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Tech News Flash: Tuesday -- August 19, 2014

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Headline Scan
Facebook Adds 'Training Wheels' for the Humor-Impaired
Hotel's Robotic Butler Is Not Quite 'Rosie'
Loving Linux: Ain't Nothin' Like the 1st Time
Why Tesla Is the Best Car Company in the World
To Your Health: Intel Inside Your Headphones
Apple Flexes Muscles in Health Field
Scott Sanchez on OpenStack: Shifting a Mindset

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Today's Story Highlights

Facebook Adds 'Training Wheels' for the Humor-Impaired
Facebook has begun labeling some of the satirical news articles that
appear in users' news feeds with a tag designed to prevent readers from
mistaking the content for genuine news. The social network's "[Satire]"
tag is apparently part of an experiment that's been under way for a
month or so. The rules for its application don't seem to be entirely
clear.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80912.html

Hotel's Robotic Butler Is Not Quite 'Rosie'
Aloft Hotels this week announced the launch of a new, robotic "butler"
at the company's Cupertino, Calif., location. Dubbed "A.L.O.," the new
botlr, or robotic butler, is designed to help the hotel's human staff by
delivering amenities to guest rooms. A.L.O. comes professionally
"dressed" in a custom shrink-wrapped, vinyl-collared uniform, complete
with name tag.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80890.html

Loving Linux: Ain't Nothin' Like the 1st Time
You never forget your first love, and that appears to apply just as well
to Linux as to relationships in real life. To wit: "What was your first
Linux distro?" is the title of a recent "Voice of the Masses" poll, and
throughout the blogosphere the nostalgic reminiscences have been pouring
forth ever since. Some 100 bloggers proclaimed their first Linuxy loves
in the poll's comments.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80910.html

Why Tesla Is the Best Car Company in the World
As an analyst in a market of experts, I'm known as a generalist, but if
I have an area of particular focus, it is how to make customers love
you. In the car space, there are two emerging vendors on the world
stage: India's Tata, which now owns brands like Jaguar and Land Rover;
and Tesla, the dominant provider of electric cars. Both companies are
trying to make a dent in the world.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80902.html

To Your Health: Intel Inside Your Headphones
Intel on Friday announced it is working with rapper Curtis "50 Cent"
Jackson's SMS Audio to develop earbuds that will monitor users' heart
rates. The SMS Audio BioSport In-Ear Headphones will have an earhook and
will be powered by the user's smartphone. They will be sweat- and water-
resistant. The earbuds will be available from SMS Audio in Q4; pricing
has not yet been announced.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80898.html

Apple Flexes Muscles in Health Field
Apple has begun ramping up for an incursion into the healthcare market,
two months after announcing its HealthKit app at WWDC. The app will
collate all a user's fitness and health data. Apple reportedly has
discussed HealthKit with healthcare providers Mount Sinai, the Cleveland
Clinic and Johns Hopkins, along with electronic health records provider
Allscripts.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80900.html

Scott Sanchez on OpenStack: Shifting a Mindset
OpenStack, which turned 4 years old this summer, began as a twinkle in
Scott Sanchez's eyes. He was determined to turn the fledgling
Infrastructure as a Service platform he helped create into a thriving
resource for public and private clouds. OpenStack is an open source
project. Its technology consists of a series of interrelated projects
for managing public and private cloud operations.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80873.html

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