IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (I4U News) 09/01/2014

How Wearable Tech's SCOTTEVEST Is Setting The Bar For PR

It is a coincidence that I am writing about SCOTTEVEST the week the company announced its ability at CES to provide the first clothing to accommodate a wearable battery power source for Google Glass...

Yahoo's Advertising Reboot Still A Work In Progress

Yahoo announced some interesting products during CEO Marissa Mayer’s keynote speech at CES Tuesday in Las Vegas–a couple of digital magazines (food and tech), a news digest app, and a new smart TV...

Why Grandma Shouldn't Have Posted Instagram Pics On Facebook

A well-intentioned grandmother accidentally hurt her grandkids’ feelings. She took screenshots of their delightful Instagram photos and proudly uploaded them to Facebook for all of her social...

VC Tim Draper On Bitcoin, Going Public And Hong Kong's Startup Community

If you have even the most minimal exposure to the venture capital industry then Tim Draper is a man who needs no introduction. He’s the “Draper” in the storied VC firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson. He’s...

Yahoo Purchases Predictive Computing Pioneers Aviate And Their Android Launcher

Taking to the floor at CES today Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer announced the acquisition of Aviate. While many people will be wondering why Yahoo is buying the company behind an Android app launcher, the ...

Obama's New IT Project Initiative - A Step In The Right Direction

The Wall Street Journal on Saturday had a front page article on the White House initiative to create a new agency to manage large IT projects and increase federal hiring of key IT specialists from...

Vin Gupta's InfoFree.com Reinvents CRM and Lead Gen Tools For Small Business

A Series of Forbes Insights Profiles of Thought Leaders Changing the Business Landscape: Vinod Gupta, Founder and CEO, InfoFree.com… Legendary pioneer of database marketing and lead generation...

Yahoo mines recent acquisitions to boost revenue

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's turnaround plan taps into recent acquisitions of technology, talent SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo is leaning more heavily on its recent acquisitions of technology...

Ford's Alan Mulally Stomps On Microsoft Speculation - And Not A Moment Too Soon

Ford Motor Chief Executive Alan Mulally finally got the message that the incessant speculation about him departing to become CEO of Microsoft was hurting the automaker. And so he delivered his own...

Ford's Mulally Stays Put; Will Automaker's CEO Handoff Now Go Smoothly?

Ford Motor CEO Alan Mulally is staying put through at least the end of this year, the executive told The Associated Press in an interview. The move ends one hurdle for a no-drama CEO transition at...

TV-on-Internet service Aereo gets $34M in funding

TV-on-Internet service Aereo gets $34 million in outside funding as legal battle continues NEW YORK (AP) — Aereo, a Barry Diller-backed startup that provides broadcast television...

Your next TV: Will it be Ultra HD?

TV manufacturers and content companies bank on mainstream adoption of Ultra HD TVs LAS VEGAS (AP) — After attempts to hawk 3-D and OLED TVs fizzled in recent years, television...

Lifelogging: A Step Up For Connected Devices?

As expected, much of the news coming out of the Consumer and Electronics (CES) show in Las Vegas is about wearable tech. LG jumped into the wearable tech arena with its own health tracker, a device...

Indie Running: IGF Final Nominees Announced

The Independent Games Festival has announced the nominees for its grand prizes, to be awarded at the end of the Independent Games Summit in San Francisco in March. With 650 applicants judged by 375...

Ford CEO Mulally says not leaving for Microsoft

Ford CEO Alan Mulally says he won't leave for Microsoft, to stay at Ford at least through 2014 DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Alan Mulally is staying at Ford. The CEO, who was...

I Invested In A Startup - Now What?

In a previous post, I wrote about investors increasingly turning to alternative investments in an effort to generate uncorrelated returns, hedge risk and diversify their asset allocation. This trend...

Twitter founder unveils search app tied to photos

Twitter founder Biz Stone seeks to help people find answers with photo-driven 'Jelly' app SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter co-founder Biz Stone hopes to demonstrate that a picture can be...

T-Mobile's Gatecrashing CEO May Be A Marketing Genius

Eccentric CEOs are a rare breed even in the cutting-edge world of technology, but T-Mobile boss John Legere is one of them, and that may prove an advantage for a company eager to lure customers from...

Business's Worst Nightmare: Big Bang Disruption

“Address books, video cameras, pagers, wristwatches, maps, books, travel games, flashlights, home telephones, dictation recorders, cash registers, Walkmen, Day-Timers, alarm clocks, answering...

New Country For Sony, Microsoft And Nintendo: China Lifts Game Console Ban

The Chinese government has temporarily lifted its ban on video game consoles, reports the BBC, opening the door for machines like Microsoft's Xbox One, Sony's PS4, and Nintendo's Wii U. Consoles...

Taxing Bitcoin: IRS Review Will Have Big Implications For Investors In Virtual Currency

By now most everyone has heard of Bitcoin. But exactly what is it? And how should it be taxed? Bitcoin is usually described as virtual currency. That’s useful shorthand, but is it really money? And...

Entrepreneur Envy

My entrepreneurial past appeared on New Year’s Eve like a ghost visiting Ebenezer Scrooge. There it was, as plain as the tuna tacos I was eating at a local hot spot, although perhaps tinted by rose-...

Technology? Some justices want to keep distance

Supreme Court justices wary of bold action by judges weighing new technology, privacy issues WASHINGTON (AP) — At the Supreme Court, technology can be regarded as a necessary evil, and...

Scorsese's Wolf Of Wall Street: Fifth Column Or Reality?

My quarrel with The Wolf of Wall Street ain’t with the protagonist, Jordan Belfort, more glutton than carnivore, but with Martin Scorsese. Leo gave him his $20 million worth, but the film is a...

Toyota Shows New Hydrogen Car In Vegas; Probably Uses Less Energy Than A Slot Machine

We’ve long scratched our heads over why the auto business finds itself necessary to encroach ever deeper into the purple haze of high-tech product unveilings held every January at the Consumer...

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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

IT News Head Lines (I4U News) 09/01/2014

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