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Automotive Business

Ducati’s new bike jacket turns you into a human airbag

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As reported on Engadget. BY DANIEL COOPER We love using motorcycle gear with built-in airbags, but not the extra heft of carrying the sensors that make the thing work. Ducati knows this, and has teamed up withDainese to develop a system that spares our shoulders the added burden. The new Ducati Multistrada D-Air has sensors attached through the bike’s electronic system that monitor the vehicle’s acceleration, breaking and orientation. If it detects that you’re about to crash, it’ll send…

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Business Tech

Financial Firms Looking To Linux, Windows 7 As XP Support Dries Up

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As reported on TechCrunch. by John Biggs In an unsurprising move, ATM operators and other financial organizations are beginning to look to Linux as a replacement for their outdated Windows XP installations. That these organizations are deciding to move from XP only now is a testament to the staying power of the OS and a certain conservatism in financial circles. “Windows XP currently powers nearly 95% of ATMs around the world,” wroteComputerWorld reporter Jaikumar Vijayan. The operating system,…

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Business Mobile

Sprint is shuttering stores and laying off repair techs to help cut its losses

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As reported on Engadget. BY TIMOTHY J. SEPPALA Sprint isn’t content to keep writing its financial statements in red ink. To that end, the company is shuttering 150 service and repair centers, 55 of its lowest performing retail stores and laying off some 330 repair techs. A handful of call centers have been closed, too. While these might seem troubling, the outfit’s Mark Bonavia tells CNETthat the pre-planned cuts were made with the idea of “minimal disturbance” to the customer in mind. What does that even mean?…

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Automotive Business

Auto dealers fire back at Tesla CEO: ‘This Musk guy, he wants all the profits for himself’

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As reported on The Verge. By Ben Popper The war of words heats up between the tech billionaire and defiant local salesmen Last week, New Jersey announced that it would begin enforcing a ban on the direct sale of automobiles by manufacturers, a change that will cripple electric-vehicle maker Tesla’s business in that state. The company’s CEO, Elon Musk, responded with a fiery blog post accusing state legislators of cutting a backroom deal with traditional franchised auto retailers…

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Business Culture

iHear Wants To Make Personalized Hearing Aids Available For Everyone

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Catherine Shu Though nearly 20% of adults in the U.S. has some form of hearing loss, there are very few options available for them in terms of hearing aids. They can either spend thousands of dollars on a prescription hearing aid or buy a cheap device with pre-settings for a couple hundred dollars. In fact, about 75% to 80% of adults with hearing loss don’t have devices, due in large part to lack…

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Goldman Sachs: Bitcoin Is Not A Currency

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Jonathan Shieber Goldman Sachs thinks that Bitcoin believers need to take a cold shower, drink some coffee, and sober up. In the wake of Mt. Gox’s collapse, the supposed outing of Bitcoin’s creator, and some high-profile arrests, the financial services firm has put together an exhaustive survey of “Bitcoin” and “bitcoin” and ultimately finds the technology promising but the currency wanting. The key takeaway: Bitcoin likely can’t work as a currency, but … the ledger-based technology that underlies it…

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Microsoft’s game of thrones: how Ballmer and Gates lost favor

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As reported on The Verge. By Sean Hollister Over the course of the last year, the balance of power at Microsoft has drastically changed. Now, Businessweek has chronicled the Game of Thrones-like power struggle which shoved aside the regime of Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates to make way for a new leader. While much of the story has been told before in whispers and rumors, the publication’s sources paint a vivid picture of internal strife and corporate backstabbings at the firm, starting with a rift between Gates…

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The world’s largest photo service just made its pictures free to use

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As reported on The Verge. By Russell Brandom Getty Images is betting its business on embeddable photos If you go to the Getty Images website, you’ll see millions of images, all watermarked. There are more than a hundred years of photography here, from FDR on the campaign trail to last Sunday’s Oscars, all stamped with the same transparent square placard reminding you that you don’t own the rights. If you want Getty to take off the watermark,…

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Is Jawbone Apple And Google’s Biggest Threat?

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As reported by TechCrunch. by Leena Rao Long before there were wearable devices, there wasJawbone. The brainchild of founder and CEO Hosain Rahman, the hardware and gadgets manufacturer is now a multi-billion-dollar company that is becoming a personal electronics powerhouse and brand. Which is why we’re thrilled to announce that Rahman will be speaking at Disrupt NY in May. There’s been more attention on Jawbone of late as wearables gain traction among consumers — the company just released its high-powered…

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Business PC

The PC Market And The 300 Million Mark

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Alex Wilhelm Today IDC predicted that the PC market will contract by 6% in 2014, and will continue to decline at least into 2018. Unit volume according to IDC would slip from 315.1 million units in 2013, to 291.7 in 2018. The figures include traditional PCs — laptops, desktops, and so forth — but exclude Surface devices, Android tablets, and iPads. In short, IDC’s predictions now expect PC sales to fall under the 300…

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