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Tech News Flash: Friday -- August 29, 2014

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Gadget Ogling: Sapphire Phones, Waterproof Reads, Connected Hats and a Runner's Salvation
Apple's About to Kick Mobile Payments Into High Gear
Samsung, LG Unveil Smartwatches With Sex Appeal
Ralph Lauren Takes a Swing at Fitness Tech

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Gadget Ogling: Sapphire Phones, Waterproof Reads, Connected Hats and a Runner's Salvation
A current trend among smartphone makers is to thrust a sapphire screen
onto the face. Among the 17 million rumors regarding the next iPhone is
that it will feature such a display -- the camera and Touch ID
components already feature sapphire. Until Apple reveals the truth about
its next smartphone, other manufacturers, like Huawei, are jostling for
sapphire-embossed market share.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80967.html

Apple's About to Kick Mobile Payments Into High Gear
Rumor has it that when Apple reveals its much-hyped iPhone 6 on Sept. 9,
one of the features it will be trumpeting -- finally -- is near field
communication. The NFC tech will enable mobile payments, Wired reported,
citing sources "familiar with the matter." Wow. If this is true, it
could be the catalyst that propels mobile payments into the mainstream.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80969.html

Samsung, LG Unveil Smartwatches With Sex Appeal
Samsung and LG both announced brand-new smartwatches on Wednesday in the
run-up to next week's IFA 2014 consumer electronics trade show in
Berlin. Featuring a sleek, curved Super AMOLED display along with 3G,
Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity, the Samsung Gear S runs Tizen and
allows users to make and receive phone calls. It has customizable screen
options and changeable straps.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80961.html

Ralph Lauren Takes a Swing at Fitness Tech
Ralph Lauren this week merged the tech and fashion worlds with a new
smart Polo shirt. Knitted into the Polo Tech shirt's core are sensors
that read biological and physiological information. The company
partnered with Msignal to develop a "black box" that includes an
accelerometer and gyroscope, which capture movement and direction. Data
is captured and sent to the cloud for analysis.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80963.html

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Tech News Flash: Thursday -- August 28, 2014

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Hacker Attacks on Healthcare Providers Jump 600 Percent
Robo Brain Teaches a Robot to Fish
A Big Honking iPad Could Roll Right Over Apple's Speed Bump
Kano's Alejandro Simon: If This, Then Do That

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Hacker Attacks on Healthcare Providers Jump 600 Percent
The recent data breach at Community Health Systems, in which Chinese
hackers stole the personal information of 4.3 million patients, was
another sign of a disturbing trend: Healthcare providers are coming
under cyberattack at an alarming rate. "We've seen a 600 percent
increase in attacks on the healthcare sector in the last 10 months,"
said Carl Leonard, senior manager at Websense Security Labs.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80959.html

Robo Brain Teaches a Robot to Fish
Researchers are building Robo Brain, a large-scale computational system
that collates information from the Internet, from computer simulations,
and from real-life robot trials -- and learns from it. That knowledge
base will be used to drive prototypes for robotics research, household
robots and self-driving cars. The researchers have begun downloading an
assortment of images and documents.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80957.html

A Big Honking iPad Could Roll Right Over Apple's Speed Bump
While the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 is working to establish itself as the
perfect tweener device between tablet and laptop, one hot rumor suggests
that Apple's answer for more working space on an iPad will come in the
form of a bigger screen -- 12.9 inches of touch-sensitive glory. The
rumor comes from Bloomberg, which vaguely cited "people with knowledge
of the matter."
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80956.html

Kano's Alejandro Simon: If This, Then Do That
Imagine a world where playing Pong and Minecraft gives people the power
to program their computers. That world is Kano. A crowdfunded startup,
it took the idea behind Lego to teach computer programming by playing
first-generation computer games. Kano launched on Kickstarter in
November 2013. More than 13,000 people from some 50 countries raised
$1.5 million in 30 days.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80954.html

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Tech News Flash: Wednesday -- August 27, 2014

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Instagram Hyperlapse Sparks Time-Lapse Video Craze
Scientists Zap Diamond With Laser to Record Quantum Behavior
Google Gives Glass a Good Polish
Open Source Software: Sailing Into Friendlier Seas

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Instagram Hyperlapse Sparks Time-Lapse Video Craze
Instagram has released Hyperlapse, a free iOS app that takes the jitters
out of time-lapse video. Just two weeks ago, Microsoft demonstrated a
similar technology that bears the same name. The Instagram app "is the
most impressive effect to hit smartphone video in recent memory," said
Ross Rubin, principal analyst with Reticle Research. An Android version
is not yet available.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80953.html

Scientists Zap Diamond With Laser to Record Quantum Behavior
Researchers recently developed a technique to record the quantum
mechanical behavior of one electron in a nanoscale defect in diamond.
The team used ultra-fast pulses of laser light both to control the
defect's entire quantum state and to observe how the state of one
electron in the defect changes over time. "This experiment uses a
'trapped' electron," said team leader David Awschalom.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80905.html

Google Gives Glass a Good Polish
An update to the software that runs Glass gives users of Google's
wearable computing device more control over their interactions with
contacts. The latest version of the software -- also known as version
XE20.1 -- adds the flexibility to choose how to reach out to a contact
after selecting the person from the contacts list. Users now can swipe
between Hangouts, email or SMS.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80934.html

Open Source Software: Sailing Into Friendlier Seas
Open source software is now a force drawing enterprises and developers
like a magnet. The factors pulling adopters into the open source fold
are changing, though. Also changing are the attitudes of software
developers and corporate leaders about the viability and adaptability of
open source. Open source software is increasingly important within the
corporation.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80950.html

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ECT News Network Weekly Newsletter: Wednesday -- August 27, 2014

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This Week's Top News Headlines From the E-Commerce Times

California Lays Down the Kill-Switch Law
(Posted 27-Aug-14)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/80952.html

Facebook Trains Sights on Clickbaiters
(Posted 26-Aug-14)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/80949.html

Amazon Aims to Skewer Google's Cash Cow
(Posted 26-Aug-14)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/80948.html

China to Go Its Own OS Way
(Posted 26-Aug-14)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/80946.html

Amazon Pulls a Twitch on Google
(Posted 25-Aug-14)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/80943.html

Google Autocomplete's Brushes With Libel
(Posted 25-Aug-14)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/80941.html

Twitter Tromps on Spammers
(Posted 25-Aug-14)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/80939.html

SoundCloud to Run Ads, Share the Loot
(Posted 22-Aug-14)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/80926.html

Google Gets in a Trusted Stores Encryption Tangle
(Posted 21-Aug-14)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/80930.html

Netflix Ponies Up for Better TWC Net Connection
(Posted 21-Aug-14)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/80927.html

Sprint's Moment of Truth
(Posted 21-Aug-14)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/80925.html

This Week's Top News Headlines From TechNewsWorld

Scientists Zap Diamond With Laser to Record Quantum Behavior
(Posted 27-Aug-14)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80905.html

Google Gives Glass a Good Polish
(Posted 26-Aug-14)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80934.html

Gadget Ogling: A New Nook, a Good (M8), a Lock With No Key - and Music,
Music, Music
(Posted 26-Aug-14)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80947.html

NSA Shares Its Data Wealth
(Posted 26-Aug-14)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80945.html

Sony DDoS Attack May Have Been Smokescreen
(Posted 25-Aug-14)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80942.html

Nextdoor Offers Digital Path to Neighborliness
(Posted 25-Aug-14)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80909.html

Comcast Really Does Hate Its Customers
(Posted 25-Aug-14)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80938.html

Security Researchers Lay Bare TSA Body Scanner Flaws
(Posted 22-Aug-14)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80935.html

'iWatch' Could Be Late for a Very Important Date
(Posted 22-Aug-14)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80933.html

Nook Redux: Is B&N Shooting Itself in the Foot?
(Posted 21-Aug-14)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80931.html

Is Open Source an Open Invitation to Hack Webmail Encryption?
(Posted 21-Aug-14)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80929.html

Close Your Eyes and Rest Easy - Blink Is Watching the House
(Posted 21-Aug-14)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80908.html

This Week's Top News Headlines From CRM Buyer

Evolving CRM
(Posted 26-Aug-14)
http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/80951.html

Qvidian Upgrades Help Sales Pros Pick Up the Pace
(Posted 25-Aug-14)
http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/80940.html

Salesforce Stock Climbs on Great Expectations
(Posted 22-Aug-14)
http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/80936.html

It's Time Companies Put Mobile First
(Posted 21-Aug-14)
http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/80932.html

This Week's Top News Headlines From LinuxInsider

Open Source Software: Sailing Into Friendlier Seas
(Posted 26-Aug-14)
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/80950.html

Torvalds Says Yes to the Desktop
(Posted 25-Aug-14)
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/80944.html

OS Flaw Leaves Android Wide Open for App Hack Attacks
(Posted 22-Aug-14)
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/80937.html

Hack Day Produces Oculix, a Mind-Blowing Trip Through the Netflix
Catalog
(Posted 21-Aug-14)
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/80928.html

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Tech News Flash: Tuesday -- August 26, 2014

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Gadget Ogling: A New Nook, a Good (M8), a Lock With No Key - and Music, Music, Music
NSA Shares Its Data Wealth
Torvalds Says Yes to the Desktop

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Today's Story Highlights

Gadget Ogling: A New Nook, a Good (M8), a Lock With No Key - and Music, Music, Music
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook conflates lots of different things: It's
an Android tablet designed for reading, made by Samsung for Barnes &
Noble. That might seem confusing, and I'd agree. It's essentially a
branded version of the Galaxy Tab 4 with an e-commerce focus.
Specifically, there's a Barnes & Noble Newsstand app, with games, movies
and books on offer.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80947.html

NSA Shares Its Data Wealth
The United States National Security Agency secretly shares the
communications data it has amassed over the years with nearly 24 U.S.
government agencies using a search engine resembling Google Search,
according to documents released by Edward Snowden. That's more than 850
billion records of phone calls, emails, cellphone locations and Internet
chats.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80945.html

Torvalds Says Yes to the Desktop
It was just a few short weeks ago that we here in the Linux blogosphere
were rehashing the open source world's documentation dilemma -- one of
those perennial topics bloggers love to resurrect whenever there appears
to be a lull in the conversation. At the time, alert readers may recall,
Linux Girl compared the topic to the ongoing "Year of Linux on the
Desktop" debate -- another favorite.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80944.html

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