The American Customer Satisfaction Index shows Apple remains on top, but it’s declining while Motorola, Nokia, and Samsung are rising. [Read more]
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Customers not as happy with iPhone as they were last year
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on May 21, 2013
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Tornado winds: how fast can they get?
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on May 20, 2013
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Fugitive to police on Facebook: Catch me if you can. They do
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on May 19, 2013
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Taunting the police on Facebook has limited benefits — as one wanted man in the U.K. discovers when it takes police just 12 hours to catch up with him. They leave him a taunting message on Facebook in return. [Read more]
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The CW will stream TV shows on Apple TV for free, the day after they air
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on May 17, 2013
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This week many TV networks are putting on “upfront” where they lay out their content plans for the next year, and The CW President Mark Pedowitz announced it’s bringing full TV episodes streaming to the Apple TV. The CW already has ad supported full episode streaming on several platforms including iOS and Android, Windows 8 and it launched last month on the Xbox 360 (pictured above). Pedowitz indicated the network is working to reach more viewers on more platforms, so Apple TV is probably not the last. In a note to MacRumors The CW confirmed it will mirror the experience on other platforms, with episodes available the day after they air, no cable TV authentication required and supported by advertisements. Les Moonves is president of CBS (which is a part owner of The CW, along with Warner Bros.) and previously remarked on turning down participation in an Apple subscription service funded by advertising revenue. Of course, CBS now does full episode streaming on mobile iOS devices, so we’ll see if this a sign of more changes on the way, although with no release date we don’t know how long we’ll have to wait.
Filed under: Home Entertainment, HD, Apple
Source: Deadline
Yes, you’ve chased your kids off Facebook—here’s where they went
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on May 10, 2013
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Woz: Apple’s Share Price May Be Disappointing Now, But They Will Probably Surprise Us All
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on April 19, 2013
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Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple with Steve Jobs, said today that Apple’s share price, which hit a 16-month low two days ago, is “dissappointing” but that he was confident the tech giant would come out with products which would “surprise and shock us all.”
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Pearls And The Puzzle of How They Form Perfect Spheres
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on April 18, 2013
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Will Robots Create New Jobs When They Take Over Existing Ones?
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on April 16, 2013
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A new class of smarter robots is being readied for the workplace.
A new class of industrial robot is appearing. These robots are smart, affordable, and safe enough to work alongside humans, and they can do many tasks that human workers perform today (see “This Robot Could Transform Manufacturing”). But does that necessarily mean there will be fewer jobs left for humans to do?
The eBay Class Of 2000-2005: Where They Are Now And Why We Should Care
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on April 14, 2013
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Editor’s note: Sergio Monsalve is a Partner at Norwest Venture Partners where he is focused on early and growth investments in e-commerce, consumerized SaaS, consumer finance, and educational technologies.
As a venture capital investor, I look for disruptive companies with breakthrough technologies, and — most importantly — I look for highly talented teams. In the e-commerce space, I keep coming back to the talent that came out of eBay during the 2000-2005 time period to find the best leaders that are now creating the next generation of successful companies (both early and late stage). I was a part of eBay’s New Ventures and Category Management team during this time and worked closely with a stellar group of early e-commerce pioneers. This was a particularly important and successful time for eBay for a variety of reasons, especially when it comes to high-caliber talent acquisition.
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Microsoft Reminds Windows XP Users They Only Have 365 Days Left Before It’ll Stop Supporting Them
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on April 8, 2013
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If you are still using Windows XP – or you know somebody who does – Microsoft would like you to remember that you only have 365 more days before the company will end all support for the operating system it launched in New York on October 25, 2001. Both Windows XP SP3 and Office 2003 will go out of support on April 8, 2014 and XP users will stop receiving any new security updates, hotfixes and support (free or paid) from Microsoft. Worldwide, just under 40% of all desktops and laptops still use XP today according to the latest data from Net Applications’ NetMarketShare. Microsoft already ended mainstream support for Windows XP back in April 2009, but continued to offer extended support for commercial customers and security updates for all customers. After April 2014, Microsoft writes, using XP is an “at your own risk” situation for “any customers choosing not to migrate” and migrating will likely become costlier the longer a business stays on XP. In its announcement today, Microsoft reminds the stragglers who still use XP that it takes the average enterprise 18 to 32 months to go “from business case through full deployment.” You’d think making a business case for moving to Windows 7 or 8 would be easy at this point (though Windows 8 is arguably a harder sell), but there are clearly still quite a few companies that haven’t made the move to a modern operating system yet. Of course, the fact that there is no direct upgrade path from XP to Windows 7 makes this move even harder for smaller businesses that don’t have technical support staff. For Microsoft, of course, the end of Windows XP is also a chance to remind potential users of the “advantages” of Windows 8, which, the company writes “is the modern OS for modern businesses, building on Windows 7 fundamentals like speed, reliability and security, while creating a modern platform designed for a new generation of hardware options.” Windows 8 currently has a worldwide market share of just over 3%. Microsoft, however, also acknowledges that for some businesses, “moving their full company to Windows 8 will be the best choice, and for others it may be migrating first to Windows 7. Still, for many, it will be deploying Windows 8 side-by-side with Windows 7 for key scenarios, such as Windows 8 tablets for mobile users.” To get people to
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Tunable app shows musicians what pitch-perfect means as they play (video)
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on March 31, 2013
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Musicians who’ve had some degree of practice will know the lack of sophistication involved in getting an instrument in tune and on time: a light-up tuning box and a swinging metronome may be their only real resources. Affinity Blue knows that mobile apps allow better, and recently unveiled Tunable as a one-stop shop for more exacting performers. The Android and iOS release provides a live graph that shows where the sweet spot is for pitch, and how closely the music has followed along for the past few seconds — a boon for brass players, vocalists and others who need to sustain a note for more than a moment. There’s also a simple tone generator and a customizable metronome that’s easily seen from a distance. While it’s $ 1 to try Tunable, that might be a pittance for anyone who’d rather spend time mastering a riff than rehashing the basics.
Filed under: Cellphones, Tablets
Via: Fast Company
Source: Affinity Blue
Intel Pentium turns 20 today, reminds us they don’t build ‘em like they used to (video)
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on March 23, 2013
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Folks, this isn’t your ordinary, average Friday. Why, you ask? Well, we’ve got a birthday to celebrate, and it’s quite a milestone at that. Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Pentium processor, which was introduced on March 22, 1993. If you’re old enough to recall, the chip ran circles around its 486DX2 predecessor, and thanks to a heavy dose of marketing from Intel, the brand quickly became synonymous with the PC. For you trivia types, the original Pentium P5 was available in 60MHz and 66MHz variants, and was manufactured with an 800-nanometer fabrication process, which is quite the contrast to the 22nm chips on the market today. Rather than burden your mind with specs, though, we’d rather celebrate — and we’re sure that you would, too. So join us past the break, where you’ll find some of the more whimsical moments in the Pentium’s storied history.
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Source: V3.co.uk
Google’s Schmidt Says Chrome & Android Will Remain Separate – But Don’t Be Fooled: Two Years Ago He Confirmed They Will Merge
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on March 21, 2013
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Google’s Eric Schmidt has said Mountain View will keep its two OSes, Android and Chrome, separate after all, according to a Reuters report. Schmidt, who is in India attending an IT event called Big Tent Activate Summit, said the two operating systems will remain separate products but apparently also said there could be more “commonality” between them.
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Physicists say they have found long-sought Higgs boson
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on March 14, 2013
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Here’s Where They Make China’s Cheap Android Smartphones
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on March 14, 2013
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Google’s Punishment? Lecture Those They Snooped On
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on March 13, 2013
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theodp writes “When Aaron Swartz tapped into MIT’s network and scooped up data from one non-profit company, the U.S. Attorney threatened him with 35 years in prison and a $ 1 million fine. So what kind of jail time did 38 Attorneys General threaten Google with for using its Street View cars to scoop up passwords, e-mail and other personal information by tapping into the networks of their states’ unsuspecting citizens? None. In agreeing to settle the case, the NY Times reports, Google is required to police its own employees on privacy issues, lecture the public on how to fend off privacy violations like the one Google perpetrated, and forfeit about 20% of one day’s net income. Given the chance, one imagines that Aaron Swartz would have happily jumped at a comparable deal.” The fine being $ 7 million. At least EPIC isn’t as cynical and thinks the outcome was positive.
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Will they switch? The Kid Test: Windows Phone vs. iPhone
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on March 13, 2013
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Is Windows Phone’s unusual user interface enough to win over two boys, ages 12 and 14, who are both iPhone users? [Read more]
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Website shows cyberattacks as they happen
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on March 9, 2013
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The Internet can be a dangerous place, and now you can see just how dangerous it gets — in real time, no less.
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A Startup That Scores Job Seekers, Whether They Know It or Not
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on March 7, 2013
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Researchers say they have identified genetic mutation linked to East Asian physical traits
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on February 15, 2013
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A group of genetic researchers has announced that they have identified a mutation in a human gene as the source of some of the distinctive traits that differentiate East Asians from other races. According to the scientists, the genetic discovery accounts for traits such as thicker hair shafts, more sweat glands, characteristically identified teeth, and
Open Garden And TextMe Team Up So Android Tablet Users Can Text, Call, & Video Chat Even When They Don’t Have A Signal
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on January 25, 2013
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Open Garden, the TechCrunch Disrupt New York 2012 battlefield finalist which allows users to share their wireless data connections with others, is today announcing its first partnership with another software company, TextMe, a mobile communications app with over 8 million users. The deal will allow users of TextMe on Android tablets the ability to text and make voice or video calls using their tablet, even when they don’t have a Wi-Fi connection present.
Cincinnati Start-Up ChoreMonster Makes Chores Fun And They Even Made A Beastie For Us
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on January 21, 2013
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ChoreMonster launched an update to their app a few days ago which includes: a parents section, a redesign of the kids section, a new Monster Carnival and yes…even a new character named TeeCee exclusively for all the TechCrunch readers out there. We never asked for this, but I have to say… “Damn it feels good to be a Monster.”
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Turn off Java, they warn… Here’s how you do it
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on January 12, 2013
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Security advice for web users last week from the US Department of Homeland Security recommended that Java should be disabled, lest a growing number of exploits leave your computer open to hacking. “Java vulnerabilities have been widely targeted by attackers, and new Java vulnerabilities are likely to be discovered” the US-CERT warned, and argued that users
FSF Does Want Secure Boot; They Just Want It Under User Control
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on December 30, 2012
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Yesterday, we ran a story with the headline “Free Software Foundation Campaigning To Stop UEFI SecureBoot.” It’s more complicated than that, though, writes gnujoshua: “We want computer manufacturers to implement Secure Boot in a way that is secure. If a user can’t disable Secure Boot and they are unable to sign their own software (e.g., bootloader, OS, etc), then we call that particular implementation ‘Restricted Boot.’ We don’t want computer makers to implement Restricted Boot. We want them to implement Secure Boot and to provide a way for individuals to install a fully free OS on their computers. Many computer makers are implementing UEFI Secure Boot in this way, and we want to continue encouraging them to do so.” The complete text of the statement they’d like people to sign reads: “We, the undersigned, urge all computer makers implementing UEFI’s so-called “Secure Boot” to do it in a way that allows free software operating systems to be installed. To respect user freedom and truly protect user security, manufacturers must either allow computer owners to disable the boot restrictions, or provide a sure-fire way for them to install and run a free software operating system of their choice. We commit that we will neither purchase nor recommend computers that strip users of this critical freedom, and we will actively urge people in our communities to avoid such jailed systems.”
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NimbleTV beta goes live in New York City for a chosen few, streams paid TV anywhere they are
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on December 22, 2012
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Online video startup NimbleTV told us that service was just months away, and it’s acting on that promise with the official launch of its private beta. The 250-plus New York City residents let into the beta will have the option to stream cable, satellite or other paid TV services to virtually any device with a modern web browser and a good broadband connection. Regular service could be available in the first quarter of 2013 at an estimated $ 20 per month, although this doesn’t include the TV programming in question: NimbleTV’s business model requires subscribing to traditional service that the company sets up on the customer’s behalf. This is also presuming the provider doesn’t encounter any legal obstacles. The fledgling firm lets customers sign up for service outside of their actual region, which could dodge around blackout policies on sports and other shows. If Aereo upset broadcasters by streaming local, over-the-air TV, an even more adventurous company could wind up in the same boat.
Filed under: Home Entertainment, Internet, HD
Via: The Verge
Source: NimbleTV
Google says they have no plans to become a retailer
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on December 20, 2012
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Despite rumors and recent acquisitions hinting at such a thing, Google has said that they have no plans to take on Amazon as a retailer directly, despite the company’s efforts with helping out users with shopping needs. Google’s Vice President of Shopping, Sameer Samat, says that becoming a retailer wouldn’t be “the right decision” for
Software founder McAfee denied asylum in Guatemala, Belize police say they expect him soon
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on December 6, 2012
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Ways To Get People To Do Things They Don’t Want To Do
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on December 2, 2012
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Editor’s Note: Nir Eyal writes about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business at NirAndFar.com.
A reader recently asked me a pointed question: “I’ve read your work on creating user habits. It’s all well and good for getting people to do things, like using an app on their iPhone, but I’ve got a bigger problem. How do I get people to do things they don’t want to do?”
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U.K. Mobile Shopping Startup, Tapestry, Trials Barcode/NFC Scanning App To Link Shoppers With The Physical Things They Fancy
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on November 28, 2012
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Tapestry, the latest contender in the fashion-tech startup space, wants to connect a shopper’s digital identity with the physical products in the store they’re in by using barcode/NFC-scanning smartphone apps which shoppers use to build up a virtual collection/wish-list of items they might like to buy in future that are linked to the retailer’s ecommerce database.
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Minecraft Raspberry Pi Edition To Help Kids Learn To Code While They Build
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on November 27, 2012
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The Raspberry Pi Foundation is on a mission to get more kids to learn to code — and what better way to get children excited about the power of programming than by involving virtual block-builder game Minecraft? The Foundation is aiming to release a free version of Minecraft: Pi Edition by the end of the year which will allow kids to use text commands to control the world.
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OnStar Gives Volt Owners What They Want: Their Data, In the Cloud
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on November 26, 2012
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Volt owners will be able to brag about their mileage more easily now thanks to OnStar. “GM rushed work on a new API to get a popular Volt owner site back on road. You probably don’t think of your car as a developer platform, but Mike Rosack did. A few days after buying his Chevy Volt, Rosack started slowly mining his driving data. But he eventually revved up his efforts and created a community platform for drivers to track their own efficiency. Today more than 1,800 Volt owners compare stats with each other, jockeying for position on Rosack’s Volt Stats leader board.”
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An Entrepreneur’s Guide To Patents: How To Determine Whether They Are Right For Your Company
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on November 25, 2012
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Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of articles by Brad Woodcox that explores the patent system for entrepreneurs. The first examined the basics of the system.
Now that you have background knowledge of the patent system (at least within the U.S.), we can analyze probably the most difficult question: “Should you pursue patents for your company or invention?”
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BBC blocks live linkup with aliens, scared they might curse
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on November 10, 2012
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British TV presenter Professor Brian Cox reveals that the BBC blocked his idea of a live attempt to contact aliens, as they might say something naughty on the air. [Read more]
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Researchers say they have proven never-seen whale still exists
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on November 6, 2012
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One month until they regulate the Internet
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on November 2, 2012
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Nexus 10, Nexus 7 are here. Now what they need are apps
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on November 1, 2012
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The lack of apps for Android tablets has long been a reason why the iPad still reigns supreme. But Google hopes that will change with its new Nexus tablets. [Read more]
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Eureka! Engineers aren’t empathetic because they can’t be
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on October 31, 2012
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Research suggests that analytic thought is impaired by empathy, just as empathy is impaired by analytical thought. Who’d have thought? [Read more]
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6 Business Friendly Features In iOS 6 And What They Say About The New “Surface” Threat
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on October 28, 2012
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Apple CEO Tim Cook said in the earnings call this past week that 80% of the Fortune 500 companies use iPhones and iPads. To make his point, Cook said companies such as Canon are outfitting its entire field sales teams with iPads.Zuckerberg: In 10 years, folks will share 1,000 times what they do now
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on October 21, 2012
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Facebook CEO also tells a packed hall at Stanford University that too many entrepreneurs are working on problems that are too small. [Read more]
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Intuit forces IT, engineers into room until they get it right
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on October 19, 2012
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Intuit recently underwent a change management overhaul with respect to how it responded to service requests from its business stake holders. The result was requests that had taken eight weeks to fulfill dropped to one day.
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How France’s Government Screwed Its Entrepreneurs So Hard They Became Pigeons
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on October 8, 2012
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It’s ironic that for a country that invented the word entrepreneur, France has gained such a reputation for being frosty towards startups. Take French culture, where talk of money is generally frowned upon in favour of which École you went to, or your opinion on philosophy or politics. Of course, this is a huge caricature, but it’s the kind of background noise against which many French startup entrepreneurs have to battle, despite their increasingly healthy numbers in recent years.
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They Work Long Hours, But What About Results?
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on October 7, 2012
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theodp writes “HBS lecturer Robert C. Pozen says it’s high time for management to stop emphasizing hours over results. By viewing those employees who come in over the weekend or stay late in the evening as more ‘committed’ and ‘dedicated’ to their work, as a UC Davis study showed, managers create a perverse incentive to not be efficient and get work done during normal business hours. ‘It’s an unfortunate reality that efficiency often goes unrewarded in the workplace,’ writes Pozen. ‘Focusing on results rather than hours will help you accomplish more at work and leave more time for the rest of your life.’”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
AAP Publishers Get More Control Over Google As They Settle 7-Year Copyright Infringement Suit Over Google Library Project
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on October 4, 2012
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Google has finally made some headway on the litigation over copyright infringement for the Google Library Project; and the deal puts in place another key piece of the puzzle for Google Books. Google has reached a settlement with the Association of American Publishers, ending a seven-year legal dispute over the use of books and journals by Google in its Library Project. The suit was first filed in 2005 by five publishers.
Apple Wins Again — ITC Rules They Didn’t Violate Samsung Patents
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on September 15, 2012
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An anonymous reader writes “A preliminary ruling from the International Trade Commission found that Apple did not violate four of Samsung’s patents in the design of the iPhone. ‘The patents in the complaint are related to 3G wireless technology, the format of data packets for high-speed transmission, and integrating functions like web surfing with mobile phone functions.’ The complaint was filed by Samsung in 2011, and a final confirmation is due next January. Apple has similar claims against Samsung awaiting ITC judgment; the preliminary ruling is expected in mid-October.”
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HGST develops helium-filled, high-capacity hard drives: no, they won’t float away
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on September 14, 2012
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With certain exceptions, talk of advanced hard drive technology regularly has a tough time escaping research labs. Western Digital’s HGST is promising a much more tangible project that could boost data capacities by a wide margin. By filling the gaps between drive platters with less buffeting-prone helium instead of air, HGST can safely fit as many as seven platters in a typical, 3.5-inch desktop hard drive instead of the current five. Going with the lower density gas creates a raft of side benefits, such as fitting more data on a single platter along with reducing the drag that both slows down and heats up the disk. We’ll have to wait until 2013 to see shipping helium-filled drives in our PCs; given the slightly exotic nature of the technique, though, we wouldn’t count on HGST or Western Digital handing out drives for free like balloons at a birthday party.
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Chinese Students Say They Are Being Forced To Build Your Next iPhone
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on September 6, 2012
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pigrabbitbear writes “Now that Apple is putting the finishing touches on the most anticipated smartphone in history, Chinese students are again being pressed into service on the factory line inside the largest single internship program in the world. This according to two separate stories in the Chinese press. A repor today in the Shanghai Daily says that hundreds of students in the city of Huai’an were forced to help fulfill iPhone 5 orders starting last Thursday. Classes in town had allegedly been interrupted as a result, since the two-month long internships would fulfill the students’ need to ‘experience working conditions.’”
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FBI calls out AntiSec, claim they had nothing to do with stolen Apple IDs
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on September 5, 2012
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Just a few hours after AntiSec claims to have snagged millions and millions of Apple IDs from an FBI laptop the FBI has issued a statement debunking their claims. We first reported on these events this morning but now it looks like things are about to get a bit more interesting. Claiming that AntiSec is
NASA’s pioneering astronauts: where are they now?
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on August 27, 2012
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Fathers Pass Along More Mutations As They Age
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on August 24, 2012
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ananyo writes “In the 1930s, the pioneering geneticist J. B. S. Haldane noticed a peculiar inheritance pattern in families with long histories of haemophilia. The faulty mutation responsible for the blood-clotting disorder tended to arise on the X chromosomes that fathers passed to their daughters, rather than on those that mothers passed down. Haldane subsequently proposed that children inherit more mutations from their fathers than their mothers, although he acknowledged that ‘it is difficult to see how this could be proved or disproved for many years to come.’ That year has finally arrived: whole-genome sequencing of dozens of Icelandic families has at last provided the evidence that eluded Haldane. Moreover, the study, published in Nature, finds that the age at which a father sires children determines how many mutations those offspring inherit. By starting families in their thirties, forties and beyond, men could be increasing the chances that their children will develop autism, schizophrenia and other diseases often linked to new mutations (abstract).”
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What Happens To Google Employees When They Die?
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on August 12, 2012
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Hugh Pickens writes “Forbes Magazine reports that employee benefits of Google are among the best in the land—free haircuts, gourmet food, on-site doctors and high-tech “cleansing” toilets are among the most talked-about but the latest perk for Googlers extends into the afterlife. ‘This might sound ridiculous,’ says Google’s Chief People Officer Laszlo Bock, ‘But we’ve announced death benefits at Google.’ Should a U.S. Googler pass away while under the employ of the 14-year old search giant, their surviving spouse or domestic partner will receive a check for 50% of their salary every year for the next decade. Even more surprising, a Google spokesperson confirms that there’s ‘no tenure requirement’ for this benefit, meaning most of their 34 thousand Google employees qualify.”
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