Archive for August 3rd, 2012
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Apple’s Software Boss Reveals the Origin Story of iOSPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech BizTestifying in court Friday, Scott Forstall, the Apple VP in charge of iOS, discussed all the secrecy, hard work and innovation that went into developing the iPhone’s operating system. Samsung’s lawyers, however, hectored Forstall about the ways Apple possibly drew inspiration from competitors.
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2012
Facebook Detectives Can’t Corroborate Claims of Clicky RobotsPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech BizAn advertiser says Facebook sent it mostly bots, not prospective customers. But Facebook hasn’t been able to substantiate that claim.
Aug
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2012
Jobs Up 163K in July But ‘We Need to Do a Lot More’: Labor Secretary Chides CongressPosted by: yahootechticker in Yahoo Tech TickerFollow The Daily Ticker on Facebook! The U.S. economy created a stronger-than-expected 163,000 jobs in July, bringing the average monthly rate for 2012 back above 150,000 after a grim second quarter. Manufacturing was a bright spot last month, adding 25,000 jobs, as the private sector added 172,000 jobs in total. But the unemployment rate ticked [...]
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You’ve Been Trumped: Scottish FIlmmaker Takes on The DonaldPosted by: yahootechticker in Yahoo Tech TickerFollow The Daily Ticker on Facebook! In July The Trump Organization opened a luxury 18-hole gulf course off the Northeastern coast of Scotland on land once protected for its rare and disappearing sand dunes. The championship course was slated to be one of two courses and one small part of a larger $1.5 billion luxury [...]
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Buying Beats Renting in Most U.S. Cities: ZillowPosted by: yahootechticker in Yahoo Tech TickerFollow The Daily Ticker on Facebook! Renting versus buying: the age-old question that has confounded homebuyers in recent years. Depressed home prices and historically low mortgage rates have done little to persuade the majority of Americans to buy the more than 2.5 million homes available for sale last month. Homebuilders have cut back on construction [...] Snapatoonies does not try to hide the fact it is educational. It respects the fact that young children want to learn, that their brains are primed for it and just like the folks over at Sesame Street, they put the learning up front and don’t try to hide it behind baby talk or odd colorful characters.
Aug
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2012
Facebook Detectives Can?t Corroborate Claims of Clicky RobotsPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech BizAn advertiser says Facebook sent it mostly bots, not prospective customers. But Facebook hasn’t been able to substantiate that claim.
Aug
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2012
American’s are embracing Over-the-top-TV – some figuresPosted by: theequitykicker in The Equity KickerAmericans are deserting their cable providers in droves. According to reports on BGR and Comscore:
The population of the US is 311m with around 120m housesholds, so 3.6m homes cutting the chord is around 3% of the total. The shift to OTT television has well and truly started and it isn’t surprising that in Hulu and Netflix we have two large companies in this space already. |
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