Thursday, May 10, 2012

Digital 'wallets' proliferate at cellphone show

Digital 'wallets' proliferate at cellphone show

Digital 'wallets' proliferate at cellphone show

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Cash, coins and credit cards are so Twentieth Century.

Bing to duel Google with Facebook-friendly format

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A screen shot provided by Microsoft shows changes to Bing's website, unveiled Thursday, May 10, 2012 that will reshape how Bing displays its search results. It represents Microsoft's most dramatic shift in Internet search since the software maker introduced Bing as a Microsoft's Bing search engine is heading in a new direction as it drills deeper into Facebook's social network and Twitter's messaging service to showcase information unlikely to be found on Google.

Did Obama’s same-sex marriage tweet break Twitter records?

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To say that President Obama's announcement of support for gay marriage yesterday was historic is something of an understatement. But it appears that it didn't just make history in the fight for gay rights — it may have also made Twitter history … Continue reading →

How much would the New York City disaster in The Avengers cost in real life?

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Were you among the millions of people who watched The Avengers this week? If so, you know that in the movie's climax, Earth's beloved (fictional) superheroes battled a force of alien invaders that emerged from a portal in the heart of … Continue reading →

Is This the Weirdest iPad Speaker Stand Ever? [HANDS ON]

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Ever wished your iPad had a kickstand so you could stand it up on a counter and use it as a small TV?

With Apple in, Dow would have set record long ago

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In a Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011 file photo, a person stands near the Apple logo at the company's new store in Grand Central Terminal, in New York. If Apple had been added to the Dow in June 2009, the last time there were serious rumors that it would happen, the average would be about 2,500 points higher than it is today and well above its all-time high.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)Apple is the world's most valuable company. The Dow Jones industrial average is probably the world's best-known stock index. So don't they deserve each other?

US phone subscribers hang up on contracts

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In this March 18, 2008 photo, a T-Mobile retail store is shown in Times Square in New York. U.S. consumers have had their fill of expensive, contract-based phone plans. Figures from T-Mobile USA on Thursday,May 10, 2012, added to earlier reports from other companies, indicate that the U.S. wireless industry lost subscribers from contract-based plans for the first time in the first quarter. Contract-based plans are the most lucrative ones for phone companies. The industry default over the past several decades, they account for the vast majority of revenue at the big phone companies. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)U.S. consumers have had their fill of expensive, contract-based phone plans.

Source: Yahoo CEO says he didn't mislead company

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Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is assuring his colleagues that he didn't supply the incorrect information that led the troubled Internet company to list a bogus college degree in his official biography, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Free Potter e-books to be offered through Kindle

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Harry Potter has joined the Kindle lending library.

Forge super hero armor in The Avengers–Iron Man Mark VII

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Apps allow you to immerse yourself in movies like never before. With interactive comic app The Avengers - Iron Man Mark VII, you can dive deeper into the summer blockbuster The Avengers and the head of billionaire super hero Tony Stark in ways you and your Android never imagined. Be warned though, only die-hard fans will enjoy the "story" of Iron Man's armor upgrades.

Proview rejects Apple’s settlement offer in iPad dispute

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Proview rejects Apple's settlement offer in iPad disputeApple reportedly offered Proview $16 million to settle the companies' ongoing legal dispute over the iPad name, but Proview rejected the offer, Chinese website Sina reported. The cash-strapped company is instead looking for $400 million dollars in an attempt to appease numerous creditors, eight of which are China-based banks. Proview originally threatened to sue Apple in United States for $2 billion, but a California judge tossed out the suit, instead encouraging the companies to reach a settlement. The two companies have been locked in a high-profile legal dispute over whether or not Apple has the right to use the iPad name. The Cupertino-based company maintains that it licensed the trademark from Proview in 2009, however the Chinese company claims the transaction in question

Samsung to sell ultra-thin $9,000 OLED HDTV in second half of 2012

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Samsung to sell ultra-thin $9,000 OLED HDTV in second half of 2012Samsung on Thursday announced plans to launch its new flat-panel OLED TVs during the second half of this year, according to The Washington Post. OLED technology is still new and therefor very expensive. The company's high-end 55-inch OLED TV will be priced double Samsung's current offerings, costing more than $9,000 when it launches in South Korea. The technology provides users with improved picture quality and deeper color saturation with high contrast. OLED technology also allows vendors to develop thinner and lighter TVs, and Samsung believes it will take two to three year before it becomes an industry standard. The South Korean electronics giant previously announced that it would showcase its 55-inch OLED HDTV at Berlin's IFA trade show in late August

Source: Yahoo CEO says he didn't mislead company

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Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is assuring his colleagues that he didn't supply the incorrect information that led the troubled Internet company to list a bogus college degree in his official biography, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Sony reports record annual loss of $5.7 billion

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Sony reports record annual loss of $5.7 billionSony on Thursday reported a net loss of $3.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2011 to close its fourth straight year in the red. The electronics and entertainment giant struggled throughout the year, reporting an annual loss of $5.7 billion, the worst in the company's 66-year history. Sony's factories and supply chains were plagued by last year's earthquake and tsunami in Japan as well as massive flooding in Thailand. The company's annual sales plunged nearly 10% to $81 billion, with shipments of flat-panel TVs, video and digital cameras, game consoles and personal computers falling short of expectations. The Japanese manufacturer's newly appointed president, Kazuo Hirai, said the company will return to profit in March 2013 thanks to to its

Google, Twitter quizzed on Facebook-Instagram: source

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A photo illustration shows the applications Facebook and Instagram on the screen of an iPhone in Zagreb(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has reached out to Google Inc and Twitter in an investigation into Facebook Inc's $1 billion acquisition of photo-sharing service Instagram, a source familiar with the probe told Reuters. It was not immediately clear what specific information the FTC was looking for, the source said. The Commission automatically initiates a review of any acquisition of significant size. ...

Analysis: Cisco spooks, but IT spending seen on the mend

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The Cisco logo is displayed at the technology company's campus in San Jose(Reuters) - As a cautious outlook from Cisco Systems Inc pummels shares of the network equipment maker and its peers, it might be time to go bargain hunting. Even as Cisco warned that technology spending by companies could be hurt by concerns about Europe, analysts say there is room for optimism. Pointing to last year's experience, some say tech spending may rebound in the second half, potentially boosting equipment makers shares again. Morgan Stanley is advising its clients to start making bets in anticipation of a pickup in tech spending. ...

Facebook listing could trigger IPO surge: Nasdaq

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A Facebook logo is displayed on Kodak photo kiosk during the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las VegasNEW YORK (Reuters) - Nasdaq OMX Group Inc is looking forward to a spike in the number of companies going public in the near term as they look to take advantage of the market buzz created by Facebook's listing next week, an executive at Nasdaq said on Thursday. Facebook aims to raise about $10.6 billion, dwarfing the coming-out parties of tech companies like Google Inc and granting it a market value of up to $96 billion - rivaling Amazon.com Inc's. ...

‘Wolfenstein 3D’ free on the iPhone, iPad and on the Web

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'Wolfenstein 3D' free on the iPhone, iPad and on the WebTo celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the iconic Wolfenstein 3D video game, id Software has created a free browser version of the game that includes three episodes and 30 levels. The game is also being offered in Apple's App Store for free for a limited time on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, and it includes all six original episodes and 60 levels. Wolfenstein 3D is one of, if not the earliest first-person shooter and has inspired thousands of games that have been released since it debuted. Users play as captured U.S. spy BJ Blazkowicz and attempt to escape a World War II prison, called Castle Wolfenstein, and defeat the Nazi regime. Wolfenstein 3D can be played by following one of

Intel CEO plays down concerns about tech spending

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Video wall displays Intel's logos at the unveiling of its second generation Intel Core processor family during news conference at CES in Las VegasSANTA CLARA, California (Reuters) - Intel Corp Chief Executive Paul Otellini said that he was not seeing unexpected weakness in enterprise technology spending that Cisco Systems Inc CEO John Chambers cited when he forecast quarterly earnings below estimates. "This quarter is playing out as we thought. The enterprise is good, it's not fantastic, so we don't see a change in that," Otellini said in answer to a question at Intel's annual investor day on Thursday. ...

Report: Yahoo CEO says he didn't mislead company

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A published report says Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson didn't provide the information that led the troubled Internet company to list a bogus college degree in his official biography.

Forge super hero armor in The Avengers–Iron Man Mark VII

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Apps allow you to immerse yourself in movies like never before. With interactive comic app The Avengers - Iron Man Mark VII, you can dive deeper into the summer blockbuster The Avengers and the head of billionaire super hero Tony Stark in ways you and your Android never imagined. Be warned though, only die-hard fans will enjoy the "story" of Iron Man's armor upgrades.

Bantr App Unites Soccer Fans at Home and at the Match

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Apple’s stock projected to reach $2,000 by the end of 2015

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Apple's stock projected to reach $2,000 by the end of 2015Despite Apple's recent slide in the market, one analyst believes the company's consistent earnings will force the stock price up to $2,000 by the end of 2015. The claim comes from independent analyst Andy M. Zaky, whose estimates over the past four years have been considerably more accurate than the average Wall Street analyst, according to Fortune. Unlike most analysts, Zaky has projected the Cupertino-company's growth over a number of years, rather than for relevant quarters. Apple is roughly trading at 14 times its current earnings, if that trend were to continue until the fourth quarter of 2015, the company's individual shares will have risen to $2,000, Zaky claims. "I'm fairly confident about these numbers," Zaky said. The analyst projects Apple

Yahoo CEO says he never provided a resume: source

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The Yahoo! offices are pictured in Santa MonicaSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Scott Thompson never provided a resume or incorrect information to Yahoo, he told top executives at a meeting on Thursday, according to a source familiar with the matter. Thompson held a meeting with his top people on Thursday to address a controversy over the educational background that erupted a week ago. Yahoo acknowledged last week that Thompson, the former president of eBay Inc division PayPal, does not have a computer science degree, despite what was stated in his official company biography and in regulatory filings with the U.S. ...

Is This the Weirdest iPad Speaker Stand Ever? [HANDS ON]

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Ever wished your iPad had a kickstand so you could stand it up on a counter and use it as a small TV?

Digital 'wallets' proliferate at cellphone show

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Cash, coins and credit cards are so Twentieth Century.

News Summary: Bing adds more Facebook to its mix

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FACEBOOK FRIENDLY: Microsoft's Bing search engine is switching to a new format that will sort results into three different columns. The centerpiece will be a feature called "Sidebar" that will highlight friends in a users' Facebook network who might have insights to share about a search request.

Photobomber Trolls Tourists at Leaning Tower of Pisa [VIDEO]

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Here's a perfect example of the good kind of troll -- the one who leaves no high five left behind. Everyone wants a special snapshot when they visit a historical monument like the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and Darius Groza wants to make sure visitors get that perfect image.

Dark assassin videogame 'Dishonored' unveiled

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Versions of the game will be tailored for play on PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360Bethesda Softworks on Thursday announced that its "Dishonored" videogame featuring a betrayed bodyguard turned supernatural assassin will hit in October.

Facebook Has Another Dirty Little IPO Secret

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Facebook Has Another Dirty Little IPO SecretThe road to Facebook's IPO didn't get any smoother Thursday, when The Financial Times' April Dembowsky reported an impending Federal Trade Commission investigation into the company's Instagram purchase. Citing two anonymous sources "familiar with the matter," Dembowsky explained that the FTC seeks to determine whether or not the $1 billion buy violates fair competition rules and has already begun collecting information from two of Facebook's competitors. Which two? We're dying to know.

A look at how some IPO stocks have fared

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Facebook has filed paperwork for an initial public offering of stock. Its public debut, expected next week, will be the most anticipated tech IPO since Google went public in August 2004.

Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed III gameplay trailer released [video]

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Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed III gameplay trailer released [video]Ubisoft on Wednesday released the trailer for the latest installment of its Assassin's Creed franchise. Unlike its predecessors, which took place during the Italian Renaissance, Assassin's Creed III will take place during the American Revolution and feature a new protagonist named Connor Kenway. Ubisoft has previously announced that Assassin's Creed III will be bigger than any of its previous installments. The action-adventure video game is being developed for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo's upcoming Wii U, Mac OS X and Windows PCs, and is set to be release on October 30th, 2012. Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed III gameplay trailer follows below.

Text4Baby Mobile Services Gives New Moms Health Updates

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What every mother wants for Mother's Day: healthy children. A free mobile service called Text4Baby sends breaking health information to new and expecting mothers.

Free WiFi Makes Us Rude; We're Eating Too Much Grouper

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Free WiFi Makes Us Rude; We're Eating Too Much GrouperDiscovered: WiFi turns people into really rude café goers, we're eating too much grouper, social jet lag is the latest thing that's killing us, and finger regeneration?Free WiFi turns people into rude "cafe-conquerors." Science has confirmed café workers' greatest fears. Using a café as an office turns people into what the study calls "café-conquerors." The study found that these people tend to take over. ...

Sony 'Google TV' to Have Remote Covered in Buttons on Both Sides

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If you're at all familiar with other gadgets powered by Google's open-source Android operating system, like most of today's smartphones and tablets, you might be forgiven for thinking that Google TV - a set-top box powered by Android - would have a remote control that's as simple as a flat touchscreen. With maybe a few large, friendly buttons, like the icons on your phone's home screen. Right?

Zuckerberg's Hoodie: the Next Facebook Revolution?

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Who would have thought, as 2012 dawned, that a piece of cotton could become so political?

Could a 7-inch iPad be in the works?

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Let's take a break from iPhone 5 and next-generation Apple TV rumors for a second and talk about a miniature version of the iPad that might be in the works.

Facial Recognition App IDs Your Friends Using Facebook

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Want to make tagging friends in Facebook photos a bit easier? New facial recognition app Klik launched out of beta on Thursday.
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