Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Alibaba.com shares surge on privatization bid (AP)

Alibaba.com shares surge on privatization bid (AP)

Alibaba.com shares surge on privatization bid (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 08:00 PM PST

AP - Shares of Alibaba.com rocketed on Wednesday after the Chinese e-commerce site said its parent company made a $2.5 billion privatization bid as part of a shift in business strategy that also includes plans to buy back a stake from Yahoo Inc.

Company sues Apple over iPad name in Shanghai (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 05:46 PM PST

FILE - In this May 6, 2011 file photo, people queue overnight outside the Xidan Apple Store for the chance to buy an iPad 2 on the first day of its sale in Beijing, China. Apple's dispute over the iPad trademark deepened Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, after the Chinese company that claims ownership of the name said it won a court ruling against sales of the popular tablet computer in China. Xie Xianghui, a lawyer for Shenzhen Proview Technology, said the Intermediate People's Court in Huizhou, a city in southern China's Guangdong province, had ruled on Friday, Feb.17 that distributors should stop selling iPads in China. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)AP - A Chinese company fighting Apple Inc. over its use of the iPad trademark in China took its complaints to a Shanghai court Wednesday, though it says it is willing to talk about a settlement.

AT&T CEO takes $2M pay cut over T-Mobile deal (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 02:37 PM PST

AP - AT&T Inc.'s board cut CEO Randall Stephenson's 2011 pay by $2.08 million because he engineered the failed deal to buy T-Mobile USA, according to a regulatory filing Tuesday.

Just Show Me: How to set an alarm on your iPhone (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 07:29 PM PST

Yahoo! News - Welcome to Just Show Me on Tecca TV, where we show you tips and tricks for getting the most out of the gadgets in your life. In today's episode we'll show you how to set an alarm on your iPhone. With your iPhone's alarm …

Waterworld: Scientists find a new kind of super-Earth that’s unlike any other (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 07:25 PM PST

Yahoo! News - When Zachory Berta and his team discovered an exoplanet called GJ 1214b orbiting a red dwarf in 2009, they didn't know it would turn out to be one of the most unusual planets ever found. In order to find out more about …

5 Places to Get Digital Textbooks (Mashable)

Posted: 20 Feb 2012 03:54 PM PST

Mashable - The days of shuffling that 10-pound textbook to class or those countless fiction novels in your backpack are slowly but steadily coming to a close. With ebooks, your wallet may gain a few pounds as well, as you will be spending a lot less money on books. Check out these five digital text services. With synchronized convenience and interactive, cost-effective methods, life is on its way to becoming a little bit easier for readers on the go.

Comcast to take on Netflix with Web video service (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 02:53 PM PST

Reuters - Comcast Corp, the No. 1 U.S. cable operator, became the latest major name to take on Netflix Inc on Tuesday when it announced plans for an online video service offering a library of TV shows and movies.

Netflix bolsters video library as new threat looms (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 02:04 PM PST

AP - Netflix's Internet video service is adding more marquee attractions as it braces for a new competitive threat from cable-TV provider Comcast Corp.

How RIM could learn from Ubuntu, and why it needs to before it's too late (Digital Trends)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 03:16 PM PST

Digital Trends - Today Ubuntu announced Ubuntu for Android, an app that will sync all your Android apps into a Linux-based interface. The new app is the latest step in the platform’s expanding mobile agenda, part of Ubuntu’s multi-screen agenda. “This isn’t the ‘Ubuntu Phone,” as Canonical’s Mark Shuttlesworth puts it. “The phone experience here is pure Android. This announcement is playing to a different story, which is the convergence of multiple different form factors into one most-personal device.”

Android 5.0: connecting the mobile-desktop dots (Appolicious)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 07:30 AM PST

Appolicious - The main goal behind Android 4.0 was to combine the best of the smartphone and tablet. With Android 5.0 Jelly Bean, Google may be looking to combine the best of mobile and desktops. Speculation on Jelly Bean is running high, but with each emerging rumor it appears Android's next version has a very connected future. A week after suppliers first hinted at Jelly Bean's arrival this summer, Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin claims Android 5.0 will come with a dockable desktop mode. That means Android, its apps and services would run seamlessly on smartphones, tablets and desktops.

Study finds Facebook users more private than ever (Digital Trends)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 04:15 PM PST

Digital Trends - In the two years since the boy-king of social networking Mark Zuckerberg famously declared the death of privacy, it seems Facebook users have actually become more private about sharing their personal details with strangers. In a new study released today by the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, researchers found that since 2010, the number of users that choose to hide their friend lists publicly has actually increased by a staggering 200 percent.

PlayStation Vita's rear pad a touchy subject (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 03:07 PM PST

In this video game image released by Sony Computer Entertainment America, a scene from 'Escape Plan,' is shown. (AP Photo/Sony Computer Entertainment America)AP - There's a suspicious knock on the wall.

Vonage Mobile pivots iPhone app into a much better place (Appolicious)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 02:00 PM PST

Appolicious - When I reviewed the Vonage Mobile for iPhone app back in 2009, it was a very different beast. Using the old version of the app involved creating a Vonage account that couldn't be linked to your previously existing Vonage account, leaving long-time Vonage customers in a bit of a pickle. The app was fine for newcomers, but didn't offer a ton of benefits outside of very cheap international calling rates.

Congress declares another spectrum auction, but is anybody selling? (Digital Trends)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 03:38 PM PST

Digital Trends - In a rare fit of bipartisanship, the U.S. Congress has passed a deal that would extend payroll tax breaks and unemployment insurance to millions of Americans. From the technology standpoint, the news isn’t the extension of government benefits or the fact two gridlocked parties managed to get something done: It’s how the legislation would pay for those benefits. The U.S. government plans to auction off some wireless spectrum currently held by television broadcasters to the wireless industry, for a payday worth an estimated $25 billion. The deal promises to help alleviate the spectrum crunch experienced by mobile operators â€" meaning, beneficiaries of the auction would be able to offer more mobile broadband to more people. Along the way, the legislation also carves off the so-called “D block” of 700MHz spectrum exclusively for use by police, fire, medical, and emergency responders.

Costumes, beads consume Mardi Gras in New Orleans (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 08:27 PM PST

Riders in the Mardi Gras parade make their way to their float in the staging area of the parade in New Orleans, Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)AP - As the sun began to set and the traditional family-atmosphere of Mardi Gras along St. Charles Avenue ended, streams of revelers poured into New Orleans' French Quarter to continue the party well into the night.

Recapping The Daily vs Microsoft he-said/she-said (Digital Trends)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 03:27 PM PST

Digital Trends - By this point you’ve no doubt seen the Microsoft Office meets iPad image floating around (if not, look up). The Daily claimed it had been able to demo the application and broke the news that Office Suite for iOS would launch well before Windows 8 (within the coming weeks).

CIA to software vendors: A revolution is coming (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 05:00 PM PST

Reuters - The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency told software vendors on Tuesday that it plans to revolutionize the way it does business with them as part of a race to keep up with the blazing pace of technology advances.

Dell shares fall on earnings miss, outlook (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 03:42 PM PST

Reuters - Dell Inc forecast fiscal first-quarter revenue below Wall Street's expectations, stoking fears the PC industry has not fully emerged from its downturn and sending the company's shares more than 4 percent lower.
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