Month: August 2013

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Larry Ellison says ‘we already know’ Apple is doomed without Steve Jobs

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As reported on The Verge. By Sean Hollister An Apple without Steve Jobs? Larry Ellison dismissed the idea with a wave of his hand. On tomorrow’s episode of CBS This Morning, Charlie Rose asks the Oracle CEO how he thought the computer company would fare without his friend Steve Jobs, and his answer was that history will repeat itself again. “Well, we already know,” Ellison told Rose. “We conducted the experiment. It’s been done,” he continued. “We saw Apple…

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Entertainment

Watch Ashton Kutcher Blow Kids’ Minds With Steve Jobs Quotes In “Smart Is Sexy” Speech

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As reported on TechCrunch. by JOSH CONSTINE “The sexiest thing in the entire world is being really smart. And being thoughtful. And being generous. Everything else is crap!” Ashton Kutcher passionately shouted (yes, shouted) life advice at Nickelodeon viewers as he accepted a Teen Choice Award last night. Most spend award speeches thanking people yet Kutcher seemed hell-bent on enlightening kids with Steve Jobs’ philosophy “Build a life. Don’t live one!” Whether he’s trying or not, and whether…

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Business

Hackermeter Wants To Kill Your Résumé And Replace It With A High Score

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As reported on TechCrunch. by GREG KUMPARAK If you’re looking to hire a bad-ass programmer, fielding résumés can start to feel like an exercise in futility. They’re good for quickly filtering out folks who are clearly applying to everything — but when everyone in the industry has some crazy made-up senior ninja/rockstar/space cadet title, wheneveryone considers themselves a coder, and when “Proficient with C” can mean two entirely different things based on a person’s ego, that’s about all they’re good for.…

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Apple Business

Apple’s official charger trade-in scheme will cover UK, Canada and Australia

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As reported on Engadget. By Sharif Sakr When we originally reported on Apple’s replacement program for third-party USB chargers, we only knew for sure that it covered the US and China. As 9to5Mac has spotted, however, the official webpage for the scheme now lists a number of other countries in which Apple will start accepting trade-ins on Friday, August 16th. These include the UK, where an official first-party charger will be reduced to £8 (from £15) when you hand over…

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Automotive Business Design

Elon Musk details Hyperloop: public transit via aluminum pods and electric motors

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As reported on Engadget. By Michael Gorman Elon Musk is into transportation, whether it’s an electric car or a spaceship. Today, he detailed a plan to revolutionize a portion of public transit. It’s called the Hyperloop, and it’s meant to get folks from SF to LA (or any two cities less than 900 miles apart) in 30 minutes seated in aluminum pods that are hurtled to and fro at 800 miles an hour in a pair of steel tubes.…

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Science

Matter over mind: scientists begin to observe and manipulate memories

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As reported on The Verge. By Carl Franzen New techniques could help with neurological disease, but how far should they go? If we had the technology to rewire our brains to help remember certain things and forget others, it could help millions of people struggling with neurological conditions, from Alzheimer’s to post-traumatic stress disorder. But it also raises the frightening possibility — depicted over and over again in sci-fi — that someone would be able to…

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Microsoft

Microsoft Doesn’t Want To Admit Windows RT Is Dead

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As reported on TechCrunch. by MATT BURNS Microsoft is in a tough spot. Windows RT is all but dead in the water. But Microsoft has approximately a zillion and a half Surface RT tablets collecting dust in warehouses. And so Ballmer and Co. continued its ignorant fight against Apple and the far more successful iPad with another TV spot that pits the two against each other. Spoiler: The Surface RT is declared the winner. Like in…

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Cloud Culture Tech

The Science Of Reddit: Why Some Ideas Dominate The Net

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As reported on TechCrunch. by GREGORY FERENSTEIN The Internet is not a perfect meritocracy, where the best ideas naturally rise to the forefront of the national conversation. It is easy to game the popularity of some ideas by exploiting the fact that Internet users are overly optimistic sheep who blindly rate the value of stories positively if they first see that others already liked it. In a brand-new study, one of my favorite researchers, New York University’s…

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Application Automotive

Audi’s eKurzinfo app uses augmented reality to sidestep A3 owner’s manual

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As reported on Engadget. By Timothy J. Seppala Ever read your car’s instruction manual? We didn’t think so, and apparently, neither did the folks at Audi. Not too long ago, the firm introduced a unique twist on vehicle documentation, offering A1 owners an augmented reality app that could tell them about the car’s basic functions at a glance. The eKurzinfo app’s initial release only recognized 65 elements of the vehicle — but has since been improved and is now…

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Mobile

Rumored BlackBerry Z30 given the hands-on treament in leaked video

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As reported on Engadget. By Nicole Lee Those BlackBerry Z30 rumors (which was known previously as the A10) might turn out to be for real after all, if this early hands-on video from Vietnamese outletCellphone S is to be believed. The footage shows what is presumably the BlackBerry Z30 in all its glory, with what is apparently a 5-inch AMOLED display with 295 ppi and 720p (1,280 x 720) resolution. Purported specs include a dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor,…

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