Cook to Apple shareholders: Fighting the feds 'doesn't scare us'
It's been a busy year for Apple CEO Tim Cook since the company's last shareholders' meeting. Apple added new iPhone models, updated the Apple TV set-top box, made a larger iPad and designed a pencil to use with it. The company also revised its Mac OS X desktop software and its iOS mobile software that combined run on more than 1 billion devices. But the investors who gathered for this year's meeting were likely thinking about Cook's decision to fight a court order compelling Apple to help the..>> view originalUPDATE 1-Zuckerberg says learned from Germany about defending migrants
BERLIN Facebook has learned from Germany to include migrants as a class of people that needed to be protected from "hate speech" online, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on the second day of a visit to Berlin on Friday.A perceived slowness to remove anti-migrant postings by neo-Nazi sympathizers has increased antipathy to Facebook in Germany at a time of raised tensions and outbreaks of violence against record numbers of migrants arriving in the country.Facebook already has the cultural ob..>> view originalPresidential Candidate Rubio on Apple: "Let me tell you their Brand is not Superior to the United States of America"
During the CNN Presidential Debate in Texas last night, Marco Rubio's desperation to be of any relevance in the race going forward translated into lashing out at Donald Trump with fueled arguments from his Super PAC as well as attacking Apple; yes, Apple. Rubio, trying to sound tough on security, went on the attack against one of America's most respected and admired technology companies. Rubio stated that the FBI wasn't "asking for Apple to create a backdoor to encryption." Rubio was echoi..>> view originalRumor: Apple's 4-inch iPhone event pushed back a week, to March 22
Rumor: Apple's 4-inch iPhone event pushed back a week, to March 22 By AppleInsider Staff Friday, February 26, 2016, 06:34 am PT (09:34 am ET) Apple is widely expected to unveil both a new 4-inch iPhone and new 9.7-inch iPad at a media event next month, but a new report claims the keynote presentation may have been delayed by a week, until Tuesday, March 22. Citing an unnamed source, South Korean website UnderKG reported this week that Apple employees have been asked to keep the days a..>> view originalMark Zuckerberg embraces live video
Mark Zuckerberg addresses a Facebook town hall in Berlin Friday.(Photo: Facebook)SAN FRANCISCO — Live video has a real fan in Mark Zuckerberg."Live video is one of the things I am most excited about because it's so raw and so visceral," Zuckerberg said Friday during a Facebook town hall in Berlin. The town hall was broadcast live on Zuckerberg's Facebook page.Facebook announced Friday that it has begun rolling out its "Live Video" feature to devices powered by Android mobile software. The roll o..>> view originalThese Are the 5 Best Pokemon Games Ever
On Feb. 27, 1996, Pokemon appeared on Japanese store shelves for the first time. Players could inhabit a world crawling with animal-like creatures endowed with seemingly magical powers, fighting and capturing them to use them in battle. When the Nintendo Game Boy title arrived on American shores two years later, it sparked a phenomenon that dominated grade school cafeterias across the country. (And spawned a TIME magazine cover, eventually.) A media empire quickly developed, resulting in a TV ..>> view originalAmid FBI row, Apple hires developer behind secure messaging app Signal
Amid FBI row, Apple hires developer behind secure messaging app Signal By Roger Fingas Friday, February 26, 2016, 10:30 am PT (01:30 pm ET) Apple is hiring Frederic Jacobs — a developer responsible for the secure chat app Signal — to work on the CoreOS security team this summer, a report noted on Friday. Jacobs announced his new job in a Twitter post, later spotted by TechCrunch. Beyond the security focus, Jacobs hasn't elaborated on what he might be doing, which is common for high-pro..>> view originalInbox Brings Additional Snooze Options in Update - Android Headlines
Inbox by Gmail today is rolling out a fresh new update to Android (as well as iOS and the web) which brings a few new Snooze options. We've always had the ability to snooze some items to a specific date, or even for the next week or day. However, the ...>> view originalWhy serious PC gamers should ignore the Windows Store
It’s no secret that Microsoft wants to compete with the likes of Steam and GOG by providing a one-stop shop for AAA PC game titles such as Rise of the Tomb Raider and the upcoming Quantum Break. Be warned, however: Games purchased from the Windows Store are Universal Windows apps, which are severely sandboxed and can’t touch other apps or programs. Universal Windows apps are a great way to get mobile games like Candy Crush, Lara Croft Go, and Minecraft: Pocket Edition onto your PC. But AAA ti..>> view originalWhy Mercedes is halting robots' reign on the production line
Mercedes-Benz offers the S-Class sedan with a growing array of options such as carbon-fiber trim, heated and cooled cupholders and four types of caps for the tire valves, and the carmaker's robots can't keep up.With customization key to wooing modern consumers, the flexibility and dexterity of human workers is reclaiming space on Mercedes's assembly lines. That bucks a trend that has given machines the upper hand over manpower since legendary U.S. railroad worker John Henry died trying to best ..>> view original
Friday, February 26, 2016
Cook to Apple shareholders: Fighting the feds 'doesn't scare us' and other top stories.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment