Archive for August 16th, 2012
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Twitter’s New API Rules Likely Spell the End of Third-Party ClientsPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech BizOn Thursday, Twitter announced a new version of its API. The latest version requires anyone using the Twitter API to be authenticated, institutes a rate limiting feature, and makes big changes to the ways developers can use Twitter?s data.
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Apple, Samsung Speed Through Witnesses as Testimony Hours Tick DownPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech BizWith mere hours of testimony time remaining on both sides, the lawyers involved in Apple v. Samsung are rushing to squeeze in as much information as possible, while the judge and jurors grow weary of the ongoing trial and its never-ending mountains of paperwork.
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Housing Starts Jump 20% in One Year: Recovery Ahead, Says Bill McBridePosted by: yahootechticker in Yahoo Tech TickerFollow The Daily Ticker on Facebook! July housing starts registered a bit weaker than expected Thursday, raising questions yet again about the state of the U.S. housing market. Last month housing starts fell 1.1 percent from June to a seasonally adjusted 746,000, the Commerce Department reported. Construction of single-family homes fell 6.5 percent to the [...]
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Retail Sales: Third Quarter Could Be Weak Says AnalystPosted by: yahootechticker in Yahoo Tech TickerFollow The Daily Ticker on Facebook! U.S. consumers pulled out their credit cards and shopped in July, reversing a three-month downward trend in retail sales, according to the Commerce Department. The better-than-expected 0.8 percent rise in retail sales has become another promising piece of government data that some experts are heralding as a sign of [...]
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Clean Energy: Obama Says It’s the Future, Paul Ryan Calls It a FadPosted by: yahootechticker in Yahoo Tech TickerFollow The Daily Ticker on Facebook! Other than Mitt Romney’s pick of Paul Ryan as a running mate, the big issue on the campaign trail this week has been U.S. energy policy. President Obama wants to extend the wind energy tax credit that’s set to expire at the end of the year. The tax incentive [...]
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The “Dirty Word” You Won’t Hear in This Presidential CampaignPosted by: yahootechticker in Yahoo Tech TickerFollow The Daily Ticker on Facebook! Before the Ryan budget plan became a hot topic in the presidential campaign, the stubbornly high jobless rate dominated. It remains Mitt Romney’s key argument for why he should replace President Obama and the clearest sign that the U.S. economy hasn’t recovered yet from the Great Recession. “[President Obama's] [...]
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Apple Is Talking to TV Companies About a Deal That Could Change TV ForeverPosted by: yahootechticker in Yahoo Tech TickerRemember a few months ago, when everyone was hyperventilating about the forthcoming Apple TV? This was the magical “sheet of glass” powered by Siri that Apple was going to start selling for twice the price of a regular TV. Apple was going to go do big deals with the TV content companies, disrupt the cable [...]
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XStylus Touch for iPad Offers Balance and AccuracyPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech BizThe design of the XStylus is somewhat unique. A solid piece of polished stainless steel is pinned between a white or black plastic pen body so that it can be rotated 180 degrees — when the alloy piece is inserted between the black plastic, the plastic expands giving the stylus an thin oval shape that mimics a traditional medium-thickness pen.
Desk Pets International has been making micro-sized robotic toys since it’ founding in 2009. The Carbot is their latest and most advanced micro-robot.
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