2014年8月8日 星期五

2014-08-09 U.S. Technology

  Firstpost   
Facebook messenger app not quite getting favorable reviews  GMA News
Messenger, Facebook's controversial mobile spinoff app, is not quite off to a smooth start, at least with the first users who downloaded and installed it on their iPhones and Android devices. Initial customer reviews on Apple's App Store as of Saturday morning ...

Facebook Messenger Switch Controversy Is Part Misunderstanding, Part Mistrust   New York Times (blog)
Facebook Fears Surround Messenger App Changes -- Eric Alvarez   WZTV
Facebook Messenger Is No. 1 in App Store, Has One-Star Rating   Mashable
KOKH FOX25   
wtvr.com   
PC Magazine   
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  Digital Trends   
Alaska has the slowest average Internet speed in the country, while Virginia has ...  Digital Trends
Alaska is known for many things; natural beauty, former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, the place that the Simpsons escaped to in their 2007 movie, and of course, bears. Now, they're known for having the slowest average Internet speed in the country ...

New heat map reveals America's hot and cold spots for broadband   Register
Does your state boast the speediest Internet service? Say yes if you live in Virginia   Tech Times
Virginia, The Down South State Has got The Fastest Internet Speed   Capital OTC
Mind Of The Geek   
PC Magazine   
ABC News   
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  CSO Magazine   
Payment cards with chips aren't perfect, so encrypt everything, experts say  PCWorld
There's a push to adopt chip-equipped payment cards in the U.S. following high-profile breaches at large retailers and restaurant chains during the past 12 months, but experts warn that switching to this payment system will not make fraud disappear. The EMV ...

Black Hat: Hackers execute code on mobile POS devices, play their version of ...   SC Magazine
Some mobile POS devices still have critical flaws months after patch   Computerworld
Bindo launches EMV chip reader to reduce credit card fraud   Banking Business Review
PaymentsSource   
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  Driving Sports   
Jay Leno Meets the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat  The News Wheel
In the latest episode of Jay Leno's Garage, Mr. Leno checks out the all-new 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat. It was never a matter of if Leno would do an episode on the Hellcat, but just when. As he states near the beginning of the video, he's a huge ...

2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat first-drive   SlashGear
Dodge may unveil a Hellcat Charger at Detroit Dream Cruise   Dallas Morning News (blog)
Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat to make its public debut at Woodward   INAUTONEWS

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  CNBC   
China refutes claim of government ban on Apple purchases  CNBC
Apple products such as laptops and tablets are not banned from Chinese government procurement lists, according to the country's chief procurement center, refuting a report claiming Apple was blacklisted on national security concerns. According to a ...

Apple Dropped From Chinese Buy List for Missing on Pledge   Businessweek
Apple never on China government procurement listPublish Date: Aug 08, 2014   New Vision
Apple never on China government procurement list: report   Business Recorder
CNET   
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Wikipedia holds vote to determine who owns monkey selfie  Digital Spy UK
Wikipedia is holding a public vote to determine who owns the copyright to a wildlife photographer's image of a macaque monkey. The image was captured when an Indonesian macaque snatched a camera from British wildlife snapper David Slater and ...


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  NBCNews.com   
General Motors recalls more than 312000 vehicles  Houston Chronicle
DETROIT - General Motors on Friday issued six more recalls totaling more than 312,000 vehicles as the company cleans up past safety issues. The recalls in North America pushed GM's total for the year to 66, covering 29 million cars and trucks. That beats ...

GM's Woes Multiply as It Announces Further Recalls   New York Times
General Motors Announces More Recalls   Uncover California
GM adds 5 US recalls, biggest for Saturn Vue key issue   USA TODAY
WJLA   
Auto World News   
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  Reuters   
FCC chairman slams Verizon's 'all the kids do it' defense to data throttling  Apple Insider
During a news conference on Friday, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler responded to Verizon's claims that its planned data throttling program is a "widely accepted" practice, saying that an "all the kids do it" argument is not justifiable. FCC Chairman Thomas ...

FCC chair Wheeler calls 'BS' on Verizon's childish 'throttling' argument   VentureBeat
FCC to wireless providers: When do you slow download speeds?   Christian Science Monitor
Tech Companies Praise The President For Speaking Out In Favor Of Net Neutrality   TechCrunch
SlashGear   
Digital Trends   
TechnoBuffalo   
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  Headlines & Global News   
Yahoo Is Making It Harder for the NSA to Read Your Emails  TIME
Yahoo announced Thursday it will encrypt its email service by early next year, joining Google and Microsoft in an effort to create an email system that prevents government officials and hackers from reading users' messages. It's a major step for Yahoo in the ...

Yahoo wants to encrypt all of your email, with Google's help   BGR
Yahoo to Collaborate with Google for Email Encryption - Analyst Blog   NASDAQ
Yahoo follows Google with encryption for its email service   ITProPortal

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  Wall Street Journal   
DARPA-funded IBM brain-inspired chip could revolutionize future technologies  FierceGovernmentIT
Researchers at IBM have developed a new ultra-low power, brain-inspired computer chip that could revolutionize military use of mobile robots and remote sensors where electrical power is limited, among other applications, company and government officials ...

Meet SyNapse, IBM's computer chip that can help the blind see, detect diseases ...   Digital Trends
IBM Researchers develop processor modeled after the human brain   PBS NewsHour
I Think, Therefore IBM   TechNewsWorld
Bloomberg   
Voice of America   
Upstart   
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