In the post-Snowden-era whereas ‘national security’ issues have been anything but earnestly debated, it is good to see Turkey’s highest court overruling the banning of YouTube as both unlawful and to be restored.
(Source) BBC: http://goo.gl/MUwUlS
With another rumor proving inevitable, Apple’s purchase of Beats for $3B raises the question (yet again): has Cupertino become the new Redmond?
(Source) Rolling Stone: http://goo.gl/JU55Nc
Google (which seems to have a hand in pretty much everything tech-related currently) has announced that the firm is planing to ‘build their own self-driving cars’ which begs the question: will the company track any given driver’s habits in order to provide them with targeted advertising too?
(Source) BBC: http://goo.gl/fYfncP
While popular in Asia, sticker-based texting has yet to really ‘stick’ (pun intended) in America.
(Source) NY Times: http://goo.gl/CiYwFN
With already being ‘0-for-2’ within the Tablet-space, Redmond’s has to be not only feeling the pressure of their (legacy) hardware failures but arguably having their final chance at ‘getting this release right’ (which based upon the preliminary reviews seems that the firm might have turned a corner). Now, whether or not the mass-market agrees and/or forgets their two previously botched efforts (regarding overall lackluster sales) is yet to be determined.
(Source) The Seattle Times: http://goo.gl/gd7vmd
Although this medium has (still) yet to fully take commercial-hold in Hollywood, widespread adoption (while still not a guarantee) within the mass market could both revolutionize both this space as well as Hollywood’s (overall) approach to this (languishing) technology.
(Source) New Vision: http://goo.gl/7lZrQf
Duopolies (in the example of Comcast and Verizon in America) continue to prove to be the bane of the nation’s (home) ‘net access (due to high prices / slower speeds, etc.) That said, let’s hope that Google Broadband is more than just a marketing scheme but a bonafide effort towards continuing to force the hand of the Telco behemoths!
(Source) Tech Times: http://goo.gl/aEO5LV
If Google does produce a 3D imaging tablet, this has the potential to be a ‘game-changer’ (as the overused saying goes) within this market segment.
(Source) BBC: http://goo.gl/7yzV3A
Add eBay to the (ever) growing list of major hacking targets.
(Source) Venture Beat: http://goo.gl/Hhq1X4
Despite shifting public and legislative sentiment (in America) the (supposedly) ‘Grand Theft Auto’ of ‘Pot’ games has been pulled by Apple (which reaffirms their tight corporate policy on game-compliance)… but this move does not fully explain why said game was allowed to be published (therein) to begin with.
(Source) Tech Crunch: http://goo.gl/vomWOd
