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Here's Facebook's New Motto: 'Move Fast, With Stable Infra' (FB)
Business Insider - 30 Apr 2014 19:27
At this year's F8 developer's conference, Mark Zuckerberg jokingly rolled out a new motto for Facebook: "Move Fast With Stable Infra." In the past, Facebook's motto was "Move Fast, Break Things." The idea was that it wan...
Sennheiser Speakerphones should offer a great looking, and sounding, way to make calls
Pocket-lint - 30 Apr 2014 14:10
Sennheiser has launched a new range of Speakerphones in the SP 10 and SP 20 range that look gorgeous and, it claims, sound great too. They double as music speakers between calls too. The lightweight and portable speakerp...
The Snapchat Co-Founders Just Took An Amazing Selfie On My iPhone
Business Insider - 30 Apr 2014 03:50
Snapchat co-founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy both made Time Magazine's list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. At a gala Tuesday night celebrating the honorees at Lincoln Center, Spiegel and Murphy po...
Ronan Farrow And Laverne Cox Are New Best Friends
Time - 30 Apr 2014 05:55
They danced and took a photo together
Merging Two Companies Is Hard. Here's How To Do It
Forbes - 30 Apr 2014 19:27
Be prepared to bump up against a lot of cultural challenges during the integration process
HP Pavilion x360 review
Pocket-lint - 30 Apr 2014 13:00
The post-PC era is upon us and we're in a period of transition. There are tablets, there are laptops and there are devices that want to do more than the two combined. Take the HP Pavilion x360, a touchscreen device that ...
Apple and Samsung Cite, and Rebut, Internal Memos in Patent Case
The New York Times - 30 Apr 2014 04:42
Lawyers for Apple and Samsung presented closing arguments in the latest billion-dollar patent dispute between the mobile phone and tablet makers.
Cold weather seen temporarily slowing U.S. economy
Reuters - 30 Apr 2014 07:11
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This 60-Word Sentence Started The 'War On Terror' -- And Much More
Business Insider - 30 Apr 2014 23:50
Within 72 hours of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, a White House lawyer had crafted the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF). That law, approved by Congress, gave President George W. Bush the power...
Molecular networks provide insights for computer security
Phys.org - 30 Apr 2014 02:00
The robust defenses that yeast cells have evolved to protect themselves from environmental threats hold lessons that can be used to design computer networks and analyze how secure they are, say computer scientists at Car...
12 Mind-Blowing Facts About Apple That Will Remind You Just How Gigantic The Company Really Is (AAPL)
Business Insider - 30 Apr 2014 04:09
For a few years there, Apple was on an insane run. It defined the smartphone market with the iPhone, then reinvented personal computing with the iPad. Growth was off the charts as consumers bought these products. Then, t...
Oklahoma Inmate Dies After Execution Is Botched
ABC News - 30 Apr 2014 03:19
Oklahoma inmate dies of heart attack after delivery of new execution drugs is botched
DealBook: U.S. Close to Bringing Criminal Charges Against Big Banks
The New York Times - 30 Apr 2014 03:12
Prosecutors are looking to address public outrage and alter the belief that Wall Street institutions are "too big to jail."
Nigeria's Stolen Girls
The New Yorker - 30 Apr 2014 07:00
“I thought it was the end of my life,” Deborah Sanya told me by phone on Monday from Chibok, a tiny town of farmers in northeastern Nigeria. “There were many, many of them.” Boko Haram, an Islamist terrorist grou...
DealBook: New York State Makes New Efforts to Combat Payday Lenders
The New York Times - 30 Apr 2014 06:10
Benjamin M. Lawsky, New York State's top financial regulator, is sending cease-and-desist letters to 20 companies suspected of making illegal payday loans.
Sorry, But Twitter Will Never Be Facebook
Forbes - 30 Apr 2014 03:51
So What? It Was Never Supposed To Be
Preparations for Rio Olympics 'the Worst,' Committee Official Says
The New York Times - 30 Apr 2014 02:16
Doubts are growing about the city's ability to get ready for the 2016 Summer Olympics without international help, and officials say there is no Plan B.
'Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes' Announced
Forbes - 30 Apr 2014 20:30
Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes announced in Hollywood as the next edition of the best-selling toy-video game of 2013.
GE Gains Inside Track On Alstom Acquisition; Street Approves
Forbes - 30 Apr 2014 19:27
The board of the struggling French industrial company Alstom formally accepted a net $13.5 billion all-cash offer from General Electric for its energy businesses Wednesday, giving the U.S. conglomerate a leg up over a bi...
How Japan's Status as a Rising Solar Superpower Helps China
The Atlantic - 30 Apr 2014 19:07
The photovoltaic boom in Japan is helping China, too.
Iraq Holds Vote as It Slides Deeper Into Strife
Time - 30 Apr 2014 07:06
(BAGHDAD) -- A key election for a new Iraqi parliament was underway on Wednesday amid a massive security operation as the country continued to slide deeper into sectarian violence more than two years after U.S. forces le...
14 Militants, 1 Philippine Marine Dead in Clash
Time - 30 Apr 2014 07:02
(MANILA, Philippines) -- A battle between Philippine marines and Muslim militants, who launched a surprise attack to regain control of a captured jungle training encampment, has left 14 Abu Sayyaf fighters and one marine...