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- Spaceships, castles and Steve Jobs’ abandoned mansion: The houses that tech built
- Wikipedia scores a key victory against paid-editing services, using cybersquatting legislation
- Driverless cars will be trialled in up to three UK cities from January
- Sky’s NOW TV movies and entertainment offerings land on Xbox One
- Microsoft’s Cortana digital assistant is coming to China, UK, Canada, India and Australia
- Popcorn Time shows no sign of slowing, as the ‘Netflix for torrents’ adds support for AirPlay
- IDC: Global smartphone shipments hit 295.3m in Q2 2014, but Samsung and Apple lost market share
- Amazon is investing $2b in its India operations, as the country’s online retail war heats up
- Twitter increases its focus on photos after buying deep-learning startup Madbits
- Samsung expands its Kids Store to 900 apps as it seeks to appeal to gadget-buying parents
| Spaceships, castles and Steve Jobs’ abandoned mansion: The houses that tech built Posted: 30 Jul 2014 03:23 AM PDT  The biggest names in the technology world generally had humble beginnings – many were started in garages or basements and gradually grew into the powerhouses we know today. But with technology now one of the largest business sectors, how can the demands of finding or building 'homes' for fast-paced technology companies be married with the sometimes glacial pace of architectural practice and construction? One of Brazil's hi-tech hubs. Image via Nelson Almeida/AFP/Getty Images Whether a company is building a bespoke HQ, leasing an existing building or repurposing a different structure entirely, the only constant remains the growing need to find... This story continues at The Next Web The post Spaceships, castles and Steve Jobs’ abandoned mansion: The houses that tech built appeared first on The Next Web. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Wikipedia scores a key victory against paid-editing services, using cybersquatting legislation Posted: 30 Jul 2014 02:38 AM PDT  The Wikimedia Foundation, the not-for-profit responsible for Wikipedia and a number of other wiki-based projects, has gained a small but notable victory in its fight to stamp paid-editing on its flagship online encyclopedia. To recap, the Foundation recently changed the terms of Wikipedia editing, requiring anyone who has been paid to edit articles to disclose this. Editors must make this clear through a statement on their profile page, as part of the edit summary, or on the talk page alongside the relevant edits. The reason? Well, it seems that many companies have been paying to have information about their services... This story continues at The Next Web The post Wikipedia scores a key victory against paid-editing services, using cybersquatting legislation appeared first on The Next Web. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Driverless cars will be trialled in up to three UK cities from January Posted: 30 Jul 2014 02:31 AM PDT  The UK government will trial driverless cars in up to three cities from January next year. Business Secretary Vince Cable today announced a £10 million competition that municipalities can bid for to host one of the trials. The government wants projects to be drawn up in collaboration with businesses and research firms; selected cities will host tests for 18 to 36 months. "Today's announcement will see driverless cars take to our streets in less than six months, putting us at the forefront of this transformational technology and opening up new opportunities for our economy and society," Cable said. The competition has been funded... This story continues at The Next Web The post Driverless cars will be trialled in up to three UK cities from January appeared first on The Next Web. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Sky’s NOW TV movies and entertainment offerings land on Xbox One Posted: 30 Jul 2014 01:23 AM PDT BSkyB has announced that its NOW TV streaming service, which lets subscribers access movies, entertainment and sports content on-demand, is now available on Microsoft's Xbox One. This comes just a few days after NOW TV landed on Sony's PlayStation 4. If you have an active rolling monthly subscription to one of NOW TV's packages, you will now be able to access the streaming service from Microsoft's latest-generation console. A Movies pass costs £8.99 per month (after a free 30 day trial), an Entertainment pass costs £4.99 per month and a Sports pass costs £9.99 for 24 hours. NOW TV can currently be accessed... This story continues at The Next Web The post Sky’s NOW TV movies and entertainment offerings land on Xbox One appeared first on The Next Web. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Microsoft’s Cortana digital assistant is coming to China, UK, Canada, India and Australia Posted: 30 Jul 2014 01:17 AM PDT  Microsoft has announced its first update to its Windows Phone 8.1 platform, which will most notably see its Cortana digital assistant expand outside of the US for the first time. The company says that the service is being launched as a beta in China (where it is named 'Xiao Na') and the UK, while users in Canada, India and Australia will be able to access an alpha version. The new versions will include localized spelling, pronunciation, accent and other data that Microsoft hopes will make Cortana "more locally relevant". Though Windows Phone accounts for a minority of smartphone sales in China, Microsoft has... This story continues at The Next Web The post Microsoft’s Cortana digital assistant is coming to China, UK, Canada, India and Australia appeared first on The Next Web. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Popcorn Time shows no sign of slowing, as the ‘Netflix for torrents’ adds support for AirPlay Posted: 30 Jul 2014 01:07 AM PDT Just a few weeks after Popcorn Time announced expanded support for Google Chromecast, the torrent-streaming platform is introducing support for AirPlay too. To recap, Popcorn Time is a cross-platform movie- and TV-show streaming service that beams out torrents in real-time. It's like Netflix, except it's peer-to-peer (P2P), offers much more content, and has questionable legality. While the movie industry has been pushing hard against the rise of torrent sites in recent years, Popcorn Time is showing no signs of slowing in its push to make torrents even more easily accessible. Available for PC, Mac and Android, Popcorn Time is Hollywood's... This story continues at The Next Web The post Popcorn Time shows no sign of slowing, as the ‘Netflix for torrents’ adds support for AirPlay appeared first on The Next Web. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| IDC: Global smartphone shipments hit 295.3m in Q2 2014, but Samsung and Apple lost market share Posted: 30 Jul 2014 12:39 AM PDT  The worldwide smartphone market is continuing its healthy growth, but the shake-up in smartphone vendors is becoming more apparent, according to latest figures from market research firm IDC. Global smartphone shipments hit a new record of 295.3 million units in the second quarter of 2014, posting a 23.1 percent growth year over year and an increase of 2.6 percent from the previous quarter, data from IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker show. The research firm notes that the growth is "fueled by ongoing demand for mobile computing and an abundance of low-cost smartphones" and it expects smartphone shipments to surpass 300 million... This story continues at The Next Web The post IDC: Global smartphone shipments hit 295.3m in Q2 2014, but Samsung and Apple lost market share appeared first on The Next Web. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Amazon is investing $2b in its India operations, as the country’s online retail war heats up Posted: 29 Jul 2014 11:35 PM PDT  E-commerce firm Flipkart raised $1 billion yesterday in what is by far the largest funding deal for an Indian startup to date. How can you top that? How about $2 billion? That's exactly what Amazon — one rival that has motivated Flipkart to raise more capital — is doing. The US company chose today to cheekily announce plans to invest $2 billion into its one-year old operations in India, as first spotted by Next Big What. Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos explained the "huge potential" that he sees in the country: After our first year in business, the response from customers... This story continues at The Next Web The post Amazon is investing $2b in its India operations, as the country’s online retail war heats up appeared first on The Next Web. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Twitter increases its focus on photos after buying deep-learning startup Madbits Posted: 29 Jul 2014 11:02 PM PDT  Twitter is increasing its focus on images after it quietly acquired deep-learning startup Madbits. GigaOm first reported the deal, which appears to have closed on Monday according to the Madbits website — although there has been no announcement from Twitter at this point. Deep-learning has developed into quite the buzzword as startups sprout up promising to pore through the mountains of information on the internet — both public and private — to help us better understand trends, information, people and more. Madbits comes with quite a pedigree — founders Clément Farabet and Louis-Alexandre Etezad-Heydari were students of New York University professor Yann LeCun,... This story continues at The Next Web The post Twitter increases its focus on photos after buying deep-learning startup Madbits appeared first on The Next Web. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Samsung expands its Kids Store to 900 apps as it seeks to appeal to gadget-buying parents Posted: 29 Jul 2014 09:47 PM PDT Fresh from revamping its own Galaxy App Store, Samsung has upgraded its Kids Store which - as the name suggests – covers apps that cater for youngsters and is part of the 'kids mode' on two of its newest devices. The store is limited to the Galaxy S5 smartphone and Galaxy Tab S tablet at this point, but Samsung says that it now includes 900 apps dedicated to children, including games, educational apps and more. As well as stocking child-friendly content, kids mode gives parents greater peace of mind with a password protection feature that prevents children from getting access to unsuitable apps, or... This story continues at The Next Web The post Samsung expands its Kids Store to 900 apps as it seeks to appeal to gadget-buying parents appeared first on The Next Web. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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