in Southeast Baltimore

Baltimore Sun
Amazon.com is opening a distribution center in Baltimore which is expected to bring over a thousand jobs. (WJZ Video). By Carrie Wells and Luke Broadwater, ...

ABC Action News

Beyond a gadget: Google Glass is a boon to disabled

USA TODAY
The "it" in question is Glass, Google's wearable computer that last summer .... less than a minute by live respondents working through Amazon Mechanical Turk....

Google has nothing to fear from new EU data law

Reuters
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Google, Facebook and other U.S. technology companies have been given a wake-up call with moves by Europe to impose stricter rules ...

AFP

WSJ: Microsoft prototyping Google Glass-like device - Engadget

Jamie Rigg
... Wireless Acer Amazon AMD Apple ASUS AT&T Blackberry Canon Dell Facebook Google ...WSJ: Microsoft prototyping Google Glass-like device ... is currently playing with prototypes of "web-connected eyewear similar to Google Glass. ... declares 'Announce a Tablet Day,' rubs elbows with Apple while teasing Samsung ...
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Everything Apple Didn't Announce at Yesterday's iPad Event

Casey Chan
iWork. Apple announced a ton of stuff during its iPad event. ... There was also mention of Apple creating a hybrid keyboard case a la Microsoft Surface. ... Then go look at the price of a 2013 Nexus 7 ($230) or Amazon Kindle HDX (also $230).
Gizmodo

Apple New iPad Air - Business Insider

Dylan Love
Meet Apple's newest tablet. ... If You Want To Work For Amazon, You'd Better Be Able To Answer These. ..... You are logged in with Google. Social: Your Activity| ...
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3 Ways Apple Could Win Over Millennials Forever | Breakout ...
From the blog Breakout: Apple (AAPL) sure had “a lot to cover” in its latest product event at Yerba Buena Center ... “I don't want to buy another PC from Microsoft.
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Google Checkout To Shut Down On November 20 | WebProNews

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Back in November 2011, Google announced that it was retiring Google Checkout in favor of GoogleWallet. After that announcement, Google Checkout remained operational for another year and a half until Google announced .... Amazon Ups Free Shipping Threshold to $35 ... Apple's Gold iPhone 5s Ad Is Heavy on the…
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Amazon raises free shipping minimum to $35 - Oct. 22, 2013
For over a decade, Amazon offered free shipping to U.S. addresses for orders that totaled a minimum of $25. NEW YORK (CNNMoney). Amazon has raised its free shipping minimum order to $35. .... Apple's new iPads in 90 seconds.
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Amazon increases free shipping minimum to $35 | The Verge
Amazon has offered free shipping to US customers for over a decade now on all eligible orders above $25, but that's changing today ... From iPad Air to Mac Pro: all the news from Apple's fall 2013 event ... Microsoft hides desktop mode on new RT tablets, drops 'RT'. .... Google Voice cannot receive SMS for iCloud keychain.
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Apple OS X Mavericks Launching Today for Free - IGN
Macbook, iMac, Mac Mini, and Mac Pro owners will be able to get their hands on OS X Mavericks soon.
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Apple's fall 2013 event in under five minutes | The Verge
This is everything that matters from Apple's fall 2013 event, in Apple's own words — indeed, there was a lot to cover ... Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer stock 1020 ...
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Apple's fall event: iPad Air, Retina iPad mini, OS X Mavericks, and ...
Catch up with all the news from Apple's fall 2013 event on October 22nd, where the ... Microsoftreportedly testing its own Google Glass-like. ..... cost that could help Apple combat aggressive pricing from competitors like Google and Amazon.
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Microsoft downplays 'RT' and hides the desktop on its Surface tablets | PCWorld: " . . . downplaying and perhaps one day removing the desktop from RT tablets is the right decision. Now, if only we could get Microsoft to dump the Windows 8.1 Start screen from non-touchscreen PCs …"

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Quickoffice Replaces Office on Smartphones and Tablets

Who cares about Microsoft Office anymore? -- if you need it on your iPhone or iPad (or Android tablet or smartphone) just get the FREE Google Quickoffice -- 

Google makes Quickoffice for Android and iOS free for all, bringing Microsoft Office editing to the mobile masses - The Next Web: "As we’ve said before, however, Windows Phone and BlackBerry users are out of luck. Google is simply not interested in supporting either platform. Meanwhile, you can bet it will continue to improve Quickoffice for Android and iOS."

Quickoffice for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch on the iTunes App Store: "This free app from Google lets you create and edit Microsoft® Office documents, spreadsheets and presentations on your iPhone and iPad. Once you sign in with your Google Account, work can be saved in Google Drive, which gives you up to 15GB of free storage and lets you access your files from any mobile device or computer. "

Download Quickoffice for Android: http://goo.gl/Y5TQxz 

Dell drops Windows RT, only Microsoft remains selling the OS - Neowin: "That leaves Microsoft as the only current Windows RT hardware maker, as it continues to sell the Surface RT tablet and will launch Surface 2 on October 22nd."

T-Mobile US will no longer stock BlackBerry in stores | Reuters: "T-Mobile US Inc, the No. 4 U.S. wireless service provider, plans to stop carrying BlackBerry Ltd smartphones in its stores and instead ship the devices directly, according to an executive for the company."

Google same-day delivery makes public debut

San Jose Mercury News
Google same-day delivery makes public debut ... smartphones, which can be downloaded from the Google Play Store and the Apple (AAPL) App Store. ... Google joins eBay (EBAY) and Amazon in the race to win the local commerce market by ...

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Microsoft And Oracle Say: Come To Azure Cloud

InformationWeek
Bygones are bygones, as former database rivals Microsoft and Oracle link arms to ... At the same time, the rise of Amazon Web Services showed what had been ...

Apple Maps app directs drivers to runway at Alaska airport; 2 drivers ...

Washington Post
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A glitch in the Apple Maps app on newer iPhones and iPads guides people up to a runway at a major Alaska airport instead of sending ...

Washington Post

Microsoft sails past Oracle in bringing Java SE to the cloud

PCWorld
While Oracle CEO Larry Ellison focuses his attention on the America's Cup sailing race, Oracle is rushing to keep up in another race, the one to get its Java SE ...

SDTimes.com

Google, at 15, perfects search for the next big thing

USA TODAY
While much-older tech rivals Apple and Microsoft fend off questions about their innovation chops,Google is as inventive and financially stout as ever. Google ...

Google Begs Court to Reconsider Ruling That Wi-Fi Sniffing Is ...

Wired
Google is asking a federal appeals court to reconsider a recent ruling finding Google potentially liable for wiretapping when it secretly intercepted data on open ...

Apple tech lets fans collect digital autographs on ebooks, movies ...

Apple Insider
Apple tech lets fans collect digital autographs on ebooks, movies and music ... A peculiar Apple invention landed on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's desk ...

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Apple's IOS 7 Is a Potent Upgrade: Rich Jaroslovsky

Bloomberg
Apple users who don't like change may initially have a tough time with iOS 7 and its ... It's certainly a challenge to Microsoft (MSFT)'s Skype andGoogle's voice ...

Apple Insider

Amazon's Ad Business Makes Twitter's IPO Look Puny

Wired
Twitter hasn't publicly revealed its revenue, and Amazon doesn't specifically break ... After all, Google and Facebook — not to mention Yahoo, Microsoft, Barry ...

New York Daily News

Amazon adds power, 'Mayday' button to new Kindle

GlobalPost
Amazon upped the ante in the tablet wars Wednesday, unveiling upgraded Kindles ... version that competes with smaller devices like Apple's iPad mini, and an 8.9 inch ... Amazon calls a Fire OS operating system, which builds on Google's Android ... The news came just two days afterMicrosoft announced upgrades to its ...

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Google Search app for Android updated (update) - Engadget

Donald Melanson
Today's the day for updates to Google's Android apps. ... Next. Amazon Prime is the first subscription video service with an offline option, on Kindle HDX ... Eddy Cue intros new Appleinternal iTunes channel to tout work by ... The Engadget Show 45: Security with Cory Doctorow, John McAfee, Microsoft, the EFF and more!

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A City Getting Google Fiber Explains How Awesome Google Fiber Is

Casey Chan
Google Fiber--which for most of us is an idea better than any dream we've ever had--is expanding. After blessing Kansas City with superlightspeed Internet, ...

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The Relentless Pounding of Google Panda: Why SEO Band-Aids ...

Glenn Gabe
If a website gets hit by Google Panda, small fixes won't be effective. Panda absolutely can strike again, and if it does, webmasters might find themselves in a ...

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