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Multiple reports say Google and Motorola are planning a Nexus phablet
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2014-07-29 00:24
The Nexus line is definitely not dead. Over the weekend, a report from Android Police claimed Google and the soon-to-be Lenovo-owned Motorola are working together on a 5.9-inch Nexus phone. Today, a separate report from The Information (subscription required) corroborates the earlier report and provides additional details.
Google may bring Wi-Fi to New York City pay phones
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2014-07-22 01:14
Google may be among the hopefuls vying to turn the New York City phone booths of the past into "communication points" of the future with free Wi-Fi and cellphone charging.
The dominant search company was among 60 entities that attended a meeting on May 12 to discuss a project to replace or supplement as many as 10,000 pay phones around the city. The list came to light in a Bloomberg News report on Monday. Other participants included Samsung, IBM, Cisco Systems, Verizon Wireless, Cablevision and Time Warner Cable.
Ex-Googlers Building Cloud Software That's Almost Impossible to Take Down
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2014-07-22 01:05
Cockroaches are some of the most resilient creatures on earth. They can live for 45 minutes without air and over a month without food. Cutting their heads off won’t even kill them—at least not immediately. Their bodies can live on for several days without their heads.
Google Finally Dumps Its Ill-Advised Real Names Policy
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2014-07-16 00:26
Three years ago, we criticized Google for going down the same mistaken path as other social networks with a "real names" policy for its Google+ system. We pointed out how Friendster had made this mistake in 2003 and Facebook had also similarly focused on such policies in 2007 (through today), without recognizing the importance of enabling anonymity and pseudonymity. While some people insist that "real names" guarantees a higher level of conversation and/or participation, there is little evidence to support that.
Meet ‘Project Zero,’ Google’s Secret Team of Bug-Hunting Hackers
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2014-07-16 00:23
When 17-year-old George Hotz became the world’s first hacker to crack AT&T’s lock on the iPhone in 2007, the companies officially ignored him while scrambling to fix the bugs his work exposed. When he later reverse engineered the Playstation 3, Sony sued him and settled only after he agreed to never hack another Sony product.