How is Uber Continuing to Raise Money?
An interesting read on Uber’s money grab at the New York Times. Photo by FotoGrazio
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Myspace Still Exists? Yup and It Got Hacked
360 million user email addresses and passwords were stolen, Myspace reported.
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Uber to Test Self-Driving Cars in Pittsburgh
It’s happening! Self-driving cars being tested by Uber in Pittsburgh, but who knows if it’ll actually make it to the road in the end.
Continue ReadingGeorgia Tech Fools Students with AI Teaching Assistant
Jill Watson was a teaching assistant programmed to help students in one of Georgia Tech’s courses and few students, if any, knew about it.
Continue ReadingIRS Can Track Your Cell Phone, but Won’t Track Down Missing Tax Funds
This sounds a bit suspicious…they’d rather monitor American citizens’ cellphones and not do their job? From the Daily Signal: While the Internal Revenue Service continues to leave uncollected tax money on the table, the agency beefed up its surveillance capabilities in a move that alarms both conservative and liberal privacy advocates. Now some complain the […]
Continue ReadingNetflix to Raise Prices by a Small Amount
As CNN reported: Netflix announced in October that it would raise the price of its standard HD plan to $10 per month, up from $9 per month for recent customers and $8 a month for longer-term customers who had been grandfathered in. The new $10 rate was expected to take effect in May. But Netflix […]
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ISIS Launches Their Own CSI Forensics Arm
Fingerprinting is now a part of the ISIS operation: Islamic State’s information office in Iraq released a slick pictorial report on Saturday showcasing an advanced new tool acquired by the so-called caliphate: Fingerprinting. The Muslim extremist group announced it had acquired microscopes and magnifying glasses and was in the process of recruiting forensics-minded foreign fighters, […]
Continue ReadingFBI Hacks into San Bernardino Terrorist’s iPhone, Court Case to be Dropped
Looks like they didn’t need to sue Apple after all.
Continue ReadingEU Suing Google is a Distraction from Economic Downturn
The European Union’s economy is slowing down, only buoyed by the Germans, and suing Google for distorting web results is just a timely distraction.
Continue ReadingObama’s Next Frontier: $100 Million to Fill Tech Talent Shortage
Obama is sidestepping the traditional college route and is aggressively trying to get businesses and the private sector to pick up the slack in helping more Americans learn how to code. Hat tip to Instapundit for the find.
Continue ReadingJune 2016
6/21/2016 - How is Uber Continuing to Raise Money?
6/2/2016 - Myspace Still Exists? Yup and It Got Hacked
May 2016
5/20/2016 - Uber to Test Self-Driving Cars in Pittsburgh
5/9/2016 - Georgia Tech Fools Students with AI Teaching Assistant
April 2016
4/23/2016 - IRS Can Track Your Cell Phone, but Won’t Track Down Missing Tax Funds
4/23/2016 - Netflix to Raise Prices by a Small Amount
4/5/2016 - ISIS Launches Their Own CSI Forensics Arm
March 2016
3/29/2016 - FBI Hacks into San Bernardino Terrorist’s iPhone, Court Case to be Dropped
April 2015
4/20/2015 - EU Suing Google is a Distraction from Economic Downturn
March 2015
3/10/2015 - Obama’s Next Frontier: $100 Million to Fill Tech Talent Shortage
February 2015
2/6/2015 - End of an Era: RadioShack declares Bankruptcy
November 2014
11/15/2014 - Apple faces Lawsuit over Missing Text Messages
11/2/2014 - Apple Pay denied by Rite Aid, others as payment service
October 2014
10/15/2014 - Facebook, Apple to offer Female Employees the Option to Freeze Eggs
September 2014
9/28/2014 - Microsoft’s Xbox One to debut in China on September 29
August 2014
8/29/2014 - Hacker’s Delight: Sony’s Playstation Hacked Last Weekend, Service Restored
July 2014
7/26/2014 - Netflix Profits Double and Expectations Back on Track
7/6/2014 - Google and Detroit Argue over the Future of Driverless Cars
June 2014
6/1/2014 - Google creates Self-Driving Car
May 2014
5/24/2014 - EBay Passwords Hacked, 145 Million Users Affected
5/18/2014 - San Francisco Residents Protest Google, Tech Executives over Rising Housing Costs and Evictions
April 2014
4/5/2014 - Candy Crush Mobile Game IPO comes back to earth
4/4/2014 - Homosexuals Force Out Mozilla CEO over Beliefs on Gay Marriage
March 2014
3/15/2014 - Candy Crush game creator seeks $7.6 billion IPO value
February 2014
2/6/2014 - Google improves Antitrust offer to E.U., deal in sight
2/2/2014 - Amazon could see profits fall after Holiday Season
January 2014
1/26/2014 - Netflix shows gains, challenges Hollywood
1/19/2014 - Apple to refund Parents $32.5 Million due to Kids Buying Apps
1/5/2014 - Snapchat and Vine among Top Apps in 2013
1/4/2014 - Syrian Hackers claimed they hacked Skype accounts
December 2013
12/18/2013 - Google Removes Privacy Settings from Android
12/12/2013 - Protesters block Google Commuter Bus due to Rising Living Costs
12/3/2013 - Black Friday sees more Online Purchases
12/2/2013 - Amazon.com to Use Delivery Drones as early as 2015
November 2013
11/26/2013 - BlackBerry revamping its Leadership
11/23/2013 - Best Buy warns of Holiday Season Slump
11/16/2013 - Snapchat rejected $3 Billion Facebook Buyout Bid
11/7/2013 - BlackBerry No Longer on the Market
11/6/2013 - Italy may enact a Google Tax
11/5/2013 - Half of Twitter Users read News on Social Media
October 2013
10/30/2013 - Apple Sales Report Lackluster ahead of Holiday Season
10/23/2013 - Apple unveils new iPad, free OS in time for the Holidays
10/2/2013 - Microsoft Investors push for kicking out Bill Gates as Chairman
10/1/2013 - AT&T ramping up High-Speed Internet in Austin, TX before Google arrives
September 2013
9/26/2013 - Amazon to Debut Tablets with Live Help Desk Video
9/25/2013 - BlackBerry strikes Buyout Deal for $4.7 billion
9/24/2013 - German Group claims to have Hacked iPhone Fingerprint Scanner
9/23/2013 - BlackBerry may not be able to Stem Losses
9/17/2013 - New App measures Blood Alcohol Level, Hails Taxi
9/14/2013 - High iPhone Investors Spook Investors, Apple shares Plunge
9/10/2013 - BlackBerry sees Shares Rise as News of Buyout spreads
9/9/2013 - Google offering More Concessions in European Antitrust Case
9/8/2013 - Apple hit with Court Injunction in E-Books case
9/6/2013 - BlackBerry plans to be sold by November, sources say
9/6/2013 - Sony unveils their Smartphone to Compete with Samsung, Apple
9/4/2013 - Microsoft buys Nokia’s Cell Phone Division
9/3/2013 - Apple rolls out iPhone Trade-In Option in U.S. Stores
9/1/2013 - Microsoft may buy stake in Foursquare
August 2013
8/29/2013 - Android is a Target for Malware, says analysts
8/24/2013 - Kodak to exit Bankruptcy
8/22/2013 - Microsoft offers Ad-Free Bing to counter Google in Classrooms!
8/14/2013 - BlackBerry Up For Sale? Most Likely!
8/9/2013 - AOL to buy Video Ad platform to Compete with Google, Facebook
8/6/2013 - Obama lifts ban on older iPhones, iPads
July 2013
7/29/2013 - Samsung Beat Apple to a Pulp, in China!
7/26/2013 - Google offers to fund Wireless Hotspots in San Francisco
7/19/2013 - Yahoo reports struggling sales under CEO Mayer
7/18/2013 - AT&T follows T-Mobile Strategy, Offers Annual Device Upgrades
7/17/2013 - Freak Accident: Chinese woman dies after answering iPhone while charging
7/15/2013 - Microsoft unifies Windows across all Platforms, Devices
7/14/2013 - BlackBerry CEO says they’re Open to Any Options
7/13/2013 - Apple Guilty of Raising E-Book prices, says Judge
June 2013
6/26/2013 - Google’s Buy Out of Waze Illegal? Feds think so
6/24/2013 - Facebook Data Breach exposed 6 million users’ info
6/21/2013 - Samsung beating Apple to a Pulp, launching faster phone soon
6/20/2013 - Apple adopting Samsung tactics to boost revenue
6/11/2013 - Google close to buying out Israeli map app Waze
6/11/2013 - Apple unveils new music streaming, iOS
6/10/2013 - Amazon plans expansion into online grocery shopping
6/9/2013 - Gov’t $ at Work: Accuses Apple of raising E-Book prices in 2010
6/8/2013 - Cartoon Free Agency? Dora the Explorer, Spongebob Squarepants to Amazon
6/3/2013 - Apple’s iPhone under attack from the E.U.
6/2/2013 - Video website Hulu involved in bidding war
6/1/2013 - Retro Apple Computer sold for $668,000
May 2013
5/31/2013 - Amazon’s German workers go on strike…for 1 day
5/30/2013 - Netflix resurrects hit TV show Arrested Development
5/29/2013 - Google Street View to add Galapagos Islands to Google Maps
5/25/2013 - NASA Kepler telescope broken, no more planet exploration
5/25/2013 - Land Mine Hunting Honeybees a Reality
5/22/2013 - Apple’s Irish tax loophole leaves D.C. mad
5/22/2013 - Microsoft unveils Xbox console
5/21/2013 - Yahoo buys Tumblr, Promises not to “Screw It Up”
5/19/2013 - Astronaut exits Space Station with Music Video
5/19/2013 - Tech sector pressures Congress for high-skilled immigrant workers
5/17/2013 - Google to start music streaming service, challenge Pandora and Spotify
5/16/2013 - BlackBerry to announce cheaper smartphone