 The Guardian | Who's the King of Smartphone Sales? PCWorld By John P. Mello Jr., PCWorld Apr 29, 2012 10:24 AM Android phone stalwart Samsung has announced record profits for the first three months of this year, profits driven by its flourishing smartphone sales. Samsung reported [PDF] revenues of $4.45 ... Samsung Takes Cellphone Lead 5 Reasons Why Nokia Lost Its Handset Sales Lead and Got Downgraded to 'Junk' How Many Smartphones Sold, Samsung? |
 VentureBeat | Gap, H&M, and others welcome Wrapp's awesome social gift cards to the US VentureBeat After finding success in Sweden and across Europe for its effort to revitalize the gift card industry, Wrapp is finally launching in the US today. And to prove it's serious, the company has more than 25 retailers signed up to use the service, ... Social gifting: the new buzzword in e-commerce Social gifting is the new buzzword in e-commerce Wrapp Brings Social, Mobile Gifting Service To The U.S.; Partners With The Gap ... |
 AppAdvice | Apple considered physical keyboard for first iPhone Apple Insider By AppleInsider Staff Ex-Apple executive Tony Fadell revealed that the company toyed with the idea of equipping the first iPhone with a physical keyboard, but ultimately settled on the intuitive multitouch design that changed the face of the game. Tony Fadell: Apple seriously considered hardware keyboard for iPhone Apple considered physical keyboard, click-wheel for iPhone Apple thought about physical keyboard for original iPhone |
 Daily Beast | Report: Apple legally sidesteps billions in taxes USA TODAY NEW YORK (AP) รข€" A published report says Apple Inc. uses subsidiaries in Ireland, the Netherlands and other low-tax nations as part of a strategy that enables the technology giant to cut its global tax bill by billions of dollars every year. How Apple Sidesteps Billions in Taxes Apple responds to tax criticism by highlighting job creation Apple accused of sidestepping taxes, company counters by touting job creation |
 ABC News | SPY GAMES: Google Drive terms of service 'let US authorities raid your cloud' Herald Sun Terms of service "destroy expectation of privacy" US authorities could view cloud files without warrant Australian law is "all but irrelevant" THE terms of service of Google's new cloud service "Drive" could allow US law enforcement agencies to access ... Google Drive Privacy: 4 Misunderstood Facts The Google Drive FAQ Google Drive's Six Substantial Slip-ups |
 Wall Street Journal | Google Engineer Told Others of Data Scoop Wall Street Journal By AMIR EFRATI and DON CLARK A Google Inc. engineer told others at the company about his plan to scoop up personal information from wireless-network users as specially equipped cars drove by their homes, but the practice continued for two years after ... Google releases full FCC report on Street View data Exclusive: Google releases FCC report on Street View probe Google Tells U.S. Regulator It Cooperated on Privacy Probe |
Wall Street Journal | Google Engineer Told Others of Data Scoop Wall Street Journal By AMIR EFRATI and DON CLARK A Google Inc. engineer told others at the company about his plan to scoop up personal information from wireless-network users as specially equipped cars drove by their homes, but the practice continued for two years after ... Exclusive: Google releases FCC report on Street View probe Google Tells U.S. Regulator It Cooperated on Privacy Probe Google engineer told officials Street View cars were collecting personal data ... |
 New York Times | How Apple Sidesteps Billions in Taxes New York Times RENO, Nev. รข€" Apple, the world's most profitable technology company, doesn't design iPhones here. It doesn't run AppleCare customer service from this city. And it doesn't manufacture MacBooks or iPads anywhere nearby. Yet, with a handful of employees in ... Apple accused of sidestepping taxes, company counters by touting job creation Apple responds to tax criticism by highlighting job creation Report: Apple Legally Sidesteps Billions in Taxes |
Daily Beast | Apple accused of sidestepping taxes, company counters by touting job creation Apple Insider By AppleInsider Staff After being questioned about its tax practices, Apple has issued a public comment to defend itself, noting that it has more than 47000 total full-time employees in the US in all 50 states. Apple issued the statement to The New ... How Apple Sidesteps Billions in Taxes Apple responds to tax criticism by highlighting job creation Report: Apple legally sidesteps billions in taxes |
 Financial Times | Fed Commission report marks Google low Financial Times By Richard Waters in San Francisco The lone engineer who was blamed by Google for its most controversial breach of online privacy told others in the company far more about the affair than Google has previously disclosed, according to the results of a ... FCC report describes private data captured by Google Google engineer told officials Street View cars were collecting personal data ... Report Reveals Data Snooping by Google's Street View |
 AFP | FCC report marks Google low Financial Times By Richard Waters in San Francisco The lone engineer who was blamed by Google for its most controversial breach of online privacy told others in the company far more about the affair than Google has previously disclosed, according to the results of a ... Exclusive: Google releases FCC report on Street View probe Data Harvesting at Google Not a Rogue Act, Report Finds Google Tells U.S. Regulator It Cooperated on Privacy Probe |
AFP | Google engineer talked of personal data collection program, says FCC msnbc.com A Google engineer who wrote a computer program capable of collecting personal data from people's home wireless networks, told at least two other Google employees about it, although the company asserted it did not know, a US government report showed. Exclusive: Google releases FCC report on Street View probe Data Harvesting at Google Not a Rogue Act, Report Finds Street View Payload Data Was Irresistible Scientific Opportunity for Google |
 Hot Hardware | Maingear reveals more heat-dissipating desktops, keeps those new Ivy Bridge ... Engadget By Mat Smith posted Apr 29th 2012 12:40PM Maingear gave us a quick nudge to say something was coming. Now it can reveal that -- alongside Intel's third-generation processors inside all of its desktops and laptops -- it's further updated two of its ... Maingear Expands Product Line with New Vertical Heat Dissipation Desktops Maingear customizable Ivy Bridge towers revealed Maingear's New Vertical Oriented Ivy Bridge Desktops Whisk Heat Up, Up and Away! |
 Forbes | Street View Payload Data Was Irresistible Scientific Opportunity for Google Forbes A report by the Federal Communications Commission concluded definitively that Google as an organization had knowingly collected a vast trove of personal informationรข€"so-called payload dataรข€"while building its Street View database. Details divulged in probe of Google Street View Data Harvesting at Google Not a Rogue Act, Report Finds Google leaders knew of harvesting |
 Los Angeles Times | Google Releases Entire FCC Investigation Into Wi-Fi Snooping Scandal Geekosystem by Max Eddy | 12:00 pm, April 29th, 2012 Though the names of some individuals involved in the investigation have been withheld, the report is a close look into what exactly happened with Google's street view cars and why. Data Harvesting at Google Not a Rogue Act, Report Finds Exclusive: Google releases FCC report on Street View probe Google Tells U.S. Regulator It Cooperated on Privacy Probe |
 CNBC.com | Data Harvesting at Google Not a Rogue Act, Report Finds CNBC.com The report, prepared by the Federal Communications Commission after a 17-month investigation of Google's Street View project, was released, heavily redacted, two weeks ago. Although it found that Google had not violated any laws, the agency said Google ... Exclusive: Google releases FCC report on Street View probe Google Tells U.S. Regulator It Cooperated on Privacy Probe Justice Department Clears Google In Wi-Fi Sniffing Scandal |
Los Angeles Times | Google 'aware of data scoop' Sydney Morning Herald SAN FRANCISCO: Google's harvesting of emails, passwords and other sensitive personal information from unsuspecting households in Australia and around the world was neither a mistake nor the work of a rogue engineer, as the company long maintained, ... Exclusive: Google releases FCC report on Street View probe Google Tells U.S. Regulator It Cooperated on Privacy Probe Justice Department Clears Google In Wi-Fi Sniffing Scandal |
 Sydney Morning Herald | Google Posts FCC Report about Street View CSO The investigation raises ongoing questions about who at Google knew what about its payload data gathering from wireless networks. By Christina DesMarais April 28, 2012 รข€" PC World รข€" Google has made public a report of the Federal Communications ... Exclusive: Google releases FCC report on Street View probe Google Tells U.S. Regulator It Cooperated on Privacy Probe Data Harvesting at Google Not a Rogue Act, Report Finds |
 Sydney Morning Herald | Google Drive vs. Microsoft SkyDrive: 4 reasons Google wins out ITworld.com Comparing the two services, Google Drive emerged as the winner. Here are four reasons why. After comparing the two services, Google Drive emerged as the winner, based on four reasons. Let's take a look at them. Google has a six-year head start on ... Google Drive Privacy: 4 Misunderstood Facts With introduction of Google Drive, Google steps up competition with Apple The Google Drive FAQ |
Sydney Morning Herald | Google Staff Said They Were Unaware of Data Gathering, FCC Says Bloomberg Google Inc. (GOOG) employees who worked on a mapping-service project told the US Federal Communications Commission they didn't initially know about software that would gather personal data, even though an engineer disclosed the program's details, ... Details of FCC Google inquiry made public Exclusive: Google releases FCC report on Street View probe Data Harvesting at Google Not a Rogue Act, Report Finds |
Los Angeles Times | Google Staff Said They Were Unaware of Data Gathering, FCC Says BusinessWeek By Brian Womack on April 29, 2012 Google Inc. (GOOG) (GOOG) employees who worked on a mapping-service project told the US Federal Communications Commission they didn't initially know about software that would gather personal data, even though an ... Exclusive: Google releases FCC report on Street View probe Google Tells U.S. Regulator It Cooperated on Privacy Probe Data Harvesting at Google Not a Rogue Act, Report Finds |
The Guardian | 5 Reasons Why Nokia Lost Its Handset Sales Lead and Got Downgraded to 'Junk' Wired News By Alexandra Chang Nokia's Symbian OS (left) quickly declined, and the Lumia OS (right) hasn't picked up the slack yet. Photos: Jon Snyder/Wired (left) and Ariel Zambelich/Wired (right) Samsung has surpassed Nokia in cellphone sales, effectively ending ... So who's behind Apple attacks in Australia? How Samsung Became The World's Top Handset Vendor Apple, Samsung Account For All Mobile Phone Maker Q1 Profits |
 VentureBeat | Nvidia launches $999 graphics card with the world's fastest gaming performance VentureBeat Nvidia is seeking to extend its lead as the leader in game graphics today with the launch of its first dual chip Kepler graphics card. Jen-Hsun Huang, chief executive of Nvidia, made the announcement of the GeForce GTX 690 graphics card at the Nvidia ... NVIDIA unleashes GeForce GTX 690 graphics card, loads it with dual Kepler GPUs ... Nvidia GeForce GTX 690 4 GB: Dual GK104, Announced The Nvidia GTX 690 has arrived |
 Globe and Mail | With introduction of Google Drive, Google steps up competition with Apple Washington Post April 24 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc. stepped up competition with Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. in cloud computing, enabling users to store documents, audio clips and videos through a Web connection. The Google Drive service, beginning today, ... Google Drive Privacy: 4 Misunderstood Facts Google Drive's Six Substantial Slip-ups The Google Drive FAQ |
