Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Q&A: Google to dig deeper into users' lives (AP)

Q&A: Google to dig deeper into users' lives (AP)

Q&A: Google to dig deeper into users' lives (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 04:29 PM PST

AP - If you're amazed — and maybe even a little alarmed — about how much Google seems to know about you, brace yourself. Beginning Thursday, Google will operate under a streamlined privacy policy that enables the Internet's most powerful company to dig even deeper into the lives of its more than 1 billion users.

Microsoft unveils Windows 8 for consumer testing (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 02:18 PM PST

AP - Microsoft on Wednesday let consumers start trying out its upcoming touch-based Windows 8 operating system, which aims to power a new wave of computer tablets and traditional PCs designed to counter Apple's big gains in the market through its Macs and iPads.

Brand-name deals to mix with Facebook friend posts (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 03:10 PM PST

AP - Messages from brands such as Walmart and Starbucks may soon be mixed in with your Facebook status updates and baby photos from friends and family.

How to erase your web history before Google’s new privacy policy hits (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 06:58 PM PST

Yahoo! News - You've likely heard that Google is instituting a new privacy policy on March 1. Under the policy, Google will create one massive hub of your personal web proclivities, culled from across more than 60 products that it owns. From your activities on …

Teensy micro-computer goes on sale for $35 (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 03:31 PM PST

Yahoo! News - Sneaking by just in time to make its delayed end of February launch window, the $35 computing wonder known as the Raspberry Pi is on sale at long last. The teensy machines went up for an eBay pre-sale auction for charity in January, …

When Does It Make Sense to Outsource Your Software Development? (Mashable)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 03:41 PM PST

Mashable - Michael Schneider is CEO of Mobile Roadie, the leading self-service mobile app platform. With more than 16 million users, Mobile Roadie powers over 3,000 apps for some of the world’s most popular artists and brands. You don’t need to own app development software -- you just think you do.



Auction of Oscar statuettes brings in $3 million (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 07:15 PM PST

Reuters - Fifteen Oscar statuettes have sold for a total of $3 million at an online auction, the most money made from a single collection of Oscars in a sale by bid, organizers said on Wednesday.

A Minute With: Kristen Chenoweth on her new show "GCB" (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:00 AM PST

Reuters - Tony Award winning actress, Kristin Chenoweth, returns to prime time television with "GCB" (Good Christian Belles), portraying a Botox-injecting Bible blogger, Carlene Cockburn.

Court approves warrantless searches of cell phones (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 07:57 PM PST

Reuters - Police can search a cell phone for its number without having a warrant, a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday.

Intel details plans for Android chips at Mobile World Congress (Appolicious)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:04 PM PST

Appolicious - Computer chip maker Intel has Android on its mind. The company, famous for making processors for PCs, has plans for high-powered chips that will make their way into Android devices through 2014.

Facebook woos Madison Ave in pre-IPO mobile push (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 05:00 PM PST

Reuters - Facebook has unveiled new ways for businesses to reach its 845 million users directly across all devices, including mobile, as it races toward a multibillion dollar IPO.

The battle's on for control of the video dial tone (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:33 PM PST

Reuters - Cisco Systems Inc's attempt to convince a European court to impose tougher conditions on Microsoft Corp's acquisition of Skype signals that technology companies are gearing up to battle for control of what some say is the next big thing: videoconferencing.

Not just a new iPad, but Apple TV rumored for Apple’s March 7 event (Appolicious)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 10:34 AM PST

Appolicious - Apple has started sending out invites for a March event that looks to be its inevitable launch of the next iteration of the iPad, but according to some rumors, that's not all the company has planned.

Eye-Fi raises $20 million and reaffirms its commitment to mobile (Digital Trends)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 01:35 PM PST

Digital Trends - Today wireless SD card maker Eye-Fi announced it has raised $20 million in Series D financing led by Japanese company NTT DOCMOCO to keep growing its business. Eye-Fi has been around for awhile and was the first to bring us Wi-Fi SD cards, but it still manages to impress and maintain its usefulness. While we’ve recently seen a big push for camera manufactures to include wireless syncing and auto-sharing in their devices, this is hardly a universal feature, making Eye-Fi surprisingly necessary for immediate uploading.

Google's privacy shift is March 1: Everything you need to know (Digital Trends)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 03:00 PM PST

Digital Trends - Google’s new all-encompassing privacy policy goes into effect March 1, meaning the company will start treating information it gathers across dozens of its subsidiary sites â€" things like GMail, YouTube, Blogger, Shopping, News, Maps, Books, Google+, and more â€" all as a single entity, rather than as dozens of little sub-entities each with their own caches of information about a user. Google says the new policy isn’t really a change: it’s not collecting any new data about people, it’s just going to start using that information uniformly across its services. For example, interests and topics Google picks up on by reading your Gmail might influence the recommended videos and advertisements that appear on YouTube. Shopping habits of your friends on Google+ might influence ads appearing in your Google search results.

Ticketmaster finally launches app-based ticket purchasing (Appolicious)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 10:30 AM PST

Appolicious - There was already a Live Nation app for iPhone and iPod Touch, but now its sister company, Ticketmaster, has joined the mobile game with its own app. Ticketmaster is for iPhone and iPod Touch.

Microsoft releases Windows 8 for public testing (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:11 PM PST

Reuters - Microsoft Corp released an incomplete version of Windows 8 for the public to download and try out on Wednesday, looking to rev up excitement for the slick, new-look operating system that it hopes will restore its fading tech supremacy.
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