The Party on my Facebook Page

The Party on my Facebook Page

An ACLU post argues that Facebook flattens our in-born privacy intuitions. In real life, we keep our networks separate, we share wild stuff with the college pals and tamer stuff with a work audience. You can designate different audiences on Facebook, but the post suggests many do not. I see the point, but I have also had the delightful experience of people from my different networks intersecting on my page. My military neighbor debates my privacy friends, my NY political pal helps out a … [Read more...]

IRS chief declines to identify employees involved in scandal

Outgoing acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller is sworn-in during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative groups on Capitol Hill in Washington

(Reuters) - The outgoing head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service angered Republican lawmakers on Friday by resisting their demands that he identify who at the tax-collection agency had inappropriately targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny. But during the first hearing into a growing IRS scandal that could preoccupy Washington for months, Republicans did learn that a top official in President Barack Obama's administration knew that the IRS was looking into targeting by the tax … [Read more...]

How Will Adding Intelligence to Everyday Things Change Your World?

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On a global level, we are adding connected intelligence to both machines and objects using chips, micro sensors, and both wired and wireless networks to create a rapidly growing “Internet of things” sharing real-time data, performing diagnostics, and even making remote repairs. Many jobs will be created as we add intelligent connected sensors to bridges, roads, buildings, homes, and much more. By 2020, there will be well over a billion machines talking to each other and performing tasks … [Read more...]

5 Ways to Brand Yourself Like David Beckham

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It was not talent alone that made David Beckham the most famous and admired soccer player in the world, with a personal brand worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Doing things with a football that most of us can only dream of was clearly an important part of the brand of the English soccer star, who announced his retirement on May 18th. They even made a movie about someone who wanted to "Bend It Like Beckham". But assuming we have found something we are good at, what can we learn from … [Read more...]

Google Now Introduces Mark Up Tools For Select Partners To Flag Flights, Hotel Stays And Reservations In Emails

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Google made a relatively quiet announcement today regarding how it’s pushing the developer ecosystem forward around Google Now, its intelligent personal assistant for Android devices. The company has begun extending mark up tools for emails from select partners, which help highlight flight schedules, hotel bookings and various types of reservations, to make sure that Gmail can spot that information and use it to auto-generate helpful reminders in Google Now. The extension of the platform … [Read more...]

Gronk may need back surgery

Gronk may need back surgery

In addition to a fourth surgery on his broken forearm, New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski might need back surgery, a source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. Gronkowski recently underwent an MRI on his back to check on a disk issue from last season according to ESPN and media reports. The injury is not considered serious, the source said. If he needs back surgery, it would be performed during the time frame he would be sidelined after his forearm surgery, which is expected … [Read more...]

Jets’ Mike Goodson arrested

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New York Jets running back Mike Goodson was arrested Friday morning on drug possession and weapon charges, according to the New Jersey state police. Goodson was found with another man stopped in the center-left lane on Interstate 80 in Denville, N.J., just after 3 a.m. ET, police said. A tow truck driver found them and called 911 due to concerns about the physical condition of Goodson, who was in the passenger seat of a GMC Yukon SUV. He was transported to St. Clare's Hospital, then … [Read more...]

DirecTV interested in buying video website Hulu: source

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(Reuters) - The largest U.S. satellite video provider, DirecTV, is one of the companies considering a bid for online video website Hulu, according to a source familiar with the situation. The person acknowledged that other parties were involved, adding that DirecTV was "one of many" suitors. Media reports have previously identified Time Warner Cable Inc as another company weighing a potential stake in the company. Representatives of DirecTV and Time Warner Cable declined to comment on … [Read more...]

Yahoo to vote on $1.1 billion Tumblr buy: AllThingsD

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(Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's board will meet on Sunday to vote on whether to offer $1.1 billion in cash for New York-based blogging service Tumblr, tech blog AllThingsD cited sources close to the situation as saying on Friday. Such an acquisition would be CEO Marissa Mayer's largest deal since taking the helm of the once-iconic Internet company in July 2012. Yahoo is keen on Tumblr because its younger user base would enhance the older website's "cool factor," the technology blog cited the sources … [Read more...]

Google Glass Can Now Do More: Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr Apps Released for Glasses

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Google might have been mum on its much-buzzed-about glasses on day one of its big Google I/O Developer's Conference, but today the company has announced a series of new Glass-based applications. Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Elle magazine all unveiled new applications for the connected glasses, which overlay digital information in the physical world. The Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr options all allow Glass wearers to share their photos on the respective social networks straight from the … [Read more...]

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