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Thursday, February 25, 2016

Google Is Working With Vizio on a Smart TV to Replace the Chromecast - Fortune

Google Is Working With Vizio on a Smart TV to Replace the Chromecast - Fortune

Google’s latest collaboration could soon replace its own Chromecast streaming device.

Variety reports that the tech giant is working with television manufacturer Vizio to develop new smart TV sets that allow users to stream video content from their mobile devices directly through the set without the need for any type of dongle or adapter, like Google’s  GOOGL 1.14%  Chromecast. The line of smart TVs could hit the market as soon as this spring, according to Variety‘s exclusive report, which cites anonymous sources.

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Tim Cook says FBI order 'could expose people to incredible vulnerabilities' | The Verge

This is a serious legal issue and I believe Apple is on the right side of history.  Fear creates the worst laws.  Look at the Patriot Act under Bush, The 1994 Crime Bill under Clinton.  In addition you are trying to force a company to create a technology.  That raises issues under the 13th Amendment.  This is only the beginning





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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Adobe is telling people to stop using Flash | The Verge

Adobe is finally ready to say goodbye to Flash. In an announcement last night, Adobe said that it will now "encourage content creators to build with new web standards," such as HTML5, rather than Flash. It's also beginning to deprecate the Flash name by renaming its animation app to Animate CC, away from Flash Professional CC.



Adobe is telling people to stop using Flash | The Verge

Watch Tim Cook's full 30-minute interview on Apple's fight with the FBI | The Verge



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Well-educated immigrants are biggest innovators in US tech - CNET

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump may be wrong about one part of what makes America great. According to a recent study, more than a third of technological innovation in this country comes from people born outside the US.
A Washington, DC-based think tank surveyed more than 900 individuals who have won prestigious awards or have been awarded international patents expected to make significant economic impact. It found that 35.5 percent of them were immigrants. That far exceeds the proportion of first-generation immigrants in the US population, which stands at about 13.5 percent,according to the report published Wednesday by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation.


Well-educated immigrants are biggest innovators in US tech - CNET

Samsung Galaxy S7 vs. LG G5

The Verge - New Samsung 7 and 7 Edge and LG's G5 Modular phone



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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Smartphone Era Politics - The New York Times

 grew up with readers and, by extension, readership. The readers have vanished like migrating birds. They have been replaced by users and by viewers and by audience. The verbal experience has given way to the visual experience. Where pages were turned images are clicked. Words, those obdurate jewels, have been processed to form content, a commodity like any other. The letter has given way to the link.



Smartphone Era Politics - The New York Times