Analysis: Investor activists see little to "like" in Facebook
(Reuters)
Reuters - A new crop of companies entering the U.S. public markets, including such high-profile offerings as Facebook, are turning the clock back on the way U.S. corporations are run.
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:21:16 GMT
Sony abandons PlayStation Vita UMD Passport plan in North America
(Digital Trends)
Digital Trends - As reported by Kotaku earlier today, Sony is ditching plans to allow new Vita owners to download PSP titles that they currently own on UMD disc. Sony rolled out this program in Japan at launch during December 2011 and all Japanese owners can register their UMD titles on the Vita by paying a fee based on the value of the game, thus Japanese owners can avoid having to repurchase the titles at full cost on the PlayStation Vita digital download store. New PlayStation Vita owners in North America on February 22 will have to keep the PSP in order to access old titles or repurchase older games at full price to utilize the software on the newer handheld system.Â
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:31:41 GMT
Survey: One in six UK parents can't operate kids' gadgets
(Digital Trends)
Digital Trends - Many parents may spend a good deal of time glued to the screen of their smartphones fiddling about with all manner of apps, but when it comes to getting a handle on the gadgets they buy for their children, many have no idea how to use them.
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:27:31 GMT
ESPN falls to third in online sports site rankings
(Reuters)
Reuters - Yahoo Sports remained the most popular U.S. online sports site in January, but the most eye-catching news was ESPN.com falling to third place behind FoxSports.com.
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:10:29 GMT
Just Show Me: How to check your data usage on Android 4.0
(Yahoo! News)
Yahoo! News - Welcome to Just Show Me on Tecca TV, where we show you tips and tricks for getting the most out of the gadgets in your life. In today's episode we'll show you how to check your data usage on your Android 4.0 phone. Android …
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:32:25 GMT
Pay for play: Are marketers manipulating Apple's App Store rankings?
(Digital Trends)
Digital Trends - With over 500,000 apps available through Appleâs App Store, it can be daunting for developers to get their apps noticed â let alone downloaded. Enter a recent thread on app developer site Touch Arcade, in which a poster who was recently shopping around for ways to get his app more exposure was contacted by a âmarketingâ company that promised it could break apps into the top 25 rankings in exchange for a lump sum payment â in this case $5,000. The company in question went on to present a list of client apps that are currently sitting pretty on the list of 20 most popular free iPhone apps (8 out of 20 to be exact). Thatâs rarified air even for big-name developers. According to the poster, the company achieves its ends by utilizing outsourced bot farms to automatically download client apps (something the company freely admitted), thus moving them quickly up the rankings, at which point âhumanâ users notice them and really get the numbers up.
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:30:13 GMT
Far-out footage: Water droplets orbit a knitting needle on the International Space Station
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Yahoo! News - When NASA astronaut Dan Burbank left Earth for the International Space Station as part of Expedition 30 last November, he took along some knitting needles, but not for making a space sweater. The mission's commander brought them to make a point â …
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:27:02 GMT
Americans Aren't Entitled to Have Free Cellphones
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ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | According to Time, a federal program paid $1.6 billion last year to provide free cellphones and pay monthly phone bills for low-income Americans. The money to fund the program -- which has seen a dramatic rise in its participants since 2008 -- mostly comes from the Universal Service Fund, which is a fee land-line and wireless customers pay.
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:08:29 GMT
Cisco beats estimates with 2Q earnings, sales
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 AP - Cisco, the world's largest maker of computer networking equipment, on Wednesday said that its net income jumped 44 percent in the latest quarter as it continues to put last year's slump behind it.
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:46:09 GMT
Apple's patent plea: Stop Samsung and Motorola from holding us hostage
(Digital Trends)
Digital Trends - The world of patent licensing often seems like a maze of twisty little passages, all alike, but every so often the industry stumbles into a new tunnel â or, at least, one that seems new at first glance. Such is the case with Apple, which has asked the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) to establish a set of basic principles governing so-called fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing of patented technologies included in wireless communications standards. That sentence may make many consumersâ eyes glaze over, but it boils down to this: Apple wants rules saying that if a company contributes their technology to a standard, they donât get to use that technology to beat up competitors who use that standard.
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:21:28 GMT
Lawsuit seeks to block Google's privacy changes
(AP)
AP - A consumer watchdog group is suing the Federal Trade Commission in an attempt to prevent Google from making sweeping changes to its privacy policies next month.
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:53:14 GMT
McCartney to debut new songs live on iTunes stream
(AP)
 AP - Paul McCartney will debut the songs from his new album "Kisses on the Bottom" in a free live streaming performance on iTunes.
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:50:20 GMT
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