Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Just one more game ... - NDTV


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Just one more game ...
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In 1989, as communism was beginning to crumble across Eastern Europe, just a few months before protesters started pecking away at the Berlin Wall, the Japanese game-making giant Nintendo reached across the world to unleash upon America its own version ...
New York Times space game blows up adsCBS News
New York Times' novel space game lets you 'blow up' websiteZDNet (blog)
Homebrew neuroscience: the rise of 'stupid games'The Verge
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Google unveils virtual reality glasses - Telegraph.co.uk


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Google unveils virtual reality glasses
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Google has unveiled a pair of futuristic glasses â€" reminiscent of a Star Trek prop â€" as part of a bid to introduce wearable computing into the mainstream technology industry. By Amy Willis, Los Angeles The slim line device fits around the forehead, ...
A Rose-Colored View May Come StandardNew York Times
Google prototypes Google GlassesMyBroadband
Google unveils 'Project Glass' virtual-reality glassesCNN
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Visualized: Google's Android Fragmentation vs. Apple iOS - DailyFinance


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Visualized: Google's Android Fragmentation vs. Apple iOS
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By Evan Niu (TMFNewCow), The Motley Fool Fragmentation is Google's (NAS: GOOG) biggest problem with Android. Although if you ask Chairman Eric Schmidt, he'll tell you it's called "differentiation," which is a decidedly positive spin.
iPhone users: Android is ruining our Instagram clubCNET
Instagram ignites war between iPhone and Android usersLos Angeles Times
Instagram for Android Nabs 1M Downloads, Prompts iPhone Twitter SpatPC Magazine
PCWorld -TechCrunch -Register
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HTC, Sprint announce Evo 4G LTE smartphone - Computerworld


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HTC, Sprint announce Evo 4G LTE smartphone
Computerworld
By Agam Shah The Evo 4G LTE is a "superfast" smartphone that sets the "gold standard" in multimedia experience, said Dan Hesse, CEO of Sprint, during a launch event in New York City. The Evo 4G LTE has Qualcomm's latest 1.5 GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 ...
First Impressions: HTC Evo 4G LTEPCWorld
Sprint and HTC look to Evo 4G LTE for a comebackCNET
Sprint Unveils HTC Evo 4G LTE Smartphone [PICS]Mashable
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A Rose-Colored View May Come Standard - New York Times


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A Rose-Colored View May Come Standard
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SAN FRANCISCO â€" Google on Wednesday offered a look at a previously secret project to develop Internet-connected glasses, staking out a lead position in a futuristic and fast-growing area known as wearable computing. The glasses, which are still in a ...
Google takes wraps off Web-based digital glassesReuters
Google shows off Project GlassUSA TODAY
Google unveils 'Project Glass' virtual-reality glassesCNN
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Google Now Testing Augmented Reality Glasses - Tom's Guide


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Google Now Testing Augmented Reality Glasses
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Google has revealed that it's working on augmented reality glasses that don't look to be ripped out of Star Trek or Robocop. Over on Google+, the search engine giant reveals that its augmented glasses are indeed real, and are currently being tested by ...
Google takes wraps off Web-based digital glassesReuters
Google shows off Project GlassUSA TODAY
Google unveils 'Project Glass' virtual-reality glassesCNN
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Google shows off Project Glass - USA TODAY


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Google shows off Project Glass
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By Taylor Hatmaker, Tecca If flying cars and uncannily dexterous robots haven't tipped you off already, know this: the future is here. We're living in an age when Star Trek tech is getting realized little by little, and Google's just revealed a secret ...
Google takes wraps off Web-based digital glassesReuters
Bad News: Google is Doing the Corporate Future-Vision Video ThingTIME
Google specs: what you seeSydney Morning Herald
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Google unveils 'Project Glass' virtual-reality glasses - CNN


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Google unveils 'Project Glass' virtual-reality glasses
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By David Goldman @CNNMoneyTech April 4, 2012: 2:35 PM ET The company on Wednesday unveiled a long-rumored concept called "Project Glass," which takes all the functionality of a smartphone and places it into a wearable device that resembles eyeglasses.
Next big thing? Google's wrap-around virtual reality glassesAlaska Dispatch
Google begins testing 'Terminator'-style smartphone glassesFox News
Google reveals futuristic 'Project Glass'Christian Science Monitor
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Google reveals futuristic 'Project Glass' - Christian Science Monitor


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Google reveals futuristic 'Project Glass'
Christian Science Monitor
Google released a YouTube video Wednesday showing the everyday uses of "Project Glass," wrap-around virtual reality glasses with all the qualities of a smartphone â€" and much more. But will it ever be realized? By Megan Riesz / April 4, ...
Google's Project Glass: A concept Navin R. Johnson could loveLos Angeles Times
Google unveils Project Glass augmented reality eyewearBBC News
Google unveils 'Project Glass' virtual-reality glassesCNN
Fox News -AFP -TIME
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Google's Project Glass turns science fiction into reality - Washington Post


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Google's Project Glass turns science fiction into reality
Washington Post
Continuing its trend of turning science fiction into reality, Google officially announced its augmented reality glasses today â€" and yes, they look about as geeky as you'd expect. Dubbed Project Glass, the glasses will allow you to do many of the same ...
Google's Project Glass: A concept Navin R. Johnson could loveLos Angeles Times
Google reveals futuristic 'Project Glass'Christian Science Monitor
You don't want Google's Project GlassSlashGear
BBC News -AFP -CNN
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You don't want Google's Project Glass - SlashGear


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You don't want Google's Project Glass
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This week we're getting our first “real” taste of the Google X project known as Project Glass, and with this preview comes a very Alpha look at how augmented reality might look coming from Google. In my lifetime, I've seen several iterations of what ...
Google unveils Project Glass augmented reality eyewearBBC News
Google begins testing 'Terminator'-style smartphone glassesFox News
Google unveils "Project Glass," augmented reality glassesArs Technica
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Yahoo to lay off 2000 employees - Reuters


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Yahoo to lay off 2000 employees
Reuters
By Alexei Oreskovic and Sarah McBride (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc will lay off 2000 people, or 14 percent of its workforce, in its deepest round of job cuts in years as new Chief Executive Scott Thompson tries to jumpstart growth from within a leaner, ...
Yahoo needs bolder moves in turnaroundmsnbc.com
Money Minute: No 'whoopee' for Yahoo [video]Los Angeles Times
Last Night, Yahoo's CEO Chewed Out Top Execs For Forcing Him To Fire Thousands ...San Francisco Chronicle
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SwiftKey 3 Beta and where you can get it - SlashGear


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SwiftKey 3 Beta and where you can get it
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This week the folks at the digital keyboard app group SwiftKey are releasing their third big iteration, SwiftKey 3, to the Android masses absolutely free. Of course you'll have to be part of their VIP community, and this release is only a Beta, ...
SwiftKey 3: This Android keyboard is addictiveCNET
SwiftKey 3 wants to retire the spacebar on your Android tabletTabTimes
Swiftkey 3 beta launches; eliminates the need for a spacebarKnow Your Cell
Engadget -Android Community -The Verge
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Yahoo restructuring is biggest yet, radical steps needed, analysts say - Los Angeles Times


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Yahoo restructuring is biggest yet, radical steps needed, analysts say
Los Angeles Times
By Jessica Guynn Yahoo Inc.'s decision to slash 14% of its workers is the biggest restructuring in the company's history, an analyst said. About 2000 workers will be laid off, the Sunnyvale, Calif., company said Wednesday. It expects to record a pretax ...
Yahoo dumping 2000 workers in latest purgeThe Associated Press
Yahoo! axes workers in latest turn-around bidAFP
Yahoo Layoff Axe Falls on 2000 EmployeeseWeek
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Why the coming patent crisis is inevitable - CNET


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Why the coming patent crisis is inevitable
CNET
The reason is simple: there isn't enough political will or pressure to institute massive patent reform without a crisis to rally around. by Ben Parr April 4, 2012 8:09 AM PDT Follow @benparr A week isn't complete in the tech industry without somebody ...
Facebook Countersues Yahoo in Response to Patent Infringement ClaimsDailyTech
Facebook sues Yahoo!GlobalPost
Poke back: now Facebook sues Yahoo over patentsHindustan Times
Portfolio.com -Reuters -BBC News
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SwiftKey 3: This Android keyboard is addictive - CNET


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SwiftKey 3: This Android keyboard is addictive
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by Rafe Needleman April 4, 2012 7:00 AM PDT Follow @rafe "It's not a keyboard, it's a movement," John Reynolds, the CEO of SwiftKey was telling me, as part of his pitch for SwiftKey 3, the latest version of the product. No, it's a keyboard, I thought.
SwiftKey 3 Beta launches, no space bar required (video)Engadget
SwiftKey 3 hits beta with new UI â€" We go hands-onAndroid Community
SwiftKey 3 Beta Android keyboard released with improved auto-correctThe Verge
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Facebook Countersues Yahoo in Response to Patent Infringement Claims - DailyTech


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Facebook Countersues Yahoo in Response to Patent Infringement Claims
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Yahoo may have thrown the first stone, but Facebook could have the last word in the patent war that has erupted between the two this year. Facebook filed a counterclaim against Yahoo in a San Francisco federal court yesterday in response to Yahoo's ...
Facebook Launches Patent Counterattack Against YahooClaimsJournal.com
Facebook counter-sues Yahoo over patentsTG Daily
Yahoo Lays Off 2000Daily Beast
KPVI News 6 -Telegraph.co.uk -ITProPortal
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Facebook counter-sues Yahoo over patents - TG Daily


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Facebook counter-sues Yahoo over patents
TG Daily
Last month, Yahoo filed a suit alleging that Facebook was violating ten patents covering messaging, news feed generation, social commenting, advertising display, preventing click fraud and privacy controls. But Facebook's filed back - very quickly ...
Facebook sues YahooTelegraph.co.uk
Facebook fires back at Yahoo with patent suitMother Nature Network
Facebook Files Counter-Suit Against Yahoo Over Patent InfringementsITProPortal
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How AT&T, Nokia pulled Windows Phone into the 4G LTE world - CNET


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How AT&T, Nokia pulled Windows Phone into the 4G LTE world
CNET
The back story of how 4G LTE came to Windows Phone and how the Lumia 900 came to fruition. by Roger Cheng April 4, 2012 4:00 AM PDT Follow @RogerWCheng Microsoft wasn't ready for LTE, until AT&T and Nokia came knocking. AT&T was hesitant at first.
From 2 Struggling Giants, One Beautiful PhoneNew York Times
The Lumia 900: The return of Nokiamsnbc.com
Lumia 900: Redefining the smartphone?ExtremeTech
OzarksFirst.com -Computerworld (blog) -SlashGear
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Silicon Valley has Facebook's back in Yahoo knife fight - CNET (blog)


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Silicon Valley has Facebook's back in Yahoo knife fight
CNET (blog)
There's no shortage of people rooting for Facebook in its patent battle against Yahoo -- and they say they have good reason. by Daniel Terdiman April 4, 2012 4:00 AM PDT Follow @GreeterDan This much is clear about the patent showdown between Yahoo and ...
Yahoo prepares to axe 2000 jobsTelegraph.co.uk
Facebook Fires Back In Patent Dispute With YahooNorth Country Public Radio
Facebook fires back at Yahoo with 10 patent countersuitSlashGear
Inquirer -TechRadar UK -Fast Company
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Instagram finally comes to Android phones after two years on iOS - DVICE


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Instagram finally comes to Android phones after two years on iOS
DVICE
The long wait is officially over. iPhone owners can no longer gloat about Instagramming their delicious meals while Android users sit staring jealously. Shown briefly at last month's SXSW, the Android version of Instagram is now officially on the ...
Android Instagram prompts iPhone ireSlashGear
Instagram Not Just for iPhones AnymoreWKRG-TV
Instagram for Android: The good, the bad, the uglyCNET
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Android Instagram prompts iPhone ire - SlashGear


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Android Instagram prompts iPhone ire
SlashGear
Instagram for Android could've been a vast, sharing love-in between original iOS and new Android users, but platform rivalry has reared its head once more and the fanboys are out in force. Released yesterday after several months of teasing, ...
Instagram finally comes to Android phones after two years on iOSDVICE
Instagram for Android: The good, the bad, the uglyCNET
Hands On: Instagram For AndroidWired News
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Instagram now available for Android devices - WDIV Detroit


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Instagram now available for Android devices
WDIV Detroit
After 18 months of waiting, users of Android phones and tablets can finally crash the Instagram party. On Tuesday the fast-growing, photo-sharing network for the iPhone and iPad finally launched an app for Android devices. The free application works ...
Instagram for Android: The good, the bad, the uglyCNET
Photo app Instagram launches on Android phonesBusinessWeek
Instagram is a hit with Android usersMyBroadband
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Facebook files patent countersuit against Yahoo - Muncie Star Press


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Facebook files patent countersuit against Yahoo
Muncie Star Press
AP NEW YORK -- Facebook is stepping up its patent dispute with Yahoo by filing its own lawsuit against the struggling Internet icon. Facebook's lawsuit Tuesday came just weeks after Yahoo claimed that Facebook violated 10 patents covering advertising, ...
Summary Box: Facebook files countersuit vs YahooBusinessWeek
Facebook files counterclaims against YahooSan Francisco Chronicle
Facebook counters Yahoo's legal action with a lawsuitBBC News
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