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Old AOL Email Accounts Churn Out New Spam 11:50 PM	News Tom's Guide US
Old AOL Email Accounts Churn Out New Spam Remember that old AOL email account you (hopefully) don't use anymore? It may have been hacked and used to send spam to your contacts. Read the full article on News Tom's Guide US »
LG W Watch tipped to appear after G Watch 11:49 PM	SlashGear
LG W Watch tipped to appear after G Watch LG has slowly dropped details on its upcoming Android Wear smartwatch, the LG G Watch. While we continue to await that watch's launch, it seems LG is already eyeing the … Continue reading Read the full article on SlashGear »
Tim Cook: Apple will take emerging markets at entry-level 11:47 PM	SlashGear
Tim Cook: Apple will take emerging markets at entry-level This week during Apple’s earnings call for their financial Q2 2014, Tim Cook spoke up on the impact of changing smartphone plans and the growing smartphone market around the world. … Continue reading Read the full article on SlashGear »
Amazon strikes gold and will exclusively offer older HB... 11:47 PM	AfterDawn.com
Amazon strikes gold and will exclusively offer older HBO content free with Prime Amazon has announced a blockbuster deal today with original programming king HBO in which Amazon will offer older content for free via its Prime streaming catalog.The move marks the first time the premium cable channel has licensed its programming to a third party. The company currently allows subscribers to watch content via their own HBO Go streaming app. Most notably for Amazon, the deal is exclusive and leaves rival Netflix out in the cold. The deal does not include any current seasons or ep... Read the full article on AfterDawn.com »
Implant Injects DNA Into Ear, Improves Hearing 11:47 PM	Slashdot
Implant Injects DNA Into Ear, Improves Hearing sciencehabit writes "Many people with profound hearing loss have been helped by devices called cochlear implants, but their hearing is still far from perfect. They often have trouble distinguishing different musical pitches, for example, or hearing a conversation in a noisy room. Now, researchers have found a clever way of using cochlear implants to deliver new genes into the ear — a therapy that, in guinea pigs, dramatically improves hearing (abstract)." Read more of this story at Slas... Read the full article on Slashdot »
Sceptre’s new X322XV TV is more colorful than an 80′s m... 11:45 PM	Digital Trends
Sceptre’s new X322XV TV is more colorful than an 80′s music video The California-based budget HDTV maker's newest addition to its Color Series lifestyle line is the X322XV, available in pink, purple, pearl white, and black. The TV could be a hit in playrooms, kitchens, and any other space that complements the playful TV.The post Sceptre’s new X322XV TV is more colorful than an 80′s music video appeared first on Digital Trends. Read the full article on Digital Trends »
Vote on New Net Neutrality Rules Expected in May 11:44 PM	PCMag.com Breaking News
Vote on New Net Neutrality Rules Expected in May If the commission approves this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), it will open up to public comment. Read the full article on PCMag.com Breaking News »
IBM Unveils First OpenPOWER Servers 11:44 PM	PCMag.com Breaking News
IBM Unveils First OpenPOWER Servers POWER8-based servers can crunch Big Data workloads 50 times faster than x86-based systems, according to Big Blue. Read the full article on PCMag.com Breaking News »
Before YouTube, NBA Fans Lived for 'Slamadamonth' ̵... 11:44 PM	Mashable!
Before YouTube, NBA Fans Lived for 'Slamadamonth' — And Now It's Online Let's travel back in time, sports fans, to an era when we weren't quite as #blessed as we are today: The '90s. Definition was not high, the Internet was not in our pockets and social media meant watching a game at a sports bar while surrounded by actual people (gross). We also didn't have YouTube to endlessly replay and guffaw at the NBA's most viciously emasculating dunks — this DeAndre Jordan number from last May, for example. See also: 9 Years Later, YouTube's First Video Is Too Real fo... Read the full article on Mashable! »
Facebook’s Standalone App Plan: Launch Betas, If They W... 11:42 PM	TechCrunch
Facebook’s Standalone App Plan: Launch Betas, If They Work Grow To 100M Users, Then Monetize  Facebook plans to launch more standalone apps, and today on its Q1 earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg laid out a blueprint for picking which ones to throw the company's weight behind. First, its Creative Labs initiative will build apps with specific purposes. If they resonate with users, Facebook will push to grow them to 100 million users. If that works, only then will it try to earn money off them. Read More Read the full article on TechCrunch »
HBO’s Amazon Haul is Big – But Not as Big As You Might ... 11:42 PM	Re/code
HBO’s Amazon Haul is Big – But Not as Big As You Might Think HBO will get more than $300 million over the course of a three-year deal with Amazon. Read the full article on Re/code »
Is Amazon's HBO Deal All It's Cracked Up To Be? 11:41 PM	Forbes - Tech
Is Amazon's HBO Deal All It's Cracked Up To Be? Amazon.com made a big deal Wednesday morning about its licensing agreement with Time Warner's Home Box Office. Read the full article on Forbes - Tech »
Apple Has Acquired 24 Companies in Last 18 Months 11:40 PM	MacRumors
Apple Has Acquired 24 Companies in Last 18 Months During today's second quarter earnings call, Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that Apple has purchased a total of 24 companies during the course of the last 18 months, some that are known and some that remain unknown. Just over half of Apple’s acquisitions have come to light, which means the company has purchased many additional companies that have not yet been discovered. In 2014, Apple’s known purchases included SnappyLabs, a company that produced a burst photo app, and Burstly, the company b... Read the full article on MacRumors »
Football team settles suit over text messages to fans f... 11:37 PM	Ars Technica
Football team settles suit over text messages to fans for $3 million The Buffalo Bills went to court over texting fans one (or two) too many times. Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Apple blames low Q2 iPad sales on inventory changes 11:36 PM	VentureBeat
Apple blames low Q2 iPad sales on inventory changes The iPad may not be in as much trouble as you think. Apple revealed today that it sold 16.35 million iPads during the second quarter, while analysts expected sales between 19.2 million and 19.7 million units. But due to an … Read the full article on VentureBeat »
Some Setbacks for the Sharing Economy 11:36 PM	NYT Bits
Some Setbacks for the Sharing Economy San Francisco is suing two landlords, saying they illegally evicted tenants so they could make their apartments into places for well-heeled tourists. New York State is investigating Uber for price-gouging during storms. Read the full article on NYT Bits »
What Is Malware? How It Can Affect Your Computer 11:36 PM	News Tom's Guide US
What Is Malware? How It Can Affect Your Computer Malicious software is what makes the Internet a dangerous place to roam unprotected. Read the full article on News Tom's Guide US »
Etsy acquires indie-gadget marketplace Grand St. 11:36 PM	Engadget
Etsy acquires indie-gadget marketplace Grand St. Gadgets are probably the last thing you'd look for on Etsy's DIY-heavy marketplace, but that could soon change. Today the NY-based company announced that it's acquiring Grand St., an online retailer focused on electronics with a creative, maker bent... Read the full article on Engadget »
Growth for 2nd Watch proves big companies are embracing... 11:35 PM	VentureBeat
Growth for 2nd Watch proves big companies are embracing public cloud tech (exclusive) Amazon Web Services leads the way in the public cloud market, and because 2nd Watch helps enterprises get on Amazon's cloud, it's been growing lately. Read the full article on VentureBeat »
Police Chief: Not Wanting To Talk To Police Officers Is... 11:34 PM	Techdirt
Police Chief: Not Wanting To Talk To Police Officers Is 'Odd' This insight into how police think the public should interact with them is certainly enlightening. (via this tweet and Amy Alkon's Advice Goddess blog) The backstory is this: a woman was walking down the street when a motorcycle cop approached her, asked her if she lived in the area and if she would talk to him. She says his approach made her feel uncomfortable, so she refused and continued on her way. "I thought that maybe he was flirting," she said. "I just thought it was odd, I thought it w... Read the full article on Techdirt »
Apple has ‘nearly’ 800 million iTunes accounts 11:33 PM	VentureBeat
Apple has ‘nearly’ 800 million iTunes accounts Apple CEO Tim Cook thinks the number of people using iTunes is “staggering.” There are nearly 800 million iTunes accounts, Cook said on Apple’s quarterly earnings call Wednesday afternoon. Developing… refresh for updates.… Read the full article on VentureBeat »
Apple's Q2 iPhone sales boom, carry declining iPad perf... 11:31 PM	AppleInsider
Apple's Q2 iPhone sales boom, carry declining iPad performance During its quarterly conference call for the second quarter of 2014 on Wednesday, Apple announced huge growth for its iPhone lineup, while iPad sales were Read the full article on AppleInsider »
Have we already reached peak iPad? 11:30 PM	Boy Genius Report
Have we already reached peak iPad? Apple’s latest earnings report was mostly good news for the company, but there was one potentially dark cloud: iPad sales. On the quarter, Apple sold 16.35 million iPads, which was below the consensus estimate of 19.7 million units sold. Analyst Benedict Evans has put together a chart for trailing twelve months unit sales for both the iPhone and the iPad and has found that the iPad’s growth has been stopped dead in its tracks. Evans says that this raises “a very obvious growt... Read the full article on Boy Genius Report »
IPhone sales drive strong Apple earnings 11:29 PM	PCWorld.com - Latest N...
IPhone sales drive strong Apple earnings Apple’s iPad shipments declined, but iPhone sales were strong as the company reported a hike in profit and revenue during the second quarter of 2014.Apple’s net profit was $10.2 billion for the second fiscal quarter of 2014, up from $9.5 billion in the same quarter one year ago, the company said on Wednesday.Revenue was $45.6 billion during the quarter ending on March 29, increasing from $43.6 billion in the same quarter last year. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had been expecting revenu... Read the full article on PCWorld.com - Latest News Stories »
Online child porn victims lose at Supreme Court 11:27 PM	Ars Technica
Online child porn victims lose at Supreme Court Victims can't recoup 100% of damages from criminals who viewed their images online. Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Cancer Patient Raises Millions for Charity in His Bigge... 11:26 PM	Mashable!
Cancer Patient Raises Millions for Charity in His Biggest Bucket List Goal Stephen Sutton, 19, was diagnosed with bowel cancer at the age of 15. When he was 17, he learned it was terminal That's when he made a bucket list. Sutton dreamed up 46 experiences to complete in the short years he had left, from "hugging an animal bigger than me" to crowd-surfing. See also: Wedding, Career, Chemo: When Cancer Derails the Millennial Dream But the greatest task he set out to accomplish was raise one million pounds for a charity called the Teenage Cancer Trust. (Sutton's original ... Read the full article on Mashable! »
The Witcher 3 and Projekt Red's DRM-Free Stand 11:26 PM	Slashdot
The Witcher 3 and Projekt Red's DRM-Free Stand An anonymous reader writes "This article goes into the making of upcoming fantasy title The Witcher 3. The studio, CD Projekt Red, reveals that, unusually, it'll be releasing the game as a DRM-free download. 'We believe that DRM does more harm to legit gamers than good for the gaming industry, that's why the game will also be completely DRM-free,' says the game's level designer, Miles Tost. The game will build on the strengths of The Witcher 2 while attempting to broaden its scope. 'We want to c... Read the full article on Slashdot »
Flash Gordon May Be Coming Back to the Big Screen. Again 11:25 PM	Wired Top Stories
Flash Gordon May Be Coming Back to the Big Screen. Again Fox has reportedly snagged the rights to pulp hero Flash Gordon. Adapting the character has been popular for decades, with varying results. Here's what it needs to succeed. Read the full article on Wired Top Stories »
Apple’s Second Quarter Sales Numbers Show iPad Fever Is... 11:25 PM	Wired Top Stories
Apple’s Second Quarter Sales Numbers Show iPad Fever Is Cooling For the first time, analysts, investors, and the public widely expected Apple to post a drop in iPad sales numbers during its second quarter earnings today. And the numbers didn't lie: The public is not gobbling up iPads like they used to. Read the full article on Wired Top Stories »
Feds Beg Supreme Court To Let Them Search Cellphones Wi... 11:25 PM	Wired Top Stories
Feds Beg Supreme Court To Let Them Search Cellphones Without a Warrant American law enforcement has long advocated for universal "kill switches" in cell phones to cut down on mobile device thefts. Now the Department of Justice argues that the same remote locking and data-wiping technology represents a threat to police investigations--one that means they should be free to search phones without a warrant. Read the full article on Wired Top Stories »
iPad and iPhone newbies increase as Apple tackles table... 11:24 PM	SlashGear
iPad and iPhone newbies increase as Apple tackles tablet sales More than two-thirds of new iPad users over the past few months, and more than half of iPhone buyers, are new to the Apple products, CEO Tim Cook has said … Continue reading Read the full article on SlashGear »
Apple Acquired 24 Companies In The Last 18 Months 11:24 PM	TechCrunch
Apple Acquired 24 Companies In The Last 18 Months  Apple’s pace of acquisition has seemed to be picking up lately, and Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed just how many the company has been making of late. Cupertino has nabbed 24 companies over the course of the past year and a half, which is a pace that observers recently noticed actually outpaces the recent acquisition habits of Google. Typically, Apple doesn’t make any official… Read More Read the full article on TechCrunch »
Spoiler: Americans Can't Draw Their Home States 11:23 PM	Mashable!
Spoiler: Americans Can't Draw Their Home States What does your state look like to you? Ask most Americans that question and they'll probably confidently describe a rudimentary shape for you. Ask them to draw that shape and they'll stare blankly for a few moments before sprinting in the other direction In order to exploit two of Americans' greatest shortcomings (geography and art), we took to the streets of New York City to task tourists and natives with drawing their home states — from memory. See also: 15 Monthly Subscription Boxes Shi... Read the full article on Mashable! »
The benefits and challenges of software-defined power 11:22 PM	Gigaom
The benefits and challenges of software-defined power Software-defined power provides key benefits for the data center. But how real is this technology, and is anyone using it yet? Read the full article on Gigaom »
100-Year-Old Woman Shares Love Story in First 'Humans o... 11:21 PM	Mashable!
100-Year-Old Woman Shares Love Story in First 'Humans of New York' Video Shirley Hyman, age 100, has a love story for the ages. In the first mini-documentary by Humans of New York creator Brandon Stanton, Hyman sweetly reflects on her time with her late husband, Moe. See also: The Human Behind 'Humans of New York' Moe and Shirley were married for just three years when Moe left to serve as a military doctor during World War II. She describes their first encounter as "a meeting of the souls." Hyman appeared in a HONY photo in February 2013, paired with the heartfelt c... Read the full article on Mashable! »
Facebook Closes in on Google in DC Lobbying Spending 11:21 PM	WSJ.com: Technology
Facebook Closes in on Google in DC Lobbying Spending Google is still tops in tech lobbying, but Facebook's lobbyists had themselves a great quarter too -- thanks to stock grants. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Tech CEO Who Allegedly Hit His Girlfriend 117 Times Avo... 11:20 PM	SAI
Tech CEO Who Allegedly Hit His Girlfriend 117 Times Avoids Jail And Plans A $100 Million IPO RadiumOne’s founder, Chairman and CEO Gurbaksh “G” Chahal, appears to be the perfect tech entrepreneur. His first startup sold for $40 million to ValueClick. His next startup, BlueLithium, was acquired by Yahoo for $300 million in cash. Oprah once gushed that the good-looking entrepreneur was single. Now, his ad-tech company is reportedly planning to raise $100 million in an initial public offering. But there have been much less flattering reports about him. Previously, we wrot... Read the full article on SAI »
These Are Supposedly the 7 Best Objects Designed In the... 11:20 PM	Gizmodo
These Are Supposedly the 7 Best Objects Designed In the Last Year If you had to pick a single thing out of the last year of your life and explain why it was better designed than anything else, what would you chose? A jury at London's Design Museum narrowed its list down to seven objects—including a building, a keyboard, and a fashion line—today by announcing the category winners of its annual Design of the Year award. Read more... Read the full article on Gizmodo »
iTunes Now Has Nearly 800 Million Accounts, Most With C... 11:19 PM	TechCrunch
iTunes Now Has Nearly 800 Million Accounts, Most With Credit Cards Attached  In June of last year, Apple announced that over 575 million accounts had been created for iTunes 10 months later, they've grown that number by nearly fourty percent. On the Apple earnings call today, Tim Cook announced that they were just about to surpass their 800 millionth iTunes account. Read More Read the full article on TechCrunch »
Happy first birthday BitTorrent Sync 11:19 PM	BetaNews.Com
Happy first birthday BitTorrent Sync It's hard to believe that it has been one year since BitTorrent released its Sync app. I was among the first testers when it was in private alpha, and it came at a welcome time, as Microsoft had announced it was killing Live Mesh, an app I used between my desktop and laptop. Since then, Sync has gone to beta and then final release. It even released a Kindle Fire app just recently, adding even more integration with your home. It was already available for Windows, Mac, iOS, FreeBSD, Android and NA... Read the full article on BetaNews.Com »
Hackers May Have Already Filed Your Taxes For You And S... 11:19 PM	SAI
Hackers May Have Already Filed Your Taxes For You And Stolen Your Return An unsettling number of medical professionals are finding themselves victims of tax fraud, reports Krebs On Security. Here's how it works: [T]hieves steal or purchase Social Security numbers and other data on consumers, and then electronically file fraudulent tax returns claiming a large refund. The thieves instruct the IRS to send the refund to a bank account that is tied to a prepaid debit card, which the fraudster can then use to withdraw cash at an ATM. Once the hackers file the taxes a... Read the full article on SAI »
North America is down to its last IPv4 addresses 11:19 PM	Resources | ZDNet
North America is down to its last IPv4 addresses ARIN, which oversees the Internet addresses for Canada, the United States, and much of the Caribbean, is down to its last few IPv4 addresses. Are you ready to convert to IPv6? You;'d better be. The IPv4 clock is ticking. Read the full article on  Resources | ZDNet »
Apple's strong iPhone sales crush Wall Street moneymen'... 11:17 PM	The Register
Apple's strong iPhone sales crush Wall Street moneymen's tepid expectations Plans seven-for-one stock split, $130bn capital return Despite not introducing any significant new products during the second quarter of its fiscal 2014 ended in March, Apple has announced unexpectedly healthy revenues and profits for the quarter, with the all-important earnings per share numbers crushing analysts' expectations.… Read the full article on The Register »
The iPad Has Hit A Wall 11:16 PM	SAI
The iPad Has Hit A Wall Apple reported its earnings for the first quarter of the year today. It was a beat, but there was a disappointing stat: iPad sales were far below expectations at 16.35 million units. This is the latest example of how iPad growth has stalled for Apple. Here's a chart of iPad sales and growth since Q2 2011 from Business Insider Intelligence. Join the conversation about this story » Read the full article on SAI »
Facebook’s app install ads have driven 350M app downloa... 11:16 PM	VentureBeat
Facebook’s app install ads have driven 350M app downloads to date Following strong first quarter earnings for 2014, Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg revealed that the company’s mobile app install ads have led to 350 million total app installs since the feature was first introduced in June 2012. The ads encourage people … Read the full article on VentureBeat »
Handmade carbon fiber wheels help Koenigsegg’s One:1 hy... 11:15 PM	Digital Trends
Handmade carbon fiber wheels help Koenigsegg’s One:1 hypercar hit 200+ mph The Koenigsegg One:1 with its 1,360 horsepower and 1,360 kilo curb weight seems to be made of firsts, and in the latest episode of a video series Koenigsegg's founder is explaining how they make their industry leading carbon fiber wheels. The post Handmade carbon fiber wheels help Koenigsegg’s One:1 hypercar hit 200+ mph appeared first on Digital Trends. Read the full article on Digital Trends »
Apps featured by Apple or Google get 6 times the downlo... 11:15 PM	VentureBeat
Apps featured by Apple or Google get 6 times the downloads and 9 times the revenue — or nothing Everyone who has published an app in the iOS App Store wants Apple to feature them, because that will boost download numbers to insane levels, right? Nope. A new report from app analytics provider Distimo indicates that while getting the … Read the full article on VentureBeat »
Apple’s New Retail Leader Angela Ahrendts Officially St... 11:13 PM	TechCrunch
Apple’s New Retail Leader Angela Ahrendts Officially Steps Into Her Role Next Week  Apple’s new retail chief Angela Ahrendts is going to start officially at the company officially beginning next week, CEO Tim Cook revealed on the company’s earnings call today. Ahrendts comes from Burberry, and her move to Apple was announced in October of last year, but she hadn’t yet begun in her new role yet. A report from last year suggested that Ahrendts might be delaying… Read More Read the full article on TechCrunch »
Former Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts to Join Apple Next ... 11:13 PM	MacRumors
Former Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts to Join Apple Next Week During today’s second quarter earnings call, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that the company’s new retail and online leader, Angela Ahrendts, will be joining the company next week. Ahrendts first resigned from British luxury fashion house Burberry in October of 2013, but was contractually obligated to stay on with the company for another six months. As of April, she became free to leave to join Apple. Earlier this month, rumors suggested Ahrendts might stay on with Burberry until June in... Read the full article on MacRumors »
Xbox One to launch in Japan on September 4 11:10 PM	Ars Technica
Xbox One to launch in Japan on September 4 Microsoft teases "Halo for Xbox One" but is quiet on JRPGs and apps. Read the full article on Ars Technica »
The 10 Names Retail Investors Traded Most In 2013 11:10 PM	Forbes - Tech
The 10 Names Retail Investors Traded Most In 2013 Apple was the most actively traded stock every month of 2013. Read the full article on Forbes - Tech »
Apple sells 43.7 million iPhones, 16.3 million iPads in... 11:10 PM	News - THE INQUIRER
Apple sells 43.7 million iPhones, 16.3 million iPads in the second quarter Revenue surpasses analyst expectations at $45.6bn Read the full article on News - THE INQUIRER  »
Apple Splits Stock 7-For-1, Will Splash $130B In Cash O... 11:10 PM	Forbes - Tech
Apple Splits Stock 7-For-1, Will Splash $130B In Cash On Investors Alongside earnings release, buyback and dividend increase, Apple says it will split its shares 7-for-1. Read the full article on Forbes - Tech »
Apple Q2 2014 hardware sales: By the numbers 11:09 PM	Resources | ZDNet
Apple Q2 2014 hardware sales: By the numbers Apple's Q2 2014 earnings are out, and the data provided gives us an insight into how well the company performed over the last quarter relative to historical data. iPhone sales are strong, but iPad sales show a worrying fall. Read the full article on  Resources | ZDNet »
Angela Ahrendts to join Apple next week, as retail SVP 11:08 PM	9to5Mac
Angela Ahrendts to join Apple next week, as retail SVP Tim Cook has just announced on the earnings call that Angela Ahrendts, ex-CEO of Burberry, will join Apple next week. She became a Dame of the British Empire a few weeks ago. Recent doubts about her joining date were clearly false, as she is joining Apple next week. Ahrendts announced that she was leaving Burberry last October. In […] Read the full article on 9to5Mac »
ServiceNow sees second-quarter, 2014 revenue above esti... 11:07 PM	Reuters: Technology News
ServiceNow sees second-quarter, 2014 revenue above estimates, shares up (Reuters) - ServiceNow Inc , which makes software to automate and manage IT services, forecast second-quarter and full-year revenue above Wall Street estimates. Read the full article on Reuters: Technology News »
Apple's iPhone sales soar while the iPad slumps slightly 11:06 PM	Engadget
Apple's iPhone sales soar while the iPad slumps slightly It's that time again: Apple has just posted its Q2 2014 financials, and there are some interesting device sales numbers to peep at. Apple saw a big year-over-year jump in the number of iPhones sold (43.7 million this time vs. 37.4 million in the same... Read the full article on Engadget »
Apple Q2 2014 Numbers: $45.6B Revenue and $10.2B Profit... 11:05 PM	IntoMobile
Apple Q2 2014 Numbers: $45.6B Revenue and $10.2B Profit, 44 Million iPhones Sold Apple’s Q2 2014 financial number are in, and they’re looking pretty hot. Apple posted quarterly revenue of $45.6 billion, net profit of $10.2 billion. That’s up slightly from Q2 2013 in which Apple posted $43.6 billion and net profit of $9.5 billion. It seems all that nasty talk about the iPhone 5C holding the company’s profits hostage isn’t true after all. “We generated $13.5 billion in cash flow from operations and returned almost $21 billion in cash to sharehol... Read the full article on IntoMobile »
Amazing 4K displays are coming soon to 10-inch tablets 11:05 PM	Boy Genius Report
Amazing 4K displays are coming soon to 10-inch tablets Japan Display on Wednesday announced that it has already developed an ultra-high resolution 4K x 2K LCD module for tablets that’s not only capable of offering a huge 3840 x 2160 resolution on a 10.1-inch display, but it’s also energy-efficient. The company said in its announcement that even though the new tablet screen has 4K resolution, power consumption will be similar to 10.1-inch WQXGA LCD modules (which have 2560 x 1600 resolution), as it uses low-temperature polysilicon (LTPS) technolo... Read the full article on Boy Genius Report »
Chipmaker Xilinx forecasts quarterly revenue below esti... 11:05 PM	Reuters: Technology News
Chipmaker Xilinx forecasts quarterly revenue below estimates (Reuters) - Xilinx Inc , a maker of programmable chips, forecast current-quarter revenue largely below analysts' estimates, sending the company's shares down 6 percent in extended trading. Read the full article on Reuters: Technology News »
Facebook sales leap, amid a growing mobile ad business 11:05 PM	PCWorld.com - Latest N...
Facebook sales leap, amid a growing mobile ad business Facebook reported a nice 72 percent boost in sales for the first quarter, as the company continues to make strides expanding its advertising business on mobile devices. Total revenue for the period ended March 31 was US$2.5 billion, Facebook reported Wednesday, beating analysts’ estimates of $2.36 billion, as polled by Thomson Reuters. Net income was $642 million, nearly tripling the $219 million in profit reported for the same quarter in 2013. Earnings per share for 2014’s first quarter wer... Read the full article on PCWorld.com - Latest News Stories »
Geek deals: 25% off Bose OE2 audio headphones 11:05 PM	Geek.com
Geek deals: 25% off Bose OE2 audio headphones It can be hard to find premium sound in headphones that don’t look and feel massive, but that’s what Bose set out to do with these OE2 headphones. With today’s deal you can […] Read the full article on Geek.com »
New Research Reveals How Africa Tweets 11:05 PM	Forbes - Tech
New Research Reveals How Africa Tweets Twitter activity in Africa during the last quarter of 2013 peaked on the day of Nelson Mandela’s death, according to How Africa Tweets, a new study analyzing Twitter activity on the continent. In an interview with Allan Kamau, head of the Nairobi office of strategic communications agency Portland, we discussed the context of these findings and what they mean more broadly for social media engagement and usage in Africa. Read the full article on Forbes - Tech »
Facebook Closes in on Google in DC Lobbying Spending 11:04 PM	WSJ.com: Digits
Facebook Closes in on Google in DC Lobbying Spending Google is still tops in tech lobbying, but Facebook's lobbyists had themselves a great quarter too -- thanks to stock grants. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Digits »
Notes of interest from Apple's Q2 2014 conference call 11:04 PM	AppleInsider
Notes of interest from Apple's Q2 2014 conference call Apple surprised the market on Wednesday by not only beating expectations for its second fiscal quarter of 2014, but also announcing a 7-for-1 stock split, increased share buybacks, and a a higher quarterly dividend. Following the announcements, executives from the company participated in a conference call with analysts and the media, and notes of interest follow. Read the full article on AppleInsider »
Michigan FIRST Robot Championship Bout for 2014 (Video) 11:04 PM	Slashdot
Michigan FIRST Robot Championship Bout for 2014 (Video) For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, AKA FIRST, holds annual robot challenges, in which student teams build robots, then operate them to the cheers of an adoring crowd. Slashdot watched the Dexter Dreadbots build their 2014 contender. (The Dreadbots are Slashdot's home team.) And we've watched other FIRST competitions before, but this is the 2014 Michigan state championships. The next step after the state finals is an appearance at the National Championship Competition, whi... Read the full article on Slashdot »
Apple profits beat expectations 11:03 PM	BBC News | Technology ...
Apple profits beat expectations Technology giant Apple plans a share buyback after it reports profits of $10.2bn, selling a more than 43 million iPhones in the second quarter of 2014. Read the full article on BBC News | Technology | World Edition »
Facebook first-quarter revenue grows 72 percent on risi... 11:02 PM	Reuters: Technology News
Facebook first-quarter revenue grows 72 percent on rising mobile ads SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's mobile advertising business accelerated in the first three months of the year, helping the Internet social networking company top Wall Street's financial targets. Read the full article on Reuters: Technology News »
Why The Cable Companies Have Reason To Fear Amazon 11:02 PM	ReadWriteWeb
Why The Cable Companies Have Reason To Fear Amazon The Platform is a regular column by mobile editor Dan Rowinski. Ubiquitous computing, ambient intelligence and pervasive networks are changing the way humans interact with everything. HBO programming is among the most coveted in all of television. Its catalog includes some of the best produced and most critically acclaimed comedy and drama series ever created. Millions of people want to watch those shows. They just have to pay the piper first. Until today, that piper was your cable or sate... Read the full article on ReadWriteWeb »
All at sea: global shipping fleet exposed to hacking th... 11:02 PM	Reuters: Technology News
All at sea: global shipping fleet exposed to hacking threat SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The next hacker playground: the open seas - and the oil tankers and container vessels that ship 90 percent of the goods moved around the planet. Read the full article on Reuters: Technology News »
This Guy Hunts Down The Men Behind Revenge Porn Websites 11:02 PM	Forbes - Tech
This Guy Hunts Down The Men Behind Revenge Porn Websites Adam Steinbaugh is a law clerk in Los Angeles with a weird side hobby: revenge porn vigilantism. Read the full article on Forbes - Tech »
What Is Social Media? 11:01 PM	News Tom's Guide US
What Is Social Media? Social media is a broad term that describes Web-based tools that foster interaction and community. Read the full article on News Tom's Guide US »
Privacy jitters derail controversial K-12 big data init... 11:01 PM	Computerworld
Privacy jitters derail controversial K-12 big data initiative Unrelenting privacy concerns finally derailed a controversial big data initiative that promised to deliver more individualized instruction to public school students in the U.S. Read the full article on Computerworld »
Brazil's global Internet conference includes call to en... 11:00 PM	PCWorld.com - Latest N...
Brazil's global Internet conference includes call to end spying Participants in a Brazil-hosted conference on Internet governance laid out an aggressive agenda, with some calling for a policy statement that would condemn Internet surveillance, support net neutrality regulations and create programs to close the digital divide.Much of the focus of the Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance, called NETmundial, on Wednesday was on surveillance efforts by the U.S. National Security Agency, detailed in leaks by former NSA contractor E... Read the full article on PCWorld.com - Latest News Stories »
Do You Really Need A Premium Mouse To Be A Competitive ... 11:00 PM	MakeUseOf
Do You Really Need A Premium Mouse To Be A Competitive PC Gamer? Razer. Logitech. SteelSeries. They all produce “gaming mice” that are supposed to enhance your performance in games that rely heavily on mouse usage. Whether you’re trapped in the addiction vortex of Dota 2 or simply nailing headshots in a first-person shooter, you may often wonder: “Do I need a special mouse to compete with everyone else?” It’s a valid question and one that can be readily answered. Let’s take a look at the features offered by gaming mic... Read the full article on MakeUseOf »
Facebook's Desktop Business Is In Decline 11:00 PM	SAI
Facebook's Desktop Business Is In Decline Facebook just released its first quarter earnings. The company beat on revenue, but the numbers show that its desktop business is stagnant, if not declining.  All of Facebook's growth is currently coming from mobile, as clearly shown in this chart by analyst Ian Maude: Desktop revenue was up barely on an annual basis but is a dramatically declining portion of Facebook's entire business. It's basically flat — and there are no signs of recovery. Maude attributes the mobile revenue ... Read the full article on SAI »
With a Kevlar-Lined Shirt, You're Not Completely Screwe... 11:00 PM	Gizmodo
With a Kevlar-Lined Shirt, You're Not Completely Screwed in a Crash Pay attention as the weather gets warmer: you're gonna see a lot of motorcyclists riding around in regular street clothes, nothing but hopes and dreams protecting them from nasty road rash should things get tumbly. Well, maybe not all of them—hopefully, some will be wearing Crave's kevlar-lined Axe shirt, which looks like a normal work shirt but probably won't shred like toilet paper in an asphalt encounter.Read more... Read the full article on Gizmodo »
Facebook Passes 1 Billion Monthly Mobile Users 10:59 PM	Mashable!
Facebook Passes 1 Billion Monthly Mobile Users A year and a half after Facebook first announced 1 billion monthly active users, the social network has more than 1 billion monthly active users on mobile devices, too Facebook announced the milestone alongside its Q1 earnings on Wednesday, reporting record totals for profits and active users as well. Facebook's monthly active user total is now at 1.28 billion worldwide, and has increased every quarter since the company went public in 2012 See also: Facebook Beats First-Quarter Estimates; CFO St... Read the full article on Mashable! »
Apple’s Stock Surges In After-Hours Trading Following E... 10:59 PM	TechCrunch
Apple’s Stock Surges In After-Hours Trading Following Earnings Beat, Promise To Return More Cash To Investors  The market likes what Apple reported today, sending its share up more than 7% in after-hours trading. The company reported an earnings beat today, with $45.6 billion in revenue, $10.2 billion in net profit, or $11.62 in earnings per share. Analysts had expected Apple to report $10.18 in profit per share, and revenue of under $44 billion. Read More Read the full article on TechCrunch »
Who needs Oculus Rift when you can build your own VR he... 10:59 PM	Digital Trends
Who needs Oculus Rift when you can build your own VR headset Find the $350 Oculus Rift developer kit a little costly? Why not just build your own version of the Oculus Rift and pay a fraction of the price for all the materials? Sounds like a pretty good deal.The post Who needs Oculus Rift when you can build your own VR headset appeared first on Digital Trends. Read the full article on Digital Trends »
Apple’s Greater China Revenue Grew Sequentially In Q2 A... 10:58 PM	TechCrunch
Apple’s Greater China Revenue Grew Sequentially In Q2 As iPhone Growth Impresses  Apple’s earnings are out, and the iPhone’s 17 percent growth was likely the most noteworthy number in its hardware results. That’s a big increase for a device that analysts expected to perform pretty much on par in terms of Q2 last year. One probable reason: growth in Greater China, where Apple saw 5 percent increase in revenue sequentially between Q1 and Q2, versus a pretty… Read More Read the full article on TechCrunch »
iPhones and profits up, iPads down for Apple in Q2 of 2014 10:57 PM	Ars Technica
iPhones and profits up, iPads down for Apple in Q2 of 2014 Apple beats its guidance, but it isn't growing like it used to. Read the full article on Ars Technica »
Apple Q2 2014 by the numbers: $45.6B revenue, $11.62 EPS 10:56 PM	BetaNews.Com
Apple Q2 2014 by the numbers: $45.6B revenue, $11.62 EPS The Apple of Wall Street's eye takes little bruising today, with announcement of fiscal second quarter results. During three months when concerns about falling revenues and profits was constant rumbling, the fruit-logo company defies the worst naysayers. For fiscal Q2, Apple reports $45.6 billion revenue and net profit of $10.2 billion, or $11.62 a share. Gross margin: 39.3 percent. International sales accounted for 66 percent of revenues. A year earlier, the company reported revenue of $43.6... Read the full article on BetaNews.Com »
iPhone up, iPad down as Apple reports strong second-qua... 10:56 PM	Macworld
iPhone up, iPad down as Apple reports strong second-quarter earnings Even in a quarter that saw no product introductions, Apple boosted its sales and profits over the previous year. The company released its fiscal second-quarter earnings report on Wednesday, reporting revenue of $45.6 billion and a net profit of $10.2 billion. Overall revenuesThose numbers were up from the second quarter of 2014, when Apple tallied $43.6 billion in revenue and $9.5 billion in net profit. For the 2014 second quarter, Apple earned $11.62 a share, a 15 percent jump from the ... Read the full article on Macworld »
Facebook Q1 sales leap as mobile ad business grows 10:56 PM	Computerworld
Facebook Q1 sales leap as mobile ad business grows Facebook reported a nice 72 percent boost in sales for the first quarter, as the company continues to make strides expanding its advertising business on mobile devices. Read the full article on Computerworld »
On the Greatest Day Ever, America's First Cat Cafe Open... 10:55 PM	Mashable!
On the Greatest Day Ever, America's First Cat Cafe Opens in NYC Toss your toy mice in the air: North America has its first cat cafe. The Cat Cafe by Purina One opens its kitty door (and its human-size doors) to New Yorkers on April 24, and will remain open for four days. Curious cat lovers will have the chance to sip complimentary "cat'achinos" with 16 adoptable and adorable cats. And, no, visitors don't need to use a box as a toilet. See also: The Complete Hiss-tory of Cats on the Internet Feline coffeehouses already exist in other areas of the world, like ... Read the full article on Mashable! »
WeChat Attacks Mark Zuckerberg By Name In New Ad 10:55 PM	SAI
WeChat Attacks Mark Zuckerberg By Name In New Ad China-based messaging app WeChat is going on the offensive against Facebook. In an ad posted to YouTube earlier this month, WeChat depicts a psychotherapist talking to a man who is clearly meant to be Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg. The Zuckerberg character is seen from behind, but he's identifiable by Zuck's trademark hairstyle and his complaint that "I invented the social network, and now my friends, they're unfriending me." The therapist then suggests the Zuckerberg character downlo... Read the full article on SAI »
Apple beats everyone’s expectations in Q2, attributes g... 10:55 PM	VentureBeat
Apple beats everyone’s expectations in Q2, attributes growth to high iPhone sales of 43.7M No one expected many surprises from today’s Apple’s earnings — and Apple surely wasn’t giving us any hints ahead of time. But the iPhone maker still managed to deliver a shock. Apple’s Q2 Apple buys back $14B worth of stock … Read the full article on VentureBeat »
What Is a VPN? 10:55 PM	News Tom's Guide US
What Is a VPN? A virtual private network (VPN) creates a secure connection to a private server from a remote location. Read the full article on News Tom's Guide US »
Tim Cook on iPad Sales, Cash Plans and Why Apple Believ... 10:54 PM	Re/code
Tim Cook on iPad Sales, Cash Plans and Why Apple Believes It Is Undervalued (Live Coverage) But what about the lower iPad numbers and weak sales forecast? Read the full article on Re/code »
Here’s the Right Way to Build the Futuristic Cities of ... 10:54 PM	Wired Top Stories
Here’s the Right Way to Build the Futuristic Cities of Our Dreams Our technology-first approach has failed the city of the future. So-called “smart cities,” powered by technology, carry the promise of responding to the great pressures of our time, such as urban population growth, climate instability, and fiscal uncertainty. But by focusing on the cutting-edge technologies themselves and relying on private companies to move forward, we […] Read the full article on Wired Top Stories »
It's time for the FCC to stand up for Americans instead... 10:52 PM	The Verge - All Posts
It's time for the FCC to stand up for Americans instead of ruining the internet The internet is fucked, and the US government is making it worse. Political cowardice caused the FCC to lose its first battle for net neutrality regulation: the rules that keep the internet as you know it free and open. The idea of net neutrality is that all traffic is created equal — whether you’re a movie streaming from Netflix, or a WhatsApp message, or a Tweet, or a bulletin board message. But according to a report from the Wall Street Journal, instead of trying to correct the errors i... Read the full article on The Verge - All Posts »
Apple Sells 44 Million iPhones in Q2, Beats Earnings Es... 10:52 PM	Mashable!
Apple Sells 44 Million iPhones in Q2, Beats Earnings Estimates Apple beat Wall Street estimates for earnings and revenue in the March quarter, but projected lower-than-expected results for the upcoming quarter Apple posted earnings of $11.62 a share on revenue of $45.6 billion for the second quarter, coming in well ahead of analyst estimates for earnings of $10.18 a share on revenue of $43.5 billion. However, the company said it expects revenue to drop to between $36 billion and $38 billion in the June quarter The iPhone business — still Apple's large... Read the full article on Mashable! »
Qualcomm lands shy of Q2 sales expectations 10:51 PM	Resources | ZDNet
Qualcomm lands shy of Q2 sales expectations The chip maker beat analyst estimates of $1.22 a share by 9 cents, but fell short of the $6.48 billion revenue consensus. Read the full article on  Resources | ZDNet »
Apple's Q2 2014 earnings live blog 10:50 PM	The Verge - All Posts
Apple's Q2 2014 earnings live blog Apple beat expectations this quarter — a fairly common occurrence for the company. But CEO Tim Cook may drop some hints about future products yet again, and we'll be listening intently to see if we can guess what's coming. Read the full article on The Verge - All Posts »
Apple Q2: iPhone blasts expectations, makes up for iPad... 10:50 PM	Resources | ZDNet
Apple Q2: iPhone blasts expectations, makes up for iPad decline Apple's iPhone sales did far better than expected, despite a three-month period in the company's history in which nothing happened. Read the full article on  Resources | ZDNet »
HBO is bringing many of its shows to Amazon Prime 10:48 PM	TweakTown
HBO is bringing many of its shows to Amazon Prime For those of you who have been borrowing your friends HBO Go accounts to watch its TV series can now watch them through Amazon Prime if you are a Prime member of course. Today Amazon announced that it has partnered with HBO to bring many of the company's most popular shows to its premium member service. Unfortunately Game of Thrones was not a part of the deal.    HBO says that The Sopranos, Eastbown & Down, Enlightened, Deadwood, Six Feet Under, Rome, The Wire, and Flight of the Concho... Read the full article on TweakTown »
ARM brushes off dip in mobile revenues with sunny forec... 10:47 PM	The Register
ARM brushes off dip in mobile revenues with sunny forecast for coming year Chip designer sees market picking back up after Q4 drop Chip design firm ARM has seen a dip in mobile sales that led to falling financial returns in the last financial quarter, a shift the company hopes will be temporary.… Read the full article on The Register »
Facebook quarterly earnings soar 72% on mobile platform... 10:47 PM	Technology news, comme...
Facebook quarterly earnings soar 72% on mobile platform success Social network reports $2.5bn revenue in first quarter of 2014 Mobile and advertising revenue up significantly from last year Continue reading... Read the full article on Technology news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk »
ET deals: 40% off Dell Latitude 14 Core i5 laptop with ... 10:45 PM	Extremetech
ET deals: 40% off Dell Latitude 14 Core i5 laptop with Windows 7 Pro Business class laptops tend to run at a premium compared to their consumer counterparts thanks to professional quality software and support options. This coupon savings basically knocks that premium right off, giving you a work-ready Core i5 laptop for just $569.The Dell Latitude 14 comes equipped with the Professional version of the familiar Windows 7,… Read the full article on Extremetech »

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