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Netflix joined the ranks of Emmy nominees for the first time Thursday, scoring 14 nods for three of its online TV shows The streaming service picked up nine nominations for House of Cards, its original political thriller series, three for its reboot of the popular comedy Arrested Development, and a final two for its original horror thriller Hemlock...
Biologists are using a novel blend of technology and data sharing to track endangered wildlife, according to a report published this week in PeerJ. The report details the results of about five years of experiments with ways to track the vocal activity of birds, frogs, insects and mammals across Puerto Rico and Costa Rica, led by Mitchell Aide and ...
Despite gains reported in core business areas, eBay is facing economic weakness in key overseas markets, which sent its stock tumbling following its quarterly earnings report Wednesday. eBay reported non-GAAP net income of US$822 million, or 63 cents per share, compared with the $730 million, or 56 cents per share, that it brought in during the sa...
A wearable tech device that could make it easier for dogs to communicate with their handlers is in development at the Georgia Institute of Technology. FIDO, or Facilitating Interactions for Dogs with Occupations, could have far-reaching practical applications. It could improve communications with guide dogs, as well as with search and rescue dogs,...
The White House and eight companies including Google and Microsoft announced a joint effort to mobilize against online piracy and counterfeiting Monday with the help of a set of best practices developed in conjunction with the Interactive Advertising Bureau. The effort is designed to limit the revenue gained from displaying ads on sites that offer...
AeroVelo, a team of engineers and students dedicated to developing lightweight, efficient aeronautical designs, kept a human-powered helicopter aloft for more than 1 minute, a feat that snagged a US$250,000 cash prize that had eluded competitors for more than three decades. The team, led by Todd Reichert and Cameron Robertson, won the challenge is...
Yelp announced this week that it has partnered with local businesses and startups to add food delivery to its platform Now Yelp users in New York City and San Francisco will be able not only to scan the site for reviews of local restaurants, but also to order food and have it delivered. The company plans to expand to other U.S. cities as well, but ...
Social commerce website Fancy has racked up US$53 million in funding from investors including American Express and actor Will Smith, according to press reports citing a July 3 SEC filing. The company currently is valued at $600 million. Fancy reportedly brings in about $3 million per month, and its backers include Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey.
NASA is gearing up for a 2020 Mars rover mission designed to search for signs of past life, according to a 154-page report released Tuesday. The unnamed 2020 mission's search for life is the "next logical step" for Martian exploration, NASA said. ...
Samsung could be launching as many as four unique versions of its Galaxy Note III when the smartphone debuts later this year, according to ETNews.com. The company reportedly will release versions that offer the same applications, processors and hardware platforms but will come with a variety of displays, cameras, cases and price points to appeal ...
A flashlight that ditches the batteries in favor of body heat is one of the finalists in Google's 2013 Science Fair Ann Makosinski, 15-year-old Canadian student, created what she calls the "Hollow Flashlight," a device that harvests energy from the human hand to power itself.
Pocket Spacecraft is offering ordinary people the opportunity to personalize and track their own tiny spacecrafts on a journey to the moon. Pocket Spacecraft is hoping to raise Pounds 290,000 (about US$440,000) via its Kickstarter campaign to finance a mission that would send small polyimide discs called "Scouts" aboard a larger spacecraft, the In...
Microsoft announced Wednesday that the latest updates to its Windows operating system will include built-in support for 3D printers, making it as easy for consumers to create a 3D object as it is to print text Additive manufacturing isn't a new technology, but it is just starting to work its way into a more mainstream market -- and Microsoft wants ...
The Kickstarter campaign for Poppy, the retro-looking device that promises to turn an iPhone into a 3D camera and image-viewer, is quickly gaining popularity in the tech community. It hit its US$40,000 Kickstarter goal in about nine hours. By Friday afternoon it had commitments for nearly $87,000, with 27 campaign days remaining. Creators Joe Heit...
Microsoft is accelerating its push into the education market with new initiatives including a school-friendly version of its Bing search engine and discount prices for its Surface RT tablets. Bing for Schools, which will be available later this year, is an optional Bing experience for K-12 students that will eliminate ads from search results, filt...
AOL has joined the throng of companies launching RSS readers in the hope of attracting the users who will be without their Google Reader feed come July 1. AOL is positioning its entry as the single online spot readers can turn to for content from all their favorite websites. ...
Two members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday introduced a bill aimed at reforming the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by imposing more requirements for prosecuting violators Representatives Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., introduced a revised draft of the Act, naming it for Aaron Swartz, the computer programmer and Intern...
Feedly, one of the services vying to fill the void once Google's Reader is gone, launched its RSS infrastructure Feedly Cloud this week Feedly was already on the scene before Google announced its popular Reader would expire on July 1, but it required a plug-in and was available only on the Chrome, Firefox and Safari browsers.
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has called on his counterparts in other states to join him in confronting Google for not doing enough to prevent illegal online activities including the sale of prescription drugs by rogue pharmacies and the spread of pirated content Hood invited Google CEO Larry Page to discuss his concerns but did not receive...
Sprint this week took legal action to prevent Dish from closing a deal with Clearwire. This is the latest development in the tug of war between Sprint and Dish over the 50 percent of Clearwire's spectrum that Sprint does not already own.
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