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28Sep/17

Roku shares surge on debut

September 28, 2017FinanceAmazon, Apple TV, Blue Apron, Business/Finance, Companies, Company: Apple, Company: Blue Apron Hldg, Company: Google, Company: Netflix, Company: Roku, Company: Snap, Company: SNAPCHAT, e-commerce, Economy, Economy of New York City, Finance, Fred Katayama, Google, Hulu, Initial public offering, Internet radio, Internet television, Investment, Linux-based devices, NASDAQ, Netflix, Operating systems, Phoenix Financial Services, Roku, Snap, Snap Inc., Snapchat, Stock market, Technology/Internet, Wayne Kaufman, Wayne Kaufman Wayne Kaufmansmbale

Shares of the streaming box maker rose about 30 percent minutes after they debuted on the Nasdaq Stock Market Thursday. Fred Katayama reports. Continue reading →

28Sep/17

Trump, Zuckerberg face-off ahead of Russia hearing

September 28, 2017US ElectionsBusinesspeople, Computing, Criticism of Facebook, Donald Trump, Donald Trump on social media, Economy of the United States, Facebook, Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal, Google, Jane Lanhee Lee, Life extensionists, Mark Zuckerberg, Nerd culture, Operating systems, Software, Technology/Internet, The Social Network, Twitter, United Statessmbale

President Trump and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg face off online as the social media giant prepares to hand congressional investigators 3,000 political ads that it says were likely purchased by Russian entities during and after last year’s presidential contest. Jane Lanhee Lee reports. Continue reading →

26Sep/17

Dubai starts tests in bid to become first city with flying taxis

September 26, 2017TransportAirbus, Aircraft, Asia, City: Dubai, Company: Uber, Company: Volocopter, Country: United Arab Emirates, Developments in Dubai, Dubai, Electric aircraft, Emirates, Expatriates in the United Arab Emirates, Geography of Asia, Google, Hamdan bin Mohammed, Healthcare in the United Arab Emirates, Larry Page, Persian Gulf, Prototypes, Province/State: Dubai, Uber, United Arab Emirates, United States, Volocopter, Volocopter 2X, VTOL aircraft, Western Asiasmbale

DUBAI, UAE (SEPTEMBER 25, 2017) (REUTERS) – Dubai on Monday (September 25) showcased a flight for what it said would soon be the world’s first drone taxi service under an ambitious plan by the United Arab Emirates city to lead the Arab world in innovation.
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26Sep/17

Cooking pancakes on computer cover: Chinese ‘office chef’ becomes internet sensation

September 26, 2017Food and DrinkChengdu, China, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Company: Weibo, Country: China, Food and drink, Google, Internet celebrity, Ms Yeah, Pancake, Public sphere, Sichuan, Sina Corp, Weibo, World Wide Web, Yeah, YouTubesmbale

CHENGDU, SICHUAN PROVINCE, CHINA (MS YEAH) – In what looks like a typical office setting, a woman takes apart the central processing unit of a computer and uses it as a hot pan to make Chinese pancakes. Continue reading →

09Sep/17

Supermetrics Helps Google Disrupt the BI Market

September 9, 2017InternetAdWords, Alphabet Inc., Business intelligence, CapitalG, Companies, Company: Google, Company: Supermetrics, Computing, DoubleClick, Finland, Google, Google Ads, Google Data Studio, Helsinki, Microsoft, Online advertising, Search engine marketing, Technology, Technology/Internet, World Wide Web, Yahoo!smbale

Supermetrics announces a new product and is Google’s top partner for bringing marketing data into Google Data Studio, Google’s new business intelligence tool that challenges incumbent players in the BI market Continue reading →

06Sep/17

U.S. House unanimously approves sweeping self-driving car measure

September 6, 2017TransportAlphabet Inc., Automation, Autonomous car, Companies, Control engineering, Emerging technologies, General Motors, General Motors Co, Google, Motor vehicles, Robotics, Self-driving cars, Technology, Technology/Internet, Transport, United States, Vehicular automation, Washington, DC, Waymo, Xsmbale

WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 6, 2017) (HOUSE TV) – The U.S. House unanimously approved on Wednesday (September 6) a sweeping proposal to speed the deployment of self-driving cars without human controls and bar states from blocking autonomous vehicles. Continue reading →

13Aug/17

Google case shows the importance of diversity – business professor

August 13, 2017EducationAlphabet Inc., BERNICE LEDBETTER, Companies, Company: Google, Computing, Criticism of Google, Damore, Diversity, Diversity in computing, Fred Katayama, Google, Google's Ideological Echo Chamber, James Damore, Katayama, Labor, Manifestos, Memo, Pepperdine Graziadio Business School, Sexism in the United States, Sundar Pichai, Technology, World Wide Websmbale

The male Google engineer fired for circulating a memo decrying the company’s diversity hiring program became the center of a heated debate on diversity. Fred Katayama reports. Continue reading →

04Aug/17

Google program to track shoppers draws federal complaint

August 4, 2017InternetAlphabet Inc., Android, Company: Google, Computing, Consumer Watchdog, digital technology, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Google, Google Search, Information governance, Internet privacy, Law, Medical privacy, NEXT MEDIA, Operating systems, Privacy, Privacy concerns regarding Google, Privacy law, Structure, Technology/Internet, Terms of servicesmbale

A new Google tracking program that links shoppers’ offline purchases to their web activity is drawing concerns over privacy and data security, and has prompted one privacy watchdog to file a federal complaint. Continue reading →

27Jul/17

Google hopes to train 10 million people in Africa in online skills – CEO

July 27, 2017InternetAlphabet Inc., Artificial intelligence, Business/Finance, California, Companies, Company: Google, Geography of Africa, Google, Lagos, Nigeria, Pichai, San Francisco Bay Area, Sundar Pichai, Technology/Internet, World, World Wide Web, Xsmbale

LAGOS, NIGERIA (JULY 27, 2017) (GOOGLE) – Alphabet Inc’s Google aims to train 10 million people in Africa in online skills over the next five years in an effort to make them more employable, its chief executive said on Thursday (July 27).
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27Jul/17

Home maps collected by Roomba could be sold to tech giants

July 27, 2017SecurityALPHABET, Amazon, Apple Inc., Colin Angle, Companies, Company: Amazon.com, Company: iRobot, Domestic robots, Economy of the United States, Google, Home, Home appliances, Home automation, IRobot, IRobot Create, NEXT MEDIA, Robot, Robotic vacuum cleaner, Robotics, Roomba, Scooba, Technology, Technology/Internetsmbale

The maker of Roomba robot vacuum iRobot said they could share or sell maps of users’ homes to tech companies, such as Amazon, for profit. Continue reading →