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Larry Page interview: Silicon Valley has become short-sighted; too few investors are chasing breakthrough technologies — FT interview with Google co-founder and CEO Larry Page — Even the search engine's original mission is not big enough for what he now has in mind
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HP unveils MB Chronowing smartwatch with buttons instead of a touchscreen, and an estimated 7-day battery life, on sale Nov. 7 starting at $349 — Michael Bastian Creates a Smartwatch That Looks Like a Watch — High-tech meets high-style in the MB Chronowing from Michael Bastian and Hewlett-Packard.| Leo Kelion / BBC: |
Police in London trial software designed by Accenture to predict gang violence based on gathered intelligence and historical data — London police trial gang violence ‘predicting’ software — Accenture says the software identifies high risk groups rather than specific individuals| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Evernote rolls out new “Work Chat” feature for discussing collaborative notes — Evernote Rolls Out Its New “Work Chat” Feature — Evernote has rolled out a new “Work Chat” feature to its web and mobile applications which allows users of its online note-taking and collaboration software …
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Come Out, Come Out: The Tim Cook Moment Is Here — Looking back, I guess we in the media might have asked Apple CEO Tim Cook if he were gay. — Me especially, since I am gay. And, like many, I had heard all the assumptions about the self-effacing exec's sexual orientation, even though he and I had never once discussed the issue.| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
AT&T bumps data on $40, $70 Mobile Share Value plans by 50%; Verizon in turn bumps data for $80, $100 More Everything plans by 33%, 50% — AT&T and Verizon Boost Monthly Wireless Data in Ongoing Competition [iOS Blog] — In recent weeks, multiple carriers including AT&T, Verizon … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google's New Bookmarking Service, Previously Called Stars, Has Gone Live — Google Stars, the long-rumored bookmarking service from Google, has now publicly launched, but with little fanfare. That Google was working to update its bookmarking service has been known for some time.
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| Jennifer Baker / The Register: |
Samaritans Radar app that scans for suicidal tweets adds opt-out function in response to privacy concerns — Samaritans ‘suicide Twitter-sniffer’ backfires over privacy concerns — 900,000 twitterati monitored without consent — In response to public outcry via Twitter and personal blogs on Wednesday …
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| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Microsoft Band first impressions: clunky hardware, useful software; tile interface works well — Wearing the Microsoft Band, the next big thing in fitness tracking — I've been wearing it for two hours, and I'm still acutely aware that it's there. This is the first and most unavoidable thing …
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Facebook now available through Tor browsers at an onion address, SSL still enabled — Why Facebook Just Launched Its Own ‘Dark Web’ Site — Facebook has never had much of a reputation for letting users hide their identities online. But now the world's least anonymous website has just joined the Web's most anonymous network.
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