US Will Bar Importing Of Some Motorola Smartphones
Some Motorola Mobility mobile devices infringe on a Microsoft patent and will be barred from importation to the United States, a U.S. trade panel said last Friday. The order by the U.S. International...
View ArticleChina On Track To Surpass The U.S. In R&D Spending
If current trends hold, China is on track to surpass the U.S. in spending on research and development in about 10 years, as federal R&D spending either declines or remains flat. The U.S. today...
View ArticleMore Than 100 Heads Of States Using Twitter
There were 123 heads of state and governments using Twitter to communicate with citizens and the rest of the world as of December 2012, a study has revealed. The number is up 78 percent on 2011,...
View ArticleWhite House Agrees, Unlocking Cell Phones Should Be Legal
U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration has sided with more than 100,000 petition signers who have requested the government to legalize the unlocking of mobile phones. The White House on Monday...
View ArticleForeign Students Are A Majority In Computer Science Grad Schools
The majority of students in computer science department graduate programs are from other places than the USA, a percentage that is rising, according to the latest data from the Computing Research...
View ArticleAll Public Tweets Now Searchable Through Topsy
Searching through Twitter’s archive of tweets can be a harrowing experience– they are sorted on the site by Twitter’s own algorithms, and older tweets tend to get buried. Topsy, an analytics company,...
View ArticleUS Government Wants Retain Phone Data Beyond 5-Year Limit
The U.S. government has requested a secret surveillance court to allow it to retain telephone metadata for a period beyond the current five-year limit, for use as potential evidence in civil lawsuits...
View ArticleAT&T Changes Its Mind Again On Fiber Roll Out
AT&T now says it will continue its already-announced fiber optic network expansion to 100 cities, moving away from comments by AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson after President Obama voiced support...
View ArticleGoogle Fiber Expanding South
Google Fiber is expanding to the metro areas of Atlanta, Nashville, Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham, N.C., reaching 18 cities in those areas. The fiber optic cable service, with speeds of 1Gbps, is...
View ArticleGoogle Including Tweets In Desktop Search
An earlier agreement between Google and Twitter that has placed tweets in Google search results on mobile devices since earlier this year has now been expanded to the desktop. Relevant tweets will...
View ArticleSprint Signs Agreement With Cuban Wireless Carrier
Sprint announced that it has inked a wireless roaming agreement with the Telecommunications Company of Cuba, known as ETECSA, to take advantage of future business from U.S. travelers to that nation....
View ArticleFederal Government Wants Big Increase On Cybersecurity Spending
President Barack Obama has proposed a large increase in cybersecurity spending for next year’s budget, to improve outdated government software and promote better online security for consumers. The plan...
View ArticlePriceline’s Booking.com To Allow Hotel Reservations For Cuba
Priceline Group has agreed with Cuba to make Cuban hotel rooms available to U.S. customers through subsidiary Booking.com, becoming the first U.S. online travel agency to sign a deal with the island, a...
View ArticleGoogle Sets Deal To Brink Broadband Internet, Wi-Fi To Cuba
Google has secured a deal to bring Wi-Fi and broadband connectivity to Cuba. President Obama and his family are in Cuba this week. It’s the first time a U.S. president has visited Cuba in 88 years. In...
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