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RT @Techmeme: Twitter account of Boston bombing suspect uncovered (@chriswelch / The Verge)

RT @Techmeme: Twitter account of Boston bombing suspect uncovered (@chriswelch / The Verge)

Apple sets earnings call for Tuesday | Apple - CNET News | Apple sets earnings call for Tuesday |

finally, yes, they made an Excel coding error.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Driving by Wil Sasso (Pt. 1 - 14) - YouTube | |

RT @susiewee: This article totally captures the spirit of Boston! Intellectually BadAss Boston!

RT @cfarivar: Boston police chief: facial recognition tech didn’t help find bombing suspects @doctorow @onthemedia @…

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Today, Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt made a comment about Google Glass that may surprise some; he mentioned that the consumer version of Google Glass is "probably a year-ish away." Schmidt mentioned this in an interview with BBC Radio 4 News this morning.

7 Reasons Apple is More Doomed Than You Think - Forbes | |

Apple Inc stock not as doomed as some think | Business Insider | Financial Post | |

Shows such as the original political drama “House of Cards” with Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright helped attract new online subscribers in the U.S., beating the company’s January forecast of 1.3 million to 2 million new signups. The company has been investing in original shows to bolster its library of films and TV reruns to stand out from competitors such as Amazon.com Inc., the largest Web retailer and Hulu LLC.

Apple AAPL +2.07% Inc., the company, and AAPL, the stock, are not the same thing. You’d think sophisticated people would know better by now, but you’d clearly be wrong.

This means that the first phase of the smartphone industry is close to ending: the greater proportion of featurephone buyers have been converted to smartphones. This has happened so fast that perhaps 90% of current Android owners are still on their first one, and 70% of iPhone owners.

Specifically for the Logitech FabricSkin Keyboard Folio, we developed the industry’s first tablet keyboard that’s fused directly into its interior fabric. Through integrating the keyboard with its bold interior fabric, it creates a cohesive look and protects your iPad with the added benefit of a comfortable keyboard when you need it.

At this point, one might think Cook could simply go on vacation and set Apple's cash machine to run on autopilot. However, a series of targeted criticisms have named Cook as the man responsible for the failure of analysts to set reasonable expectations for his company, resulting in incredible stock slide over the past six months.

WebP, part of Google's effort to make the Web faster, offers smaller file sizes than JPEG, meaning that pages can load faster and that not as much data must be transferred over the network. WebP also is flexible: it offers animation and transparency support, and can replace PNG images as well in situations where lossless compression is desirable.

Apple is expected to reveal its first profit slide in a decade when it releases its latest figures today. The technology giant is widely forecast to announce a decline in earnings amid reports of a slowdown in sales of its iPhone and suggestions that the company has lost crucial ground to rivals such as Samsung.

ARM has had a great quarter -- again. This time it's seen pre-tax profits soar 44 percent, while revenues are up 26 percent (to $209.4 million) since the same period last year. The company's thanking the continued adoption of its low-power chip designs, encompassing smartphones, mobile computing and even digital TVs and wearable tech. The advanced tech within its ARMv8, Mali and big.LITTLE ranges has meant the company can command higher royalties per chip.

Apple will provide a $15 cash payment to Class Members who send in a valid claim form. The claim form will require you to declare that you: (a) experienced antenna or reception issues with your iPhone 4; (b) were unable to return your iPhone 4 without incurring any costs; (c) were unwilling to use a case or free bumper for your iPhone 4; and (d) completed certain troubleshooting steps or are unable to complete the troubleshooting steps because you no longer own your iPhone 4.

Following a devastating earthquake that struck in Sichuan, China over the weekend, Apple has donated 50 million RMB or approximately $8 million to affected victims.

Uncle Sam wants automakers to make it impossible for you to text your wife, check Facebook and watch a video while you’re driving — suggestions that could have just as much impact on mobile phone manufacturers as automakers. The guidelines – and they’re just that, suggestions, not requirements – are laid out in a 281-page report by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (.PDF) and the Department of Transportation, which under the direction of outgoing transportation secretary Ray LaHood have made distracted driving a pet cause.

Google Glass is just the beginning. The search giant’s smartglasses are in the headlines, but numerous other players are also looking to cash in on what’s expected to be a boom in eyewear that puts virtual and augmented reality face-front.

Google now built-in to v3.0!

RT @SFGate: Pipeline protestors say Facebook blocked ads critical of Zuckerberg

However, those apps were formally cited as competitors. Facebook didn’t say exactly why Path lost access, leading me to believe the spam controversy may have been responsible. It was caught sending out text message invitations to users contacts at 6am last week, leading to significant backlash. Facebook hates being associated with spam, and its platform policies say it can remove API access from apps it thinks are being too aggressive. We’ve reached out to Path for its side of the story.

Google Glass' awkward interactions parodied on 'Saturday Night Live' | The Verge | |

Let's run through the ugly truth about Glass.

The internet’s proven to be a pretty big deal for global society, and Bitcoin could basically be thought of as the Internet, applied to Money. There’s an old comment that the internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it. Sure, we’ve routed money over the internet for a while now, but those flows have always been managed, moderated, regulated by some vestige of authority. Bitcoin’s about as friendly to this sort of regulation as the rest of the internet is — not very. To put it another way: Bitcoin’s a dollar bill, with a teleporter built in. We can just poke in a few coordinates and poof, off it goes, with the ease of posting to some forum somewhere. That’s somewhat new.