Flipboard for Android is both welcomed and in all probability overdue…
(Source) The Droid Guy: http://goo.gl/H8liM
Okay, not as in the baseball kind of out but as in the lawsuit got tossed without the ability to refile their respective claims… which just goes to show that Apple is not always capable of warping reality towards their favor. Moreover, with Google now Motorola’s parent company this has clearly got to upset the brass in Cupertino!
(Source) CNET: http://goo.gl/krXbg
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against LinkedIn (due to their recent password security breech) which begs the question: does this bring new meaning to the word frivolous and/or does said filing actually have merit?
(Source) LA Times: http://goo.gl/9jmGF
And, they’re off… Okay, actually Redmond’s latest OS isn’t quite off yet (it is slated for release this fall). Nevertheless, given the challenges that Microsoft is / has been / continues facing the pressure is on them (and Nokia; PC makers… add Tablets too for that matter).
(Source) Bloomberg: http://goo.gl/QHVA6
Facebook offered a rare glimpse into how the firm polices content – which is a good thing (service). Conversely, for investors who felt burned by their IPO (aside from institutional ones of course) they in all probability would’ve been much more satisfied with finding out just how overrated their valuation actually was… but that’s another issue entirely…
(Source) Reuters: http://goo.gl/qT0kU
Today’s an active day tech-news-wise and for those paying attention Facebook’s purchase of Face (a facial-recognition Start-up) has the potential for yet another long-term impact on people’s private lives (and, paradoxically, modern societies’ orientation towards divulging information) due to a myriad of reasons too numerous to detail herein.
(Source) CNET Asia: http://goo.gl/ec5N7
Ethiopia’s new anti-freemium legislation essentially amounts to a draconian-law whereas anyone caught using Skype (for example) vs. the government-owned Telco is subject to a 15-year jail sentence… Talk about a collect call; ouch!
(Source) D-Vice: http://goo.gl/byYFi
Congrats to China for sending their first women into outer space (let’s hope that the mission’s purpose is a peaceful one for the benefit of all mankind).
(Source) BBC: http://goo.gl/k7Te4
Although the upper-echelons of the firm will receive most of the news regarding their (pending) departure(s)… the first of (what will in all probability be) many layers of management at Facebook has publicly reported their resignation as the company undergoes the next phase of their maturation process (which post their IPO has been anything but smooth…)
(Source) SF Gate: http://goo.gl/RLJwJ
With Nokia’s on-going legacy-woes (prior to essentially placing their future on a bet with Microsoft and their unproven mobile phone OS) the firm looks to be in an almost unescapable death spiral (which is never a good thing regarding those that lose their jobs, etc.) due to a combination of hubris; insularity; a (corporate) solo mentality and basically getting caught flat-footed regarding the Smartphone Revolution (akin to the PC Revolution and the fallout of many typewriter firms that went by the wayside… remember Singer as but one example?) In sum, their situation is looking anything but almost terminal (at this juncture).
(Source) Reuters: http://goo.gl/7IXTV
