Beim Google-Kartendienst Maps ist in Berlin noch ein "Adolf-Hitler-Platz" zu finden. So hiess der Theodor-Heuss-Platz im Bezirk Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf in der Nazi-Zeit von 1933 bis 1945.
Sony hat noch Grosses vor mit seiner neuen Spielekonsole: Nachdem jüngsten Angaben zufolge Rivale Microsoft im Jahr 2013 überholt werden konnte, will man beim japanischen Unterhaltungselektronikhersteller die Playstation 4 (PS4) bald auch nach Südostasien und in die japanische Heimat bringen.
Der italienische Lebensmittelkonzern Barilla entwickelt gemeinsam mit einem niederländischen Institut 3-D-Drucker für Pasta. Die Geräte sollen an Restaurants verkauft werden und auf Knopfdruck verschiedene Nudelsorten produzieren, wie italienische Medien heute berichteten.
Das Europaparlament hat die massenhafte Online-Überwachung durch den US-Geheimdienst NSA und die entsprechenden Vorwürfe des Whistleblowers Edward Snowden bestätigt. Zugleich bekräftigten die EU-Parlamentarier am Donnerstag in Brüssel die Entscheidung, Snowden zu einer Videobefragung einzuladen.
Der angeschlagene Smartphone-Hersteller Blackberry bekommt nach seinem Führungswechsel eine Finanzspritze. Als Vertrauensbeweis in die Marschrichtung, die der neue Chef John Chen eingeschlagen hat, kauft Großaktionär Fairfax Financial erneut Wandelanleihen im Wert von 250 Mio. Dollar (183,9 Mio. Euro) hinzu.
Der Chip-Riese Intel will den Ton im entstehenden Internet der Dinge angeben. "Wir wollen den Standard bei kleinen vernetzten Geräten setzen", sagte der zuständige Intel-Manager Mike Bell der Nachrichtenagentur dpa auf der Elektronik-Messe CES in Las Vegas am Mittwoch.
Der US-amerikanische ICT-Riese IBM will mehr als eine Mrd. US-Dollar in die Schaffung einer neuen Geschäftseinheit rund um seine Supercomputer-Plattform Watson investieren. Die Einheit IBM Watson Group soll künftig von Michael Rhodin geleitet werden.
Im Patenstreit zwischen Apple und Samsung sollen die Konzernchefs in einem persönlichen Treffen die Chancen auf eine Schlichtung ausloten. Am 19. Februar oder noch davor wollen Apple-Chef Tim Cook und Samsung-Chef Oh Hyun Kwon an einer Mediationssitzung teilnehmen, wie gestern aus US-Gerichtunterlagen hervorging. Mit am Tisch sitzen sollen auch die Anwälte der beiden.
Open Data wird zu einem der grossen Business-Trends 2014, folgt man einer Analyse der New York University zu 500 Unternehmen, in deren Geschäftsmodell die Nutzung frei verfügbarer Datenbestände, etwa Statistiken von Regierungsbehörden, bereits die zentrale Rolle spielt.
Mit dem PT-H500 hat der auf Kommunikations- und Printlösungen spezialisierte Hersteller Brother ein neues Beschriftungsgerät lanciert, mit dem sich den Angaben gemäss jegliche Art von Etikettierungen für das Büro, den Einzelhandel und die Logistik erstellen lassen, die gerade benötigt werden.
Chris Boyle was surfing with friends in the Dominican Republic a few years ago when came up with the idea for the Soloshot, a robotic camera that tracks your every more from about a mile away. ”My girlfriend was getting upset being asked over and over again to film us; we had to come up with something,” he recalled. This week he’s at the International CES in Las Vegas to launch the Soloshot 2. It’s a robotic camera that pans, tilts and zooms to keep you in shot by following a radio transmitter worn on the wrist. It’s aimed at surfers, skiers, equestrians and anyone else who wants to film themselves doing something active. Boyle said it’s also good for parents who want to film their kid’s soccer game without staying glued to the camera.
Lights, projectors, speakers, displays, and sensors work together to create a dreamy living room experience.
The update includes folders, Bluetooth LE support, and Nokia's Glance screen 2.0, as well as the company's new suite of camera apps.
Snapchat has incorporated a phone number opt-out feature into its mobile app in response to a recent hacking incident—the company’s latest effort to convince users that their personal information is safe. The change was made partially to address a in which hackers made off with the usernames and phone numbers of more than 4 million users. A vulnerability in Snapchat’s system allowed the hackers to match phone numbers with Snapchat accounts, the attackers said at the time. Giving Snapchat your phone number is optional, but it is designed help the app connect people by displaying the accounts of Snapchat users who match the phone numbers in people’s address books. Previously, there was not a way to remove or de-link your phone number after giving it to Snapchat. But now, given the hacking incident, Snapchat on Thursday it was updating its app on both iOS and Android to include a way for users to opt out of linking their phone number with their username, if they have already given the number to Snapchat. The company did not say, however, that it would delete users’ phone numbers from its databases if users subsequently elect to opt out.
Intel has completed work on a 64-bit version of Android OS for x86 smartphones, and the software will be ready to load on handsets with its upcoming Atom 64-bit chip code-named Merrifield. Intel has been making code contributions to the 64-bit version of Android 4.4 code-named KitKat. Intel has completed the kernel work, which will ensure the OS is compatible with smartphones, said an Intel spokeswoman at the International CES expo in Las Vegas. But 64-bit Android could reach tablets first. Intel said 64-bit Android tablets powered by its Atom processor code-named Bay Trail will become available in the first half of this year. The tablets are expected to sell for as low as $150. The code completion paves the way for device makers to load 64-bit Android and their own user interfaces on devices. A full 64-bit Android is not yet available on smartphones or tablets.
TrackingPoint's targeting system tracks every variable you can throw at it AND includes live-streaming video capabilities.
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Laugh if you will at the wrestling company's ambitions, but it has a proven track record of leveraging new technology.
As President Obama discovered last fall, building a good website can be a daunting task. But if you don’t require a lot of complex forms that share data with hundreds of insurance companies, it’s actually pretty simple. If you don’t want to learn the technical complexities of modern Web design, or hire someone who has already learned it, find another option. Go with a do-it-yourself online service that provides the building blocks and then hosts the site for you. There will be some limitations on how much you can customize the site design, but the results will still look good and have all of the functionality you need. Note that if you ever decide to move your site to another host, you’ll probably have to redesign it from scratch.
Manufacturers are showing off increasingly autonomous, connected vehicles in the quest for intelligent cars
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What kind of boost can you get if you upgrade your old Mac Pro, instead of buying a new one? Macworld Lab ran a series of tests to find out.