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• Nokia's maps unit draws further bidders- Manager Magazin

  22-04-2015 23:54
  
  Nokia's maps business has drawn interest from potential buyers including Facebook and a consortium of German carmakers made up of BMW, Audi and Daimler, a German magazine reported on Wednesday. Citing people familiar with the matter, Manager Magazin also confirmed an earlier report that online taxi service Uber is looking at the books of HERE, Nokia's mapping unit, and that U.S. private equity firm Hellman & Friedman was also interested. Nokia is also trying to drum up interest fro
  
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• Nokia's maps unit draws further bidders - Manager Magazin

  22-04-2015 23:47
  
  Nokia's maps business has drawn interest from potential buyers including Facebook and a consortium of German carmakers made up of BMW, Audi and Daimler, a German magazine reported on Wednesday. Citing people familiar with the matter, Manager Magazin also confirmed an earlier report that online taxi service Uber is looking at the books of HERE, Nokia's mapping unit, and that U.S. private equity firm Hellman & Friedman was also interested. Nokia is also trying to drum up interest fro
  
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• Review: Alienware 17 (2015)

  22-04-2015 23:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and designIn the age of shrinking laptops, it’s nevertheless unbelievable that hulking 17-inch gaming laptops still exist. Even gaming laptops are not immune to the changing tides of the mobile computing world, the Origin EVO15-S and Aorus X7 Pro will tell you.Now Alienware is getting in on the shrinking notebook race this year in introducing a new, slimmed down version of its 17-inch gaming laptop. Measuring in at 1.35 inches thick, it’s noticeably thinner than the company’s
  
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• This is the staggering amount of people who use Facebook

  22-04-2015 23:32
  
  How much does Facebook affect our lives? Apparently quite a lot. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg divulged just how much during the company's quarterly earnings call today by listing off a bunch of numbers that are pretty crazy when you think about it.Here are the more interesting bits:There are 936 million active daily users1.4 billion use the core Facebook service800 million people use WhatsApp 600 million use Facebook Messenger300 million people use InstagramPeople spend an average of 21 minutes
  
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• Feeling safe? Try attending Internet security conference

  22-04-2015 23:17
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A conference of Internet security experts is not for the faint of heart.
  
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• Payments business drives eBay's profit beat

  22-04-2015 23:11
  
  (Reuters) - E-commerce company eBay Inc reported a quarterly profit well ahead of Wall Street estimates as revenue from its payments business rose 14 percent, and said it will spin off its key electronic-payment business PayPal in the third quarter. The company's shares rose 5 percent in extended trading on Wednesday. PayPal said in April it would continue charging eBay merchants less than it does other merchants and the two companies would stay interdependent for the next five years. Some
  
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• Traders 'unlike' Facebook shares after first-quarter revenues miss expectations

  22-04-2015 23:04
  
  Social media company took in $3.54bn, just shy of Wall Street forecasts
  Expenses jumped 83% from first quarter of 2014Continue reading...
  
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• Facebook reports strong results

  22-04-2015 22:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Social networking giant Facebook reports better-than-expected first quarter profits as well as growing monthly active users.
  
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• Kim Kardashian, Kanye West video leak lawsuit can proceed

  22-04-2015 22:53
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's lawsuit against the co-founder of YouTube over leaked footage of their marriage proposal should move forward, a California appeals court ruled Wednesday.
  
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• EBay's quarterly revenue rises about four percent

  22-04-2015 22:31
  
  (Reuters) - E-commerce company eBay Inc reported a 4.4 percent rise in quarterly revenue, helped by higher revenue in its payments business, which includes PayPal. PayPal is set to be spun off later this year. EBay reported net income of $626 million (416.03 million pounds), or 51 cents per share, for the first quarter ended March 31 compared with a loss of $2.33 billion, or $1.82 per share, a year earlier. Net revenue rose to $4.45 billion from $4.26 billion. Revenue from the company's pay
  
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• Chipmaker Qualcomm's quarterly profit plunges 46 percent

  22-04-2015 22:18
  
  (Reuters) - Mobile chip maker Qualcomm Inc's quarterly profit plunged 46 percent as it lost a key customer and its highly profitable licensing business suffered due to a Chinese government probe into its anti-competitive practices. Net income attributable to Qualcomm fell to $1.05 billion (0.70 billion pounds), or 63 cents per share in the second quarter ended March 29 from $1.96 billion, or $1.14 per share, a year earlier. Qualcomm, which is facing problems collecting royalties in China, s
  
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• Facebook revenue jumps as mobile ad sales surge

  22-04-2015 22:13
  
  (Reuters) - Facebook Inc reported a nearly 42 percent rise in quarterly revenue, helped by a jump in mobile advertising sales. Net income attributable to stockholders fell to $509 million (338.27 million pounds), or 18 cents per share, in the three months ended March 31, from $639 million, or 25 cents per share, a year earlier. The world's largest internet social network said revenue rose to $3.54 billion from $2.50 billion. Revenue from advertising was $3.32 billion, a 46 percent rise from
  
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• Grant Shapps – how to explain who he is to readers outside the UK

  22-04-2015 22:06
  
  The UK Conservative party chairman has already gotten into trouble over an online alter ego – now he’s making headlines for allegedly editing his own biography Continue reading...
  
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• Election hopeful whose Wikipedia page was edited calls for Shapps inquiry

  22-04-2015 21:47
  
  Labour candidate Karl Turner asks director of public prosecutions to investigate Tory chair after suspended user Contribsx made changes on web encyclopedia Continue reading...
  
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• Contribsx: does Grant Shapps's defence stand up?

  22-04-2015 21:40
  
  Tory chairman says he could not have been behind suspended Wikipedia account as he was elsewhere while edits were made. We check if this holds true Continue reading...
  
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• Google launches Project Fi, US wireless service designed to curb data use

  22-04-2015 21:23
  
  New service switches between Wi-Fi and cellular networks to keep phone bills low, and will only work on Google’s Nexus 6 phones through Sprint and T-Mobile Continue reading...
  
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• Google rolls out new U.S. wireless service

  22-04-2015 20:41
  
  By Yasmeen Abutaleb NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc on Wednesday launched a new U.S. wireless service that switches between Wi-Fi and cellular networks to curb data use and keep phone bills low. The service, Google's first entry into the wireless industry, will work only on the company's Nexus 6 phones and will be hosted through Sprint Corp and T-Mobile's networks, Google said in a statement. Sundar Pichai, Google's senior vice president of products, said at a Barcelona confe
  
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• Brussels accuses Gazprom of unfair pricing of gas in eastern Europe

  22-04-2015 20:05
  
  EU competition commissioner says Kremlin-controlled energy multinational charged eight countries up to 40% more for their gas than elsewhere in union Continue reading...
  
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• Google launches mobile phone network

  22-04-2015 20:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google announces Project Fi, a mobile network that will piggyback existing services in the US but offer different terms.
  
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• Google rolls out new U.S. cell phone service

  22-04-2015 20:01
  
  Google Inc on Wednesday launched a new U.S. wireless service that will enable customers to pay only for the data they use and use Wi-Fi networks to curb data use and keep phone bills low. The service, Google's first entry into the wireless industry, will work only on the company's Nexus 6 phones and will be hosted through Sprint Corp and T-Mobile's networks, Google said in a statement.
  
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• Crash-protection tech top choice of U.S. consumers - study

  22-04-2015 19:55
  
  Three of the top five technologies U.S. consumers want in their next car or truck relate to crash prevention, indicating a growing acceptance of the idea of developing self-driving vehicles, according to a new study released on Wednesday. Those technologies include systems for blind-spot detection and prevention, night vision and enhanced collision mitigation, according to the J.D. Power 2015 U.S. Tech Choice Study. "These findings demonstrate growing customer acceptance towards the concept
  
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• Facebook starts testing mobile calling app "Hello"

  22-04-2015 19:51
  
  (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said it started testing its mobile calling app 'Hello' on Android, which allows users to connect with Facebook to see the identity and information about callers even if the number is not saved on the phone. Hello, built by the messenger team, can pull information people and businesses have shared on Facebook. Facebook said in March that it would add a feature to its messaging app that allows friends to send and receive money through it.
  
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• WhatsApp adds voice calls

  22-04-2015 19:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The app has added a new voice calling feature which allows people to ring other users for free.
  
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• YouTube to the rescue: how it taught us to fix boilers, wash denim and master beauty tips

  22-04-2015 19:32
  
  The video site is 10 years old this week and now contains tricks and guides to pretty much every problem ever. Guardian writers reveal the lessons they’ve learned Continue reading...
  
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• Hands-on review: Updated: HP Pavilion 15 (2015)

  22-04-2015 19:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Even though HP is exploring different notebook form factors with its x360 products across the Spectre, Envy and Pavilion line, the PC-maker isn't giving up on the traditional laptop design. This year's Pavilion notebooks, available in 14-, 15- and 17-inch displays, represent HP's continued investment in the affordable laptop space.The biggest changes this year include support for Intel's latest Broadwell architecture as well as HP's shift to its newest music partner Bang & Olufsen with the B
  
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• Syncplicity hands key control option to customers

  22-04-2015 19:05 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Managed keys is a next step to that. Syncplicity will enable rights management keys to be stored in the cloud or in customer data centers away from the company's servers.
  
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• Jay Z’s music-streaming service Tidal struggles despite celebrity fanfare

  22-04-2015 18:52
  
  It had the backing of artists such as Kanye West and Rihanna and was hailed as the music industry’s salvation, but Tidal is showing early signs of failure Continue reading...
  
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• Disney makes people speak gibberish

  22-04-2015 18:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Disney's research arm develops a program that can automatically dub a video with alternative speech that fits a speaker's lip movements.
  
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• Swiss police release robot that bought ecstasy online

  22-04-2015 18:16
  
  The robot - which goes by the name Random Darknet Shopper - was part of an art installation meant to explore the dark web Continue reading...
  
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• Google Street View gives virtual tour of Mandela’s ex-prison on Robben Island

  22-04-2015 18:07
  
  Notorious prison colony where apartheid regime held Nelson Mandela for 18 years lets in Google camera in effort to increase access to World Heritage site Continue reading...
  
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• Review: Boxx Apexx 2

  22-04-2015 17:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction, design and specsThe Boxx company offers many different high performance and rendering systems that include workstations, virtual solutions, server-based rendering solutions, and simulation solutions. The Boxx team builds custom machines that focus on AutoCad, 3D, VFX, animation, multimedia, video editing, video game creation, and more.The Boxx Apexx 2 workstation (starting at $2,086.00, £1399.43, AU$2739.58) is a wonderful purchase for anyone who is looking for a computer that can
  
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• Assassin's Creed: why Ubisoft's flagship franchise should be killed off

  22-04-2015 17:03
  
  It's time to stop making Assassin's Creed. For the sake of taste and restraint and all those decent things that Big Gaming consistently lacks, it's time to stop Assassin's Creed. It's not entirely fair to single out Assassin's Creed here – there are plenty of series that have continued far and beyond when they ought to have ended, like Halo, Call of Duty, Metal Gear Solid. Whilst browsing the internet just now I caught the headline 'Adrianne Palicki and Nick
  
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• Wi-Fi hack creates 'no iOS zone' that cripples iPhones and iPads

  22-04-2015 17:01
  
  The only solution for Apple users? Leave the affected area immediatelyA newly revealed bug in iOS lets attackers force iPhones and iPads into restart loops, repeatedly crashing and rebooting, using nothing but aWi-Fi network.Once the user has entered what its discoverer, security researchers Skycure, dubs the “no iOS Zone”, there’s no way to fix their phone other than escaping the range of the malicious network; every time it reboots, it crashes almost immediately. Continue reading...
  
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• A 'Beat the Clock' for the YouTube generation

  22-04-2015 16:54
  
  This isn't your grandparents' "Beat the Clock." Inside a soundstage at YouTube Space LA, a high-tech production facility operated by the streaming video site, a couple of YouTube stars have been ...
  
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• Peugeot, IBM working to connect cars to shops and servicing

  22-04-2015 16:07
  
  By Eric Auchard FRANKFURT (Reuters) - PSA Peugeot Citroen and IBM are working together to hook cars up to the Internet, going beyond mapping and infotainment to link vehicles up to shops, service networks and urban transport grids, the companies said on Wednesday. Financial terms of the new, seven-year partnership were not disclosed. The agreement to develop new types of valued-added services for vehicles builds on an initial partnership between the automaker and technology consultant announced
  
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• FBI warns on airline hacking threat

  22-04-2015 15:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The FBI issues guidelines on how airlines should protect their wi-fi systems from hack attacks.
  
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• Peugeot, IBM agree to expanded 'connected car' partnership deal

  22-04-2015 15:01
  
  By Eric Auchard FRANKFURT (Reuters) - PSA Peugeot Citroën, Europe's second largest carmaker, and computer services supplier IBM, said on Wednesday they agreed to a partnership deal for connected car services that go beyond current navigation and infotainment offerings. The agreement to develop new types of valued-added services for vehicles builds on an initial partnership between the automaker and technology consultant announced a year ago.
  
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• ​Google and Mesosphere's work on Docker cluster manager Kubernetes pays off

  22-04-2015 15:00 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Deploying Kubernetes apps on the same clusters as other services should become easier through a collaboration between Google and Mesosphere.
  
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• Wikipedia editing rules explained

  22-04-2015 14:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Who can and can't edit the online encyclopedia?
  
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• Ad-blocker beats publishers in court

  22-04-2015 14:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The maker of a browser plug-in that prevents ads from being seen on websites defeats an attempt to have its tool blocked.
  
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• VIDEO: Charlie bit my finger... again!

  22-04-2015 13:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Ricky meets the stars of the viral video that has over 815 million views on YouTube...
  
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• Can anything curb the dominance of the internet's big guns?

  22-04-2015 13:52
  
  E-commerce has been built to favour the tech giants. Only new regulations that recognise the plight of spunky startups and SMEs can help weaken their gripThe European anti-trust action against Google uses a silly rubric to get at a serious underlying problem.The nominal issue is that Google preferentially directed comparison shoppers to its own e-commerce sites even when they weren’t the cheapest option. This would be sleazy if true. What’s certainly true is that Google’s shopping site has
  
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• Channel 4 News launches 4NewsWall using animated GIFs

  22-04-2015 13:49
  
  Standalone site on Tumblr, aimed at 16- to 34-year-olds, aims to recreate bulletin’s ‘feisty spirit’ Continue reading...
  
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• Minecraft YouTube videos were watched 3.9bn times in March

  22-04-2015 13:46
  
  Mojang’s crafting title still top game franchise on Google’s video service, ahead of Grand Theft Auto and Five Nights at Freddy’s Continue reading...
  
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• Shapps denies Wikipedia claims

  22-04-2015 13:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps denies claims he changed Wikipedia entries about himself and other politicians.
  
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• How scratch resistant is the Apple Watch Sport's screen?

  22-04-2015 12:52
  
  Cheapest model lacks hard sapphire screen, instead relying on hardened glass similar to smartphones. But is it scratch resistant enough for a watch?The vast majority of Apple Watch sales are expected to be of the cheapest version, the Apple Watch Sport – but just how scratch resistant is its screen?
  The Sport’s screen is made from Ion-X glass, unlike the Apple Watch and premium-priced Edition which have sapphire screens.Continue reading...
  
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• Networking flaw opens millions of iOS app users to data theft

  22-04-2015 12:34
  
  Bug in open-source codebase found its way into at least 1,000 apps, leaving millions of users open to man-in-the-middle attacksAround 1,000 iOS apps are affected by a weakness in their mobile security which makes it easy for attackers to access encrypted data like passwords, bank account numbers and home addresses as they are being sent over the airwaves, according to a report from security firm SourceDNA. Companies including Microsoft, Uber and Yahoo all released apps affected by the flaw – t
  
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• Tesco broadband goes offline

  22-04-2015 12:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tesco has confirmed thousands of its UK broadband customers were cut off for more than six hours.
  
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• Huawei CEO says Chinese cybersecurity rules could backfire

  22-04-2015 12:00
  
  By Gerry Shih SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - China can only ensure its information security in the long run if it keeps its market open to the best technology products, be they foreign or domestic, Huawei's rotating chief executive Eric Xu told Reuters on Tuesday. Xu's remarks are a rare example of a top Chinese CEO openly questioning the direction of Beijing's information security policy, already a source of concern for countries who fear it will limit opportunities for their techno
  
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• Deals in dark helped bitcoin take off, says chief scientist

  22-04-2015 11:57
  
  By Jemima Kelly LONDON (Reuters) - Without dealings in the "grey areas" of the global economy, bitcoin might not have grown to be worth the $3 billion (1.99 billion pounds) it is today, according to Gavin Andresen, the closest thing the digital currency has to a CEO.  Andresen, a self-confessed "all-around geek", is chief scientist at the Bitcoin Foundation, a non-profit group he helped set up three years ago to support and promote the digital currency. Andresen acknowledged
  
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