Daily Archives: December 28, 2012

Dr. Oz: The Future Of Medicine Will Depend On Technology, Not Doctors

December 28, 2012

Dr. Oz believes that technology and advancements in design and functionality of everyday objects will play a great part in the future of health and medicine. “I see the car, which is right now one of the most unused spaces in our lives, becoming a mobile examination suite for you,” said the heart surgeon,...

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Mike Lynch: HP Is Already Backtracking On Accusations of Fraud At Autonomy (HPQ)

December 28, 2012
Mike Lynch: HP Is Already Backtracking On Accusations of Fraud At Autonomy (HPQ)

Bloomberg TV Former CEO of Autonomy, Mike Lynch See Also Well, Now We’ll Finally Get To The Bottom Of HP’s Alleged Autonomy Fraud HP Could Lay Off At Least 70 Autonomy Employees HP Has Been Slammed With 10 Lawsuits Over The Autonomy Debacle Shortly after HP revealed that the Department of Justice is investigating accusations...

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NYTimes: Foxconn CEO Is Now Actively Involved In Improving Working Conditions At Apple’s Biggest Supplier (AAPL)

December 28, 2012
NYTimes: Foxconn CEO Is Now Actively Involved In Improving Working Conditions At Apple’s Biggest Supplier (AAPL)

Email More Daniel Berehulack / Getty Images The New York Times recently published a big story on the improving conditions at Foxconn and other factories in China. Foxconn has announced that by July 2013 no employee can work more than an average of 49 hours a week, in accordance with Chinese labor laws. And...

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From Internet freedom to TNW Conference: A year at The Next Web

December 28, 2012
From Internet freedom to TNW Conference: A year at The Next Web

On January 3, 2012, we introduced our iPad app, developed for us by ShoutEm‘s team. If you have just received a new iPad for Christmas, don’t forget to download it here. Article source: TNW http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWeb/~3/3_l1b28s7Ck/

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Pinterest sued by investor Brian Cohen’s business partner, alleging it stole his idea and technology

December 28, 2012

Pinterest and its early investor, Brian Cohen, have been sued in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York over allegations that they stole the ideas and technology from Theodore Schroeder, an lawyer and entrepreneur who had a working relationship with Cohen. The company is facing six counts in the...

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The FCC’s new chief economist is a keen advocate of ISP data caps and usage-based pricing

December 28, 2012

The FCC has appointed Steven Wildman as its chief economist. Steven Wildman, the James H. Quello Professor of Telecommunication Studies at Michigan State University is the acting chairman of that school’s Telecommunications, Information Studies and Media Department. Wildman replaces Marius Schwartz, who according to The Hill will return to Georgetown. According to the FCC’s Chairman Julius Genachowski, Wildman’s role is...

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Seniors Should Be Dialing In On Smartphones

December 28, 2012
Seniors Should Be Dialing In On Smartphones

With one billion smartphones now on our planet, it is amazing that one device can provide such utility to so many different people. The combination of apps on my LG Spectrum let me do things I couldn’t do without it. However within my over-sixty demographic, I find myself in a small group of smartphone...

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Why Instagram Didn’t Really Lose 25% Of Its Users

December 28, 2012
Why Instagram Didn’t Really Lose 25% Of Its Users

New analytics from AppData suggest that Instagram is hemorrhaging members after last week’s backlash against its changing terms of use. Some sites are reporting that Instagram has actually lost 25% of its daily active users as a result of the incident, which had Instagram enthusiasts and the Facebook-wary alike hoisting their pitchforks in protest. ...

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HP Gets Feds To Investigate Autonomy Deal

December 28, 2012
HP Gets Feds To Investigate Autonomy Deal

Hewlett-Packard has made if official. The Justice Department is indeed investigating HP’s allegations that Autonomy execs tricked the troubled technology giant into paying way too much for the British software maker. In disclosing the probe in its annual regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, HP has started the next chapter in its...

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NYC mayor blames iOS gadget thefts for city’s rise in crime

December 28, 2012

New York City’s crime rate ticked up a bit in 2012, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he knows what’s to blame: iPhones, iPads and the people who steal them. The city counted 108,432 “major crimes” during 2012, which is 3,484, or 3.3 percent more than the 104,948 major crimes in the city last year....

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