IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (CNET) 9/5/2013

Google plans to launch app store for Google Glass next year
Web giant confirms that users and developers of the high-tech specs will get an app store but declines to give additional information. [Read more]

Majoring in zombie with a minor in MOOC
AMC and Instructure recruited college professors to create a free, online course structured around the zombie drama. [Read more]

Apple could unveil new Apple TV at next week's event
Bills of lading filed with the Department of Homeland Security show Apple has recently received three shipments described as "set top boxes." [Read more]

Nuance, Rivo join forces for a future of voice-command TV
Voice-recognition-software maker Nuance is licensing entertainment data from Rovi to stick in its platforms and applications for TVs, PCs, tablets and handsets. [Read more]

Facebook hashtags said to have zero viral impact
While Twitter hashtags help drive exposure on the social network, new data shows that Facebook hashtags have the opposite effect. [Read more]

4 things Microsoft's Surface 2 can learn from Nokia
Surface 2 is very likely coming later this year. Here's how Microsoft can learn from Nokia's past successes and failures to make the forthcoming tablet better. [Read more]

Kodak emerges from bankruptcy with new focus
The struggling photography pioneer exits Chapter 11 as a "leaner" company working on digital imaging for businesses. [Read more]

Microsoft sets out to build $250M data center in Finland
As the tech giant announces its acquisition of Nokia's devices unit, Microsoft also agrees to build a European data center in the phone maker's homeland. [Read more]

Microsoft acquisitions: Its biggest hits and misses
Microsoft has spent a fortune snatching up other companies, and just dropped a cool $7.2 billion on Nokia phone unit. Here's a look back on the company's biggest hits and misses in the risky acquisition game. [Read more]

Neil Young's high-def music format Pono due next year
Rocker says new audio format will debut in early 2014, along with a portable music player and a library of music in the format. [Read more]

VW Scirocco R: The car that makes you feel dangerous
Tucked amongst Volkswagen's line-up sits the Scirocco, but you won't find it on a U.S. dealer lot. CNET got behind the wheel of a European-spec Scirocco R to see what a real hot hatch was like. [Read more]

Microsoft bolsters its patent access with Nokia deal
Microsoft didn't pick up Nokia's entire patent collection as part of its acquisition plan, but it's got more patents under its belt for the next decade and potentially beyond. [Read more]

KitKat 4.4 ad pokes fun at Apple designer Jony Ive
Using techie language to describe the chocolate-covered candy bar in a YouTube video, Kit Kat's "chief breaks officer" makes the snack sound like a finely crafted smartphone. [Read more]

Android 4.4 KitKat: What's the point of co-branding?
Google doesn't need the money, and it certainly has no problem with awareness. So why partner with a candy company at all? [Read more]

Smart syringe turns bright red to warn of prior use
The ABC Syringe is embedded with ink that turns color when exposed to air as a way to warn caregivers that the syringe has been used. [Read more]

Lego finally releases a female-scientist minifig
A new minifig blazes a new trail for females in Legoland by being the first woman figure with "scientist" as a career. [Read more]

Nokia buy can't fix Windows Phone biggest hurdle: Itself
Nokia is Microsoft's best chance at selling phones, but what it really needs is a more sophisticated OS. [Read more]

Uber hires former Google, Facebook, Klout executives
As it focuses on expanding overseas, Uber makes three hires who have backgrounds in Silicon Valley's hottest companies. [Read more]

iPhone 5S to come with fingerprint sensor, photo suggests
Photo purportedly depicts a new cable part and sensor for the home button on Apple's anticipated iPhone 5S. [Read more]

Moto X prices dropping just weeks after release
The Android phone has already been spotted for $149 in Canada, and other carriers could soon drop the price all the way down to $99, according to one report. [Read more]

Inrix Traffic demos Google Glass as a HUD in the car
The traffic data provider's concept Glassware gets us thinking about how Google Glass can be safely used while driving. [Read more]

Nokia adds muscle to Windows Phone -- and Microsoft sure needs it
Microsoft hopes to quadruple its market share in the next five years. It will be similar to Bing having an 18 percent share of US search today. Nice effort, but not close to the dominant Microsoft of times past. [Read more]

Huawei officially unveils the Valiant budget Android
The midrange Huawei Valiant lands on MetroPCS. [Read more]

Is this the world's thinnest wireless touch surface?
A super-thin prototype touch surface and keyboard shows off the potential for Bluetooth Smart and printable electronics technologies. [Read more]

The 404 1,334: Where no secret is safe (podcast)
Ariel's back on the mixing board as a married man, a mattress made for spooning, Amish hacking, and someone confessed to a murder on PostSecret! [Read more]

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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

IT News Head Lines (CNET) 9/5/2013

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