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Introducing our smart contact lens project — You've probably heard that diabetes is a huge and growing problem—affecting one in every 19 people on the planet. But you may not be familiar with the daily struggle that many people with diabetes face as they try to keep their blood sugar levels under control.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google's New Smart Contact Lens Is Old News For Microsoft — Google today announced its smart contact lens project, but it's not the first by a long shot (or even a moon shot). Other companies have long been working on smart lenses — including Microsoft Research, which unveiled a similar project …
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Google's Latest Moon Shot Is a Smart Contact Lens for Diabetes Patients — Google has shrunk down a chip and sensor system so small it can be embedded in a contact lens. — Instead of a circuit board, the tiny pieces are connected to a circular gold foil antenna mounted on a flexible plastic …
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HTC Said to Plan New One Phone With Larger Screen, Better Camera — HTC Corp. (2498) plans a March release for the latest version of its HTC One smartphone featuring a larger screen and twin-sensor rear camera, according to a person with direct knowledge of the plans.
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Exclusive: Obama to announce overhaul to controversial NSA program — (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will announce on Friday a major overhaul of a controversial National Security Agency program that collects vast amounts of basic telephone call data on foreigners and Americans, a senior Obama administration official said.
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ATMs, 95% of which run Windows XP, must upgrade by April 8 to avoid losing support — ATMs Face Deadline to Upgrade From Windows XP — One-dollar bills. Envelope-free deposits. Stamp dispensers. These are a few of the features that Wells Fargo (WFC), Bank of America (BAC) …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple to begin in-store iPhone 5c screen repairs next week — We've gotten word from multiple sources that Apple will begin repairing/replacing broken iPhone 5c displays in its retail stores next week. The current plan is to begin offering replacements on Monday, January 20th.
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Yahoo's Bumps on a Road to Revival — SAN FRANCISCO — It looks as if the Google pixie dust isn't so easy to spread around. — Marissa Mayer's arrival at Yahoo as chief executive a year and a half ago was widely hailed as an opportunity to infuse the struggling Internet pioneer with the smarts …
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| Marty Graham / Reuters: |
California woman who drove with Google Glass beats traffic ticket at trial — (Reuters) - A California woman ticketed for driving while wearing Google Glass, a tiny computer mounted on an eyeglass frame, had her citation dismissed on Thursday by a San Diego court commissioner who said he found …
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| Alex Chitu / Google Operating System: |
Code points to a Google “Fitness API” allowing Android apps to view and edit activity data — Google Works on a Fitness API for Android — Wearables are now the next big thing. A lot of companies develop smart watches, smart glasses and head-up displays, smart headphones, smart clothes.
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| Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: |
Breach at Neiman Marcus Went Undetected From July to December — The computer network at Neiman Marcus was penetrated by hackers as far back as July, and the breach was not fully contained until Sunday, according to people briefed on the investigation. — The company disclosed the data theft …
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| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Nintendo warns of loss after slashing Wii U sales forecast by 69 percent — Throughout the past year, Nintendo CEO and president Satoru Iwata has maintained his belief that the company will turn an operating profit of ¥100 billion yen in 2014, even in the face of disappointing Wii U sales.
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| Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
Apple details secure ‘touchless’ e-wallet strategy in patent filing — Apple has been coy in revealing its plans for a touchless payment solution, but a patent filing discovered on Thursday gives clues as to where the company is headed. — Tech companies like Google are looking …
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| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Congressional Reps Ask Bruce Schneier To Explain To Them What The NSA Is Doing, Because The NSA Won't Tell Them — This is both depressing and good news at the same time. A group of Congressional Representatives (who are among the most critical of the NSA) apparently asked Bruce Schneier …
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IBM pumps $1.2 billion into global cloud data centers — Dispelling any lingering doubt that IBM sees cloud computing as the way of the future, the company announced that it will invest US$1.2 billion this year in expanding its global cloud infrastructure. — Dispelling any lingering doubt …
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NTT DoCoMo shelves plans to launch Tizen phone, dealing a blow to Samsung, a key backer — Japan's NTT DoCoMo Shelves Plan to Launch Tizen Phone — Carrier Says Smartphone Market Not Growing Fast Enough for a Third Operating System … NTT DoCoMo Inc. has shelved indefinitely plans … | Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Farhad Manjoo heads to NYT after 4 months at WSJ to replace David Pogue — The New York Times Gets its David Pogue Replacement from the Wall Street Journal — The New York Times has found a replacement for David Pogue, its high-profile reviewer: Sources say the Times is filling his old slot …
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See also Mediagazer| Richard Lai / Engadget: |
China reveals COS: a government-approved operating system designed to break the monopoly of foreign software — China's tried to create its very own mobile OS ecosystem in the past, but let's face it, the attempt with OPhone was hardly something that would make the nation proud.
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
US Attorney seizes $28 million in Bitcoin from the Silk Road server — Today, federal attorneys announced the seizure of 29,655 bitcoins from the Silk Road server, adding up to over $28 million at current exchange rates. The seizure is part of a larger audit of the contents of the Silk Road servers …
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| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
In Sign of Maturing Smartphone Market, Q1 Sales Expected to Drop From Previous Quarter — For two years now the global smartphone market has continued to be bigger each quarter than it was the last. — In a sign that the market is now starting to mature, though, analysts at TrendForce project …
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| Rebecca Grant / VentureBeat: |
VCs invested $11B into software companies in 2013, the most since 2000, up 27% from 2012 — Software investment hit record levels in 2013 (report) — Software is eating the world, just like cookie monster is eating cookies. — Investments in software companies hit $11 billion in 2013, the highest level since 2000.
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Digg Is Experimenting With Original Content — Digg is currently testing a system which would see the viral news aggregator running its own original content on the Digg.com homepage, the company confirms to us today. This would be a new direction for the betaworks-backed service … | Computerworld: |
Target credit card data was sent to server in Russia — The stolen credit card numbers of millions of Target shoppers took an international trip — to Russia. — The stolen credit card numbers of millions of Target shoppers took an international trip — to Russia.
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