Major Android Flaw Leaves 99% Of Devices Vulnerable To Malware - Cult of Android

Major Android Flaw Leaves 99% Of Devices Vulnerable To Malware - Cult of Android

Yahoo, Facebook, Google and eBay weigh in on Singapore's online censorship law

Since then, Facebook, Google, eBay and Yahoo (which was affected by the new scheme), have sent collectively sent a letter to the Minister of Communications and Information via the Asia Internet Coalition (AIC).

The AIC was formed by these four companies in order to "promote the understanding and resolution of Internet policy issues in the Asia Pacific region".

The letter says that the new regulation could "unintentionally hamper Singapore’s ability to continue to drive innovation" in the country's aim to establish itself as a cloud computing and data analytics hub in the region, as well as calling the regulation "unwarranted and excessive" as well as "ambiguous and onerous".

Yahoo, Facebook, Google and eBay weigh in on Singapore's online censorship law

Apple’s victory is complete – MacDailyNews - Welcome Home

Remembrance of Everything Past - IEEE Spectrum

The pursuit of enhanced cognition—from sharper recall to more lucid reasoning—is now the greatest animating impulse behind innovative computer engineering. Across the world, clever designers are leveraging ever-expanding storage, processing power, and communications networks to build personalized encyclopedias that document all aspects of an individual’s inner and outer lives. If the engineers have their way, every idea, memory, and feeling—the recorded consciousness of a single lifetime—will be stored in the cloud

Remembrance of Everything Past - IEEE Spectrum

The digital demo - “SOCIAL media are the worst menace to society,” said Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s prime minister, on June 2nd. Such fears delight dissenters. Protesters’ placards in Brazil goad the authorities with slogans such as “We come from Facebook”.

Enthusiasts called protesters in Egypt, Iran, Moldova and Tunisia “Twitter revolutionaries”. That was premature: much of the social-media content supporting the pro-democracy cause came from supporters abroad. But protests in Turkey and Brazil, where digital media are especially popular, do show how technology can muster, manage and amplify demonstrations. Zeynep Tufekci of Princeton University interviewed scores of Turkish protesters. Most cited social media as a spur.

The digital demo

Can Apple survive 2013? You know because, well… Android? – MacDailyNews - Welcome Home

“Given the recent implosions of BlackBerry, Palm, Nokia, Microsoft, can we safely assume that Apple is next and will likely fail before the year is out, simply because, well… Android?” Daniel Eran Dilger writes for AppleInsider.

Read more at http://macdailynews.com/2013/06/30/can-apple-survive-2013-you-know-because-well-android/#g1vM2ZTrhfhrS12W.99 

Can Apple survive 2013? You know because, well… Android? – MacDailyNews - Welcome Home

Apple OSes to overtake Windows in 2015, says Gartner

Sales of devices based on Apple's Mac OS and iOS will overtake those of products running all flavors of Windows in 2015, a Gartner analyst predicted Monday.

Read more: http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/desktop-pc/3454480/apple-oses-to-overtake-windows-in-2015-says-gartner/#ixzz2XY7PIPL6

Apple OSes to overtake Windows in 2015, says Gartner

Mac OS X vs Android, No Place For Windows 8 Notebook Wars

Combined with lower cost MacBook Airs (starting at $999 for 13″, $840 for 11″), Apple’s offer of a simpler operating system that is unhampered by legacy features (unlike Windows) an attractive sales pitch.

Google overtakes Apple as world’s most valuable tech company – by ‘underlying value’ measure

The Heartless Demonization of A Murdered Child Named Trayvon

Editorial: iOS 7 shows how Apple is leading mobile computing

By Daniel Eran Dilger

Apple's new iOS 7, which the company unveiled last week at its Worldwide Developer Conference, says a lot about the future of mobile devices because Apple owns the future of mobile devices.

Here’s The Security Breach Email Facebook Is Sending To 6M Users | TechCrunch

Facebook has started sending out warning emails to users whose personal information has been compromised by the security bug it confirmed yesterday, confirming which pieces of data were exposed. The bug exposed some six million Facebook users’ email addresses and telephone numbers to other site users because Facebook had “inadvertently stored [it] in association with people’s contact information as part of their account on Facebook”.

Facebook says it uses this data so it can generate friend request recommendations.

Here’s The Security Breach Email Facebook Is Sending To 6M Users | TechCrunch

Facebook bug exposed contact info of 6M users

The social network is embarrassed by a glitch in its "Download Your Information" tool that unintentionally shared some members' phone numbers and e-mail addresses.

Facebook bug exposed contact info of 6M users

Apple finally charts iOS fragmentation, and it puts Android to shame

Apple finally charts iOS fragmentation, and it puts Android to shame

FAA to loosen rules on in-flight electronic devices, says WSJ | Mobile - CNET News

Airline passengers may be able to use their favorite electronic gadgets from takeoff to landing if new FAA guidelines come to pass.

FAA to loosen rules on in-flight electronic devices, says WSJ | Mobile - CNET News

Google: GPAs are worthless

Google's senior vice president of "people operations" reveals that grade point averages mean nothing in hiring. Oh, and Google's going to stop its silly brain teaser tests too.

Google: GPAs are worthless

Google Expands Chromebook Availability - Cult of Android

Gone are the days where Chromebooks could only be purchased via Google Play, Amazon, and Best Buy. Last night, Google announced that it will be expanding retail availability of its trademark laptops to almost three times the number of stores.

Announced this week, and available today, Walmart will carry Acer’s low-end Chromebook which comes in at just $199.

Starting from this weekend, Staples will carry HP, Acer, and Samsung Chromebook models in every one of its U.S. stores, as well as online, or through the Staples Advantage B2B program (if buying for enterprise purposes).

Read more at http://www.cultofandroid.com/30164/google-to-expand-retail-availability-of-chromebook-models/#9EoRlThL1fOoQXv3.99 

Google Expands Chromebook Availability - Cult of Android

Google challenges DOJ's surveillance gag order

The search giant asks to clear its name by arguing it has the First Amendment right to reveal how many Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act orders it receives from the U.S. government.

Google challenges DOJ's surveillance gag order

Since this conservative Supreme Court has ruled that spending money by corporations is speech than clearly corporations speaking is speeech.  Let us see what happens.

John H. Armwood