Day: March 21, 2013

Business

Why is Yahoo on a spending spree?

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As reported on The Verge. By Tim Carmody Marissa Mayer’s acquisitions of four small companies bring talent home to build up Yahoo’s social homepage   Today, Yahoo announced it would buy Jybe, a startup delivering personalized recommendations for movies, books, and restaurants. Jybe’s mobile app will be shuttered, but the acquisition brings a team of five former Yahoo employees back to the company. It’s Yahoo’s fourth purchase of a personalization or recommendation service since Marissa Mayer became…

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Microsoft

Microsoft looking to ‘extend touch’ in ‘dramatic’ ways for Windows Blue, leaked video reveals

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As reported on The Verge. By Tom Warren Microsoft’s TechFest event earlier this month is largely an internal only affair where Microsoft Research demonstrates a number of new technologies its working on. However, that hasn’t stopped Stephen Chapman over at MSFTKitchen who has posted up a video of Fresh Paint for Windows Blue. Prior to the demonstration, which gets delayed due to a technical issue, Microsoft’s chief technical strategy officer, Eric Rudder, discusses the balance of being open about the…

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Cloud Entertainment

YouTube Announces That It Has Hit One Billion Monthly Users, Which Is Roughly Ten Super Bowl Audiences

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DREW OLANOFF Today, YouTube announced that it has hit a billion monthly users, which is an extremely insane metric. We know that YouTube is the go-to place for silly, interesting and important videos, but these numbers are something that even TV networks dream of. The great part for YouTube is that this means that online video ad spend will go up since the eyeballs appear to be ready, willing and able. It’s not…

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Government Mobile

U.S. Department Of Defense Reportedly Planning To Buy 650,000 iOS Devices After Nixing BB10 To Cut Costs

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As reported on TechCrunch. by CATHERINE SHU The U.S. Department of Defense will order 650,000 iOS devices to replace older BlackBerry devices that are incompatible with the new BlackBerry 10 operating system after the sequester is over, reports Electronista. The DOD will order 120,000 iPads, 100,000 iPad minis, 200,000 iPod touches, and 210,000 various iPhones models. Electronista has been told that “more than half are headed to the battlefield, afloat, and to associated support commands. Most of…

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Application Google

Google’s Keep Note-Taking Web And Android App Gets Its Official Public Launch

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DARRELL ETHERINGTON After a brief early appearance, Google Keep, the note-taking app from the search giant, is now live. Google has officially unveiled Keep via a blog post, complete with a video detailing how it works, and there’s an Android app too, available through Google Play for devices running Android 4.0 and up. Keep was created by Google to satisfy the need of having to take down info quickly without a pen or paper…

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Education

NY approves Cornell Tech’s applied sciences campus on Roosevelt Island

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As reported on Engadget. By Nicole Lee While Cornell has given its researchers the resources to build spider-like robots andmove Pong paddles with the power of the mind, students more interested in the software side of engineering have not been getting as much love. That’s about to change, however, with the recent City Planning Commission approval of Cornell Tech, a project to build an applied sciences campus on New York City’s Roosevelt Island. Now the next step would be to…

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Application Business

Klout for Business translates social media influence into big brand power

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As reported on Engadget. By Joseph Volpe Your imaginary (and seemingly arbitrary) social media score just got that much more credible — by the same company calculating it. Klout’s launching an offshoot of its influencer index to target businesses, turning individual social media data into metrics companies can use to better their brands. The service, which will continue to rollout into April, will arm big business with info culled from its Perks program (brand feedback provided by Klout’s…

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Cloud Culture Google

Google Chrome’s World Wide Maze turns your favorite website into 3D game that’s played on your phone (video) Mobile

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As reported on Engadget. By Mat Smith Google’s latest Chrome experiment is a marble maze game that binds your smartphone to your PC through those shareable tabs. Once you’ve opened the same tab on both platforms, you’ll be put in control of a metallic Nexus Q lookalike, steered by the accelerometers baked into your smartphone — as well as power and jump buttons. Better still, there’s (arguably) an infinite number of levels to tackle, with the experiment transforming your favorite…

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