Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Sci/Tech News

Sci/Tech News


Verizon Wireless To End Unlimited Data Plans For Smartphones - Wall Street Journal

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 02:24 PM PDT


TG Daily

Verizon Wireless To End Unlimited Data Plans For Smartphones
Wall Street Journal
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Verizon Wireless plans to scrap its unlimited data plan for new smartphone subscribers beginning Thursday and replace it with monthly packages that range from $30 to $80, as carriers adapt ...
Verizon Halts Unlimited Smartphone Data Plans July 7Wired News
AT&T to extend Mobile Insurance protection to iPhonesMacworld
Verizon Dropping Unlimited Data Plans July 7PC Magazine
Register -VentureBeat -InformationWeek
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Google's Path to Google+ Took 7 Years - PCWorld

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 02:09 PM PDT


NEWS.com.au

Google's Path to Google+ Took 7 Years
PCWorld
Launching years after Facebook and Twitter, it's easy to look at Google as simply playing catch up in the social networking game with the release of its Google+ "field test." But look back in time and it's ...
Google+ Hangouts Will Be Hard For Facebook To Top (GOOG, MSFT)San Francisco Chronicle
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Google+ Hangouts video chat will open up to third-partiesVentureBeat
TechCrunch -PC Magazine -InformationWeek
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Entenmann's Hashtag Surfing Fails Hard With #NotGuilty Tweet - TechCrunch

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 02:07 PM PDT


The Atlantic Wire

Entenmann's Hashtag Surfing Fails Hard With #NotGuilty Tweet
TechCrunch
Twitter is virtually erupting right now with 140 character bursts of anger against the perceived injustice of the Casey Anthony "Not Guilty" murder verdict. And, as they are wont to do, some social media expert at baked goods manufacturer Entenmann's ...
Casey Anthony Not-Guilty Verdict: Celebs React on TwitteriVillage Entertainment
Entenmann's Unwittingly Hijacks Casey Anthony HashtagThe Atlantic Wire
Twitter captures searing public sentiment after Casey Anthony verdictOCRegister
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Backlash Growing Over News Corp Phone-Hacking Charges - PC Magazine

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 02:21 PM PDT


Globe and Mail

Backlash Growing Over News Corp Phone-Hacking Charges
PC Magazine
At least one company has pulled its advertising from Britain's News of the World Tuesday in the aftermath of new revelations concerning the News Corporation-owned tabloid's alleged role in hacking a kidnapped 13-year-old girl's ...
Warm glow of BSkyB deal subsides as Brooks feels chill wind of realityThe Guardian
PI accused of hacking phone of murder victimCNET
British paper vows action hacking disgraceSydney Morning Herald
BBC News -CBS News
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Twitter Acquires Social Analytics Company BackType - PC Magazine

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 02:10 PM PDT


Portfolio.com

Twitter Acquires Social Analytics Company BackType
PC Magazine
"We'll be brining out team and technology to Twitter's platform team, where our focus will be on developing tools for Twitter's publishing partners," BackType wrote in a blog post. BackType is behind a product called BackTweets, ...
Twitter acquires BackType for improved analyticsVentureBeat
Twitter Acquires Social Analytics Startup BackTypeTechCrunch
Twitter acquires data analytics firm, BackTypeWashington Post (blog)
Adweek -Portfolio.com -VatorNews
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Consumers Love Their Samsung, Android Phones, comScore Says - PC Magazine

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 03:11 PM PDT


All Things Digital

Consumers Love Their Samsung, Android Phones, comScore Says
PC Magazine
An Android-based device from Samsung appears to be the phone to beat. According to Tuesday data from comScore, Samsung was the top US handset manufacturer between March and May with 24.8 percent of the market, while Android nabbed ...
Android's 38% market share keeps it on topComputerworld
Apple's iPhone OS now more prevalent than BlackBerryVentureBeat
Are you one of the two in three Americans who still doesn't use a smartphone ...BetaNews
Bizjournals.com -IntoMobile -TechFlash
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UK seeks stronger cyber laws to fight attacks - Reuters

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:01 PM PDT


Telegraph.co.uk

UK seeks stronger cyber laws to fight attacks
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - The fight against cyber crime needs a stronger common international legal framework to enable perpetrators outside the country of their victims to be tracked down and punished, a British security official said on Tuesday. ...
Private Industry Group Leaps Into the Cybercrime FightPCWorld
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