Pegasus, the Ecuadorean nano satellite, on a collision course with Russian fuel tank of 1985
Posted by: prabirghose
Quito :: Ecuador | updated 2013-05-23 04:55:06 -0700 | technology-news
Pegasus is a 1.2-Kg nano-satellite of Ecuador that had been launched last month the Jiuquan spaceport in China and the Ecuadorean space agency (EXA) is trying to pick up signals from Pegasus after it was found to be on a...
Twitter tightens security
Posted by: Barry Eitel
Toledo :: OH :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 13:29:36 -0700 | technology-news
After a series of well-publicized hackings, Twitter finally upgraded their system to include login verification. “Every day,” starts a post penned by Jim O’Leary, part of Twitter’s Product Security Team, “a growing number of people log in to Twitter. Usually...
XBox One Confuses and Delights
Posted by: Barry Eitel
Toledo :: OH :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 11:06:51 -0700 | technology-news
Microsoft made waves yesterday with announcing their Xbox One, a radically revised version of their beloved gaming console. The release caused division amongst fans, and a fair amount of confusion. “It's genuinely not clear to me at this point whom...
Xbox One Causes Confusion, Outrage
Posted by: Barry Eitel
Toledo :: OH :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 11:32:46 -0700 | technology-news
The Xbox One revealed yesterday is already doing a fantastic job of confusing the internet. “There’s nothing wrong with that as a product - if it works like the conference showed it working, it will be a great product –...
Ant and fanged pitcher plant, a forever friendship that is not too obvious at first glance
Posted by: Avaline
Sabak :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-23 13:20:24 -0700 | technology-news
The fanged pitcher plant, also known as the Nepenthes bicalcarata, is a carnivorous plant and death trap for many insects and ants. Strangely, one type of ant, called the Camponotus schmitzi, thrives on nowhere other than the stalks and leaves...
Kindle Fire HD to be available in Canada in June
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-05-23 12:20:16 -0700 | technology-news
Canadians will finally be able to purchase Amazon's Kindle Fire HD tablet starting June 13, two years after the first generation of the device became available in the U.S., the company announced Thursday. The online retailing giant began taking pre-orders...
Google faces new federal antitrust probe: source
Source: Reuters
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 14:39:12 -0700 | technology-news
Topics The Google signage is seen at the company's headquarters in New York January 8, 2013. U.S. regulators are in the early stages of an antitrust probe into whether Google Inc, which dominates web display advertising, has broken antitrust law...
Paul Tudor Jones: In macro trading, babies are a ‘killer' to a woman's focus
Source: Washington Post
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 12:40:46 -0700 | technology-news
Every single investment idea ... every desire to understand what is going to make this go up or go down is going to be overwhelmed by the most beautiful experience ... which a man will never share, about a mode...
Deconstructing Google's Strategy: Will Google Eat Your Business Next?
Source: Forbes
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 12:01:25 -0700 | technology-news
From the moment I entered Starbucks, the startup founder I've been working with seemed anxious...Before I could caffeinate he asked, Did you follow Google's I/O announcements ?...Unamused, he continued, I think Google plans to get into our space...As I talked...
The FTC Is Probing Whether Google Hurts Competitors In Web Display Advertising (GOOG)
Source: BusinessInsider
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 14:16:32 -0700 | technology-news
The FTC has launched an antitrust probe into whether Google's dominance of the display ad business on the web hurts competition, Bloomberg reports. The assessment, which is preliminary and may not develop into a full investigation, is looking at whether...
App Developers: Do This Now, or Regret it Later
Source: Inc.
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 14:16:22 -0700 | technology-news
Here are four steps to crafting and implementing "privacy by design." heipei/Flickr Do you have a privacy policy?...Right now, fewer than half of all app developers have a privacy policy. The good news: that's changing quickly.* Legislation is in the...
Weekend Miser: Beach Season Begins at Coney Island
Source: The New York Times
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 12:53:28 -0700 | technology-news
May 23, 2013 The Miser's crew spent a lovely Mother's Day a couple of weeks ago, strolling the boardwalk at Coney Island. Though the sun was blazing in a clear sky, the temperature was spring-ish, and a brisk wind blew...
INFOGRAPHIC: How Location Data Is Being Collected And Transforming The Mobile Industry
Source: BusinessInsider
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 12:19:26 -0700 | technology-news
With over 770 million GPS-enabled smartphones, l ocation data has begun to permeate the entire mobile space. The possibilities for location-based services on mobile go beyond consumer-facing apps like FourSquare and Shopkick . It's powering advertisements, and many other services...
Ill woman at center of abortion debate in El Salvador
Source: CNN
San Salvador :: El Salvador | updated 2013-05-23 11:59:41 -0700 | technology-news
The life of the woman, known only as "Beatriz," is in danger if the pregnancy goes full term, but abortion is illegal in El Salvador with no exceptions, women's rights groups say. Anti-abortion groups counter that Beatriz is being used...
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