2014年8月21日 星期四

2014-08-22 U.S. Technology

  Techie News   
Hack Day Produces Oculix, a Mind-Blowing Trip Through the Netflix Catalog  TechNewsWorld
A team of Netflix programmers merged the company's videos with the virtual reality capability offered by the Oculus Rift headset as a fun project on Netflix Hack Day. The Oculix media app lets users browse a floating 3D Netflix video catalog using head turning ...

Facebook: Find Oculus Rift Bugs, Get Paid   PC Magazine
Facebook offering cash bounty on Oculus bugs, Netflix creates Oculix service ...   Tech Times
Facebook Will Pay You to Find Oculus Rift Bugs   GameSpot
MarketWatch   
Maximum PC   
Gamenguide   
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  Times of India   
Islamic State militants turn to alternative social network in wake of ban from ...  Christian Science Monitor
Following a ban from more traditional social media services such as Twitter, members of the Islamic State militant group have started using a lesser-known platform called Diaspora, whose contents are harder to monitor and control.
Social media sparkler   New Hampshire Business Review
Love and outrage pour out on social media after James Foley's killing   GlobalPost
No Facebook and Twitter election   Indian Express
KTRK-TV   
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  Opptrends   
Google's search app gets friendlier to bilingual Android users  PCWorld
Want to Google the name of a restaurant in English and then ask for the weather in Japanese? On Android it no longer requires switching back and forth between language settings. For voice searches, users can now select up to five languages in the search ...

Google Updates Voice Search App into Multilingual   Techsonia
Google's Android search app adds multi-language voice feature   CNET
Multi Language Support Update For Google Voice Search Rolls Out   Ubergizmo
Opptrends   
PhoneDog   
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  USA TODAY   
Microsoft's Windows 9: Much ado about little, given cloud shift  ZDNet
Microsoft will reportedly launch Windows 9 on September 30 and could ultimately be known as the last of the software giant's big bang operating system releases. According to The Verge, Microsoft will feature "Threshold," or Windows 9 on Sept. 30. Mary Jo ...

Windows 9 inbound: Microsoft to unveil Windows 'Threshold' in September ...   PCWorld (blog)
Windows 9 unveiling set for September 30, report says   CNET
Report: Microsoft to Reveal Windows 9 on Sept. 30   PC Magazine
Daily Mail   
Wall Street Journal (blog)   
USA TODAY   
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  Reuters   
T-Mobile lures Sprint customers with unlimited LTE offer  Android Community
It's tantamount to a declaration of a “network war” as T-Mobile tries to bring over “unsatisfied” Sprint customers over to their fold. And what better way to do so than by enticing its own subscribers to lure friends who are unhappy with Sprint's latest move by ...

Sprint dials up competition   Dallas Morning News
T-Mobile Fires Back At Sprint's New Plans By Offering Free Data for A Year   Tom's Hardware Guide
Sprint and T-Mobile Offer More Price Discounts   Dumb-Out
News For Shoppers   
Register   
Kansas City Star   
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  CNBC   
Clones of Swing Copters in Less Than 24 Hours  Kotaku
Dong Nguyen's follow-up to Flappy Bird was released today, and as developer Christer Kaitila pointed out, there's already plenty of copycats. By my count there were 25 that had been published since Swing Copters was officially released earlier today, but ...

The successor to 'Flappy Bird' is here, and it's not very good   Dallas Morning News (blog)
Flappy Bird's Successor 'Swing Copters' is out on iOS and Android, and it's ...   IntoMobile
Prepare to get annoyed: Flappy Bird follow-up Swing Copters is now on Android ...   Digital Trends
USA TODAY   
TechnologyTell   
Mirror.co.uk   
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  Dumb-Out   
Honda Fit Now More Fit For Safety  Dumb-Out
The Honda Fit has had some impressive marketing, providing potential buyers with a fun look at a sleek body style for a car that is aimed at a more active lifestyle. This seemed to have piqued great interest in the new model, particularly in a time when ...

Honda recalls Fits to boost crash resistance   WWMT-TV
Honda retools subcompact Fit to make it more crash-resistant   The Telegram
Honda recalling 12000 Fit vehicles to bump up safety   Tech Times
Torque News   
Businessweek   
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  Headlines & Global News   
Comcast's latest location: on campus  CNNMoney
If young people get hooked on Comcast cable in college, perhaps they'll pay the company for cable when they graduate. That's one of the theories behind Comcast (CCV)'s introduction of a streaming TV service on five college campuses this fall. The service ...

Comcast Takes the Netflix Fight to College Campuses   Wall Street Journal (blog)
Comcast Debuts 'Xfinity On Campus' for College Kids   PC Magazine
Comcast bundles for college   Investor's Business Daily
TechHive   
Digital Trends   
Philadelphia Business Journal   
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  NBCNews.com   
Monkey Selfie Can't Be Copyrighted, US Regulators Confirm  NBCNews.com
Before you go bananas over a monkey selfie, know that the U.S. Copyright Office is on the side of humans. The federal body responsible for registering copyright claims has confirmed that a monkey — or any other animal — that takes a selfie doesn't own the ...

SAY CHEESE   Daily Beast
Federal Office Rules against Copyrighted Monkey Selfies   Angle Chronicle
US Copyright Office: Photos Taken by a Monkey Can't Be Copyrighted   Mashable
Los Angeles Times   
Stuff.co.nz   
Boston.com   
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  Wall Street Journal   
Uber Lets Partners Integrate Services Through API  Fox Business
First, the transportation startup announced it is piloting same-day grocery delivery services in Washington, D.C. Now, Uber is opening up its API to help users book rides while in apps used for travel, dating and financial management. With Uber's first 11 ...

United, TripAdvisor, Starbucks add Uber booking to their mobile apps   Los Angeles Times
Uber pulls into mobile dining and travel apps   Arab News
Uber builds on being 'best' by linking its ride requests to other mobile apps   Computerworld (blog)
FinancialsTrend   
Inferse   
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