Linkpost | 5.28.2013
• As Apple Feels Bite, Hon Hai Looks to Diversify – The company known as Foxconn will soon start making its own consumer electronics products. • At High Speed, on the Road to a Driverless Future – An...
View ArticleLinkpost | 7.8.2013
• Top iOS apps and games go free ahead of App Store’s fifth anniversary – Some big-name titles have gone free, likely as part of an anniversary celebration. • iOS narrows gap with Android in U.S. on...
View ArticleLinkpost | 8.24.2013
• Microsoft’s Ballmer on his biggest regret, the next CEO and more – ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley has asked for an interview with Steve Ballmer for 20 years, and never got one. She finally got 15 minutes on...
View ArticleLinkpost | 11.18.2013
• Google’s Broken Promises & Who’s Running The Search Engine? – Google has broken several key promises it made about how its search engine works. The tough questions are why . . . and who’s...
View ArticleLinkpost | 11.21.2013
• The Nokia Lumia 2520: My week with the ‘other’ Windows ARM tablet – Mary Jo Foley reviews Nokia’s first Windows tablet. The optional keyboard wasn’t ready, and she found the 2520 lacking without it....
View ArticleLinkpost | 12.9.2013
• Tech Giants Issue Call for Limits on Government Surveillance of Users – Apple, Google, Microsoft, AOL, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Yahoo have joined together to urge reform of government...
View ArticleLinkpost | 12.15.2013
• How Americans Were Deceived About Cell Phone Location Data – NSA officials fudged wording and reporters – and some members of Congress – bought it. Also By cracking cellphone code, NSA has capacity...
View ArticleGoogle builds its own self-driving car: No steering wheel, accelerator, brake...
Google has been testing self-driving cars for some time now, and it’s clear that the technology the search giant is developing will become a big part of future vehicles. In fact, more and more states...
View ArticleAudi, Mercedes, Google get first California self-driving car test permits
That Audi, Mercedes or Google-owned Lexus next to you on the freeway today might not have a driver thanks to a new California permits issued Tuesday. Audi of America last week became the first company...
View ArticleMercedes to test self-driving cars at Concord weapons depot
A former Bay Area weapons depot, closed by the U.S. Navy in 2007, has a new mission — testing self-driving cars. The Concord Naval Weapons Station, closed by the Navy 7 years ago. Photo: The Chronicle...
View ArticlePeople are ready for self-driving cars, studies say
Google’s self-driving cars. Self-driving cars have been a science fiction dream for decades — General Motors pioneered a version in the 1950s, in the 1970s Ford engineers predicted their own version...
View ArticleBe very afraid: Tesla unveils its ‘Snakebot’ recharger
Depending on where you fall on the geek spectrum, it’s either the coolest or creepiest thing you’ll see this week. Tesla Motors posted online a brief video clip of its “Snakebot,” a recharging system...
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