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• Why Your Mobile Analytics Kit Wants To Be Open Source - LinuxToday News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  

  ReadWrite: At Adeven, Müller has built an open source software development kit (SDK) that is hosted on GitHub. The SDK is used by some of the largest eCommerce and publishing companies in Europe.

  
  
• China awards first 4G licences - TG Daily
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  China has awarded its first licences to mobile phone companies to provide the superfast 4G mobile network to customers.
  
• Virgin joins Formula E racing series - TG Daily
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  Virgin is to enter a team for the first FIA Formula E electric racing car championship, which gets out of the grids next year.
  
• How not to get hacked - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  A spy virus stole millions of passwords. Here's how to keep your password secure.
  
• Beats Music streaming service launch - TG Daily
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  The digital music spin-off from the maker of Beats by Dr Dre headphones will arrive in January.
  
• How to integrate Google Calendar in Linux desktop - LinuxToday News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  

  Xmodulo: If all you want is to access and get reminded by Google Calendar natively on Linux, then you can consider Google Calendar command line interface (or gcalcli).

  
  
• Could high-tech make cyclists safer? - TG Daily
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  How new tech aims to make cycling safer
  
• VIDEO: NSA 'tracking' millions of mobiles - TG Daily
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  Almost five billion mobile phone location records are logged by the NSA every day, reports the Washington Post.
  
• Bitcoin trade ban for Chinese banks - TG Daily
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  Chinese financial regulators have banned the nation's banks from handling transactions involving the Bitcoin virtual currency.
  
• NSA 'tracking' millions of mobiles - TG Daily
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  The movements of hundreds of millions of mobile users are being tracked by the NSA every day, reveals the Washington Post.
  
• Ford: Mulally not leaving for Microsoft - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  Microsoft shares sank after a Ford board member said Alan Mulally is not leaving the company anytime soon. That dampens investor hopes that Mulally would succeed Steve Ballmer as Microsoft CEO.
  
• Icahn's 'missile' at Apple was more like a love note - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  He cut his buyback demand from $150 billion to $50 billion and gave Apple a year to do it.
  
• In a game of chicken with Apple, Icahn blinked - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  Talk is cheap.
  
• Twitter adds first female board member - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  Former Pearson and Economist CEO Marjorie Scardino named to the Twitter board.
  
• UK paves way for driverless cars - TG Daily
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  The UK government wants to make Britain a world leader in developing autonomous vehicles.
  
• Web fraud botnet ZeroAccess disrupted - TG Daily
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  ZeroAccess, one of the world's largest botnets - a network of computers infected with malware, is disrupted by Microsoft and law enforcement agencies.
  
• The one move that might put Uber in the fast lane - CNN -- Tech News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  The on-demand, mobile app-based transportation service has enjoyed tremendous growth. Its new financing platform promises to press the pedal even closer to the metal.
  
• Uganda gives iPads to all MPs - TG Daily
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  Uganda's parliament gives iPads to all MPs at a cost of $370,000 - a move which is criticised by many people.
  
• Ask a science teacher: What is a black hole? - Fox News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  A black hole is a place in Washington, DC, where all our tax dollars go. Just kidding! A black hole is perhaps the strangest object in the universe. It is the remains of a massive dead star that has run out of fuel and collapsed.
  
• Orphaned mountain lion kittens given new home at zoos - Fox News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  A trio of two-month-old mountain lions are headed to zoos after California wildlife officials scooped them up last week following their mother’s death and nursed them back to health.
  
• Testing the New ZaTab Open Hackable Android Tablet - LinuxToday News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  

  Linux.com: ZaReason's latest incarnation of their Android tablet, the ZaTab ZT2, is a sturdy little chunky monkey.

  
  
• Interview with Adobe's open web standards guru - LinuxToday News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  

  Open Source.com: Vincent Hardy is Adobe's Director of Engineering for the Web Platform. He uses CSS to power projects that improve open standards for the web.

  
  
• The next level of open health data tracking is good for you - LinuxToday News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  

  opensource.com: We see companies and inventors coming out with ideas for improving healthcare, for one, by tracking human biometrics.

  
  
• How to install Minecraft for Linux - LinuxToday News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  

   EveryDayLinuxUser: The article also includes a look at an open source Linux alternative that actually looks very close to the real thing.

  
  
• Mummy mystery: Multiple tombs hidden in Egypt's Valley of Kings - Fox News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  Multiple tombs lay hidden in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, where royalty were buried more than 3,000 years ago, awaiting discovery, say researchers working on the most extensive exploration of the area in nearly a century.
  
• CentOS 6.5 Released - Installation Guide with Screenshots - LinuxToday News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  

  TecMint: This is the fourth release in 6.x branches, CentOS-6.5 is based on the upstream release EL 6.5 comes with bug fixes, new functionalities & updates.

  
  
• What's next on Facebook's mobile agenda: Open source - LinuxToday News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  

  ZDNET: After spending the last 18 months retooling Facebook as a "mobile company," the next front is pushing those developments to the open source community.

  
  
• MIT researchers devise world’s toughest tongue twister - Fox News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  A nonsense string of words devised by MIT researchers investigating speech errors and brain functions proved so difficult that no test subjects could repeat the phrase -- clearly marking it as the world’s toughest tongue twister.
  
• SkyJack software can hijack any drone, Prime Air drones included - LinuxToday News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  

  LinuxBSDos.com: So this is nothing spectacular, but the thing about this, is that all the tools needed to pull this off are available for free. In fact, the SkyJack software, written by Samy Kamkar, is hosted on GitHub.

  
  
• Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' secretive Blue Origin company test-fires rocket engine - Fox News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  The secretive private spaceflight company Blue Origin founded by billionaire Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos has successfully test-fired a new engine for commercial rockets that may one day help launch astronauts and cargo into orbit.
  
• Private company plans US's first controlled moon landing in 40 years - Fox News
  Thu, 05 Dec 2013
  A U.S. spacecraft hasn’t made a controlled landing on the moon since Apollo 17 left the lunar surface on Dec. 14, 1972. That’s about to change.
  
• Amazon loses a battle but still fights the war on state sales tax - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  A New York state tax law remains intact and brings an old issue to the forefront.
  
• Chart of the day: The ebb and flow of big money into Apple - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  Institutional ownership of Apple stock peaked at 74% in April and has fallen to under 64%
  
• Localytics: Apple's iPad Air was last weekend's big winner - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  But who would have guessed that the old iPad Mini would come in second?
  
• Snapchat ads closer to reality after Instagram exec hire - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  As Snapchat COO, White will be tasked with monetizing that hockey-stick growth and high user engagement.
  
• Apple has its mojo back - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  Shares of Apple have roared back to life after bottoming in April. iBulls have the upper hand over iBears.
  
• Shark attacks -- and attack fatalities -- up worldwide, expert says - Fox News
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  A kayak fisherman died off Maui Monday after a shark attack, as did an Australian teenager in late November -- both part of a steady increase in shark attacks and fatalities worldwide.
  
• 10 pilot whales die after stranding themselves in Everglades Nat'l Park, officials confirm - Fox News
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  Federal officials say 10 pilot whales have died after stranding in shallow water in a remote area of Everglades National Park.
  
• Ask a science teacher: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? - Fox News
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  Every generation has argued this question.
  
• Arctic scientist in global warming row retires as part of settlement with government - Fox News
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  An Alaska scientist who gained fame in 2011 due to his observations of drowned polar bears, findings that helped galvanize the global warming movement, has retired as part of a settlement with a federal agency.
  
• 2 million Facebook, Gmail and Twitter passwords stolen in massive hack - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  Read full story for latest details.
  
• Ron Paul: Bitcoin could 'destroy the dollar' - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  Bitcoin is a libertarian dream come true. Here's how it'll change the world if it succeeds.
  
• 'The Wolverine' director James Mangold embraces technology - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  "I don't know a single filmmaker who doesn't admire what's going on on Netflix or on cable."
  
• Apple completes key China Mobile deal - report - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  Apple and China Mobile have reportedly inked a long-anticipated deal that should make buying an iPhone easier for hundreds of millions of Chinese.
  
• How IBM bypasses bureaucratic purgatory - CNN -- Tech News
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  An in-house crowdfunding platform lets employees evaluate each other's ideas -- and fund them with IBM's money.
  
• Launch of world's biggest 'ship' - TG Daily
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  The world's biggest vessel takes to the water for the first time in South Korea.
  
• Spotify artists earn $0.007 per play - TG Daily
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  Music streaming website Spotify responds to critics by revealing how much it pays in royalties, it says more than $1bn (£612m) since 2008.
  
• VIDEO: The fuel cell under Al Gore's London HQ - TG Daily
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  A fuel cell has been fitted in the basement of a new development off Regent Street in London.
  
• Next-generation USB is reversible - TG Daily
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  The group of companies that develop the USB cable announce that a forthcoming generation will be able to be plugged either way round into computer sockets.
  
• VIDEO: Drone surveillance in DR Congo begins - TG Daily
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  The UN mission in Democratic Republic of Congo has started to deploy unarmed surveillance drones to monitor rebel activity near the forested borders with Rwanda and Uganda.
  
• VIDEO: Cashing in on Paul Walker's death - TG Daily
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  #BBCtrending investigates how some users of social media have used the death of movie star Paul Walker, as an opportunity to raise their profile and make money.
  
• VIDEO: How not to break law on social media - TG Daily
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  The BBC's Legal Correspondent Clive Coleman explains how to avoid legal action over tweets and status updates.
  
• VIDEO: World's biggest 'ship' takes to water - TG Daily
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  The world's biggest floating facility, which will produce natural gas from 2017, takes to the water for the first time.
  
• VIDEO: Israeli firms woo foreign investors - TG Daily
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  Israel's high tech companies are in London to woo European investors.
  
• Roaming offer extended by 3 to US - TG Daily
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  Customers of mobile operator 3 are now able to use their UK allowance of data, texts and calls in the US and 10 other countries.
  
• Five held following Bitcoin scams - TG Daily
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  People accused of stealing bitcoins - a virtual currency - have been detained by police in two separate operations in China and Germany.
  
• Two-screen phone with e-ink launched - TG Daily
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  Russian company Yota launches a two-screen smartphone that uses e-ink technology.
  
• Two million stolen passwords online - TG Daily
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  A database of more than two million stolen passwords for Facebook, Yahoo and others has been published online, a security firm has found.
  
• Google ramps up plan to make robots - TG Daily
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  Google reveals it has taken over seven robotics companies and is hiring staff to develop products as part of a team led by its former Android chief.
  
• Drones 'vulnerable to flying hack' - TG Daily
  Wed, 04 Dec 2013
  A security researcher says he has found a way to hijack a popular brand of drones by launching a Raspberry Pi-equipped aircraft of his own.
  
• Scopely CEO: To excel at business, create a narrative - CNN -- Tech News
  Tue, 03 Dec 2013
  There's no need to knock a creative writing degree when it comes to honing business acumen, Scopely founder and chief executive Walter Driver says.
  
• New FCC chairman's thinking comes into (slightly) sharper view - CNN -- Tech News
  Tue, 03 Dec 2013
  Tom Wheeler seems to be OK with regulation, as long as it fosters competition.
  
• Cyber Monday sales surge 20% to record high - CNN -- Tech News
  Tue, 03 Dec 2013
  Read full story for latest details.
  
• A pub, some curry, and 'Ellen': My Talking Pet's road to success - CNN -- Tech News
  Tue, 03 Dec 2013
  How two British guys and '2 Broke Girls' made an app a hit.
  
• Pulse weapon brings cars to a halt - TG Daily
  Tue, 03 Dec 2013
  British firm E2V shows off a prototype designed to bring cars to a halt by confusing their electronics, causing their engines to shut down.
  
• Microsoft designs stress-busting bra - TG Daily
  Tue, 03 Dec 2013
  Researchers have come up with a novel piece of wearable tech - a bra that can alert the wearer to their stress levels.
  
• VIDEO: The darker side of Black Friday - TG Daily
  Fri, 29 Nov 2013
  As Americans flock to the shops for Black Friday's bonanza sales, #BBCtrending investigates the darker side of the day.
  
• VIDEO: Webscape: Curate your own fine art - TG Daily
  Fri, 29 Nov 2013
  Kate Russell reviews a site which allows you to curate your own fine art, plus other sites and apps.
  
• VIDEO: World's largest 3D printing factory - TG Daily
  Wed, 27 Nov 2013
  Click's Jen Copestake visits the world's largest 3D printing factory in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.