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Soon you can make calls on your phone aboard a Virgin Atlantic plane
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/soon-calls-phone-aboard-virgin-atlantic-plane-013519659.html
If you're flying to London from New York or vice versa, you now have the option to ride on the first plane ever to allow in-flight calls. Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic airline recently announced that you can now make calls … Continue reading
Thu, 17 May 12
Watch a paralyzed woman control a robotic arm with her mind
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/watch-paralyzed-woman-control-robotic-arm-her-mind-013001312.html
Cathy Hutchinson hasn't been able to move her body for the past 15 years. But thanks to a brain implant from a Brown University team of neuroscientists, she's recently been able to pick up a bottle of coffee on her own by … Continue reading
Thu, 17 May 12
Facebook's First Ever Article: Zuckerberg Admits 'Friendster Was a Model'
http://news.yahoo.com/facebooks-first-ever-article-zuckerberg-admits-friendster-model-202245299.html
How many articles have been written about Facebook in its eight-year history? Impossible to tell -- by the time you came up with an estimate, no doubt, another dozen would have been added to the list.
Thu, 17 May 12
Customize virtual sticky notes with the BugMe! Android app
http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/12029-customize-virtual-sticky-notes-with-the-bugme-android-app
Whether it is an urban office myth or total truth, I shunned real sticky notes when I was told the little colorful organization helpers are not recyclable. However, I found the perfect alternative to use on my Android Device. The BugMe! Stickies Pro app for Android ($0.99) offers all the organizational fun of my beloved real-life sticky notes but in a green fashion. My eco-friendly soul can be reassured that I am not harming the Earth every time I need to scribble a note, which is a lot because I am a writer after all.
Thu, 17 May 12
Activision and Electronic Arts settle lawsuit
http://news.yahoo.com/activision-electronic-arts-settle-lawsuit-010631225--sector.html
(Reuters) - Activision Blizzard Inc and arch rival video game company Electronic Arts Inc have settled a lawsuit in which Activision accused two former executives of breaking their employment agreements to develop games for EA. "Activision and EA have agreed to put this matter behind them," the companies said on Wednesday in a joint statement. Neither company disclosed details of the settlement. Two former Activision executives, Jason West and Vincent Zampella, developed the original "Call of Duty" game and several others in the series. ...
Thu, 17 May 12
Ad execs say jury still out on Facebook as medium
http://news.yahoo.com/ad-execs-jury-still-facebook-medium-010400549.html
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - General Motors Inc's decision to stop advertising on Facebook may be a wake-up call for the No. 1 social network, but Top advertising executives say it's far too early to know if the site will take off as an advertising platform. "There's a lot of potential but it's not a slam-dunk," said Martin Sorrell, chief executive of WPP Plc, the world's largest advertising agency. "Showing the impact of branding on Facebook is going to take a long time," he added. Facebook is due to begin trading on Nasdaq on Friday in an initial public offering that will raise about $15. ...
Thu, 17 May 12
Several brokerages stop taking Facebook IPO orders
http://news.yahoo.com/several-brokerages-stop-taking-facebook-ipo-orders-004745151--sector.html
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors who want Facebook Inc shares when the No. 1 online social network goes public later this week may have lost the opportunity. TD Ameritrade and Fidelity's brokerage arm both stopped accepting orders of Facebook shares as of Tuesday evening, according to representatives for each of the companies. Morgan Stanley & Co did the same, according to three advisers at the firm who declined to be named because they are not authorized to speak to the press. E*Trade Financial also stopped accepting orders as of 4 p.m. ...
Thu, 17 May 12
Factbox: Facebook's IPO: who gets rich?
http://news.yahoo.com/factbox-facebooks-ipo-gets-rich-004745276--sector.html
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The rich are going to get richer when Silicon Valley's biggest IPO starts trading on Friday. Facebook this week raised the number of shares it intends to float by 25 percent to 421 million shares, and lifted the target price range to $34-$38 per share as investors clamored for a slice of the third-largest IPO in U.S. history. As a result, the No. 1 social network and its shareholders will now collectively reap more than $15 billion from the initial public offering - a $5 billion hike from early May, when Facebook sought an IPO of roughly $11 billion. ...
Thu, 17 May 12
Global mobile phone sales now in decline
http://news.yahoo.com/global-mobile-phone-sales-now-decline-002506285.html
Despite some vendors seeing record smartphone sales, worldwide sales of mobile phones declined 2% year-over-year to 419.1 million units in the first quarter of 2012, according to research firm Gartner. The decline represents the first of its kind since the second quarter of 2009. “Global sales of mobile devices declined more than expected due to a slowdown in demand from the Asia/Pacific region,” said Anshul Gupta, principal research analyst at Gartner. “The first quarter, traditionally the strongest quarter for Asia – which is driven by Chinese New Year, saw a lack of new product launches from leading manufacturers, and users delayed upgrades in the hope of better smartphone deals arriving later in the year.” In the smartphone market, Android accounted for more
Thu, 17 May 12
Elpida selling over 50 percent of mobile chips to Apple: source
http://news.yahoo.com/elpida-selling-over-50-percent-mobile-chips-apple-002257526--finance.html
SEOUL (Reuters) - Japan's Elpida Memory Inc has been supplying more than 50 percent of its production of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chip for mobile devices to Apple Inc since late last year, a source with direct knowledge of Elpida's sales breakdown said on Thursday. "Elpida resorts to one single customer for its mobile DRAM supplies and it's been selling over 50 percent of output from its 30 nanometer class design to Apple," said the source. The source declined to be named as he was not authorized to speak to the media. ...