Tuesday, April 26, 2016

IT News Head Lines (CNET) 27/04/2016





Fore! Rakuten drones deliver snacks to the golf course - CNET
The Sora Raku drone delivery service launches next month in Japan, and brings snacks or extra balls directly to hungry golfers.

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Nokia buys digital health company Withings for 170M euros - CNET
Nokia hopes that buying the French company will put it on the road to digital health care dominance.

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Apple's iPhone 7 problem - CNET
Commentary: Apple needs the next iPhone to be a hit. But the technology for a truly knockout upgrade may be more than a year away.

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Twitter tweak allows reporting multiple abusive tweets at once - CNET
Twitter has announced a new feature that aims to make reporting abuse easier and less time consuming.

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Pilots race drones by using sheer brain power - CNET
Students at the University of Florida have conducted a drone race using EEG sensors to control their machines.

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Revolutionary nanowire battery tech can be charged over 200,000 times - CNET
A newly discovered method of treating nanowires results in battery technology that can be recharged hundreds of thousands of times.

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Once again, Australia leads the 'Game of Thrones' piracy charge - CNET
The sixth season of "Game of Thrones" premiered over the weekend, and already piracy is rife, with Australia once again topping the charts.

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E-sports worth over $450 million, has impressively diverse audience - CNET
A new report from Pricewaterhouse Coopers paints a glowing picture of the booming e-sports industry.

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Adobe hopes you'll sign here, there and everywhere - CNET
In addition to tweaks for Acrobat's annotations and accessibility, Document Cloud brings signature and sign-up integration to Marketing Cloud.

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Dating website for 'beautiful people' hacked, customer data leaked - CNET
Controversial dating website BeautifulPeople.com has allegedly been hacked, and the names and addresses of 1.1 million members leaked online.

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Amazon continues crackdown on alleged fake reviews - CNET
The e-retailer files a third lawsuit going after allegedly fraudulent reviewers, this time naming five new sites that promise glowing reviews.

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I ate GE's 'hottest' hot sauce and lived to tell about it - CNET
Gather around, children. Listen to Crave's Amanda Kooser share her tale of a night spent with 10^32 Kelvin, a hot sauce full of peppers whose names include words like "reaper" and "scorpion."

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Brixo brings Internet of Things to Lego - CNET
Lego-compatible building blocks are embedded with sensors and electronics so that you can build app-controlled IFTTT projects.

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Google 'Silicon Valley' for some fictional news Easter eggs - CNET
The popular HBO show about a tech startup in Silicon Valley has a nice surprise for fans.

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MakerBot to stop manufacturing its own 3D printers - CNET
The production of all MakerBot 3D printers is being outsourced to international manufacturer Jabil.

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City gives in to people who text and walk, embeds traffic lights in sidewalk - CNET
Technically Incorrect: In Augsburg, Germany they decide nothing could be done about phone-obsessed pedestrians. So, they pander to them.

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How to survive the hot sauce of the apocalypse (pictures) - CNET
GE's atomic-level 10^32 Kelvin hot sauce embraces extremes of heat and human tolerance. So, Crave's Amanda Kooser dosed up some faux-Frito pies and tried it.

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Overlords? These robots can't even handle being waiters (Tomorrow Daily 353 show notes) - CNET
Two restaurants in China have closed up shop, after discovering that exclusively employing robots to serve humans was a terrible idea.

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How to find an unsaved Word document in Windows 10 - CNET
Don't worry! Your file isn't lost forever. Here's how to find it.

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NFL's Deflategate started with a tweet - CNET
Let the Twitter battles rage once again about the proper inflation of footballs. A court has ruled that Patriots quarterback Tom Brady must indeed serve a four-game suspension.

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San Francisco wants Airbnb to help enforce rental law - CNET
A proposed law would hold sites like Airbnb responsible for illegal listings and threaten steep fines for violations.

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FCC signs off on Charter purchase of Time Warner - CNET
Charter's $78 billion acquisition gets the OK from FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler. The Justice Department also says it will let the deal go through.

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HBO Now surges in popularity despite complaints about access - CNET
On the dragon tails of "Game of Thrones," HBO Now makes the top 10 in Apple's App Store downloads for the first time since its release last year.

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Steam expands movie catalog with 'Hunger Games,' 'Twilight' and more - CNET
Valve teams up with Lionsgate to bring dozens of movies to its Steam gaming platform.

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I see you: Facebook rumored to plan camera app - CNET
The app is in its very early stages, anonymous sources tell The Wall Street Journal. Such an app could encourage users to share more photos and videos on the social network.

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