Monday, July 25, 2011

Netflix braces for growth slowdown, stock plunges (AP)

Netflix braces for growth slowdown, stock plunges (AP)

Netflix braces for growth slowdown, stock plunges (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 04:58 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2010 photo, a movie selected from among Netflix's 'Watch Instantly' titles begins to download on a home computer screen in New York. Netflix Inc., reports quarterly financial results Monday, July, 25, 2011, after the market close.(AP Photo/James H. Collins, file)AP - Netflix Inc. is bracing for a backlash to its recently announced price hikes that could result in its slowest subscriber growth in more than three years.

Crash raises doubts about China's fast rail plans (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 07:23 AM PDT

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a bullet train passes a viaduct from which carriages fell after Saturday's crash near Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Monday, July 25, 2011. Doubts about China's breakneck plans to expand high-speed rail across the country have been underscored by a bullet train wreck that killed dozens of people. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Xing Guangli) NO SALESAP - Doubts about China's breakneck plans to expand high-speed rail across the country have been underscored by a bullet train wreck that killed at least 39 people.

China suspends 2 of 5 fake Apple stores in 1 city (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 07:14 AM PDT

In this photo taken Thursday, July 21, 2011, workers dressed as an Apple store employee attends customers at a shop masquerading as a bona fide Apple store in downtown Kunming in southwest China's Yunnan province. China, long known for producing counterfeit consumer gadgets, software and brand name clothing, has reached a new piracy milestone, fake Apple stores. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTAP - Chinese officials found five fake Apple stores in a southwestern city and ordered two of them to suspend business while they're investigated, a local government website said Monday.

Need help with medical bills? Start your own online fundraiser with GiveForward (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 04:52 PM PDT

Yahoo! News - While the United States continues to debate over government-funded healthcare, Americans with mounting medical bills sometimes have nowhere to turn. Many people without health insurance â€" and even some who are fortunate enough to have it â€" find themselves struggling …

Sorry, everyone: Scientists prove time travel impossible (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 04:49 PM PDT

Yahoo! News - Put down those dreams of leaping forward in time to see how your children turn out and, of course, enjoy riding around on hoverboards: physicists say they've put the nail in time travel's coffin. A team of researchers from the …

Airbnb Raises $112 Million to Take Its Marketplace For Places Global (Mashable)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT

Mashable - Airbnb, the popular marketplace for places, has raised $112 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global and General Catalyst in order to boost international growth. The company is now worth north of $1 billion, according to our sources. It's a big jump from the $7.2 million Series A it raised in November 2010. The company also received a "significant investment" from Ashton Kutcher just a few months ago.

China's Baidu quarterly profit up 95 percent (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 08:47 PM PDT

AP - Baidu Inc., which operates China's dominant search engine, said Tuesday its quarterly profit jumped 95 percent on traffic growth and strong spending by big advertising customers.

Zynga partners with Tencent to debut first mainland China game (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 08:17 PM PDT

Reuters - Social games maker Zynga is partnering with Tencent Holdings Ltd, the Chinese Internet company, to launch its first game in mainland China as it tries to find new users by tapping into the $5.8 billion Chinese games market.

Blackberry maker to cut 2,000 jobs, splits COO job (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 02:41 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 12, 2011 file photo, shareholders walk past protest signs outside the Research in Motion annual meeting in Waterloo, Ontario. BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is cutting 2,000 jobs as part of a cost savings plan announced last month and is shuffling some senior executives. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Dave Chidley)AP - Faced with tough competition and falling profits, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. is cutting 2,000 jobs as part of a cost savings plan announced last month and is shuffling some senior executives.

AT&T Will Upgrade Android Phones, Starting with Atrix 4G (NewsFactor)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 02:08 PM PDT

NewsFactor - AT&T said Monday that it intends to upgrade all the carrier's postpaid Android smartphones to Android 2.3, Gingerbread. The first to get the update, which became available Monday, is the Motorola Atrix 4G.

Microsoft apologizes for Winehouse tweet (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 06:13 PM PDT

Microsoft on Monday apologized for a AFP - Microsoft apologized for a "tweet" that has been blasted for seeming like a blatant effort to cash in on the death of 27-year-old British singer Amy Winehouse.

The Weirdest Games for Android Smartphones (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 02:25 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - Maybe you like to live life on the edge. Maybe you're a daring soul, who puts extra hot sauce on her burrito and rips the tags off of mattresses! Or maybe you just like weird smartphone games. In which case, check out these demented games for your Android smartphone!

Return to the NFL with these Hall-of-Fame Android apps (Appolicious)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 02:00 PM PDT

Appolicious - After a prolonged lockout, the NFL appears to be returning this week. Woo hoo! And you'll never be without an NFL update, because your Android phone is powerful enough to stream live games, play Madden and deliver real-time scores. We're living in the best of times, and these are the best of Android apps for NFL season 2011.

Qualcomm Buys Gesture Technology for Mobile Chips (NewsFactor)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 02:08 PM PDT

NewsFactor - Qualcomm started the week with a mobile bang, snapping up assets from GestureTek for an undisclosed amount. As its name suggests, GestureTek develops gesture-recognition technology. In fact, GestureTek is a leader in the field with more than 25 years of experience implementing gesture-based technologies in mobile devices, entertainment facilities, healthcare systems, retail locations, and public and private venues.

Google buys PittPatt: What does it mean for Google products? (Digital Trends)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 12:58 PM PDT

Digital Trends - Google has acquired face recognition software company PittPatt, and likely will implement this technology into Google+’s photo feature. “At Google, computer vision technology is already at the core of many existing products (such as Image Search, YouTube, Picasa, and Goggles), so it’s a natural fit to join Google and bring the benefits of our research and technology to a wider audience. We will continue to tap the potential of computer vision in applications that range from simple photo organization to complex video and mobile applications,” a statement from PittPatt reads.

Zuckerberg named as most powerful person in UK media (Digital Trends)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 06:32 PM PDT

Digital Trends - Apple boss Steve Jobs has been pushed aside by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in the latest Top 100 list of the most influential people in the UK media, published by the Guardian.

Italian Cyber Police Hit by Anonymous Hackers, 8GB stolen (Digital Trends)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 06:25 PM PDT

Digital Trends - Seems like Anonymous’ AntiSec campaign is gaining ground internationally. Italian hackers tied to Anonymous are claiming to have acquired a “Pandora[s] box” of data stripped from Italian cyber police servers.
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