New Yorkers soon to get emergency cell phone alerts in what Bloomberg calls 'quantum leap forwar
• www.nydailynews.comEmergency officials will soon be able to blast critical alerts to anyone with a cell phone in a certain section of the city.
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National Emergency Alert System Set To Launch In NYC
• newyork.cbslocal.comA new national alert system is set to begin in New York City that will alert the public to emergencies via cell phones.
What Data Means for Google
• http://www.technologyreview.com/The company's director of research, Peter Norvig, discusses how Google bases its products and its internal processes on data -- and how such data comes in a cascade of new forms.
Facebook, Google Consider Teaming With Skype
• slatest.slate.comThe Internet giants mull separate joint ventures.
Carriers Crack Down on Wireless-Tethering App for Android
• Mike Isaac via WIRED.comThe application, “Wireless Tether for Root Users,” is still available on the Android Market. But if you have a phone that’s on the Verizon, AT&T or T-Mobile networks, you won’t be able to download or install it.
Sony Hacked Again; 25 Million Entertainment Users’ Info at Risk
• Jason Schreier via WIRED.comHackers may have stolen the personal information of 24.6 million Sony Online Entertainment users, the company said on Monday. More than 20,000 credit card and bank account numbers were also put at risk.
Wrongly Jailed Security Whistleblower Caught Up in PlayStation Hacker Hunt
• Kevin Poulsen via WIRED.comArmchair cybersleuths on the trail of the PlayStation Network hackers have been focusing attention on a chat log that shows technically sophisticated PlayStation tinkerers discussing Sony’s security vulnerabilities just two months before the breach.
Your iPhone Can Buy Your Groceries
• technologyreview.comA new iPhone app offers a preview of the personalized, self-service future of shopping.
Alt Text: Sneaky Smartphones Track Stupid Users
• wired.comSome reporter or another discovered last week that consumer-device manufacturer Movabla’s immensely popular and seductively curved moPhone collects user-location data in an unencrypted text file titled “not_user_data_ignore_this.txt.”
Apple Denies Tracking iPhone Users, Will Issue Software Update to Discontinue Tracking iPhone Users
• Dan Nosowitz via PopSci.comIn response to the hubbub surrounding the iPhone's unwanted tendency to transcribe your every move and remember it for years, Apple today issued a curious statement--mostly a blanket denial of wrongdoing
Apple, Google Summoned to Senate Hearing On Mobile Device Privacy
• Jacqui Cheng via WIRED.comSenator Al Franken (D-Minnesota) has called upon Apple and Google to participate in a hearing with the Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law in order to discuss consumer privacy.
PlayStation Network Hack Leaves Credit Card Info at Risk
• Jason Schreier via WIRED.comSony thinks an “unauthorized person” now has access to all PlayStation Network account information and passwords, and may have obtained the credit card numbers of the service’s 70 million users.
How Auto Industry Is Becoming a Software Business
• Maurizio Pesce via WIRED.comThe growing role of complex software provides increased functionality and value for consumers. From gadgets to cars to the power industry, we’re seeing more industries embrace software that tailors products to our individual needs.
Customers Sue Apple Over iPhone Location-Data Collection
• Brian X. Chen via WIRED.comTwo Apple customers have filed a lawsuit accusing the Cupertino, California, company of committing violations of computer-fraud laws by recording location data of iPhone and iPad customers.
How World of Warcraft shaped the leadership style of the new head of MIT's Media Lab
• Christopher Mims via TechnologyReview.comJoi Ito, the multi-talented investor and thinker who has just been announced as the new head of MIT's media lab, than his account of how he became so addicted to World of Warcraft that he became a Guild Master in the game.
Tech: Your iPhone Can Buy Your Groceries
• Erica Naone via TechnologyReview.comA new iPhone app offers a preview of the personalized, self-service future of shopping.
With New Software, Drones Get Closer to Thinking Like Pilots
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comA software company CEO who is trying to train drones to think like pilots promises he is not producing a cadre of mutinous rebel aircraft. He just wants to prevent collisions between drones and human-powered airplanes.
A More Human Virtual Crowd
• Erica Westly via TechnologyReview.comModeling crowd behavior can help engineers design buildings and other public spaces so as to prevent deaths and injuries during emergencies. But it is hard to design virtual crowds that realistically mimic real ones.
The Death of Open Data?
• http://www.technologyreview.com/The battle over budget cuts may gut the U.S. government's effort to make information more widely available.
Your iPhone Keeps a Secret Log of Everywhere You Go, Security Experts Find
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comBritish security researchers have figured out that iPhones keep track of where their owners go, saving data to the device and uploading it to a user’s computer when the phone is synced with iTunes.
iOS devices log where and when you go, transfer that data to your pc
• Boing Boing / Cory DoctorowSecurity researchers have revealed a hidden, secret iOS file that keeps a record of everywhere you've been. The record is synched to your PC and subsequently resynched to your other mobile devices. [Wait'll your wife's attorney gets ahold of this]
Reprogrammable Chips Could Enable Instant Gadget Upgrades
• Tom Simonite via TechnologyReview.comChanging chip design on demand could allow TVs and other devices to upgrade their own hardware.
A Browser that Speaks Your Language
• technologyreview.comThe latest version of Google's Chrome shows the potential of HTML5.
Dialing with Your Thoughts
• technologyreview.comA new brain-control interface lets users make calls by thinking of the number—research that could prove useful for the severely disabled and beyond.
Sports Illustrated - Tablet Demo 1.5
• YouTubeThis collaboration between The Wonderfactory and Time, Inc. is an excellent example of how tablets will enable the creation of innovative, addictive experiences by publishers, media companies, and advertisers.
Device-to-Device Media Sharing that Works
• technologyreview.comOne proximity-based app has nailed the triangulation problem.
Companies Hope to 'Program' the Internet
• technologyreview.comThe Open Network Foundation wants to let programmers take control of computer networks.
QWERTY Keyboard R.I.P? Google Motion Says “Yes”!
• wired.comIn a move likely to revolutionize the computer industry, Google today announced a new initiative — Google Motion — which will allow users to bypass the keyboard and input information directly into the computer with simple gestures.
Google making app that would identify people's faces
• cnn.comGoogle is working on a mobile application that would allow users to snap pictures of people's faces in order to access their personal information, a director for the project said this week.
DARPA Creates Interactive 3-D Holographic Map Table
• Julie Beck via PopSci.comThe Urban Photonic Sandtable Display (UPSD) allows up to 20 participants to simultaneously view and manipulate the 360-degree, 3-D image on the table, without having to wear 3-D glasses.
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