Friday, February 17, 2012

Startup sends live local TV to the iPhone (AP)

Startup sends live local TV to the iPhone (AP)

Startup sends live local TV to the iPhone (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 01:32 PM PST

This image provided by Aereo shows a screenshot from the iPad showing Aereo.com streaming ìBob the Builderî on New Yorkís PBS station, WNET 13. The service launched this week in New York, giving access to live TV from local stations on the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. (AP Photo/Aereo)AP - A startup backed by media billionaire Barry Diller has launched a service that sends live local TV feeds to iPhones and iPads. But the service may be short-lived, since TV stations are likely to challenge its right to use their broadcasts.

Linsanity helps end Knicks blackout on Time Warner (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 04:13 PM PST

New York Knicks' Jeremy Lin (17) drives past Sacramento Kings' DeMarcus Cousins (15) during the second half of an NBA basketball game on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, in New York. Lin had 10 points and 13 assists as the Knicks won the game 100-85. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)AP - First, he lifted the Knicks back into the playoff hunt. Now Jeremy Lin has put them back on TV.

Ex-Google CEO Schmidt to sell up to 2.4M shares (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 05:08 PM PST

AP - Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt plans to sell up to 2.4 million shares of stock currently worth nearly $1.5 billion.

Dutch researchers invent a process to turn plants into plastics (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 02:38 PM PST

Yahoo! News - It should come as no surprise to learn that the world is over reliant on petroleum, from the gas we put in cars to the plastic bags we take groceries home in. We're still trying to figure out how to make …

Free iPhone app optimizes your caffeine intake, tells you when to put the coffee mug down (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 02:34 PM PST

Yahoo! News - Here at Tecca, we need a big, bold cup of coffee to get us going in the morning. But after that first cup, we start to feel that post-coffee energy crash and start getting distracted from news reporting by videos of …

NFL Player Promoters Will Help NFL Dominate Social Media (Mashable)

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 03:59 PM PST

Mashable - A select group of college students could get digitally cozier with their favorite NFL players. United Way is looking for social media interns to promote the philanthropy efforts of the 32 NFL teams and each team's United Way spokesperson to help the the organizations dominate social media.

Falcone sticks with plan, hit by lawsuit (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 04:49 PM PST

Reuters - Hedge fund manager Philip Falcone told investors he is sticking by plans to build a national mobile broadband service even as an investor charged in a lawsuit that he deceptively raised billions of dollars that went to the struggling venture.

Demand Media stock soars as 4Q results renew hope (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 01:34 PM PST

AP - Demand Media Inc.'s stock soared by 31 percent Friday after the online content publisher's fourth-quarter earnings and outlook for this year gave investors hope that it is starting to recover from diminished traffic that had stemmed from changes to Google's Internet search formula.

Laptop-shooting dad's rant draws raves, reprimands (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 07:47 PM PST

This frame grab taken from an undated video posted on YouTube Feb. 8, 2012 by Tommy Jordan of Albemarle, N.C. shows Jordan answering his teenage daughter's Facebook complaints by firing several rounds from his handgun into his daughter's laptop her computer as it lies on the ground. More than 26 million people have seen the video in which Jordan reads and replies to his daughter's rant before emptying his .45-caliber pistol into her laptop. (AP Photo/YouTube Channel of Tommy Jordan)AP - It's classic parent-teenager strife, revamped for the Internet age: A 15-year-old takes to Facebook to curse her parents and complain about chores and the pressures of youth. Her disgusted father videotapes and posts a lengthy rebuttal punctuated by nine gunshots as he empties his pistol into her laptop.

Weekly Rewind: Rumors hit of a 4G iPad, Apple announces Mountain Lion, and Hulu Plus finally comes to the Wii (Digital Trends)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 05:15 PM PST

Digital Trends - Didn’t have time to keep up with every ripple in the technology pond this week? We’ve got you covered. Here are some of the most noteworthy stories from the last week.

British student jailed for 'extensive' Facebook hack (Digital Trends)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 08:08 PM PST

Digital Trends - Whereas half of the UK population can say they are on Facebook, British hacker Glenn Mangham was, for a period of time last year, in it. And on Friday a court sent him to jail for his actions.

Sometimes, less is more: Bump 3.0 trims the feature fat (Digital Trends)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 05:10 PM PST

Digital Trends - Bump has some veteran app status. It’s been around since 2009, and has been thrilling users with its so-easy-it’s â€"stupid sharing tool. When it all got started, Bump was solely a way to transfer contact information between iOS devices. But as all apps do, it grew and launched Android integration, and upped its feature inventory: recent versions of Bump added the ability to share photos, schedules, music, and other apps.

Kindle Fire snags No. 2 spot after iPad in Q4 2011 (Appolicious)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 12:14 PM PST

Appolicious - The first quarter to see the entrance of the Kindle Fire on the tablet scene also saw Amazon's new contender rocket to second place in sales, behind Apple's iPad.

U.S. spectrum hopes hinge on wary broadcasters (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 03:02 PM PST

Reuters - Television broadcasters are reluctant to part with airwaves that regulators want to resell to bandwidth-hungry wireless companies, casting doubt on the $25 billion estimated to be raised through auctions approved by the U.S. Congress on Friday.

Megaupload faces more copyright, wire fraud charges (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 02:08 PM PST

Reuters - A U.S. grand jury added more charges against file-sharing website Megaupload and its executives, and also accused them of taking copyrighted content from sites such as YouTube for its own service, according to a new indictment released on Friday.

Foxconn raises salaries for factory workers following quiet meeting with Apple CEO (Digital Trends)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 03:55 PM PST

Digital Trends - Foxconn, the largest maker of electronics in the world, this morning announced a pay raise of 16 to 25 percent for its Chinese factory workers, the third wage increase since 2010. The announcement comes after human rights protesters last week targeted Apple â€" which counts Foxconn as a major manufacturer of its popular iPhone and iPad devices â€" over the unethical factory conditions of its suppliers.

Murdoch's Sun: scoops, politics, Page Three girls (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 10:13 AM PST

Reuters - Rupert Murdoch's Sun newspaper prides itself on an aggressive reporting style that has delivered decades of sensational scoops and made it Britain's best-selling newspaper. But now it is the one being scrutinized, and it doesn't like it one bit.
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