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Kurzweil joins Google to work on new projects involving machine learning and language processing — Ray Kurzweil confirmed today that he will be joining Google to work on new projects involving machine learning and language processing. — “I'm excited to share that I'll be joining Google …
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| Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch: |
Ray Kurzweil Joins Google In Full-Time Engineering Director Role; Will Focus On Machine Learning, Language Processing — Famed inventor, entrepreneur, author, and futurist Ray Kurzweil announced this afternoon that he has been hired by search engine giant Google as a director of engineering focused … | David J. Hill / Singularity Hub: |
Patented Book Writing System Creates, Sells Hundreds Of Thousands Of Books On Amazon — Philip M. Parker, Professor of Marketing at INSEAD Business School, has had a side project for over 10 years. He's created a computer system that can write books about specific subjects in about 20 minutes.| Geoff Colvin / Fortune: |
Comcast CEO: What we learned from Apple — Comcast CEO Brian Roberts applies the Apple model to his business empire: Keep it simple, and reinvent constantly. — FORTUNE — America's biggest media company isn't what you think. Comcast (CMCSA) takes in more revenue and commands …
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| Elyse Betters / 9to5Mac: |
Walmart now offers iPhone 5 for $127, 4S for $47, and third-gen iPad for $399 — Walmart is continuing to slash price tags on Apple products this holiday season, as the global retailer just announced it is now offering the 16GB iPhone 5 for $127. Walmart also cut the iPhone 4S from $89.97 … | Megan Garber / The Atlantic Online: |
How the UN's ‘Game-Changing’ Internet Treaty Failed — German delegates on the fourth day of the 12-day-long World Conference on International Telecommunications (ITU/Flickr) — Did you know that, for the past two weeks, the future of the Internet has been at stake? — Yes, it has.| Ben Kersey / The Verge: |
Samsung rejects labor claims, says there are no underage workers at its supplier — Samsung has responded to allegations of HTNS Shenzhen hiring underage workers following complaints from China Labor Watch. In a blog post, the company reveals that it met with both HTNS Shenzhen …
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china labor watch, SAMSUNG TOMORROW Global and CNET
| Margalit Fox / New York Times: |
N. Joseph Woodland, 1921-2012: N. Joseph Woodland, Inventor of the Bar Code, Dies at 91 — It was born on a beach six decades ago, the product of a pressing need, an intellectual spark and the sweep of a young man's fingers through the sand. — The result adorns almost every product of contemporary life …
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| Steve Kovach / Business Insider: |
Every Apple-Made App On Your iPhone Can Be Replaced By A Better App — With yesterday's launch of Google Maps for iOS, I reached the point where I no longer use any of Apple's built-in apps on my iPhone. — Well, there are three very basic exceptions: Clock, Messages* (the texting app), and Phone.| Brian Barrett / Gizmodo: |
Today's Awful Apple Rumor: Retina iPad Mini — There's something in the air this week. Maybe it's that the holidays are coming, or that it's getting colder, or that there's not much actual news to be had three weeks before the Consumer Electronics Show. But for some reason …
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DigiTimes, TG Daily, 9to5Mac, Examiner, MacTrast, Cult of Mac, Mashable!, The Register, Apple Bitch, iClarified, SlashGear, VentureBeat, MacDailyNews, PC Magazine, Electronista and Business Insider. Tweets: @panzer
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
LogMeIn, DocuSign Investigate Breach Claims — Customers of remote PC administration service Logmein.com and electronic signature provider Docusign.com are complaining of a possible breach of customer information after receiving malware-laced emails to accounts they registered exclusively for use with those companies.
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| Rip Empson / TechCrunch: |
YouTube's Biggest Overhaul Of Its Data API Yet Adds Universal Search, Efficiency, And Lets 3rd Party Tools Post To Subscribers — YouTube first launched its Data API back in 2007, and it has since become the video giant's most popular API in terms of request volume.Sponsor Posts
Channel 9:
Inside NuGet for C++ — NuGet support for C++ projects in Visual Studio has arrived in NuGet 2.5! It's been around for about a month now so we figured we'd go talk to one of the developers who helped make it happen, Garrett Serack.
Inside NuGet for C++ — NuGet support for C++ projects in Visual Studio has arrived in NuGet 2.5! It's been around for about a month now so we figured we'd go talk to one of the developers who helped make it happen, Garrett Serack.
Cloud Foundry:
Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry — In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry — In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
Rackspace Blog:
An Army Is Forming To Battle Patent Trolls — For the past several months, we've exposed the flaws in the patent system and how they're being exploited by opportunistic patent trolls looking to extort a quick buck …
An Army Is Forming To Battle Patent Trolls — For the past several months, we've exposed the flaws in the patent system and how they're being exploited by opportunistic patent trolls looking to extort a quick buck …
Hortonworks » Blog:
Hadoop, Hadoop, Hurrah! HDP for Windows is Now GA! — Today we are very excited to announce that Hortonworks Data Platform for Windows (HDP for Windows) is now generally available and ready to support the most demanding production workloads.
Hadoop, Hadoop, Hurrah! HDP for Windows is Now GA! — Today we are very excited to announce that Hortonworks Data Platform for Windows (HDP for Windows) is now generally available and ready to support the most demanding production workloads.
Unison's blog:
“Yammer sucks” — Not to be mean to Yammer, or anything — it's a very good tool for some use cases — but that's what a customer told me recently (and others feel the same way).
“Yammer sucks” — Not to be mean to Yammer, or anything — it's a very good tool for some use cases — but that's what a customer told me recently (and others feel the same way).Who's Hiring In Tech?
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