Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Google: Technology is making science fiction real (AP)

Google: Technology is making science fiction real (AP)

Google: Technology is making science fiction real (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 01:52 PM PST

AP - Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt predicted Tuesday that rapid advances in technology will soon transform science fiction into reality — meaning people will have driverless cars, small robots at their command and the ability to experience being in another place without leaving home.

Microsoft sees future in Windows 8 amid iPad rise (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 03:14 PM PST

AP - Microsoft is scrambling to preserve what's left of its kingdom.

New law could free up TV airwaves for mobile use (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 12:59 PM PST

AP - A new law could result in fewer TV stations on the air, in exchange for faster wireless data services for smartphones and tablet computers.

Politically inclined cat seeking election to the U.S. Senate (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 06:40 PM PST

Yahoo! News - Republicans hope to regain control of the narrowly divided U.S. Senate this year, and the open seat in Virginia plays heavily into their strategic plans. But a new candidate in the race threatens to shake things up, complicating both Democratic …

Giant Happy Feet: Extinct penguin species named tallest and heaviest that ever lived (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 03:18 PM PST

Yahoo! News - Millions of years ago, there lived penguins so huge they may have been able to parry the attacks of dolphins with their humongous, fish-catching beaks. The bones of some of these prehistoric flightless birds were discovered in 1977, and scientists have …

Have Facebook? You Can Now Check In to the Future With Forecast (Mashable)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 05:05 PM PST

Mashable - Foursquare tells people where you are. A new mobile app called Forecast, which is opening to Facebook users on Tuesday, instead tells them where you will be. Here's how the free app for iPhone and Android works: Users make "Forecasts" that include what they plan to do and what time. Those Forecasts are broadcast to their friends, and can serve as informal invitations to join.

Yahoo seeking patent windfall from Facebook (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 04:32 PM PST

AP - With its own fortunes sinking, Yahoo is angling for a windfall from rising Internet star Facebook.

M&A angle seen in Yahoo patent demand on Facebook (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 03:08 PM PST

Reuters - Yahoo could be trying to boost its acquisition value by demanding licensing fees from Facebook for the use of its technology, as the one time Web-pioneer considers strategic M&A options, according to patent experts.

New Apple TV expected alongside iPad 3 (Digital Trends)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 06:12 PM PST

Digital Trends - A revamped iPad may not be the only thing Apple fans have to look forward to at the company’s March 7th event in San Francisco: 9to5mac cites sources close to Apple in anticipating a new Apple TV model will also be announced. The new device, codenamed J33, is expected to include a faster A5 processor with improved graphics capability, along with Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity, which has also been included in the iPhone 4S and latest Macbook Air and Mac Mini computers â€" perhaps heralding a new era of Apple device interconnectivity.

Why Android Smartphones Are Winning -- And Tablets Aren't (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 04:13 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | It's no surprise more Android smartphones are being sold worldwide every year than iPhones, at least, when you add the numbers and count every Android smartphone from every vendor. Apple sells more iPhones than any other company and makes more money per smartphone sold than most of them put together, but Google's still optimistic. The person in charge of Android at Google, Andy Rubin, wrote a blog post from Mobile World Congress on Monday, touting almost 1 million Android smartphone activations per day.

Visitors spend an average of three minutes a month on Google+ (Digital Trends)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 07:57 PM PST

Digital Trends - As mentioned within an article in the Wall Street Journal earlier today, Google+ visitors spent just three minutes per month on the upstart social network between the months of September 2011 and January 2012 according to data collected by comScore. While active users likely spend vastly more time on Google+ each month, it’s far less than the approximate seven hours spent on Facebook per month by the average visitor. In addition, Google+ was outpaced by Twitter at twenty-one minutes per month, Linkedin at seventeen minutes per month and even Myspace at eight minutes per month. Other sites within the comScore study include Tumblr and Pinterest, both which attracted visitors for nearly an hour and a half per month on average over the last six months.

How to get your piece of the $500M LCD class action settlement (Digital Trends)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 04:15 PM PST

Digital Trends - If you bought a television, computer monitor, or notebook computer with a TFT-LCD flat panel screen at any point between 1999 and 2006, you may be entitled to a chunk of $500 million dollars, thanks to a class action lawsuit filed on your behalf.

Manufacturers continue to wow with Android devices at MWC (Appolicious)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 03:00 PM PST

Appolicious - Appolicious Advisor, Kristen Nicole, already wrote a couple of great pieces examining some of the new Android devices announced at this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. High-powered smartphones and tablets from major players like Samsung, Sony and HTC are all on the way soon. It's such a bumper crop this year, we thought it was worth taking an extra look at some other Android goodies (and one Symbian offering) emerging from other manufacturers as well.

LightSquared CEO abruptly resigns amid uncertainty over company's future (Digital Trends)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 03:45 PM PST

Digital Trends - Sanjiv Ahuja, CEO and co-founder of LightSquared, resigned his position with the mobile broadband provider today. The decision comes after months of controversy regarding the company’s satellite-augmented wireless broadband, which would operate on a spectrum adjacent to GPS. The surprising move casts serious doubt over the future of an innovative technology that promised to revolutionize the wireless broadband industry.

HTC shares soar, new phone models get upbeat reviews (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 07:28 PM PST

Reuters - Share of HTC Corp jumped on Wednesday after it launched its One series of models, taking the fight to Samsung Electronics and Apple Inc with fast graphic chips and advanced music and photography functions.

Chinese court hears Apple appeal on iPad trademark (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 08:48 PM PST

AP - A Chinese court on Wednesday began hearing Apple's appeal of a ruling against its right to use the iPad trademark in China.

Salesforce's canceled HQ project puzzles investors (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 04:42 PM PST

Reuters - Web-based software maker Salesforce.com Inc's cancellation of plans to build a massive office complex in San Francisco has puzzled investors and city officials.

Employee group reporting 1,100 IBM job cuts (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 01:15 PM PST

AP - IBM Corp. has laid off roughly 1,100 workers in North America this week, a union organizing group said Tuesday.
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