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• How YouTube Changed Journalism

  14-02-2015 23:08
  
  YouTube is now the third most viewed website in the world, boasting over one million viewers who watch more than six billion hours of footage each month. For popular music fans, YouTube is this generation's MTV. YouTube—which Google purchased for $1.65 billion in 2006—is a phenomenally successful entertainment medium: the site is now valued at $40 billion. Seven years after Jawed Karim's failure to find video footage of the Indian Ocean disaster, the 20 most popular YouTube videos
  
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• FAA seeking drone rules favorable to commercial operators

  14-02-2015 22:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration cites economic and safety benefits in seeking rules largely favorable to companies that want to use small drones, according to an agency analysis.
  
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• FAA seeks drone rules favorable to commercial operators

  14-02-2015 21:20
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A government analysis of the economic and safety impact of small commercial drones appears to clear the way for proposed federal rules that would favor companies wanting to use the unmanned aircraft.
  
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• Apple building a self-driving car? Here's why it doesn't make sense

  14-02-2015 18:19 via zdnet.com
  
  Apple may be running out of ideas. It reinvented the smartphone, the tablet, and most recently the wearable. What next, a car? A smart TV would make more sense first.
  
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• VIDEO: YouTube celebrates tenth anniversary

  14-02-2015 16:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Video sharing site YouTube celebrates its tenth anniversary.
  
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• Industry Voice: Fall in love with productivity

  14-02-2015 15:18
  
  "I want to improve my team's productivity." Does this phrase sound familiar? Have you found yourself repeating this over and over, without knowing how to start? You're not alone. Increasing team productivity often sounds like a full-time chore. It's time to change that by proving to your employees that they can increase their productivity while still keeping it fun. This Valentine's Day, give the gift that really matters to your team: the tools they need to fall in love with productivi
  
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• Inflame: Shout at your TV all you want, Samsung doesn't care that you're watching Storage Wars

  14-02-2015 14:00
  
  This week we found out that Samsung TVs don't actually transmit voices of viewers back to HQ for analysis and forwarding to GCHQ, but that's OK because we were only pretending to be bothered about it to have something to talk about. Weren't we? Who, in all honesty, believed the headlines that suggested our daily conversations were being uploaded to a Samsung server by our televisions? Imagine the tedium of being the person in charge of tracking billions of daily conversations. And what would Sam
  
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• Industry voice: The future of healthcare: can technology cure all your ills?

  14-02-2015 11:30
  
  Imagine computer-controlled A&E rooms, DNA tests on your smartphone and 3D printed drugs tailored to your body. What sound like scenes from The Matrix are, in fact, becoming a reality, as the technology sector increasingly shifts its focus to health-related gadgets and apps.Sales of fitness bands have come thick and fast, and this year is allegedly going to be the one in which smartwatch sales explode – driven, of course, by the upcoming Apple Watch. Healthcare is undoubtedly an increasing
  
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• Week in Gaming: We're in love with the New 3DS, Peter Molyneux is out of love with everyone

  14-02-2015 11:25
  
  So maybe no one will buy you chocolates shaped like circulatory organs this year. Perhaps no one will turn up at your door holding a bunch of deceased plants. And sure, you might not have any bits of paper coming through your letterbox declaring rather hyperbolically that you're the world's best boyfriend or girlfriend. You're probably not the world's best anything, let's be honest. But that's no reason to be sad. Games are still your friends. Games will always love you, and so do I. I mean, I l
  
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• Life Is Strange: Episode 1 review

  14-02-2015 10:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Xbox 360 & One, PS3 & 4, PC; Square Enix; £3.99 Continue reading...
  
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• Opinion: Will Apple's winning strategy work wonders for Microsoft?

  14-02-2015 09:10
  
  The announcements that accompany Windows 10 are starting to come faster as Microsoft unveils more and more of the upcoming iteration of the world's most popular operating system, asking beta testers to submit proposals and find bugs within the software.In January, Microsoft unveiled the Consumer Preview of the operating system, showing off new features which include Cortana, the virtual assistant, and various initiatives that allow desktop users who don't have a touchscreen to use Windows 10 mor
  
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• On the road: Subaru WRX STI – car review | Zoe Williams

  14-02-2015 07:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  ‘The revving is ridiculous. Coming off every traffic light, you sound as though you’re challenging the rest of the road to a duel’ Continue reading...
  
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• Obama calls for public debate over encryption

  14-02-2015 04:58
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Barack Obama said Friday that he probably leans more toward strong computer data encryption than many in law enforcement, but added that he understands investigators' concerns over the matter because of their need to protect American citizens from attacks.
  
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• Is Apple Building Top Secret Electric Car?

  14-02-2015 04:28
  
  Apple is moving into the automotive industry by designing an electric car, according to reports. A team of 1,000 has been assembled by the company to build the vehicle, which the Wall Street Journal says "resembles a minivan". Apple may not even end up producing a car at all, the paper writes. Apple executive Steve Zadesky, a former Ford engineer, is apparently heading the project.
  
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• How to get a date using data

  14-02-2015 04:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Could an algorithm help you find true love?
  
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• VIDEO: Obama: 'Make cyber space safer'

  14-02-2015 03:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US President Barack Obama has urged technology companies to give the government greater help to improve cyber security.
  
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• An Apple car? Computer firm hires automotive engineers

  14-02-2015 01:45 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Reports suggest Apple employees are designing and building a car Continue reading...
  
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• Obama calls on Silicon Valley to help thwart cyber attacks

  14-02-2015 00:33
  
  Cyberspace is the new "Wild West," President Barack Obama said Friday, with everyone looking to the government to be the sheriff. But he told the private sector it must do more to stop cyber ...
  
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• China's Alibaba attracts attention from U.S. regulator

  14-02-2015 00:29
  By Edwin Chan and Noel Randewich SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said on Friday it was asked by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for information about its dealings with a Chinese regulator, coming just five months after the company's stock market debut. The SEC's request follows an unusually public fracas between Alibaba and China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce, or SAIC, over the issue of fake products being sold on the company'
  
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• IN DEPTH: How to make a Valentine's Day card on your computer or phone

  14-02-2015 00:18
  
  How to make greeting cards #1-3It's the Valentine's Day homestretch so we thought we'd showcase the very thing V-Day is all about--eating ice cream, watching 50 Shades of Grey and crying your single-self to sleep. *Le Sigh* But if you're not alone and miserable, you are probably calculating how much you will spend on the "right" gift, aren't you? Here's a tip: Valentine's Day isn't just about gift-giving or an expensive night out. What matters most on February 14 are simple gestures: l
  
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• In Depth: Gaming in 2015: the biggest trends and our best predictions

  14-02-2015 00:10
  
  Buzzwords to know in 20152014 was a great year for gaming, even if it lacked the seismic shifts that come with epic hardware launches. With new gear limited to the likes of PlayStation TV and the PlayStation Vita Slim, the bigger stories saw Sony's PS4 and Microsoft's Xbox One finally hitting their stride, the Nintendo 3DS reclaiming portable glory, amiibo opening another avenue of Nintendo dominance, and the holiday season presenting an unprecedented stream of AAA hits. As far as games and the
  
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