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Tech News Flash: Monday -- November 25, 2013

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Apple, Microsoft and the Innovation Delusion
German Worker Strike Threatens Amazon's Holiday Cheer
The Graying of the Linux Kernel Community
Clumsy Ninja May Tug Your Heartstrings
Neptune Promises Out-of-This-World Smartwatch

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Podcast
Where Have All the Forests Gone? (14:00)
Earlier this month, researchers published a report discussing global
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Google. In this TechNewsWorld podcast, we discuss the research with the
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Today's Story Highlights

Apple, Microsoft and the Innovation Delusion
I got a note from a guy a few days ago who said he had an idea that
would transform Microsoft, and he wanted me to introduce him to Bill
Gates. I don't do that, but it got me thinking. Given that both Apple
and Microsoft are based on ideas that came from outside, there is irony
in the fact that both firms now have a massive wall between them and
outside ideas.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/79500.html

German Worker Strike Threatens Amazon's Holiday Cheer
Workers at Amazon in Germany are striking yet again in an effort to coax
the company into better pay and conditions. Hundreds of workers at two
Amazon centers, one in Bad Hersfeld and one in Leipzig, walked out on
Monday. At the heart of the strikes -- there have been a handful of
short strikes by Amazon workers in Germany this year -- is Amazon's
classification of itself as a logistics company.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/79507.html

The Graying of the Linux Kernel Community
There are few things more gratifying to those of us here in the Linux
blogosphere than seeing another user give the proprietary world the boot
and make the switch to our favorite operating system. If anything can
come close, however, it would be the birth of a new forum for advocating
for Linux. So let the trumpets sound! This month has brought news of
just that: Linux Voice.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/79448.html

Clumsy Ninja May Tug Your Heartstrings
NaturalMotion first wowed Apple fans at last year's September Apple
event with a tantalizing demo of a new game, Clumsy Ninja , which was
teased to hit iOS sometime during the 2012 holiday season. Santa came
and went, and no little kids played Clumsy Ninja. And then boom, Apple
reveals Clumsy Ninja as an Editor's Choice app in the iTunes App Store
with, get this, a video trailer.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/79501.html

Neptune Promises Out-of-This-World Smartwatch
Neptune Computer, founded by 19-year-old Simon Tian, has raised more
than CA$250,000 since launching a 33-day Kickstarter campaign for its
Neptune Pine smartwatch on Monday with a target of $100,000. The first
prototypes have already been produced, and all parts of the design and
engineering phase have been finalized. Mass manufacturing is scheduled
to begin in early December.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/79498.html

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