SeekOmega Wall Street dips after SP 500 hits four-year high Shell plans at least $1 billion a year China shale gas investment Best Buy suspends profit outlook, share buybacks Fed’s Lockhart says mind not made up on easing Another risk officer in JPMorgan “Whale” trade retains lawyer Dell Inc has hired a former Hewlett-Packard...
Queens has received quite a bit of attention from the NY tech scene over the past few months, but that doesn’t mean the rest of the city isn’t following in the emerging borough’s growth. The Bronx is also competing for attention, and startups have essentially pushed areas of Brooklyn (like Dumbo) to capacity. As for Manhattan,...
Facebook is adding a new feature to its Open Graph for developers today and it has huge potential to increase the engagement and exposure of apps. The feature is called Mention Tagging and it allows you to mention Facebook friends right in message text you enter inside any connected app. This is not to...
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Being a mobile application developer is a lot like being a writer. It could make you a millionaire, or it could leave you in a basement apartment eating Top Ramen. But an Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator company, TapFame, is ready to make things a bit easier on both the developer and the brands that are...
All Google Chromebooks, even the first beta devices, have a large software update waiting for them. On Tuesday, Google announced that the web-centric notebooks would get the newest version of the Chrome browser — version 21 — but also a number of small feature enhancements and new functionality. My own Chromebook was last updated...
If you squint really hard, you might see the newest, most unlikely model for anxiety-free commutes: E. coli bacteria. Chinese researchers have used bacterial foraging optimization, an algorithm, to vary traffic-light timing in order to grease vehicle flow at a single intersection in Guangzhou, the traffic-snarled capitol of Guandong province. The BFO software mimics the behavior...
Microsoft said Tuesday that it is has opened up its $14.99 Windows 8 upgrade offer to the general public, while online reports suggest that Windows 8’s full retail price will be lower than previous versions of the operation system. In a blog post, Microsoft said it had opened its upgrade program, which will allow...
Lawyers will make closing statements today in what has been dubbed the technology trial of the century. The epic dust-up between Apple and Samsung is far from over, though. Here is a plain English guide to how the jury will decide the verdict, how the judge can overrule them and what happens next. What...
GPS navigation service TomTom added a new feature to its turn-by-turn directions app for iOS Tuesday. Now it pulls in location data from Foursquare to let you navigate to popular places. If you’re logged in, it can check you in automatically when you arrive. For people who enjoy logging their travels, this is a...