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Google, Facebook have already removed disputed content, Indian court is told
thenextweb.com
Google and Facebook today told an Indian court that they have already removed the objectionable content that was the source of a civil suit against the duo and 19 other Internet companies, according to a report from NDTV. The case is one of two pieces of legal action in India...
In the last 4 years, the app economy has created almost 500k jobs in the US
thenextweb.com
The launch of Apple’s App Store in 2008 triggered a massive upswing in mobile application sales. Sure, apps had been being sold on a small scale in ecosystems like Palm or Windows Phone, but once the expectation of apps being purchased right on the device was established, the ecosystem took...
The Higgs boson: CERN's quest to discover the elusive God particle
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The Large Hadron Collider, a series of tunnels constructed deep underground on the Swiss-French border, is playing host to perhaps the most dramatic piece of scientific research of our era: the search for the Higgs boson particle. Operated by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), the LHC is...
MHL Consortium: 50 Million MHL-Equipped Devices Shipped Globally In 2011
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MHL had a huge 2011. The mobile high-definition connectivity standard went from a relativity unknown port to making its way onto more than 50 million devices. More than 90 licensees are on board with MHL and the connectivity option is nearly standard on tablets, smartphones, HDTVs, and is now making...
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak: Mark Zuckerberg is like Steve Jobs and me rolled into one
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak paid tribute to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, calling him an acute businessman who runs his company in a similar way to the partnership that Wozniak had with Steve Jobs at Apple. Speaking to Bloomberg TV, Wozniak rejected comparisons between himself and Zuckerberg, claiming he didn’t have...
Report: Apple building thinner and lighter Liquidmetal next-gen iPhone
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A new report from Korean publication ETNews.com claims industry sources have confirmed Apple will be using the “liquid metal” technology that it acquired from Liquidmetal Technologies’ in August of 2010. According to industry sources, the next flagship phones of the companies are expected to adopt unprecedented materials for their main...
Google's new "batshit crazy" UX
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In a recent update to Gmail and Google+, Google removed the ability to go "home" by clicking the logo. Kevin Fox, who worked at Google as a designer for many years, had this to say: The new Gmail and Google+ 'clicking on the logo does nothing' behavior seems just absurd....
Samsung Makes Galaxy S III, And Other Android Devices, Enterprise-Ready
allthingsd.com
One of the big things that IT departments at big companies are coping with these days is the “BYOD” or “bring your own device” trend. It refers to the tendency of people to take their personally owned mobile phones and tablets to the office and the expectation that whatever its...
Nokia Morph patent application raises hope well beyond expectation
www.engadget.com
Remember Nokia Morph? It's the Finnish manufacturer's long-standing project to build a transparent, flexible phone that you can contort to your hearts content. Now the company's submitting a second missive to the Patent and Trademark office in the hope of claiming dibs on the IP contained therein. While it's...
Samsung Galaxy S III first hands-on pictures
www.theverge.com
Samsung's flagship Android phone for 2012 has finally been revealed today, after months of speculation, expectation, and anticipation. Check out our very first hands-on photos below and stay tuned for more — we'll be bringing you our first-hand impressions and a live video demo of the device shortly. Continue...
Samsungs expects sales of the Galaxy S3 to pass 10 million during July
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Mobile giant Samsung has said that it expects that cumulative global sales of its the Galaxy S III, its latest flagship smartphone, will pass 10 million units during next month, as it begins to see the effects of launching in the US and other significant markets. Reuters reports that the figure was...
YouTube adds pay-per-view to live streaming
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YouTube is adding monetization options to its live streaming platform, including the ability for publishers to charge for live events. The new feature was announced on YouTube’s publisher blog Tuesday: “You can now monetize your live events with advertising or paid options. A live event can be claimed in the...
Nikon D4 field review
www.engadget.com
Right around 2.5 years after the introduction of Nikon's most recent game-changer (yeah, we're bragging about at the D3S), its proper successor has emerged. Without qualification, the amount of hope and expectation surrounding the Nikon D4 was immense. In a way, most Nikonians were (perhaps foolishly) expecting the D4...
If The Spec Is Dead, So Is The Nexus Tablet
techcrunch.com
It seems the much-rumored Google Nexus Tablet is nearing release. Citing Basemark benchmarking reports, the device is supposedly codenamed Grouper, running Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and employing a 7-inch, 1280 x 768 display powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core Tegra 3. If true, this means the upcoming tablet will likely lack...
YouTube Live Turns One: Adds Pay-Per-View And Real-Time Analytics
techcrunch.com
YouTube Live, Google’s live streaming platform, celebrated its first birthday over the weekend. To mark this event, YouTube is adding a number of new features to Live today. Most of these (new production software, improved publishing flows and real-time analytics) are mostly of interest to video producers. The most important...
26-Year-Old Who Sold A $70 Million Company Explains How You Can Use Your Inbox Better
www.businessinsider.com
In 2010, 24-year-old Nat Turner sold an ad tech company to Google for $70 million. So he knows some things. One of these things, apparently, is how to use email better than the rest of us. He shared some wisdom about it on his personal blog over the weekend. Read:...
Max Payne 3 – multiplayer preview
www.guardian.co.uk
Although it borrows a little from the giants in the shooter genre, Max Payne 3's multiplayer is dirty, fun, gritty and downright meanIn the end, Max Payne is all about the movement. Rockstar's take on Remedy's hyper-kinetic third-person shooter may be grittier and more hard-bitten than its forebears, but it...
Feature: Mass Effect 3 review: a proper ending—but not a perfect one
arstechnica.com
Mass Effect 3 starts out at a disadvantage thanks to the weight of expectation larded on it by the first two games in the series. Not only does the game have to wrap up a sprawling, galaxy-spanning storyline in a satisfying way, but it has to do so while...
PSA: If you purchased extra Gmail storage, your Google Drive just got bigger
www.engadget.com
5GB, huh? Not quite enough for you? If you were wise enough to up the capacity of your Gmail inbox + Picasa allotment before today, your Google Drive experience just got a lot more awesome. A trio of editors here at Engadget HQ managed to upgrade their Gmail boxes...
HP reports fiscal Q1 revenue of $30.04 billion, below $30.7 billion expectation
thenextweb.com
Today HP released its fiscal first quarter earnings. It’s revenues for the period were $30.04 billion, down from $32.3 billion last quarter, its net income was $1.47 billion, and its earnings per share was $0.73. Analysts had anticipated 87 cents per share in profit. HP itself has forcasted that it will earn...
Tim Cook’s vision for Apple, and its cash
gigaom.com
At Goldman Sachs’ investor conference Tuesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook gave some rare color on how he views not only his own job as Steve Jobs’ successor, but also his views on the company’s $98 billion cash pile. While he did not make investors’ day by announcing a dividend, he...
Samsung: Galaxy S III sales expected to total 10 million by July
www.engadget.com
Korea's golden goose is on track to drop its 10 millionth Galaxy S III by July, according to Samsung mobile head Shin Jong-kyun. The expectation comes despite limited supply, fueled by a component shortage at the smartphone giant. Regardless of this notable shortcoming, Samsung has wasted no time getting...
Don't Look Now, But Facebook's Stock Is Up 20% In 2 Weeks!
www.businessinsider.com
Remember two weeks ago, when Facebook's stock had crashed all the way to ~$25? Yes, back then, everyone was absolutely certain that it was going to, say, $18, and they were telling everyone who would listen about that. Well, you don't hear from those folks much anymore. Why not?...
And Now Wall Street Is Beginning To Panic About Apple's Earnings (AAPL)
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Peter Misek at Jefferies is cutting his iPhone estimate for the March quarter this morning after worse than expected iPhone sales at Verizon and AT&T. Overall, Misek is still bullish on Apple. He has an $800 price target, and he thinks iPads and iPhones will continue to be monster sellers....
What It Means Now That Zynga Has Bought Its Way Back to the Top of the Charts
allthingsd.com
Rest easy, Zynga once again owns the top game on Facebook. Yesterday, it acquired OMGPOP, the developer that suddenly unseated the social-game giant after its overnight success with Draw Something. Draw Something, which challenges players to guess what another person is drawing, much like Pictionary, has been downloaded more than...
Nokia axes Skype client on Lumia 610, claims user experience wasn't 'up to par'
www.engadget.com
It took nearly a full month, but Nokia has finally been convinced that Skype is indeed incompatible with low-memory Windows Phones. In reaching out to a spokesperson, the company confirmed to us that it has decided to yank the official client from the Marketplace on the Lumia 610. The...
How Will Microsoft Deliver Content to the Surface?
www.readwriteweb.com
Microsoft’s announcement of its Surface Windows 8 tablet yesterday raises almost as many questions as it answers. One critically important unanswered question is: How will users get content for their Surface devices? Microsoft is spinning the Surface as a content-creation device, but the expectation for content consumption on a tablet...
Yahoo's Axis And The New Search Wars
www.fastcompany.com
Yahoo is reimagining the front end. Google is working on the back end. And Bing is tackling both. Who will win the new search wars?On Wednesday, Yahoo released Axis, a new browser plug-in and iPhone and iPad app that purports to "reinvent" the search experience. It's not so much of...
LTE Claims for iPad 3 Continue to Roll In Amid Rumors of March 16 Launch
www.macrumors.com
Reuters adds its voice to the growing chorus of rumors claiming that Apple will indeed include 4G LTE compatibility on the iPad 3 when it debuts tomorrow. While some have remained skeptical of the claim amid concerns that the technology is not yet broadly-enough available to be worthwhile, Reuters joins...
LHC set to up collision rate, energy in attempt to pin down Higgs boson
arstechnica.com
Last week, the people running the LHC laid out plans for its 2012 schedule. In announcing the results of the 2011 run, physicists indicated that they would have enough data by the end of this year to know whether the Higgs boson exists at around 125GeV, where a tantalizing signal...
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